J starts Preschool

J is very excited to start preschool up on campus (at Daddy's work, as she puts it). We got to go in for an open house to meet her teachers and see her room. She had a great time playing with play-doh, ooey stuff (homemade gak) and painting. She was not nervous at all and wishes that she could have preschool everyday instead of just three times a week.

Happy New Year! (Monster Post)

I'm finally ready to move past Christmas. (It's only Jan 25th!) My blog suffers when I get insanely busy. Here's a little update on what's been going on. . .

We had a wonderful Christmas at my parents house in CA. It was so fun to see my sister and niece and their husbands, too. We had a great time visiting, playing games and just not doing the normal routine. The loved grandma and grandpa's so much that they never wanted to leave. I strongly considered just staying on vacation forever, especially when it was 60 degrees there and we came home to two feet of snow.


While in CA we got to spend a day with my best bud, Jacie. It was so great to see her and her kids. Our children were basically raised as brothers and sisters and it took them no time at all to be back as best friends. We had such a nice day together (played at the park (in December!!) and went to "In N Out" for lunch. It's always hard to say see ya next year. I miss you Jacie!!


What we came home to. Thanks to K for digging us out!

Our now yearly tradition of making an igloo in the back yard.


Since we've been home it's been hard to get back into a routine. January is still party month for us with my Birthday and M's too. I had a nice relaxing birthday. A huge thank you to all my friends who remembered me. I appreciate it so much. It was fun to have my Birthday fall on a Friday this year. Thanks to my in-laws for watching our kids so we could go out to dinner and ice cream (at Leatherby's). If you haven't tried Leatherby's ice cream you are missing out. It is soooo good. Unfortunately their portions are huge and we made pigs of ourselves and ended up regretting our glutenous behavior. Oh well, you only get one Birthday a year (thank heavens).

M had a great Birthday, too. She decided on a pajama party (during the daytime because mommy hasn't decided if she believes in sleep-overs in this day and age). She had a small group of friends over to make paper-dolls, play and pig-out on popcorn, s'mores mix and little twinkies made to look like girls in sleeping bags. They had a good time.


Other than that we've just been taking it day by day. With our "Great to Be Eight" night and about a zillion primary meetings, I've been pretty busy. I guess it helps me obsess less about when winter will finally end.

2008 - A Year of Blessings

As a family we feel so blessed to be happy, healthy, and insanely busy. This year has been an eventful one and we've definitely enjoyed the ride.

January:
M's Eigth Birthday and Baptism.
We are so proud of her. She has grown into a delightful young lady and seems so grown up now. She loves to read and keeps us busy finding new material for her. She also loves to dance and is teaching herself to play the piano. M has a very active imagination and is always ready to gather a group of kids to make a club or play Harry Potter.
Her baptism was a special day that we will always remember.




February:
Rexburg Temple Dedication
We enjoyed helping at the open house and being able to attend a session of the dedication inside the temple. We feel so blessed to have a temple five minutes from our house and love to see it out our window everyday.

March:
Burried under never-ending snow. Piles 7 feet high on the sides of the driveway. Unbelievable.

April:
Still snowing. Built an igloo in the backyard out of chunks of ice that Dad pried from our patio.

May:
Believe or not, still snowing. However, it did stop long enough to rain the entire Memorial Day weekend while K was trying to put up our fence.

June:
Finished the fence. June 11th (A's birthday) it snowed, and J was born. J is such a blessing to our family. He is a little sweetheart and brings us constant joy. He is adored by his siblings and parents alike.

What a Birthday present for A! He's is a great big brother and is happy to not be the only boy now. He likes to play with his sisters and on the computer. A loves to ride his bike and build things. He's is also an outdoorsman like his Dad. They enjoy fishing, target shooting and hiking.



July:
Grandma P came to visit and enjoy her new grandbaby. We had so much fun together, we wish she never had to leave. We also had Jn's blessing and enjoy having family come to that.

August:
We thoroughly enjoyed K's time off this summer. We just stayed close to home, made some day trips, and enjoyed a slower-pace than our normal life.

September:
Back to school! M's in 3rd this year and A's in 1st. They love their teachers and have really enjoyed reading, art, recess and lunch.

J turned 3! She is a little character. She loves to sing and dance and her favourite pastime is giving Mommy a run for her money. She also enjoys reading books and helping with all kitchen jobs. She is really looking forward to preschool and asks to go everyday. Her preschool is at Daddy's work and will start in January. She is so excited to be a big girl.




October:
For some reason this is always the busiest month of the year. We had the Primary program (yes, I'm stil the PP), Boxtops deadline (I'm doing fundraising for PTO this year), PTO Carnival, and Halloween to top it off. Needless to say the kids ended up with very simplified costumes this year. (Thanks to my sis for letting me use her costumes.) M was a Genie, A was Dracula, J was Winnie the Pooh (second year in a row), and Jn was Tigger.



November:
Thanksgiving of course. We enjoyed having K's parents over to celebrate with us.

December:
With shopping done, primary partially staffed for January, and my time as a tithing settlement widow (K's the finance clerk) coming to an end, I am anxiously looking forward to our Christmas vacation. We will be spending a couple of weeks with my parents in California and can't wait.

We are truly grateful for family, friends and the gospel of Jesus Christ that gives us all a purpose.

7 Random Things

I've been tagged by Valerie.

7 things I can do...

Multi-Task
Cook
Scrapbook
Give my opinion (whether it's wanted or not)
Organize
Make up funny words to just about any song
Make my kids laugh

7 things I can't do...

Be 20 again
Run a marathon
Eat fish
Leave my house a mess
Drive a car with a manual transmission
Sleep past 8 am
Juggle

7 things I always say...

"I love you!"
"You guys are driving me nuts!"
"Sssshhhhh!"
"Hey cutie! "
"This corn is like an angel!"
"Ummmm, I don't know!"
"It's too quiet, what are they doing?"


7 things I always eat...

Burritos
Veggies
Ice Cream
Fruit
Wheat thins
Cheese
Wheat Bread

7 tags...

Paola
Emily
Sarah
Lisa
Camille
Dacia
Tammy

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great Thanksgiving Day. We had lots of delicious food, and fun just relaxing and visiting with K's parents. I have so many things to be thankful for this year. Family, friends, good health and so many blessings. This poem says it all.

Count My Blessings

I count my daily blessings, Lord,
And try to count them all.
But, it's like counting all the stars at night
Or the raindrops, when they fall.

For, my blessings are so many
And my troubles are so few ...
That the good always outweighs the bad;
Due to blessings, sent from You.

So, Father, please forgive me
If I fail to count the ways ...
As you have blessed my life immensely,
Through your love that never strays.


© 2001 by Vickie Lambdin