I GOT A JOB!!!

WOW! I have had a lot happen since last updating. I have a job now, but don't start until Friday. One thing that I have found is that it is conflicting with Friday is that I have Bunco! I just may be able to make it since I get off of work at 7pm and that's what time Bunco starts. Will have to wait and see. Going to talk to my mom later today just to find out if I am in or not this Friday. I have the BEST BOSS IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!! Although she wasn't my age, I knew her from church and now she's my boss, She has also given me hours that work really well for us and it just boils down to to the fact that this is a huge blessing!! I am so grateful for this too. It is so reassuring knowing that Clint won't have to get a second job on top of his already 40 hour work week, and that no one is going to have to work any over night shifts. This job is PERFECT!!! I was thinking about next year and still having this job and Cadence starting school, but as long as my hours don't change, which I don't see why they would, but nonetheless everything still works out!! Working Friday through Sunday is in no way bad days to work. They couldn't be more perfect!!

Another new thing that's been going on is since we are not able to afford to pay for preschool, I have decided that I would do the best that I can to teach Cadence myself. So far, so good!! I have her doing something from every subject just 3 days out of the week. She is doing great!!! She has her own little desk that she uses and I am hoping that she is LOVING IT!!! I know I am! Every time that she tells me the right answer to something without any helps is totally worth everything! The one thing that I have found with her is that she enjoys writing uppercase more than lowercase letters. She is really good with learning her numbers too. I am just so proud of her!! I love too, and this may sound kind of mean, but I love when she gets frustrated, because then all she needs is a smile and reassurance that I know that she knows that she can do it, and then she does!

With any luck we will be having Family Home Evening tonight. Monday was no good since we went to the store, Tuesday we went shopping so that I could get some pants for work, and now here we are in the middle of the week and tonight has got to be the night, as we are doing light grocery shopping and getting me shoes for work tomorrow. Then Friday Clint is more than likely going to be working at least until noon, and then I have to be to work by 3!! I have had this lesson planned for what seems like weeks, and it probably has been, but I am really looking forward to giving this lesson. It is on following the recipe, or Heavenly Fathers Plan, or good tasting cookie, bad tasting cookie!! This should be fun!!:)

So there is boutique out by where I live that I am so looking forward to going to!!! What I love even more about it is it's my birthday present since my birthday falls right smack dab in the middle of the week!!

Here lately I have been thinking a lot about life. Although we aren't even close to the 9th of December I am feeling grateful for the life that I have been given as it very easily could have been taken on that day. I don't really remember to much about it as I was 7 when it happened but I was hit by a car. I was air evacuated to St Joes, where I spent something like 5 weeks, with lots of therapy once I was able to go home. One of the most amazing parts is that from the outside, just looking at me, you would never guess. I have no idea what my family had to endure and go through, but I do know that I don't want to find out.

This weekend is going to be a really great one!! We are getting new phones today once Clint gets home from work. Then we are taking the kids into see their uncle, that they haven't seen in quite sometime. Come tomorrow and Sunday are the days that I am most looking forward to. In our community they are doing a little parade that the Primary kids are able to ride their bikes in. So we are going to decorate Cadence's bike so that she is able to participate in that and give her something to do that she has never had the opportunity to be a part of before. Then Sunday brings church and we always look forward to that day!:)

Monday I too am hoping is a really good day. My grandma is coming over to spend sometime with me and the girls. I am going to talk to her in advance and see if and when would be a good time to teach me how to can. We are working on putting together a food supply and if I knew how to can my own stuff then I want to learn how to do that.

Shortly after we started going to this ward that we are in now I was able to get a copy of the Relief Society cookbook. I LOVE that book!! By the end of next week I will have made 30 things out of that book. Every time that I go to make out a grocery list, that's the book that I use. There is so many yummy recipes in that book.

As of the 5th I have been drinking this drink that my grandma is selling called Spark!! I started on the 5th drinking just one bottle, instead of two since that's kind of the direction that my grandma was telling me that she does. Well, one at first didn't really have to much of an impact on me. So the next day I had two bottles. Well, now I am really seeing where this stuff is AMAZING! I am still eating, but nothing like I was!!! I love this stuff!!

Today is the day that my sister is coming to get my Cadence. She is going to take her for me for a night or two. I am so thankful for this. As soon as we get breakfast over with, I am planning on making cookies and sending them with Cadence, because having been around Cadence I know that at times she can be a handful and just kind of my way of saying thank you. It definitely helps that she has cousins over there to play with!:)

Thursday is going to be a really busy day for us. We are upgrading our phones. Ours right now seem to not be working as well as they use to, once upon a time. There is also a Relief Society Meeting that night that I am going to, that Clint had volunteered for the nursery and help watch kids. We were also supposed to have Brother Dean over for another New Member Discussion, but I think that Clint is going to call to reschedule. We are also going to do grocery shopping that night, which will be good to get that over with.

Right now I am looking into getting another family picture done. I am just trying to find the best deal. The last one that we had done, was around this time last year as it was the day that we got Chazlyn's one year pictures done. Here we are just about a year later with her birthday being in a week and one day from now!

Here lately I am really beginning to look forward to the weekends even more so than I did already. I try my hardest to do my Pilate's at least 3 times, Sunday-Thursday and then hit my tough workout once or twice Friday- Saturday. As long as I can lose 15-20 lbs. I will be doing great. y plan as far as weighing in is that I am going to pick one day out of the week and do a weigh in then. I got that off of my friends Blog (www.thedailyflab.blogspot.com), only I am not going to announce my weight until I can get it to where I want it! But I will agree that Sunday is a good day for a weigh in!

Wow! I can't believe that Chazlyn's birthday party is in TEN DAYS!!! I still have to get these invitations made up. may be we will get that done tonight once Clint gets home from work. We really need to get those mailed off!!! Yikes!! Good thing I am kind of giving a heads up notice by having sent out invitations via facebook!

After re-reading my blog from yesterday, I did the math, which was rather simple seeing how long I knew Granny for. I figured since she passed away 1 month and 1 week before my 26th birthday that I knew her 25 years, 11 months, and 3 weeks.

I don't mean to be down on myself, but I had a F.H.E. planned last night, but I just really didn't have the goodness about me to follow through with it. I was a little on the angry side and knew that if I couldn't be happy, the it would have been pointless for me to have gone ahead and did the lesson. Especially when I planned to give the lesson on reverence. Not really such a good example. I am thinking about briefing Cadence on it before she leaves me later today, just so I can say that I did do something. Instead of F.H.E. I wound up bringing Cadence over to the park. I had to treat her in some way for not being a horrible child. Besides that we don't really bring our kids to the park, so it was nice for her.

The face that's been weighing heavily on my mind is...

Here we are a little less than 2 weeks away from marking a 1 year anniversary for my entire family. This is no anniversary that I am to much looking forward to. It's nothing like a wedding anniversary, it's an anniversary that marks the passing of one of my closest, most best friends... I feel blessed to have had this AMAZING woman in my life for a month and a week shy of 26 years. She had the light of Christ in her that she brought with her every where that she went, and touched so many lives. I also feel blessed to have been her name sake. And what a blessing it has been to have taken her name and given it to my first born, but not only that, but to have had her there for the ultrasound when we found out that we were having a a girl and announcing then that we were naming her Cadence ELEANOR! That's a name that I carry, and I carry it with pride. I have been so nervous about seeing the 20th of March. I can't help but reflect back on that day, and what I was doing the day that I got the phone call that my great grandma had passed away. I was celebrating with my husbands side of the family, my daughters 1st birthday. I know on that day that I felt relief. I know that the stroke had no more control over her, and that she was perfect. I somehow managed to get through that day, being happy for my kids, and for the company that that day brought. I was fine for what was maybe a day or 2, and then there I sat. I knew I was going that Sunday before she passed to visit her, since I had sick kids and had been unable to. But Saturday came, and took her before I had the chance to see her one last time. This was a woman that I called everyday. My day was just not complete without hearing from her. So a day or 2 passes and I haven't been able to see or talk to her. Reality sets in. And I cry, and I cry, and I cry! I sit here and think, will the 20th of March be anything like thinking about her on her birthday? Or will this day be even harder? I often think that after a year, I should be healed and be over this, especially having the religious beliefs that I have, I should be okay. But here I sit in front of this computer, my hands trembling, and my voice a little shaky. Could it be just the Spark that I am sitting here drinking, or is it my own insecurity. I have dreaded every holiday and every get together that I have had with my family, just because I knew that Granny wasn't going to be there, yet somehow I managed to get through it. So, will I survive the March 20th?? Without a doubt! I will go to church that day, knowing that I am doing exactly what she would have wanted me to do, and if she were still here, she would have expected me to do.

I know that the picture is blurry and the same as the one at the top, but this is from the funeral, and this is the woman that I miss everyday of my life!

What an awesome day today has been for our little family! Our little Chazlyn was blessed during Sacrament Meeting today!!! I am so proud of how far my family has come. Afterall, I did marry a nonmember. That right there has turned out to be nothing short of a blessing in itself. He now is a convert and a Priesthood holder, and this family of ours is just thriving the way that I have wanted it to all along! Not only that, but the fact that we have both of our kids blessed! That is something that was so hard for me, since I had to go about having Cadence blessed on my own. I am so grateful for the Ward Family that we have and for all the support that we feel that we get in return. It is such an amazing thing to be a part of.

Tomorrow is yet another day that I am really looking forward to! My dad is picking up my husband so that I can go over and hang out over at my parents with everyone!! I am bringing my doggies too!

Yesterday turned out to be a really good day for me! That is quite surprising as I never have very many "good" Fridays. Usually Clint works a half day and it just never makes for a very good day, but nonetheless, yesterday was really good, busy, but good!!

I had the girls until 1pm, or until Clint got home anyway. I have a set routine with my kids now, which seems to be working out pretty good so far. Whichever child wakes up first gets to watch TV until the other one wakes up. Once they are both up, they have the TV until they have both eaten their breakfast. After breakfast, since they both get kind of messy after each meal, they go take a bath and the TV is off at this point. After baths, they get their ears cleaned, their teeth brushed, hair brushed, and lathered up in a moisturizing lotion, since their eczema is starting to act up again. After they are both dressed they go off to play. At this point the TV is STILL OFF!!

Anyway, back to my really good Friday...

Clint gets home, we are all ready. We went to the Mall from there. This is where we got my dads birthday present (which he really liked, which is great!!!). After that we met up with everyone at Tia Rosa's for lunch! From there it was off to G&G Pines for cake and ice cream. This is where we got Spark!! I am really looking forward to trying this stuff!! From there we went to Clint's side of the families since the majority of them are leaving today and moving to Nevada!!:( It was really nice being able to hang out with everyone, one last time!! They had already gotten Chazlyn her birthday present, since they aren't going to be here for it. At this point we are kind of thinking about combining the parties, since a lot of people won't be here on his side, but I still don't think that that is something that I want to do. We also found out that of the 10th of this month we are getting better phones!! So we are really looking forward to that!!

Today is going to be a really good day as well. I am really hoping that we can make it to Lehi Days!! I think that we would all have a lot of fun, and it has been forever since I have been there!! I also have bunco tonight. I always look forward to getting away without kids for a few hours. I think that that is going to be fun!!

Tomorrow is going to be awesome as well!!! We are FINALLY having Chazlyn blessed. My grandpa is going to perform the blessing, which will be really neat!! I am hoping that after Clint talks to the Bishop later today that he is able to stand in the circle, now that he holds the Aaronic Priesthood.

Here I sit on this Sunday morning, after having done a few things in prepping myself for church in about 3 hours. I have SO MUCH LEFT TO DO!!! Lucky for me everyone is still sleeping. The awful part about last night was not getting home until late and not having picked out any ones clothes for church. Such a simple task can be such a HUGE thing come Sunday morning!!:) Yet I am still so excited for church today as Clint is getting the Aaronic Priesthood today!! I am so proud of him for accepting the church and all the things that come with it. We are looking forward to the day that he will be baptizing Cadence in about 4 years. She talks about it all the time. I am so grateful that our kids were able to witness their dad being baptised and that it had such a huge impression on Cadence as she talks about her daddy dunking her in the water when she's 8!!!

Last night we found out that a big portion of Clint's family is moving up to Nevada this upcoming weekend!! I know that they have been talking about it for what has seemed like the longest time, but I didn't think that it would happen this soon!! Cadence seems to be handling it a lot better than I thought that she would. Heaven knows that she can't live without her Brittni!! She was talking about it with her grandma last night and she didn't seem like she was going to have much of a problem with it. Although Clint thinks that it's a good idea, I am kind of dreading the day that they come out to say their goodbyes! That's when I think that Cadence is going to have the BIG MELTDOWN!!!!!

I had something that I can only find the word strange to describe it happen to me this past week. I had taken a full dose of NyQuil one night, because I was down right miserable and knew that I needed the sleep. After dosing off I hear Cadence scream!! Chazlyn had hit Cadence!!! I jump out of bed startled by the sound of her scream!! I at that point felt kind of like I was drunk!!! I turn around to head for the bedroom as I can hardly keep myself standing.Before I knew it, I had passed out on the floor and started convulsing!!! Clint stayed very calm and just kept saying my name over and over to try to get me out of this strange episode that I was having. After a little time had passed, i came to and struggled to get my dead weight to bed, as Clint was busy with the girls. I am under the same impression as my mom, it was just the NyQuil, but what a scary thing for Clint to have to watch!!!:(

So, I was really wanting to write this last night, but to no surprise to myself, I fell asleep before actually being able to do much of anything.... But on a BIGGER note, I woke up yesterday morning kind of feeling like I should potty train Chazlyn. I went ahead and acted on that. She had only 2 pee accidents yesterday!! The times that I tried to get her to wear a diaper, she just wasn't going to have that, so undies it was!! Sad part is that she isn't even 2 yet!!! I am just looking for ward to not having to pay for diapers each month!!! I never would have thought that day one of potty training would have gone as well as it did! I seriously didn't even have to change ONE DIAPER YESTERDAY!!! I did put a diaper on her on 3 different occasions throughout the day, but one was because she was playing in the backyard (and I remember that was when Cadence would have a lot of accidents, cause she was to busy playing), two was because we went to the store (and Heaven knows, we don't want her to have an accident there), and the third one was because she went to sleep last night. Seriously 3 diapers in a day is a fraction of what I would go through in a day!!! I remember back when I started potty training Cadence, and how I had her almost 100% potty trained before her 2ND birthday, but then I remembered how I showed up pregnant with Chazlyn, and dealt with the joy of morning sickness, one thing that i will never have to deal with again!! It is so much easier for some reason this time around than it was with Cadence, but I think that that's my fault. I stopped and started one to many times with Cadence, which really wasn't fair to her!!:( When Clint had gotten home and we told him how awesome Chazlyn was doing with potty training, he felt like it was worth getting a new potty seat thing to have her train with, instead of using the one that we used with Cadence, since Chazlyn didn't take to that one as well.

Since being awake since about 3am this morning, and Clint finding that out after I had woken him up because of his alarm, and the miserable state that I was in he is now under the impression that I am allergic to Max, since he sheds. I don't think so. If I was allergic to him, then it really shouldn't matter what time of day I have these flair ups, right?? It seems to be only in the early morning hours that continue into the day time hours of the day. After that I am usually fine. I think that it may just be another cold. Who knows???

Clint is going to meet with the Bishop tonight. I am thinking that it is about or dealing with the Priesthood?? I may be wrong, but I am pretty sure that that is what it is. I think that the girls and I will get dinner cleaned up while he is gone and make cookies or bake something while he is gone. That way they will have something fun to do!!!

Then, tomorrow night is the night that the Ward Mission Leader is coming over to start the Discussions all over again with Clint. I guess that is something that they do with Converts, so tomorrow begins the first one!! The guy is really nice and sometimes teaches our Gospel Doctrine class and so it will be nice to have him in our home.

Last night while we were at that store, I had remembered that I was almost out of Pepsi at home. I started thinking that I really wasn't digging the taste of Pepsi to much anymore and that I was going to get a pop that didn't have any caffeine!! I was also thinking that now would be a good time to get off of the caffeine now that I have plenty of Ibuprofen, and a lot of hope that that's enough to keep the headaches away. I was tore between Sprite and Lime Crush. For something different that i had never had before, i opted for the Lime Crush.

Since I had yet again slacked on the laundry, i decided to use yesterday and get caught up. Although most of it is put away, i still have a little left to get put away. So my chore for today is cleaning!! I think that that is much easier than getting laundry done because the house just isn't real messy! My main focus is really just the Family Room and Kitchen since those are the 2 rooms we spend the most time in anyway during the day. I am hoping sometime soon that I can get back into my scrapbook room and either rearrange it or do something different with it. I am getting so tired of the way that it looks. I guess that it doesn't really help that there is a twin size bed taking up a bunch of room in it, we just didn't know what to do with the extra one that we have, since Chazlyn is still in a crib and we don't really need to use it right now.

One thing that we are looking into investing in is a kennel for Max. We found one that I think would be really good for both max and Inky. It's a larger size kennel with a divider and 2 doors. But then I got to thinking that Inky really isn't my problem, it's Max!! So then I started thinking that may be we should just get one. We found one that has the divider and 2 doors for $50 or we could just get one kennel for $30 and just kennel Max. i am not real sure what we are going to do yet, but something has to change with max, otherwise I don't really see us keeping him!!:(

Today is going to be AWESOME!!!

Today is the BIG day for Clint!! He is getting baptized!! I bet that you can't tell that I am looking forward to this. I have barely slept all night! Besides that, it is going on 3:30am in the morning. I hope that i don't live to regret this, but this is going to be such a life changing experience for him, and already has been. He had his interview with the Mission District Leader person yesterday. After an hour of him being gone, since I stayed home with the girls, and after having the Missionaries go over the questions with him Wednesday night, I could not imagine what could possibly take him so long. Around a quarter after 4pm he walks through the door. I often bring myself back to the days of our past just so I can compare him now to who has become, two totally different people on a spiritual level anyway. To actually sit down and listen to him talk church, is amazing. Clint and I both have something in common now that we are looking forward to... being sealed in the Temple. Like I have said, in an earlier post, Cadence and Chazlyn have no idea what an important thing this is to have their daddy do, but I know that someday they both will. After all, Cadence is already half way to eight!!!

Last Thursday was kind of a trying day for me. I had been experiencing really bad headaches due to the length of my hair. Sounds silly, right?? I agree. I bet that you'd never believe that I had long hair once upon a time, since I can't keep much length on it these days. My parents had Clint, the girls, and I over for dinner Thursday night. My mom also gave me a hair cut that night, since I had been getting these awful headaches. The time before I got my hair cut, i was planning on growing out my hair just to donate it to Locks of Love. Well, that didn't turn out very well either. I started getting these headaches, and had to get it cut. I felt bad for it, but at the same time, I couldn't go on day in and day out with the types of headaches I was having. Besides that I get a lot of headaches alone, without the long hair. Needless to say, i had my mom cut it kind of short. I am loving being able to do my hair and having no pain come from it!:D

I am just having one of those days, where all I can think about is how amazing my husband is. He has come so far! I often look back on the days that we were living in Chandler, and how dead set against going to church with Cadence and I he was, to this man that won't miss a Sunday of church unless we have a sick kid. He is getting Confirmed in Sacrament Meeting tomorrow at church, and I think that is going to be an awesome thing to witness. Clint already has it set up with the guy in our ward, Tyler Dees to do the confirming. SO NEAT!!!!

Here I am, still up at pushing4am in the morning. I have to go up and meet my sister down the street to pick up a hair clip that she made just for me to wear to the Baptism this evening, and I am not getting a lot of sleep. I am going to go lay down and see if, with any luck, I can get back to sleep!

So today is the 4Th and final day of Clint taking the discussions!! Next step, the interview and then the official and final step, Baptism!! It is going to be such a great day!! I am just glad that my family is being so supportive of this and helping us out as far as preparing to give the talks, perform the actual baptism, and do the prayers. I really want to be able to soak up that whole day, a day that I never saw coming although some in my family would not have been surprised if he ended up joining. After all during the second discussion, the missionaries invited Clint to Baptism and he accepted!! I know that the turn out is going to be AWESOME!! So with the missionaries coming over tonight, and this being the last discussion, I told Cadence that we would make them cookies. I am just glad that today is finally here so I don't have to listen to her whine and complain about making cookies any day that isn't today.

One of my sisters had suggested seeing if we could get our youngest blessed the same day that Clint was Baptised, but after thinking about and everything we have decided that we are going to hold off on the blessing either until the upcoming Fast Sunday, or one to follow. With Clint getting baptised and him being in the state that he's in with everything, it would just make it an even longer day, and he wants to be able to solely focus on this being an amazing day for himself.

On Monday we submitted the names of everyone that was going to be speaking at Clint's Baptism and everything. This is something like what the program for the night is going to look like...

Opening Prayer: Gma Pine
Opening Hymn: Because I Have Been Given much
Baptism Talk: Uncle Charlie
Baptism: Gpa Pine
Witnesses: Elder Hanks and Elder Thurman
Holy Ghost Talk: L. Mullen
Closing Hymn: (Missionaries are picking that one)
Closing Prayer: Mom

I am hoping that we are able to go shopping for clothes before his Baptism, which is in 3 days. I am so tired of my church wardrobe! I have a bunch of black, and that is not something that I really want to wear to my husbands Baptism. I am hoping to be able to get a jean skirt or something. Clint also decided that Tyler Dees is going to perform the confirmation in church on Sunday. Sunday is going to be a big day. Clint is getting confirmed a member in Sacrament Meeting, he is paying tithing for the first time in his life, and I am being set apart for my calling!! It's going to be a big day, but a really great one!!

I have been trying a lot harder here lately to get up with Clint in the mornings so that we can read scriptures and say our morning prayers together. Although we haven't had the time the past 2 mornings to read the scriptures, we always make up for it before bed, and we have yet to miss a morning or night of saying prayers as a couple. Our life has totally changed for the better in not even a week!! I just can't wait to see where we are in a year from now. Will we be taking the Temple classes? That's the plan for the both of us to strive for.

Although I have been up since 4:30am this morning, I am hoping that I can find it in me to get s few things done to the house today before the missionaries come over. It has to be done regardless, so I just have to see to it that it gets done! It bothers me the days that I don't get much sleep and then have a bunch of cleaning and things to get done during the day. By1pm, I am ready for a nap!!! It is sometimes so hard for me to push through being so tired and clean. Boo for that!

Today has been a really good day thus far! When Clint doesn't have time in the mornings to read the scriptures, I feel that I can't really go on with my day till I have read. I find that i read ahead 4-5 chapters, just to go back that night when we have the time to read, reading it over. That may sound like no fun, but for me it's a good thing! I have a hard enough time remembering what I read in the first place, so to go back in the same day and re-read it at night.

Our V-Day

So, with Valentines Day now being over, I got to tell you how much I enjoyed mine. For once it had very little to do with what we already know, that we love each other. We didn't do gifts, cause why?? The one thing Clint did get me was a rose, which Cadence destroyed because "SHE" wanted a flower. Not that I want to sound like I didn't really care, because he meant only good by it, but it's just anohter thing that I have to keep alive. But yesterday was a really good day. Clint and I were up by 4am yesterday morning. We did prayers and read scriptures and he still had plenty of time to get ready and be on time to work. I spent all day at keeping up on all the fun messes that the kids made while trying at the same time to gain the sanity that one only wishes they had!! Clint got home from work, we had dinner and i had made a chocolate pudding pie for Clint and so we had that for dessert. Shortly there after, they missionaries stopped by to give Clint the 3rd discussion. His last one is going to be at 6:30pm on Wednesday and then he meets for his interview on Friday at 3pm. We are so close I can't wait!! We went over with the missionaries last night who we wanted to do what at the baptism. We even picked a hymn that we wanted to have sung, and then the missionaries said that they would surprise us with th closing hymn since we didn't have a hymn book to choose from, even though they were naming off ones, I just wanted to make sure that I at the least was able to choose the one. So for once Valentines Day wasn't the typical holiday for us, but we were moreorless able to spend it on a more spiritual note, which was great!

Sunday was a BIG DAY!!

We finally made it back to church yesterday after taking a 2 week break since the kids had both had their fair share of sickness. The best part about going yesterday, is that we weren't even late to the very first meeting!! We had been walking in late to what felt like most every single Sunday. But with Clint's determination to get baptised he also wants to strive harder as a family to make it out the door on time without being considered late. We even sat closer to the front!:) Going hand in hand with going to church, brings about some other new news! Not only is my husband getting baptised THIS SATURDAY, but I GOT A CALLING!! Not going to lie, I have been waiting for this and wanting this so bad! I am a little apprehensive about this, as I am getting mixed reviews. The man, and heaven knows I won't remember his name, who gave me the calling made it sound pretty easy and I liked that! So I make my announcement about it on faebook and I get a comment from a friend stating that that can be a HUGE CALLING!! YIKES!! Now I am thinking, what the heck did I just sign up for?!?!? So, I sat down this morning and thought about it, and have come to the conclusion that there's a purpose for this, and I am going to take the calling, which I already accepted, and do the best that I can with it. And really, help for me is only a prayer away! Besides that anyway, I have my husbands support on this and so with that and the help of the Lord, i am going to be just fine!!:)

While the missionaries were here this past Saturday night, giving Clint a discussion, they invited us to go to a baptism at 6:30pm on Sunday. That way he would be able to see what happens at a baptism, as that is what he preparing for, and so we went! Although this was for an eight year old boy, it was still neat for Clint to be there for it.

Cadence was actually pretty cute yesterday too!! During Sacrament meeting I kept telling her to be sure to tell her teacher that her daddy is getting baptised this Saturday night. When her reply came to me as a no and a shake of her head, I felt saddened. I thought that it was big news that she would like to tell!! But every time that I told her, the reply came the same. So, I went to get her from her class, and her sweet teacher said that not only did Cadence want to announce this, she wanted to do it over the microphone in the Primary Room!! SO CUTE!! One other lady from the Primary said that it was so cute, she wanted to cry. I don't know what Cadence said, but I can only imagine this sweet little 4 year old child of mine and the excitement that she had and her sweet disposition reverently walking up to the front from way in the back where her class sits and announcing this on the microphone!!! What a doll!!

Also, there's Chazlyn!! Clint had taken her during sacrament Meeting to get a drink and upon returning to the cultural hall she books it for her classroom for nursery. Her teacher was in there, getting ready for the little ones to arrive, but what a great feeling and blessing my children are. She is FINALLY getting use to letting us go and not being so clingy!!! So yay for that!!!

Kids are great and are a HUGE BLESSING!!!!

HE'S GETTING BAPTISED & WE SET A DATE & TIME!!

So we met with the missionaries last night, and I got to say I am totally LOVING this!! We not only set a date, but now we have a time!! WOW!! All of this has happened so fast it almost doesn't seem real, yet is! I made a bunch of phone calls to let everyone know. My Grandpa Pine is going to be the one that is going to baptise Clint, which I think is really neat, yet the missionaries said that it really didn't matter who baptised him because it's all going to be the same anyway. We are down to 2 more discussions and then 1 interview. And it's all going to be done before Saturday!! Seriously the count down begins and we are both just so excited!! This is a day that more than 2 people on my side of the family predicted would happen, and here we are. We had the missionaries over for dinner on Thursday night, then Friday night was his first discussion, and then Saturday was his second, and come tomorrow night at 7pm is his third. After that he will only have one more discussion!! They jumped on this and are moving it along quite quickly. It is just a complete blessing in every way that you look at it. I seriously can't wait until 11am!! They are announcing in church today about Clint, and it just makes me so happy!! Brother Dees is going to be so happy too, I just know it! He has been kind of a mentor to Clint on all of this church stuff, and although we never actually got a chance to have him over to talk church with Clint, I know that he will be super happy for him. He is such a great guy and has been since the first Sunday that we went to this ward! It has just been a really good past few days for us!:)

I just realized how crazy our dogs are! Yes, kind of weird that I would notice such a strange thing at 3 in the morning, but my dogs are almost kind of dumb! I am not sure if this is something that Inky taught Max, but they both enjoy eating toilet paper!! Strange, I know! They are so crazy that it is just beyond me the stupid things that they do. Yet I love my doggies and will put up with their rather strange behavior. Also, Max is such a cuddler where Inky isn't like that at all. She likes her space and doesn't enjoy things like a lap dog would. I thought that I could may be "force affection" on her, and although I have seen her cave in, she will never be that way!:(

As I sit at this computer I can't help but think how badly I want these next 8 hours to go by, and fast! We have missed the past 2 Sundays of church because we have had sick kids, but this week everyone is better and with the big news out, I can hardly wait!!

Right now I only have about 20 minutes to update this, so I am going to try to get out everything in that short time span. Also, it's not going to be a very long post...

First off, our day today has gone by pretty fast!! That's not good when we are really trying to enjoy our weekend and the time is just flying by!! The missionaries were going to come over at 1pm today until we found out that they had a flat tire and the time changed to 6:30, which wasn't really a bad thing for us either. We went out to lunch at Panda Express, and that was fun since we haven't been to eat there since we lived in Chandler, and even then it wasn't that often. After that we went and did our grocery shopping so that we could avoid having to do that on a Sunday! And now that we are down to about 20 minutes until the missionaries will be here to teach more discussions to Clint. Last night Clint set a date to get Baptized, but once the missionaries get here we are trying to get it moved since my mom is working the Saturday that we had scheduled with the missionaries. But it is so exciting for me to be apart of this and it actually be because he wants it, and it's not him doing it just for me. It is going to be a really happy day for everyone the day that it does end up happening!!:)

One Sunday at church we decided to sign up to feed the Missionaries in our ward. So last night was the night that it happened!! It was such a great experience having them in our home!! Before they left we had an appointment for the next night at 6:30pm!! I am so excited for Clint to be making this decision and taking the Discussions! I know that Cadence and Chazlyn don't know the importance of what is happening now, but I know that they will be grateful as they get older and understand more about what a neat thing the Gospel is. I know that Clint is doing a great thing by accepting this!:) One thing that makes this situation kind of heartwarming for me is that I have a friend that just got home from her mission during this past week, and to now be having the Missionaries play such an important role in our lives just has great significance in my life, and it truly is an awesome thing. It makes me really appreciate having this religion and it playing a huge role in my life. I know that there has been times, and probably more than I can count that I haven't been real active, but it's the moments like NOW that makes the most sense.

Finally after 3 weeks, I "think" that we are all better!! This is a day that felt like it would never get here, especially when it comes to kids! Not just one kid, but two! The girls are actually almost finished with their medications they were prescribed, well Chazlyn anyway. Pendleton just prescribed Cadence Amoxicillin for her ear infection, so she still has a ways to go on that since she has to be on that for ten days, and she has only been on it since Tuesday night. I am just glad to see them getting better for a change, instead of new symptoms forming every day or every other day. Looking back on the days that felt like they were never going to end seem like nothing now. Just glad that we are all on our way to recovery!:)

So, Clint had to work today!:( I am just thankful that my dad was going into work today and that he could pick Clint up. I would just rather wake up to Clint still sleeping than waking up because he has to get up and leave. Yes, I know, I am clingy! That was one thing that I told Clint when we were just dating, and I guess somethings never change! I wouldn't trade the way things are going for us right now for anything.

For as much as I hate getting woken up at 4:30am in the morning, it really isn't to bad. I actually get to enjoy the peace and quiet for a change. i know that once those kids wake up, that the quiet me time that I am enjoying now, will be over!! Now that it's about 20 minutes after 6am, I am actually getting to the point that I could fall asleep!!

Here lately I have been wanting to learn how to make bows. One day while we were at Walmart we came across a bow maker that was marked down to 50% off! Sounded like a good deal, so we bought it. Stupidly, I decide that this morning was a good morning to open it and give it a try. Bad idea!! I am so tired that whatever I thought that I was trying to make was turning out to be a complete disaster! That's when I neatly put the whole thing away. I had had enough of trying to make something look how I wanted it to look, when it wasn't going to turn out that way.

Oh goodness!! We have the missionaries coming over tonight for dinner and my house doesn't look the way that I would like for it to look!! I have such a busy day ahead of me! At least the girls woke up feeling better this morning, so at least that's a plus! I already know what I am making and am hoping that the fool proof crock pot of mine doesn't let me down today!!

I am also really hoping that these kids of mine that never listen to me, listen to me today!! I hope I got my point across yesterday that I mean business!! Cadence spent a lot of time in her bedroom just testing me to see if I was actually going to do what i said that I was going to do. I think she knows now that I say what I mean, and mean what I say!! The only thing that is working against me today is that both kids were up 2 hours earlier than they usually are and so they are a little on the cranky side. Trust me!! I in no way was ready to be up at 7am!! Cadence comes in my bedroom, my eyes are literally sealed shut, wanting to eat a roll that I specifically bought for tonight's dinner. But she's not just asking, she's screaming and flailing her body everywhere trying to get me to cave. Well, since that backfired on her, I peeled my eyes open, rolled out of bed and went to the kitchen. As funny as it is all she wanted to eat was a piece of bread... not toast, bread! Whatever.

Like I said, I have a lot to get done in like 9 or 10 hours, so LATER!!

Life has been so crazy for us here lately! The girls and I haven't been feeling well, so not a whole lot of cleaning has been happening. Yikes! And we're having the missionaries over for dinner TOMORROW NIGHT!!! So today is going to be a really busy day for me, and with 2 kids that aren't quite better, this may be quite the challenge.

I totally cannot even believe that I have been awake since 2am!! Cadence is having a really rough time right now. We brought her to the doctor yesterday and found out that she has an ear infection, so we started her on prescription last night. It seems like these kids are catching everything without even leaving the house!! Seriously, we have dealt with the kids being sick since the Sunday before last! There is everything from the croupe, to breathing problems, throw up and now an ear infection!! I just can't even believe how long this crap is lasting! It just won't leave our house alone!! I am just glad that today is finally Wednesday! Clint only has today, tomorrow, and maybe half of Friday of work left. I love the time that he is off cuase he is such a huge help with the kids, and he seems to be the ONE thing that each of them want when they aren't feeling good.

Sinca Cadence has been up since 2am, Clint let the dogs out. Now I don't want to let them back in since they will run around like 2 stupid dogs and not settle down. Besides that, Cadence has relocated to the front room to watch some TV. I can't blame the kid for not sleeping well. Having an ear infection can't be real comforting. I just hope that these kids better and that it happens real soon!!

Clint's work is offering other types of insurance other than just medical, and has added me to the vision. The doctor did an eye test on Cadence at one of her last appointments and she passed that with flying colors so he left the kids off of that, but since he and I both wear glasses, we can at least get updated on our eye exams and prescriptions. I am really digging the health insurance that Clint has through his work right now. We decided to switch doctors to one that was close to where we are living, but after one bad experience, Clint and I have decided to switch the doctor we bring the girls to. With the insurance we carry the girls on has no doctor restrictions so we have moved the kids doctor to one in Chandler that we are real pleased with. Infact, that's where we plan on bringing the kids from here on out. We'll be there again next month for Chazlyn's 2 year appointment. Totally loving being back!!:)

Things are finally starting to look up around here. We actually got to sleep in some what this morning, well till 7am anyway! Both kids are starting to sound better and they are even wanting to eat more. Although they aren't quite out of the woods yet, they are starting to get better.

We decided yesterday after having been in the ER that we were going to have to postpone Chazlyn's Blessing! Clint and I both hated doing that, but with the way the girls were feeling, we didn't know how they would be feeling the next day so we thought that it would be best to put it off until next month. But how awesome would that have been to have gotten our daughter blessed on SUPERBOWL SUNDAY!! Especially if Steelers win!!

Last night was so much fun, no matter how little sleep I was running off of. I really enjoyed getting out of the house since my only time outside of sick kids was either the doctor, the ER, or the store, getting a prescription filled. I finally had a break and was thankful that I had Bunko!! It was such a good night too, since I actually ended up having the Bunko Bear at the end, which means that I got to choose first!! Once we decide where we are going to put it, I will post a picture of what it is. It is so neat. We had something similar to it when we lived in Chandler, so it feels good to get something close to what we had there. The saying is definately different, but still nice nonetheless.

Here I am yet again having a really trying morning!! Both of my girls are miserable!! They wake up between 4:30 and 5am every morning just miserable!! I can't wait for them to get better. Since bringing them both to the doctor that we are using since we moved out to Queen Creek, they have both gotten a lot worse!! We are switching doctors!! I would rather drive back into Chandler to the pediatrician that my girls had while we were living there, instead of having one that is practically right down the street from our house. That's how done I am with this pediatrician! He isn't even good with my kids. pendleton at least gets down to my kids levels and really cares. I am just frustrated even more so today than any other because it's Friday!! I miss having Clint home on Fridays! So he leaves me this morning, and Chazlyn pukes, all over my bed!! GROSS!! I am so tired of dealing with sick kids!! The best part about her puking was that after she puked, she laid down and went right to sleep!!

This morning when Cadence woke up, yet again not feeling well, she told me she was hot, because of her running a temp, so I laid her on my bed and opened our window, hoping that she gets some relief. She is so miserable! It has been almost a week now for both kids!! I just feel bad that there is nothing that I can do to help them get better except Tylenol and albuterol! Other than that, nothing has been much help. Once Clint gets home around 2pm today, he is being sweet enough to give me a break, to where I won't have to deal with the kids and them being sick until Monday morning when the work week starts all over again!

Tomorrow night I have Bunco and am thoroughly looking forward to it!! It isn't that I need a break from my kids, it's just a break in general!

Well, now begins my day! Cadence just woke up and is not in a real great mood, which is understandable, but here i go trying my best to make her all better!!

These are my 2 sick kids.... Kind of hard to tell that they are sick, but they have fevers, runny noses, and coughs. Let me tell you, this week has been so trying and super hard for me. I know, it's not all about me, but I have been almost to my breaking point with the way this week has been going for me. Sunday was the day that Chazlyn began to not even feel well. Monday morning came, Clint left for work, Chazlyn woke up wheezing!! That totally threw up a red flag! Not only that but she was developing a really bad cough. We ended up going to the ER Monday after Clint got home from work since Chazlyn was seriously having a hard time breathing. They wound up giving her an hour long breathing treatment, which she did not enjoy mostly because it was waaaay past her bedtime and she was very over tired!! Needless to say, we managed to get her to sleep and managed to finish up the breathing treatment. They sent us home finally at 1am with a prescription. We get home and all manage to settle down from the shocking 43 degree weather and off to sleep we went. Somehow 5am manages to roll around and both kids are up, both screaming and crying because at that point both kids weren't feeling well. Lucky for us I had called hteir doctor to see when the soonest we would get in was and had an appointment for Tuesday. So my dad picked Clint up and i was able to bring the girls to the doctor. We left there, yet again with another prescription and a $30 copay that shouldn't have been, but oh well! That night we were up at walmart getting the persciptions filled, which made for another long night! I really don't know where Wednesday and Thursday went, but they too were spent with sick kiddos! Now tomorrow is Friday and I get to do this all over again!! The kids have both been waking up between 4:45-5am each morning, which makes the day really hard when no one is getting a whole lot of sleep around here. Oh! And Clint is working tomorrow. This is them both under the influence of pain and fever reducer along with some albuterol. Don't they look happy??

This is something that I made the other night for dinner that was really yummy!! It is called Green Chile Chicken. You can find the recipe on my Granny blog

http://www.inthekitchenwithgranny.blogspot.com/

Dang! I just now realized the time! I have not been up this late in quite a while!! I am off to dreamland! Goodnight!!

Lasst night Clint and I stayed up really late!! It was actually quite tiring what we were up so late doing. We gave Inky a hair cut.!! She looks so much better!! She was really overgorwn. I know that it isn't the best picture, but that is the only pose I could get that wasn't a blured mess since she wouldn't quit moving around. But now she actually has a tail, ears, and a face taht resembles a dog instead of a mop!! She is loving it!!

Isn't she pretty?? This was earlier this evening way later after church. She is wearing her new church dress. She is such a sweetie. I cannot even believe how fast she has grown up!! Clint and I figured that she is going to be baptised when she doubles the age that she is now! That just seems like a whole bunch of crazy talk to me!! She is doing so awesome in Primary. She gave the closing prayer today in her class, with help from her teacher. I am so proud of her!!

After church today I went to get Cadence out of her class and Clint went to get Chazlyn in nursery with the agreement that we would meet back up in the cultural hall. When Cadence and I returned, Clint and Chazlyn were no where to be found. We walked almost all the way out to the car and when still not finding them I took out my cell phone and had Cadence call Clint. We found out that he was over by the Bishops office. Upoin arriving, the Bishop brought us all into his office. We set a date to get Chazlyn blessed!! I am so excited!! She is going to be blessed this Sunday on the 6th of February!! I am so glad that we are getting into the church as much as we have been striving to.

Also, while we were at church today we signed up to feed the Missionaries!! I am so excited to do it and am happy that I get to help the Elders by supplying them a good dinner. I am really thinking about what to make for them. I know that I am going to make a salad, a dessert, a vegetable and then something to go as a main course. I really want them to be able to enjoy a good meal. The best part is since I got my Relief Society cook book, I have been making A TON of things out of it and only a few things that I have made have been eh! A lot of things that I have made out of it have been DELISH!! So I plan on making something out of that to feed them!:) Or if you have any good recipes that cover one or all of the categories, please comment and leave me your recipes!!

I love how Clint and I are working together more as a team here lately. Since going to that Relief Society Meeting that I went to and after discussing what the meeting was about with Clint, we have started planning Family Home Evenings together on Sunday nights. It is sometimes quite overwhelming for me to squeeze that in all by myslef on a Monday and then follow through with everything else that I have planned. It was a lot easier tonight planning it out than me doing everything all by myself!:) So anyway, our lesson is going to be on reverence and then I am making a cheesecake for dessert.

Today has been a really good day here at the Redding household. We made something new called Green Chili Chicken Tacos. That was for lunch and it was SO GOOD!!! Keep an eye out for that on my Granny blog, it's a definate keeper!;)

Also, after lunch Clint and I walked into our bedroom since the girls were both in there and to our surprise Chazlyn had used the big potty!! I will be so glad the day that we are done with diapers, but at the same time, my baby isn't even 2 yet!! So that definately makes me sad!! But yay for finally getting to the point of not having to buy those anymore. I am thinking we will be done with diapers by the time that Chazlyn is 2&1/2 at the latest!:)

Last nights date night was great!! We went to eat at Tia Rosa's. SO YUMMY!! Then we went to the Temple and walked around the inside of the Visitors Center, and then the outside for a little bit till we realized that other one of us was FREEZING!! After that we went to the DQ! Eh! Not one of my favorites, but after that we went shopping!! I got the girls each a new dress for church, 2 new ones for me and Clint also picked up a new shirt for church for himself aswell as a tie. I love shopping for church clothes now that we are actively going to church now! After all of that we went and picked up our kids and headed for home.

Today was a day that I never thought would come. We gave the girls a bath and grabbed one of Grannys towels to use on one of the kids. Oh my gosh!! I will never do that again!! The smell of the towel brought me right back to the smell of Granny's house!! It made me want to cry!! I miss her so much and a lot of the time!! Its been almost a year now, well a little less thatn 2 months shy of it, and I still have a hard time dealing with the fact that I can't just pick up the phone and call her!! SO SAD!! I lost one of my most best friends!! I always told her that she was one of my best friends, but she always thought that my mom should have been my best friend. and although I do consider my mom to be one of my best friends, Granny is just one that was at the very top of my friends list, and it makes me so sad that I can't talk to her anymore!!:(

So, I love the days when Cadence lets me do her hair, even though most days we don't leave the house. This is one of my favorite ways to do her hair, and all I need is 4 bobby pins and a little hairspray! I hate it when she has so much hair in her face. i love pulling it back with the twisty things! Oh! And don't mind that huge comforter in the background on the couch... That's just Cadence's infamous "pink blanket"!

Last night went pretty alright for me. It was a very relaxed atmosphere, and I planned beyond what was expected. Not only did I have my lines memorized, word for word, when it came time for me to recite my lines, I drew a blank! Luckily, I pulled it off by having it written down in my pocket, but even still, didn't go the way that I saw it going. The best part of it was that I did meet someone new! I told Lorianne when i got there that I didn't really know anyone in the Relief Society. She told me that I would know just about everyone by the time that the night was over! Yeah, not only did that not happen, but I didn't really stay much later after it was over. Clint was in the room where all the kids were, since only one other dad showed up as a volunteer, so Clint stayed in there with the girls. In the end Lorianne complimented me and told me that I did awesome, which I probably did, but I am my worst critic!

So tonight is "FINALLY" date night! I am not 100% sure what Clint has planned this weekend, but I do know one thing for sure, we are going to go to the Mesa Temple and walk around with no kids since the last time we did that the kids were both cranky and the experience just wasn't what it should have been. We might also venture down to the LDS Bookstore. I have been wanting to get an updated picture of Christ for quite sometime now, but only time will tell.

Clint had to work today. I hate it when he works Fridays, but am always glad when the pay check comes. We have seriously been doing date nights 2-3 times a month. That may seem like a lot, but it has really been nice to reconnect with Clint on almost a weekly basis, with no kids around, and just one on one time to talk or laugh or whatever!

As sad as I am to see it, I am so glad to see Cadence grow out of a lot of the things that she has been doing here lately. like throwing a fit when we leave certain places, or when certain people leave our house after visiting. I actually don't know if that is something that kids necessarily outgrow, but I am glad to see that phase end! She has really surprised me by some of the things that she has changed. I don't know if it was something that I did to cause the change, or if it was solely on her part.

I am really hoping that the kids don't give me to much trouble today. Wednesday had to be the most challenging day that i have had with the kids this week. Once Cadence gets to the point that she can't get me to cave into her behavior, she gets mad at me whines about wanting her daddy!!. Then there's Chazlyn, who does whatever Cadence does. So not only do I have Cadence sitting on the couch, crying for her daddy, but here comes Chazlyn doing the same thing in the same tone of voice!! Luckily, Clint's lunch time was about 30 minutes away from this whine fest so I got him on the phone as soon as i could to put an end to the madness!!

Things are finally starting to get better with our new puppy, Max. Potty training is even getting easier. He went from having 7 accidents the first night, to only having 2 the next night, and 1 each following night. It has really brought out a new dog in Inky as well. She is so much more active. By the end of the day both dogs are just waiting for bedtime, since they will ay down and go to sleep the same time that I do. I am just glad that I have the 2 dogs that I do have. They are both good with our kids and the kids love them, almost to much sometimes! This weekend, Clint and I are going to try to give Inky a hair cut. She is looking so bad right now, that you'd think with all that extra hair, it would slow her down! LOL!

So, this morning has felt a little sad, but at the same time, kind of happy. Today is the day before Granny's moms birthday. Although I never knew Grandma Adair, I will never forget Granny always reminding me that today was her mothers birthday. I often wonder if the work that our past relatives are doing stops to celebrate what was their birth days, or if they treat it the way we do the death day, or if it's a day that isn't acknowledged at all?? Not that it really matters, but it's just one of those things that we more than likely won''t know how it is until we get there! All I know is that I miss that lady like crazy!! I can remember being a kid and being embarrassed my by middle name. But growing up and realizing that I was named after this amazing woman, I feel fortunate and like the luckiest girl in the world having been named after Granny! I have also been blessed to be able to name my first born after Granny. I didn't name Cadence Eleanor after myself, but after Granny! That's why i so badly wanted Granny to be there for my ultrasound when we found out what we were having, because if we were having a girl, I wanted Granny to know that we were going to name her Cadence Eleanor, after her! I am just glad that I have 2 little girls, although we felt that we missed out on having a boy, Heavenly Father knew what he was doing when He sent us what He sent us. I always try to remember that we are given only what we can handle. And when we think that we can't handle it another second, we all somehow muster up the will to handle whatever it is that we get.

This past weekend, on Saturday we got another puppy!! I had been looking on craigslist for a few days, and just wasn't finding anything that I really was liking. Finally we found a dog that was for free and the owners were in Casa Grande. We texted them quite a bit Friday night and had agreed to meet at the Walmart in Coolidge. He is actually quite calm for being only 4 months old. Inky is finally doing more than sleeping all day. She is such an active little dog now. The only thing that doesn't really play in our favor with this dog, is that we really don't know his breed at all. But he has yet to disappoint! I am just glad that I finally got a lap dog! And we decided to name him Max! One of my nieces thought up the name first, so credit goes to her!!

Okay, so I have been sick now for quite sometime. Nothing contagious, just no energy, my throat hurts, my ears hurt, and my chest hurts, especially when I get a coughing spell. I was actually starting to feel better, when i thought that it was a good idea to go to the store last night just to wake up feeling worse than I had all week. Honestly though, I had been fortunate. My sister in law came out here Monday morning and has been with me to help me, but is sadly leaving me later today!:( I am just lad that someone was willing to help me so that I could get some much needed rest!

Although I haven't been feeling 100% here lately, I have still managed to make quite a bit of meals. My favorite by far has got to be the Lemon Chicken! That has been my favorite cookbook! I have made so many things out of it and 9 times out of 10, it has been DELISH!! Tonight I am thinking about making the Candied yams again!! Those were so GOOD!! For those of you that follow my Granny Blog, and are trying things off of it, this one is a must!! So if you haven't seen it go now!!

www.inthekitchenwithgranny.blogspot.com

You will not be disappointed!!

Tomorrow night is making me quite nervous!! I am going to a Relief Society Meeting, and they are doing a little skit of the 10 Virgins, and I was asked to be one!! Really??!?!? I have to get up in front of I don't know how many women, that I don't even know and do this!! The only reason that I had said yes to doing this was because, i really don't know anyone in my ward, yet alone Relief Society, so I thought what better way to get my name out there than to do something like this. I already was going and had even signed up to bring some fruit and veggies that they needed, so why not?? This is what I am having a hard time memorizing...

I did not know what day Christ would come. I learned early in life to read and study the scriptures so I knew you would come one day. Now I stand at your door and m heart is rejoicing. My lamp is full! I do not know why. Perhaps it is because I accepted the spiritual experiences that began in my teen years. Or because I accepted the challenge to "Come Unto Christ", and have claimed the motto throughout life. What a blessing that has been.

I know, it doesn't seem like much, right?? The one thing that I am struggling the most with these lines is the way it is worded. I am just hoping and praying that this is a good move on my part and that everything foes well and that I don't regret going, as I have done with church since going, since I am just not fitting in as well as I would like to! With any luck, this is a good thing....

I picture I couldn't resist posting.... She is sleeping with her ELMO!! Cadence had a really rough night last night! After we got home from Target and got the kids settled, Cadence was in her room going to bed. All of a sudden Clint and I hear her screaming and crying in her room! To bad for me, i had taken 2 Nyquil tablets and was quite groggy, but somehow managed to get myself to her bedroom! She had rolled off of her bed!! Luckily the only thing that she hurt was the space between her upper lip and her nose. Needless to say, she no longer wanted to sleep in her bedroom, so I was nice enough to make her a pallet at the foot of our bed. When I saw her this morning I couldn't resist taking a picture, and then thought that this was just to cute to not post! The picture is a little on the dark side because it is still dark outside at 6:50am!!!

By the time that Clint had gotten home from work yesterday, the girls and I were already to go. We went to Target last night. Since we hadn't had any dinner, we ate at the little food place that they had there. Here are a picture of each kid last night...

Yes, Chazlyn is wearing a Polar Express shirt from Christmas time. The kid is growing so fast, that I let both of my kids wear shirts and clothes that were for a past holiday after it's already over!

Since I was still recovering somewhat from being sick yesterday, i didn't really get to much cleaning done, so my goal for today is to do more than I did yesterday! Clint always gets me a head start the night before when he knows that I will be cleaning the next day. I love that he is ALWAYS so helpful to me after having worked all day. He is the best thing that has happened to me. He is always doing what he can to help me out whether or not I am sick, or healthy. He never fails in being there for me!:) I just <3>

This week has gone by pretty fast! I can't believe that tomorrow is already Thursday!! I love that my hubby only works 4 days out of the week! Even if he has to work on a Friday, it's only until noon! It makes me really thankful for my parents. I was pregnant with Cadence and we were moving in with my parents. If it weren't for my dad working where he works, and has worked for I think almost 35 years, Clint never would have gotten a job there. The hours aren't to bad and it pays the bills!:)

Today I made an alfredo sauce from scratch. It was delish!! check out my Granny blog as that is where i posted a pic and the recipe! The recipe I used calls to serve it over noodles, which is fine, but I just served mine with bread sticks and I am not even kidding... SO GOOD!! It is a little on the heavy side, so a little goes a long way. The girls ate it up, they LOVED IT!!

Things are starting to look on the upside of things. I was really sick over the weekend, yesterday actually being the worst!! Clint stayed home with me, and I only got out of bed a few handful of times. I normally would have told Clint just to go onto work, but I was feeling awful! I was up at 2-6am. My throat was hurting, my neck was stiff and was painful even to touch, my ears hurt, my body ached, I had a horrible headache!! Clint was trying to find a doctor to bring me to, but after a while I told him that we should just get some Dayquil and Nyquil and that I should just go that route just to see if I could fight whatever it was that I battling to get rid of. We ran up to Walmart sometime yesterday, came home, I took 2 Nyquil tablets and zzzzed off to sleep. I got the best sleep last night! I woke up feeling a little on the sluggish side, took a Dayquil and i was good to go!

On the upside of this past weekend is that WE FINALLY GOT A NEW BED!!! And this is no bed, this is a "KING SIZE" BED! To most people this may not seem like that big of a deal, but to us, never having one and getting one is awesome!! I would post a pic of it right now, but until we get the bedding that was sent with it, I am not posting any pictures of it!! I have an awesome aunt and uncle that so thoughtfully gave it to us. I have a thank you card sitting here waiting to get mailed out tomorrow!:)

I thought that I was doing a good thing earlier today when I decided to map out as many dinners and I could with what we have here at home. After doing that and thinking about making what I had picked out for dinner, I realized that I couldn't make half of what i thought I could without butter!! And the one thing that I could make without butter took 4 hours to make and we would have had a really late dinner, which i am not for!! So now I have to wait for Clint to get home so that we can run back to the store today just to get some butter! Ugh!

Today is going to be a big day, just like yesterday...

Yesterday, Clint worked for 6 hours of overtime. He got home and we all got ready since we had an appointment in Chandler that we were late for. And since we were late, we had to wait awhile. Blah! And all we waited for was a 3 second meeting. Pretty lame I think. After that we went over to Clint's families house. We were in need of a date night, so we left the kids and away we went to the Olive Garden. We had a very nice dinner together. After that we went to Walmart, since we are getting a King size bed, and had no bedding that big, we bought some there and then went back to get our kids. I don't think that we got home till 10:30pm last night. I hate being out late especially when I am tired!!

Today we are cleaning. Then sometime later after I have gotten in touch with my parents we are going to get our bed, and get that set up. Later this evening I have Bunco. And then after that i get to come home! Although that doesn't sound like a lot, with 2 rowdy kids, it most definately can be!

On top of everything, Clint's alarm, that is only supposed to wake him up 4 days out of the week for work, woke me up this morning. Luckily I was able to get back to sleep and slept for a couple hours longer. Cadence was up in the night after having a nightmare, so she was in our bed too, which is never comfy, since she kicks and hits in her sleep! I can only take so much of that before I surrender and just get up!!

Also, today is the day that the Steelers play the Ravens. It is going to be an intense game since we are rooting for the Steelers to go to the Superbowl!! I will never forget when they went the last time and played the Cardinal's. That right there was an intense game!! I went to my parents for a Superbowl party, where all the Cardnal fans were. I was so glad with only seconds to spare, and the Cardinal's leading, the Steelers came in and won the game!! I have never really been into football or sports for that matter, being with someone that is a die hard fan of the Steelers, has kind of rubbed off on me! It's kind of exciting too! I love how both of our girls get so excited and so into the game every time there's one on that dad is watching.

Here in a little bit I am going to have to go figure out what dessert I am going to make to bring to bunco tonight. I don't know whether I should make cookies, lemon squares, or if I should make mini cheesecakes. All I know is that I am bringing a dessert! I know that we have to go to the grocery store sometime today anyway, so I can always pick some stuff up to make something different.