Finding Krissi

Yesterday, December blew right in... I  mean it... It literally blew right in. I came home from work yesterday to find our neighbors trampoline in our backyard Unfortunately, the trampoline was destroyed. Fortunately besides a few broken branches, loose fence boards, and a broken bird house we weathered the wind. Others were not as fortunate. The damage to Davis county was severe enough that the kids are enjoying an unexpected day off of school.  Many schools suffered damage and power outages. Not to mention damage to homes and business. Mother Nature can be kind of crazy. Now that the wind is passed and things are calmed down; I feel that no matter what my family says and does I am officially allowed to be Jolly. With a house full of growing children the magic of Santa has diminished. Finding the Spirit of the holidays is proving a little more difficult. However, I have my ways of making my children cooperate. Now that I have them where I want I'm thinkin...

There are good points and there are bad points in living in a state like Utah. I personally feel that the majority of bad centers around one person. Mother Nature! It seems that she is always in a state of constant change here in Utah. One day we have awesome sunny weather. The next day we are in midst of buckets and buckets of snow. I kind of wish she would make up her mind. Although, I have to admit Mother Nature delivers some spectacular images. Today, I am thankful for falling leaves. I know that the leaves changing and falling means only one thing, winter is coming! I know that winter means only one thing, snow is coming! I'm learning that these are not  necessarily bad and evil things they are just the seasons making their presence known. I also learned last weekend that there is a reason and a order to everything. Snow coming before the leaves have fallen not necessarily a good thing. (This picture was taken November 5th. The picture above was taken Nov...

Thursday night was another ending to another class. It was a rather stressful week with a rather stressful ending. I would tell you the story if I thought the story was even a tiny bit interesting. When the grades posted last night I was relived and yes THANKFUL for this particular ending. There is nothing more enjoyable than the ending to a more than stressful situation. Next Thursday I begin my last class before student teaching. My life is changing yet again. Some days I can hardly wait for all that this next year will hold for me. Other times I'm not quite sure I'm ready for all the change that is coming. Although, I have to admit that life would get pretty boring if nothing ever changed. So today I am thankful for endings and beginnings. I wonder if that is why sunrises and sunsets are so beautiful? Sunsets are saying goodbye to all the day's blessings and challenges. Sunrises are saying hello to all the wonderful opportunities of a new day. ...

Now that the holidays are over I feel it is safe to post pictures. Pretty much my tradition is to give all the grandparents pictures. Every now and then they read this blog and although they can pretty much expect a picture I wanted the pictures to be a surprise. A whole of lot explanation that you probably didn't need to hear. Oh well! Don't let my copyright fool you these pictures were taken by the talented Brock Able. If you live in the Weber/Davis/Salt Lake area check out his site here . Here they are the four most beautiful, wonderful, children in the whole world. Said without any bias whatsoever. Thanks Brock, you're the best. My Boys My Girls Possibly, my most favorite picture. Oh, I mean this one. No, this one! Okay, this one is my favorite picture. Look they like each other. This one made me laugh so hard. One day he is going to be a daddy and this is the look he is going to give boys who date his daughters. Man, when ...

One more class done. To date this had to be the hardest one. Not so much the subject but the professor was new and way ambitious. So of course her ambition tumbled into our class. On one hand I can tell you that I know the subject and on the other hand I can tell you that sometimes to much information is just that. TOO MUCH! Allright, that is enough complaining. All though the class totally wiped all of my creativity juices away, due to the amount of brain power I had to use to study, (By the way I learned ALL about how our brains process and hold information) I thought I could catch everyone up with some pictures. So here is a little bit of what has been going on. Soccer ended This is closeup of the above picture. Notice the tongue. What is it with this boy and his tongue one of these days I swear he is going to bite it off. H. played his first season of machine pitch. What do you think is baseball in his future? Al. finished her first season of softball. She did an awesome job and sh...

It is that time of the year where I try to update the kid's pictures. I wanted to have S.'s pictures taken before her surgery since I wasn't exactly sure how she would feel after the surgery. We attended the 80th birthday party of my Grandma on the 5th and I took the girl's pictures shortly before we left. Now I just have to grab the boy's pictures on a day they both are clean and spiffy. Not always an easy task. This is not S.'s favorite but it happens to be mine. Probably because this is the face that I always get. Especially, when I say something intelligent. Because you know that she thinks everything I say is smart and witty. I bet if you looked in the mirror right now you are making the same face. This was actually my second favorite one of Al. The first one she had her glasses on and there was a reflection I can't get rid of. I can't believe how grown up she is looking in this picture. A reminder that all of the little ones are growing up. Does a...

I just uploaded over 200 pictures from my camera. So you get to humor me as I share a few of my faves. Sunset

Good pictures of S. are getting harder and harder to come by. She has entered the phase where she acts self concious. I have all kinds of pictures with her big, fake, smile. Total frustration. Then I have a whole slew of these pics the ones where she has about had it with me. Then I had this one. Real smile and all.

Below are my favorite pics of Al. She is always fun to take pictures of. She has all the attitude and a smile to boot. Except for when she doesn't. That is my Al one or the other. Never anything between. This one is probably my favorite.

Sometimes the best thing to do on a summer evening is watch clouds

It has been awhile since I gave everyone an update of all the comings and goings of this family.  Mainly because there are a lot of comings and goings.  Funny how that works.   Here is what we have been up to. Growing, growing, growing, Al. has almost caught up to her big brother. Any day now he is going to have to walk around on his tippy toes. Then there is Basketball basketball basketball and more basketball. Of course there is ALWAYS swimming and more swimming. A whole lot of growing. Big Sigh! A little bit of orchestra. All of this keeping us all very busy. However, we are having a blast. Can't you tell?