Our family

Scott works long hours. We don't see him in the morning. He is gone anywhere from 3-5 am. Then he'll get home anywhere from 5-7 depending on the day but Fridays he is off usually no later than 2 pm. Our callings keep us very busy too so times like this are treasured. Sometimes we only get an hour to two in the evening to all be together. Its not easy when we have to say hi and by in passing but it all works out and luckily we'll get our weekends back next month when basketball is over. My kids love puzzles like me and Scott is awesome about doing stuff with them even though he may have only had 4-5 hours of sleep the night before and is physically exhausted from being on his feet all day. He's a great dad and I'm really lucky that he works so hard for us. In return I try to keep the house clean and take care of daily chores since he works such long hours. It's the least I could do :) We haven't had a family vacation in two years! Oy! We've had a lot of doctor bills and Scott has sacrificed a lot of his vacation time so I can go to young women's camp and youth conference. It does give him time with the kids he normally doesn't get. We're hoping this is the year we get to have one since we have been able to pay off all my stuff and a good chunk of Jack's so financially we are in a much better place than we were a year ago. So keep your fingers crossed for us! I need a vacation!

A quick update on the kids... Charlotte looooooooves school. She is sad when she can't go. Her teacher, Mrs. Asher, is amazing and Charlotte loves her too. We have a field trip tomorrow to the zoo that she is super excited about because she gets to see all her friends. All her church friends are either in am kindergarten or all day. She was the only one in her church class that went to the pm class but she has made lots of new friends. So tomorrow will be fun and crazy since I get to help chaperone! Woohoo! That's going to be like, 50-60 kids I think! All kindergarten age! Scary thought, I know. But Charlotte is so smart and is doing great with her reading. Her writing has improved. She still struggles writing 5 and 6 backwards so we're working on that. She scores high on all her evaluations so that's good. She teaches Jack stuff all the time. I heard that kid count to 50 the other day! He's a smarty pants. He's known the alphabet for a long time and has known letter sounds for a while. He's known numbers for a long time. He knows shapes... like octagon? Seriously? I sure didn't know that when I was 3. Maybe 13? Haha! But he plays lots of learning games on his kindle and he is pretty smart for a 3 yr old. Both my kids are stubborn like me. We have some fun days, I'll tell you what! Days they don't want to help clean up where kindles are taken away and fits are thrown but we all survive. I'm looking forward to summer and getting to go to the aviary more and hopefully I can renew our aquarium membership so we can go there too. They love to go visit their grandmas and grandpas. Charlotte loves helping collect the chicken eggs. Jack just loves running around my parent's property. They're funny, crazy, silly, goofy and when they are in a good mood, oh so loving. Jack is more cuddly than Charlotte and lets me hug and kiss him more. Charlotte tolerates it but sometimes, on a good day, gives me hugs or cuddles up to me while we read together. People ask me if I'll have more. Maybe someday. Definitely not right now. Of course there is the whole pregnant people discouraged to go to camp at Heber Valley so definitely doesn't work for me :) But our car can't fit another car seat in the back. We can't afford a car payment right now so buying a new car is a no go. Once some debt has been cleared maybe but not this year. Plus I don't really know if I can have more. I have health issues and last surgery they thought I might have fibroids on my uterus. So there is a lot to consider. Heavenly Father always lets me know and I know now is not it. In the future, maybe. He'll let us know. For now my family and my yw keep me plenty busy and I know I'm doing the things the I'm supposed to be and we are where we're supposed to be and life is good.