Happy Easter

HAPPY EASTER!!

This year the kids got a little extra surprise. Grandma decided to surprise everyone with the company of a baby turkey, two little duckings, and two little chicks. The kids were beside themselves with excitement. The kids asked if we could keep them, but I just told them that Mae (our dog) would try to eat them. I actually think she would try to play with them, but end up crushing them with her tremendous weight. It was fun though. Baby animals are always so cute.

We were also blessed to have the company of family on Easter Sunday. Shane and Dawn (my sister) and their children came over, Grandpa and Grandma Lund, and Grandma Adrianne.

I have decided that Easter is almost as big as Christmas when it comes to actually celebrating the holiday. We don't put up many decorations because we don't have any, but the spirit of the holiday remains. It is something that we constantly talk to our children about because of it's importance. We do like to have fun though. The kids are all about Easter egg hunts and searching for their Easter baskets on Sunday morning. I have decided though, I really don't enjoy decorating easter eggs. Every year I remind myself why it is not fun. Ya know, the screaming over how many eggs each child gets, the one child (or two in our case) that insist on climbing on the counter and knocking over cups of dye, the stained clothes, not to mention the egg shells and smashed boiled eggs all over the kitchen and living room floor. Need I say more?

Anyway, it was so nice to reflect on the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. So nice to be able to spend time together as a family, and to spend time with extended family as well. It was also pretty nice to have some sweets. Not that I need it or anything, but it's so yummy. Hope everyone had a nice weekend remembering the things in our lives that are most important. The Savior and those who love us. Happy Easter.

Fast Pace Life!!!

I have reached a point where I feel like my plate is overflowing. Life has just been crazy, and there is just one to few of me to go around. At the beginning of this month, Aaron and Jake started baseball, Seth started T-ball, Mary is doing Tumbling and Soccer, and Jake is doing soccer. The kiddo's have school activities that I wish I could volunteer for, Seth has preschool, and Micah and Gideon just get pulled whichever way I might be going at one particular moment. Poor guys. I feel like a single parent of 6 very active and wonderful young people, only I am not single. Aaron (the husband) is doing his very best to get through school. He starts work early and then heads to school, sometimes without stopping by home beforehand. When he finally does come home late at night, I still don't see him because he is doing homework all night. It's been challenging, but hopefully he will graduate Spring 2012.




I know some of you know what this is like, so if you have any pointers at all, please give them to me. I guess you could say that we have been blessed so much that there is not room enough to receive it.

Not Much

So, I have decided that I am either too busy or too lazy to keep up on this blogging stuff all the time. As of late, I have been busy with my family and 8 dogs. Our bulldog had 7 puppies on December 5th 2010. They are all really cute, and it has been quite the experience. This last month we were blessed enough to get 4 of them adopted. Now we are stuck with 3 feisty little females, that wish it was warm enough to go outside as much as I do. All I can say is "GET THESE LITTLE BITCHES OUT OF MY HOUSE!!" I'm not swearing, I am just saying what they are. But really, it is time for them to go. They are getting too big, eating too much and making too much noise. It is going to put me over the edge. So, if you come over to my home and my hair is crazy, I have bags under my eyes, and I am twitching slightly... just know that it has been one of those days. Oh, and if my house stinks, I am sorry. It is the puppies. Like I said, it's been fun, but the party is over.
Okay, so now that I have said that, life is pretty normal here in the Libby home. Kids are happy, back in school, and being kids. Aaron is really not here much because of school and work, but somehow we manage to see him sometimes. Nothing really eventful though. Just living day to day, and on a prayer.

Crazy Life!!

So, I know I haven't posted for a really long time. I just feel overwhelmed with life itself. Lots has happened since my last post. Seth turned 4 and is now in his second year of preschool. Gideon turned 1 year old and started walking, Jacob started 2nd grade, Aaron started 4th grade (WHAT THE HECK!!), and Mary started Kindergarten. Seems like they are all growing so fast. Too fast!
In April we made our way to California for a family vacation, and it was surely one for the books! Aaron was at Catalina Island for Scuba certification, so I drove with 6 kids by myself. That was an adventure in and of itself, but after traveling for almost 12 hours (potty breaks and snacks were all too frequent) and putting $80 of gas in the Tahoe in Barstow, CA. the car decided that it was going to die. It did so right after I had gotten back on the freeway after filling up. I only had about an hour to go before meeting Aaron, and it DIED! The trip that we once had payed for in full was now going to get much more expensive then we were prepared for. The tow cost $500 for 100 miles, and then we lost the use of our vehicle for 2 days while it was being fixed. That ended up costing about $1500. We had some fun going to a pirate dinner, Universal Studios, and then we went to California Adventure. Boy was it an adventure.... Aaron, little Aaron, and Seth all got food poisoning from the lovely hotel food that wasn't kept hot enough. We hadn't even been at the park for an hour before one by one they started to drop like flies. Ironic thing was that we took the hotel shuttle to save the $14 in parking (since we just spent 2 grand more than we anticipated), and then the shuttle couldn't come get us. We ended up spending $23 for a taxi to take our sorry butts back to the hotel so that the boys could poop and puke in the privacy of our room instead of Downtown Disney. Enough said. We ended up having a great day at Disneyland the next day and then driving to San Francisco before heading home, and had some fun there. Golden gate Bridge, the Piers, Etc. SO, that is that in a nutshell. Life is crazy and busy. We have been so blessed with life that we can't even keep up.

I have the CUTEST baby in the World!!

I just have to say that I don't know of any baby that is cuter than my Itty Bitty Giddy Libby! He is just so fun and lively. He loves me and makes me feel like the most important person on earth. I am so thankful to have this little bit of heaven. Oh, I could just eat him up!!

So... How did we get to February already?

I guess I just don't know what happened to January. It all seem to fly by really quick. My little Jake turned 7 years old and had his first late over with some of his buddies. We couldn't have all of his friends because there are just too many. We ended up having about 20 kids there with his cousins included. It was a blast! So much fun.


Then I turned 30!!! I still can't believe that it actually happened. I remember when I was younger, and I used to think that 30 was so old. Now here I am. The old one, but I feel just as young as I did years ago. My body has just been through alot. Like six pregnancies, births, beatings from my kids, etc. Basically, I think I would still feel 16 if it weren't for the kids, but I still wouldn't trade it for anything.




Also, my Giddy turned 7 months old!! What the heck. It just isn't fair how fast it goes. He is so dang cute though. I love it!

WAY TOO LONG!!!