Goings on in our neck of the woods...

The Fire Truck came to story time this week and Gage couldn't believe his eyes! This was by far one of the best days of his life. He had a permanent smile the whole time. He even got to get up in the truck and touch a real firefighter with all his gear on. Braedyn, Jacob, Sadie and Bryson were all there too. "That was totally awesome!" Classic Gage!

Cute little bugs! I think Gage is a little jealous of Gavin because he's kind of mean to him a majority of the time, but today he was a super big brother and Gavin was loving it.

A little squishy on this lawn mower ride, but they were all four happy to be there!

Katlyn got to go to a Mystery Dinner for Achievement Days this week, and they all got to dress up. We put this little get-up together and I think she looks perfect. Mike had the idea to use the wig at the last minute and it was perfect! Katlyn loves Achievement Days and has an amazing leader that puts so much into making sure the girls have fun and some super memories, and still teaches them about the gospel.

We have been crazy busy. I have made a decision to cut way down though. I found that the last few months I wasn't really enjoying my days. I couldn't wait until bedtime every night and so I could just STOP. My poor baby was never on a good nap schedule. My four year old reverted to acting about two. My older two were always grouchy because they weren't getting enough sleep and had to listen to their mom be grouchy all the time. Not to mention Mike has been at work or out of town for almost a month straight. One night I had to be at a dinner and Mike had class so Katlyn was here by herself with the boys for almost 4 hours. I kept getting texts from her saying that Gavin was crying and when was I coming home. I could just imagine my poor baby so hungry and tired, waiting for his mom to get done doing things for other people and so she could comfort him, and I just kind of snapped! Why was I making sure that everything except my family was taken care of? I came home to find my baby and his brothers asleep because they have such a sweet sister. She was so sad and frustrated. A nine year old does not deserve to have deal with all that. I should be here. So, I am cutting down. I am going to be here with them. I'm going to learn to say no sometimes and put them first. When you get too overloaded you end up taking your frustrations out on the ones that you love. I don't want that for my family........