{ya they're mine}

today in church we sat down for the last 10 minutes of sacrament {as is the case lately, but we are working on it} and visited with a sister in our ward who has 2 girls as her oldest children. she began to say that she had noticed that the oldest is "the bossy one' and the next one was "the ham"
i couldn't agree more-- although kairi has her cooky side, she does tend to be bossy. and as previous posts have solidified kess definitely fulfills the "ham" role. i am so grateful for all the little things that make them them.....

{hello nurse!!!}

congratulations to my little sister!!! she did it!!!

and now she joins a growing list of nurses in our family. evidently caring and compassion, poop and puke, insomnia and exhaustion run in our genes.

i am so proud of her for all her hard work!!! love you 't'.

she is now an lpn....

uncle kevin {mom's side} he's a nurse too!!!

getting her nightingale lamp

pinning ceremony

ya we got your back you lucky girl you!!!

{tricky toes}

i've talked of this before- here is a video of kesslynn doing "tricky toes" don't cringe!!!

{should i be worried}

is this a sign of things to come?

{the mother of invention}

some video of what kairi is and kairi does... especially on a "non-friend" day...gotta love her

{mommy day}

happy mommy day to me! i was treated to sleeping in, sick kids, handprints that i don't have to clean up- i just get to keep them (the best kind), hugs and kisses abound... nothing better than that. i know it's late, but happy mommy day to all and especially to two very special individuals: my mom and my mother-in-law. i know it is late, but i thought of you both all day long. the one cannot replace the other and they both stand as equals. i am fortunate enough to have the knowledge that i truly have one on earth and one in heaven- she is not gone. i love you both dearly. thank you for all you do, are and help me to be.

{desperation}

so sorry to disappoint, but really we have had a fairly quiet week this week {hurray- i think}. except for one little thing. kairi is what one might call a "social butterfly" of sorts. she recently acquired a new friend down the road and around the corner. the way our subdivision is set up is in a loop so if you start walking in one direction and follow the road you will eventually end up where you began. well i allowed kairi to go see if her friend would play. about an hour later she returns with the introduction "mom i need to tell you the truth." i love that she is honest, because it is so very important to me in my life, but this intro is not what i was expecting. she then tells me that her friend couldn't play/ wasn't home and so she had spent the last hour or so knocking on RANDOM doors, asking if they had kids that she could play with. AAAAARRRGGGG! so i am posting a poll at the bottom to see if anyone else has the problem of their child needing a never-ending pool of friends. please let me know- i am desperate......

{Simple}

today i missed church....

because i couldn't find my shoe.....

it shouldn't feel so frustrating.....

i am going to blog on this.. it may be too personal for some, but i am blogging it anyway, because, like me, i know someone out there needs to hear that someone else struggles... i am that someone else.

my girls are precious and loving and everything i have wanted, then the day gets rolling and i have to deal with the crying and whining and screaming and fits and diapers and eating and dishes and, and, and.....

i literally sat on the floor today and cried in my husband's arms over my missing shoe. i then proceeded to throw away my girls things that were left out. packed up the mess in the playroom. screamed and yelled and threw my own fit...

then i felt a little better. i wish i could keep it all together and keep a nice house, clean children, children that are dressed, and have time to have fun with my kids. i feel like all i do is clean up and i never have time to just "play" with them.

i even threw out the cleaning system i was using so i could sit while i was pregnant and it has been shelved ever since, so i could attend to 3 instead of 2.

i visited with the most amazing person today and watched (and listened) as i heard my words come through her lips at her own trouble-makers. there is comfort in this. i didn't feel like such a failure. and so i post my own troubles in hopes that someone else will feel comfort. because that is what we are to do. and if you feel compelled share your own challenges so that i can have others riding this crazy boat of motherhood with me.....

{Abundance}

they tell me that she is too little.....

to increase her calories......

do you think that this is what "they" mean?

Overheard....

Kesslynn: "Kairi Jo Winn, I stinky butt!!"

Kairi: "Yes Kesslynn, You do have a stinky butt."

Guess I had better get on that--