Watch us Grow!

So my friend just posted her new family picture on facebook. We really need new family pictures, but it is sooooo easy to think I will just do it next month. Looking at her picture made me want to look at all of ours. :) It really made my day.

My chunky Ali. ( And i thought it was hard with one kid)

Shaddy. My one baby that looked different than my others. Bald and pale. I love you.


And then Enoch came along and changed our world.

Who thinks Greg looks handsome?

Lebantucky

I love Lebanon. I love it sooo much. Sometimes I might not act like I do and sometimes I think I don't love it. But I do. When Greg got his job in Carmel, I knew I didn't want to live there. When I think of Carmel, I just have bad images in my mind that probably are not true any way. ( Rich stuck up snobs everywhere who think they are better than everyone and they don't know how to work hard) Greg and I prayed hard to know where to live. I had the idea of maybe living in Lebanon. I always had fond memories of Lebanon mainly from the wonderful people I knew there growing up ( Jessie Miranda, The Vinson Sisters, Tydel, the Howland Boys, Jason Salvinis, the Monns, there were others too )My sister went to prom there and she told me how the whole town comes and watches the students walk into prom. They have bleachers set up and lawn chairs and the students walk down a red carpet with a spot light and they called out their names. ( Since I have moved here I think I have gone every year). i loved that idea and small town things like that. So we decided to visit the branch. When we went to church in Lebanon, it felt (indescribable).... like home... like peace... like pure happiness....like right. I remember that Byron Law spoke and some of the Young Men spoke about the Young Men's Program. I felt the spirit so strong. Which looking back now if funny because while we love our Young Men, the program is still growing and struggling unlike are crazy remarkable Young Women's Program. Greg and I both knew that this is where we wanted and needed to be. I was so thankful to such a clear answer to our prayers. We have tired to leave several times ( wanting to live in a ward and not a branch, wanting to live closer to Greg's work) but each time we are pulled back to Lebantucky. I love you Lebanon.

Quarters

So I am having a quarter life crisis 2 years late. Do you know I don't really have any hobbies? I don't really go any where for fun. I don't really do anything for fun either. I like to take a shower. I like to eat and sleep. And that is about it......I like it when the house is clean and quiet but that never happens at the same time.

It all started when I was supposed to make a profile for moromon.org . I was supposed to tell about myself. I was like "I have four kids." That was only four words. But those four words take up my WHOLE day. Don't get me wrong. I love it. I love my kids. I love the screaming, the dirt, the cookies, the silly songs, the park, the library story time, the books, the walks, the Star Wars toys , the dress up, the hugs, the poopy diapers, the nursing, the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and the dancing. I love it all, but... all of that stuff is really about my kids. What about me?

SO I decided to try to have more of a personality. It is hard to know where to start. I don't have time for a hobby. When I have tried in the past, I just get angry inside. All of my responsibilities keep me from sewing, reading, singing, soccer, running, etc.... I really should be asleep right now instead of writing this. I will be tired tomorrow.

SO I think I am going to start collecting quarters..... for my quarter life crisis I am having. I like quarters. I always have. I like to arrange them in order of their dates. Quarters. Quarters. It's a start.