Lucky Me

On St Patricks day I went all crazy with the green milk and Lucky Charms. The kids were excited and enjoyed it since I don't buy sugar cereals anymore. I gave them each a little card


When Grant read his he said:

"Well I'm lucky you didn't stop having babies after Hannah".




That really made me smile. I just couldn't imagine our family without him. I kept thinking about being lucky all day. When I was at Winco later that day, I saw a young mom with a toddler and preggers. The little boy looked a lot like Evan. I just felt so lucky to be the Mom of 4 kids. I feel lucky to have made it through those early years when the kids were little. I am just so thankful for each one of my kids and feel so blessed that each one is part of our family. I feel so lucky to be their Mom. Sometimes I think that there is a lot of luck involved with this mothering business. It is so hard sometimes and I know that I make plenty of mistakes and yet I know that they feel lucky to be a part of our family too!!



I guess there is luck involved, but I am truly blessed to have a loving husband and the gospel of Jesus Christ to help lead and guide our family through life. I guess it is these little things that make me realize how blessed I am!!

Now as we enter the teenage years... wish me luck!!

He's Gone

Gone Skiing

no lifts required

Experts only

Heli-ski

whatever

too much $$

there will be payback

miss him

Meet Filippis Pizza Grotto & Italian Restaurant

Meet Filippi:)

When the kids were little, I so looked forward to going out to dinner without the crying, tantrum and crawling under the tables. However, now that they are older eating out is so PRICEY!! Evan tends to select the most expensive fish dish, and the other kids think they all need adult meals and my tricks of splitting meals and no drinks are just a struggle.

Well Filippi's has changed all that. We all love Italian Food. Fillippi's is yummy traditional Italian food and pizza. We discovered "THE FEAST". It supposed to be for two, but it literally feeds our whole family of 6. It comes with 2 large salads, bottomless bread, med pizza with 6 slices, 2 large plates of spaghetti and lasagna. Add an extra salad and a family size meatball and we are good to go. I even let the kids order sodas and we are out the door for $40 bucks!! Yay!! We usually come home with leftovers to boot.

I just wanted to share a fun, cheap family joint!! Monday thru Thursday only:)

Is this lame to blog about? It excites me:)

To Blog or not to Blog!?!

Should I give this another go? Although my first attempt was somewhat pathetic, we'll try again. I could say that the last couple years there has been nothing great to "blog about" but although it's true it has been rough for our family, there has been plenty of good, growing moments for us. There are lots of things that have happened that I wish I would have documented and written about. I'll try to keep my blog positive (hard for me) and not to braggy (hard too I am a mom).

Last Monday was Presidents day so we were all off school and work, so we decided to go skiing at Snow Summit. Jeff has recertified in ski patrol so for the past two seasons our family has enjoyed season passes. The kids have also enjoyed free lessons. Last Monday when we went up Jeff didn't have to patrol so we all skied together. It was a pretty amazing experience for me. It was such a beautiful day with sunny skies and fresh snow. It was a great family day filled with fun, laughter, fighting, teasing and whining. I am so thankful that Jeff works so hard so that we are able to enjoy this family time together. All of the kids have picked up skiing nicely - they must have gotten that from Jeff.


our ski family (minus Evan)


Evan - loves to ski in the trees and is getting pretty good!!


Amy works hard & has fun & helpful!!


Hannah - little ski bunny- she's a natural!!


Grant - little Speedy.


I don't mean to brag(already) but Jeff is such a stud on Skies.



Hopefully blogging will help me get some better photos:) I'm really glad that we are able to do this as a family and create memories for the kids. I do have to say I'm proud of myself for getting up there. It isn't my favorite thing to do and it is so much work with all the kids, but I'm actually getting better. I can keep up with the kids, for now anyway.