Day #1 Challenge (Organizing the "junk" drawer)

First challenge "The junk drawer" We all have them at least one and if your like me mine is in the Kitchen.... The most used room in the house.... If you click on the link to the side of my blog where it say's the 21 day challenge and it will go into more detail on how to get started and which area your focussing on everyday!

This one was pretty easy but as you can see my drawer was a bit out of hand I could barely open it let alone find anything in it at all..... and come to find out after I cleaned it out half of the stuff was either garbage old receipts or things that I had been looking for that simply went somewhere else. So you can see why this was the first day challenge and a much needed one!

-before picture-

-After picture-

21 day Challenge!

I got this Idea from My Friend (maria) and she got this idea from the Blog....

abowlfulloflemons.blogspot.com- I Love this Blog so much that I even joined the weekly challenges to do as well, It keeps me wanting to better myself/ my home and my life.

I have yet to start so I am beginning tomorrow.

Basically what this 21 day challenge is every day you will get a new task or area to Organize some day's they are small areas others not so much but you do 1 area everyday for 21 days, and hey let's face it who doesn't want to be more Organized...... This is a weakness of mine I am not very good in this area, and Nate is a very organized person almost to Organized so we tend to clash when it comes to this stuff and I get very Overwhelmed when I go to find something and it is not where it should be! So I am very excited to get started on this, She started this challenge at the beginning of this year but you can really join and do this anytime you are ready and today is that day so I will posting daily about what area I did for that day and post before and after pic's....

Some of the before's are going to be a little scary but this is what life is about a little chaos and the option to change some of that Chaos! Wish me luck =)

Valentines!!!

Yes we love any Holiday at our home.... Kids make the Holiday's so much more fun and all the fun idea's and things you get to do for them! This year was the first Valentines Nate and I have ever spent apart so it was weird but really we never go out on the actual day anyways we do something with the kids so it was ok and we video recorded ourselves doing our V Day Dinner and sent it to him!

And yes sometimes I go over board but my Mom always did fun things for us so I get it all from her and I just love doing stuff like this!

Now as most of you know I Hate Flowers I would seriously rather have a Cheese burger from McDonalds or a huge bag of Candy or Hey even a good pair of shoes but no Flowers so every year I see all these people buying Flowers and giving them to people and it is good to know I will not come home to any :)

I love and am so grateful for my Husband and our 3 Crazy awesome kids life would not be complete with out each and every one of them! And of course all my friends as well!

Forde holding some of his Valentine surprises from Cupid aka Mom :)

Lundyn going through all her Valentines from school!

Ky showing me her name Valentine from Mrs. Olsen....... Love her teacher!

Yep he is a stud!

My beautiful Ky

My little Angel!

Heart Pizza (tradition)

and some of this Yummy goodness!

I have alot more pic's but there are to many to post so I will leave it as is.... and just say that I had the 3 best dates a girl could ask for Valentines :)

-Ward Blues-

Ok I am going to do a little venting about our -Clinton Ward-....

Now I know this is probably something so incredibly stupid to complain about and I am not one to get offended and stop going no matter how much I "dislike" our ward but here goes anyway....

We were so spoiled in our last ward..... The teachers and primary workers were amazing especially with Lundyn.... they had someone to sit with her at all times and if she needed anything even to walk around her teachers took care of it and she loved them.... Even all the kids would come up to her and say Hi Lundyn and were super nice..... And they had a little lesson about special needs and how we are all different to get them all used to her and her disabilities......

This ward we are in now the kids in her class and Primary always just stare at her if she is having a melt down or making loud noises or weird movements because either they have Never seen or been talked with about people with Disabilities or they just like to stare at her and not even say Hi to her and I can not blame them they are kids and don't know any better but it still hurts my feelings as her Mom, But what is the Adults excuse? There are so many we walk into Sacrament and she will be drooling or again make loud noises and they really just look at her and me like what the crap is wrong with your child, and it might be shock at first because she looks very normal and then she moves and has spams and her hands go into awkward shapes and the drooling and noises can throw you off but after the first couple of weeks you'd think it would be different but no after 6 months here no change! ....... And I am trying to brush it off and not have hard feelings but again it is hard! because our last ward was like a family seriously!

Her Primary teachers are so cute though they really have tried to get her to come and be a part of the class but she wont even step into the building anymore.... If she doesn't feel loved or comfortable she wont go to that place ever..... Sundays are currently our worst days she has her melt downs as most of you all know but Sundays really she is in her wheel chair so she cant get out and hurt herself or anybody else its that bad and by the look of her teeth again you can tell what it has been like... LOL

And it doesn't help that our ward is HUGE and we all feel a little lost again not that I mind I mean I am an adult and can manage but when it comes to Lundyn she is so overwhelmed there and I can see why. So I have been trying to take her to the special needs Primary but that has also been a transition that I will continue to try so she is able to get something!

Forde has always had a struggle going to nursery but he began to love his last nursery and he would get so excited to go now we are back where we started he Hates Nursery this is more my complaint and frustration because lots of kids have problems in Nursery so he is not my main concern....

Like I said I don't get offended easily and even though this situation is hard I will continue to go every week taking turns between Nate and I so one of us is home with Lundyn and I do it for myself and Kylan, and even Forde :) I don't want to be another lost person falling away and taking that away from my children because it isn't the perfect ward!

Ok now I only post these things to either get good feed back or ideas and for journal purposes so I can look back at posts and see things in our life good or bad! So thankyou all of my friends from the Forest Park Layton ward you are all so amazing and you are all so missed!

Thanks for taking a peek!!!

" I am back "

Ok for all those who are still indeed following my blog even though I never update you are all my favorite's :) Hahaha.... But really I mean I know I am a slacker and I have not put forth the effort I need to in blogging which is my goal this New Year To blog a good 2-3 times per month I guess I kinda want to because I am not great at keeping a journal and this is my way to update things that are happening in life and keeping a record of things!

So you all need to encourage me to keep at this just go ahead and leave me a little comment and say something like "you can do it" or I absolutely love reading about your way exciting life.... JK

Anyways Life has been going on as we know it the girls are in the second half of 2nd grade.... Can you believe it, and Forde will be 3 in April.... Not to mention I will be 30 next month and my 10 year anniversary is in 2...... This year is Huge for me! Also I have decided to go back to school I am not starting until Fall semester and I am very nervous about this but I know I can do this after all I am Super Multi tasking Mom..... Since Forde will be starting Preschool I thought here is my chance I am going to start off slow maybe 2 or 3 classes online and take it from there..... I have decided what I want to do, It was a toss up between Culinary school (which I would still love to take a cooking class here or there just for fun if anyone knows of any) or Social work (working with teens who have drug and Alcohol problems) this is what I chose...... Now like I said in recent posts I am passionate about this because I myself am a recovering Addict and lived in Rehab and had the most amazing Counselors ever.... Which has inspired me to pay it forward and this is what I am passionate about!

Now I am a little discouraged with all the work and years this might take to get through but after talking to Nate about how many older students are going back to school I felt better and hey this is something I can most likely do for a long time even after my kids are out of school and older so I am convinced this is for me! I have really thought long and hard and prayed for help making this decision and I am content with it!

I have also found a great website for Family Home Evening lessons they are fun and are geared toward older and younger children and I am so excited to do these lessons the website is www.angelfire.com/ma/lissaannapage/FHE.html Check it out they are planned out for a year and have cute Spiritual / Holiday messages mixed in, to make them more fun and interesting for the kids.... I also have received a new calling I am over Enrichment activities for Relief Society I can honestly say this is the last calling I would have wanted and never thought I would be called for this but I am up for the challenge and since I never make it to relief society because I am either in Primary with Lundyn or Nursery with Forde this will give the chance to meet more people..... Ok now here are my 3 beautiful kids at the Union Station! Enjoy :)