Update

So I have been very busy the past two weeks and have not been very good about updating the blog...Sorry. I will try to update in one big entry so bear with me!

Women's Walk

For the past five years I have attended the St. Luke's Women's fitness Celebration that they hold in Boise every year with Michelle. It is touted as the largest Walk/Run for women. This year there were over 12,000 women signed up to walk or run. I took the kids to Boise to stay with Reid and Michelle for a few days. Reid was kind enough to offer to watch my kids while we attended the walk. We had planned on taking Miranda with us in the back pack but it was raining continuously so Reid graciously said we could leave her home too. We were really wet and I am so glad we didn't have her with us. She would have been miserable. We still managed to have a good time. We got t-shirts and at the end of the race you end up in a big park where they have food for all the participants. It is always a fun weekend because I get to catch up and visit with Michelle and we usually manage to get in a little shopping too. I had and great time. If you want to see us, go HERE and watch the video. This is of the finish line. We come into the center of the picture at 1:35 into the video. Michelle, her mom, and I are all wearing clear ponchos. It was fun. Thanks to Michelle and Reid for the hospitality.

Peaches

The peaches from my tree finally got ripe and we were able to can them. I took them to mom's house and Courtney and mom helped me can them all. We got 38 quarts of peaches just from my little tree! I can't believe it. We still had some left over too that were not quite ripe enough to can. It feels good to put food storage on the shelf! I love peaches!

Work

I have switched back to twelve hour shifts at work. This means that I only have to work once a week to meet my required hours. I LOVE IT! I feel so blessed to be able to stay home with my children. I love being there when they get home from school so they can tell me about their day. I love watching Miranda get better at the little things each day. I am so grateful for my husband who helps make this possible. With both Kaydra and Kanyon I returned to work full time after they were born and I am loving that I can spend more time with Miranda. I have noticed, however, that she is more clingy to me than the other kids were but at the same time, I feel a little more clingy to her too. When Kaydra was only eight months old, Len took her for five days to see his parents. I completely trust my husband to do this with Miranda too but at the same time - I don't think I could stand to be away from her that long. Of course, I wasn't nursing Kaydra at that age like I am Miranda -- so that could be the main difference! I just love that little girl. She is beautiful, funny, charming, and oh so adorable! As much as I enjoy work, I am glad that I can spend so much time with her and the other kids.

Conference Weekend

This past weekend for conference we got tickets to the Saturday session and had a girls trip with Leonard's family. Just girls, no kids except for Miranda. It was me, Kay (Len's mom), Jodi (Len's sister), and Michelle (sister-in-law).

It was so fun! We went shopping and just looked around without kids whining or pulling on our pants! We window shopped and tried on stuff just because we could! We went out to eat and had nearly uninterrupted conversations. We watched a chick flick and made cards with Michelle's cricket. We attended the first session of conference in the conference center and then watched the Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning session at the hotel. All without kids crying or needing attention. It was GREAT! I felt so rejuvenated after the weekend on my drive home.

Miranda was super spoiled with attention from two aunts and a grandma all to herself! Attending Conference was fun. So peaceful. Just a feel good kinda thing to do. Thanks to dad for the tickets. I want to go again sometime. You just can't get enough of that feeling. Thanks to all the ladies for making it great. Hope you all traveled home well. I figure no news is good news!

Well, that's about it for now. Seems like most of this post is about me and not the kids. That doesn't usually happen. I guess that's why I haven't updated lately!