A Great quote to remember as we all stuff our faces with Turkey and trimmings...

"We have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us."



---Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation

I've been tagged again! :)

Sweetheart Tag - The rules have to be posted at the beginning of the tag. Each person answers questions about their sweethearts. At the end of the post, the person then tags 6 people and posts their names. Then go to their blog & leave them a comment, letting them know they have been TAGGED.
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What is your husbands name? Darwin
How long have you guys been married? going on 14 years! :)
How long did you date? about 4 months
How old is he? 35..for a few more weeks, lol
Who is taller? Darwin
Who can sing best? Him...because he loves to sing with me. :)
Who is smarter? he is...but I'm much more wise. hehe
Who does laundry? we both do it, but he does most of it to catch me up again. LOL.
Who pays the bills ? both of us
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? we switch off
Who mows the lawn? I do..because I'm obsessed and I love the riding lawn mower
Who cooks dinner? I do when he's working, when he is off he likes to do it.
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? depends who is actually wrong, LOL.
Who kissed who first? he kissed me first..:)
Who wears the pants? he wears the pants, but I buckle the belt.;)

I tag Marci, Amy B., and Jenny F. I'll add 3 more later..

oh yeah..

I'm taking the music off my blog because its really annoying me. Plus, I never know when my girls have turned my speakers up WAY too loud and I'm tired of being scared to death. LOL.

OK..ok..

So, I'm a slacker, I have been buried in piles of laundry, mountain's of homework, tower's of dishes...TRYING to make some sense out of all the chaos..because I'm SUCH a perfect housekeeper...(Can you here all that laughing in the background? They are my sister's and brother's, who know me all too well! hahaha. (But, atleast Darwin thinks I'm perfect...I think..)
ok.fine. I don't have a dishwasher..so just feel sorry for me. LOL.
So I'm sorry I haven't been around much lately, I keep thinking I will get better but I'm kind of apathetic, so don't hold your breath.haha
Plus, if it will get Molly to come visit Eagar again, I just may never blog again.;)

WELL, it has been a very busy month+. I took a week in early Sept. and went to visit my Mom, Sister's and Brother, in Cd'A, ID. It was SOOOO nice!!! Derwood kept the 4 older kids for the week so Dustin and I could have a little Happy Birthday, Mom trip. It was so fun and so relaxing. I also got to spend time with Cammie and Sariah. It was wonderful! I just loved being able to hang out with my family again, I miss them so much!
We also got to have Cheyenne and Aunt Cindy spend the week with us, too. It was a blast to have some real "girl" time...oh and pretty sad I had to travel so far to spend time with them...considering they only live about 3 minutes from my house. hahaha.
So this, plus all the normal activites of church and home-life activities, My life lately has been just one nut short of NUTS!

PICS PICS PICS

KaRiE

She just finished up her first season of 7th grade Softball. She has had so much fun and will really miss it! We are so proud of her and the time and effort she put into it. I don't think I will miss driving over 2 hour's one way for a game..HOWEVER, I will alway's miss seeing her play.
Karie, we are so proud of you, sweetheart! And even MORE proud of you for working so hard to maintain your good grade's! Certainly no easy feat considering she had practice very day after school until 6 pm.

I've been Tagged! (thanks Cherai :))

Rules: list 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 current goals, 3 current obsessions, and 3 random facts about yourself.


3 Joys: The gospel, My family, My Life!
3 Fear's: letting heavenly father down by forgetting what I should be doing here (lol), I get mad at my kids way too much, I fear my kids..especially when they act like I did at that age.

3 current goal's: lose weight (this goal is revolving lol), clean my house before we go camping this weekend, remind myself OFTEN that I was 12 once too and no one killed me.
3 current obsession's:
scentsy candles
the computer
scentsy candles

3 random fact's about myself: I love to laugh..especially at myself, I alway's have to have the last word according to Derwood (oh yeah.. and that little website called Snopes)haha, and last, but certainly NOT least..I read a 4 book series this Summer called "The Great and Terrible" by Chris Stewart. Its a Fictional story about the pre-mortal life and then here where we are today. It was SOOOOO good...just picture "The Work and the Glory" but from the very beginning, before the earth was created. Can't wait to get a hold of the 5th one! :)...oh and I'm adding a 4th one, haha. I have NEVER been pulled over by a cop for Speeding. Yes, I am a granny driver.

I am tagging MOLLY, AMMON, and SHERDON! :)

Dustin's new BFF.

well as some of you know, I'm NOT a hopeless nut when it comes to 4 legged creature's (hey, I have 5 kids, thats all the work I can handle! LOL.)But a friend of our's brought us this Lab about 3 months ago. (um. thank you? haha)anyway....our newest "kid".