The envelope

Today when we came home from church there was a white Zions bank envelope hooked into the wreath. There was a scripture on one side of the envelope and the other side said Bushar Family. Inside the envelope was $1000 cash. David and I have no idea who would leave it there for us but whoever did must have done so by a prompting from the Holy Ghost. We have been greatly blessed. I hope that someday David and I will be able to do something like this for another family in need.

Sunday

Today has not been a good day so far. All night I struggled with an ocular migraine. This morning I woke up with a pretty severe left sided headache. David helped by bringing me breakfast in bed and givin me a massage with peppermint oil. I put on a brave face and got ready for church. We got to church right before the meeting started so we were sitting in the overflow. As we are singing the sacrament hymn Christy shows me that my name is on the program to say the closing prayer, news to me and not good news. Then before the Sacrament is finished David dumps his sippy cup of orange juice all over me and the floor. So I went out to the foyer and Christy cleaned up the mess because David was off somewhere trying to control Treyven. I decided to stay out in the foyer still fighting my stupid headache. David did what he could to help me with the boys and when he went in to say the closing prayer for me I was in my hands and knees cleaning up yet another spill. I wonder when the boys will start sitting quietly during church and when my headaches will go away!

Leaps of faith.

Its times like these that I need to rely heavily on the knowledge that Heavenly Father knows what's best for us and he can see our path clearly. David lost his job with the post office yesterday. I know that things will work out but I am frustrated none the less. I want more than anything to be home more with my children but that doesn't seem to be in the cards for our family at this time. Also with so many changes going on with my work my workload and hours most likely will increase. I know that there is a plan in place for us, it just might take a while for that next door to open. Maybe Heavenly Father is telling me that I need to hit my knees more often and attend the Temple more. 

Compliments

At work I have been helping Nicole with job interviews. Today when we were done dr jevsevar asked Nicole what she thought. She was saying how she wants to make sure we hire the right people. Then dr jevsevar said "the biggest hiring mistake we ever made was not hiring rebecca the first time we interviewed her". Wow that made me feel good. Lately I haven't been feeling to great about work and have been struggling with wether or not to look seriously for another job. Partly because I feel greatly under appreciated. Dr jevsevars comment helped me feel a little better about my job. I guess I will stay a little longer. I have made the decision to go back to school. Now that david is all done I can go. I got my transcripts from when I went to utah valley right after high school and I am so embrassed about the grades I got. Hopefully this time around I can do it right and finish with a degree!

Catching up again

I thought with the blogger app on my phone that I would blog on a more regular basis, I haven't. About a week ago David started having some numbness in his face and left side and he had a sharp stabbing pain behind his ear. He went to the doctor and they ordered labs but as of today they aren't sure what it is. David and I being the medical experts that we are have diagnosed it as Bell's palsy. Hopefully his symptoms will start to improve within the next week. It's kinda funny to see him try to smile. 

We have seen two of the tuachan shows this summer. David and I went and saw Wizard of Oz for our anniversary and tonight we took the girls to Little Memaid. I personally liked Wizard of Oz better, but they were both excellent shows. We have noticed lately that Treyven isn't quite where he should be with talking. One of my visiting teachers is a speech therapist and she gave me some guidelines of where he should be and things we can do to help him with his speech. We are still working on potty training as well, that's not going so well. Well it's late and tomorrow hopefully will be full of fun activities as it is the Fourth of July. Goodnight

Graduation

Today David graduated with his Bachelors in Graphic Arts. I am so very proud of him!!! 

I have to say that I pressured David into going to graduation. He did it for me an I will just say that when I get my degree I will not want to go thru graduation and I won't make anyone else suffer thru it.

Family

We have had lots of family time lately. We enjoyed seeing amber and her boys. And we had a family BBQ here at our house. That was lots of fun.

Our family on Mother's Day!

Amber and her boys on Mother's Day!

Family dinner

Saw this on Facebook and it perfectly describe how I feel when Amber is coming!

Christy talked in church on Mother's Day Sunday and she did great!

David took me out to dinner for Mother's Day and we went to Kay jewelers and ordered a new band for me as a Mother's Day gift!

Grandma Humes

My sweet Grandma Humes was in the hospital this week. Everyone was really worried that it was her time. Lots of family gathered to be with her. It was nice to see all the family. Grandma is out of the hospital now and home until next week when she moves into an assisted living place. Her house will be put up for sale and most of her things in her house sold or given to family members. She seems happy about moving into assisted living. I am so glad that she's okay but I also know that if it had been her time that all the family would be okay with that too.

Late night crafting

The crafting hug hit tonight and I made this new wreath for the front door! I think it turned out pretty cute!

Allergies

Today per christys request she went to see an allergy specialist. The result of the tests. Christy is allergic to tumble weeds, dust mites, mold, cats, all pollen, corn, peas and peanuts. The tumble weed and the dust mite were the worst reactions, then the pollens, dust mites, mold and the cats and food were the least reactive. The doctor suggested that we start Christy on Zyrtec everyday. At this point none of her allergies will cause anaphylactic shock, they could turn that way later but for now she's good.

Sickness

Great sickness came into our house. Everyone at moms work was getting sick and the boys got sick at the babysitters. Then mom got sick, that was four and a half weeks ago. Mom tried to heal everyone with home remedies first. She tried that for to long. When mom finally took the boys to the doctor they had lots of issues. Treyven had a sinus infection, conjunctivitis, and thrush and David had an ear infection, the starting of bronchitis and thrush. We came home with three different prescriptions. Our poor boys. Then finally mom asked one of her doctors to call in something for her but three days later she felt even worse. Mom ended up going to the instacare and walked out with two prescriptions. Next time we won't wait so long. Yesterday was the first time in four weeks that mom felt good enough to accomplish any housework. The house is still a huge mess. But as mom continues to feel better the house will be cleaner as well!

The Temple

This month there has been a lot of talk of the Temple. Our bishop challenged our ward to have a least one ward member at the Temple every day this month. The first Saturday of the month we attended the Temple together as a couple for the first time in several years. We went with the Bushars because Claudia was taking out her endowments for her mission. Last Wednesday evening I went on my own and the Friday we missed ward Temple night but David and I went and walked around the Temple for a date, and then today our Relief Society lesson was about the Temple. As I sat and listened to the lesson I reflected on all the blessing I have been given due to my Temple attendance. When I went they to take out my endowments I had the impression that David and I were meant to be married and to attend the Temple frequently together as a couple. Also looking back I can see that many times I have gone with a question or problem on my mind and answers have come and I believe it's because I have attended the Temple. When we lived in San Diego I went to the temple weekly until Treyven was born and I didn't realize at the time what a huge blessing that was not only to me but to our whole family. When we moved back to St. George I let my recommend expire and have just recently gotten back to the Temple and have felt and seen such a difference. Yesterday I was reading the Ensign and had a thought come into my mind that answered a problem that has been weighing heavy on both David and I. I say and enjoyed the Spirit that came with the answer and them went and told David the thought. The Temple is such a huge blessing to our family. There have been many times where I have felt that the problems that we are going thru are to big and I want to give up, but knowing some of the answers I have learned in the Temple I know that David and I are meant to be married and the more often we attend the stronger we will be as a couple and the more blessings we will have. It seems that everytime some aspect of our life is coming to a close that Heavenly Father has opened a new door that has been exactly what we have needed. I need to take time more often to think of all the blessings that have been given to me and thanks Heavenly Father more often than I do. I am so blessed to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Little guys

The boys decided to share David's breakfast one morning. It melts my momma bitter when they share!

I just love taking pictures of my little guys.

My boys

I just love my boys! David started having a cough Saturday morning then Sunday you could tell he didn't feel good because he was so clingy. He had a fever and he threw up his dinner. We called grandpa over to help David give him a blessing. Then later we noticed white spots on the inside of both cheeks. We think it was thrush. We looked online and found a home remedy of baking soda dissolved in water then swabbed inside the mouth and it's working. Treyven went potty in the toilet twice today. My boys are getting so big and learning so much all the time.

David and I went on a date last Saturday to tropical smoothie cafe. All the food and drinks in the picture costs us $5.60. 

Sister Time

Tonight I needed to get out of the house and Crystal was kind enough to accompany me. I went and picked her up and out shopping we went! We hit the mall, the outlet stores and Kohls. The pictures are from Kohls we found some pretty unique things. Don't worry we didn't buy any of the things we found. It was nice to hang out with Crystal we don't get to spend a lot of time together. She's a nice girl!

Hotel Beds

Hotel beds are the best! Lots of pillows and jumping from on bed to the next! The boys sure had fun playing and sleeping on our hotels beds this weekend. On Monday night when the boys were ready for bed Treyven went over to the crib and tried to climb in. I put both boys in the crib for a few minutes until Treyven was smashing David. I guess Treyven liked sharing a bed with brother!

Valentines Day

This year I had valentines day off work so I got to spend the whole day with my three favorite guys. We had lots to do on my day off. The boys watched some tv while I got laundry done and packed for a long weekend in salt lake. Then we all had lunch at mcdonalds. David let me pick out my own chocolate cause I'm kinda picky about what chocolate I like. He also got me a salt and pepper grinder. I did little love notes and a variety of treats for David. We ended the day in salt lake at a hotel where neither boy wanted to sleep. I love my valentine! 

Broken pipes

Well this is what my house currently looks like. The pipe that broke was the hot water pipe in the hall bathroom. The plumber came out and cut into the wall and he had to run a new pipe thru the copper pipe from the laundry room where the main pipes come into the house all the way to the hall bath. I guess alkaline eats copper pipes and our whole house is plumbed with copper. Yea for old houses. This just pushes me even more to fix things up and when the market gets even better to sell this house and build a brand new one! In my dreams right? The best part is that the plumber is one of my co workers husbands so even though he was here for a good part of the day he only charged us $100, I don't know any other plumber that would have done that for us. Oh the tender mercies we receive!

Potential to ruin a day.

You know when you wake up in the morning and the first thing that happens is you step into a pool of water that it could be a bad day. It could be a very bad day in fact but I am bound and determined to be positive and not let this ruin my day. The plumber will come and tell us what we need to do. It already happened so nothing I can do will change this situation so I am choosing to not let this affect my day ( I might just need an extra large swig). Bring it on Thursday this girl is ready for ya!

The Waddells Visit

The pictures are out if order. I am still learning how to post from my phone. This picture is their last night in Utah!

I just love them all so very much!

Amber and my little guy!

Don't mind my fat pouch or the random foot in the picture. 

Little David loved Danni, he was very intrigued with Danni's facial hair.

The Waddells came to visit after Christmas! I was so beyond excite to see them!

Little keithers! He is six months older than Treyven. 

Danni and little David playing!

We had a great time visiting with the Waddells. I cried when I was leaving moms house the night before they went home. I hate that Amber lives so far away  from me. I told amber she needed to have a life changing event so I would have to come out to see her!

Treat baskets

There are two ward treat baskets going around. The note on the basket says "this little bucket is meant to express, love from a friend who you'll never guess. Just fill it up with goodies from you, and pass it on to someone who you love too." This week we ended up with both of them. Tonight I bought some cookies and left the baskets at two other homes. Then just now I heard a knock on my door and guess what, we got one of the basket back. 

Life

I really need to hook my phone up to the computer and take all the pictures off and store them on the computer and I need to blog with all those pictures. Amber and her family came two days after Christmas and they stayed for two weeks. It was so great to see them. I REALLY REALLY miss them! Amber is my favorite sister. We went hiking with them, hung out, played games, went to a movie, had dinner and did lots of visiting. When Amber was leaving I cried like a baby! Who knows when I will get to see her next. David only has eight more classes until he gets his bachelors degree. I can't wait for him to be done with school and to be able to get a better job. I work all the time and when I'm not working I'm ornery at home! I need to just relax! Christy is doing ok in school, at least I think so because whenever i try to ask her about school we fight and I haven't seen any notes from teachers saying otherwise. The boys are growing like weeds. Treyven is getting clearer all the time and I love how he puts sentences together. We are slowing improving the house. It has started warming up outside! Thats all I'm tired.

Baby carriers

Today we stopped using the Graco snug ride baby carrier and changed David to a big boy car seat. The other evening when David and I were out shopping to get Treyven a new seat so David could have his I got kinda sad. I told David that after buying the one we were shopping for we most likely will not have to buy any more car seats for the boys. The one that David sits in now is rear facing and forward facing so for now where he is still little he can sit rear facing and then when he gets bigger he can use the same on for front facing. Then Treyven's that he sits in now will last until he is big enough to sit without a five point harness and then we already have the next size care seat for him that has a removal back so he can sit in that one till he's done with car seats and David will just use them as Treyven goes to the next one. So happy for not having to buy anymore carseats but at the same time sad that David is no longer in the baby carrier. And who knows what the future holds but we might be done forever buying car seats. I was cleaning the boys room today and wondering if I should just go ahead and sell all the baby stuff or hang on to it just in case. It takes a lot of room to store all that stuff. Amber needs to have a baby so I can dump it all on her. Or maybe Crystal will get married in October and get pregnant right away and then I can dump it all on her. I kinda think that it would be nice to have one more and end with a girl in a few years but at the same time I think I could be done and still be happy. I guess it will be up to Heavenly Father and what he knows is best and right for us.