I love my husband!

So if you took the time to read my last blog you will see that life around here lately has just been crazy. On Wednesday Jon and I were talking (on the phone of course) and decided it was long passed time for us to go on a date. Or just to be alone for that matter. So I talked with one of my good friends and decided Saturday was best for everyone. Well it ended up she offered for McKenna to stay Friday night which meant Jon and I could sleep in! Wait, no we didn't I had Young Women in Excellence and Jon had school. Oh well, sleeping in is over rated I've decided. Anyways, when I got home Jon and I weren't sure what to do. So we debated over it and ended up going to Layton and just walking around the mall, we did grab some dinner which we spent more then we wanted but considering we haven't been out forever we decided it was ok. We found out Old Navy was having a killer sale and found Jon a shirt for 3 dollars and me one for 6! Also we found Jon some flip flops for next year for a dollar each!! Nothing beats a good deal. After we went and met our friends and picked up McKenna we headed home and ended up meeting up with some friends and watching a movie while the kids played. Headed home around ten and went to bed. Well Sunday none of us woke up til 10:15! Now McKenna is pretty reliable on when she wakes up but I guess yesterday was an exception, she has to be growing or something. All she did yesterday was sleep. Well I got ready and went to Young Womens and had a lesson on Service in our Community and decided that we really need to do something even if it is just once a month. So thats my goal today is to find a place to donate my time. After I got home from church McKenna went back to sleep and so Jon and I watched Tron, ok I fell asleep and Jon watched it but still. Once it was over we made soup then went and walked around temple square. We went and saw the family display which always makes me cry. We also saw the Cristus and McKenna kept waving at it and blowing kisses. I wish I could be as close to the spirit as I know that little girl is. She is such an example.

How do people do it?

For those of you who actually read this it won't be exciting, ites really just me complaining about nothing at all. Not that what I just said made ANY sense. Sorry its late and I'm tired, just trying to stay awake til Jon gets home.
So lately I feel like I am piling and piling it on and have no idea how to keep myself afloat. I know that there are so many out there that do so much more then me but I really think I have hit my breaking point.
Starting Monday morning I go pick up the kids from school around eleven thirty, take them to my house to feed them and try to catch up on random things around the house. After that once McKenna wakes up we go to the kids house til the older kids get home then I head to Jon's work to meet my mother in law for a financial planning class we are going to. Get home around nine at the earliest, talk to Jon for an hour and head off to bed.
Tuesdays and Thursdays are very similar except I meet Jon's mom at his work on Tuesdays so I can go home for the night while he is in school and Thursday I just try to do something so I'm not home alone. Plus I have to go get the youngest kid I watch at eight thirty instead of eleven. Jon usually gets home around ten those nights and we try to talk in bed which usually lasts til I fall asleep so I really don't know how late we stay up. Wednesdays I pick up the kids at eleven thirty and my days are similar to the rest of the week except that I try to have dinner ready for Jeri and Jon when they get home because I have Young Women's those nights so I head there and usually get home a little after nine, talk to Jon til ten then off to bed. Friday nights Jon and I try to spend at home together but we usually end up making dinner and cleaning it up, showering then bed cause we are both just so exhausted. Saturdays Jon has morning classes so McKenna and I play in bed with him til he has to leave then her and I usually try to find something to do around the house to keep us busy til Jon gets home. Most of the time once he gets home he is so worn out he wants to just be home but for me I am home all week and just want to leave. Usually ends up just hanging out at home which isn't a bad thing. Sundays we have church at nine, then NAP TIME!! YAY!! Then just time together, I love Sundays. Its the one day I am with Jon from the moment we wake up til we go to bed and I love it. We are both so busy that we have kind of missed each other theses passed two weeks. Actually its been the passed month since I started this class and he has Saturday classes. We both know that the beginning is tough so we are trudging through and we will make it, we are both to stubborn not to! Sorry if you are still reading, I told you nothing but me complaining, but now reading over it I realize that I should be getting at least eight hours of sleep, but I don't feel like it. Maybe its time to see a doctor and get my thyroid checked out again, something somewhere isn't right.

Getting so BIG

So its been one year, one year since McKenna was blessed. There is something about a baby all dressed in white that I can't explain. A feeling of such purity and innocence and such a closeness to God. I remember being so stressed due to having so many people at my house but so at peace, because I knew that my little girl was being blessed by her daddy. Something that I have always always prayed I would get. I love my husband so much and the love that he brings into our home and shows McKenna and I. I know every day that Jon and I have a connection that I could never imagine having with someone else. Thanks Jon, for being amazing, wonderful, and just you!

I am so very greatful for my family and Jon's and everything that they do for us. There is such a bond in Jon's family and so often I just sit and watch and think about how blessed I am. I love my family dearly also. I know that sometimes I just miss them so much but it makes the time we are together so much more valuable I think.

I GOT IT!!!!

YAY! I start Tuesday! There are four kids ranging in age from 12-4. I pick the little ones up from Pre-School and Kindergarten at 11 and the older ones get one around 4 so I only have the four of them for an hour. It will bring in some extra money which will help greatly! We will get stuff paid off that we really need to get taken care of. I will miss being home alone with my baby girl but right now it truly is what is best for our family.

Wish me luck!

So for the passed little while Jon and I have been trying to figure out how to get some extra income so that we can get out of debt faster. Today I got a random phone call from a lady that said taht I had contacted her about babysitting, I totally don't remember but I guess I did. She said that she had someone fall through at the last minute. So she was calling messages she had never responded to and I guess I was one of them. YAY for me! So within the next hour I am going to go meet her and hopefully have a new job!! I will let you know how it goes.

Not much to post

McKenna is just getting so big, I love her so much. She is such a helper and loves babies. It always just makes me smile. She has this new infactuation with books, she will bring one up to you sit on your lap and just wait til you show her the pictures, very rarely will she let you actually read them. She loves her nightime routine with Dad. Its the small time they get together during the days so I know it means alot to them both.

Recently we decided we would really like to try to move out and have no debt but student loans by April, (High hopes but I really think we can do it!) Then hopefully get our own place by next summer. I totally appreciate everything my mother in law does for us. She really is a saint, yet I miss my own place, I miss my dishes, and just my stuff. That is silly I know especially since we live here for next to nothing. I just sometimes feel like we are a burden on my mother in law.

Jon and I also want another kid. We have felt for awhile like it was time but we don't want to have to put any more burdens on Jeri. We feel like it is coming time that another one is in our near future. There is just no way we would put Jeri through that.

So yesterday I got together with one of my friends and looked in the paper and I have a job interview on Saturday with a cleaning company. The main problem is I won't have someone to watch McKenna from 8:30-12:00 every day. I'm sure I could find someone in the ward or something. Its just if I go to work I want to be able to use the money to something besides just day care.

I love my husband dearly, I so often miss him during the weeks and now weekends with him having Saturday school but he is doing it for us and I know that. I'm excited for the holidays, nothing better than serving and being with our family. I hope Jon can get a break and enjoy it this year. We for sure aren't driving to Idaho and back in the same day though. NEVER AGAIN!!!

Nothing really important to post, just some things I had on my mind and needed to get out. Thanks for reading (if you still are)

DUMB DOG!

So my mother in law has a dog, that we all love dearly, but she has a huge problem that needs to stop or I just might lose my mind! She chews on everything while we are gone. Never does it when we are home and it is just so frustrating. I know puppies chew on stuff but we really need this to stop. Since I have been home from Idaho (so two weeks) we have found 3 of my flip flops, a onsie, a brand new pair of McKenna's pajamas, my tennis shoes, a bib, a dress, baby doll has lost her toes! That is just our stuff, she has also ruined one of my mother in laws quilts, her tennis shoes, her church shoes, and our nieces soccer cleats! WHAT DO WE DO?????

Family Pictures

K, So I told you I was updating and so that is exactly what I have done! We also had some family pictures done by our sister in law Cindy and here are some of our favorites. . .

Over the Mountains and through the fields . . .

McKenna and I got to go see Grandma Hurt! YAY! I missed my mom and family terribly so it was a great change of scenery! My mom came down here for work stayed with us and McKenna, Grandma and I left for Idaho.
We stayed up there for six days and loved it, although I did miss Jon and my bed. We got to go to dinner with Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Olson, we spent time with Great Grandma Hurt and Great Great Aunt Janet, and McKenna's favorite, lots of time with Grandpa Bubba's Dogs.

Once Jon got up there we went on a date and McKenna got to play with Grandma and Grandpa, Thanks guys!

We also got to go to Spud Day, McKenna was in awe over the parade it was funny, much different then the Fourth of July. We bought a bunch of ribbon to start making our own bows, I will have to take some pictures once I finally get around to making them.

my fav pic that whole week

This is the Place

So on Labor Day this year Jon decided to work to get some over time while McKenna and I went to This is the Place park here in Salt Lake. It was neat. I have never been there before and its always fun to be places you have never been. Plus its great to have family and cousins around to do fun stuff with! Here are a couple pictures, I will try to upload more later.


Here is from left to right McKenna's cousins, Katelyn, Analyse, Isaac, and Hailey. One day I will get her to take a picture without looking around, promise!
and this one was just way to cute not to post!










Treck next year will be fun!

A much needed update!

I love Jon and McKenna so much but for some reason lately there has been such a void. I feel like I am all alone. Jon works and stays really busy with school which is great because his grades this term are amazing its just I miss my husband.

I try to stay busy. I have started going to a financial planning class with my mother in law which is interesting so we will give it a try! Nothing wrong with becoming debt free! I have still been watching the Reynold's boys and they are just adorable. That family was such an answer to our prayers. I have started working out, haven't seen much result yet I really need to change my eating habits. Also I am in the Young Women's in our ward! It happened awhile ago but I have been horrible at keeping this thing updated. I am the Mia-Maids advisor. I love my position even though I often wonder why I was called. The girls have much more to teach me then I could ever teach them.

We have had a lot happen lately. McKenna turned one about a month ago. Hard to believe but she is growing up. She is my pride and joy, no doubt about that one. Her party was fun for everyone I hope. We were blessed to be around some of our closest friends and our family. She is almost twenty pounds finally! She gained two pounds in one month! She loves her babies and drawing, takes after her daddy there.

As for Jon he is just busy with work and school, he is pulling amazing grades this term and McKenna and I couldn't be prouder! Our anniversary is coming up and we still aren't sure what we are doing. We have been so blessed and are so thankful for everything that we have!