Christmas is over and now.....

Okay so now that Christmas is over and we're through with the usual Christmas parties, the rushing, the worrying and the dreaded Christmas being "good enough" all over and now I look back just like EVERY other year and think WHY....why do I do that, why don't I just enjoy the season?? It ALWAYS turns out great no matter the dollar amount spent it is the "spirit" that counts. I am very grateful to have a very close family that traditionally EVERY year gathers first at my parents with my sister (her fam) my fam and my parents, the kids see what "Santa" brought them at Grandma and Grandpa's and then we all unwrap the gifts exchanged from each other then off to "Grandma-ma's" house which is my grandmother. Some might see the Christmas tradition as chaos or perhaps insanity but we all willingly gather there together year after year. And to give you more insight as to how packed the house is...lets just say you can't turn around without hitting, elbowing, or smacking someone...obviously all with total and complete love.
I did not realize until I was married that ALL families are not as close as mine, my husband makes comment on how my family "celebrates EVERY birthday and EVERY holiday together" and he seems to think of it as weird...hmmm and I thought we were the "normal" ones hahaha Regardless it is what it is and I LOVE it!

So now with the Christmas holiday over we now have New Years Eve to look forward to and I'm thinking it would be fun to have some sort of party...the way I party lol then we have b-day's to celebrate. 1st on the list is my grandpa's on Jan. 5 some people might think it's weird to celebrate for someone that has passed on but my family thinks it's only right to remember and celebrate the "holiday" then we have Kye's which is on Jan. 7th so far it looks like we as a family will be celebrating grandpa & Kye's birthday on the Friday or Saturday to follow both b-day's which I believe is the 8th and 9th. We will all gather at my grandma's house and have cake, ice cream, and laughter....seems like the best out there doesn't it??? So Kye will be turning six this year..wow seems like yesterday that he was a baby :-( and now he is going to be 6! Then on Jan. 28th Bayti will be turning 8 and with us being LDS she will be getting baptized which she is super excited for. SO we still have many holidays coming up soon and many events to keep us busy.
With Bayti in dance and Kye taking Karate we keep pretty busy these days which I for one am grateful for, before they were in their activities I didn't see many people nor get to visit and any of you that know me know that I HAVE to visit! Well that's a good post for now but I wish you all a GREAT New Year to come with happiness, laughter and MANY blessings!!!

The FOUR of us lol

Well I haven't posted in FOREVER....our family is doing GREAT we live in Cedar now instead of Kanarra. My kids are getting SOOOO big Bayti is now in 2nd grade and Kye in Kindergarten. They both go to Three Peaks Elementary and they are liking it there. Bayti is having a little bit of a hard time adjusting to the new school and misses East Elem a lot but I'm sure after awhile meeting new friends she will like it just as well.....I hope :-/

Well with just getting over the Halloween holiday.....which did it seem like it was kinda drug out this year for anyone else?? It was a good thing for the kids but for mom it was new day face painting AGAIN lol and costumes..."mommy do I look good" lol don't you just love kids and the innocent things that they worry about. Hmmm it would be nice to be that carefree :-)

Now Thanksgiving is coming up and I am excited for this one especially because last year I spent Thanksgiving in the hospital after one of my 13 brain surgeries...YUCK I do not suggest it for anyone hahaha. I have recently got the internet back after like a year and let me tell you I will NEVER take advantage of having the internet at my fingertips...literally. So anyway I am new to Face Book and sadly have to admit addicted UGH but....one good thing is that I am posting one thing daily that I am thankful for, an idea of someone else's so please don't give me the credit but I'm loving it.

I'm still not Blogger savvy so you will all have to be patient with me while I try to figure this out AND make it cute. So I'm going to try to post some new pictures and maybe even a new background.....no round of applause yet let's see if I can do it!