Wednesday September 28

There is nothing better than chatting with sweet Winnie on FaceTime….. well, except for when I get to actually be WITH her!!!!

Such a cutie with the best smiles!!!

The sun rise was so pretty this morning!

Dad and I spent the morning just hanging out and watching a show. 

Definitely some much needed down time for him and some together time for me. 

I missed him the last couple days. 

I’ve been overly emotional it seems and things just seem better when he’s there. 

In my bootcamp class this morning, our instructor split the class in half and asked me to ‘lead’ one half. 

It was fun and a really good workout!!!!

Dad did some work outside, gathering hoses  and sprinklers. 

I got dinner made. 

That’s pretty much all I did today 😂😂

Dad and port went to YM, elsie stayed home and finished her art homework. 

Her YW group went bike riding in the green belt and she didn’t want to go. 

Plus, she had homework that we did together. 

 

Tuesday September 27

Oh I just love pictures of my Winnie baby ❤️

That little personality is really blossoming!!!

She’s so much fun!

Madi said she must be teething again because she wasn’t really eating and was fussy…

But she took 2 naps, which hasn’t happened in a really long time!!!

I had my neurologist appointment today. 

Just put orders in for another brain MRI and spine MRI. 

So we just wait for that. 

I figured that was what would happen anyway. 

Carly came over and hung out with Elsie.

Port stayed after to hang out with his friends at the first game at school.

So Elsie and I dropped Carly off, picked up pizza, then we picked up Porter. 

Port and I played more with the cyanotype stuff. 

We need more time to play with it when the sun is out!

We just run out of daylight!

But it’sa fun needing to with with abs I think he has good ideas….

More to come 😊

 

Monday September 26

I went back to bed after the kids went off to school. 

I have been completely exhausted lately and have send to have uncontrollable emotions. 

I have a neurology appointment tomorrow and I’m just…….

I don’t know. 

I’m confused how I should feel. 

Of course I don’t want there to be anything wrong!

But for me to continue having these storms for a year and a half……there’s something going on. 

I just wanna get it figured out. 

Anyway. 

I’m sure tomorrow will just be a check up. 

But still. 

I’m feeling very overwhelmed, scared, all the things. 

Madi sending pictures all day helped lift my spirits. ❤️

That baby girl is something special and she has a way of making all my troubles float away!

It was warm again today. 

I went shopping and picked all the boys up from school. 

Port and I hung out a little bit working on a project he’s working on. 

And Elsie’s OOTD…. usually include pink 😉

Oh and she hung out with Brooklyn today…. They went to the park and walked around. 

I’m glad Brooklyn gets her out and moving. 

And Elsie’s loves hanging out with her!

It’s a win win!!!

 

Saturday September 24 - Sunday September 25

I forgot to blog last night 😞

But dad and I went to a baptism for a family in our ward. 

The whole family, mom dad and three kids were baptized. 

It was pretty cool ❤️

Cannon has been spending the weekend with us while his parents are out of town. 

The kiddos played some monopoly and tried to stay off video games 😂

Tonight we finally had our ward domino activity. 

I’ve worked really hard to put it together and I was really worried about people showing up.

But we had a really good turnout and everyone seemed to like it!

We had 6 different groups and they each had 5 domino challenges to complete. 

The winning team got to have the golden domino (a box of candy bars).

Everyone seemed to have fun and it made all my hard work worth it!

Winnie Madi and Logan went to the Oregon coast this weekend. 

It sounds like they had such a great time.

And the pictures 🥰

That baby girl LOVES adventure!!!

I can’t wait to explore more with her!!!!

 

Friday September 23

Worked out 👍🏼

Worked on the domino thing for Sunday 👍🏼

Got lots of cute pics of Winnie from Madi ❤️

Had a date night with dad ❤️

Went and saw ‘See how they run’ and it was such a fun movie!

 

Thursday September 22

I just love all the pictures madi send me throughout the day. 

This isn’t even half of them!

It makes me so happy. 

That baby is one loved little girl!!!

Today dad and I took a day for ourselves and after the gym, we watched a movie!!!

It was nice to just take a break. 

We did get other stuff done, like water the lawn, looked through old pictures of baby bell, and I’m working on a domino challenge for this Sunday for the whole ward…so I’m getting that figured out. 

Took port graham and Elsie to the church after school to try and figure some of the logistics out.

After dinner, port wanted to lift some weights, so dad taught him some stuff and cass came home for a little while too ❤️

Early morning pre-sunrise

 

Wednesday September 21

Hey look, day two journaling!!!

It was kinda rainy and cloudy this morning. 

I kinda had another ‘down’ day…. I’m sure it will be better tomorrow when dad comes home.

I did FaceTime with Winnie and Madi and that made a really bright spot in my day. 

That Winnie 🥰

She has so much spunk. 

Her little personality is so fun. 

Her little smile just melts me ❤️

Elsie has me take a picture of her outfit every morning…. She’s got a fun style. 

 

Thursday September 1 - Tuesday September 20

Studying Spanish while picking cherry tomatoes for school lunches. 

Elsie’s OOTD

Beaufort morning sunrise on the way to taking Elsie to school. 

More studying together ❤️

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 Oh man. 

Why is it that I am the worst at journal keeping since Winnie was born!!!!!

Why can’t I get myself to journal at night like I used to!!!

It’s very frustrating and maddening. 

I still have all the pictures and hopefully I can add and hopefully they will spark memories that I can jot down. 

I am gonna try *again* to get back in the habit. 

Because it’s one of the really good things I’ve done in my life 😂😂

I can’t stop now!!!!!!

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Sept. 20

Today was actually kind of a lousy day. Not sure why. I am just kind of off I guess. Honestly, I kind of get like this every time when I leave Winnie 😞 

We got to hang out with them this last weekend and it just wasn’t enough time for me 💕

 That baby is just amazing and she makes my heart swell with so much love it wants to burst!

Cass hung around quite a bit today and that made my heart pretty happy too. 

She spent time with port studying Spanish. 

I know that is singing that port needed. 

The Spanish help, but also the one on one ❤️

It was very sweet. 

He has a pretty rough morning.

Lots of tests this week and he kind of went into a spiral right before I had to leave to take elsie to school.

I got back home just a couple minutes before he had to leave and he had calmed himself down and used the time to study.

I was proud. I told him that it’s good for him to feel his feelings, and also know how to move past without it taking over.

Love that boy and I wish I could take all his worries away…

Elsie went to aquability and she did a good job….. sometimes she refuses to do the stuff, but she did pretty good today. 

Dad is at work, another reason why it was kind of a lousy day 😂😂 I like being around him too ❤️

Thursday August 11 - Wednesday August 31

 I would like to think I will add pictures and thoughts to this someday……