The purpose of this "blog".

This is the third time that I have tried to create a blog, and this is probably the farthest that I've gotten. I'd like to keep a blog because I'm horrible at documenting all of the fun little things that happen in our lives. I'm quickly realizing just how fast life moves. I feel like my babies are growing way too fast. I hate keeping journals for myself, so I had the thought to keep a journal for each of my kids; writing to them individually, but of course, I "haven't gotten around to it". I want to write to them about the funny things they say or do. I want to write about the fun times with our family or about frustrating moments. Hopefully I can keep up with it and we can look back on these posts, laugh, and remember the good times.

Friday, February 4, 2011

FIRST POST

        This is my first official post! HOORAY!! Hopefully I can figure this thing out. Nothing really to say about today. It was really quite boring. We did a little family shopping trip just to get out of the house. We are currently living with my parents. Josh graduated from the Weber State University Police Academy last month and now is on the hunt for a job (which has been a lot harder than we expected).
        2010 flew by for our family!! It has been one of our hardest years, but also one of our most rewarding. It started out with the birth of our precious baby girl, Kaleigha Michelle. All three of us are completely in love with her. I think she's a little spoiled, but that's fine with us! Josh was laid off from work a few weeks after Kaleigha was born.  We were able to anticipate the lay-off a little bit, so we were able to move in with Josh's mom about 2 months before it actually happened. About a week after Kaleigha was born was when we officially moved in with my parents. Josh bounced around with side jobs here and there to keep our family afloat until he started school in August. After that I don't know how we survived, but we did.  All I can say is pay your tithing and money will always magically pop out of thin air. Our testimonies have truely been strengthened. I am greatful. . . but I am ready to be done with this jobless section of our lives!
        Bennsyn is a happy, healthy, hyper 3 year old. He has such a tender heart and always thinks of others. Bennsyn LOVES kids!! He loves to play with anybody and is not shy about it. He will see random kids playing outside and say, "Mom, my kids are here!!".  Bennsyn loves his sister.  I know that they were meant to be in the same family. They fit perfectly together and you can see that Kaleigha truely loves him back and looks up to him. Bennsyn is so smart!! His memory amazes me!! He was very early on learning his colors, numbers, shapes, letters, and even letter sounds. He tries to write and is interested in reading. We can flip to any song on the radio and Bennsyn will immediately start singing and dancing along. (And he knows EVERY word!)  The kid even has rhythm. He claps and stomps to any beat. Bennsyn loves to wrestle with his daddy. They are great buddys and call eachother "PUNK" in the most loving way!!! I LOVE MY LITTLE MAN! He amazes me every day.
        Kaleigha is a firey 11 month old! We are quickly learning just how strong and sassy of an attitude that she has. She fits right into our family and probably has each of us wrapped around her little finger. We adore her. I cannot believe that one year ago she had not yet entered into our lives because it feels like she's been here all along. I have loved watching her grow this last year. The time has gone SO FAST. I feel like she never got the chance to be a baby. We am so excited to celebrate her 1st birthday. It's a big deal!! Hopefully after that things will slow down just a little bit.  I'm trying to enjoy each moment. It scares me to think about the future. It scares me to think about my babies growing up. I really want them to stay little forever!!  But I know that the best thing for them is to learn, grow, and progress. That's what we are put on this earth to do. So I would like to make it my goal to help them do that in the best possible way.

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