Corbin goes sledding

This year has been a VERY mild winter so we haven't taken the kids to go sledding yet.  But on the first it snowed enough to go for a day.  It's good we did, it was all melted by today.  So on Friday we took the kids to a near by park and let them go for an hr.  Corbin was too little last year to be in the snow and we didn't have the stuff for him anyway.  He wanted to walk in all by himself and try to climb the hill all by himself, that didn't last long.  One fall and he was done.  He did like going down the hill as long as Mom or Dad held him tight.  Too bad the tube went flat and we had to go home.

Massage

This morning I gave a co-worker of Clint's a massage cuz her back is all screwed up.  In the past I have done massage on and off and sometimes I like it and others I don't.  I don't think I would like to work for someone else doing it, but I like to do things on my own and charge people what I think is fair, or not at all.  I have also decided a massage therapist is not what I really what I want to be. While I DO enjoy giving most people massages, what I love most about it isn't the massage itself, but the feeling I get when I help someone who needed help, someone who wanted help.  Clint and I have talked back and forth about this and I think when he is done with school and all my kids are in school I will go back and get a new degree, one like Personal Trainer or Nutritionist.  I am very grateful for my degree in Massage and it has taught me many great things in life and given me such a different perspective than I would have had, but I think it was a stepping stone to a greater calling, one that I look forward to starting someday.

Goals for March

Since February was kinda a wash I have decided to set some realistic goals for March, both personal and family wise.  For the personal goals you'll have to check out my personal blog, if you're interested.

Family goals--

• Continue reading the book of Mormon every night before bed. This has been a great goal for us and has changed so many things in our home since we started it back in Jan.
• Read with the kids more, this should be an easy one because we are loosing our tv in a week.
• Get Conner to recognize the letters and sounds in the alphabet
• Sell excess "Kaily clothes"
• Do more arts and crafts with all the kids, well, minus the tornado
• Get started on throwing away or donating excess clutter around the house
• Have FHE every week and at least one family activity

These are good for starters, I don't want to overwhelm myself.  I think starting small is best and once you have the small things mastered than you can move onto the bigger challenges.  YEA for March and fresh starts!

I had some goals for Feb.

It seems as though my days end too fast as well as the months.  It seems like I can't get caught up on anything, and truth be told, I can't.  I had wanted to go through all of Kaily's old clothes and sell the ones that I don't want, to minimize the clutter around my ever increasingly small house.  I wanted to rearrange the kids room to look and feel more open.  I wanted to organize and categorize my computer room.  All these projects got started with great gusto and they fizzled out without acknowledgement.

We did finally get the kids room figured out, after 3 different configurations, a few nights ago.  So far, it seems to be the best way.  For those who don't know, our kids all share the same room.  One of the reason we wanted to rearrange is because we were really trying to get Corbin to sleep in his own bed.  He has been in our bed since he was born and now, at 16 months, is too big and too wiggly.  The new setup we have now has proven to be the best option for him.  He has slept in his bed every night since the new design without getting up and wondering into my room at 3am.

The office, I'm afraid, will never be truly organized the way I want it until we find a place that has room enough for Clint's art.  My computer room is an art room, art gallery, a storage room, a scrapbook room and the room everything gets put it that doesn't have anywhere else to go.  Unfortunately, that's a lot of stuff.

Kaily's old clothes is a process that would be done quickly if not for the tornado of a 16 month old running around.  He can undo faster than I can do and somehow manages to spread all clothing over the entire house in a matter of minutes.  He enjoys intermingling them with all the other clothes we have around our house and finds great delight in filling and then emptying my laundry baskets.  Just when I think I have it all together he strikes, and we are once again back to the chasing.

I am contemplating throwing in the towel until we move, which is a year away.  I don't know that I can stand it that long and I will probably try to do it all again, however futile it proves to be. 

Clint's Art

I'm in the process of creating a blog for Clint's art work, in the meantime, I thought some of you would like to see some of his work.  He is getting better all the time.

 The pictures don't do them justice, but I'll get some better looking ones taken.