Pumpkins and Career College Students

Saturday we went to Staheli Farms to do the pumpkin patch thing. It was fun.. I miss real pumpkin patches though. The animals were cute though. Cohen & Tallen got to get up close and a little too personal with some goats, cows, pigs & a donkey. Tallen screamed bloody murder when my brother in law Kyle tried to put him on the donkey which was pretty freakin' funny to me. We got a "perfect pumpkin" according to Cohen. It was fun though hanging out with the Ostermans', Maikranz', Valleys', Wilsons' & the Wallis'. Yeah basically everyone in my family and close friends.

Today I had an epiphany that I am a career college student. I have tried almost everything that there is to try and have "seriously decided on my major" a BAZILLION times. My husband confirmed to me today that I "really need to figure out a school and stick with it." He is on a roll today with school and our future. We have seriously started thinking about and praying about our futures and what God wants us to do. What direction we are supposed to be going in. And this is what we are thinking. We may possibly within the next year or so be going on a 1.5 - 2 year sebatical where Josh will work on a degree in Christian Ministries & Biblical Studies. I will just continue to work on my Recreation Managemet degree (hopefully). We will see what path the Lord takes us on, but I know that he will make a much better decision on our future than we ever will so that is why I have NO problem leaving it ALL to him! FYI... a major component of Josh wanting a Biblical degree is to work in Ministry but also to "argue" our religion. Anyone who knows Josh will get a kick out of that. I wish they had a Christian Law degree. It would be right up his alley. :)

Little boys are worth more than gold!

Today was my nephew Austin's baby dedication. Everyone came into town and was at church to be part of the celebration. As part of our faith we put high priority on the whole family (parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc) to be a part of a Christian upbringing. My sister in law Kale' was very emotional about the whole thing which was very touching because she normally is such a strong person. I really admire seeing people like that show their emotions, it just means so much more to me. Kale' has a daughter who is 3 and this is probably going to be her last and she prayed very hard for the Lord to give her a son. She spoke about Hannah and her barren womb and how much she yearned and prayed for a son. Hannah made a covenant with God that if he gave her a son she would give him right back to him as on offering of thanks. Kale' is very much like Hannah in this manner that she has devoted her children back to the Lord and it is evident in their upbringing. I am very proud of her for the mother she is. She is very much my family but also one of my closet friends. She is the picture of love and devotion to the Lord through her children and it is an amzing example for the rest of us.

As the day has gone on I have been overly emotional (probably lack of sleep or something) but I have really been thinking about how much I influence my children by everything I do & say. They are my number 1 imitators and I do know how important that is. I didn't always have the best examples as I grew up but what I did have was a mother who loved me more than anything else. I want that obviously but I want to add to it and love the Lord with everything I have and in turn be able to love my children more because our God gives us the ability to love more than humanly possible. He is the Lord who multiplies everything in my life uncluding my love for my children.

I just want to take this time to point out the sons ARE a special gift from God. As mothers we should feel HONORED to have a son for God has called men to be the leaders of their homes which is such a huge blessing & responsibility. Men carry our family names, traditions & values so we should be extra careful of what they learn. I love my sons so much and am so honored to have been given them. Thank you to my heavenly father for giving my the opportunity to be the mother of the most vivacious little boys in the whole world. Little boys truly are worth more than gold!

Blogging is like Running... painful yet rewarding

So I have decided that blogging is a lot like running. I love to blog & i love to run... HOWEVER i can not seem to do it more than, i don't know every few months. Last month I trained & sucessfully ran the Red Rock Relay ( yeah umm that thing was amazing and COO KOOO!!!) about 17.5 miles to be exact. Problem is it killed me so bad, both physically & mentally, that i didn't run again until this week when i decided to start a 120 mile challenge in 30 days. This is just a little challenge to me... ya cause i really do enjoy gasping for air & burning muscles. i think that once the pain stops i will enjoy it while i do it but for now i only enjoy it after its over.

so back to my statement that blogging is like running. i love blogging but ya i do it in spirts. weird. its not like i have nothing to say and a lot of time i think i am quite witty but i cant seem to get over the innate fear of writing that i developed in middle school. see my condition started when i was in science class and i was told i had to write a lab report. since then i break out into a horrible rash, hyperventilate & rock in the fetal position in the corner until its over. ha! that might be a small exaggeration... but onlky the part about the rash, that just comes and goes.

so to fix my phobias i will be playing the part of Lola, my new alter ego who likes to talk with accents. Lola loves to run & is very good at it. She also loves to blog and is very consistant with everything she does! so in my day to day life Lola will be coming out to help Lacey with all of her issues. well not all cause there is way to many (remember she is insane) but with a few. so without further ado i would like to introduce you to Lola...

"Allo everyone. It is very nice to meet you all. I am very excited about this little bugger I am writing. Hell I think you and I will have a bloody good time writing about Lacey's crazy life. To start I would like you to know that anyone who thinks they can attend university while working for the suits and still preforming marital duties and also being the mother of to bloody crazy boys is absolutly one of the most delusional people that I know. This is her daily life. She and her husband are attending university with full credits and also working for the suits about 30 or so hours a week. That alone should knock someone on their keister. But she trecks on and still attempts to keep track of her house (not very well you should see it, its close to a small hiroshima disaster site) and spend time with the children. The eldest, Cohen, is the most darling little bugger ever. He is always say that Lacey is his best friend. Its so adorable. However he is like the squirrel on over the hedge. Here and there and here and wait where is he. He makes everyone stay on their toes. The baby, Tallen, is like a real life Bam Bam, from the Flinstones. We used to watch that on the Tube when I was a child back in the mother country. He doesn't say hardly a peep but makes his needs &/or wants very much known! Lacey's husband Josh is a really great guy. Always helping out with the chores and the children. He is a very happy right now because he gets to watch his bloody football all week. His beloved Ducks are doing decent this season so we never hear the end of it. Tooda Loo!" 

Amazing Rally Tonight...

We had our elimination games for our softball league tonight and honestly knew we would lose. I know that sucks to say but I just didn't have a lot of hope. However we had this huge rally in the 5th inning. We came back and ended up winning by like 5 runs. It was awesome!!!! Now we have a game next week at 7:30pm. I am excited about it because I really think that our team has got our groove back. We are going to Primary Children's tomorrow for a check up for Tallen. He has a birth defect in his heart that we thought got fixed... guess not. Please say a little prayer for him tomorrow. Work is awesome like normal. I truly do love my job. We have the Skateboard Competition on the 2nd of May then the Midnight Run 5K on the 5th of June, that my baby is going to run! I am so proud of him!!! Everyone should come out that night though because it is one of the best events the city has. On top of that we give all our participants an awesome GLOW IN THE DARK T-SHIRT!!!!!!!!!! That right there should be enough reason to come out and join in the fun.

Tri Time....

I am working like a crazy person right now.... I have a bazillion things I am doing and way to many things to balance. The kids, Josh & I are trying hard to balance family and work. It is hard though. We are used to me being at home and doing all the stay at home mom things where now I am working basically full time and it is super hard to get all the housework done and spend any time at all with the boys too. We will find the balance soon enough though. I am sure of it. Easter was this weekend and the boys had a blast. Tallen was hilarious because he only wanted 1 egg the whole time and horded it after he got it. He cried when we put it the basket and then stopped when he got it back. Cohen only wanted the yellow eggs which was funny because everyone was pink, blue & purple except like 6 out of like 30. Needless to say Teagan, my niece, made out like a bandit with her eggs cause my kids only got 7. ha ha ha. My kids are easily pleased and a little anal if you can't tell. The boys are doing really great right now. Tallen just learned how to walk and Cohen is learning his letters. They are a lot of fun when they aren't fighting. They act as if their sole purpose in life is to annoy their brother. So we break up quite a bit of tifts. :) Tallen is going back to Primary Children's on the 22nd to see the ENT then we have a tentative surgery scheduled for the 23rd. He is having reccurent problems that resemble what he had surgery on back in August, so they are going to see if there is another issue that they missed or that has shown up. Hopefully it is nothing though. I will be giving updates though.

Somewhere over the Rainbow

I absolutely love this song by the way! It is one of my all time folky songs that I can just listen to all day. .especially today when it is so rainy & drizzly. However a day like this does give me the opportunity to break out the good ol' rain boots! YAY!

Family Pictures 2008 by Emily Clark @ Wink Fotos