Holidays!

Well as you can see I am behind in my blogging- to say the least! Along with being HORRIBLE at taking pictures. I have not gotten pictures of any of our recent events. Kent's school is going great, but takes up way more time than I could have ever imagined!

For HALLOWEEN I ended up taking all four kids to the school carnival and trick-or-treating by myself because Kent had a big project due that weekend. We had lots of fun and the kids were actually really good for me. The kids looked cute- of course! Chandler was GI Joe, Kezalee was a witch, Aly was Eeyore and Deegan had a cute Halloween onesie. All-in-all we had a great time.

This past week we had a great time at my parents house for THANKSGIVING. The kids had a whole week off of school so on Tuesday we headed over to the Valley. Of course Kent had projects to do so he didn't come until Thursday morning. Tuesday and Wednesday I had a fun day crafting with my SILs. We made super cute bows for the girls hair and cute aprons to help with our culinary talents! -I wish we would have gotten a picture of us all! :(
Thursday was a day filled with yummy food and lots of family. I love being with my family!





Friday my brother Tyson got his mission call. He is going to the
Lansing, Michigan mission---Spanish speaking
We are excited for him. Now all three brothers that have gone on missions will speak Spanish. I am so thankful for all that I have been given and this holiday season. I can't wait for Christmas and hope that Kent gets a break from school!

Family- Where life begins and love never ends

Thanks so much to my wonderful mother for taking our family pictures!

We couldn't have picked a more beautiful day. Love ya mom.

Here are a few of my favorites!

A Name and a Blessing

Deegan was blessed on Sept. 27th. Kent did such a beautiful job! I am so grateful for such a wonderful husband. We had lots of family there and I appreciate their support. I love my family!

P.S. The outfit Deegan is wearing was also worn by Kent's older brother Micheal (who we named Deegan after), Kent, Chandler and now Deegan!

To Coupon or not to Coupon?

So I have been reading a lot of blogs lately that have to do with couponing (is this even a word?) and how much you can save on your groceries. I am just wondering if anyone has experience with this and if it is even worth it to get into???? I have absolutely no idea how to get started and have only used a handful of coupons in my life. It would be great to save on groceries now that Kent is just going to school full time. Any advice?

Deegan Michael Dance

I just wanted to take a minute and journal about our new addition! This is mainly for me so that I have something to look back on.
The morning of the 25th of August,I started having contractions about 12:30a.m. and decided to start timing them when my water broke at about 1 am. So I got up and called the hospital to let them know I would be coming in in a few hours and called my mom. She was so great to come and help the kids get to school. Luckily school for my brother and sister didn't start until the next day so it worked out perfect for my mom to come. So after I called her I took a shower, tidied up the house and got the kids lunches ready. Then I picked up the fourth Twilight book that I just had started reading and read for the next couple of hours while I waited for my mom to come. She got here at about 5 am and we talked for about an hour before Kent and I decided to finally go to the hospital. I was debating on going in because I was not having any contractions. We went in because it had been 5 hours since my water broke. So we got to the hospital and after we got checked in and they checked me (I was dilated to a four)they had me walk around and sit on the birthing ball. Nothing. So Kent slept and I continued to read Twlight (man those books suck you in) while we waited for my contractions to pick up. Finally at noon they checked me again and I was still at a four so they decided to start me on pit. By 3 p.m I was dilated to a 7 and all thoughts of natural childbirth had gone out the window. So I got my epidural (what was I thinking waiting so long!) and I had Deegan at 3:30p.m! The cord was wrapped around his neck which they think is why it took so long to get me going and caused him some stress during labor. He was a little purple for a minute, but pinked up nicely! My nurse-midwife did a great job. I have never been so pain free after having a baby. We are so blessed to have this little guy in our lives and don't know what we would do with out him!

Deegan

We had our baby! I will write about it soon.

First Day of School!

So our first day of school turned out very different than we had planned. About a week and a half before school started I got a call from a charter school that I had applied the kids for and they said that they had an opening for Kindergarten. I wasn't sure what to do, but when they told me it was all day Kindergarten, I was hooked! I asked if they had any openings for 2nd grade and if we could get Chandler in and luckily they did. So with not much time to spare, we registered the kids for yet another school. I was glad that they would be starting a new school anyway this year, so I didn't have to convince Chandler to go somewhere his friends are not. We were also lucky because a girl in my ward got her kids in this year also and she has a 2nd grader and a Kindergartner. Now I have someone to car pool with.

This school also has a uniform policy which is something that I had not planned on. Luckily I had not bought many school clothes yet, so we did a lot of last minute shopping, searching for uniforms. I am still not sure that it is my favorite thing, but the kids don't seem to mind. I am impressed with the school so far and if it goes well, then we will keep them there as long as we live here.
We got to start a couple of days earlier than the other schools around. Here is some pictures of their first day!