Saturday, December 17, 2011
OY I have this letter blocks that spell out JOY that I made last year for my Christmas decorations. Sloan loves to take these blocks down and do different things with them. Often, I am left with out a J, thus it says OY.
These last weeks have been cuhRAZY for Kyle. He has six finals. SIX. The last three of which have been back to back. He gets up early, goes to school. Studies for a bit, writes his exam of the day, (three hours long- ugh) and then goes back to studying for the rest of the day. He comes home at around 6. We eat. Then he's back to studying for the remainder of the evening. I go to bed around 11. He comes to bed sometime in the early morning. He has been working so hard. He's exhausted. I admire him for doing all this. What a hard working man I married.
In the meantime, I have been trying to get ready for Christmas. We leave tomorrow. I admit, I'm feeling a bit anxious about it. It feels like it hasn't been that long since I did the whole living out of a suitcase thing, going from house to house and invading with my children. I don't like being someones guest and it being stressful for them, and that seems to be inevitable with my little hoodlums. However, I hope things will go well, and that we'll have lots of fun, because I'm excited to see family, and family is what it's all about. It really is. And looking back on the last year, I'm so glad that we are closer to family now. Especially at this time of year. So, inspite of my anxiety I know we'll have a good time.
I have really been enjoying playing on a coed soccer team with Kyle. It's something fun for us to look forward to every week that we get to go out with out our kids and do together, and it's exercise. Win-win. Our team is ranked one of the lowest in the league, but we're getting better, and winning more games. I like to win, we all know this, and really, what Clarke doesn't prefer to win?? Don't hold it against me. I don't get really mad at our team or anything if we lose. ha ha.
Happy Saturday, and Merry Christmas!!
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Sarahstottle posted @ 7:18 AM
Monday, December 12, 2011
Picture a Christmas
What more can I say?
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Sarahstottle posted @ 7:20 AM
Friday, December 09, 2011
The goose is getting fat...
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| cute hair, right? |
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| Our tree. I really like it. It looks prettier in person. We've never had one like this. The pine needles are really long and soft and they have a bit of a blueish tint. I'm all about the tree at Christmas. Kyle didn't want to get one since we are spending Christmas at home. Since he loves me, he obliged. He has this saying "What the sweetie wants, the sweetie gets." I like it when he says that. |
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| so in love with this kid |
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Sarahstottle posted @ 9:13 AM
Friday, December 02, 2011
Parenting 505 Well, I got my wish. I have some daycare kids. It's very part time- two days a week. They are two little girls named Alexa and Shayla, ages 4 and 3. They are sweet and cute and very well behaved. They tell me every little thing that Sloan does that could possibly be wrong. I found myself thinking "Is parenting really this easy for some people?" and "What did I do to deserve such challenging children? So unfair!" Then I remembered a few things. Like maybe they are better behaved for me than they are for their own parents. And I remembered the lesson which was given in relief society this last week which was from a general conference talk in April of this last year. I was very grateful for that lesson, seeing as the difficulty I've been having lately has caused a need for this reminder:
"A sweet and obedient child will enroll a father or mother only in Parenting 101. If you are blessed with a child who tests your patience to the nth degree, you will be enrolled in Parenting 505. Rather than wonder what you might have done wrong in the premortal life to be so deserving, you might consider the more challenging child a blessing and opportunity to become more godlike yourself. With which child will your patience, long-suffering, and other Christlike virtues most likely be tested, developed, and refined? Could it be possible that you need this child as much as this child needs you?"
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Sarahstottle posted @ 12:59 PM