Update

Scott was in Salt Lake most of the week getting extra training for his job...basically they told him to not give up and he's almost there. So time will tell. Things went pretty well all week. There was lots of yelling on Monday especially during Family Home Evening. Ha. Love that. Those are the moments that you wonder if you are doing more damage than good. Well better luck this week aye. On Tuesday I drove out to Anna's house for a visit to help break up the day. I discovered long ago that when Scott is out of town the days are extra long and it helps to get out. That certainly helped me that day, maybe that's why there was less yelling. On Wednesday we went to story time at the library as usual and that night I had a girls night at my house. A big group of ladies came and we just ate and gabbed the night away. Scott came back on Thursday...hooray. It seemed like a very long week without him. On Thursday morning Gabby wanted to write Scott a letter because she missed him. Luckily he was already on his way back home. The indoor park also opened on Thursday and I took my kids there and they loved it. Ryan especially loved tromping all around. He is an active one.

My friend Katrina  is back in town and she is my favorite babysitter, mostly because I love her and because she drives herself over. So great. Scott took me out on a date Friday night with our trusty sitter at home. We went to White Water Pizza and to Unbroken. I was kind of feeling lousy by the end of the night and so Unbroken was kind of extra painful as my headache continued to get worse. We came straight home and I took some drugs and went to bed. That was a bummer but what can you do. Scott and I enjoyed Unbroken (as much as you can really enjoy a movie like that). The book was much better but seeing it on the big screen is good too.

Yesterday I dragged myself out to a Love and Logic seminar that was being held. I always have to kind of force myself to go to things like that but I know that once I'm there I will really enjoy it. It was pretty good. It was a good reminder for me of things I need to work on and do better. Parenting is really hard, trying to parent well is really, really, really hard. I just like to think that everyday we start fresh (hopefully if not too much damage has already been done). Ha.

Quotes:
Corbin 7: "I feel like I want to fast next Sunday." Me:"Do you know why we fast Corb?" C:"So we can starve to death."

Gabby 4: "Mom it's foggy." Piper 3 immediately yells out, "Mom it's froggy!"

Gabby: "Mom, Ryan's in the bathroom making trouble." Corbin "like playing in the toilet."

I don't know if these quotes read very funny but in the moment they are hilarious! Love my sweet, rotten, kids. Ha.

Piper always complains about the seat belt on her neck so I made her a seat belt pillow. As these things usually go for me when I try to make something without a pattern it didn't turn out quite right but hey, it gets the job done.

Piper's hot air balloon from story time.

Scott brought back the Christmas presents that didn't fit, so it was like Christmas all over again.

Winter time sure gets long. Gabby took 2 one hour baths on Monday. Why not?

Cute Ryan. He is sicky bears right now. He has pink eye or something. Both of his eyes are oozing like crazy. Scott stayed home from church with the little guy. Yay for good dads/husbands. I seriously hate missing church. 

His best laughs were before we captured it on video. Corbin did a pretty good job recording it.