today was surgery day!!!!!

Today Travis and I got up at 1 am and drove to Seattle, to be at the Children's Hospital by 6 am because little Travis needed surgery. He got 4 teeth pulled. Everything went very well and we got home around 5pm. A very long day indeed. He is recovering nicely with 4 big holes in his mouth. We are to just watch closely for the next 24 hours for extended fever. He was a very brave little boy.

more halloween photos

I am barely taller than Shyane, that little stinker. She was standing on her toes and I was doing a Josten and lifting up as high as possible. Next year she will be right there with me. We already share shoes and clothes. Mackenzie and Kierstin are truly sisters I hope they grow up and feel like I feel about mine. Blended families are tough but so amazing at the same time. When the kids are at their mom's it sure is quiet and feels like something is missing.

We had all six kids this year for Halloween. Lets see we have Shyane and Colby as rockstars, Kierstin, a butterfly, Travis, a fireman, Tyler, a penguin, and my personal favorite, Mackenzie, a waitress at Cousins, and Jayden, hum, still trying to figure that out. We went to grandma and grandpa's and had munchies, told scary stories by the bon fire and then went home to go trick or treating around the neighborhood. We got tons of candy and had fun. The trunk or treat was the night before. I didn't get those pic's. It was quite a night for us.

Well another month has come and gone. Time is just whizzing by. I can't believe how life has taken a turn for my family. I am so busy with work, kids, household duties, homework, and still a new marriage, but I love it. A couple of weeks ago, it was spirit week at the elementary so here is a picture of the kids on pajama day. And Shyane before her choir concert, she looked beautiful like always. I sure am having fun learning to juggle so much. Monday and Wednesday are normal days. I get up, get the kids fed and ready for school and send them on their way and continue my day with cleaning, dishes, laundry etc. Tuesday and Thursday up at 5:00 am and to work by 6:45 in the morning and work till about 2. Just in time for school to get out and help with homework and nightly duties. Friday struggle for a sitter, to work by 5 pm and off by 8:30, enough time to get home and get to bed cause work at 7 am Sat. morning, usually till 3 or 4 then get the kids, chill, bed, then church at 10:30 am Sunday and relax till Monday again. Heavenly Father has taught me so much doing all this. I feel sometimes that I don't know how to do it, but I am still learning.