9 Years

As of March 13th Jess and I have been married for 9 years. We celebrated by taking the kids to Grammie and Bubba Gramps for a mini vacation for their own and we took off for an overnight stay at a Bed and Breakfast in Midway called the Johnsons Mill B&B! It was fabulous. Here are a few pictures from the weekend. Happy Anniversary Sweetheart and here's to many more :)!!!

Thinking

My sweet, handsome hubby and I are still thinking about whether or not to remove the privacy block on the family blog (almost typed piracy...funny huh???) Any input??? This last week has been a crazy one for us. I have had a migrane that I can't seem to get rid of. Never had that happen before so I'm feeling a little out of my element. We'll hopefully see the doc on Monday. Then Sarah was in a car accident this week too. I also had a sister-in-law in the hospital (emergency status...not planned) and my MIL had surgery too. I think March is coming in like a lion so it better go out like a lamb :)

As for other news. I'm feeling like I need Paula Dean to come and cook me some Southern Comfort Food Y'Aalll!! Because it's "UMMMM, Ummmm!!!" She is my fav. Thank Food Network! Do I hear VACATION bells tolling too ?????

Family Blog

Most of you know that the family blog is private. I have had a lot of inquiries about why and if/when I will take the block off. I knew that I had "invisible" readers-- readers who stop by and read but don't comment or send me an e-mail to comment rather than leave it on the blog-- which is perfectly fine with me. We had a scary situation where we felt like it was best to put the privacy block on. I won't go into details but we just felt it was best. So I guess now that we feel the threat is mostly over (could always return with a vengence) we are considering taking the block off. For now it is still in place, but in the future it may not be.

As for Sarah and me, we've been so busy with wrapping up her senior year and getting her college applications in that we've put singing on the back burner. We still sing just haven't been practicing together. Sarah is in the works of writing several songs and I can't wait for them to be finished so we can work on them and sing them together :) You are super AWESOME Sarah!!!

Catching Up!

Since having my 4th baby I have felt like I have been in a continuous whirl wind of life. It's not a bad thing; just some days most things get put on the back burner. Baby #4 (who is actually #5) has acid reflux (reflex) and is not always the happiest camper around. But one thing I have learned is that she LOVES music, singing and dancing. She especially loves Christmas music. So everyday after we take the kids to school we come back home and load up mommy's play list, get her settled in her swing and start the singing.

It's Sarah's Senior year. She is involved in so many activities and things with her friends that I haven't had the heart to pin her down to a practice schedule too. She is practicing and still singing but between my mommy & work schedule and her school & Senior year schedule it's been kind of crazy. I figure in the next few months things will level out and we'll get back on track. But for now Sarah needs to enjoy her Senior year and I need to enjoy my last baby :)

We wish all a Merry Christmas! Thanks so much for following us. And if you want us to come sing at your "going on's" let us know in advance so we can make it a priority :).

Crazy Night!

I love my job. I am a hairstylist and I work at a salon in Centerville, UT! I work with awesome girls and we have an amazing clientel, and more specifically I have the sweetest clients. I do have a hard time leaving my babies to go to work but once I get there I'm ok :)!! I have been doing hair for about 13 years. That is not the crazy part.

Yesterday afternoon we were all sitting in the front of the salon (which has all glass windows) when a truck started backing into the parking stall right in front of our door. We all immediately noticed him because he was backing in and we have had a car come through our window several years ago. We were all sitting around (had a little down time) and when the man got out of his car we all just kind of watched him. He walked around the front of his truck and to the passenger side and looked like he might be coming in, but nope he headed towards Quizno's. One girl said he's a military guy so I looked up and said No he's just wearing a military camo hunting jacket. Then another girls said oh yeah cause he has dark jeans on. Another girl said "And he looks like he needs a shave"! So here we are picking apart this poor guy. I noticed that his one pocket looked like it had something heavy in it... his jacket was slanted (not hanging straight). It didn't hit me until later that he was carrying a gun. I was still checking out his sweet truck and my client came in and she commented on his truck too. Before we know it the salon is swarming with police. Asking questions about the man and the truck. We were able to tell them the make and model of the truck (yes, girls notice all sweet things including sweet trucks) and positively identify the man. That is when we are told he just robbed the bank and that he was armed and that is when it hit me that he was packin' when I saw him. How scary is that?? To make a long story short... we filled out witness reports, and one girl went and positively ID'ed the truck and finally they got the guy. I have to give a shout out to Centerville PD... they got their man! You never know what's going to happen. We've always been an observant bunch and it paid off.

Whew!!!

So this blog is still open for all to read. I figured it out. I'm not very good with computers and all this JaZz!! So only the family blog is private. I won't be posting pictures of the kids on here and may only comment about the kids every now and again. This blog is more for my sister and me anyway and following our singing which has been on the back burner while pregnant with this last baby! Things will be starting to get back into full SwInG as I recover and figure out life with one more sweet child added to the mix of our already CrAzY life :)!!

Privacy

The time has come for our family blog to go Private. Because of recent events and certain people thinking they have the right to control or do with our lives what "they feel" is best, this is why we are going private. But I guess that blogger won't let me have just the family blog private I have to have all my blogs private.... unless someone can tell me how to reverse that so that this one can remain "open" anyway.... I appreciate all your thoughts and prayers and if you want to be added just send me a comment with your e-mail address in it. For your privacy I won't publish any comments with contact info in them. Comment moderation is in effect so I have to publish the comment it won't just pop up or appear for everyone to see :)!! Thanks again for understanding.