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Rebecca   called   me   over   to   her house.  I said yes to her.  She   was    happy  and   crazy when she   opened  the   door and her

sister was too.  She had a big monkey. She had a great big bunk  bed.   We went through a great big hole.  And we had a great party

in it. And we had a fun time.  And we had a fun time on the trampoline. And down stairs we had a Frisbee fight.

That is what Lydia and Emma were chanting as we pulled up to the skating place.   We finally took Lydia roller skating for her reward for passing off her math timing at school.  We went to Classic Skating in Orem and had a blast.  Lydia caught on pretty quick because she has Heelies and was used to having wheels on her feet.  Emma was crazy out of control to begin with but by the end was a balancing queen.  Kindra was way wobbly but learned how to lock her knees while Dad was pushing her and had a great time.  We will definitely have to do that again.  We only had minor injuries Dad and Kindra fell in the beginning and since he was holding Kindra he didn't have his hands to break his fall and landed flat on his rear end ouch!  He couldn't move for a few moments.  Lydia bonked her head on one fall and other than that it was a great time.  Mom took lots of picture and had regular shoes on which came in handy many times while helping the wheeled children out and giving dad a break.  What fun!

I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.  I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom.

                          Before I was a Mom -

I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.  I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child. I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

 I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom!

     Tonight was so fantastic for me!We had spent the afternoon outside measuring and walking around in the field so we could start getting prices on our fences for this Spring.  I think all my rosebushes made it through the winter this year even though one of them was run over in the snow, it still looks like it made it.  We moved Ginger (one of the rabbits) outside with Fluffy, and Hamp and Chester had a great time getting to know her and try to eat her rabbit food this evening.  After we had baths and Danny left to go to his Mission Leader meeting with the stake we went in to do Lydia's pulmozyme and read.  Kindra told me to come and look at her queen picture she drew.... the coolest thing was that it really is the start of drawing people!!! I was so thrilled.  There are times when I wonder if she will ever really write something that is real, but when I saw that tonight, I know she will.  That is the first time she has ever had a picture that I recognized as the start of people like Emma and Lydia both did.  The head has eyes, hair and a crown if you look real close.  She was also very proud of the dress that the queen is wearing.  Some days life is GREAT!

      We fit about as much in a Tuesday as many may get done in their week, which doesn't make a lot of sense except that we get it all over with in one night...NOT!  Our morning starts out as usual and we get to school/ work and what not.  When we got home Lydia hurries and does her inhaler and then she and Emma get to go run around outside for 15 minutes and "plant their garden" as they have been busy doing for the last few days that have been gorgeous, but muddy and mucky down on the farm.  Kindra didn't go play because she wasn't feeling to good today.  Then they came in and while I went through the mail and the adds to get my grocery list ready to go they did homework on the white board and Lydia's vest/ saline/pulmozyme routine. 
     We then jumped in the car with plates and drinks so that we could eat dinner on our way home and headed over to Spanish for choir.  Danny in the meantime got everything lined up to get our new propane tank and then did chores and practiced his chanter for his lesson today!  The girls hopped out at choir while Kindra and I headed to Macey's to do our weekly shopping.  The poor little thing was asleep by the time we got there and I had to wake her up, but she loves to help me grocery shop.  We are going to make Limeade tomorrow because Limes were on sale 14 for a $1...that is one of our favorite drinks.  It always reminds the girls that they want to have a koolaid stand and make money selling it in the summer...why that reminds them,I will never comprehend. 
     Then we got a pizza and went back to get the girls.  They all ate and drank their calorie drinks on our way home.  We stopped for about 3 minutes and unloaded groceries and picked up our book and headed out to the girls school for the read-a-thon tonight.  We got to sit with blankets on the floor and read and eat popcorn...they loved it.  We are in the middle of a "Tinkerbell" book, I know you are all surprised at the content!!
     We then got home and Danny got home and got to eat dinner and then we did homework finished reading leveled library books and everyone but Danny and I were sound asleep by 8pm!  Whew!  We got back taxes today and are now going to go work on bills, oh joy!  Then I can go read... I are in the middle of the new Vampire Knights 2 manga, Teach like your hair was on fire, Influencer, Ptolemy's Gate, and The culprit and the cure!  I also just brought home six more from the last Scholastic book order.  Someday I will be caught up, right?! 
     We just got back out Christmas quilt from getting machine quilted and it is absolutely gorgeous.  Shauna does an amazing job.  Now we just need to get it bound, and get all the embellishments on it....like the eyes, buttons, and the mustache for Santa! 

      You know, sometimes I just don't get my kids.  Lydia was still sick today so she didn't ride the bus home with Emma.  I was home a little early with Lydia and had shut the garage door.  Emma walked home from the bus and saw that the door was closed.  Instead of trying to "think" and possibly problem solve what she should do, she sat on the driveway and cried because her mom wasn't home!  This of course was unbeknownst to me because of course I was in the house and we were waiting for Emma to get home.... boy that bus sure is late today.  When I went out to get Kindra off her bus and opened the door that I didn't realize was closed there is little Emma crying on the driveway.  I got Kindra and came back to talk to Emma.  You know we had to role play the idea that if you "thought" your mom wasn't home the first thing you should do is knock on a door or ring a doorbell.  Then next thing would be to walk to your aunt's house next door and ring her doorbell.  A bad choice would be to sit down on the driveway and cry where no one can see or hear you!!!!  Now she's at a party for one of her friends from school.  I have shut and locked all the doors so that we can practice what we do if we come home and the garage door is shut.  You know sometimes you just don't realize that you have to teach how to problem solve! 
     Danny won't be home until late today because he has his 2nd high school job/meeting after school and then it is the time of year where Sterling Scholars need to be driven to their interviews, etc. and then he has his ward mission leader/ stake meeting tonight.... I guess that means I better get down and do the chores or the chickens will come looking for me at the back door.  They are funny that way! 

Valentines Day for us has always meant having a fun breakfast from Dad and a decorated dinner as a family.  Danny made oatmeal with yogurt in the shape of a heart in the center.  It is one of the girls all time favorite breakfasts that he makes.  We have to eat the yogurt out first and then eat our oatmeal the way we are used to doing.  Out at the school they had a Valentine reading time, where parents could come out for a 1/2 hour and read books with their kids and any others who wanted to join.  I had so much fun reading on the floor with the girls.  I took out the books Danny and I have given each other for different Valentines days because they are very special, they are up high on the shelves and not down with the other "holiday" books.  We read and talked about vocabulary and what different words meant.  I love how into vocabulary Emma is...even today she told me that the diamond in her ring was the size of a morsel!  We had that little discussion about a year ago sitting in the car at Walmart, what a character. 

For dinner we had Carey, Jake, Tina and the triplets over for potato soup, french bread and salad.  For dessert we had jello poke cake!  I love that stuff, and it was red and white to boot!  The girls helped spread the flower petals and put candles around to light.  We used our red plates with gold bowls for the soup.  The girls marked everyones places with Valentine cards!  I think between them all the flower petals were rearranged 14 times... you know they had to get them just right!