My Life as a Mom

So...have you ever looked in your closet and thought... "I have nothing to wear." Absolutely Nothing. I think that all the time. I've done all my laundry two days earlier, but my favourite shirt is already worn and back in the laundry and I don't feel like wearing anything else, so clearly... I have nothing to wear. Well, the next time that you feel that way, try not doing any laundry for two weeks then doing all of it in the course of two days. Trust me, you will feel like you have TONNES of clothes! I'm sure the other six people in my family contribute to that mountain of laundry that I am almost through, again, but seriously....a couple of weeks ago I was thinking, "man I need to buy some clothes!" now I'm thinking "really, I need to get rid of stuff!" The truth is, now that I bought a couple of new shirts that fit nicely, I'm probably good. No, I don't LOVE everything in my wardrobe. Not all of it fits fantastically and

Today is one of those days that i just feel completely deflated. Like nothing I do makes a difference and none of it matters anyway. What really sucks about that is that yesterday was really a great day, but now all I can think of was all the crappy things. I just feel really unappreciated, and I know that's totally normal with teenagers (they wont get it until they are parents), but it is still discouraging. To top things off, Michael has been frustrated the last couple of days and taking it out on me. So I'm sitting here crying, feeling sorry for myself, and all I can think is "You're choosing to be sad.". It's true. I have so many wonderful things in my life right now, and because of a few silly comments made by people that were frustrated (and probably looking to push my buttons!) I now feel terrible. So I'm going to list ten great things in my life and really try to focus on those things instead. 1. Heather got her patriarchal blessing yesterday. (S

We did it. I did it. I can't believe it. But she asked me to. And she waited. And waited. And got more and more excited while she waited. Then I told her right after family pictures. She had a date. Something to look forward to. A time when it would finally happen. Then it rained, and family pictures were postponed. And it kept raining. So we picked a new date. Once again, she had a date. So we took family pictures. As soon as we were done, she asked again. So I figured she must be serious. I got everything ready and asked her one more time. "After this there is no turning back. Are you ready?" She was ready. We cut her hair. Off. Like really. Not a trim. We cut it OFF. But that wasn't enough. She still wanted more. So I grabbed the clippers. And we went shorter.  We went even shorter. Scarey. Looks like she's maybe thinking twice, eh? Maybe this wasn't such a good idea. Nope. She just didn't like the feel of the clippers around he

So, if you aren't LDS, this post will be confusing to you. I will try to explain what I can, but there are some things that I can't explain. So you have a choice. You can either choose to ignore this post (she's just doing her "church thing" again.) Or you can read it and try to understand the meaning behind it even though the actual events don't make much sense to you. Completely your choice.  So, I've been working on family history a lot lately. A LOT. I love it. I'm completely addicted.   I love to find families and wonder about their lives. I love finding out about occupations, and seeing how many married old and how many married young. I love seeing that some families had three kids and some had thirteen and some had none at all. Some people were killed in wars, some died as infants and some lived long productive lives. Well, at least I like to think they were all productive and wonderful, 'cause, let's be real, the alternative is too de

The Entire Yanos Family     It never fails, that anytime I am thinking of my blessings, I keep coming back to my family. No matter where I have been in my life, it has always been family that is the most important thing. They are the one constant in my life that I can always count on, and for a girl that doesn't like change, having a constant is VERY important. Michael's brother and his family This weekend, we were fortunate enough to have Michael's parents visiting us. They came out on Saturday and left this morning. We had a lot of fun having them around. It's so good for the kids to see them more frequently, and Michael is truly enjoying the growing relationships. We have all changed a lot in the past few months, and I think it is working out to make our family stronger. Yesterday, Thanksgiving Day, Michael's brother and his family came down as well, so for the first time since Heather was a baby, the WHOLE family was together!! That's SEVEN grandchi

First day of Joy School, ready to go.  David started joy school last week. Joy School is like preschool, but it has different lesson plans. It's about the joys of the world, ie, the joy of nature, the joy of creativity, the joy of family...those types of things. The great thing about joy school, is that it's a group of mothers that do the lessons together. We take turns teaching the kids and it's really fun for the kids, and we have total control over the learning. David is so excited to be in joy school, he's loving every minute of it. There are three other kids in his class. It's going to take some time for them to get use to the routine, but they love the social interaction! At School Opening his window to say he's arrived Second day of School, at our house