Thanksgiving

I'm so thankful for everything we are ALL able to enjoy thanks to this free country we have to live in. We take for granted all the good things we have sometimes. We are all so lucky to live the lives we do!

We went to Micah's brother Kody and Nicole's this year, they were so sweet to invite all of us and cook oodles!! of food. yummmy!
Here are some pictures of the beautiful table setting Nicole put together for us. She did so much, I don't know how she does it with five little ones running around, she's Wonder Woman!

Girls night out

I'm so behind on posting, I've been busy with other things lately but just wanted to catch up really quick.

We of course like every other girl out there had to have a girls night out and go see New Moon. We had all of the sisters and sister-in-laws together, and we had a BLAST! I don't think I'd laughed that hard in a long time. Micah and Rob were so sweet to take all the little munchkins so we could go have a break.

Quote of the day

I was cleaning out a drawer and came across this quote by Neal A. Maxwell. I loved it so I thought I would share it. It is a good reminder to keep your chin up and keep on keepin on.

When in situations of stress we wonder if there is anymore to give. We can be comforted to know that God, who knows our capacity perfectly, placed us here to succeed. No one was foreordained to fail or to be wicked. Let us remember that we were measured before and were found equal to our tasks; therefore, let us continue, but with a more determined discipleship. When we feel overwhelmed, let us recall the assurance that God will not over-program us; he will not press upon us more than we can bear.
Neal A. Maxwell

BRRR!

When Cedar got it's first snow of the season (which it is not really the season for snow yet is it?) Braden and McKenna came over for a bit and before I knew it they were outside jumping on the trampoline having a BLAST! They would fall down, eat the snow, and were frozen when they came in but they loved it. I'm glad someone likes the cold because when it comes to me and cold, we don't get along too well. I just want to stay inside and never go out unless I absolutely have to.
Note: (These pictures were taken AFTER I made them put on shoes! When they got here I was feeding the baby and they all ran out and were jumping with no coats and bare feet. They were so bothered by the fact that I made them either chose shoes or the house. Kids are crazy!

Garb

Mya woke up one morning and came out of her room wearing this, It cracked me up because this is not how she went to bed, so somehow in the dark she managed to come up with this awesome outfit that I would like to define as a garb.

two years starts tomorrow!!

I can't believe that tomorrow my little brothers go into the MTC. I wanted to go up and say goodbye but my mom told me they changed how they do things now, they no longer let families go in and they are only aloud one car to just drop them off and say goodbye so I thought I would just go up when they actually fly out but they don't let family go to the airport anymore either so I'm kinda sad about that.

I am going to miss them so much and am really proud of them for making the decision to serve missions. I know they will have hard times when they will want to give up and come home but I also know they will have more good times and grow a ton and have some amazing experiences to share. They are going to be the best missionaries and the people will love them. Go get em Lance and Tyce! We love you and are so proud of you!!

Our story

Once upon a time at the collegiate university named SUU there was a boy named Micah Christopher and a girl named Julie Anna who were furthering their education and happened to lock eyes one day during their travels to and from classes and while working on their physiques at the local gymnasium.
They both had eyes for each other but there was a problem. They were both pursuing someone else so how could they ever really cross paths. Then one night at the SUU ball, Micah Christopher asked Julie Anna to dance but Julie Anna was leaving the ball and had to kindly decline the offer, well this was a sign to Micah Christopher that we was indeed suppose to be with the other young lady he was pursuing. Little did he know that Julie Anna was at her college apartment talking to her roommates about the cute boy she had had her eye on and just had to see him again.
Later that week Julie Anna saw him at the gym and apologized for not dancing with him. They decided to go on a date, and ended things with the previous people they were dating and the rest as they say is history.
They later got married, had three kids and live happily ever after.


Today we celebrated our five year anniversary. Time flies! Micah is so sweet and cleaned the house today while I took Mya to school and ran errands then took me to a wonderful dinner. He is the BEST husband a girl could ask for!! (Mya took this picture of us today so it is a little blurry)

Really?!

So this morning Mya was watching something on PBS, I like having her watch cartoons on that channel because there is actually learning involved in most of their kid programming.
Anyway, I learned while cleaning the kitchen that there are 40,000!!! known species of spiders in the world!!! Say what?! really?? FOURTY THOUSAND DIFFERENT SPECIES!! The thought of this really makes my skin crawl... I knew there were a LOT, but really??? Does there seriously need to be that many different type of disgusting eight legged creatures crawling around out there. Oh and to think that doesn't include insects and bugs of all different types. Eww! (I hope I never find out how many of those there are) I really need therapy huh!

Just for fun

We've gone country...For a night. Rachel and Tony invited us to the derby and had the grand idea that we all needed to wear hats, so that's what we did. We were pretty retarded but we really didn't care what people thought of us. That's the nice thing about growing "older" and being married, you stop caring about other people think of you. There were SO many people there we had to sit out in the boonies and couldn't even really see what was going on but we still had a blast. We resorted to taking pictures to keep ourselves entertained. It was good time haha! We love our friends and have so much fun with them.

Micah really did make a pretty good cowboy. He was cute :)

Mya's first soccer game

This morning we had fun watching Mya play soccer. She is so funny, she has been so excited up until this morning when it was time to go, then she all of the sudden threw a fit (surprise, surprise) and said she was not playing soccer, it was boring and to give her uniform back to the coach.
I tried to talk her into going then figured there was no point if she didn't want to play I shouldn't force her. I just decided to tell her that we could stay home and not go and right then she gave in said she would go but not play. Once she got there and saw her best friend Taya, she was super excited. It is so fun that they are on the same team, but then again, it might not be a good thing when it comes to game play. As you can see in the pictures, most of the time they just held hands and frolicked through the field like little girls do. It was pretty cute though.

So Cute!

Get it Mya!



there's always time for a hug

Run girls run!

Water break

First goal!

I did it!

Thoughts

As a mom I have found it is hard when you have kids to feel like you have a purpose other than sitting at home feeding kids, changing diapers, cooking dinner, cleaning the house and the list goes on... Micah has been wanting me to find a hobby forever because he knew I just kinda felt "worthless" in a way, even though raising our children is the most important things we as mothers can do, sometimes it feels pointless in a way. (At least for me it does. I sure hope I am not the only mom out there who feels discouraged at times.)
I love being a mom but it is HARD work. Like when we have just swept the kitchen floor and turn around to see Cheerios smashed all over it or see the little fingerprints all over the newly just washed 10 minute ago window. Or when we have all the laundry folded but haven't quite put it all away and the kids just can't resist picking up a pile and throwing it all over the room.

Anyway...I am glad I have found something for me that I can do that will in no way get undone by a little rugrat two minutes after I do it.

Here's what I have been up to lately to keep me busy http://julieyoungphotography.blogspot.com/(when I am not busy taking care of my little ones) and have cute senior pictures, more families and some little ones coming up so stay "tuned" for more.

What's with the faces

I have been having so much fun taking pictures and I just sold my treadmill (which is so sad...... not! I hate running) so I could buy a flash. I needed someone to practice on and Lexie seemed like a good choice.

She was cracking me up because she is not the most photogenic baby ever. She would not smile for me and kept pulling the funniest faces. (Yes she has some random things on such as a scarf and a Christmas hat that use to be Mya's but we were just experimenting with whatever we could find around the house.)

She is the sweetest little thing and I can't believe she will be six months soon!