Blogging Blahs

I've had the Blogging Blahs and so I thought since it is Christmas Eve, I'll hit the HIGHLIGHTS:

We will have a white Christmas. Yeah! As much as I want the roads to be clear and dry for Cort to travel back and forth to work, it is so great to have snow. The kids have enjoyed playing in it, but another benefit--Mollie is way quick with her business outside!!

I love when the house is all decorated for Christmas. I love the smells and sounds and the festiveness of it all. The kids did most of the decorating and LOVED it.

I got some new ornament hangers this year-Plastic-to replace the wire ones, they were put to good use!

One tradition we kept going this year, was decorating a gingerbread
House. I love the candy as much as the do! This year they got to do a couple of them.

We had a Christmas party to celebrate with our older kids and the family. It was fun to eat. visit and this year we had a fuzz ball tournament-Austin my son in law was the winner!!

We decorated gingerbread houses. We had some people that were slow and meticulous builder, the fast builders who just wanted to get the most candy inside and out (Hunter!) and then there were some who weren't interested in gingerbread at all. This is my fav picture of the night!! Lynette and her cute boyfriend Roger.and I just am so thankful for this season of celebrating Christ. This year I have a greater love for my Savior, Cort and all the sacrifices he is making for our family and for my kids. How great they have been with their dad gone for most of the week. I also wouldn't be sane with out the support and care of my great friends!!

I am Thankful for Santa also and what he represents this Christmas seasons--Presents!

I do love presents but... He is a Christmas symbol for the spirit of family fun and the joy of giving and receiving.
So, Merry Christmas!!! May your day be filled with Love and Happiness and your New Year
Safe and Prosperous!

Is it really 7-are you sure?

Oh our little Kallie had a birthday and was so excited. We partied all day and into the night and I loved hearing "Thanks Mom, this is the best day ever". My favorite part of the day was watching icarly in my bed and her falling asleep snuggled next to me. Every morning she used to snuggle with Cort and I- in the middle of course. Now, she wants to turn her lamp on in the morning and read and I miss our snuggle time. It is fun to watch her grow into this fabulous person, I wish it wouldn't happen so fast:) I love our little girl. Her spunk, sass and all!! Happy Birthday Kallie!!

Happy Birthday dear Hunter

Hunter is so excited this birthday is here. He gets to leave Primary, get the priesthood, go to young men's and just be a big kid. Hunter is definitly a unique person with a funny personality. He makes me laugh, I really enjoy being his Mom. He has really excelled in school this year and thrives on the responsibility that comes with getting older and being the oldest in our small family. I love you Hunter and I am so proud of you. I look forward to all the great things that you will do.

I love fall

Punkin Patch
I love Fall. I love going to pick our own pumpkins from a field. I love to watch Hunter walk and hunt the whole field till he has found the biggest. Lexie is pleased with any of them and Kallie wants them all.














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I love the changing of the seasons and this fall has brought a lot of changes. After 24 years of working for the Murdock Auto Group, Cort is making a change and is going to work for Barber Brothers. He started working in their Orem Mitsubishi store on the 13th. So, we are putting our house for sale and are moving to Utah County. The kids are doing really great and tell me we are moving at Christmas. So, we will see...

Too busy for little details

I have let my children pick out their own clothes and only interfere if a belly or more body parts down south are showing(Some low rise are just too low). I try to let them have control over this and for the most part they do a great job.

Today as we are rushing to meet the bus, I mentioned to Kallie that her shorts were pink and her shirt was lavender. She replied, "yea I know, don't they look so cute" I replied you are cute and I thought it was so funny how sure and matter of fact she answered me- so I let it go and let her wear her outfit. When she got home, we were talking I noticed that one sleeve was cut off and the other was long... I have been working on a memory quilt that is made of my kids baby clothes and have been known to raid their closet looking for a coordinating fabric or a way to get rid of a shirt that I don't really like, and this is this case with her shirt she wore today!!

I only needed a couple pieces and didn't cut the whole shirt up. She must have saw it on in my room and wahla...Her outfit for today!!

Here is a small portion of her sleeve!! She didn't even know it was missing!!

The first day of school-

The first day of school is so exciting. So exciting, I forgot to take the girls pictures before they left for school. oops! I was a little anxious waiting for them to return home . We had some big milestones today and as exciting as they are, I was a little sad. We had Kallie off to first grade, Hunter to middle school and Lexie for the first time without the security of Hunter being in the same school. All went well and they came home with big smiles and ready to do it again tomorrow.

It has taken my breath away with how fast summer break has gone. We did so many fun things and still have a lot left to do. One thing I didn't plan is that I would miss our silly dog-- a lot!!
Hunter Lexie and kallie each made a scrapbook all about Daisie for 4-H and they did so well at fair, but when they would work on them, it would make me cry. Cort told me no more dogs-but for my birthday, I asked....

He is such a sweetie, he came through and we just got my present today!! Mollie Murdock.
The kids excitment was so worth it and I love to see them take such good care of this tiny baby.

The sweetest thing for me is how cute Cort is with her. He holds her and snuggles her with his nose. I think we weren't the only ones missing Daisie!!

Yes, this is Kallie in the crate as far as she can get. She is so excited to have a play mate!!

Sheri, Lynette and Connie and Stew came and helped us lay sod on Friday and we are so excited to have it in and the kids can't wait to play on it. It was tough and we were tired and filthy after, but it looked so much better. We had pizza and just relaxed!! I will take a picture of the finished product and post it later.

Cort and I are so thankful for both our families help with putting in our yard. We love you !

Thanks to Joe, my parents and Ben and Lisa, we were able to get our sprinkling system in super fast. We braved the elements and Dad came down with a bad cold after-sorry Dad, but it is awesome to have it done!! We really appreciate all the hard work!!

Dad, Ben Hicks and Hunter dug down through the clay and rocks about 3.5 feet. Lexie and Shalee Price were great helpers by bringing water and picking up rocks.

Joe took the time away from his cute wife Natalie to help us--We missed you Natalie!! It was fun to hang out with my family and I really was sad to see them go.

Here we go!!

Summer is here and I am so excited for all the fun things to do and the lazy days!! I started this blog because, life is short and I want to be more connected to family and friends. We lost our sweet little Daisie Dog last night and I don't want to regret that I didn't do some of the things on my long list of ta-do's. Daisie was Kallie's best friend and she said to me with tears streaming down her face, why didn't you take more pictures of me and Daisie together!! So, here I go getting more things done on my list and putting myself out there for all to see and having no regrets when I look into my beautiful childrens faces!! I will take more pictures, I will play more games, I will be checking things off that list!!!