Sunday

So here we are again, Sunday. It was a pretty good Sunday because of Daylight Savings time. Yea, had one extra hour to get ready. Not that I really needed it, but the extra time was super nice. I didn't have to rush. Ku was here all weekend, it was so nice. We went to the Trunk or Treat last on Friday, and then last night we had the missionaries over for dinner. It was nice to cook a real meal. We had Jewish Sweet Bread, and Chicken Alfredo, and Green Peppers. Yum, I love green peppers. It was nice. I love to see Ku full of energy, and since he has started his job, he is always full of energy. It is so nice. He has regained the light in his eyes that he had after his mission. It had dimmed while he was at the prison.

The kids were good today durning Sacrament meeting. Alec actually feel asleep on Nani's lap. Which he wouldn't have ever done on mine. But it was a good cat nap. Logan was happy, and in good spirits. I did leave after Sacrament meeting because Logan was getting tired. It was because of Daylight Savings time. it was way closer to his nap time after Sacrament meeting. I will work really hard this next week to get the kids used to the new schedule.

Ku is back at POST. He has his HUGE LAW test tomorrow in the AM. So if anyone is reading this blog, please keep him in your prayers. He will do a good job, but it doesn't hurt to have extra prayers sent upwards for him.

I am going to Ontario as soon as Logan wakes up. Synthea Atkinson (new last name, I can't remember) is in town for till Tuesday. So I am going to go to Ontario so I can see her. It has been almost a year since I saw her. I will be back on Tuesday because on Tuesday is the big Halloween Carnival that is put on by the rec. department here in Mountain Home. So that should be fun.

Saturday

Well Ku made it home last night in time to go to our wards Halloween Party. It was fun. Of course Alec dressed up as a Firefighter, and Logan dressed up as a little puppy. Oh they were so cute. I am glad that they get to wear them again on Tuesday. Ku of course won't be here for that, but he was at least able to be here yesterday, which was a huge help with the kids at the Ward Party. So we went and it was a Chile feed, so we ate chili, and then the kids went trick or treating to everyone in the ward. Ku and I had a little table set up, and he handed out the candy. While I took Alec Trick or Treating. He did a good job saying those words. We have been working on him being able to say those words for awhile now, just so he could say it last night, and on Tuesday.

I am busy cleaning house today, and getting dinner ready. We are having Chicken Alfredo, with Jewish Sweet Bread. And some salad, and green pepper. The missionaries are coming over for dinner, Ku loves to be able to spend time with them. So he invited them for dinner. Which I don't mind, because they always tell me I am a good cook, so of course I love complements.

I will post pictures of the kids costumes later, for now, I have to clean clean clean.

Friday

Yesterday was a busy day. Alec had a little friend over in the morning, his name is Paul. He is four, but Alec being Alec loves to play with anyone. So he had fun. Paul left around noon, when I put Logan down. For some reason, Logan didn't want to sleep, so he stayed awake till like one, just talking in his bed. It was sweet to watch. Then when I put Alec down for his quite time, it last for about a hour, but he didn't take a nap either. Which was kinda weird.

After the boys got up, ALec and I carved a pumpkin. This is usually something that Ku does with Alec, but tonight is our Trunk or Treat/ Dinner at the church, and we are going to take the pumpkin with us to decorate our table with. Ku will help ALec carve the other pumpkin maybe tomorrow, if he has time. He may not have time because he is going to be busy studying for his BIG TEST on LAW. It is Monday, and he wants to Ace it. He will.

Ku and the other guys at post had a fighting class last night. They all got three minutes to fight another person, they were wearing padding and stuff. Well Ku called me last night, and well, he hit the guy a little too hard on his face, and it knocked him out. He is okay,but Ku felt bad. It wasn't completely one sided, Ku said the other guy got a good punch on Ku.

Yesterday around 3 or 4 Mom and Krystal came up from Ontario. YEA, a change to the routine of my life. It was nice to see them, they brought some pumpkins to paint with Alec, so we painted and it was pretty fun. The kids all got really Dirty, Noah, and Kassiah were here.

Logan has started signing, it is kinda fun to see his cute chubby hands signing. His first sign is of course MILK, and he is also signing more, done, and down. He loves to watch signing times, and this is really his first movies that he has watched.

Well, Ku is coming home tonight, I am super duper excited............

Wednesday

So today started out a pretty bad day for me. I didn't want to get out of bed, and when I did, I didn't want to get into the shower. I fought it for a few hours, knowing that if I showered I would be much better. I think I was just getting kinda blue that I didn't get to see Ku last weekend, and it was starting to take its toll on me. I was just feeling kinda alone, and hopeless, but the shower did wonders. I changed my attitude, and the day has gone well.

After the kids naps, Alec and I painted a pumpkin, okay actually I watched and Alec painted the pumpkin. He had tons of fun. Then I handed the crayons to Logan, and watched him try to color/eat the crayons. :) It was all good. Of course when Alec was done, he wanted to color, so he used his markers for oh say two minutes, and then started making swords with them. He likes to put them together end to end. Or sometimes it is a train.

Ku is busy Cramming for his big LAW test next Monday. I convinced him to come home this weekend, even thought the test is Monday. He will get here on Friday in time for our Ward Trunk or Treat and dinner. So that will be super nice. Then he will spend ALL day Saturday in the Library cramming and go back to Post on Sunday after Sacrament meeting.

Alec is starting a new way of not having to go to bed, after EVERYTHING doesn't work, his new thing to do is to come into the living room and tell me he needs a hug. Okay, what mother wouldn't just hug hug hug. But after the second time of using that as a reason not to go to bed, he stated getting into timeout. Then of course I hugged him. He is asleep now, but my goodness that boy is creative.

Tuesday

So today is Tuesday, the second day of the week. And yet I feel like it should be the fourth or fifth day of the week. The Missionaries did their laundry here again. Which is fine, Ku has told me before that he wishes he could always support a missionary on a mission. So in his mind, and mind that this is the best way and only way we can afford to help them. Alec just loves it when they come over, he gets to play Dinosaurs with them. And it is something different in our very basic lives. I did get to go visiting teaching this morning, which was nice. But of course I couldn't find her house. Luckily I brought my cell with me, and I also brought her phone number with me, so I could call. She happened to live just a few blocks away from me.

Alec did take a nap today, he zonked out around 2 or 3. and for that, we are now paying for it, he is just now maybe falling asleep. He is reading in his room, his new books from the Library. I finished my book last night. I went to bed around 11pm, and just laid there wondering what was going on in my book. I only had like 50 or so more pages to go before I was done with it, so after 45 min. of wondering, I got up to finish it, so I read till around 1am. Not the smartest thing to do cuz I still get to get up and get going in the early am with Alec. Logan sleeps till 8:30 am usually, but Alec is up by at least 7:30am.

Ku is doing well, of course. He didn't get much sleep last night because the guys above him are the 'correctional guards' doing their training, and they are getting ready to graduate. So they are getting kinda wild at of course they are right above Ku. Also, I ran into a coworker of Ku's at Wallie World, and he said to say hi to him. He also said that he and a few of the other guys are planning on attending Ku's Graduation in December. So nice of them. They all think very highly of him. It makes me very proud.

Monday- Ku's Birthday

Well, today is the start of his third week at POST. Yea, we are down to 9 weeks left. That makes me happy. The kids and I had a good day. We went to the Library to go to Story Time, and then we rented some books from the library. I love to see Alec Reading books. Even when I am not reading to him, he finds joy in sitting by himself to 'read' his books. The books today are about dinosaurs. We have read them a couple of times, now he is in his bed reading them to himself. When we got done at the library, we went to the store and got stuff to substain life till Ku gets paid. For Luch, Alec had a Cheese Quesadilla, and I had a Boco Burger with Mango Salsa. And then for dinner we had Chili. Logan actually really likes Chili, which is good since he doesn't really eat much right now.

After the kids took a nap, we made a ginger bread house that was 'haunted'. It was a kit that we found at Wallie World, and Alec just loved making it. And eating the extra candy was even better. Already I have found some pieces missing. "oh well"

Today is also Ku's Birthday. Alec and I have been practicing him saying "happy Birthday Daddy" all day. SO when Ku called, he said it to him. Ku was pretty happy. And then we sang Happy Birthday. Not much of a birthday for him, wish we could see him. Oh well, we know he is where he is suppose to be.

Sunday

So today has been a good day. I missed Ku so much durning sacrament meeting, and at first Nani wasn't there. So when she arrived late, I was happy. Alec was occupying his time by chatting with a older lady at the other side of our bench. And nobody was in between us. It was a bench in the middle, so when he saw Nani come in, he asked if he could take a book to her to read, of course I said yes. So he spent the rest of sacrament meeting sitting next to Nani. So Logan and I just hung out. I was even able to go to Sunday School with him. He did good, till RS and then I had to go out in the hall. Oh well, a little is better then none.

After church, we came home. Logan went strait to bed, and Alec and I hung out till he started to get cranky. So he went to take a nap, and i crashed for a little while. Then I got up to read. I am still reading, I did finish the book last night. Now I am on Volume two. And I am reading by a light in my Front Room. I love to read. It has been so long since I have taken the time to get into novels, now heck, I am in trouble.

Alec even went to bed easily, oh so nice. It is always hard for me to let him have a nap later then noon, because then he doesn't want to go to bed. But tonight before he went to bed he watched a Church Video and I think that helped to calm him down enough to go to bed. So that is nice. Logan of course, the little angel he is, is out light a lamp. What a good boy. Oh and before I forget, he is signing. Yea, he started last night, but he has really gotten the hang of it now. Today he signed MILK. That is his first sign. He LOVES milk, so naturally that is the one he says first. He is also working on signing "all done" " more" and "Down" those are once he is tiring to sign. I am adding "please" most things. But he doesn't seem very interested in that one yet.

Saturday

So Saturday is a Special day, it is the day we get ready for Sunday. Well Sunday, ready or not here I come. With Ku not being able to come home this weekend, I am not too excited to go to Church tomorrow. That means, that I will be dealing with Alec and Logan by myself. Oh man, it isn't easy. Hopefully they will be good. Maybe we can sit near Nani, so I can send Alec over to her and let her read him a quite book. He always loves to go over to her. It really helps.

Today has been a relaxing day. I have been able to just let the boys play with their toys, and read books. They both took naps, so that was nice. I was able to read some more of my book, that I have been working on, for almost a mth. It is time to be done with it. It is Children of the Promise book number one. I don't remember if I have read this series before, but some parts are familiar, and some are not.

We also were able to Vacuum the whole house, minus the bedrooms. And Alec and Logan helped me to pick up their rooms. I need to be better about making sure that their rooms are clean before they go to bed. That is a new goal. Any suggestions on how to make it work?

Saturday

So Saturday is a Special day, it is the day we get ready for Sunday. Well Sunday, ready or not here I come. With Ku not being able to come home this weekend, I am not too excited to go to Church tomorrow. That means, that I will be dealing with Alec and Logan by myself. Oh man, it isn't easy. Hopefully they will be good. Maybe we can sit near Nani, so I can send Alec over to her and let her read him a quite book. He always loves to go over to her. It really helps.

Today has been a relaxing day. I have been able to just let the boys play with their toys, and read books. They both took naps, so that was nice. I was able to read some more of my book, that I have been working on, for almost a mth. It is time to be done with it. It is Children of the Promise book number one. I don't remember if I have read this series before, but some parts are familiar, and some are not.

We also were able to Vacuum the whole house, minus the bedrooms. And Alec and Logan helped me to pick up their rooms. I need to be better about making sure that their rooms are clean before they go to bed. That is a new goal. Any suggestions on how to make it work?

Friday- I'm back

Well I am back from a fast few days in Ontario. I went on Wednesday around noon-ish, and I arrived in Ontario at four-ish. Because on my way, I stopped at the mall, then at Nicole's and finally I went to Ontario. I went to see Uncle Robert to burn of the tiny warts on my middle finger, that is why I had to go on Wednesday. And I also went so on Thursday I could go get Elieen's office to hopefully do my last hair removal on my legs, armpits, and eyebrows. It is so nice not to have to shave, it is totally worth the pain. :)

I got to spend a lot of time with mom on Thursday cuz it was her day off. It is always nice to see her, I really miss living close to her. And getting to see my dad, very nice also, he is such a awesome grandpa, Alec just loves him so much. So does Logan, though he is a little weary of him since he started growing his mustache. hehe, it is kinda fun.

I left today to come home around ten. I dropped off a couple of catalogs and then I went to have Logans, immunization chart updated at Dr. Devoe's office. I totally miss having her as my kids' pediatrician. She is such a awesome lady, I wish I lived closer, so I could stick around her. Maybe I'll just have to commute to Ontario when I need to have the kids' checkups. Only really use the one here in Mtn. Home for emergencies. Who knows what I'll do, but it really sucks that there is only one pediatrician here. We went to the Peaches as we were driving home, and hung out with Lisa for a little while. Then I went to Costco to get some Mango Salsa to go with my Boco Burgers. Yum, can't wait for tomorrow when I can have it for lunch. One of my fav meals. Then onto the mall for a little bit of a walk. A storm was coming, and the winds on the way to Mtn Home were suppose to be upwards of 35 mile a hour gusts, and normal 20 mile a hour. So I wanted to wait it out, so I did. And I didn't have any trouble driving home.

Now we are home, ad it feels so nice.

What to do, what to do?

Right now, I am fighting Alec to go to BED. He doesn't like to go to bed at night, and sometimes it is just easier to not let him take a nap. When he doesn't take a nap, he will go to sleep at 8pm. When he does take a nap, like today, he comes out SO many times, tyring to stay out of bed. He says.."I'm hungry" or "I'm thirsty" or "I'm Scared" or "I hurt" or anything else his little mind can think of. When he doesn't get a nap, he is cranky at night for about a hour before he goes to bed. So it is unpleasant, but when he does get a nap, it is unpleasant because he WON'T go to be for ever. Tonight has been pretty bad, he has even came to tell me he had a burger on his finger. Oh man, I started putting him to bed at 8:30 and it is now 10PM and he is still not asleep. I finally relented and put him in my bed (that is where he is right now) so he can fall asleep without being afraid of who knows what.

So onto our day. It started out normal, today is my bathroom day. But I didn't get to it, I did some laundry instead. I started my laundry, and then the phone rang. The missionaries needed a place to do their laundry. So they came over and did their laundry. Then when they were all done, Alec was ready for a nap. ( not a great idea) but anyway, I only tried to let him sleep for a hour or so, but he wouldn't get up. For all the pains it is to get him to sleep at night, he doesn't give me a ounce of trouble at nap time. Go figure. And after his nap, we went to the store, Logan my little milk-aholic needed more milk. So we got some for him, and also some but cream. His poop isn't smelling today, so when that happens, he gets a rash because I don't catch his dirty diaper in time to change it. So I needed a good diaper rash cream, and got the kind that is the most expensive because the others don't seem to work very well. So I bought the one that says something like "butt paste" or something like that. I hope it helps. I hate changing his diaper when he has a burn on it, he just screams and stuff because it HURTS so much.

Well, tomorrow the kids and I are going to Ontario after Logan's nap. We need to be there by 4:45 because I have a appointment with Uncle Robert to burn off the warts off my middle finger again. I have little baby warts that pop up in the same spot every six mths or so. Actually it isn't in the same spot, it is usually in a little different spot, but all the same, if I get them taken off ASAP then they are small and much less painful. I have had them for five years..it sucks.

Then on Thursday Sarah at Aunt Elieen's clinic is going to be doing the whole laser hair stuff on my legs and other spots like between eyebrows, armpits, etc. I am almost hairless and loving it. My legs are so nice, and Ku LOVES my hairless legs. He so didn't like the hair on my legs at all. So not having to shave is like ice cream, but Ku LOVING my legs is like a cherry on top.

I won't be posting till I come home, I am hoping that will be on Thursday night, but we shall see. I want to ask Aunt Julie if she needs color done on her hair, I am sure she does, so I will probably do that, if I can't do it on Thursday, I'll do it on Friday.

yea, Alec is maybe getting better

Well, he seems to be better today. For a short amount of time, his tummy was hurting him, but then after awhile, about a hour of not really doing anything but laying on his bean bag, he felt better. Yea, I am so happy that he might be over this weird flu bug.

Today we went to the Library to be apart of the story time. Alec does a good job for about 75 percent of the time, the other time I was telling him to sit down. He likes to stand in front of the lady that was reading the book, so he can really see the pictures well. Logan, just kinda wandered around, I was right there with him because he likes to climb on the small chairs and the small tables. he he, he is so dang cute.

After that, came home and I put Logan down for his nap. Then I started to clean the house because Nicole called and asked for a hair cut. So I picked up, and cleaned up. She called around two and didn't make it till almost six. Oh well, she didn't leave till ten. I cut and colored it. I foiled the top with 5R and 3N and some 5NB. It looked good. I used my fave highlighting way, the haring bone. So I hope she liked it.

Ku called and told me he did well on his test that he had today. I KNEW he would do well. He Aced it. He didn't get to study half as much as he would have liked to. And he wanted to go back to POST on Sunday in the morning, but I insisted that he go to sacrament meeting with me, and HF would help him on his test. I am so glad he did well. I know he will graduate at the top of his class, that is just how he is.

A hectic day at church

So today started out a okay day. Ku stayed till after sacrament and then he had to get on his way to POST. Sad, but true, he felt like he needed to go to POST early so he could study for a test that he has tomorrow. Guess this is what our life is going to be like for now on. We did get to go to Sacrament meeting together, and man oh man, I am so glad he was there to help me. The boys were extremely cranky, okay just Alec. He hasn't felt very good for a couple of days, so he was cranky and tired. Guess I can't blame him. For the last week, he has been throwing up every other day. And it isn't any particular food, because it started at my parents house in Ontario. And has happened a couple of times since. So all in all, he has thrown up around six times. And nobody else in our family has gotten sick. He hasn't been sleeping well either, cuz when he does throw up it seems to be at nighttime. So I put him in my bed, so that if he wakes up and needs to throw up it can be in a bowl, not on the bed. So far so good, he hasn't thrown up in the middle of the night.

Ku went back to POST and I am sad. It is really hard on the boys, and me to have him gone. And he is such a give all kinda person, all of his "all" is going to his school work, which is how it should be. Next week is his law week, and it will be the hardest week by far. I wish him best. We don't really have anything planned this next week, except maybe to go to Ontario to visit Tutu on Thursday, that is her day off. We shall see how it turns out.

Well, I am off to bed, I hate sleeping by myself in our big old bed. Oh well, you would think I was used to it by now. Cuz Ku has been doing grave yards off and on for the past three years. I suppose nobody ever gets used to it.

Well, I have been thinking about entering the world of BLOGGING, and finaly decided this was a good way to write down things that I am thinking about and keeping a Jurnoal. And hopefully it will help me to learn to type faster. Well, Yesturday Ku came home from POST. It was so nice to have him home. It is hard to even think that he will have to go back to POST tomarrow, and I won't get to see him for another week or two. The Boys love him so much, they miss him. He is such a good daddy, and Alec and Logan both miss him TONS while he is gone. Logan and Alec both didn't want to leave his site when he first got home. They just wanted to play and sit on him all night. It was quite endering. Me, I was very content to sit back and enjoyed watching they be with him. I got my cuddling time after everyone was asleep. Then today, we hung out as a family, and then we went to walmart. Actualy that is where we were headed, but ended up at MCeyD's because Alec was oh so very hungry, and he had to go Potty, so we went to McDonald's to go potty, and eat off of the 99cent menu. Oh so nice that we could eat as a family for under 6 dollors. Given, Ku wasn't really satisfied because all he got was a double cheese burger, and he would have liked to have eaten more then one of those. More like four. hehe, but of course he couldn't. Actualy he would have really like to have eaten a HUGE fruit salad, but those are like five dollors, and man not really worth it. Such a rip off. Oh well. I ended up going to Walmart by myself because Ku needed to come home and start studying for a Big POST test that he has on Monday. Man, that guy gives himself so not enough credit. He is awesome, and yet, he wouldn't ever admit it.