Life

Ok so here is a catch up of what we've been up to. I totally forgot how to blog so everything that is posted first is the most recent down to the later stuff. Sorry for the randomness we are kind of random people:)





My little cook (that is quite the hair do... it was a long day)





Memorial Day fun



Amanda and Carol (Joe's Mom and Sister) came for the weekend and we had a great time (see all the adventures below)



Ok so we were all tired after that long bike ride. Kayelee sure did her job of holding Kapri. She didn't even let go when she fell asleep. Like I said these pictures are out of order sorry:(







I am raising a tree hugger







Swinging fun






I love swinging!

The whole gang on the bike ride

Throwing rocks in the water... so much fun!

Experiencing new things.

Pre-school graduation

Kambree is now a big kindergartener!! (this fall) These are Kambree's teachers and what wonderful women they are I can't thank them enough for the wonderful things they have done for Kambree and I know Kambree has left a sweet imprint on their hearts as well. I am so greatful for good teachers they make the world of difference.

K is for Kambree if you look close you can see her graduation cap through the hole.

Happy Mother's Day!!

Growing up we gave my mom all those cheesy cards and stuff we made from school and church and she acted like she loved them so much, at the time I didn't really think she could be that excited about such silly stuff. Now I am the mom getting the silly stuff from church and school and I absolutly love it! kyle made me a really big card and drew the cutest picture of him and I on it and then wrote the top ten things he likes about me, it was such a sweet card and I loved it. It was a wonderful day!

I Love being a mother!! it is my favorite thing to do:) I am living my dream and I love it, I remember as a little girl wanting nothing more than to be a mother and look here I am doing it. I just want to say thank you to my own mother she is the most amazing women I know and I owe everything I know to her. I love her so much and am so greatful for the person that she was to me growing up and the person she is to me now how blessed I am to call her my Mother!! She was always there and cared and she still does that now the gospel means everything to her I still remember her clutching her scriptures tight and hugging them after she had told us a story from them or read to us from them and she instilled in me that love of the gospel. She is right now serving a mission with my Dad, being the best example of a Mother and Grandmother she can be, blessings flow into our lives because of their service, I love my mother so very much and hope to be just like her if I can:)

Field Trip

Ready for a field trip to the Zoo she had a wonderful day and told us all about it when she got home.

A very long day at church!

Spring

is here and I love the tulips (they are probably my favorite flower). Kyle was so excited when they finally bloomed he told me to come outside and close my eyes so he could show me the suprise, they were beautiful, Kyle loves watching things grow it is so fun seeing his facination with it.

I honestly don't know what she was doing but she dressed herself like this so I had to take a picture. She is my girly girl.

Grandma holding Austin David Ray... What a sweet Miracle

Lagoon...

We went to Lagoon with Joe's family and had a blast here are a few pictures to share.

Tagged

Ok so I was tagged and it has taken me like a month to do the tag sorry Jessica, ok so here are my responses.



A: The rules of the game are posted at the beginning. B: Each player answers the questions about themselves C: At the end of the post, the player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.



1. What was I doing 10 years ago... I was in high school! Playing soccer, basketball and running track. Loving my friends and of course boys.



2. What was on my to-do list for today? (this is for tomorrow since it is 11:00 at night) Primary Meeting, Modbe party, Modbe stuff, exercise, play house with the kids and little Froggy can't get out (they asked to do that when I put them to bed tonight), take Kyle to school, do the Laundry, Make bread in my new vita-mix (If I can get to it maybe another day after I look at that list) ok you get the picture:)



3. What would I do if I suddenly became a billionaire? I would move next to my parents in Spokane buy a lot of property have a huge yard/garden build a nice house, get some chickens and things that would really teach my kids how to work, Joe could quit his job and start his own business, I would have lots of babies and buy a new van that does not have paint chipping of the sides, buy Joe a truck, Buy a boat so we can water ski as a family, buy some 4-wheelers, go on a few vacations with Joe and some as a family, give lots to the church, and then when all the kids are grown, travel the world and serve many missions.



4. 3 Bad habits... I eat way too much ice-cream, I bite my nails bad, cleaning or working when I should be playing with my kids.



5. Places I have lived..... Washington, Idaho, and Utah



6. Places I have worked... On my dads farm in Washington, At an Ag research farm, As a Nanny.



7. 3 Things people don't know about me....1) Oh I don't know just ask me if there is something you want to know:)



I tag anyone who has not done this tag and wants to do it

Miracles do happen!!

For whatever reason I cannot get the pictures to go to the bottom of the post so read the post first and then look at the pictures.



My beautiful amazing sister!


Austin David Ray

I could make this story long because there are so many amazing things that have happened to make this possible, truly the hand of the Lord and his tender mercies. But I will try to make it as brief as I can.

This post is about my sweet sister and her very special little miracle. My sister has had some rough challenges, she has lost two babies at 14 and 20 weeks a little boy and a girl, she has suffered from a thyroid disease, had cancer and beat it, struggled getting pregnant, she has taken in two of her nephews from her husbands side of the family that needed a good home she took care of them for over a year and with her dilligent efforts was able to place them in a very loving home with my cousin who has not been able to have children of her own (she has other adopted children) Amy made it all possible, and gave those two little boys a chance all because of her dilligent effort, she has had all her babies C-section and after the last one the doctor said it would not be safe for her to have anymore children. Her heart is so huge... she amazes me at times at the love she can have for anyone... anyway she knew her family wasn't complete so she followed the spirit and submitted her papers to LDS social services. She felt very strongly that a little boy would come to her home sure enough through the aid of my cousin who adopted the nephews she was picked by a 16 year old girl that had decided to give her baby up and chose Amy and Craig for the birth parents... Ok so it seems this would be the happily ever after part oh no that is not the end, there must be oposition in all things... to make this short (I wish I could tell you evey little miracle that has happened with this story but it would take forever because there has been so many so I will try to keep it brief but I will say this experience has given me such a testimony of the Lords love for each of us he does not EVER leave us alone to fight our battles he is always there with us guiding us every step of the way and he knows us each individually what a special experience to be a part of seeing that) ok so back to the story to make this short, just a few days before the baby was born they found out the birth father was 1/8th Native American and so the baby was 1/16th Native American and there are so many laws regarding the American Indians so needless to say basically if parents of an Indian child 1/16th or more gives up their rights then the Indian counsel gets the rights to the baby and get to place the baby in a Native American home, so you can see all the issues that arose with this dilema well we did find that my family does come from Native American decent it is distant but there, this helped but there were just so many road blocks in Amy getting this baby they were told flat out told No that this would not happen, but no one took that for an answer even the birth family they were so sure that this baby needed to go to Amy and Craig so the battle continued with much fasting and prayers on thier behalf and Heavenly Father just continually dipping his had into every situation there was miracle upon miracle and they were clearly evident it was so so sweet the love that he has for that little boy and for Amy and Craig, for each of us, we are all so loved I don't know how he can give it to all of us but after this experience there is no doubt of the love he has individually for all of us, so as miracle upon miracle continued even though Man said no way, it all came together and Amy and Craig get to adopt this sweet little boy he is now just over a month old and they will go get him this week and bring him home!! We are so excited for them, truly a sweet, sweet miracle. My sister is one of the strongest people I know and is such an example to me in so many ways. Her heart is so so big. What A strength she is to me. I have been so blessed to be able to see and be a part of this experience, a real miracle, miracles never cease even in our day!! Just like the ones we read about in the scriptures of Christ Healing the lepers, the children, raising the dead, healing the blind. This to me is a miracle every bit as big as those, they did not just happen then they happen now and this is one of them.

And we are all now blessed and excited to have

Austin David Ray Phillips in our family... What a Miracle:)

(see the picture at the top)

We are still alive, kind of...

Ok so I can't believe it has been like three weeks since I have posted a post, that is crazy! Well we are still alive here but you wouldn't believe how busy it has been, primary, Cub Scouts, Modbe, 4 cute kids and a hubby, a sometimes traveling hubby, and one who works with the young men in our ward, kids who I take to school everyday all of it has been kicking my rear. We are so busy!!! Modbe is raging with all the suits, primary has been busy with day camp registration, my turn for sharing time, meetings, meetings and more meetings, primary activity day, etc. yard work, running, soccer here and there, house work, kids, kids, and more kids, meetings with teachers, and did I say Modbe parties I have three next week and I had two last week, ok so yeah I think I mentioned a few things a lot, I really do feel like sometimes we are just a tiny bit above sinking but crazy to think we love life!!! It really is fun! I just wish I could get to this blogging thing more often, and I wish I had a few more hours in each day. I signed the kids up for swimming lessons and got brave enough and bought a pass to the pool here. We'll see how it is with 4 kids but I am excited, if it will ever get warm. Also I do have to say quick that it is our anniversary today, I had not even thought a lot about it we have been so busy, so I called like three girls yesterday to baby sit and all were busy so Joe came up with a grand idea, it was so cute I had primary activity day in the morning and then a Modbe party so when I got home Joe had a very cute plan to get take-out and make the kids stay downstairs with popcorn and their own movie while we went up to our bedroom and ate our food on a blanket while watching a chick flick, I will say it was so fun just what I needed and so relaxing... I didn't take a single picture though so silly, well it was fun and pretty cheap too. I will say the kids didn't stay downstairs the whole time but they did pretty good, Joe told them the only reason they could come upstairs if if someone got hurt and well there were a few bangs but nothing too serious, what do you expect with a 6 year old in charge.

I do have to brag really quick about Joe, he is so awesome and thoughtful, he got me an awesome gift it is GPS you can attach to your arm while running, I mentioned a while ago how cool it would be to get one of those someday, so my sweet little hubby without me knowing went behind my back and did all the research and found me the perfect one and gave it to me for our anniversary/mother's day, what a cool present, I am so excited I don't buy stuff like that for myself too often so it was a very fun exciting suprise, I'll have to let you know how I like it after I use it.

Ok well I have tons to share and catch up on if I can ever really catch up but quick I do have to share one more thing and then I hope to get to the rest of this blogging thing some time this week.

So Pam (our favorite Pammy) came this week with her friend Brian and we had a blast with them it was only for a short time but it was still so fun, I laughed so hard my abs got a workout of a life time! We laughed so much! Brian really is a funny guy, The kids really loved seeing Pam and meeting Brian and he was a lot of fun for the kids, they gave him a run for his money and he was a really good sport about it. Well here is a little picture of our fun day. Ok so I really do hope to get to the rest of this blogging stuff this week, but ta ta for now!!