Hard Decision

This is a hard post to write..... After a great deal of praying, pondering and talking, Jake and I have decided it is best for us not to be married anymore. There were so many mistakes made in our marriage and there is no one person to blame. I would love to blame everything on Jake and make myself feel better, but that would not be the truth. We both feel that we work well as friends, but were not cut out to be husband and wife.
Our kids are taking this rather well. They are sad, but it amazes me how resilient they are. They are my number one concern. I feel at peace and empowered to take on the challenges that lie ahead. I am getting my nursing license reinstated and look forward to being busier (NOT). I have a lot of support and things are looking up. I am ready to be happy again and standing on my own two feet.

Pretty in Pink Princess (playing in dirt)

Ok, I have said in another post that my little princess hates wearing dresses. Well, here are some more pictures to show you that she comes from a house full of boys. Here she is, so cute in her pink, playing in the dirt and having a fabulous time.

Just some fun pictures!

Kyle had his first basketball game this weekend. He has played only once before and did a great job at the game. His coaches this year are fantastic. We have had awful experiences with Yball coaches. But this year I am pleasantly surprised, they are great!!!!

Happy Halloween everyone!!! This was a fun picture after trick or treating on Friday. The kids had fun. Katy was originally a princess but she hates wearing dresses. Go figure in a house full of boys. She screamed even when she saw it. So my sister-in-law let me borrow the doctor costume. Much better except she wouldn't touch the hat. Caden was a knight, but by the time trick or treating was done, he had taken half of the costume off.

All it took was confidence!!!!

Katy finally started walking. She is just shy of 16 months and has been walking holding on to things for months. Last night she started trying it without holding on. She got a kick out of it and loved how happy we were about it. I got a video today of her walking. She only makes it a few steps, but she finally has the confidence to set out on her own.

Pumpkin Patch

One of the things my kids like to do every year that we are in Boise is to take nana and papa to the pumpkin path at Linder Farms. They hate waiting for it to come. The boys especially love the Halloween season and Christopher loves making pumpkin pie from what we picked. I hate to tell him that it usually comes out of a can!!!

This was Katy's first year to go. She loved the fact that we would let her get down and dirty. That's my girl!

Every year that the boys get bigger we seem to bring home bigger pumpkins. Christopher carried his all the way back to the farm without any complaints. He even had 2 small ones in his pockets of his sweatshirt.

They will look forward to that tradition again next year now that we are in Boise to stay. It is nice to know that now they can count on things every year and look forward to them, instead of change.

Daddy and Daughter Working Together

It has been getting cold outside lately and winter is coming soon. We are new to having a gas fireplace and Jake was trying to get the pilot lit so we could have some extra warmth. Katy decided that she was going to help and see what she could do to see that daddy succeeded. It was so cute to see her down there copying him.

Here they are enjoying the finished work!!! Yea it is done!

Now she is trying to blow out the fire!!!! I guess we don't have to worry about the birthday candles anymore, she's a pro.

HELP!!!!

Ok, I have been looking at everyone's blogs this last week and I have decided that mine definitely needs help. Everyone else's are so cute!!!! Is there anyone out there willing to help an inept person update her blog? I don't even know where to begin!!!!