I am thankful for....

Today, I would have to say that I am thankful for my mom. She does SO much for me and my family. There are many times I would not have made it without her....THANKS MOM!!

I am thankful for....

Today I am thankful for my family and all they do for me. They are such a HUGE part of my life, there are so many things I could not do without them. My hubby is such a great source of strenght for me. I know he loves me no matter what. My children teach me patience everyday of their life, espically Christian and all that he goes through each and everyday.

Ok, so I have decided that with the holidays approaching, I am going to blog each day on one thing that I am thankful for. With the economy and the world being the way that it is right now, I think we all need to focus and be thankful for what we have, not what we DONT have.

Can I just vent for a minute and say how tired I am of taking care of my diabetic son? Now, I am not trying to be rude or step on toes and make people think I am a bad mom, but there is SOOO much to do for him!! Espically when his sugars are not where they should be and for no apparent reason too! One day for his breakfast reading he can be just fine then next thing you know WHOOOSH.....the whole bottom falls out.

For example the other day, his breakfast reading was fine, he went to school didnt take a shot for lunch because he was low. Still ate lunch, which was fine, but when he came home he was 54! Gave him something to eat checked again at dinner he was 59!! He should have gone up with his snack. Checked again later because he was having a piece of cake (it was his sisters bday) everything was ok, he was normal. Then he checks for his bedtime shot and what do you know??? Clear down to 53 AGAIN!! This of course makes for a bad night, I have to stay up till midnight to recheck, then get up at 3AM to recheck again and see how he is doing. and this has happened about 3 times in the last month and a half. The time before last he went the other way really really high.

While I love Christian SO much it is just so hard sometimes to have to deal with all of this. I can only imagine what he has to go through each and every day.

August~SCHOOL

This is the month we start getting ready for school. Christian is going into 8th, Makakyla is going into 6th and Jentri will be going into 1st. What fun it is getting the clothes, school supplies and paying for "free" education with 200$ in registration fees for Christian.

Don't the two older ones look so happy to be starting school? Although, I can't say I blame them, it did start a week earlier this year.

Our July: HOT, 4th of July and Fireworks!

July started out like all Julys do, HOT and with fireworks. We went to Provo and watched the 4th of July parade (as always). Later that night, we went to the Stadium of Fire. Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus is there. We were not able to get tickets, but we got as close as we could. The girls LOVED it!! The next night we did fireworks and had a BBQ with Robin, Andy, and Alyssa.

Other than going to Owlz games, having BBQs and hanging with friends and family that was about it.

Then at the end of July the 24th to be exact, my sister in law Laurie broke her leg. She has ahd cancer for 8 years the second time around. The Drs worked on her trying to make things better but it just didnt work. Then on the 26th she passed away, she just was not able to recover from her surgery to try to make her leg better. I miss her so much!

Our Summer

To start the summer off, the kids and I went on a cruise to Alaska. It was SO much fun!! The only thing that I would have changed is my DH was not able to go with us due to having to work. Alaska is such a beautiful place. I would love to go back there just my DH and I someday. And let me tell you, a cruise is the ONLY way to go!!

The first pic is of the kids and I in Seattle at the Space Needle. We rode the water log ride and walked around the Space Needle was so cool! The next pic is of the kids and I getting ready to go get on the boat. We were on a walkway above the traffic, that is our boat behind us. We were on the Norwegian Pearl. The next pic is of our room. Christian slept in the bed the pulled out of the wall to the right. Jentri slept on the bed to the right that is below Christian. I slept on the bed to the left, there was a bed under mine that we pulled out for Makayla. It was small but we had fun. The last one is of the sunset in Junea Alaska.

After dinner the kids and I would wonder around the ship both in and out. We saw some amazing scenery! Very beautiful!!