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Hiatus

So in November I called it quits on a lot of things. I quit taking my kids to ballet, I gave up a calling, I stopped going to the park with my friends, I stayed home and I worked and I spent time with my sister because she was getting ready to move again.

So with the holidays over I'm now working full time instead of part time and it's been hard. I'm hoping that the bigger paycheck will prove it completely worth it though so we'll see.

But with the added hours I feel that my house has suffered and my sleep has suffered. I'm not very good at managing my time or managing my life for that matter but I'm trying harder.

Ainsley wanted to go back to ballet but to be perfectly honest, the thought of adding something back INTO life has me a wee bit stressed. Plus with Hanna gone I feel like I need to stop neglecting my friends because I need my friends.

Nothing has really changed with the girls. Caelan loves preschool and Ainsley loves 1st grade and amazes me at how stinking smart she is.

Caelanism: "I am a child of God and he has sent me here, but not you daddy."

She's also obsessed with weddings and asks me daily who she can marry.

Ainsley's still a love bug and is just the sweetest thing ever. She is completely enthralled with animals, stuffed or real, it doesn't matter.

I'll try to get some pictures up later.

Avoidance

There's just a lot going on so it's hard to pick just the few important things to blog about :)

Caelan has been a big handful lately with tantrums and screaming and I'm just struggling with her.

Ainsley is reading EVERYTHING she can get her hands on, street signs, building, books, my t-shirts, the computer screen when I'm typing :), but I love it. She's so stinking smart.

Jim's been working a lot but they are mandating he take at least three vacation days before the end of the year so we're trying to think of something fun/cheap to do.

I've been working extra so that we can spend money on Christmas without it stressing us out.

Pretty much that's the craziness of it.

Here are some pictures I got of Jo this week, she's beautiful!

Procedure was a success! No surgery for me!

Horribly painful and traumatizing but avoiding surgery is good so I guess that's the trade off you get.

Getting ready for Thanksgiving by baking 10 pumpkin pies today and tomorrow...maybe more, haven't decided.

KK is still sick. She has croup plus the asthma, fun stuff.

Other than that, we're all doing great!

As soon as I photoshop, I'll get some pictures up.

Minor update

Cae is a big ball of crabby and driving me crazy these days.

Had my yearly visit and due to stupid complications, I now have to have my IUD surgically removed.

My house is really messy and I'm too lazy to clean it.

Getting sick so I'm exhausted.

Where is the cooler weather!

Young Women in Excellence

Shout out to my half baby Jorden.

She did AMAZING at Young Women in Excellence. She talked about her baptism and faith. She used her daddy's favorite scripture and one of my favorite primary songs and it was just perfect.

We love you Jorden and you never cease to amaze us!

Scanning

Hanna scanned a bunch of old pictures in for us, yay for girls' night!