Overview

Since my last post some things have happened, I turned 28, Jason turned 30, the kids have grown even though I told them not to and Thanksgiving happened and the Christmas season is in full force.

The month of October

 My Birthday gift from Jason was a night of luxury at the Peppermill. All I can say is we had a ton of fun!!!!!!!

 Josh lost his two front teeth.

 We visited Nana and Papa in Fresno.

 Eden learned how to walk by herself.

 Halloween Josh dressed up as Anacan Skywalker and Eric was a cowboy

 Eden went as a tiger

The Month of November

 Jason hit the big 30! 

and we went to Las Vegas for Thanksgiving but I forgot my camera

Month of December

 Eden's new favorite trick other than giving you real kisses is to hold her lips back.

It makes her and everyone around her laugh.

My funny kidos!

 A shot of Eden and our Christmas decorations oh and my never ending pile of laundry.

 Eden in her pretty Christmas dress

Eric all dressed up for church

Our family has been greatly blessed over these last few months and look forward to the next few.

Work Update

Well I just thought I'd update everyone on how I'm doing working. We've had a lot of changes come to our family that trying to get use to change is very hard but I think we are managing. I've been working for the Reno Print Store for the last two months and have had really great days and really hard days. Trying to get back into working out side of the home is  a lot harder than I could have imagined. I still wanted to be home with my children but at the same time loved being with a bunch of fun and great adults. I've learned a great deal in the last two months and have grown in so many ways. I guess most of my stress that I was going through was brought on by the fact that Jason's job was soooooo unstable that looking back I'm shocked we didn't rip out all our hair and run screaming for the hills from the stress we were under. That for now has changed with a new job for Jason, we have more stability than we had just a week ago. So what have I learned? Well lets see, I've learned how to talk to all kinds of people. How to take rejection, how to file properly, how to use excel, how to overcome my fears, how to manage stress, how to take orders and still be independent, how to sense what people are feeling, how to get ready everyday on a very tight time frame and get three kids ready too. I've learned how to lean on the Lord a great deal more. and so many other things. Our family has been blessed in many ways to. We have an amazing babysitter who loves our kids and takes care of them as if they were her's. We have been able to save for our future needs. Jason found a job that will provide insurance in a few months, that's the biggest blessing, we've reconnected with old friends that we ran into while working, received a new calling at church serving the 8- 11 year old girls. And so many other blessings. I love the people I work with, they are special people that bring a smile to my face every day. I've been challenged in so many ways but have come out of it a better person. That's not to say we have no challenges, we are still being challenged daily but we are trying to look at it in a better mindset so that we don't go running for the hills. Not everything has gone the way I planned but nothing ever does and that's probably better. Now to just get through the next six weeks.

One of my favorite says is,

 "You can do anything when you put your heart into it."

Another Tooth

Josh lost another tooth today. He ran into another little boy and it knocked his front tooth out. The unfortunate part was that Josh never found the tooth but that's okay because we'll draw a map for the tooth fairy so she can find the tooth.

 two missing teeth

oh and this was just to cute not to share. My mother in law gave Eden this outfit. She looks soooooooo cute!

Date Night

Jason surprised me Thursday night with a spa package from the Peppermill for Friday. Our Date began with dropping the kids off at the babysitters and heading off. It was soooooooooo nice to have a night with just the two of us kinda like a dream. It was so nice just us getting massages and eating dinner with out little voices interrupting and being able to just kick back and relax. This may be something we need to do more often. Of course it was nice to see the kids the next morning but I would do this more often if I could.

 This is what our room looked like, we also had a steam room in the bathroom. I want to put a steam room  in my bathroom someday. They are so nice and if the kids ever got sick I could just put them in there and they would be all cleared out.

 We had dinner at Bisccottis.

Jason was brave enough to let me pick out his clothes and I put him in black because there were no kids to get him all dirty. :)

After dinner we headed over to the spa to have our 50 minute Swedish massage. and let me tell you I could get use to that kind of pampering. We then hung out in the spa and relaxed in the hot tub and hung out on the balcony in our super soft robes and just well..... Relaxed.

 The next morning we woke up to a continental breakfast and headed over to the gym and gave our selves a really great workout. We then headed over to the pool area to have fun swimming and relaxing in the hot tub. 

The pool area is made up of three pools with one of them having a waterfall and three hot tubs. 

Jason in the elevator on our way down to check out.

Then came the time we had to go home and face reality. You know back to the loving and welcoming arms of our children and the mountain of laundry I needed to do. 

I look forward to another visit with just my husband ;)

Another Tooth

Josh lost another tooth last night and he has a fourth one ready to come out son too. It always amazes me how brave he is when one of his teeth fall out and just how cute he looks with a big gap where the tooth once was. I love how life just changes every day. Eric felt left out of the tooth pulling last night and asked us many times to please pull his tooth too so he could be like Josh. Don't worry we told him he had to wait.

 I love how tender Jason is in this picture.

He is the best tooth extractor out of the two of us. I am just a tad bit of a chicken.

 The great big hug after the tooth came out.

THE TOOTH!

The other front tooth will also be falling out soon. Josh is going to want his two front teeth for Thanksgiving

A day at the Lake

Last weekend we made a trip to Folsom and went to the lake with the family. I think it was Eden's first time on the boat. She wasn't to sure about the boat but she sure loved the lake up until Jason threw her in the water. She didn't like that neither did I. Don't worry I was in the water with her and she had a life jacket on. It's very therapeutic to be with family. Until next time we can take a trip and enjoy being with family.

 Josh was doing his best to pump water into the water gun.

LOVE THESE KIDS!

Lookin good and Cutie patootie

Josh has really been turning into a boy these days not the baby boy type but a really grown up boy. The other day he was getting ready for school and told me that he needed to look stylish for school. He then told me that I was stylish and would know what he should wear. Two things came out of that conversation one that my child is growing up and two that he still thinks I look good.
Now Eden is most definitely my cutie patootie. She was all dressed up in her leopard print onesie making all of us look plain next to her. I'm so blessed to have such beautiful children in my life.

 Mr. Workin it!

And Little Miss workin it!

Eric is super cute in his matching shirt but he wont let me take pictures of him these days.

New trick

Eden has a new trick that she would like to share with everyone.

 She is so close to walking! She has been trying to take little steps all by herself. Why oh Why is my baby girl growing up to fast?

Dinner

Of course just about everything Eden does is cute and adorable, it's the age and dinner the other night is no different.

Yummy yummy!

The thank you

Not that long ago we had our ward's set of missionaries over for dinner. They are a really neat pair but what makes them so different from many other missionaries is what I found on my table after they had left.

This is a Thank you note left by our Elders. I have never received a thank you note from missionaries and this one is a really cool thank you. It really touched my heart to receive this thank you.

Brothers

Brothers having a good time!

Kjar Kids pic 2012

This year my friend Karl Smith took my kids pictures. I think they turned out super cute.

 Mr. Josh my most handsome 6 year old

 Mr. Eric my super grown up 3 year old.

 and who could miss little Mis. Eden

My beautiful baby girl.

 I love this picture with all of them together. 

There were so many good pics taken that it was hard to pic my favorites but these next few are some of my favorites of the kids.

 Josh and Eric were having a really good time together and that expression on Eric's face is a smile. We like to call it the cheeeese smile.

 I love this picture of Eden it shows off her true personality.

 My pretty little angel.

Eric and Eden are getting closer and closer in size. I wish I could keep them little longer but that's why it is soooooo important to take pictures.