It's About Time

For 12.5 years I have wanted a sibling to get married and it finally happened! On 18 May 2012 my brother, David, married Adria Jensen in the Jordan River LDS temple.
It was quite an amazing experience to have all my siblings there and even my other brother's girlfriend, Stephanie- LOVE HER, was able to come too.
Adria and her family are amazing. Everything ran smoothly, especially since this was the 4th Jensen wedding in 6 months. (They deserve an endurance medal or something!)
It was a bit of a whirl wind with a funeral viewing and the wedding in quick succession After the wedding we were off again back to the homestead and met with a minor basement flood. Ah, yes no rest for the weary.
We are so blessed to have another sister and especially since it is Adria. We have however issued an ultimatum that the next wedding better not be our child's.

In case you need more pics: http://s1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa431/kmbnorris/Facebook/David%20%20Adria%20Wedding/?albumview=slideshow

Master of the House

Ryan's Parents 

So for mother's day this year I got my husband back. After 2 years of graduate school my husband finished his MBA. I am so very proud of Ryan for how well he did at school, work, parenting and our marriage all during this crazy insane time.
For years I had felt that Ryan needed to do this and so did he. We just didn't know how to do it with life going on all around us. So, after a lovely vacation 2 years ago we agreed that now was the time. SO carpe diem we did. With the outlook that we may not get accepted the first time he applied & we just went for it. And then we were off August of 2012 Ryan started his MBA.
That's pretty much how it works out for us. If it's right it happens at break neck speed; if not then nothing goes right.
Will this Master's degree change our lives overnight? NO.
Will we look for a new job immediately? Not yet.
Will it give Ryan a sense of accomplishment and our family a sense of pride in a job well done? Yes.

So to sum up....It was hard...It was not always fun...BUT...It was worth it.
I am glad to have my husband back and look forward to being able to have a co-parent again.

Way to go babe! You are so awesome!

Life Support

My poor little blog. You had so much potential but alas you are all too often neglected but for good reason...I promise!
You know how it goes the routine mental breakdown, kids sports, slight bout with depression, sick children, Nursery at church, husband in graduate school, taking classes, babysitting, helping Eagle Scouts, genealogy jobs, kids music, spouse sick, getting ready for a wedding, getting ready for graduation, planning our summer.....And then their is the usual stuff too. You know: laundry & bills & dishes & sleep & bathing & cooking & sleeping & driving & exercising ......
Somewhere in the midst of it all life just happens. The 11 year old is actually helpful- without being nagged, the 8 year old folds laundry, the 5 year old whines a little less and the 4 year old picks up a new word: AWKWARD.
Maybe one day I will actually learn to chill out and enjoy motherhood.  Sometimes I get glimpses of what being a happy mom is all about and then schedules and life interfere and the stress rears it's ugly face and bam!
I get a migraine and feel like crying and screaming and napping all at once.
No it is not a rational reaction BUT until my insurance covers lobotomies here we stand.

And here I have to face that my children are great but their mom needs work. I can just hope that my efforts don't mess them up too much because lets face it, I can only afford so much therapy and I am at the front of that line....

So here is to our coming summer and an almost certain mental breakdown but hey everybody is a little nuts I am just admitting it.