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He passed!

Horray, Chris passed! Well, at least the first half of this grueling test. It is the CMBA exam, which will make him a Certified Master of Business something or other...who cares?! Now he has several more weeks of studying, then he will take the second half of the test, then write a paper, and he's done with his degree. I will be so excited for this to be over. It has taken so much of his time, but it will be worth it.

After the degree is finished, he will need to study his pants off for several months, then take the CPA exam. This is all part of our master plan. Ya'll will find out what that entails probably in the next few months after all this is over with. I am so stinkin proud of Chris. We agreed that if he gets all this over with by spring time, he can get a season pass to the golf course. He'll be in heaven all summer!

Nice little boys....

Calvin and I were sitting in the sun together a few days ago. He looked at me and said, "mom, I think you hit puberty...you're getting a mustache." I guess I need to wax!

Anden told me the other day that he hopes he's as fat as me someday.

I hope they are only saying these things to me, and not other lady's. They might not take it as well.

St. George

I love life here in Blanding, but I really dislike being cold. I am also a person who likes change and thrives on the next best thing. I know that's not one of my best qualities. Me, Chris, and the fam went to St. George this weekend. We dropped the kiddos off at my moms house (thanks mom, you're the best!), and headed off to a bed and breakfast. In the morning we both had a race at Snow Canyon. The weather was so incredible. I want to move back. Actually, I want Chris to buy me a condo there, so we can live there in the winter. The race was beautiful, too!

I was so lucky to see a good friend from high school. I hadn't seen her in several years, and we were able to hook up for lunch. I just feel bad for Chris, since he had to sit there and listen to us reminisce all during lunch.

Here are all the boys at trunk or treat. Braxton was a vampire. The older he gets, the more bloody and scary he wants his costume. What ever happened to cows and dinosaurs?

Calvin wanted to be a ninja. We already had the costume, and he BEGGED me to paint his face black. I told him that ninjas don't paint their faces black (since their mom's don't want to worry about black face paint rubbing off onto everything ;), but he really, really wanted me to paint it. I succumbed. The minute he saw his face in the mirror, he started crying huge alligator tears. He hated it. This kid HAS to look perfect. He begged me to wash it off, but every mom knows black face paint never comes off on the first washing, plus we were already late for trunk or treat. I told him we were leaving, and he declared that he would not be trick or treating. When we got there it was too hard for him to watch the fun and not be involved, so he washed it himself with baby wipes and felt like he looked pretty darn good afterwards. That's why his face looks the way it does.

Exhausted

Oh my heavens, I had huge plans to put a Halloween post up complete with pictures, but I just can't do it.

To start off, my newest news is that I am not working with the Young Women's anymore. I got released on Sunday. Can I just tell you that I love those young ladies! I am going to miss them so much! Chris and I have gone to the same church for six years, and I have been in the Young Women's for most of that time. I'm kinda sad, but I know the new leaders will do a fabulous job and the girls will love them.

I have a confession. When I was training for my half-ironman, I ate, slept, and drank swimming, biking, and running. It was all I had time for. Well, after I finished, without even consciously realizing it, I filled my time with internet and more internet. I can't even tell you exactly what I was doing. Definitely nothing productive. My house and family were really starting to show the effects of my laziness. So, I am turning a new leaf. After finally being honest with myself about how much time I was wasting, I am now only going to check email and anything else in the evening after the kids go to bed. I started this today, and I can already tell a difference. It's time to climb out of this mess I have dug myself into. It's really hard for me to admit this because it makes me feel like such a terrible mother and wife, but I need to make a change.

So that is why I'm not posting pictures or anything else for now. I am completely exhausted. I need sleep.

Praying for Chris

I've been praying for Chris a lot lately. He's not sick or anything, just under a ton of pressure. Chris has his MBA test coming up in 2 days. He is so nervous about taking it. He's been working for this for 2 years and is on the home stretch of actually getting his MBA. Lately he's been studying 30 hours a week just for this test. After this, he writes a final paper and that's it!

He is such a good man. I pulled out one of my old journals last Sunday, and read what I had written when Chris and I first started dating. Man, I was so in love with him. I thought he was so amazing and wonderful and I loved him so much! The way I felt then doesn't even compare to how I feel for Chris now. It is so amazing to me how much my love has grown for him. I never thought I could love someone as much as I love him. Our marriage hasn't always been easy. It still isn't easy, but we have always persevered.

Chris is such a good provider and dad and friend and husband. He always keeps my secrets. He works 40 hours a week as an Accountant, teaches accounting to high school students, does electrical work on the side, fulfills his church callings, and still has time to watch the kids for me while I workout. He helps the kids with homework, makes dinner when I've had a crappy day, takes care of our yard, watches the kids sporting events, and he hasn't missed a single parent teacher conference EVER. He puts up with all my crazy ideas and eats vegetarian meals just so I don't have to touch the meat. He's one of the most forgiving people I know, and is always the first one to apologize. Chris is the better half of our marriage. I always tell him that if I make it to Heaven it will be because of him!

I am so glad our kids have such a great role model to look up to. They love him as much as I do. I am the luckiest girl alive to have a man like Chris. I only hope I can live up to all he has been to me!