Blessings

Spoiler Alert: Sentimental in a Cheesy sort of way!

Shocking, I know! I don't post for months and now I can't say enough! Lucky you! So, I'm always saying how busy we are and I thought I'd share where all that precious time goes. Since I haven't written in my journal in forever, at least maybe this will help me to remember our busy dental school days!


So believe it or not, this group keeps me/us pretty busy. The kids are growing up so fast and with Seth's schedule, we literally have to schedule everything! Good thing we have the family calendar in the kitchen to keep us in line!


SCHOOL! I think this is the bulk of our busyness (is that right?). Obviously for Seth and I often find myself up LATE at night trying to get it done. Seth has a year and a half left and I will be done early fall. Hooray! As excited as we are to be done with school we are so grateful for the chance to be educated! What a blessing!



So I have been super busy with getting our year supply/emergency preparedness in order. This second picture doesn't do all of my hard work justice! I can happily say that we have about a 6 month supply of most and year supply of the rest! I LOVE doing this stuff and often find myself putting off homework to learn and do more! It feels so good to be prepared! I've been working for months on a binder that deserves a post of its own so that is for another day. The second picture is of some cheese that I am going to store. Long story but if you are interested, let me know and I can tell you how EASY it is to do it! Between getting my binder info together, shopping sales, canning, dehydrating, sealing and organizing this has been a huge project that I'm soooo excited about!


So, I decided last fall that I wanted to run the Bolder Boulder. It is a 10k race. A little intimidating for someone like me who is so out of shape its embarrassing but it is a goal and now that people know I HAVE to do it (personal motivator). Seth is getting ready to start P90X. It is a fitness program that is AWESOME! He's wanting me to join him when to help me get ready for the race. Heck, maybe we'll do both of them together!



Friends and fun of course! What more can I say!

So we know we bring a lot of this on ourselves but we try not to complain and are just lovin' life! Our kids bring so much fun, love and laughter to us that we can't remember life before them and can't imagine it without them. We have grown closer as a couple these past few years and wouldn't change our lives in any way. We have been so blessed and as we look back on our trials and hardships we know we are being taken care of! What a great blessing it is to be here, in this moment, right now. We have taken that to be more of our motto as of late. Life hasn't been easy or a walk in the park but we can learn, grow and the best part is we get to do it all together!

Have a great day everyone!

Really Quick....

So, I have four kids under the age of 3 for the day and this needs to be quick. Logan's surgery is scheduled for Tuesday (tubes in his ears, tonsils and adenoids out)! Hooray! Sooner than we thought hence we still may be able to go home for spring break! We heard the recovery is the worst part but kids tend to bounce back really quick so keep that in your prayers! Thanks!

Tagged

8 THINGS ABOUT ME

Here are the rules:

1)POST RULES ON YOUR BLOG
2)ANSWER THE SIX "8" ITEMS(They're not in any particular order)
3)LET EACH PERSON KNOW BY LEAVING THEM A COMMENT

8 FAVORITE TV SHOWS -
1. American Idol
2. 24
3. Berenstain Bears (I know, I know)
4. Sometimes Biggest Loser
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8 THINGS I DID YESTERDAY
1. Updated the blog!
2. Did homework
3. Got tons of food for super cheap at King Soopers with case lot sales!
4. Looked at cars
5. Cleaned up (ever cleaning)
6. Played hide and seek
7. Sold my car
8. Took my kids to a Valentine's party

8 THINGS I LOOK FORWARD TO
1. Life after dental school
2. VACATIONS
3. No more homework
4. Weekends
5. Finishing projects
6. Hot bubble baths
7. Naptime
8. Playing

8 FAVORITE RESTAURANTS
1. Cinzetti's
2. Olive Garden
3. Macaroni Grill
4. La Paloma
5. That's all!
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8 THINGS ON MY WISH LIST
1. More vacations
2. more kids ;)
3. A super clean, organized house
4. MORE TIME!
5. To get super fit
6. A house with room for my projects and year supply
7. More patience
8. To be successful

8 PEOPLE I TAG
1. Michele P.
2. Tiffany
3. Chrissy
4. Teri
5. Michelle B.
6. Hannah
7. Trish
8. Marie

One month, two months.........

So, its been a while. I know, I know. I wish I had some awesome story to tell why I haven't blogged but honestly, I've just been busy with life. Sorry, some things have priority. Actually, the last few months have brought some crazy things so here they are in a nutshell.

1. Christmas was so much fun. Great to be with family and have Santa come! Can I just tell you we are (well, Seth is) amazing packers! We crammeded all of our stuff plus us into our little Malibu (complete with Logan's basketball hoop and Chloe's tunnels) with room to spare in the back seat! Woohoo! While it is doable, I don't recommend it.

(our shepherd and sheep for the annual Skinner family nativity)


(The ear infection we didn't know about and Chloe vomiting the night before can explain these reactions to Christmas morning)

2. Colt and Ashley were having a New Year's party and Seth was in Memphis on an externship. I really didn't want to take my two kids late at night to a party all night to come home by myself. However, the party animals that they are were FORCING me to go! Come to find out, Seth flew home early to surprise me and we did go party! It was a blast too!


(By far, the funnest and funniest game I have ever played! I'll spare you the rest of the pictures but here are the scores! If you want to know more, email me!)

3. We've had some really NICE and WARM days in Colorado and have been to the Zoo, parks, date night trade and out and about. Gotta love it!



(Tunnels on date night trade and the zoo)

4. The kids and I were in a little accident. Okay, we were hit by a semi. Sounds crazy and it was but the car doesn't look as bad as it sounds. We were in a turning lane to go left onto the freeway and the semi was coming across us off the freeway (is this making sense) and his trailer hit us. Everyone was fine. It just hit where I was and the kids only freaked out for a few minutes. The fireman were awesome! And, today we learned that they are going to total our car but we are getting twice what we thought we'd get. Guess that means we are going car shopping. Mixed emotions about that one. I know this is the one everybody wants to see pictures of but the best ones are on my phone and I don't know how to get them from there to here. I'll do that maybe when we get a new car to show you our upgrade.

5. We had a follow up with the ENT doctors about Logan's chronic ear infections yesterday. He is going to have surgery in a few weeks to put tubes in his ears, and take out his tonsils and adenoids. Poor boy. However, we are grateful he won't have to deal with bursting ear drums and risking hearing loss anymore.

6. We have decided to go unprivate. Weird, I know. But, the main purpose of this blog is to keep our parents up to date on the most adorable grandkids ever and they haven't quite figured out how to access it yet with it being private. So, until we get them set up, back to open invitation. I'll let you know when we go private again.

7. Logan informed us last night he want to get married (where did that come from?)! We told him after his mission he'll meet a cute girl (to which he said he wasn't going to marry Baby who is Chloe) and he can marry her. I thought it was nice that he thinks the only cute girl around is his little sister!

8. Duh! I did some shoots in AZ during our break. Check out my photo blog to see them.

So, that's life. Now that we are all caught up (or somewhat anyway) maybe I won't dread this so much. It wasn't that bad!

A few weeks of firsts

Okay, so it has been a little while since I've post but for good reason. The kids are sleeping, I just got done with edits and I thought I'd fill everyone in on life with the Skinners.

Its been a few weeks of firsts around here. So, here we go.

First First:
I had my first craft show with the girls! It was a lot of work and a lot of fun and I am really glad it is over. I made lots and lots of yummy, yummy treats and food. I am so grateful mom came up to help me or it never would have happened! Thanks mom!



Second First:
Mom and dad came up for Thanksgiving with us! It was so much fun to have them here! The kids still ask when they are coming back. Some of the highlights of their trip...dad and Seth went shooting (but we won't say who won), Logan and Papa got to feed the geese across the street, mom's help with the boutique, Chloe took her first steps and of course the big feast with the Wilkins!



Third First:
Chloe turned 1! We attempted Black Friday and so by the time we got home I didn't have much time make a super cute cake. Poor girl ended up with the ghetto looking flower out of cupcakes. I'll do better next year, promise! She got a little horse bike thing, a stroller and "dolly doll" (as Logan calls it) from Auntie Ashley and Uncle Colt, cute dresses from grandparents, and outfit from Sas, a sock monkey from Baby D and her dad decided she needed some cars. That's right folks....I finally got a little girl and we gave her cars for her first birthday. I know, I know.









And for the Fourth First:
We went to help Santa the other night for Logan for Christmas. On our way home Seth decided we all needed Dairy Queen. We usually get our blizzards and get an extra cup and spoon for Logan and share. This time we got Logan a cone and the extra cup and spoon for Chloe. The only part the pictures don't tell is the "mmmmmmmmmmm" that came after every single bite!





So we leave for Arizona next weekend for Christmas and are so excited! We get to see some friends that we haven't seen in forever and get to be with family. The kids are super excited to have someone other than mom and dad to play with too! Hooray for this time of year. We love it!