Our Forever Family

We have been here for 2 weeks now. We have stayed busy while being here. Always something to find to do. But I am ready to go home. I am ready, as are my parents. It's not very fun to see your parents point out the things your kids do wrong. It's probably a mixture of used to being empty nesters and my kids being super whiny. General Conference is supposed to be uplifting and encouraging and being around my family and their kids I felt more like I was failing as a mother and overwhelmed with everything I needed to do to improve on. I have a LOT to improve! I am feeling like my ship is leaking in to many places and I don't have enough hands to plug the holes! Coming up here was a good decision though. If I had stayed in Utah, I would be sitting around feeling sorry for myself and hating David's job and so on and so forth. I don't feel any of that, just worn down and ready for structure again in our lives. Normal. 4 more days until David flies into WA, on...

The kids and I are currently in Washington, visiting all of our family here. David took a last minute trip to the Philippines. The kids luckily went off track from school so we were able to come up. We have been having a blast!!

I quickly wanted to write my thoughts down. I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED women's conference! Always uplifting, inspiring and spiritually rejuvenating! I debated getting a babysitter. I so needed a break tonight. But I hate calling up a babysitter and asking if she would babysit for free. I just couldn't do it. So, luckily I remembered it is broad casted on t.v. What a blessing! I set up the DVR and it worked out perfect! And besides, I like crying better in my own home than with everyone wondering what is wrong during the talks!! I am more emotional than other ladies! Listening made me realize I have so much to work on. Which is why conference is so wonderful. It lets you self evaluate. These are some things I am recommitting to doing better. 1. Personal and meaningful morning and night prayers . I have done well on my night prayers, but always struggle with mornings. So 3 weeks ago I wrote on our bathroom mirror "Prayer and Scriptures" to help me remember w...

SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOF TOPS!!! I have made a new blog that will show you when we update. Hopefully this will be easier for you! Here is the link: dkleefamily.blogspot.com

Well, we attempted to take family pictures last Saturday up in Little Cottonwood Canyon at the Quarry.  It was really hard to position, get everyone to smile and hurry back into the picture before it snapped.  It would have been nice to have someone at least get the kids to look all the same way and smile.  Jenna really smiled big when it was just the kids because I was making funny faces.  But the family pictures were a different story.  I thought we might have better luck Sunday, so we got all dressed up and went to Wheeler Farm.  The kids were burnt out by then of taking pictures.  Two days in a row was to much to ask!  I will have to work with the photos in photo shop and work with them!  I just love our family!!!           

Jason had another cardiology appointment last Friday. They did an echo of his heart. Things went great. There doesn't look to be any muscle bundles, so no surgery any time soon! Yeah!! I did tell David on the way to the appt. that if the dr. did say Jason would have to have surgery that I felt more prepared for that news. But I am so glad that it won't be in the near future. We are still grateful for that miracle earlier this year!

After Cameron got on our scale in the bathroom and finding out he weighs 51 lbs he asked me how much I weighed. Me: I weigh a LOT more than you! Cameron: How much do you weigh, like 80 or 70 lbs? Me: HA! More than that! Cameron: Oh man! How much do you weigh? Me: I weigh a lot! Cameron: Like what, 100 lbs? Me: More than that even! Cameron: Oh man, then I bet Dad weighs like 120 lbs or something. Or something...