Zach came home from school today and one of the first things Addi asked him was "How was school today?". Love it!

Addi's best friend

Last night I was jumping on the trampoline with Addi while the boys were playing at friend's houses. I asked her what her favorite color was and it has not changed from pink to purple. That's a big change since for a while she was all about "Pink, pink, pink!". She loved the book "Pinkalicious". I also asked her who her favorite friend to play with is and she said, "Nathan!". I asked her if she liked to play with Nathan more than, Maya, Clayton, Caly, Zach, Mom, and even Dad. Each time I asked her, she said she liked to play with Nathan more. She loves and adores her big brother and he is very sweet with her. There are times where she is upset about something small like sitting in a certain spot and he will get up and move so she can sit there. There have been a couple of times that I have to tell him that's very sweet, but he needs to not let Addi get her way all of the time. He goes out of his way to watch out for his little sister. I love it!
One of Nathan's friends is Jake McArthur. I seriously think that Addi has a crush on Jake. In a lot of her prayers, she will pray for Jake as well. I asked her who loves her, thinking that she would say Mom, and she says Jake. I'll also ask her who do I love, and she says Jake as well. Jake is also sweet with Addi when he is at our house. It warms my heart!

My sweet Nathan

My sweet Nathan. The two youngest kids went to bed earlier and I let him stay up a little bit later. I kept telling him that he needed to go to bed and he was being pretty slow about it. He was giving me more hugs and kisses and I told him he needed to go to bed right then. He said "it's just that I love you too much. My love is bigger then outer space". He's just a sweet kid. Not sure how I got so lucky.

Soccer practice

Tuesday night the kids and I were at Zach's soccer practice. He was playing hard and the two other kids were at the nearby playground. I was sitting on a bench talking to my friend when Addi, who is two, wanted to play with my phone. The phone was locked and she was in the mode where she could make an emergency call. I didn't want her accidentally calling 911 so I took the phone away and told her we were all done with it. Keep in mind, there is a PLAYGROUND 10 feet away for her to play on. She got mad and yelled at me at the top of her lungs "I"M TELLING NATHAN" (her eight year old brother). It had been a long day and I didn't want to fight anymore, especially at the park, so I told her to go ahead and go tell Nathan. She proceeded to climb on the playground equipment, found her brother and said, in a sweet voice, "Nathan, mommy is being mean to me". Not surprisingly, Nathan didn't do anything put me in a time out. Yes, these are the kinds of things I deal with all the time. We are attempting to tame her spirit. I love her dearly, but MAN, sometimes I don't know what to do with her other than love her.

Grown-ups

Ok, so technically I've been a grownup for a long time. I graduated college and got a job in my career field. I have now been there for almost 12 years. I've been married almost 12 years. We purchased our house, as of this month, 10 years ago. We have paid cash for numerous home improvement repairs including a furnace, water heaters, windows, flooring, roof, bathroom remodels, kitchen remodels, and all sorts of stuff. We have three amazing children and have made numerous decisions on their behalf for the last 8 years. I've technically been a grown up for a long time. However, I don't always feel like it. every once in a while I have these moments where I think "Holy Cow!! I'm a grown-up!". I've had these moments a lot lately. As mentioned before, we did out "jump into the unknown" and Jeff has been working as an independent contractor for a company since September. We have known that we needed to set up some kind of a business for that work for a variety of reasons for some time. We finally did it and have recently registered the business with the state of Utah, written our articles of organization, got our federal tax ID number, set up a business account, and now I'm trying to figure out how to do payroll (done!) and then I get to file forms with the state of Utah and the IRS. It's really not a huge deal and there are thousands of people who have done this before. However, every once in a while I still get the "Holy Cow, I'm a grown-up!", overwhelming feeling. Just had to write it down for my own sake. So, onto new adventures. Hopefully this will be great!