New Year

This last year was good, and I am very happy with the way it turned out. I pray 2011 will be good as well.

The only New Years resolution we have is a big one. NO DEBT! WE have gotten out of consumer debt before, but it did not last long. :( Now it just makes me angry to look at it. We are trying hard to do what is asked of us, and this is one BIG thing we are failing at. So there it is, the one resolution. We have a great plan in place, and a budget that is TOTALLY doable. Pray for us, and help ME to remember our goal.

If I am completely honest, I am responsible for a majority of our debt. Chad is a saver and is very happy with little, and even nothing sometimes. ME...well lets just say I want it all!!

I can not wait to not have to pay a dumb credit card every month!

The only other truly note worthy thing to mention right now is our new plan for schooling. Chad's schooling has gone slower than he would have liked, but the end is in sight. He will begin his student teaching this time next year! Because we have a guarnteed two more semester here (not including this one up coming, three total) I am going to push through and get my Bachelors as well! In what? I have this coming semester to discover that. The top three choices are Buisness Admin, Criminal Justice, and Communications? But I truly do not know what I want to be when I grow up? :)

There you all are! If anyone has moments of revelation, or thoughts that may help...I'm open!

Two blogs in two days!! WOW

I know this is highly unusual for me and for this blog. But when you are up at 4 am with a sick baby you don't have much else to do, but love the baby and blog so...
I what do you think? Who does Caden look more like.

These are a few pictures all around 4 months old.

Michael

Caden

Braxton

Christmas

Christmas this year was great! We had Santa visit, and this is the first year that Braxton has really understood what that means. It really made the entire thing so much more exciting!

Then it was onto Michael's birthday. Poor guy got the raw end of that one. Who wants a birthday the day after Christmas. We try our hardest to make the day extra special and ALWAYS have a gift for him. His grandparents were good at sending a present with the Christmas presents we got, and thank you thank you to them.

I loaded the pictures backwards so Michaels birthday is first. And I have to apologize for my pictures my camera is broken, i hope to get a new one eventually.

Syrup

We did our 4th annual gingerbread house party on the 11th. It was so fun. Chad did a haunted house this year. The spiders and grave was my favorite.
This is the most recent picture of Braxton. Sad I know, but at least I have one.
Michael being Michael. I said "say cheese" and this is what I get! Goof ball

We had multiple little people there this year. This Maliahs house and Ana's house. Notice there is no candy on Ana's :) and Maliah's house did not withstand the decoration. It was so fun.
This is Braxton's house, I may be a proud mama but his was so well decorated, and he actually had candy left to put on it. However if you notice one of the gumballs has been sucked on prior to building.
This is Chad's favorite spot for his boys. I have a picture of all three of my kiddos in this exact spot on their dad. :) Of course my Caden is no exception.

My fatty fatty. Michael still has him beat in the cheek area, but look at the wonderful double chin!!! I LOVE fat babies.

This is my all time favorite pic of this boy. He is this way almost all the time, loves his big brothers and is starting to track them as they run around him. I have no doubt this little man wont spend much time not moving, too much going on, too many people to play with.

This blog was for my sweet aunt Carry. love you all and Merry Christmas.

A full heart

I can not put into words how I am feeling.

This morning at about eleven I learned that a friend of mine had lost her six month old baby. Their sweet little Evie went to bed the previous night and then suffocated in her sleep.

My friend is in shock, DUH! But she made some comments this morning that really say a lot about her character and her faith in our amazing gospel!! She mentioned how grateful she is for the Lord, and his sacrifice. How powerful the lesson is that we are all learning now because of this tragedy and also the things that we will ALL learn from overcoming this. How powerful. I find it profound and humbling to know her testimony. I know that things will get much worse before they get better, and we all know that the days to come will be nearly unbearable for her and her family. But I had to share how amazing I think she is.

I know this is not the message you were all expecting from a person who does not blog very much, but my heart was full and I needed to vent just a bit.

Update

My first picture with all three boys! Caden is month old, it's late, but I still got one.
We are good. The Huntsman household is a little busier than usual, but that is to be expected! In nine days we will be moving!!!! I am still Primary Pres. and really feel like I could do this calling well! I love the kids!

Although I know they will have to release me (we are leaving ward boundaries) I'm glad I know I have at least one more week there. The calling is very trying, just this last Sunday I came home in tears, the kids are amazing, and really like to talk. I feel that reverence is our number one priority, so for the next few weeks that is our goal.

I realize that you all really want to know how the kiddies are doing, so...They are great. We went to the new house to take some measurements, and the boys loved it. Braxton keeps asking when we are going to the new house with the stairs. I keep trying to repeat that we will not be coming back to this house, and that one will be our house from now on. I don't think they get it, and it may be a non issue, I just don't want any surprises.Caden is amazing, and getting HUGE!!! I feel like he will Braxton's age and telling me NO, tomorrow!

I sent an e-mail to family, but in case I missed someone, or there are friends who would like to join us, we are blessing Caden on the 7th of November at 9am in our home ward here in Cedar.
Chad is great, school is going well, and he seems to be doing OK. The job situation has been a little better, a few more shifts a week. But because he is on call he gets crazy hours. He work Monday night grave, then went to school all day. He did not go to bed till nine on Tuesday night!!!! But it's a shift.
I told the boys to give the baby a kiss. My camera took too long to get the picture. They looked too funny not to post!

P.S. This entire blog was done with one hand, the other was occupied by a sleeping baby boy!! :)

Interesting

A friend of mine on FB with a tween daughter posted this question. I found it very interesting and would like to get some feed back. What do you think?

"I was talking to my daughter about how it's important to dress modestly because of the thoughts it brings into guys' heads when we don't. I told her that pretty much all guys were this way, and that the good ones had to WORK and not being...--... it's just the way they are made. She didn't believe me, and asked me how I could possibly know, since I'm not a guy. Then she asked an interesting question. She said, "IF that's true, mom, IF... how come so many dads don't care if their daughters dress that way?" She had a really good point there. It really does seem like most men don't even explain to their daughters why they might not WANT to dress immodestly, let alone try to get them not to. So my question is: Why would a loving father not mind when his daughter dressed immodestly if he knew what thoughts it was going to bring into other guys' heads? Wouldn't he want to protect his daughter from that? After all, most young girls don't really understand how things work with guys. I know I didn't when I was a young teenager (not to say I fully do even now!), and my 13-year-old daughter not only doesn't understand, but doesn't believe me when I try to tell her. Or is that just a stereotype? Does it really not affect most guys when a girl dresses immodestly? What are your thoughts? And feel free to repost this, because I'd like to get a lot of different viewpoints."