John's almost home

It's been a long (almost) 2 weeks. March 3rd John flew out East to do meetings for our Xango business and to visit his mom and sister I've been holding down the fort. It's a lot of work and I'm tired. It didn't help that my Grandpa Jack passed away the morning he left. Thank you Kilee Butterfield for staying with our kids while I was gone to the funeral in Texas. Logan, Kimbri, and Josh were troopers while I was gone and they have helped me so much with Jack. Thanks to Kimbri for giving me a break everyday after school. Jack loves Kimbri.

Spring break has started, Logan and Kimbri left yesterday for Idaho to spend time at the Stegelmeier family reunion. Loren & Anne have put their papers in to go on their third L.D.S. mission. What a great example they are to all of their grandchildren. I'm glad Logan and Kimbri get to spend time with them before they leave again. Logan & Kimbri will be spending all next week with their dad. I miss them when they are gone but they enjoy their time with him, and its important.

Jack is now driving his cars all over the floor with his little motor sound. His favorite spot to hang out is climbing on the end of the couch next to the window and standing on the window sill to look out the window. I'm not sure why he likes to make things so dramatic.

Unfortunately, for me their isn't a Kimbri to hand Jack off to when I need a break. Thanks to Josh for his help, he's really stepping up, not to mention he makes me laugh all the time. John will be home Monday night. Thank the heavens. I think the first thing I will wish for is........sleep. Lots and lots of sleep. :) How pathetic is that.


My niece Reese is showing progress. It's very little at a time but it is progress. I don't think it's possible to pray enough for her but we're sure making the effort. I was talking to Penny about why things happen in our lives. We were discussing how when we are faced with trials that we should try to figure out what lessons we should be learning at the time. Anyway, the night before this conversation I opened up the scriptures and it said (and I'm paraphrasing) that the Lord gives his children trials otherwise we forget him. WOW! I thought why is it only when we have trials that we remember him always? Why is it only in our trials do we fall humbly to our knees and plead with our Father in Heaven in our prayers? I know that I'm learning many lessons during Reese's trial. First and foremost to be more patient with my kids, you just never know how long you have them and I know I don't want any regrets. I'm also learning that I need to be more in tune with my Heavenly Father and not just when I have trials and fear. I'm grateful for lessons that we learn each day I just wish that these lessons didn't have to be in behalf of my beautiful little niece.

I'm counting down the few days left to have John home. He's so good to me and helps and supports me so much in everything I do. I'm sure at times he would like to take away my ability to say "yes, I'd be happy to sign up for that." :) Wait until he sees my new list when he gets home. :)

Spring is Here?????

I have to get better at blogging more often. We have had a great winter. Christmas came and went, we were able to go up to Idaho to my mom and dad's to spend time with aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. It was a lot of fun. There's getting to be a whole herd of us but we survived. It's always fun to get the cousins together. Mom changed her family tradition and had the party on the Eve of Christmas Eve so that we could all be there. Thanks mom and dad. We don't care when it happens we're just glad to be there.


Logan, Kimbri, and Josh all played Jr. Jazz basketball this year. It was Josh's first year and he loved it, he's becoming quite the little athlete, he announced after his first game that he wanted to be a professional basketball player when he grows up. Logan played on a comp. team again and this year I was his head coach. It was quite the experience, just when it seemed we were coming together as a team the season was over. We played in the playoffs and lost by one basket in double overtime. It was an awesome way to end the season. I was Kimbri's assistant coach as well and we had a great time, Kimbri was the tallest on the team and she's quite the little hussler. She ends up playing the whole game because she does so well. It's fun to seem them improving each year.





Jack just turned 1. He seems to enjoy following us around. He really doesn't have much of a choice. He's so fun, he's close to walking and speaks his own language non stop, he even talks in his sleep it's nuts. Kimbri is officially his favorite, he prefers her over me most of the time. (did I not give birth to him???)

John has been doing some traveling for our Xango business. He likes to get it all in at the beginning of the year which is nice. It gives him the opportunity to go out and stay with his mom and to see his sister in Jersey. He's decided to continue at the golf course this summer. The perks of golfing for free just can't be beat.


I'm sad but relieved to report that my Grandpa Jack Eavenson passed away on March 3rd. He had a long battle with cancer. It was a blessing for him to pass on so that he was no longer in pain but sad because we will miss him. I was able to travel to Texas with my siblings for the funeral. John went out East the day Grandpa passed so I had to take Jack with me, that was a feat in itself. It all worked out and it was fun spending time with my siblings and my parents. It was nice having so much time visiting with Penny talking about the philosphies of life. I think we solved all the worlds problems over the weekend. :) Thanks to Chad for hanging out with me and helping me with Jack on the plane and through the airport and driving the rental van. In retrospect that's probably the only thing I would have changed, me driving and not him. :) He's nuts!

Right after returning from the funeral we find out that my sister's 22 month baby girl Reese has pneumonia in both of her lungs and she has septicemia (poison in her blood) it's very scary and I find myself praying all day everyday in my mind and on my knees. It's unfortunate that something awful has to happen in order to find myself so diligent to the Lord. I guess we're all going to learn from each experience we have in life it just breaks my heart when such a young sweet spirit has to be the object of our lesson. Our prayers are with your family Penny. We love you Reese!

On a lighter note, spring is in the air. (somedays) We're glad to see the snow gone for now and hope its the end. The kids are getting ready to play baseball and softball. Josh is going to try baseball this year instead of soccer so that should be a fun experience for him. I'm the assistant coach for Kimbri's team again and Logan is playing on the Stealth (his traveling team) again. We're excited for the tournaments, they are always fun. And of course we can't wait for the weather to be nice enough to get the boat out and make more memories this summer. Lake Powell here we come!