Babysitting Charlie Dog + Other Things

I am not an animal lover. And especially not a dog lover. I like animals outside where I feel they belong, and dogs in my house gross me out. However, a dear friend asked me if I could watch her dog this week, so that she could drive to Utah to help her mom. Her mom was just diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer. I was more than happy to do this service for her! He was a very well behaved dog. And I don't think I have seen my kids happier! I may have washed all our blankets and vacuumed for an hour after he left today, but  he was fun while he was here. 

 Maddux is so funny. He has alot of talents. He doesn't know how blessed he is to be given so many! Baking is one of them. He made this little cupcake in Jadyns easy bake all on his own. Then he said,  "mom can you please take a picture."

 Saturdays are my favorite. I sleep in and I usually wake up to kids playing together. This Saturday there was hardly any fighting. Just superheros running around. Jadyn colored this bat so Maddux could be Batman. He wore it all day.

 I don't want them to ever grow up. Please play superheroes forever.

Speaking of growing up. We have another reader! Maddux reading to Bodey at night melts my heart.

I am still fighting this cold. Everyone else has recovered. I still have the cough, my immune system is really weak due to pregnancy. At least that's what the internet tells me. Google can be rough. I have diagnosed myself with all sorts of crazy diseases lately.

Pat traveled to Cheyenne this week.

Influenza

I am dying a slow and painful death in my own home. . . The influenza made our way through our house. It started with Jadyn who rested and recovered. Then Maddux and Bodey who seem to be on the uphill. Then myself... unlike my children however I don't get the luxury of being taken care of. I still get to take care of them, and for this I always stay sicker than everyone else. It's now been a week and I still feel quite awful. On this lovely Martin Luther King Jr  Day, Jadyn hasn't gotten out of her pajamas. My kids have watched TV for a great deal of the day and fought for the other part. And I have laid on the floor and given my best shot at resting. And caught up on blogging.  But I know I can't handle another day of tv watching and chip eating. Because as a mother that is almost more painful than coughing up my lungs for 2 more weeks. 

2014 New Years Resolutions

 I know some people hate New Years Resolutions. But I actually happen to love them.


2014 is looking like it is going to be a crazy year! There are alot of big changes happening for our family. Including making this family a party of 6.

Keeping in mind that the next year will most likely be extremely chaotic and that I will most likely be sleep deprived for most of it. My goals are simple.

1. Keep things Simple! Simple life is easier and happier.
2. Focus more on my kids and let other things that don't matter go. (aka painting an entire house from top to bottom) I accomplished that goal in 2013 and I will not be doing it again. Hopefully ever!
3. Family Pictures
4. Run some races.
5. Be released as the Primary President. (kidding people, kidding.)
6. Record our stories bettter.
7.Make dinner. Eat healthier.
8. And I literally do mean this Don't lose my mind.

Jadyn's goals 2014

1. Learn how to jump rope

2. Get better at soccer

3. Go swimming as much as possibe

4. Eat out at least once a month 

(my specific goal for her this year is to not let her give up on piano lessons)

 Madduxs Goals 2014

        1. Climb to the top of a very high mountain

     2. Play on my swing set once a week

3. Go Swimming

4. Get a Dog (this will not be happening)

(my goal for Maddux this year is to help him with patience)

Bodeys Goals 2014

1.All I got out of him was swimming

(My goal for Bodey is get him ready for kindergarten the next year. Work on seperation anxiety. Being Social ect.)

Christmas Card Pictures (that I never sent out)

Why you ask? Mostly because I got my kids done. And then I laminated way to many little books for primary. And then I made the awful drive to Utah in the middle of a snowstorm. And then I gave up on trying to finish all the other things I hadn't accomplished and decided to just enjoy being with my family. 

So Merry Christmas 2013. From the Cheevers. From my blog, and a month late!

Sledding and four wheeling with Uncle Kris

 All of their faces. Ha Ha Ha. (FYI) This was not a big hill, or scary by any means. :)

Jadyn was having fun. My back was getting bruises all over it!

Girls will be Girls or more like Jadyn will be Jadyn

This was also another Christmas present that Jadyn was thrilled with. She actually screamed when she opened it. I mean like shrill screaming. Little did I realize a pedicure set required some much supervision. It's Jadyn, of course it does. :)

Sadie Doll

Jadyn has been wanting a doll that looks like her for a long time. Santa brought this one for Christmas.

Aunt Jessica whipped up 3 new outfits on the sewing machine for her. Plus a matching skirt for Jadyn. Jessica is nice.

She has been a treasured possession of Jadyns ever since.