Precious Moments

I feel like I have had one of the Lords precious moments. Sometimes I feel like there are special feelings that we get that we know without a doubt that the Lord knows us and the trails we experience in this life. Last night for FHE we did fathers blessings, it's always something to look forward to before the school year. Garrett did father's interviews with each one of the girls. They really loved having a one on one time with Garrett. Madalyn was cute Garrett asked the girls if there was anything they wanted him to bless them with in their blessing, she said she want to have help reading in school and learning to ride her bike. Morgan and Natalie said they didn't need any help. Sometimes it's hard to get one on one time with our kids, we have set a goal to do father's interviews the first FHE of each month. We are hoping to have a better relationship with our kids so they can feel like they can talk to us about anything.
After the kids were all done Garrett gave me a blessing. What a great experience it is the have a worthy husband to do that. I thank my Heavenly Father for him every night. In the blessing he expressed how much my Heavenly Father loved me, that he knows that motherhood is hard and a big sacrifice on my part, that I needed to enjoy motherhood. I can't describe the feelings I had, I could feel the spirit and love of Garrett and my Heavenly Father. It was one of the moments that you think I can do this with the Lords help. Life has been hard for me since Brooklyn's birth. I think it's been so hard cause I was totally out of the baby stage and all the stress and lack of sleep that comes along with that. She is getting to be a better and happier baby but I still can't get much done cause she cries every time we put her down. She is becoming a little ham, she is talking lots and loves to smile at you as long as she can see you.

Back to School

Madalyn went back to school today, she is now a big first grader and thinks she knows it all. It was funny last night I heard her and Morgan talking and she was giving Morgan pointers on were to sit on the bus, what activities to pick at school, where the best desk was in her classroom, what things to have mom pack in her lunch. She knew it all. When I woke her up for school this morning she said "mom I'm kind of nervous", I told her I could take her the first day if she wanted but she said "No I want to ride the bus".

She picked out her own outfit, can you tell her favorite color is purple.

The kindergartners start next week, so Morgan first day is next Tuesday.

Sisters = Best Friends. I love to be able to have matching dresses. Natalie thought that was really cool that her and Brooklyn have the same dress.

Family Pictures 2010

We finally got some family pictures take before Sarah heads off to school. She left last week to go to BYU in Utah. It was hard to say good bye, my kids are going to have a hard time having aunt Sarah gone. My parents house is going to be so quite.

Grandma and Grandpa with all the grand kids, they have 9. Four boys and Five girls.

Our growing family

Jason, Karyn and Chandler

Chad, Jande, Kyla, Hunter, Brayden Emily, Brock and Wyatt

Lane & Jan My brothers and sisters.

fair

Grandma Jenks and Monty took the 3 girls to the fair yesterday. They had such a good time. The kids have been looking forward to it all week, They have enjoyed having grandma back for a few weeks. They will be sad to see her leave again.

Storytime

Brooklyn is growing up so fast, she is now 2 months old and loves her sisters. Natalie loves books and loves to read to Brooklyn.

All Smiles

Brooklyn started smiling on Tuesday Aug. 10th. I was so happy that she smiled at me first. I was getting her out of her car seat and she smiled at me. Since that day she had been smiling and cooing lots. Brooklyn is 6 weeks old. She still wants to be held all day long so we don't get much done.

Brooklyn's Blessing Day

Brooklyn was blessed on Sunday August 8th 2010 in Basin City LDS church by her dad Garrett Jenks. He gave a great blessing, we were able to have lots of family there to support us. Thanks a lot. People that stood in the circle: Garrett, Lane, Chad, Jason, Brock, Justin, Trenton, Elden, Don.

Our little angle on her big day, we are truly blessed to have Brooklyn join our family. We love her very much.

We tried to take a few pictures before church. She decided that she was not going to be good, she cried in all of the shots so we didn't get to many good pictures.

What a special Day for our family.

Eppich Reunion

The last week in July is always the Wayne Eppich family Reunion up at Priest Lake. This is one of our families favorite places to vacation. It is just so beautiful and relaxing. Morgan, Garrett and Natalie riding the tube.

Madalyn, Karigan, Alexis. Morgan is waiting for a turn on the jet ski

This year was not as relaxing as most years. Before going to the cabin our family got the head cold, Brooklyn was still sick when we went to the cabin. We left on Saturday the 24th of July to head to the cabin and Sunday early morning me, Madalyn and Morgan all woke up with the flu. It was really bad, it just hits you and then you were really sick for about 24-48 hours. We were hoping that no one else would get it but we were really wrong. Each day a few others would get sick and no matter how much we cleaned and tried to prevent the spread there was no stopping it. By the end of the week we counted 18 people had the flu. It was not fun.

Bryant, Sarah and Madalyn showing off how high they can get someone.

It's hard taking a newborn on vacation, especially when she is sick.

Karigan braided the girls hair. Morgan, Taylor, Madie, Natalie and Ella

One of the days we were sick.

Go faster Dad!!!

Swim Lessons

Last week the kids had swim lessons, the weather was not one of the warmest weeks for us. It would have been nice to have hotter weather.

Morgan learning how to dive, it's so cute to see her dive.

This was Natalie's first year with swim lessons. She loved it the first day and then she got sick with an ear infection so she didn't want to swim by the end of the week.