Life is moving along. This week... well, nothing exciting. Jim and I had fun watching the UFC and WEC fights. Read a few more books and had a fun Halloween with the kids. It's nothing exciting, but it's what we did this week. It's been really warm here and I've got all the doors and windows open. I like this kindof weather in October. I hope it doesn't mean that it will be super cold in June.

Just got home from Idaho Falls. We had a fun, eventful, emotional weekend. The emotional part of it will stay in my head cuz there just isn't a way to explain it. As for the fun and eventful, the kids had their primary program and we had commited a few months ago to being there so Danaca could sing a solo. She was amazing. She didn't seem nervous at all and sung so beautifully. It made me cry. So sweet and innocent.

Saturday was the wards Super Saturday and so I went and help my friend Jen (she's incharge of our Super Saturdays and she's amazing at it. So stinkin' crafty.) Got to visit with some people and then we went home and hung out. It was great to see everyone!! I miss you all again, already. Sister Belnap gave me a jar of her home made hotfudge (which she knows that i'm addicted too) so that I could have a treat on the way home. It was DELISH !! Who needs ice cream.

AND...I have to admit that I'm a complete idot. Apparently this move has been harder on me than realized. When I was leaving Idaho I went North on I-15 instead of South and didn't even catch it until 45 minutes later. Jim was a LITTLE bugged (ok. it was more than a little) because I made him late for his camping trip. OOOOPS!

Now I'm back in Logan and Jim has taken the kids on the family "reunion" deer hunt for three days. I hope their safe and have a great time. They were all excited to go camping.

Catch ya next week!

I've decided that Sunday is a great day for updating. Or in other words... writing in my journal. hee hee. Mandy we are ALWAYS excited for visitors. I would love to see you. It's been to long cousin.

So for starters, can I please have my Lincoln 5th ward back!! Nothing against the great people in the Maple Valley 2nd ward. My new Bishopric is like 18 in age and maturity. Ok, well that's probably a little harsh considering I don't know them. I think it just makes me feel old. Kindof like when you go to your doctor, someone who you are suppose to trust with your life and in walks this kid right out of med school. What kindof life experience does a Bishop have when he's like 14? Not much, but I gues that part of trusting the Lord is also trusting that he is in that position because that's where he is needed. I just really miss my ward FAMILY. My support group and the people who have been with me through the hardest two years of my life. They know me, they like me and I want them back.

I want my neighbors back!! I'm sure there are nice people around here, but you don't realize how much I relied on great neighbors for support and entertainment. Especially late at night when I'm bored and need something to do. I guess I'll have to just keep reading and enjoy the solitude. :)

I suppose it's time to update my blog. So much has happened and I don't know where to start. We sold our house in Idaho Falls (which was a tremendous blessing.) The family who bought our house had been looking to buy in our ward for quite a while and just as we put it on the market they wanted to buy it. The flip side of this blessing... because there is ALWAYS a flip side... is that I have left behind some amazing friends, neighbors, co-workers and the best ward we've ever been in. It was more like family to me and during the toughest two years of my life, they were there with comfort and support and love. I know I can find that anywhere I go, but I will truely miss them.

We have moved to Logan, Utah again and Jim is the General Manager for a restaraunt called the Beehive Grill. A fun concept and good food, not to mention some yummy gilato. Mmmm. I think I will go get some today. It's pretty tasty.

We've moved into a dinky three bedroom apartment and put most of our stuff in storage. There is a lot to like about this place... a pool, weightroom, playgrounds, year round hot tub, club house to host scrapbook parties, etc. There is also a lot to not like... it's tiny, up three flights of stairs, not as clean as I'd like, and did I mention that it's small???

I will start working at the Kohls here in a week and I am actually nervous. ?? Not really like me, but I've lost a sense of security in the last couple years and I can't seem to get it back. When my kids went to their first day of school yesterday I cried for them because the looks on their faces said... "Mommy, please stay with me." They did have a great first day and are off with no reservations today. Thank goodness I have pretty resiliant kids.

There is a lot to like about Logan and in the past we have enjoyed living here. There is a beautiful view of the temple right outside our apartment window. Beautiful scenery, an Einsteins Bagel, Carls' Jr., indoor ice skating, close to family.... and so much more that I can't think of right now.

We are planning to build another house if things go well in the next year. That should be fun!!
Gotta go get ready for the day...

There is this boy... who has been bothering my girls. He's new to the neighborhood and had been rude and crude and mean. So, I've told them to ignore him. Then, yesterday the boy admits to one of my girls that the only reason he's been mean is because he likes her. Then he hands her a flower.

The boy then asks to meet her mother... Brighton pipes up and says, "watchout, she's kindof mean. "

I would have been mad that he felt that way except I couldn't stop laughing. That little boy is so stinkin' spoiled rotten that for him to say that totally caught me off guard. What a brat. :)

Just wanted to let you know that we are still alive and kicken'. Life has been a jumbled up mess for that last while, but we are hangin' on. Jim recently got a job with a new resturaunt in Logan and when our house gets sold we will be moving. There are so many emotions and thoughts going a long with that last sentence but we are going to make the best of this situation. We are grateful to have employment and that's what counts.

I got this email from my brother and couldn't resist posting it since I had nothing else of any interest to write about. This made me laugh!!!!


To my darling husband,
Before you return from your business trip I just want to let you know about the small accident I had with the pickup truck when I turned into the driveway. Fortunately not too bad and I really didn't get hurt, so please don't worry too much about me. I was coming home from Wal-Mart, and when I turned into the driveway I accidentally pushed down on the accelerator instead of the brake. The garage door is slightly bent but the pickup fortunately came to a halt when it bumped into your car. I am really sorry, but I know with your kind-hearted personality you will forgive me.
You know how much I love you and care for you my sweetheart. I am enclosing a picture for you. I cannot wait to hold you in my arms again. Your loving wife. XXX






P.S. Your girlfriend called.

Today is a new day!! Hip Hip Hooray!! After a great and spiruitually uplifting weekend of Stake Conference I am looking forward to a new day. But wish me luck. I have to go to Hard Hat and try to get money from them that they owe us. All by myself. I'm a little tiny bit nervous. The guy keeps giving us the runaround. And we've told him that we won't take anymore of his checks so I have to get cash. I am not good with confrontation. I'm so affraid I might just punch someone. :) Okay so that's probably a stretch for me, but still. I might say something mean and I'm really trying hard to be a better person.

Oh... and Happy Birthday Melissa and Kyle. I hope you have an amazing day.

Well, it's time for an update boys and girls. I planted my garden from my house to my yard and 3/4 it is dead. I am not sure if I have the patience for this, put I'll keep tryin.

Jim was layed off from his job at Hard Hat, so if anyone knows anyone or wants to be a financial backer for a small place of our own. Let us know. We feel strongly that it is tme to try and do something ourselves. Jim has the talent, knowledge and experience... so why not?

Green house...literally

It's really difficult to plant a garden and expect it to produce anything if the wind doesn't stop winding so hard!! And it needs to stop freezing. My garden at the moment is growing in my house.

This was a week ago.

This was today.

Show off

Well, there isn't anything exciting to post, but I thought I would show off some of the things that have been keeping me busy lately.

These are the two projects I chose to do for our ward Super Saturday

This is a frame I made for myself for a picture of my dad and I. The sad thing is that I can't find a picture of the two of us.

Last, but certainly not least considering it took the longes. I made the bedding for Brightons room. I couldn't find anything that I loved at the store, so I decided, (having never taken on a project like this before) that I would just make it myself. And I'm proud to say that it didn't turn out too bad. It's nothing fancy, but it works. Now I need to find some airplane decorations.

So, I totally got called out on the carpet by my friend, even tho I know she wasn't intending to call me specifically out. Updating my blog has become a chore and yet, I get bugged when too much time goes by on someone elses. We get involved in these fads like blogging and facebook and my space, etc. and after a while it looses some of it's appeal and we forget about them. But I agree with my friend that I very much enjoy reading other's blogs and being able to keep up with everyones lives. It's about the only way I have TIME to keep up with EVERYONE. So, boring life or not, I'll try to post more often. :)

I know my post are pretty boring, because my life is... well farely uneventful at the moment. I did get my kitchen cleaned and that was quite the event. I hate that I KNOW how good it feels to get my house cleaned and yet it's so hard to get it done. The weather was farely descent today and hopefully tomorrow will be even better. I can't wait to go on walks. I realized again today how much I love this stage in my life with my kids. They are so much fun to be around and do stuff with. (Most of the time) If anyone has fun summer stuff to do around here in I.F. let me know. I want them to have a fun summer.

Motivationally challanged

I am so hoping for some kind of motivation today. I have so much to get done and no desire to do most of it. I go to bed with a headache and wake up with one. That really doesn't help. I look around and get so bugged about everything. Like the fact that when I try to clean my house, no one else cares, so why should I. At that point I give up. But I don't want to be that person. So wish me luck.

I am very honored to be the daughter of John Hadfield. It was a year ago tomorrow that Heavenly Father called him home. It has been a very quick year in some respects and this isn't an anniversary that I really know what to do with. It will be a hard day if I let myself think about it. But I think I'm more apt to avoid it. My family and I will spend part of the day in the temple and that will be such a great experience. We are going to try and all be at our respective temples at the same time, and knowing that dad will be there with us will be a great comfort.

I can go on and on about how great I think my dad is. He was not perfect, but he LOVED the Lord and he LOVED his family. He LOVED my mom and you could see it in the way he looked at her. His grandchildren were very special to him and I can only imagine how he is spoiling the ones in Heaven who are waiting to come to the family. (ha ha..not mine ofcourse since were done.) What more could anyone ask for. He was a missionary in every sense of the word. He knew (knows) what he had in the gospel and wanted to share it with everyone around him.

I have great faith in our Heavenly Father's plan and know that he is on the other side of the veil working hard to keep us in line and other's to find their way. At times it is harder than others to not have him around physically, but we have all felt him close when we needed him. I can't express enough the gratitude that I feel for having he and my mom for parents. To be sealed to them for time and ALL eternity. That didn't break when he died. It became stronger. It became more real and more important than ever before to know that I am theirs. No matter who gave birth to me. I was meant to be with them. He made sure I knew that. I love you daddy!!