Swallowed Up in Other Things

Lando: 

crushed me in a debate. He was telling me about a doctor that had two twin daughters. I thought that for sure meant 4 daughters total. I celebrated in my brilliance, only to have cougar board vote on the matter. I was defeated in the end 83 to 3. I see the error of my thought.... now. It still was a hilarious moment in Chick Fil A while I danced around. Whatever Lando. 

We had the best time with the Peterson’s on Tuesday. Homemade Sushi, chatting, kids playing. Chris and Elsie will forever and always be some of the best people we know. We love them! 

He spent the majority of his free time this week building an Epidural Simulator with a PVC pipe, a sponge and an orange. It was kind of cool in the end. He says it is just okay. But I was proud. 

He watched Star Wars with the boys and took me on a date and was adored by all of his boys, especially Luke. And Jax. And Ty. Okay all of them. 

There is a picture of his nightstand below. It shows the current books and I feel like it represents him almost perfectly. If the scriptures gets to encompass all things gospel and family life.... then the only thing not represented on that nightstand that should be there is a book about travel. 

Becs: 

I became obsessed with 1 Nephi 15:27: 

And I said unto them that the water which my father saw was filthiness; and so much was his mind swallowed up in other things that he beheld not the filthiness of the water. 

What a game changer. 

Lehi's vision doesn't once mention the river being filthy. Not for a second. He just mentions the river and moves on. Why? Because he was swallowed up in the tree, the fruit, the rod, the path, etc. He was swallowed up in Christ. 

So I tried to spent my time this week(AFTER ONE TERRIBLE TUESDAY MORNING) focusing on Christ, focusing on the good, focusing on the happy, focusing on the blessings. I let the filthy-river-part-of-my-life be just that, part of my life, not all of my life.

Jax: 

Loving school, loving basketball, he is really good. Had a birthday party with a friend on Saturday and had a blast. I love him 

Ty: 

Loving trick shots, loving his friend James, loving his monkey from the dollar store. Had a play date with James and when he got in the car announced, "That was so much fun!" Which, frankly, is not how Ty ty describes his world. 

Luke: 

Is obsessed with Daddy and anything Ty has. I've learned that he is jealous of his brothers. And when it is just me and him, he is almost always happy. 

We got to go see Nate get the priesthood which was special. Jax is next in the family. Which is too crazy to think about it. 

Also, it is Winter

Lando: 

He finished up another rotation. It is crazy to think he only has 6 more rotations left of residency. He has started training hard for his marathon, hoping to qualify for Boston this year. He ran 31 miles. We have been working out at Orange Theory together a few times a week. And that made the 31 miles seem less for me. He's already gone a lot for residency, but even more when he starts to train a lot. I just keep ....ahem....trying.... ahem... to be grateful that I have a husband who has drive. I am really grateful for that. Truly. Not just for me, but for our boys. Speaking of, he and Jax are finishing up Harry Potter 7, well they are half way through. He took Ty on a date on Saturday and will color with him every time he asks (to be fair its hard to say no to Ty's "Dad will you color with me please?"). He wrestles with Luke every night he's home, once the two older boys are in bed. Cutest dad! We went to the Draper temple last night and then yummy Ramen with the Curtis's. And then he woke up at 5:30am to help me finish preparing my lesson this morning. He is doing all the things. And I am so grateful for him every day. 

Becs: 

I feel weighed down by a lot of things lately. People keep saying "you're so close" or "you're at the light at the end of the tunnel". And technically it is true (considering we've been doing this for 10 years and only have 18 months left). And I just don't feel that. I was telling that to Landon tonight and he said, "The hardest part of a marathon are the last few miles." And that brought a lot of relief to me. We are in the last few miles of our "marathon". We are still very much in the building portion of our marriage/career/family. And while I know we are close to finishing, it still feels very far and very heavy. So many more big decision to make, so much more limbo to live through. This apartment+moving+new place+starting over+job hunting+deciding where to live+moving again+starting over. Just so so so so SO so much. All while having to do more infertility stuff+pregnancy+newborn. All while trying to help our kiddos feel like their life is stable, when I feel like our life is LIMBO. Hahaha.

Also it is the dead of winter. 

My blessings do not go unnoticed. Really! I am so grateful to have such healthy growing boys. I am so grateful for a hard working loving husband. I am so grateful for good health myself. I am grateful for how inexpensive this apartment is. I am grateful for our date nights. I am grateful for all of our family and friends. I am grateful for the scriptures. I am grateful for my calling in Sunday School. I am grateful my Neato Vacuum. I am grateful Luke fell asleep on me on day. We are living a charmed life in all the important ways. 

Jax: 

He had a great week of school. He got 100% on his spelling test. He played well in his basketball game. He read 3 books this week. He went to a friends birthday party. He is sad that football is over. 

Ty: 

THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK!!!!! WAS TY GOING TO HALLIES. I actually kept Ty home from school on Monday and Tuesday to avoid any chance of him getting sick. I was willing to do just about anything to make this little birthday sleep over happen. Even driving through the craziest storm we've experienced this year. And it was super weird because it was only in downtown SLC. Once you hit the freeway, it was pretty much gone. TY HAD A BLAST. We LOVE HALLIE so much!

Luke: 

I just think it is so amazing when Luke mimics the words that I say. Like watches my mouth, then he makes the same shape with his mouth, then says the words. WHAT? Tonight he said "Hippo". I'm not sure I can appropriately explain how amazing this is. So I won't. But its something i've never experienced before, a 20 month old, talking. Also, he's obsessed with Ty and every single nights he cries in devastation that he can't sleep in Tys bed with him. 

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Landon trying to make himself warm. OR rooms are cold. 

Hello 2020

Landon: 

The new year started off in the best way, Landon had the day off and his cousin's family came and visited us. We love the Reeds. He is loving APS, though he does get bored. He is learning he really loves a lot of different things, a mixed practice seems like it will be perfect for him. 

2019 Goal: Become an early riser. He has gotten so much better at this. In fact the last couple of weeks he's been running on the treadmill in our bedroom at 5:30am. So proud of him 

2020 Goal: Have a weekly planning/finance meeting with me. Complete a full training cycle. More positive parent 

Becca: 

My week started off awesome with play group, and projects. The last few days were hard, I am starting to think I have a real problem with any hormone changes, not just infertility medication, but also when my period is starting. More research and investigation. Man our bodies, always so much to learn. My little Nephew Levi was blessed on Saturday which was so sweet. And my siblings and mom were able to go through my childhood home since it is up for sale. It is SO different now, but it was great to remember the memories. 

2019 Goal: 

Be on time to commitments. I got SO much better at this. I naturally work backwards when I am needing to make a commitment now and its been really good. 

2020 Goal: 

Get ready each morning. My hope is that by being ready each morning, I will be more effective throughout the day. Also my goal minor: Become Digitally KonMari'd

2018: Read the BOM daily 

2017: An intentional moment with each boy 

2016: Early to bed, early to rise 

2015: Become less wasteful 

2014: Daily prayer

2013: Clean as I cook 

2012: Serve one person daily 

2011: Exercise daily 

2010: Learn to cook 

2009: Go on a mission: Fail. 

I love going back and reviewing my goals, because I feel like I can see how much growth I have actually made over the years. I feel like I am really good at a lot of these consistently. 

Jaxson: 

He had a hard week. He has been bullied by a boy in class for a few months now and Tuesday it all came to a head. It didn't help that when he went into class sobbing, and tried to talk to the teacher about it, the teacher made is a class discussion. Landon took Jax to Star Wars one night and me and the boys took lunch to him at school one afternoon. The sweetest thing was that when we did take lunch, I brought two cookies and I could tell the other kids would want some. So we broke the cookies up into pieces and the first thing Jax did was grab a piece of cookie and say, "Hey Thomas do you want a cookie?" That is the boy that has bullied him. It was all on his own. We had talked about Nephi and his brothers earlier that morning and he had said a prayer to forgive Thomas. And it was the sweetest thing to watch my little 8 year old be so kind and good. I love him! 

2019 Goal: Read 25 chapter books. CRUSHED. 

2020 Goal: Run a 10K. Read 80 chapter books. 

Ty Ty: 

Is so tender. He made a little card for one of Jaxson's classmate who only has one hand. All on his own he just wanted to make a card for this boy. We also went to story time at the library and it honestly was the best. They read a book that I almost bought. But I never buy books so I just checked it out. I love it so much! 

2019: Read 1,000 picture books. Check!! 

2020: Learn how to read. 

Luke: 

Oh I can't even explain what its like to have a 20 month old say words. This has never happened to us and it is blowing our minds. 

2019: Learn to walk: Check!     

2020: Learn to talk in sentences! 

Family Goal 2019: Come Follow Me each Sunday: Check! 

Family Goal 2020: Be builders in our communication. 

Couple Goal 2019: Run 2019 Miles collectively. Check! 

Couple Goal 2020:  Go to the temple once a month for date night.