Okay since I introduced you guys to me I will tell you how old we are and what part of the family is!!
Rhett: 36: Dad:, Job is he works at eagle eye produce https://eagleeyeproduce.com/
Taryn:32: Mom: Job is she is a photography https://www.tarynwarrenphotography.com/
Tacey:12: Big Sister:Job is to go to Rigby Middle school https://jeffersonsd251.org/our-schools/rigby-middle-school
Brylee:10: Little Sister: Job is to go to Philo T Farnsworth https://www.schooldigger.com/go/ID/schools/0157001064/school.aspx
Riggins:6: Little Brother: Job is to go to Jefferson Elementary School https://jeffersonsd251.org/our-schools/elementary-schools/jefferson-elementary/
That is all of our family members!!If you want to learn about our pets read on!!!!
Tessa: Cat: Mother of four! ( Emma, M, Snowflake, Meowers)
M: Cat: She is my favorite cat, she loves to cuddle!!
Snowflake:Cat: She is a white cat!! She matches with the snow!! LoL!!!
We have so many chickens I can't count how many+ we didn't name all of them!!!
That is for now!!!! Bye!!!
Sunday
Wednesday
four
my little riggies just turned four. that's a hard pill to swallow....my BABY is four! which means, i actually no longer have a baby in my house. how is this even possible? i go through this with all of my kids' birthdays every. single. year. does it ever get easier? will it ever not hurt my heart so much to see my kids older?
enough complaining though. there is a flip side here. my little, baby boy has turned into an quite an amazing little human. he is my side kick. probably my best friend. and at this point in time, i am his best friend too. i love it. one of my favorite qualities about riggies is that he will randomly just throw out an 'i love you' to any one of us. or he will just say, 'you're so beautiful mom.' he refers to himself and my boyfriend and daddy's buddy. like he will say, 'your boyfriend wants a slice a cake,' or 'your buddy wants to go with you.' it's so freaking cute. he also has the cutest, little lisp right now. i of course want him to grow out of it....but not yet(; the boy still needs a good nap almost daily. and he can out eat any one of us. he still has to have 4 breakfasts every morning, and literally all day long is telling me that he is hungry. he loves to have his picture taken. if you ever notice that he has taken over my instagram, it's because he asks me to take pictures of him all day long. he has the biggest heart.
i need to finish downloading pics from thanksgiving and his birthday, but for right now, these will do.we were in emmett for riggins' birthday this year. the weather was mostly awesome while we were up there.
enough complaining though. there is a flip side here. my little, baby boy has turned into an quite an amazing little human. he is my side kick. probably my best friend. and at this point in time, i am his best friend too. i love it. one of my favorite qualities about riggies is that he will randomly just throw out an 'i love you' to any one of us. or he will just say, 'you're so beautiful mom.' he refers to himself and my boyfriend and daddy's buddy. like he will say, 'your boyfriend wants a slice a cake,' or 'your buddy wants to go with you.' it's so freaking cute. he also has the cutest, little lisp right now. i of course want him to grow out of it....but not yet(; the boy still needs a good nap almost daily. and he can out eat any one of us. he still has to have 4 breakfasts every morning, and literally all day long is telling me that he is hungry. he loves to have his picture taken. if you ever notice that he has taken over my instagram, it's because he asks me to take pictures of him all day long. he has the biggest heart.
i need to finish downloading pics from thanksgiving and his birthday, but for right now, these will do.we were in emmett for riggins' birthday this year. the weather was mostly awesome while we were up there.
riggs, i love you.
Sunday
our new busy
I do plan on writing about our awesome summer. Really, so many fun memories were made. But for now I am just going to play catch up with the pictures I still have stored on my computer.
School started late, late August for us. I did not want to send my babies back to school at all. Even though I could tell they were completely ready and a tad bored at home. I just wasn't ready for the hustle and bustle this year.
Tacey is in 5th grade this year. 5th GRADE!!! How did that even happen? At the end of the school year (last year) Tacey found out she was going to be in her dream teacher's class. This is the teacher that all the kids really, really want. And I can totally see why!! She is so amazing. I was a little worried because Tacey was going to be in class with another girl that has caused Tacey quite a bit of stress. Luckily, Tacey's new teacher seems to be right on top of things with the kids and I have been worrying less about it. This is also the first year Tacey hasn't been in the same class as her best friend. I was worried about that too, but it doesn't seem like it has been too bad and they still make plans to meet up during all their little breaks.
So at the beginning of the year Tacey's teacher had us write a letter about our child. I wasn't really sure what to write and was kind of nervous about what I should even be telling her. I can't remember everything I wrote down, but I know I wrote a lot about Tacey's personality and her tenacity for life. I love that Tacey's teacher had us do that. When I went in for parent teacher conference she had so many great things to say about Tacey. She made me feel like she appreciates all the awesome, cute quirks and things about Tacey that I don't feel like a lot of other people take the time to notice or actually get annoyed about. It made my mama heart so dang happy!! These are the kinds of things a mom prays about. Answered prayers for sure!!
Bring on 5th grade!!
So Brylee is in the Spanish Immersion Program at school. Last year was a little bit hard. Like she was secretly crying at school multiple times a week and saying that she missed me all the time:( I think it was because in January of her first grade year they made it so the students weren't allowed to speak to their Spanish teacher in English at all. If they wanted/needed something, they needed to speak in Spanish. I remember going in to help one day and a little boy asked me if he could go to get a drink and I told him that he needed to ask his teacher. 5 minutes later I asked him why he didn't go ask his teacher and he told me it was because he forgot how to ask in Spanish, so he just went thirsty instead. I was sad for the boy but selfishly it made me feel better that Brylee wasn't the only one a little nervous at school.
Well this year has been a completely different story!! This girl is rocking the 2nd grade. She loves her teachers, she loves her friends, and is completely thriving. The longer she is in school, the more I am learning new things about this sweet daughter of mine. I always knew that she was a people pleaser, she will literally do anything and everything to make everyone happy. But I am also finding out that the girl is a complete perfectionist and is so dang hard on herself when she doesn't get things correct right away. Brylee is smart and catches on really quickly. She also has to learn science and math in Spanish, so it is only natural that everything doesn't click right away. That is so, so frustrating for her. At PTC her teachers brought that up too and they were able to give me some really good suggestions on how I could help Brylee with things like that. They sure love her and how well behaved she is and how hard she is always trying.
A few weeks ago the teachers were able to pick a student or two out of their classes to participate in a little program they have. Brylee was one of the students chosen and oh man, was that girl beaming!!!
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't proud of her too.
The first day we sent the girls to school Riggins asked me when his school started. haha. I was NOT going to be signing my baby up for preschool!! And then he brought it up a couple of more times and I caved. My main reason for not wanting to have Riggins in preschool was that I really want to cherish the last two years I have with him at home. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my days with this boy. He makes me happy pretty much all day. But it really has worked out so nicely having him in school for a couple of hours. Riggs and I used to drive to Idaho Falls everyday to go to the gym because there isn't really a gym here that has daycare. But now that he is in preschool I use that time to go to the gym here in town and sometimes I even have time to run home and get ready. And now instead of him being at a daycare at the gym, he is in preschool learning and I don't feel like I am missing out on a ton of time with him. He loves it there and is learning so much! I really wasn't expecting him to learn a ton since he is still 3, but it is amazing to see how much he is retaining.
I think our schedule this year for the kids has been one of my favorites with all of their after school activities. Even though they are actually a tad more busy than they were last year, it kind of feels like less, just because of the way it is all scheduled. I feel like I am still getting quality time with them on nights they have activities. We really are busier than ever with a billion different things on all of our plates, but life feels so good and peaceful right now. Even through all of the hustle and bustle. I can only pray it continues to feel that way throughout the rest of the school year! Nothing feels worse than feeling burnt out.
I have to say this new phase in my life is so bittersweet. I kind of have all the kids in school and my kids are really becoming more and more independent. 10 years later and I feel like I am able to take some time for myself and not feel guilt over it. Okay, the guilt is still there, but there is less guilt. ha. I really am loving this new independence. I have really been able to do things for myself lately and I feel like I am kind of finding myself again. So that's the sweet part of this all. The bitter part is that....my kids are getting older. And they are a blast!! But, I LOVE having babies in our home. Babies always bring so much joy and laughter and honestly, that has been the hardest door to shut. It tears me up inside when I think about not having babies in our home anymore. I also know that we are done. We are exactly how Heavenly Father wants our family to be. Ahh, I could hardly even write those words out! wahh.
But like I said, it's bittersweet. I've made this mental goal for myself the last few years, and that has been to not live or dwell on the past and to not always be wishing for time to pass quickly. LIVE IN THE MOMENT! Something I have struggled with my whole life but it is slowly becoming easier and more natural with time. This motherhood train is such a crazy ride that I wouldn't change for the world.
So there ya go, a teeny, tiny update on our family.
Tuesday
ummm, hi!
Wow, I have not written in a LONG time!! It has been a heck of a year full of so many emotions I haven't even known how to publicly write down how I have felt. I know I can not give up on this little blog of mine though. I've got some exciting projects coming up that I know will help me keep up on this and I'm excited to just have some of our life documented a little more. In the past I have always been so nervous to share things. Afraid of judgement or how I would come off. And then something clicked with me a few months ago! I heard someone say, 'what kind of people are you surrounding yourself with and having as your friends that make you feel that way? And also, who the heck cares?!' Now, I'm pretty sure this all has to do with my tri-life crisis that I've had since I turned 30. But I will tell you what, it has been FREEING!! I understand that this is complete common sense for a lot of people, (like my husband!), but for me, it has taken my whole life to learn this. My confidence and my self worth are not controlled by anyone but ME! I have felt that this has been a small (well, actually huge) blessing from God and exactly what I have needed in this time in my life. It's a tricky process, ya know. Even at 30 I feel like you still have to go through hard things that can make you feel so small, like learning who your true friends really are. (Isn't that stuff supposed to go away when you're an adult? and acne, acne should be gone by now too, right?) Anyway, a lot of experiences and things have brought me to this point, but I am grateful. It feels good to be stepping out of my comfort zone, also scary, but mostly good.
Sooo, that was my long way of saying welcome back to my little online journal where I plan to completely overshare. One more thing that I think I should share! I was at my temple recommend interview with the stake a few weeks ago. The man interviewing me was telling me the importance of journaling and how the previous stake president asked them all to journal daily as a part of their calling. Kind of random, but I totally feel like he was supposed to tell me that! Even though I already know how important journaling is because it is one of the small, few things that I have left of my mom. And honestly I am always wishing and wanting MORE of her writing. So why haven't I been better at doing it for my own kids? So thank you Brother ? for reminding me, I feel like you gave me that extra little shove I have needed to get my bootay in gear. Here goes nothin(:
Sooo, that was my long way of saying welcome back to my little online journal where I plan to completely overshare. One more thing that I think I should share! I was at my temple recommend interview with the stake a few weeks ago. The man interviewing me was telling me the importance of journaling and how the previous stake president asked them all to journal daily as a part of their calling. Kind of random, but I totally feel like he was supposed to tell me that! Even though I already know how important journaling is because it is one of the small, few things that I have left of my mom. And honestly I am always wishing and wanting MORE of her writing. So why haven't I been better at doing it for my own kids? So thank you Brother ? for reminding me, I feel like you gave me that extra little shove I have needed to get my bootay in gear. Here goes nothin(:
Friday
a bit of our december
we had some super nice weather in november...which was making it really hard for me to get into the holiday spirit. and then one morning we woke up and it was beyond freezing cold...and then we got a bunch of snow!! it's beautiful...and really, really cold. but it's just what i needed to get my booty in gear for decorating our house for christmas.
my girls are so happy and excited to have some snow and be able to wear their snow boots to school again. they are definitely like their dad when it comes to LOVING the snow.
rhett came home after work and built a snowman with the kids.
and then they came in the house and had some hot cocoa.
i love this cute, silly girl.
another day after school rhett pulled out the snowmobile and ended up giving all the neighborhood kids a ride.
we have our tiny, fake tree downstairs in the living room. but on saturday we headed up to cut down an 11 ft tree for our upstairs living room. this is always so fun and is probably rhett's favorite tradition that we have.
can you see rhett in this picture?
i didn't get a ton of pictures because i was mostly trying to help the kids and rhett with the tree. we were having to jump over little creeks and climb hills in some massively deep snow. haha, rhett always likes it to be a bit of a challenge.
my little snow angel.
rhett had it all figured out so all i have to do is flip a light switch to turn on all the christmas lights for the tree and up on our ledges.
our living space is always a little cramped after we put the tree up but the kids kind of love it. i've been catching them jumping from the table to the couch quite a bit.
on sunday all three kids got hurt within 30 seconds...i think mostly just because they were tired. you know how kids seem to get 'hurt' whenever they are tired? or is it just my kids? tacey didn't end up making a huge fuss, but these two sure did. it was almost comical.
i don't even remember what he was looking at here, but i just love this picture.
i finally put out all the christmas books and movies so the kids could easily get to them.
a few nights ago we lost power around 10pm. i kind of panicked when i realized how cold it was outside. it was like 5* and was supposed to hit around -4. the girls sleep in the basement which is already cold so i started to head down the stairs to bring the girls upstairs and little miss tacey was already on her way up with a flashlight. the girl has been staying up all hours of the night reading in her bed with her flashlight lately so she already had it handy, haha.
i got all the kids snuggled in the living room so they could be by the fireplace and keep warm. it was so cozy and sweet.
i don't think we will ever make a habit of it though. i feel like my kids were up all night long. and for some reason they were up at 5am bouncing off the walls the next morning. i was not impressed. haha.
and i have to mention, rhett was out of town working during all this. i had to laugh because stuff like this always seems to happen when rhett is gone. this is the second time we've lost power in the middle of winter when rhett's been gone and during the summer our water pump was being weird and i had no water pressure. i told him he's not allowed to ever leave again. haha. too bad it doesn't work like that. but i do remember right before rhett left out of town this last time he said, 'taryn, i hid some flashlights here by your nightstand.' which ended up really coming in handy!!! he does take care of me.
i LOVE this little nativity set my MIL bought us years ago. it's my favorite.
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