My kids

Why is it I do this all the time? I let weeks go by without a new post. Maybe because I feel like nothing exciting has happened, at least not blogworthy to me. But I forget that I can write whatever I want whenever I want. It doesn't have to be any significant thing that happens; just what I feel like writing down.
Sometimes I look at my daughter and can't believe how cute she is. She has th biggest blue eyes, and this white blond hair that is finally starting to grow. She makes the cutest faces and has so much expression. Her scream is quite high pitched and I think she gets it from Jacob. Everyone loves her, even when she is being a pill. She has so much personality packed inside a little body. We are going to have our hands full for the next 18 years.
I love Jacob and I have to remind myself of that often because he gets on my nerves a lot. He screams before using words when he is upset. He whines about everything and is now throwing tantrums. But he can be the sweetest boy. He loves to cuddle and gives kisses. He is great about helping out, especially for Sarah. He is always willing to get her out of her crib or get her a drink. He is a great big brother.
I think I was given Jared to help my sanity. Both Jacob and Sarah are very intense when it comes to their feelings. My Jared is much more mild, typically. He has a very easy going personality and is good about going with the flow. He can hold his own with Jacob and usually makes him cry first. He can be very funny when he cops an attitude because its uncommon.He likes to sing any song he knows and loves to have his turn to say the prayer.
Most days I love being a mom. I love that I have three people who love me no matter how many times I screw up. They are always forgiving to me and toward eachother. They don't make the best shopping companions but I love them anyway. They bring joy to my life and sometimes I forget that. I forget what makes them special. I forget they are children of God and it is my responsibility to teach them the gospel and rear them in love and affection. I pray everyday the Lord will help do this to the best of my ability, because I know there is no way I can do it on my own.

Update

Our life has been pretty quiet lately. Whitney works a lot but I am usually understanding about it. We want to get into a house and in order to do that we need to get out of debt. So he is working hard to make that happen. But this last week we did some family and semi-family things. Jacob had school break so we went to Fairytale Town on Wednesday. Whitney had to sing at a memorial ceremony for an officer who did a couple years ago. So I took the kids to Sacramento. We were there for four hours! But the kids weren't bored. They had lots of fun. I wanted to take pis but the kids did something to the camera and I don't know how to fix it. So, no pictures. Then Thursday Whitney and I took the kids to San Fransisco. We parked on the wharf and walked Pier 39. The kids really liked the sea lions and some guy from CBS was asking us questions about the sea lions. It was pretty cool. We might be on TV? Too bad we don't get SF channels. We had lunch on the pier and took a couple pictures of the kids. We walked to the Rainforest Cafe and looked at the fish and the fake animals on the ceiling and walls. They thought it was pretty neat. We were only there a couple of hours but it was really nice to have that time as a family. The only other thing I want to do in the next month is go to Apple Hill. I've never been with my family and I think it would be really fun. I'll post pictures soon.