I Love This!

Yesterday while I was finishing up dinner Abby got her library book and was reading out loud to Ellie. They were both just as happy as can be and so was I! I love it when my kids act like they like each other. I don't know about anyone else, but it seems these moments like these are few and far between. Because of that, I had to capture it on film. I am so glad I have a working camera again. :o)

Torie's New Look!

As I said in a previous post Torie got her hair cut. She wanted to have short and sassy! This is not the best picture but it is all we have for now. It is amazing how a hair cut can make a person look so much older. Torie is very pleased with the outcome and so are Ron and I. Love the new look Lue Lue! You're Gorgeous!

The Newest Addition To The Derrick Family!

Meet the newest addition to the Derrick Family! I didn't even have to go through labor for these! All I can say is I Love Them!

I Am Back!

Well here I am! Like it or not, I am back! Now let me explain the reason for my prolonged absence. Yes it is true I was really busy! Usually I shop for Christmas all year long. With 7 kids shopping all year long kinda takes the blow of how much you really spent away. Anyway this year was kinda crazy with being in Utah the whole summer, my couple of surgeries, Ron's work being totally crazy (60 hour work weeks), Going back to Utah for Thanksgiving, My kids being much more active in school so me being a single mother having to cart them all over the world, and so on and so forth! I was also in a funk due to some really hard things I was going through and just could not get into the spirit of Christmas. I decided to start listing "My Gifts" to try to help me get out of this funk. It worked! Every day I was excited to get up and list another gift. The problem was, I was spending too much time on the computer when I would post. It got to be December 13th and I still had not purchased anything for Christmas. So I had to walk away from my computer and leave it behind. I feel bad because I did not finish my Gift list. I had so many more to list: My WONDERFUL neighbors, My Mom, My Dad, All my sisters, Marissa (She left me in January 2008 and moved to Peru), Cherai (she is leaving me sometime in 2009 and moving to New Mexico), All my friends, Rosalie (my mother in law), My testimony of the Gospel, and most importantly My Savior, Jesus Christ! So please don't think less of me for stopping Mid-Gift-List. I am not an ungrateful person, just an emotional busy one.

Another reason I quit posting, especially after Christmas and into the new year, is because my camera quit. It just quit working. I don't know about you, but I think a blog without pictures is really quite boring. Sorry if I offended anyone with that but it is true. In my opinion, pictures make a blog. So because of the no camera business I have no pictures of our Christmas 2008, I have no pictures of my kids in their snazzy new church clothing, I have no pictures of Bryndee and her friends at our first annual New Year's Eve breakfast, I have no pictures of Torie and her way cute hair cut (yes I did say Torie and hair cut! She had a neighbor cut almost a foot off her hair. She is quite styling with her sassy new cut!), I have no pictures of anything that happened in the end of 2008.

I finally broke down and got a camera. Actually I took the camera that was meant for Bryndee for her birthday, but I got desperate. I was trying to hold out for a neat, fancy camera but I decided Beggars can't be Choosy! So now I have to figure something else out for Bryn. But I have till March for that one.

So here I am back in the blogging world ready to document 2009 with pictures to prove it. Just not now, I tried to upload some pictures and it said I have an error. Just my luck! I will have to try later. Until then....

All Is Well!

Yes I am alive! I have been getting lots of calls asking me if everything is OK. Thanks for the concern! Everything is OK, I have been really busy and have hardly had any time to be on the computer. Excuses Excuses I know, but it is all I have. Anyway I felt it necessary to let everyone know all is well and I will be back soon.