Basketball and stomach flu

So the Dick family has been so crazy busy as of late. I feel like my life is consumed with basketball. I love it though. I am so glad my kids are so active. Jalen finishes his season tonight and Maddy has just started her season.  So I am driving around crazy dropping and picking them up at practices. I have spent a lot of hours sitting on bleachers and cheering for them. Jared played in November and December also. Jalen is so aggressive as a player and I can see him really excelling as a player as he matures. Maddy played basketball in 1st grade and that was the last time she played. Her dad told her this year she had to play a sport and she went to try outs and made the team and is a starter. I feel she will do great when she gains confidence. I sometimes catch myself questioning basketball. Like who really came up with it? Why the chose to throw a ball at a basket and hope to get it in. Haha. But anyway. Also I have seen people act so stupid at basketball games but that is a blog for another day.  So anyway at the moment I am a proud basketball mom. 

Last Tuesday Jared woke up at 4am puking........... He was sick all day that day. Jalen and Maddy both had games. Staci is on seconds right now so I had the girls that evening. My dad started getting sick about 3:30pm that day as well. Well Shane stayed home with dad and Jared. My mom went to Jalens game and my sister and I went to Maddy's. Maddy's game was over she walked up and was white as a sheet and said she felt horrible. Her coach allowed her to leave and we made it home before she started getting sick. Jasmin was  the next one that evening. Katie and Elise went on a seven up, popcicle, lysol, and hand santitizer run. Then by the time they got back I was sick. Mom and Jalen came home and we had to call the ambulance to get dad he was very dehydrated and weak. The next day none of the kids went to school because Jalen woke up sick. Everyone was so sick on Wednesday. It felt like a bad night mare. But anyway I am so glad that is all past us. 

New Year, New Stacy

So I have been thinking a lot about New Year Resolutions and all the hype about them this time of year. I have some goals I want to set and meet this coming year but I don't know if I want to call them New Years Resolutions but I have read a lot that you should right them out and look at them daily and I will do that but I wanted to put them on here also!!! So here goes
Spend time daily doing scripture study.
Spend time daily in personal prayer.
Keep family prayer and family home evening a top priority.
Spend at least 15 minutes a day taking care of Stacy.
Do some kind of exercise daily. (Thank you WII fit)
Eat healthier.
Live more frugal.
Spend less!!!
Stick to meal planning every week.
Become more organized and stay on a schedule.
See everyone as sons or daughters of God and treat them as that.
Be more charitable.
Further my education.
Be the mom Heavenly Father wants me to be.
Ok that's a lot and I will fail on some but I want to get right back on track as soon as it happens!!!

30.....

So today is the day I turn 30!!! I was sooo worried about it and feeling old. But I don't haha. I am sick with strep throat and all the kids are sick too. This isn't the best way to celebrate anything. I am just praying that we are all feeling better before Christmas. So in my twenties a lot happened and I have learned alot! I know who I can trust and who I can't. I am very happy with where my life is now and who is in my life. I am going to make a lot of goals for my 30's and I feel that all will be well. I am so excited to see where my family will be in the next few years!!!

30

I know most people think I am so much older than what I really am and sometimes I feel a lot older than what I am also. But I will be turning 30 in a few weeks and I really can't believe it. Yes I had my kids young, yes my husband is ten years older than me, and yes I was only 10 when my step daughter was born. But I look back and it is all worth it. I love when people look at me and say you are not really 29. Do I look that old?? My 20's have brought so much my way. I got married, had Jared, had a bout with cancer, I was a stay at home mom, worked a full time job, became a work from home mom, and my list can go on forever. But I am so blessed for all the things I went through. I look back and I had some scary times. At one time I was so ill that I feared for my life. The doctor even told my husband and I that I was loosing so much blood a day that it was surprising I was able to function. But I am glad that is past me!! I found out who my true friends are. I am hoping my 30's are amazing! I am hoping that I will be in better health. I will be going back to school!!! I will be preparing for my kids graduations, college and my boys serving missions and possibly Maddy also. But most of all I will be serving my Heavenly Father in what He has planned for me!! I am so excited for the new adventure. Last year I said I wasn't celebrating any more birthdays. But right after I said that I had some scares with my health so I will be celebrating my birthday and will be happy I made it another year!!!

Things I am thankful for!!

My Heavenly Father

Salvation

Prayer

My Church

My parents

My husband

Jalen

Madison

Jared

Elisabeth

My home

My freedom

Food in my house

Friends

My furnace

The people that has came into my life this year

Missionaries

Love

Hugs

The words " I love you"

The bonus kids in my life

Facebook

Cafemom

My extended family

My sister

A car

Scriptures

Health

Knowledge

The ones fighting for my country

The ones who have came into my life this year

I probably have missed a lot but on this Thanksgiving evening I wanted to take time just to list some things I am thankful for. I am have so much gratitude for many things in my life. I am trying to be more thankful this coming year and find something to be thankful for in every situation. I hope that everyone that reads my blog will take time to think about what truly they are thankful for. May you be blessed!!

Crazy Busy Life

So I feel like I haven't blogged in a long time. I know it was last week but it feels forever ago. Things are going great for the Dick family. We are getting into a new routine with all the changes going on in world. The boys are playing basketball so we have lots of practices. Staci has a new schedule at work where she works seconds two weeks at a time and then days two weeks at a time. So when she is on seconds Jasmin and Elise are here in the evenings and spend the night. Evans mom is now working days so that has been an adjustment. Shane is working tons of hours too now so he is gone a lot but his job is going well. Both boys are doing scouts too now but they are doing them through our church. We are all adjusting to our new church and we all love it. The kids are really adjusting and learning so much and growing there.
Ok I am not liking how fast the holidays are approaching. I am sooo not ready for them to be here. This past Easter Jared has snooped through some stuff in my van and found his Easter basket stuff so this opened the door to tell our kids the truth about Santa, Easter Bunny, and Tooth Fairy. I am glad that is passed us and if I had to do it all over again we probably wouldn't have put so much emphasis on these fictional characters. Life is so much easier when we can actually talk about gifts and not have to deal with the disappointment of them not getting what they asked for. So we have discussed more about what gifts they want and if it will be able to happen. I know Shane has shown a couple things online to Jalen to see if he would actually like it before we made the purchase. I think we are going to do a family service project to help someone else out this year at Christmas so they can learn the true meaning of the Holiday. Also we are going to make some presents this year as a family. I am so blessed to have great kids who think of others before themselves.
We are also planning a vacation in the summer so if we save money at this time it will help this summer. They are soo excited to go on their first real big vacation.

Tears......

I am so blessed to know such great people that have left such great impacts on my life. I am sitting here crying because I don't know what my future holds but I know Who holds it. Tomorrow evening another piece of my heart is leaving New Castle. I know its not a forever goodbye but I know I don't know when we will be able to speak to or see each other again. I know that there is a greater work for Elder Wilson in Indiana. I know that many will be blessed by his testimony. I know that he is doing great things in Indiana!! I am just being selfish and not wanting him to leave. But I am so blessed that he has brought great people into his life. I am forever grateful to him for all his sweet words and love he showed me when I wasn't very lovable. I know he stayed in New Castle so long because of me. He was meant to be with me through my journey to this point and he will be with me through the rest of my journey, it just may not be physically. I will miss him so much that I don't know at the point how I will handle it but I know my Heavenly Father has all the strength I will need during this transition time. I know letters will come and I will here from him often. I will more than likely get weekly updates about him from his amazing mom that I have now become to call my friend. I am just so thankful for his testimony and the blessings that it has had on my life. I will be forever grateful to Heavenly Father for bringing Elder Peter "Max" Wilson into my life!!!