All About a wonderful man!!

Warning!! This may get a little mushy, but I feel the need to share with you how incredibly blessed I am to married to such a wonderful man. The sad thing is that I think I am just realizing HOW lucky I am. These last 5 months have been a true test of my faith and I like to think when this trial is over, I will be a stronger person. Scratch that! I KNOW I will be a stronger person. It's no secret that we have been struggling as a family. With Sean living 800 miles away, I will be the first to admit, this is hard! I don't think I knew just how hard it would be. Sean traveled for his job and was gone a lot so I was used to it, or so I thought. Nope! He would at least come home on the weekends and give me a break so I could survive the upcoming week.
The first few weeks of him being gone was ok. I managed! Trying to keep the house spotless, taking care of 4 kids and trying to stay above water was manageable. But it slowly wore on me until I thought I would die if I had to feed my children or drive them anywhere. (the 2 worst things about being a mom) Add in a few other things that could go wrong and I and I just wanted to crawl in a hole and never come out.
Luckily, my husband came home because he knew I needed him. It was only for the weekend but it was what I needed. After working through a few things, I again feel like I can conquer the world. My kids are even getting fed. (most of the time)
Sean is amazing and is always looking out for my best interest. He's not the big cuddly bear and sometimes he gets frustrated but I know its only because he wants us to be happy. He doesn't like it when he can't fix things. He is the hardest worker ever. He works hard at his job to provide for his family and then he is constantly serving. All the time! He is very dedicated to his family first, then church, and then to his work. Almost every night I talk to him, he is doing something for someone. He's either helping a family move, shoveling the snow at the church and every Saturday you will find him at the temple from 5am-5pm. We aren't there with him! He could be laying around watching football.
I love this man with all my heart. He gives me everything I need and loves me fully everyday. I luckily had someone very important to me remind me of this recently. It came just at the right time. This person told me that Sean should be the single most important person in my life. Above my children and everyone else. I don't always do that, but I will now.
Sean-I love you to the moon and back and I am beyond blessed to be able to spend eternity with you!
I CAN'T MAKE IT WITHOUT YOU!!!!

Tough Week

This week was tough! I'm really struggling with the fact that I will be moving to Utah soon. Sean has been in Utah now for about 8 weeks and it is getting hard! You would think I would be use to it with all his traveling he did, but I would always get a break on the weekends. Not now, except for an occasional one here and there. He did come home this weekend because of the hard time I was having and I appreciate that. He (along with Anna) also set up a little gathering with some of my friends to come over and lift my spirits. They came in singing and we had a big group hug. I really appreciated it. President Barker, our Stake President came over too and gave me a wonderful blessing. It has helped me a lot. I'm so grateful for the wonderful friends and family I have here. I will never forget any of them and I will be back often!! (And anyone is welcome to visit me anytime they want!!)

 

Vivian, Lisa, Amy, Sarah, Kathryn, Kirsten, Anna, Jen S., Amy, Tari, Mindy, Mom, Tasha, Kristin, Marci, Heidi, Jill, Ryann, Ashley and Jen C. (Tiffany came after the picture)

 

 These are my quotes I will be living by these next few months!!!

XOXOXO

Never a dull moment....

 

This week was going to be all fun and games for the Elwell's! The kids were off for one more week and we were going to party....That is until Brooke got sick New Years Eve. It didn't last long but she was in bed for 24 hours. That day was shot, except the kids kept an eye on her and I got to sneak in a 10 mile run with my sister. That was good because I really needed to get out.

 

 

The next day we were feeling good and I thought we were in the clear and no one else would catch it. I was wrong! The next day I got it and was in bed all day. It effected me a little differently. I didn't throw up but was not able to do anything. Brooke made me a nice card and they basically all just hung out downstairs. I'm sure Brooke had cereal all 3 meals but at least she was fed. 

 

 

Connor went with Chance, Austin Grandma and Grandpa to Ifly and had a blast. He thought it was a lot of fun and wished it was a longer ride. Grandpa even thought it was fun.:) Then they were treated to Red Robin by grandma and grandpa!

 

 

 

 

We took a trip to the park while someone was looking at our house. Brooke was in her jammies and Kaylee was enjoying the swings a little too much!:)

 

 

Cierra completed her track card and as a surprise the ones that finished got to have a special day. They went to Coach Tiffany's house for breakfast and then ice skating and wallyball at Sprinker.

 

 

We did get out again this week and walked to the park for some fresh air with Baylee and Ashley! It was freezing but nice to get out.

 

 

 

 Cierra is totally turning into a teenager. She got all fixed up to go to a going away party for a friend of hers. Bryton is moving to Utah next week. I'm sure we will be seeing them soon, at least we hope.

It wasn't a total flop of a week but I was hoping to do more. We got a few shopping trips in and a few games played. I was kind of sad to see them off to school this morning but then when the house was all quiet, I realized what I had been missing and was glad to be back to my schedule.
My back was in some serious pain last night. Not sure what happened, but I received a blessing and kept ice on it and it is feeling better this morning. I will be laying low today!!