Christmas Time

This year has been kind of hard for me to get into the "Christmas Spirit". I'm not sure why. We have our Christmas tree and stockings and have made SOOO many cookies and taken them to people, have had spiritual family home evenings, gone to Temple Square. It has been an amazing time for our family. Maybe it's just me! But then i think about how blessed i am to have such an amazing family. It is all becaus of Jesus Christ. He made this all possible and that puts the Christmas season in a different perspective for me. I feel like Christmas has become to materialistic and i feel so caught up in that somethimes. Like i won't be able to provide enough or the "perfect" gifts for the girls or Matt. I feel so much pressure. But i have to just sit back and remember that we have so much and i wouldn't change one bit of my life and how it stands and for that i am grateful. The look on the girls faces were priceless when we went to Salt Lake to look at the lights. Oh, it was so fun. And, it wasn't cold!!!! That made it so much more enjoyable! We walked around and afterwards sat and had hot cocoa and doughnuts, a family traditon. We also have a great friend who offered to take pictures of our family. She was so good and patient with us. Zharaa, of course with her "sweet" attitude made the experience so enjoyable. But you know what, that is how it goes usually and i am learning more each day to be okay with that. We love getting our pictures taken as a family. Something we can hold onto and look back at forever! I love my family, i love my friends. I am so grateful for the life i have. These are the things that have and are giving me a different Christmas experience this year. Merry Christmas to everyone. YOu are all so amazing and i am so privillaged to have you in my life! Happy Holidays!!

Life Changes

Where do i start. Lesson learned, don't wait three months to post what has happened in the the last three months..... It's not very easy. School started. Oh man, so amazing and so sad at the same time. I lost my husband and two girls to education. But the changes have been amazing. Matt is always so diligant in school. But to watch the passion and excitment in Aaliyah's and Mekhii's face to go to school, and all the new and wonderful things they are learning. The hard part for me is that i sent these two little girls off to their first days of school, and have been returned into two beautiful and extremely smart big girls. I am so gratful that our kids have the opportunity to attent such amazing schools so that one day they can become doctors and lawyers so they can take care of their old parents!!! :) Aaliyah is attending Freedom Acadomy, which is a charter school. She has been in school 1 month and is now reading and doing math. I am at awe with how much she has learned in such a short amount of time! She always looks so dang cute in her uniforms. Mekhii is going to preschool and of course is loving it. She has always been so smart and is furthering her knowlege and skills, of course looking like a little princess, always finely dressed while doing so. Which means in the meanwhile, little Zharaa and i pretty much stare each other down and try not to kill each other while everyone is away! She is scary! But, for those of us who know Zharaa, she is a scary, crazy, very loud little sweetheart. (for like 15% of the time) She has turned into a little girl, and i still call her Zharaa baby because i don't want to hold onto the realization that she isn't a baby anymore. I am so grateful for my beautiful family. I don't know or understand what i have done to deserve such an amazing husband and beautiful children, but i will never fail to thank my Heavenly Father everday for the rest of eternity for the blessings i have.

Sweet Mekhii is 4!!

Wow. I never thought that my little babies would actually keep growing. Our little Mekhii has always been so full of life and energy. She has gone from crying 24/7 as a baby, to lots and lots of drama as a young toddler and has blossomed into a refined and sweet little girl who loves life and everyone in it. Her blue eyes, and long gorgeous eyelashes, not to mention her beautiful tan brown skin. She is one beautiful and special princess in our lives. We had a little birthday party for her and she had a blast! She loves her friends, and especially her sisters. She is such an amazing sister. Always willing to lend a hug and a kiss (even when Zharaa is pulling her hair and choking her). She is very quick to forgive. We don't know and can't fathom life without her in it. She is always there to brighten our day. We love you Mekhii, you will be one of our little princesses for eternity!

SUMMER WAHOOO!!!!

I love summer!! It feels like it has taken an eternity to finally arrive, epecially because Aaliyah has been asking me since fall, everyday, if it is summer yet!!! Holy cow! Anyway, so i either made a brave or stupid decision to take all three girls by myself to the swimming pool. We are so sick of sitting around! They were all so sweet and nice, Zharaa obviously will ALWAYS give attitude. We had so much fun! The problem was, all the pics i got of us there we weren't even in the pool. A kid took a dump in the pool and spoiled it for everyone! BOO!!! Telling your kids they can't go play in the fun pool is like holding up candy and telling them they can't eat it. You know, at least we had tons of fun before that whole poopy thing! It was pretty sad. One of the life guards was this little 16 year old girl and she was holding the bucket that had the loveliness in it. Well she was holding her hand over her mouth as tight as she could so she didn't throw up everywhere. Then they would have had 2 big messes to clean up! HA! Oh the experiences of life.





Well, even though the weather has been such a pain in our live, going from almost 85 to 60 in the same week. And it's doing it all over again. I have put both Aaliyah and Mekhii in dance and they absolutely love it! Now, this is a huge accomplishment for Mekhii because of how shy she becomes with new people and especially people with eyes. She hates when people look directly at her. So i asked her if we were going to have to go poke everyone's eyes out so they would stop looking at her and she firmly responded yes, no hesitation. She did amazingly well!! And of course Aaliyah is so graceful and is thrilled to be doing anything! They both love it, and i can't wait to see their talents grow even more.

Aaliyah's Year in Preschool

Aaliyah Demysa Wiberg is officially finished with her last year in Preschool. She graduated yesturday and we are so proud! I can't believe how grown up and beautiful she is becoming everyday. I just wanted to highlight some of the fun times she had this year.
This was a super cute activity, they did a teddy bear picnic. Girls woouldn't sit by the boys of course :)


Aaliyah and sissy Mekhii and class at the Bean Museum at BYU University

Aaliah and class at a field trip to the Provo Airport

Aaliyah and daddy snugglin at the bird show at The Hogel Zoo

She had so many wonderful experiences, and i am obviously a very proud momma! Now on to bigger and better things!!

WOW!!! BLESSINGS!

Well, all i can say is WOW to the last 4 weeks of our life! Obvioulsy most of you know the story. I had been training for over two months to run a half marathon. The day of, it was so cold. My hand were literally frozen before i even started the race! Future runners, that is a huge no no!!! Anyway, I was doing rather well i thought until around mile 11 when my leg decided to stop working, without informing me and i could no longer even put the least amount of pressure on it without feeling the most horrific pain i have felt in my life! YES! Worse than child birth! I had an amazing friend who signed up to run the race with me. She is a monster. She has done Half Iron Man's, triathalon's. You name it. So she had every type of pill you could imagine. Salt Pills are used in big races to quickly relieve major cramping to be able to keep going. She was giving me those, we were trying to stretch out my leg. She even did some karate chops on my hip where it was hurting! Ha, it's funny to laugh about now that she was like hitting my fractured Femur! But not to worry. I never felt like i wanted to quit, i just wasn't quite sure how i was going to finish two more miles on my leg that felt it was going to snap. Well, that friend, at 5'0 pretty much encouraged me and carried half my body weight the remaining 2 miles. My husband and family were cheering me on and Matthew helped carry me across the finish line. I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER CROSSING THE FINISH LINE! DANG! There were physical theropists at the end to help. They did the same thing. Rubbed the heck out of the spot that hurt! Karate chopped it as well! This was Saturday morning. The next Wednesday i decided that my swollen purple leg that i still couldn't walk on wasn't going to do any longer. Went and got an x-ray where, with many doctors it was determined i had a stress fracture all the way across my Femur. (One of the hardest bones to break in your body)I got in to an amazing Orthopedic, who is actually in my Stake Presidency. And was having surgery the next day. Now, with two large screws and a 7 inch rod in my leg, i am slowly but surely healing. With many prayers and blessings and amazing family and friends, have i been able to have such a quick recovery. Who knew, all from just trying to stay fit :) But don't worry. I will be up and i will complete an actual 26.2 marathon in the coming years! That's a promise.

For Someone Special

I thought i would make this post for my husband. He is seriously the most amazing man ever. Honestly, what guy really wants to marry a crazy lady with three crazy kids :). Well, i'm glad that there was at least one man. And that's my sweetheart. He has been going to school full time. He works full time. And between school and being absolutly exhausted, he always finds time to be with the girls and me. The girls know of him no different than that he is their daddy. He asked Aaliyah and Mekhii what his name is and they said over and over "Your name is daddy". "But sometimes i hear mom call you Matt". Aaliyah is always outside bragging to the other kids about him, and if he walks by or is just hanging out with them outside she will point him out and say "that's my dad guys". I really wanted to not only give you, Matthew, a pick me up. I wanted to share with friends and family and also to remind myself what a loving, kind and giving man you are. We are currently working on our sealing papers. To be able to go to the temple and be sealed for eternity. I can't even express how grateful and excited i am. I love you hunny. I know you are going to succeed in all that you do in School, providing for our family, in your occupation and in being a father and husband! I love you with all my heart.

Spring Time Fun!!

We have had so much fun the last couple of weeks! I love spring cause all the cute baby animals are born! These goats were by far our most favorite! Sad though, the mom died two days after they were born! Way sad! But they were seriously the cutest things i have seen, besides my children of course :)
I felt really bad for the pregnant mommies! Only a mother who has had to carry and bare children could appriciate how painful it is to be pregnant! The little babies followed Zharaa around as if she were their mom! They also followed Matt around as if he were their mom as well!
We also went to the petting zoo at Thanksgiving Point. One of Aaliyah's dream's came true. She has been wanting to ride a horse for years! A pony is just as good, especially cause she got the biggest one there! It's so fun to see how simple things can make kids so happy, i love it!!

There was this Llamaa that was trying to kiss me! No joke!

I know it doesn't look like it but he seriously kissed me! Weird!

Where has the time gone!!

This month, Matthew and i had our 9 month anniversary. It doesn't seem like too long to some, but we look at it as an amazing and accomplishment! I was looking back at when we had first met, when Matt first began being part of mine and the girls lives as a potential and eternal husband and daddy. From then until now, the changes not only in our life as a family but the changes in how much time has actually passed is both kind of sad but so fun! Here are some of the moments we have shared together as a family over the last 9 months and then some.

This was before Matt came into our lives

A couple dates into my life of CAOS!! And he stuck around!

We are in Boise meeting his parents, a little scary for me! His mom is intimidating!
I knew if he could love me looking this awful, it could last forever!

This was our little family before we knew what was about to happen!

And this was After! Wow!

Dreams do come true if you will just hold on the faith that it takes to help make them happen!

St. Patrick's Day! Green all over the place