I have a lot to be thankful for today. It's been a rough week for me overall I'd say, but today I'm just feeling grateful.

For my lovely followers and random readers who may not have heard, I'm pregnant. Yes we just had a baby. No it was not planned. No I'm not ready. Yes Clint's excitement and joy is starting to slowly rub off on me. At 6 weeks pregnant I'm feeling very tired and very nauseous.

So tonight Clint and I are going to the temple for a ward temple night. I'm not really sure how I'll be fitting in my dress but I'm sure those sweet ladies in the dressing room will help me figure it out. LOL!

I'm embarrassed to admit it but it's been a few months since we last went to the temple. We really need this and I'm really looking forward to it.

We've definitely had a lot go wrong over the last couple of weeks but last night as I was saying prayers with Kailey before bed I really started to think about how much we have really been blessed through it all.

This morning I woke up feeling so guilty for all my grumbling and whining and cursing. So I got on my knees and asked the Lord to forgive me for all my complaining and then I thanked him for all that he had blessed us with, including this little surprise due in 34 weeks. That one was hard but it definitely needed to be included. After all what greater blessing could our Heavenly Father have given us?

When I was done with my prayer I felt so much better. So much lighter. So much more at peace with myself and my situation. Prayer has always been a very powerful source of comfort in my life. I think it was probably one of the first things I really gained a testimony of. I'm so grateful to have that open line between my Heavenly Father and myself.

So tonight we will go to the temple and as husband and wife and together we will thank our Creator for all the good in the world and for all that he has blessed us with.

TGIF! and TGFB (Thank goodness for babysitters)!

Why is that when things go bad they can't just go a little bad? Is this like some cosmic joke that when things go bad they have to go really bad?

With our trip to Victoria, even with all it's own little quirks, out of the way I thought we had a great start to another fabulous North West summer. But it seems that sine we've been home things have slowly unraveled and now here I am today, some what amused by the fact that things are as crazy as they are.

First my Dishwasher has been growling at me off and on when I try to use it for a quite a while now. Well it's officially decided it hates me and now grumbles and groans and growls at every use. Time for a new one!

Second my gas range has had a burner out of commission since we moved into our house. I learned to work around it. But now a second burner has decided to join the first in it's protest to my cooking. Time for a new range!

Third, Kailey got the flu last Monday so on Tuesday I took her to the doctor only to find out that I paid $30 for a doctor to tell me that there was nothing they could do because the only people who have flu vacs are the people at the hospital. So Kailey suffers through the flu but still isn't better after a week. So yesterday I took her back to the doctor paying another $30 for them to now tell me that she has a double ear infection as a result of the flu. GRRRR!!!! Could they not have just given me the antibiotic last week and saved Kailey the pain and suffering and me the $30 ?!?! I swear doctors are like a necessary evil!

Fourth, I take Garrett to the doc for his 8 month well child check and find out he has pink eye. Well of course it only took a couple days for that to spread to the other eye!

Fifth and last but certainly not least, we had an upstairs toilet overflow, without us knowing, flooding the bathroom and leaking into Kailey's room and down to the main floor. It's a mess. It could be worse, but it's still a mess.

So with two appliances on the fritz, two sick kids, and floor dryers blowing 24/7 I'd say that things can really only go up from here right? Well at least it's an eventful start to summer! Let's just hope that means that the rest of summer will slow and quiet!