just two

when I have just two I feel as if I could do just about anything.. SO EASY!!!

been times

there have been times that I have had to nurse my ozzy that is going to be unbelievably thee strongest kid I have!!!!
I have cared less wheres its at or who sees.. if you know me.. this has not even been close to the case in the past!!! but with us all out.. when ozzy needs something.. I am SURE to address it.. as he is just going along with it all, at ALL times!!!!
if we are in a nice easy shopping area there are those awesome mom rooms.. however if we are in a city.. GOOD luck not only finding a restroom but not a long line of mothers with there ONE kid waiting calmly..
well I had just got ozzy to sleep in his front pack.. when truly NEEDED a diaper change BAD.. AT looked at me with a plea of can you??? but quick to understand to not MESS with waking the ozzy as again NO FAIR to the boy that is always an ANGEL!!!
well do you even think for one moment that there would be a changing area in the mens room?? theres not even one in the LDS church house in the US..
anyways my AT knew what had to be done..cant wait to post the pix of where he did it.. they are on spencers phone.. I was laughing so hard.. as this is the same man that has let me know MANY a times how it goes over here. not at all in a demeaning or condescending way rather just "this is how it is done.." things you do DO and things you DO NOT do..
it was very fun for me to see the man do a DO NOT!!!!! as it just called for it and we simply had no other choice!! a stairwell where it says ONLY STAFF..
love my AT
but really we do already look like a big scene.. even today running the kids to school an older lady riding her bike stopped to hold up four fingers.. I simply replied in japanese "full right" with a smile of course to express my gratitude, happiness and that I did this to myself...

appreciation both ways

there was this store I was dying to go to.. SOOO spencer and I decided to try it on our own with truly and ozzy in tow..
it was hard to get to.. my expectation are ridiculously HIGH!!!!! (note to self) I was getting quite short with spence.. started to even use some choice words!!!
he calmly asked me not to use those words.. I was SOOOOOOO missing my PERFECT guide AT.. we got there at stores I was wanting to hit didn't even open till 11( not understanding why the heck stores to NOT open earlier.. even the supermarket doesn't open till 10) I am really I NEED to drop off boys then go to the supermarket.. not walk all the way back home THEN dress ozzy and trues up to head back out!!
ANYWAYS.. gave spencer and I plenty of time to head back home.. ITS was hard and confusing!!! even when we were cutting it close we made another mistake and spencer quietly said you are NOT going to like what I am going to say.. SPENCER just spit it out!!!!!!
we are going the wrong way... NOW please understand mom.. I have tried this WHOLE time in Japan to do and be as they do.. its a respect thing I so want to embrace.. HOWEVER.. today I LOST MY EVER LOVING MIND... completely.. that i was going around cussing a storm and pounding my head making a fool of myself.. something you just do not see or do here.. it wont change the out come rather just look like an idiot).. you see it was my first day to pick up the boys.. how ultimately disrespectful to be LATE.
got off my train stop at 1128 and RAN the whole way...
I felt horrible later that night and told spencer how sorry I was.. being the calm boy he is, he simply said dont worry about it..
allen came home from korea the next day and had a town that a friend said we needed to check out.. allen told spencer and I the city.. we BOTH looked at each other and said YES we know the city.. we all did it together.. even though spencer and I had done it.. we didn't remember how to get there one and TWO it really took AT some serious concentrating to get us there( so much that a lady even came up to us and asked if we needed help which has never happened thus far.. but I guess we looked like a scene just ALL standing there looking at the lines)..made me realize it was amazing spencer had even gotten us there..
BOTTOM line.. jaime needs to ask her heavenly father for more understanding and calmness....

knowing

tad KNOWS to hold on..

now thats a mothers room

these are everywhere in the shopping areas.. I cant believe how nice they are...( nursing room, bench for someone to wait, place to change then discard the diaper in a plastic bag, place to warm bottle..) its a nice quite quick break, as you gear up to make the rest of your duties for the day

first day for me

got up at 430 am!!!! and ran.. didnt realize the dang time till I got back.. if you know me I love to get right back into the swing of my schedule.. that was a bit jumping the gun.. but I was dying to take my boys to school.. I just think it is so organized and a sense of 'this is what we should do"
even when I picked up the boys.. you wait in line and tell the teacher good bye one by one.. to make sure the days events where smooth.. (no jumping in the car and rushing off) its at least a 15 min process.. as I have two boys to pick up. then you wait in line AGAIN to tell the head teacher sionara..
I have two translators that have been appointed to me.. one for tads class and jonahs.. hopefully they will come to understand me.. as I will try me HARDEST to understand them and do exactly as they would have me do..but cant help it.. there is just so much I miss..
( it didnt help much that I was hot and sweaty from LITERALLLLLLLLYYYYYYY running the whole way from the train station to there school as I got off at 1128 and had to pick them up at 1130.. which in normally an 11 min walk..this is a whole other post.)


LOVE it.. I know I need to get bigger vocab than LOVE it.. but it just is suiting me more than I could have dreamed of..

so tired

spencer found a spot to lay his tired head, he was that tired.. also jourdan showed me this NEW awesome leave in conditioner she got... i tried it LOVED it, swiped it to come home to japan..

welcome BACK to japan

so excited to be home..yes HOME.. I was missing my japan.. also the ozzymister still hanging in there

OLD

you know your old when you start decking your car out to be too convient that its just plain ugly!!! however I love my dad he is and has always been a steady positive person. even when the cards are down.. I am very grateful for his testimony as I have leaned on that sucker for the last ummmhhh I dont know 31 years!!

susan is simply the bomb.com she decided allens truck needed a new tail gate.... this car just became on of my favorite priceless possessions.. I have.. I guess I am going to be putting a new engine in that sucker when it dies

prayers

so fun to see immediately answered prayers... what could or maybe should have been a gruesome, painful quick trip back to the states, was no less that enjoyable in every way... as I even look back thru my pictures and think back.. I am so grateful for my growing testimony of knowing the gospel and feeling Heavenly Fathers personal love for little o'l me!!

Clint

cousin in law that is so funny and very much fun to be around.. he is enately a good dad which I have noticed from the day he became a dad..
he gave me a high five then went for an under low five.. and gave me a look of " you dont know what your doing" if fact I think he might have said that:)

then my aunt andrea has made us laugh so hard at where he choose to put her hand.. I wish I was that stacked:)

ready to head back

called home to see how the boys first day of school was.. Allen said jonah didnt want to leave!! sounds pretty perfect to me.. again whats not to love about Japan.. glad boys are on board!!!

remembering john

pretty sure john would be proud of what his children have become:) papa was placed right beside him.

aunt beckester

makes the best granola
put bows in my hair when my mother wouldn't.. in fact braided it when my mother was busy sawing wood... literally
let me have sleepovers even though I was a biz
always takes one for the team!!
has the best hair on vaca with tons of humidity
pain tolerance is thru the roof.. has a KILLER migraine and you wouldn't know it..
looks better and better everytime I see her..
has a great marriage and respect for her husband( which she should he is pretty rockin)
has awesome kids!! that are always fun to be around
always makes time to talk to me even if I am calling her at a bad time
knows how to drive a 15 passenger van

ALLISON

my cousin nate brought THEE most wonderful girl into our family a few years back.. we all adore her.. she is just so self assured.. you can not help but just want to be around her at all times.. looking for her when a family gathering is in session.. she is due in feb with her third.. lucky kid!!!

still being a champ

can not believe what a true blessing he has been.. seriously making him tough!!! PEACEMAKER, PEACEMAKER!!!!

can I tell you how much I have also enjoyed putting him in the same CLEAN outfit everyday?? black tyedye has been funny and fun

MOTHER

I know everyone thinks they have the best grandmother.. but I KNOW
she has made her grandchildren top priority, knows us individually, would go to the end of the earth for us.. or Japan.. went to pick up spencer off his mission.. is coming again to see her favorite!! :) we actually would claim to this title..
she has an undying testimony of the gospel not matter the hardships she has had to endure.. I could not imagine being who I am without her help or example..
this is also the uncle that taught my mom how to weld.. came all the way down from idaho..with a welder he would have loved for himself and then proceeded for the next few days to teach her the ins and outs.. something he most definitely learned from his father (papa)

life is sweeter with a sista

I look up to her, think she is talented, cant believe she gets better grades than me, leaves mints on my pillow, takes photos to me, slams me and tells me it not always about me even though she always makes it about me!!!

family

I was SO glad I had made the trip out.. I would have regretted it for the rest of my life.. as when all is sad in done, family is what is most important.. it was a nice to celebrate papa's life.. EXTRA fun to see everyone

an old boss
a favorite uncle
fun cousins

last leg..

still being very so GOOD excited to end the trip with spencer in tow.. nate excited to be driving the pt loser..

AWESOMENESS!!!!

what a true blessing it was to get the bunker seat:) especially when this trip was unexpected and booked two days before hand.. ozzy was no less than perfect

getting loved on by the flight attendant right before we boarded.. guess I looked like I needed another search??
no matter.. I was so excited for my awesome seat..