Thursday, August 26, 2010

Kindergarten

And so it has begun...Our first little lady is officially in school. It is so hard to believe that just a few years ago she was potty training and now she has her backpack and school supplies and walking into a whole new life. It was hard to cope with the fact that we could not see her big smile as she got up and ready to leave for her first big day. And although I was not there to see her leave I woke this morning and thought of nothing else but her as the clock hit 8am. At that moment this morning I knew that she was putting her supplies away, finding her first school chair and meeting the first of her many school friends. I miss her so much! It is only her first day of Kindergarten but anyone who knows her can say that she is going to do amazing things as life goes on.

It is Thursday and I am excited to say that my first week of this semester is about to come to an end. Thank goodness! The Iversen home has survived its first week of the fall semester. We have had dinner ready on the table every night, all the laundry done and all the dishes and bedrooms kept up along with homework down. There is going to be homework this weekend but thank goodness I have a great husband who gives me the time that I need to get things done, even around hunting season (now that is dedication). Let us hope the remainder of the semester goes this well!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

16 Days and Still Counting Down

I need a Skylar hug. It has been a very, very long day. And when it has been this hectic talking to my little buddy is the best way to relax. I miss her so much when she is gone. My day started at 6am to be ready in time to make it to the Daycare by 7am. Had a drop off with a full load of children in the car at noon. Got back and put everyone to rest, had pick ups at 2, and 3 at three different schools, Holy Moley! I am finally home, have put dinner in the oven, and am about to start the rest of my evening reading and working on homework. Only two days into the semester and I am ready for a small break. However, despite the craziness that today brought to the household life is bliss. I know it sounds like a contradiction if you read all about the day and how down I could be about it. Don't take it the wrong way...today was crazy but I could have a job that limits my time for education, I was home by five and have dinner in the oven to be eaten by my husband and I as soon as he comes home. That gives me the time that I need to finish up the one load of laundry there is to do and begin my studying time. All the little kinks that are in the mix right now will someday fade away and we will find a great little groove that fits.

As said in the title there are sixteen more days until my snuggle bud comes home. Thank goodness this is the last time we will have to go so long without seeing her. From the 10th on we will see her almost every single Friday and not take her back until Sunday evening. And oh so looking forward to the summer! Three weeks in a row with her, and she will only be gone for a week and come back again for three more weeks! Summer with all three of my girls is going to be a new experience and I am so excited. We will get to choose what the two big girls participate it this summer! Soccer, Gymnastics, Dance, Swimming? The options we shall have this year!

Sunday, August 22, 2010

18 Days and Counting...

For the first time EVER...on Sunday anyway, I am alone at home. Dan had to take Skylar back to Breanne tonight and Kiera wanted to go with "daddy". She never wants to go without me but it is nice to have a break. Tonight starts the countdown to September 10th. This is the second time in the last two months that we have to wait over two weeks to see Skylar:( We all hate it but this is the last time it will be like this thank goodness! From the 10th on we will have her almost every weekend! And come this summer she will be home for three weeks at time and only gone for one week before we see her again. I hate countdowns but again I am thankful that this is the last time we will have to wait this long. Poor girl always going back and forth and it is so awful when she does not want to, which is very often. Someday soon she will be of age and can make some decisions herself and we will stand behind her no matter what the choice 100%.

Classes start tomorrow and it seems like I had no summer at all. The three weeks I did have off every weekend was full of some hustle and bustle. Dan did jump out of a plane during one of our weekends together. My heart was pounding and yet he was a perfection of calm. Him and his sister, Melissa, decided it was time I guess to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. They loved it and Danny plans on doing it again someday soon.













Really great news for my MaryKay business! I did a ten show week, ten shows in one week was a big WOW! Life has been great and even though classes start I am so excited to stick with it this time. It has been a remarkable journey thus far and I really am eager to see where it goes. "Keep going" is all I have to say!




Skylar's Corner

I played checkers with my dad. I love my mom. Yesterday my sister and me got new zhuzhu pets and played all day with them!

Friday, August 20, 2010

From four to five!

December 4th is the new date we are all looking forward to in the Iversen household. This is the due date for the new arrival of number five in the home! A new little princess is what we are expecting on or before that day and we are all very excited. The girls are ready for another little one around but their minds are filled with how "daddy" will be the only boy around four girls. I love how the minds of our children work. Lily Jo Iversen, that will be the name of the new little one about to enter our world. She is already an active one there is no doubt about that. She has kicked me more in a week than it seems Kiera did in a month. Maybe she is mad at me because I called her Landon for so long...I tell her that was before I knew she was a little princess, but that does not seem to help:)

 The house seems to be shrinking as our numbers grow but that just means more room for improvement. Dan is hoping to expand this next summer on our little piece of land. It would be great with five in a home of only two rooms and one bathroom! This are all things we are looking forward to in not just the next few months but also in the next few years....today however has been a long but fulfilling day. Kiera has gone now two weeks in big girl panties and is doing remarkably well. Skylar now gets to spend most weekends with us at home so a trip to junction was made for her pick-up. Mesa State bookstore was another stop on the way where books were once again the cost of a brand new computer or better. Every time I make a trip to Junction I miss my home that much more. Cities are just crazy hectic for me anymore. I love when I walk down the street most everyone I know. I love that my children can play outside and still ride their bikes up and down the street (me watching of course) but the option is there. I love that every classroom setting has no more than twenty students and you become a part of something not just another number. Life here is better than anywhere I could imagine.
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Hello and welcome! I am Kena Iversen. I am the mother to the three most adorable little girls, wife to the most incredible husband and my job well, I have the greatest one in the world! I love what I do and am truly blessed.