Weekly Update

Today is Sunday Jan 18th and Olivia and Landon just went up stairs to visit Mommy because she sent me a text that she is awake and to send the kids up. Every once in a while I wake up and deal with the kids and let her sleep in (not even close to how many times she does that for me). I came down stairs and fed Landon oatmeal and honeycomb cereal while Olivia (or should I say Ariel from "little mermaid") had cocoa krispies cereal. Robyn woke up soon after and came down and has been reading her book "A Cinderella Story" non-stop and has not had breakfast yet. Today we are planning on meeting up with Dak and Tara as they drive through Phoenix on their way to Los Angeles. We are excited about their move as it will allow us to visit them more often.

This last week I got to attend the Mesa Police AR-15 school and I was issued an AR-15 rifle. It was so fun to get paid to go to the range all week and shoot about 700-possibly 1,000 rounds during those 4 days. Now I have the rifle issued to me and can use it on calls during patrol when a rifle is needed and of course on all SWAT calls. I had a SWAT call yesterday where I stood on perimeter for about 2 hours and was sure glad I already ordered a tactical sling so that rifle doesn't get to heavy. While I was leaving that call I saw a guy standing by his front door that looked very familiar. As I walked closer I recognized him as a guy I arrested about 2 weeks ago for DUI. We talked for a bit and I continued giving him counsel to make sure he gets that charge taken care of so that the judge doesn't have to order an arrest warrant in the future.

Noah came over yesterday and we went to the park with the kids to fly our kites. It was fun but the wind was a bit to choppy to really enjoy. Noah bought a GPS unit yesterday and started a new hobby of geocaching. He was really excited and has already stopped by a few locations. Giselle is out of town this weekend (Utah for a baby shower) so we have spent time with Noah and played with him.

This morning when Anissa woke up we all went up stairs and jumped on the bed and had a fun family snuggle time. I even threw Trixie on the bed and it was fun to see her and all the kids so excited! Trixie couldnt stop licking everyone she was so excited to be allowed to hang with the family like that. Yesterday Anissa and I went to see the movie "Marley and Me" and I couldnt help but think that I get to uptight at times over the smallest things. I am determined to enjoy life a bit more and let the little things roll off my back. One day when I look back at my life I want to think I enjoyed these stages and didnt wast my life always anticipating the next stage. The kids are all so cute and fun right now. They are easy to please and they get so much joy out of simple things like playing I'm a bull for bull rides or playing imagination games (Disney movies like Little Mermaid and Alladin and Sleeping Beauty are a great hit these last few days with Olivia).

Because of my AR-15 school I get to be off this weekend. I enjoyed Saturday even though I had a 2 hour SWAT call in the afternoon and I look forward to Sunday off as well. I love my family and am very grateful for what I have and who I am. We are all healthy and currently happy and satisfied in our lives.