Happy Labor Day!

Today is Labor Day. Yeah! What is labor day? I'll admit, I'm not educated on the origin of this holiday. The word "labor" is not one that I have enjoyed. Everything that I've been through that has to do with labor has not been pleasant. But, I'm assuming that Labor Day is a rest from our labor. So...yeah for labor day!

We went up to Logan again this weekend. It was the bachelorette party for Russ's sister, Britney. She's getting married on Sept. 5th to a great guy named Daniel Yates. He's a good fit for her and I think he fits into the family nicely. I remember what it was like to be young and in love and getting married. It was so fun and exciteing. I had NO idea what I was getting myself into, but it was a great time. And even though I'm not looking at everything through rose colored glasses anymore, my heart still skips a beat when Russ winks at me. And life is still an adventure. So, congrats to Britney! I think she and Daniel make a great couple and now her adventure can start.

My nephew Jacobs mission farwell was yesterday. I know this makes me sound old, but I still think of that kid as a three year old digging for Dinosaures in my moms back yard. He was such a cute little kid. He was the first grandchild in my family, and as a 13 year old girl, I was smitten with him. He has grown into an impressive young man and I know he will do a terrific job in Arkasas. He does make me feel old. And he never misses an opportunity to remind me that I'm old. But I still love him and I'm excited to see him grow and learn as a missionary.

I don't know what we're going to do today. Russ has to work this morning, which gives me the chance to pick up the house (not literally,I just need to clean up a bit) :) But hopefully this afternoon we can do something fun. I'll keep you posted. I'm sure your just waiting on pins and needles to find out!

Pizza

I'm making pizza for dinner. And as much fun as I have getting flour everywhere and dirtying a ton of dishes, I've decided that it's hard to make pizza. Deep, huh? Anna was a big help. Throwing flour on the floor, counter, ceiling, ect... She also went upstairs and got her little rolling pin that my mom gave her for Christmas and rolled out her own dough. I have to admit, my heart melted when she said "Look, Mommy, I'm just like you!!" I really hope I'm a good example. Most of the time I think I'm too grouchy and I'm not as domestic as I should be, but I try to do my best. Russ is a terrific father and a great example to the kids. It's a good thing we have him around.

I wondering how most women do it. Seriously. How do you take care of children, keep a spotless house, uphold your church resposibilites, give service, work, ect,ect... Really. I struggle. My house is NEVER as clean as it should be. Usually the minute I start cleaning, someone spills somthing, or gets hurt, or needs a diaper change, or I have to nurse the baby. I make myself CRAZY trying to keep up, and I never do. My mother ALWAYS had a spotless house. Always. I'm lucky if I can do the dishes and sweep the floor. Maybe I should just quite sleeping. It's not like I do it that much anyway. I really am looking forward to the day when the craziness of having little children is gone. Don't get me wrong, I love having little children. They're such a joy. But when the phase of life comes around when I can keep up with my house, that will be nice. Really nice.

Starting a Blog

Recently I've been introduced to the world of blogging. I've been reading a few, some of friends, some of strangers, and I've found myself addicted. I don't know if it's some weird voyeuristic trait I have, but I've thoroughly enjoyed reading about these people's lives and learning from them. So... I've decided to start a blog for our family (thanks to Russ's prodding). I don't know if anyone will read it, or care, but I think it will be fun.

That being said, let me tell you about us. We're the Francis family. Russ and I (Wendy) have 4 kids. Christian-11, Joseph-8, Anna-3, and Kate-10 months. We live in Eagle Mountain Utah. Russ is a Multimedia developer and I'm a mom and a ballet instructor. Russ and I met 13 years ago in Cache Valley, Utah. My best friend in high school, Cristi Francis- now Cottle, was Russ's sister. She introduced us and the rest is all history. I fell for him the moment he smiled at me with his wrinkly eyes. We were married 3 months later, living in Mississippi 3 months after that, and pregnant 1 month after that. We moved to Hawaii (Russ was in the Air Force). Four years and 2 kids later we moved home to Utah and have been here ever since. We lived in Murray for 2 years, then moved out here to Eagle Mountain and had 2 more kids. Thats our life in an extereme nutshell. I swear it was alot more eventful than I've made it sound, I just didn't want to bore you with all the gorry details. You'll have to sit through enough of those if you continue to read our blog. :)

So today nothing exciting happened. I'm afraid that's how most of my blogs will go. We're pretty boring people. We don't travel alot (although we would LOVE to), we don't do extreme sports or mingle with the rich and famous. We mainly try to keep our heads above water dealing with 4 kids and jobs and church resposibilities. That, right now, seems to be enough adventure for us. Hopefully I will be able to amuse all who read this with funny things my kids did, ideas and thoughts I have, or by my screaming for help. Hmmm...have I scared you all off yet?

First Post

Welcome to The Daily Francis! This will be a blog of all things in our family and mostly updated by my "much more on top of things" wife Wendy.