10 years out of High School... crazy how time flies

So I just have to say that I am so glad for the blogging world and for living in Riverton. I never thought that I would say that, but living here has given me the great blessing of keeping in touch with a lot of really awesome high school friends! I also love running into people in Peterson's and Walmart, we can never go into those two places without seeing someone I know or knew from high school or grew up with! I am sort of sad to say that I didn't go to the reunion because I am sure there would have been a few people there that I would have enjoyed seeing, but mostly I am glad that I didn't pay for the expensive tickets and did just get on to the blog and update it to see my awesome friends still love and care about me! Thank you to all of those friends that made High School good and that have continued to make my life good! You are wonderful!

We are still alive!

I apologize for being such a huge slacker in updating and I do appreciate all of you who have been so kind in letting me be a slacker, but I will work on getting better!
We are finally finished with Softball for the summer and the girls did wonderful! They played really well and learned a lot. Chris has finished a good summer with his older girls, but has decided that he is ready to focus on our girls and is a great dad and has helped a lot of girls improve in their softball experiences.
Abbi just turned 8 and we are planning her baptism for late September and Whitney is turning 7 in 2 days, which she is constantly reminding me of! The girls started school in July, Sammie started Kindergarten, Whitney is in 2nd grade and Abbi is in 3rd grade! They are on C track so they are now off again for 3 weeks and they have loved the first 3 weeks, but it will be kind of nice for them to get a few more weeks of summer and we are headed to Lake Powell in 2 weeks so that will be really fun! They are doing well in school and they never cease to amaze me with how smart they are! Justice is growing up and we are working on potty training, but it is a slower process than I would like, but he is starting to get it! He is a smart kid and sometimes I think he is too smart for his own good!
We went to a barbeque with some friends from High school yesterday and it was wonderful to see everyone and catch up and remember some good times! We also went to a family reunion and it was so great to see how wonderful family is and realize that heaven will be filled with so many wonderful people! Life is good at the Opheikens household and we are continually blessed and loved and it is a great thing! Thanks again to all who have and do check our blog! We love you all!

Quick update!

I again am trying to update a little bit, sorry that I am not posting any pictures, but I figure a quick update may be better than nothing at all. I recently got a promotion at work and am now working about 60-80 hours a week, literally. I know this is so crazy right now and I am hoping to cut back but we are so busy at work right now and my biggest fear is that I don't succeed as a team lead so I am hoping that the hours will pay off at some point. My other fear is that I my kids grow up thinking that all I ever do is work so while I am working a million hours I am doing everything I can to focus on my kids when I am at home, my other reason blogging has been lowered on the list significantly.
Anyway, Abbi and Whitney are going crazy with Softball and Chris has pretty much turned his life over to softball, he is practicing or playing games almost every night. They are doing great in school and just growing up way too fast for my liking! Abbi is getting baptized in August and will be eight in July, while Whitney will be 7 in August and in 2nd grade!!! Both are amazing little girls and I am so proud of them! Sammie went to Kindergarten orientation last Friday and I can't believe that she will be in school everyday at the end of July! She is adorable and fiesty as ever, I don't worry about her going to kindergarten, I just worry about the other kids and her teacher! :)
Justice is two going on 10 and he keeps us on our toes all the time! He talks really well and lines us out right away whenever he thinks that we are out of line... we are working to correct him and let him know that he is really not the boss, but seriously, is that really possible with any spoiled 2 year old?
That is our life right now and all of our craziness! I am trying to check everyone's blogs so keep blogging and thanks to everyone who checks ours! :)

Valentine's Day by: queen of the slackers!

So I again apologize, Sunday came and went and so did we and I completely lost track of what I was supposed to be doing and I missed my brief 5 minute chance to update this beautiful blog... I do sincerely apologize and will do a good post now with some cute pictures of my funny little people! We had a good Valentine's Day and week, I was able to slip out of work for an hour on Wednesday and go to Sammie's preschool and help with her Valentine's party. It was so much fun! She has two amazing teachers that do such a great job and have amazing patience and creativity. I got to be in charge of the Valentine's bingo and the kids were so cute! Abbi and Whitney made some very cute Valentine's boxes too and had a great time at their school parties and came home with a good load of candy from their friends. Justice is finally back to being the cute little wild boy that we love and adore! He and I had a terrible bout of Strep throat last weekend and while the girls have had a mild cough that they have passed around they are all doing better too! Chris is getting into softball pretty heavy and has challenged his softball team to a contest for their fundraiser of selling braided bread and if he loses he will be having his hair colored (of their choice) for a week... if they lose he gets to choose the color of their uniforms! If anyone wants any braided bread to take pity on him please let us know!! :)
I am adding a few pictures from January of the kids when they built a snowman and in their winter gear just to add a few catching up pictures as well!
That is the latest and greatest of exciting times at the Opheikens household! Thank you all for supporting me even though I am truly a slacker! I do love looking at all of your updates and keeping up with your cute families! Take care and love you all! :)

I'm sorry I'm a slacker!

To all faithful bloggers I am apologizing for my lack of updating. I am hoping to provide a quick update and then I will really try and get on this Sunday and actually update with all of our recent events.... We had a great Christmas and were very spoiled all the way around! The kids all got scooters and clothes and webkins, their favorite pass times... Abbi and Whitney have been off track since Christmas break and just started back to school today, finally! They have been hanging out with their cousins, Allie and Kelson who have been over for babysitting and entertaining the girls and Justice in wonderful ways! I have been working an average of 20 hours of overtime in the last several weeks because of the interest rate drops and am hoping to see some money from all of my hours of labor at some point in the near future, this is also the excuse I am using for my lack of updates but I am resolving to get better again! Chris is getting back into softball and is playing Mr. Mom very well with all the OT that I have been putting in. Well, that's my quick update, as I mentioned I will try to be better. :)