Jensie and Atlas!

Well, we've had two new additions to our family in the last 6 months! More like 4. So here's a peak at our new additions.

Jensie Mae Kuzmic

Born June 1st at 9:37 p.m. weighing in at 8 lbs. and was 21inches long. She's a great baby and sleeps through the night now... I know... lucky!


This is Atlas. He's a Yorkie/Bichon Frise mix. He was born May 24th! lol
Hopefully we will be able to put more info up, but I wouldn't hold my breath! lol

Blogging really isn't my thing!!!

Since the last time we updated this was in February, I won't bother trying to fill everyone in. lol We are about to have our third child.....tomorrow actually. I will go in to be induced tomorrow morning and hopefully Jensie Mae Kuzmic will make her appearance.

I will try to come back and post pictures online.

Back on the Band Wagon?

It's been quite a long time since we have written anything about what we are doing!!! We have had lots of things going on and I thought, maybe we should be doing our blog again.

So... an update!

Austin is still working for Up and Running. He's not totally loving it... but still enjoys the work he does with servers and such. He is still currently Elder's Quorum president and had an activity last month that had all of the male members of the branch out ICEFISHING!!! I know. Amazing. He's doing a wonderful job!! Austin has had to snowblow a lot this winter. Being on a corner of a busy street, we have learned that busy + corner = LOTS OF SNOW!! He dreams of Florida and the warm air. Austin also got to go and have his allergies tested and boy, was that informative. He is proud to say that he is not allergic to hamsters. lol But, he IS allergic to almost every tree, grass and outside thing known to man. Poor guy!! No wonder he is sniffling up a storm whenever we go out in the summer!

Tevin is in first grade and loves it. We actually just had parent teacher conferences and he is doing fabulously. He is normal in math and absolutely loves science. His reading is off the charts and is currently reading at a second grade level. We are working on his comprehension skills too so that he will be able to understand more of what he reads. Tevin has been in love with Yu-Gi-Oh! for a long time now and is still obsessed. We bought him a Yu-Gi-Oh! DS game and he tries to constantly play it. He's good too. He's still growing taller. He hasn't stopped. In fact, we just had to go through all of his clothes because his size 8 clothes were too small. Of course, the size 10 clothes don't quite fit right either, but that is the best we can do. I would never have imagined my six year old wearing size 10 clothes.

Zoya just got he first hair cut at a salon yesterday and loved it. She was stressed and worried the whole time before, but when we got there, she was very happy and pleased. She's almost four now and boy can we tell. She has been pushing boundaries more and more and sometimes, we don't know what we can do!! She loves to wear dresses and skirts and prefers to be the princess in any situation, either that or the "mean cat" for some reason. Zoya prefers to eat chocolate and sweet things for every meal and will starve herself is she feels she should be getting something better. Eventually she gives in, but she is stubborn.

Trisha just finished the season for the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra. She played oboe but now they are currently practicing for the play South Pacific and do not need her right now. That is completely ok with her as being 25 almost 26 weeks pregnant is taking a toll on her oboe playing to say the least. Pregnancy has been difficult, but hopefully rewarding as we all found out that it is to be a girl. Jensie Mae Kuzmic is due June 8th. We are hoping she comes early as June 9th is the last day of school and we'd all like to avoid that time.

Our family life is crazy, but it all seems to go well. We are hoping that as we go, our Heavenly Father will bless us and we will be able to visit our family more often.

I am not a Blogger.

So there. Yes, I know that it can be oh so easy, but it it definitely not for me. For one, my computer is on our third floor - So not always convenient. But, I had ambitions to fill you in on the last six months but a friend of mine told me not to. I would only drive myself crazy. So, I won't. If you want me to, you can email me and I will email you a whole book about it. Lol

So it's raining. Has been raining all day. I am not in an uplifting mood, but all is well. Tevin is reading with a fury but it's not as fun as Lego Harry Potter! lol He's been playing nonstop. We have only rented it for a week - this is our second week renting it. Austin told him we won't be renting it a third week, so he's playing twice as hard. Zoya is herself. Dancing and singing all over the house. Being the "Great" mother I am, she must have had like 10 fruit snacks today. She kept bringing them and I kept opening them. Oh well.

Austin has been working. He's obsessed with the finances. Which, I guess is good. Better than being completely uninterested in our money and future. Hmmmm.

I have a ton of pictures to share, but I haven't downloaded them yet. I'd promise, but it might not happen - but I'll try to post some soon.

Happy New Year!

Well, it's been a long time and a rough road since we have blogged. Well..... A lot has happened now... Austin ended up getting a job offer from is company Up and Running Inc. - which he works for now. We knew that we would receive an offer, but we figured that we could easily turn it down as we were SO SURE that any offer coming from them would be small and easily turned down. But, it wasn't. Of course not! So, it was a week after that Austin started to get really moody and upset and he just could not work this through, so we decided if he could just go to Florida (our choice place to live) then Heavenly Father would let us know what we should do. So, we drove down to my family's house, sent him off to Florida and I stayed with the kids during Thanksgiving week. Of course, he got his answer.

We will be staying here in Houghton for a few more years at least. We would like to think that we only have to be here one more year and Austin talks like it will only be a short time, but I know that it won't. It will be probably three years or more. I know we don't LOVE it up here and we have already lived through at least four winters, but he will feel obligated to stay. Lets hope that the Lord only needs us to stay for a couple years!

Other than that, we ended up going to Florida for Christmas with my brother and sister in law. They were great and Austin was THRILLED to spend more time with them. The kids were great on the car rides. It was a three day journey from our house to Florida, so it took lots of toys, snacks and movies. Austin and I are still married so that is always good. It means the trip was a success!! lol We will be putting out our yearly movie - we like to send it as our Christmas card - a very late one. lol

We will post pictures from our trip soon!!

Almost.... ALMOST over.

Life as been rough the past few days. Austin has gone out of town to a conference to learn about a computer program that a company he works with is upgrading to. Long story! Anyways, my dearest sweetheart is going to be coming home tomorrow night. YEAH! I can not tell you how happy I am. I am totally serious! I love my children, but sometimes, we just butt heads and it just gets worse from there.

Today I had to go to Tevin's Parent-Teacher Conference. He's doing fabulously and needs to improve a little on the whole listening and not complaining part, but that's a five year old for you. His teacher also informed me that Tevin had HEADLICE! AGH! Apparently 95% of the class has it. So I mildly freak out because I just have to do a ton of work now. So, I take him to the store and get all of the stuff for it (even though I looked and couldn't even find a NIT!). I had him go through the WHOLE process wit washing and combing out his hair and washing all of the sheets. Now, he is bug free.....and I a itchy. I feel stupid but I might have to ask my neighbor (or wait till Austin gets home) to check me just in case. Zoya doesn't have anything, but I might. Ya never know.

Sometimes life can suck, but then you get over it. : ) ha ha Wow.

Tevin seems to be going through another growth spurt - which is what everyone is telling me - (which we can't afford! He goes through clothes like mad) because he has been dropping everything! Spilling milk, dropping plates, dropping food, toys - everything! He can not keep anything upright! lol I am really frustrated. I think we must have had a Half Gallon of milk spill on our floor this week.. or more.

I love my family, I really do. Some days are just better than others.

Loney.... I'm so lonely!

When I hear that phrase not only is it in a munchkin voice, but I hear the strings along with it. For any of you who have no idea what I am talking about, I will be happy to send you the MP3.

Today was a good and bad and ugly day.

GOOD! We had our primary program and they did so awesome! They each wrote a talk and they each went up and read beautifully! I am so proud of them. My primary kids ROCK!

BAD! The kids were totally useless as far as attention went so classes were out!

UGLY! We ended up having an ice cream party to celebrate how awesome they did - and it was - but then we were left with 8 primary kids and 3 nursery kids all hyped up on sugar and 45 minutes to go.

GOOD! Austin is feeling better. He has been sick - nothing serious - but I sent enough drugs with him.

BAD! He was feeling bad enough that he needed a blessing, so we had a couple Priesthood holders come over.

UGLY! He couldn't come to church today, so he never got to see the program. : (

Another UGLY - no Good or Bad. Austin has left to go on his week long conference today. He'll be back Friday evening - very late. *sigh*

Now, it's just me and the kids. YEAH! I mean that truthfully and sarcastically. I love my children, but it is going to be one busy week!!!

Here's a question.... Have you ever had a bump on your arm? I'm talking a hard bump - not squishy or movable either. Thursday, I found this hard lump in the smooth part of my left forearm. It was about the size of a navy bean. Now, I don't know for sure, but I think it has grown to kidney bean size and it hurts around it and when I push on it. I will take a few more days measurements... although I will be calling the doctor's office tomorrow... just to be sure. I have a friend who is a nurse and she thinks it might be a "ganglion cyst" - which is not my cup of tea either. But, we shall see whenever I go in.

Remember, Remember the 5th of November!

lol For those of you who don't know, that was from the movie V for Vendetta. I don't even know why I remembered it. lol Oh well. Now, Halloween is over and it's on to Thanksgiving. The kids had a lot of fun with Halloween.

I am totally tired though. I don't know why, but I have been sleeping a lot. I did feel great today though. I got a ton of stuff done. haha and NO I am not pregnant. My neighbor already asked.

We are practicing for the Primary program Saturday and I have sufficiently bribed them all with an ice cream party. They are excited to speak in the microphone too... I did forget that. But, hopefully it will go well. I am also currently obsessed with our branch Christmas party. Yes, you heard right. I have planned it all out and more. Austin rolls his eyes, but he knows this adds to my happiness so he allows it. : )

Austin has done really well. He has signed up for his last semester of classes and apparently decided to take two P.E. classes for fun. Wow, my man will be lookin' good by the time Spring hits. I only hope I can do the same. lol He's ecstatic for the end to be in sight but he's even more ecstatic for it to snow so he can ski. Yes, it's sad.... but I only say that because I have never skied.

Life... it's so hectic sometimes and others not, and you always seem to want what you don't (or can't) have.

Jack-o-lanterns galore!

Last night we carved our pumpkins. It was a lot of fun... for some of us. Austin said he was PMSing so he wasn't in the greatest mood and it didn't help that Tevin wanted to carve the pumpkin - but didn't want to touch it. I think overall our pumpkins turned out great! Tevin drew his own face on his (the left one). We had bought a pie pumpkin for Zoya to do, and it was a "baby" so that made it all the better. Mommy just wanted to have fun with her pumpkin (it's singing in case you didn't know).


Zoya was very proud of her pumpkin and it was very cute when she gave it a hug. Also, the funiest thing to me was that when we put a tealight candle in hers, it glowed REALLY bright!!!

Tevin of course was exstatic! He loved his pumpkin and was so happy that Daddy had beat Mommy in the race to finish the pumpkins. He would turn to me and say, "I'm going to beat you!" and then turn to Austin who was carving Tevin's pumpkin and say, "Dad! Hurry Up!"
We had a very good time in our family home evening. Especially Zoya's outrageously bright pumpkin.
Afterwards, we talked about service. Our branch is trying to fulfill the goal that every family have a missionary work plan set and wanted each auxilary to come up with something that can connect the families to the branch plan. Well, I am the Primary President so I thought really hard, but then when I read an old issue of the Ensign, I was reminded of President Monson's birthday gift of warm fuzzies! Perfect! I decided that we would do a warm fuzzies jar and each time they did service to someone, they would be able to put a fuzzy in the jar. If it was a gospel related service, then they got to put a Sparkly Fuzzy in! I decided that this was good and would start one at home! So, we talked about it and we talked about services we had done that day and it was ok. It will take a bit for them to understand what service is.

We then played with the camera's timed option. It was fun and we got a couple good family shots in. We are a happy family.

Rainy Days and Gray Days Always Get Me Down...

Instead of Rainy Days and Mondays, it's Rainy Days and Gray Days. It's Gray here... almost 95% of the time. We only see blue skies once in a while. Here, for instance are some pictures of a typical day here in the U.P.

This is a shot from a grocery store called Econo....cool...

Zoya and I waiting for Tevin's bus!
Waiting for Tevin's Bus....and hoping it won't rain. (but it does)

Anyways, it's been ok. I noticed my sleep cycle has gotten crazy so I will have to go to bed earlier and wake up earlier and do a little light therapy to keep me on track! Lol We've been cleaning our house lately and it is amazing how much you can get done when your kids actually help! haha Afterwards we had some fun... see?

We love to play. I think it is hilarious when I clean because I like to listen to music and today Tevin got really annoyed and yelled, "No! Not music!" I told him I liked it on because it made me happy and he said, "Well watching TV makes me and Zoya happy." haha I still kept the music on and it was good because they had to find something else to do. Heaven forbid they not watch TV.

Daddy was excited today. He got his speakers in for his car. After returning the first set because they were too big, the stereo place ordered these for him and then he found out that they were a little too tall, but he fixed it so everything is good. All he has to do now is find out which wire is bad in the car and both of them will work! ; ) haha


Tevin has been learning about Safety this last week. He got to go to the Fire Station and everything! His teacher sent home this paper about having a fire plan and such for our family and asked that we make up one and send them a copy so they can put it in this book they are making. We had already make our emergency plan because Mom is a freak, so we took a picture of Tevie standing by our poster we have by the door and taped it to the paper. He's happy in the picture, but he wasn't a second before! lol

I was going through pictures today and realized my babies were getting so big! Here's a recap.Tevin at age 5!

Tevin at age 1!

Zoya at age 2 1/2!


Zoya at age 1!!

Wow. I am definitely feeling that "tug on my uterus" (for those of you who don't know, that line is from a movie called The Women.)