Pumpkin Picking

How do you entertain a child during Conference?

I think the pictures speak for themselves

Update

So here's a quick update on Chad mostly for family who've been asking about him. On Friday after physical therapy his therapist suggested getting an ultrasound of Chad's leg to see if there was a blood clot because Chad's leg was getting increasingly swollen and more painful. So we went to the hospital and sure enough he has a blood clot in his leg between his knee and ankle ( a very good place we learned today because the other two places clots tend to end up are in your lungs or brain and both can be fatal). So his doctor said we had two options to either go and be admitted to the hospital for the treatment or he could give us the prescription (Lovenox shots twice a day to be administered by his wife, and cumadin a blood thinner). So we opted to stay at home for comfort and cost benefits. Well the shot thing was actually okay (after Chad got over the fact that he thought I would mess up and maybe break the needle off in his abdomen) and then today the pain just kept getting increasingly worse and along with chills and fever I was getting a little freaked so I called the doctor and he said to go ahead to the hospital and have the on call doctor decide whether or not he should be admitted. So we went and he's there now for the night and then will be checked out again tomorrow. So that's the latest, and THANK GOODNESS for my mom being here this whole week to take care of Lily, cooking, cleaning my house, doing laundry and everything else! Mom I really couldn't have done it without you, and thanks to everyone who has wished us well and visited Chad, we really appreciate it!

Family Pictures

So last Saturday we went to take some family pictures for our Christmas cards, luckily we went in the morning and it was freezing but later that day it was SNOWING, so anyway these are just a few that the photographer put on her blog, but let's just say I'm hoping for at least one good one of the three of us where Lily is actually looking at the camera!

Chad is gonna kill me for putting a picture of him on here, but since he's laid up for a while and I think he looks great, I guess enjoy for now until he see's it and makes me take it off!

Our photographer was Raquel Allen, I love her! http://www.raquelsphotography.blogspot.com/

Chad's Hospital Day

Today is Chad's knee surgery and so please keep him in your thoughts and prayers that all will go well to repair his ACL. I think he and I both are looking foreward to no more knee pain, so hopefully this is the beginning to that!

Another Girly Night

So on Thursday some friends got together for dinner, lots of talking, then gelato and more talking. Sorry I took this picture just as we were leaving after some people had already left but thanks everyone who came, it was so much fun. P.S. The gelato was HEAVENLY!

Girls Night!

Eating at The Red Iguana

Meaja, you are Awesome!
Posing on the beautiful hotel grounds.
K so this night was forever ago, but I'm just now getting around to writing about it. A bunch of us ladies went out for a night on the town. After dinner and treats we went in the hot tub, did spa pedicures and attempted to play games but just ended up talking. So much fun, these little nights really replenish the fun side of me and I think make me all the more excited to go back to my family.

Tagged

So the Tagging thing is going around again and even though I've done it before, it's kind of fun so thanks Sommer.
The rules:Player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves, At the end of the post, player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and posts a comment letting them know they've been tagged and asking them to read our blog for the rules.

1. I love to SLEEP, Chad can definately testify of this, whether in the morning at night or even daytime naps, put me in my bed and I'm out!
2. I really am not crafty, I do try to hide this fact by doing lots of craft things, but when it really comes down to it I don't have an original creative thought, so I see other stuff and copy it. AHHhh I said it, and I hate when people do this and sell it!! Now I don't sell anything I see, and the tutus were actually my mom's creativity but there, I confess, I'm not crafty.
3. This isn't really a fact about myself, but I hate stealers! Ok seriously why would someone steal something? I'm thinking about this because somone stole our biggest pumpkin right off of our front porch! The nerve, I mean come on pumpkins are not expensive, anyway I don't like people who steal (Now I'm thinking this might be hypocritical considering I just said I steal ideas I see, but I'm talking about the physical taking of stuff here)
4. I love Musicals! I think most of you might have already known that but it is a fact about me and coming up with six of these is harder than you think.
5. A good book, is there anything better? Okay I know there is but it is highly ranked in my mind. I don't know where it started, maybe when my grandparents signed me up for one of those book clubs where you get a new book sent to you each month, or maybe my mom who reads so many interesting books and makes me want to read them just by telling me about them. That's probably why I majored in English Teaching for Secondary Ed.
6. I REALLY want to be a missionary when I grow up. I love being a mom and this part of my life is such an adventure, but I can't wait till all the kids are grown and Chad and I can just travel and preach the gospel.
Okay now Janei'a, Ange, Kristi, Katie, Ashley, and Miranda are tagged!

Princess Party

Lily was invited to our neighbor's little girl's princess party a couple of weeks ago. It was her first big girl party and since she doesn't own a disney princess dress, I got to put her in this dress that a lady (who I met at a boutique and she traded me for a tutu) made for her. I was so excited to see the dress on her that I took quite a few pictures, but as you can see Lily spent most of the party hanging on the trampoline, and playing with balloons, so she had a ball.

Fall is here, or should I say Colder Weather?

I just love her rosy, cold little nose!

A Ladybug and a Bumblebee

Kelly and I wrangled these girls up ofor a couple pics of Halloween Tutus, I know I'm totally biased but I LOVE them!

Blog Templates

Check these out! http://www.pyzam.com/bloggertemplates, and http://www.matiekay.blogspot.com/

Climing Tricks

So last week Lily and I made one of our almost daily treks to the neighborhood park where she showed me one of her new, very scary (for me), dangerous skills, CLIMING! It began at home a few weeks ago when I walk out of the room one minute, come back the next and she is standing on our kitchen table, or on top of her high chair, etc. Well now she is using these skills and testing them in new situations. As a mom it's really hard to let her learn new things and see where her limits are, all while standing very close by and watching. I guess I'm learning that with every new stage of independence I still have to keep a close eye on my growing girl.