Surprise Package

Today we were blessed with a surprise package from some relatives in Arizona. It was so fun and totally unexpected and Lauren was thrilled with the contents- clothes for her! The clothes are beautiful and in such great condition; I truly feel a little spoiled at this unexpected blessing.

Let There Be Paint

I have been painting! It has been so wonderful and with each wall I do I am more excited to see the final vision I have for each space be realized. I am blessed to live in a nice house and to have the opportunity to truly make it into a home.

Help in the Classroom

I absolutely love helping in Abigail's preschool classroom. It is so fun to be with the kids and to see Abbie in that environment. Every time I just feel so blessed for the great preschool that we found for her and for all the research and visits I did last year to choose a preschool. Kids are all so fun, but the preschool age is really terrific because they're all so excited about learning new things and it's fun to see them socialize and interact with each other because they're still all so new at it. I am blessed for the opportunity I have to volunteer in the classroom and for Grandma to have a fun morning with Lauren whenever I do. It just works out so nicely and is a great blessing.

Abbie's FHE Lesson

Tonight was Abigail's first time to give a lesson at family night. It was so fun and a great blessing to help her prepare throughout the day and especially nice to enjoy her sweet little spirit and testimony when she gave her little lesson. The girls really get excited about family night on Mondays and it's fun to have them start helping teach the lessons now too.

Extra Sleep!

Today we set the clocks back an hour and got an extra hour of sleep! I'm not too crazy about it getting darker earlier at night or adjusting the girls' schedules, but I do like that extra sleep. And as a busy Mommio, sleep is a blessing : ).

A Star Wars Halloween

Our Halloween was great this year! I think the biggest blessing was my super sweet husband who is such a good sport and made the day so fun. He not only dressed up in his full-blown (and very handsome) Luke Skywalker costume, but he also was so helpful in getting my C3PO costume assembled and put on me (all the individual pieces take a while to get tied or taped on). He's my hero day in and day out and today was no exception- we had a very happy Halloween together.

Pre Halloween Playdate Party

Every Friday we have a playdate with our friends the Haskells and their sweet twin daughters and today we decided to have a little Halloween celebration with all the girls. We didn't do too much planning for it, but it turned out so great and fun. They brought treats and balloons and we all dressed up, had a costume parade and just had fun together. These visits are really such a blessing and today was just extra special and fun.