An update

So, I know it has been a while... There has been alot going on but not too many pictures to show for it. I will have to get better about that.

Some important updates:

Potty training is going well... although she now asks us to leave every time she is on the potty saying "Go away Mommy, need pivacy". I guess I should be happy she is modest... if only that modesty lasted all day long and she kept her clothes on... Yes, my child loves to be naked and we usually end the day with at least 3 outfits that are sort of dirty because she is constantly changing her clothes. It is always an adventure.

Miss A had her first campout with the Daisy troop. She made it until morning but was not thrilled about having to change her clothes in a tent or sleeping on the ground. She is so my daughter. They started the evening off with a Halloween parade so my little angel got to wear her costume for the first time. I picked her up the next morning and she said she had a great time... I think that has something to do with the fact that she shared the air mattress with our friend Miss Stacey who stayed to help. Again, so my daughter!


We had a chance to celebrate the sealing of our friends Kyle and Beth and their children in the Mormon temple. We did not get to go into the temple, but we were able to hang out on the beautiful grounds for a bit and I got to play photographer for them. Such an awesome family... wonderful people! And I think I got "hired" to come to Utah with them for their family reunion! WOO HOO! WONDERFUL FAMILY!

Too true!

"When life gives you a thousand reasons to cry...Show life a thousand reasons to smile."

Whitney Houston

Not a huge fan of hers. Never really dug her music and thought she was a little too dramatic for my liking. But, two songs off of her new CD are amazing and so spoke to me. So, that either means I have gotten more dramatic or she has toned it down a notch. I am thinking that after the last couple of years maybe a little bit of both. But, all of you who really know me know how I love to listen to music.

A friend of mine and I were chatting the other day over a glass of wine and she was commenting on what a crazy and tumultuous year I have had. She paid me a compliment which I actually accepted... and that (accepting compliments) does NOT come easy. She told me that I have lost so much in the last year, but I seem so much more positive and resilient. It is amazing how much you can go through and NOT have it break you. I will gladly accept that compliment!