Tea Anyone?

Bronwyn likes to wear sunglasses in the house I think so she can be like Aftyn. It rarely happens though because it's hard to see with those on in the house, oddly enough. ;)

I took these a few weeks ago. 

Mirren LOVES to be in Aftyn and Bronwyn's room with them when they are playing. 

I plunked her down in their room one afternoon and suggested a tea party! 

My girls love tea parties and so they were more than happy to host one just for Mirren. 

And Mirren loved being a part of it all, clearly. 

Love these girls and especially I love how much they love each other.

I Guess It Has Lost Its Zing

I have lost my desire to blog. What in the heck is wrong with me? Maybe too many things to try and figure out right now.

Where to move and why to move there - that decision is coming up quickly.

Aftyn - she's 5 and needs to socialize more with her peers. How??

I need to spend more time with my scriptures and prayer - When?

I need to continue to balance the time to eat right and exercise
    and keep myself motivated to do so.

What in the world am I supposed to be doing right now with other relationships
that aren't where I feel they should be?

I'm not by any means desperately seeking a fix for all these things now, just struggling with how
to balance it all and my family's needs and my own needs and everything.

On the bright side, this happened today in Primary:
(By the way, I'm a Sunbeam teacher. That's why I was there.)

Bishopric Member: "The Holy Ghost speaks in whispers to us. Does anyone have an example of when the Holy Ghost has whispered to them?"

Aftyn raises her hand. Cue me looking curious and nervous as to what this outcome could be.

Bishopric member: "Go ahead and tell us what happened Aftyn".

Aftyn: "I was sleeping and when I woke up I couldn't find my unicorn. So I said a prayer."

Primary President: "And what happened?"

Aftyn: "The Holy Ghost told me it was under my sisters bed and I looked there and found it."

Cue me looking on with tears in my eyes and a feeling of peace in my heart.


Yes folks, life might be full of questions but in that moment today

 I knew we were doing something right.

7 Years

A few days ago, Reed and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary. We consider it a pretty special year for us since we were married on 7-7-07. (No we didn't mean for that to happen, it just so happened that the day we wanted to be married the temple would be closed on so we had to go for a week earlier which happened to be 7-7-07. True story)
 Here are some of our accomplishments as a family in 7 years:

                   Reed has earned 2 degrees
                   We've had 3 girls
                   We've owned one house
                   Moved 6 times
                   Lived in 4 different cities
                  Crossed the United States by car twice
                  Held LOTS of callings, including ward mission leader, elders quorum president,
                  11 year old Sunday School teacher, ward choir director, Wolf pack leader,
                   primary presidency 1st counselor, and sunbeam teacher
                  
                  AND THE BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT:
                  Through thick and thin, we still love each other and want to stay married!

                      

                   
                  

Happy Fourth of July!

Men in Kilts+firemen=

A Little Tidbit

We've got a real jokester on our hands.

Over the past few days Mirren has been a little off, 

sleeping more than usual, 

not going to sleep as easily, 

and other things associated with a baby who is teething.  

But the real kicker is when she eats. 

As you might guess she likes to and wants to chew. 

Anything to relieve the ache in her gums.  

When she nurses, you can tell when she's almost done. 

She starts to tighten her little jaw. 

I give her a warning, "Mirren..." to which she giggles and releases. 

And then continues in that pattern. 

Tightening jaw, 

warning from Mom,

 little giggle 

and then release. 

She's only good for about 2 times and then she's almost straight up biting. 

It is at that point I tell her she's done and then offer her a binki.

Why do I put up with it?

 It's all for her little laugh.

Her cute little winsome laugh from that biting little mouth.