I've Got a Little Secret . . . .

I know where you can view the Downtown Abbey 3rd Season episodes! ! ! ! And it's not hard or anything - you just have to know the right connections.  :)

If you wanna know, you will just have to call me. I've realized, I need to call more people and more people need to call me and we need to be less in the habit of using technology as an excuse not to talk to each other on the phone. At the very least. Or I could just send you a nice handwritten letter if that's your preferred mode of communication.  : P

Ballerina Girl - Halloween Style

Aftyn and I had a fun afternoon today. We went to the nearby mall where they were having some fun halloween crafts and activities. We met up with a few of our friends and had a great time! Here is the only picture I took of the whole thing. :) Go me - I took a picture!
 By the way, this is NOT her official halloween costume, it's just one we threw together thanks to some fun dress-ups that my sis-in-law Kamber shared with us before she moved away. Thanks Kamber!!

*Bronwyn has had a fever for 2 days, refuses tylenol and hardly has been eating or drinking so she stayed home with Reed. Luckily, she's feeling better and we've been able to sneak some tylenol into the drinks she occasionally drinks which helps her to feel better.  She is going to be the cutest little Bronwynnie for Halloween!! She's already tried on her costume and loves it.

As Requested - A Video!

You should definitely go here.

Just a moment of our day - in pictures

Aftyn was so proud of this necklace she had just strung with ALL the beads it came with! Thanks Grandma Bishop!!

Bronwyn was just needing a nap. And is also getting in a molar. I think she may have been feeling a might sensitive? :)

Proof of the Pudding

Bronwyn found the pudding Reed thought he put up out of her reach . . . . Ha!

  Reed greatly lamented the fact that she had just gotten clean clothes on too! :) I should have taken a picture of myself, I laughed and laughed and just let Reed deal with it. Welcome to what my life feels like every day. . . .

Aftyn wanted a picture of herself too, except she didn't get into the pudding like Bronwyn. Chocolate cheeks! Sorry for the blur, close one eye and tilt your head - you know the drill. :)

Life

It's a funny thing, life is. 

Sometimes it's hard. 

For a good long time it can be hard. 

And then suddenly the things that seemed hard before aren't so hard anymore. 

And you kind of settle in and find that you start to enjoy the things that felt hard before. 

And you start to like most everything that is happening in your life. 

Maybe it's because it's fall? 

Or maybe it's because I've just had a good long phone conversation with a friend. 

Either way, I'm glad to be feeling the way I'm used to feeling. 

Pretty close to perfectly happy.

Here are some of the things we will remember about New York

Playing toys. It was the first thing they both loved to do.

They got tickets and took us to a Mets baseball game! So much fun!

I saw the cotton candy man and knew we had to get some. This is the girls stuffing their faces.  It was a definite hit!

This was our view.

Proof! The scoreboard. The Braves won! Woohoo! :)

These two loved sitting next to each other in the car. Giving each other high fives.

And briefly holding hands. They're cousin buddies.

Brooklyn Bridge, with a neat little glass-encased carousel. Our girls enjoyed themselves taking a ride on it!

No idea where the kids are looking, but since the adults are all smiling so nicely, this is the picture you get of us all there. Except Kamber is taking the picture.

On our way to cross the Brooklyn bridge, which we ended up not crossing, we found a delectable little chocolates shop. We had to verify that its good tasted delicious. Aftyn appears to be giving it some thought.

We all tasted a little something, quite happily. Yummy chocolate spoons!

Some of us were not satisfied by our tastes and we yearned for more. And also cried for more. Little chocolate mouth. :)

Today was the day that our nearest family moved back to Idaho. With them, besides all of their clothing and kids, they took a little piece of our hearts. But we will remember all the fun we had with them and we're so grateful for all the fun times and all the fun things they shared with us about New York!
Truthfully, I was a little bummed this afternoon after getting the call that they were on their way.
Heavenly Father really does know our trials and struggles because then tonight I went to the Relief Society Broadcast and immediately I was uplifted and I no longer felt sad as I sat there surrounded by the love of the women of my ward. I am not alone. We are not alone. And no need to fear because we've been doing good for a good while now. And we'll just keep on keeping on. With lots of help from our Father in Heaven.