2018 Nevada Day

We went up to Provo with Emily and her kiddos for a fun Nevada Day vacation. We spent a morning at the Flake ranch going on all their fun swings and riding horses. We spent the evening at Cornbellys pumpkin patch and loved the kid village with all the small houses. Saturday we walked up to Bridal Vail Falls and then spent the afternoon at the BYU football game. It was a quick trip but the kids loved getting away and taking a trip in Nicks new truck. 

Fall activities

We have had such a fun October!! Fun parties and nights at the pumpkin patch. October and November really are my favorite months. 

Trunk or Treat

Fall festival 






Pumpkin Patch 






Repelling 

Nicks new truck! 

Callen 9 months

Callen is as busy as can be. He is into everything and constantly underfoot. He loves to pull my hair, bite my shoulder, and grab my face. It feels like he is beating me up when I hold him. This kid is wild for sure! On a sweeter note he is starting to clap his hands and loves to say “dada” in his baby voice. It is heart warming! He also loves to smile at the camera when I pull out my phone and dance to his favorite song. All the kids sing it and he loves it. We made it up and it goes “ here he is Mr. America, doooo dodo doooo dodo doooo dodo” it’s a silly song we have sung to him since he was born. Callen is such a ham these days and we love watching him crawl around and be our baby puppy! 

October Conference Weekend

We just had a super fun weekend at the cabin for conference. At conference President Nelson challenged all the women to a 10 day social media fast. It’s been a couple days and I am really liking not having any facebook or instagram. It makes nursing Callen a little boring but then I feel like I have time to think. He also challenged all the women to read the Book of Mormon by the end of the year. I am already in Alma so I just have to read a little more each day. I really want my kids to see me following the prophet and see the blessings that can follow. e best part of the weekend was the surprise blizzard for 2 days! The kids thought it was Christmas morning when they woke up, walked up stairs, and saw the world covered in snow. I loved it! 

Callen 8 months

Callen is as busy and cute as ever. He is now able to climb up the stairs and pulls himself up on all the furinture. His ability to eat almost anything has been helped by his 4 new top teeth. He LOVES gnawing in bits of food and will be happy in his high chair for a long time eating. Callen is a pretty good sleeping taking 2 naps and only waking up once at night. Not too bad! He is super snuggly and does not like strangers to hold him. He really just loves me best!! 

It’s a whirlwind

Oh man my life is a whirl wind. I know it won’t slow down and I have to learn to keep up. We have tennis, piano lessons, soccer, and tutoring to keep us busy during the week. Then weekends are a blur of activities and Sundays are just brutal. I have been young women President for over 18 months and it is wonderful but so time consuming. The last couple of months have been exceptionally hard as they have moved almost all the leaders around and I have lost my momentum. Church callings are challenging!! Being a leader over 10 women and 30 youth is challenging!! I feel like so many women could do better yet somehow I still just plug away. Nick is so busy with his 2 callings as Gosepl doctrine teacher and ward clerk. Often times I feel like all are spare time goes to serve the ward. I wish I could say I am always happy about it but I grumble a lot. But then I remember how amazingly blessed our family is and I know it’s the Lords way of saying thank you. I know that you love those you serve and feel so grateful to serve/love the youth. They bring so much joy to my life. 


 

Callen 7 months

Sweet Callen is 7 months. He is warm and charming but he is one crazy sleeper. Some nights good, some days good and many, many others terrible. His new thing is screaming whenever I lay him down in his bed. Even if he is sound asleep he will cry and wail until I pick him up. I snuggle him and give him kisses and then he goes down. It always takes 2 times in order to go to sleep. It’s like this fun game we play haha. But he is just so perfect these days. Huge smile, two cute teeth, dimples in either side and a baby mohawk. I just adore him! Callen has been such a blessings these past months. Since January we have had so many changes with family because of 2 divorces. I have spent many nights holding Callen and using his tender cuddles for comfort and peace. Callen has become my emotional therapy  baby☺️. I just love everything about him and how much joy he has brought our family. Callen you are on the go but I know you love my arms the best!