A few bit's of summer

Eli did baseball again this year.  He was on the Diamond Backs. He said his favorite thing about baseball was running to home plate. His team had a slow year but when they got to the play offs they won four games in a row and almost made it to the champion ship game. He was a little sad to not get a trophy. 

 Grandma Garner, jane and I went to Wicked.  We never get sick of seeing that production. 

Jane, Emily and Audrey at City Creek.  Melissa and I took the girls down for lunch and a little exploring around City Creek.  It was our first time.  It is really beautiful.  Jane liked being together.

We had lot's of day's at the pool. Hyrum has turned into quite the little fish this year. 

Hyrum and Lottie May at the bountiful rec center.

Eli saved up $65.00 to get his very first skate board. He has really good balance and not much fear so he is doing really well.

Jane and I went to Seth's booth at the art's festival. It was fun to see all his work. He has a lot of talent.

Walt is still very cautious with the water but he had a lot of fun this summer.

Walt and Hyrum asleep in my favorite nap spot, the boat cuddy.

Kali and I boating at Willard Bay.

More fun at the pool. Walt, Eli, Krew Love and Hyrum

Walt and Hyrum at the bowery for the ward party. My kids love to play at the ward bowery.  I am not sure if Hy needs to go potty in this photo or if this photo was just bad timing. They are such good little buddies.

Pumpkin Drop at Hee Haw Farms

Walt has been waiting for this day for a long time.  He loves to watch the crane drop the pumpkins.  The other kids like it for a few times but Walt could sit and watch all day!  I felt bad when we had to leave.

Hyrum loved the slides.

Jane and Matt. She is getting so tall.

 I sure love this crazy pumpkin man!

Look at those cute little faces. Jane, Eli, Hyrum

Eli was such a cute goof ball today.He was crack 'n me up at the petting zoo.  Letting the goats chase him around food in his hand.

 Jane love's the little bunny village.

Walt loved the farm tractors.

We all had yummy cupcakes.

Another fun pumpkin drop day for the books.  Until next year HEE HAW!

A New Look

Some times I really wish my mind would just be calm for a moment.  I think about five different things at once!  It gets kinda tiering and it make's it hard to fall asleep.  My eyes are burning and my body aching to go to sleep but I am going to try wright out my thoughts for a while to see if it will help me fall asleep faster.  Seven months ago my aunt Lona was killed in a bicycle accident and a few weeks later my Mother in-law diagnosed with a terminal lung cancer.  For the past seven months I have had the opportunity to exercise my faith and also do a lot of thinking about life. What do I think about this life of mine.  Well for starters life is way to short.  It kinda makes me nervous to not know when this life of mine will be over.  Second of all life is really fragile. Of course I knows this but do I take the time every day to relish in the small and simple moments that can bring so much joy.  I thought my kids were growing up fast but now time feels like it is moving at light speed.  All I can think about is wanting to be a better wife and mother.  I have loved my business Leila Birds Nest.  It has brought me a lot of fulfillment.  This week I have been preparing for an up coming boutique.  Today I missed harvesting the pumpkins with my kids because I was crafting.  Now, I love to craft and I need some time to myself every now and then, but today I felt bad.  I felt like I missed out on a memory I should have had with my family.  I don't really know what I want to do.  It is hard for me to think of giving up Leila Birds Nest.  Now that I have rattled on about my new look on life, I have a new look physically as well.  Oh yah, I colored my hair darker.   Oh and my Jaw is HUGE!!  It has been five days since I had surgery on my lower jaw.  I never had an adult tooth and the post I had put in the tooth next to the missing one went bad so the dentist pulled the bad tooth.  He then did a bone graft.  I had to go back in for a second time to have another bone graft done to build up my jaw where the missing tooth was.  This ended up being just as intense as the infection and tooth extraction. This has been an emotionally trying thing for me.  I worry that more will go wrong, that my jaw will look un even for ever.  It make's me feel over weight, now that is never a fun feeling.  What if the graft get's infected?  Will they put me on more antibiotics, will my body have more side affects from that..... the worry just go's on. I am working really hard to not let this get to me to much.  When this is all done I will have the same thing done to my front tooth.  Just typing that out makes my tummy jump and my nerves fill with anxiety.  This is such a small thing in the big picture.  I find it kinda odd that I can have so much anxiety over something like this when I have been thinking of the big picture almost non stop for the last seven months. It seams unfair to feel the way I do when my mother in-law is fighting for her life.  No matter how I am feeling it is nice to hit my knees, talk with my Father in Heaven and know that my savior will carry the rest of my worry weight so that I will not be crushed by it's power.