We are very excited that our sea of estrogen will get a wave of testosterone in February! We are having a baby boy and are thrilled!
My grandmother Morris and my sister Sarah celebrated their birthdays this month. This year they both reached milestone years. Sarah was so excited to turn 12 so she could be in Young Women’s and get one year closer to being a teenager. Sarah started middle school and is growing up so quickly. We love Sarah!
We celebrated Sarah’s birthday with the famous chocolate mint cake and a trip to Jamba Juice.
My grandmother is not excited to be 80, but I think it’s a great milestone and something to celebrate! She is coming into her own at age 80! This year she got her ears pierced, practiced driving again, and went on a trip to London. And she has got to be the most beautiful 80-year-old woman living. She is an inspiration to me!
We celebrated Grandma’s birthday at a big bash at the Copper Mill.
Time Out for Women…the name says it all. You can imagine the estrogen surge as over 2000 women gather to be motivated, inspired, and laugh and cry hard over the course of two days. It is sheer womanly bliss. This year I attended with people who truly inspire me, Kellie Romer, Christie Weaver, Angie Ostler, my mother, and two of my sisters, Catherine, and Emily. Some of the speakers and musicians this year included Jim Ferrell who wrote The Peacegiver, and The Holy Secret, Kenneth Cope, Mary Ellen Edmunds, Merrilee Boyack, Amanda Dickson, Sharon Larsen, and Jenny Oaks Baker. Amanda Dickson was one of my favorites. I was laughing so hard I thought I would die…the throw your head back and grab your stomach kind of laughing…not pretty in the least, with my mouth hanging open, etc…but the best medicine! I was inspired to include more uplifting music and service in my family life to feel more joy and peace. I am so thankful for my joyful life!
Over Labor Day weekend we went and visited some of our favorite friends, the Bennetts, in Rexburg. Mike and Tara live in North Carolina but were visiting their parents, so we went and stayed a few nights with Mike and Tara at Mike’s parents’ home. They treat us like royalty, so we told them we might be moving in.
Here are the highlights from the weekend: Pat made his famous ribs, Denise made her famous chocolate cheesecake, Tara, Denise, Iris and I went to a chick flick, and we played at the park and ate snowcones.
Ava, Lauren, and Bella. Lauren and Bella were born only one day apart so they are kindred sisters.
Preschool and dancing. She has gone to preschool before but the dancing is a first. She is loving both. Thank you to creative preschool teachers who help my children with craft projects, because I am so bad at that! And thank you to dance teachers who can wrangle over 10 small children in a room with a big mirror while they have tap shoes on. It looks like impossible to me!
Ava loves that she found a friend at preschool that had such a similar name as hers, Avery.
Ava on the first day of dance. She asked if she would be just like the ballerina on her bag.
Ava looks like she is in pain but look how high she got her leg!