A Day in the Life...

Copper celebrated Halloween with two school parties; one for preschool and one for her speech class.  Halloween night we went down to Main Street, where all the businesses let the kids trick or treat.  We heard LOTS of comments about Thing 1 and Thing 2 and how cute our Cat in the Hat was.  They had fun and, surprisingly, the babies left their hats on and didn't cry once.  Well, okay, only when they saw my mom.  They like her better than they like me, hands down. We also celebrated by: Painting Pumpkins Visiting Witchfest at Gardner Village Making pumpkin shaped pizzas Making Halloween decorations and crafts Carving pumpkins: Copper thought pumpkin guts was pretty disgusting and only tried scooping it out ounce.  Micah was already asleep while we carved, and this was how close Kota was to dreamland. ... Picking pumpkins from Jenny's pumpkin patch Needless to say, we've...

For my birthday Tim and I went away for a night.  Yesterday we dispersed the kids all over the county and said sayonara.  None of them cared.  We went to the Mt. Timp Temple, something we rarely get to do.  Or, rather, rarely make time for.  It was really nice; I forget it's the most peaceful place you can find.  During our sealings the sealer made a remark about covenants and keeping them, which was interesting since my neighbor made a similar remark to me when she came over on Friday.  I think the remark really made Tim and I realize we need to refocus and get with it; the last year and a half have been so hard on our family.  It's really hard to explain, you just sort of don't get it until you're in it 24/7.  Nonetheless, a few hours in the temple helps put life in perspective, get out of victimhood, and carry on.  I'm a bit determined to be a better parent- try not to get so stressed out.  Lately it seems I've been so stressed a...