HALLOWEEN B:0:0

Here we are with a couple of neighbor kids--a crazy vampire/devil and a vampiress. I love that they made up their costumes.  They are the coolest kids.

We had a killer ward-Trunk-or-Treat on Thursday. So really our Halloween was Thursday, but tonight we dressed again in our best. The girl was Aerial. The boy was going to be a cowboy, then a gnome, then finally, finally put on a shark costume at Oldnavy so I purchased it. He walked out of the store wearing it because he wouldn't try on any of his previous costumes. He was pooped. I think he is starting to get messed up on naps. I hope he's not giving them up. He just randomly falls asleep in random places. It cracks me up. Dave was Prince Dastan and I was Princess Tamina from Prince of Persia. I loved that everybody at the ward party thought he was Nephi. Lets just say I also loved all the nasty wigs we wore :0)



today

We celebrate Halloween! My new camera is fully NOT working--so I have to use my old one. And...I had the biggest stain ever that came from that nasty hair coloring spray. RED. I had a couple of break downs this morning. I will survive. I can't so much blog everyday, right now. There is a new crisis everyday in our ward, friends and Family. We love everyone that is going through their major trials right now and want to make it all better for each and everyone of them.

wow.

that is the one word that describes the craziest month of my life. Not that I am complaining. Because I love my calling and I am grateful for the opportunity to serve. I need to digest all that has happenend in the last month. I may or may not be writing on my blog! I felt a change in my life coming on and it certainly has. I need some serious humble pie:0) ooohhh! "pie" that reminds me. Pie sounds good, especially Pumpkin w/ real whip cream. I've become an emotional eater these days. :0)

Back in my days of working at "GAP", I met some pretty cool and crazy chickas. One of my favs was the Emily Frame aka. Emily Kartchner then. She was always in the mood to joke and didn't care about being uptight.  She could always put together a great outfit. She is now married, has one cute little baby boy and is a stylist/business guru. Check out her etsy site and her site (21st & Ivy) she contributes too. She's great and if you are wondering how to put together a week of outfits with a few great pieces read this post. She's awesome. That's all I have to say.

Fall is in the air. It's really cold in the mornings. I have already gotten out the Halloween Decor but Dave won't let me decorate because we will be the only house on the block:0(. I agree it's a little premature. I am actually going to miss summer. These flowers reminded me of summer. So long farewell...Logan Hibernation here we come!



Compassion

{my mom and dad--park city july 2010}

I decided that somebody thinks that I am lacking compassion. In my church we have this organization called Relief Society.

 I am the youngest of 5 kids in my family. When I was a toddler, my mom was the Relief Society president in our ward. That year (when I was 4) when my mom was the president, our ward had something like 13 funerals. Back then the Relief Society did everything for funerals, they still do a lot, like feed the families of the deceased after the funeral. So basically I remember being "velcro" to my mom. Everywhere she went I went. On one particular occasion I was dragged once again to another funeral with my mom. I remember sitting there for hours, very still, playing with a string of beads. (I was a pretty well-behaved toddler:0). Anyway I remember as it was clean up in the kitchen I turned to my mother and told her boldly that "I hated Relief Society and that I will never go".  :0) awesome huh??

Just recently I was called to be 1st Counselor in Relief Society. "Seriously". The first thing that came to my mind was that humorous story of me as a toddler. He was ready for me to be compassionate like my mother and to learn to "Love" Relief Society after all these years:0)

I have been thinking a lot about my mom and her example and Service. She is a good person. She is an example to me of following the gospel of Jesus Christ. I guess it's time for me to learn things that already came naturally to my mother.

somewhere else

so this weekend I was suppose to be doing a relay race...but I didn't feel right, you know when something in your life happens and you just don't feel right about it? well a day before, I just decided against it.-- I just watched this--Food, Inc. It made me fully sick, especially as a mother--there is a part about a mother who lost her 2 year old son to e.coli. I don't like being so opinionated, but this documentry moved me. It's so sad to me that it's too expensive for america to eat healthy. I just went to the Cache Valley Farmers market this morning and was glad to be knowing where my food was coming from. Everybody needs to watch this. We are literally killing our bodies. You just want to do something by watching this.

good to be back

in school.