Pure Contentment

You know those moments when everything feels right in the world. The ones where you wish you could just stop time and go on like that forever? I had one of those on Friday. We went to Idaho for Thanksgiving, and had a marvelous time. Since my parents left Friday morning to attending my brother blessing his baby in Arizona, we decided we’d leave then as well and go through Logan and see if we could find some good buys at the D.I.s along the way. I don’t know how many of you have been to South-East Idaho, but I think it’s gorgeous. There is something about the miles of farmland and the mountains in the distant and up close, that really gets to me. I think it always will.

Anyway it's about 8:30 a.m. on Friday morning and we are on the road between Soda Springs and Preston. There are a couple of really small towns and some houses scattered here and there, but other than that it's just the wonderful scenery. It had just snowed and there isn't a lot of cars on the road, so I just take my sweet time driving, not really caring how fast I'm going. In the car I can hear Steven talking softly to himself, a sound I love. I'm talking to Jacob and we're listening to Christmas music.

I honestly felt so blessed at that moment. I was in a place that to me is close to heaven, with my wonderful husband who is honestly my best friend and LOVE of my life. We had our adorable son in the back seat, being completely adorable, and we have another blessing waiting to join our family. There is no one around, nothing existed, except everyone packed into that little car.

It was a moment I wish I could freeze and live in forever.

Muscle Man

I'm sorry I've been bad at posting, but well we don't have the internet right now. Our promotion at Comcast ended and we didn't want to double our bill, so we figure it will be better for us without it. I have to say I like not having it, I get a lot more done! Although I will miss all of the tutorials for projects, but we have ways around that by using the internet on campus, public library, etc.

Anyway, awhile back Steven was hungry, so I put him in his booster seat and then looked around for what to have for dinner with Jacob. Meanwhile Steven had used his extended arms and grabbed a small plate that was sitting on the counter and was trying to tell us that he needed something on this plate. He was HUNGRY! We were still deciding when he started pounding the plate on the table, because that's just what little boys do, pound things. 2 minutes later the plate cracks in half. Jacob about died laughing, he said it made his night. Steven was a little shocked but not hurt in anyway. That's our little muscle man when he gets hungry, don't mess with him!

The difference in 4 days

Saturday was a beautiful day, Jacob had to work most of the day but was able to take a break and have lunch with Steven and I. We decided to have a picnic on campus at a little duck pond near the visitor parking. We love this one much more than the one on 8th North, we like the landscape better, and it just seems overall cleaner. Anyway here are some pictures of that beautiful picnic, we had the place to ourselves and the weather was wonderful.


4 days later, today, Steven and I went for a walk in the morning. The leaves were still gorgeous, but it was SO much colder. Last week we bought Steven a warm hat and mittens from Target and I'm thrilled he kept them on the whole walk...it was cold! But he did look so cute, and well let's face I REALLY need the exercise.

Halloween Weekend

We had a great weekend of friends, family, and food. It started on Friday night when we went to a party with some friends from Salt Lake, we hadn't seen them since we moved so it was a lot of fun. Saturday Jacob had to work all day, but we were able to spend the night with his family. We had the traditional chili, root beer, and pumpkin pie, then went trick-or-treating around Jacob's old neighborhood. Steven didn't really understand it, but he had a great time looking at all the pumpkins and fun decorations. Unfortunately after a fun night of trick-or-treating, Steven had a hard face plant and got his first bloody nose and lip. Luckily suckers have a great way of making everything better.

My little Leprechaun

Trick-or-treating with Daddy

Taking pictures with cousins, Sophie and Luke

Sunday we had a nice Halloween at home with more chili and candy while watching "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown." Steven actually sat and watched it for a good 5 minutes! We also did our traditional pumpkin drop; where we place a plastic pumpkin in the living room then go up to the loft to see how many pieces of candy we can drop successfully into the pumpkin below, of course my dear husband won. Steven had a great time picking up the candy and placing them in the pumpkin for us, I think next year he'll be able to join in the fun!

Watching the movie with Daddy