lucy's first fieldtrip

My sister is in a daycare class at her high school and they went to the Children's Museum (I think that is what it is called) and Bailee invited my mom, my niece, and Lucy to go with them.  Lucy had so much fun and I really wished I could have been there, but now I have ideas for how to celebrate Lucy's  2nd birthday coming up. 

It was funny, because Lucy's favorite part was riding the bus.  When my sister asked her if she liked riding on the bus, Lucy said, "I love it!" 

hope through hard times

I watched this Mormon Message and it really hit home with me.  I find myself worrying about things or being afraid and this message helped to remind me why we are here and what is really important.  We have no need to fear when we truly know who we are and who is there with us through our hard times.  It is such a beautiful message.

http://www.lds.org/pages/mormon-messages?lang=eng#mens-hearts-shall-fail-them

fun at the library

Lucy and I went on a trip to the library to explore.  We went and played in the Kids Corner, then read some fun pop up books, then we found some fun movies to take home and watch.  I guess I didn't realize how much you can do at the library and how much fun I could have there.  I may have to add the library to our regular routine.  I love that we live so close to our library and I just found out that they are building a new library right behind us, so we will be able to walk to it when it opens.  I am so excited!  I'm also looking forward to when I can stay home and can take Lucy to the shows and activities they hold at the library. 

Here is Lucy watching Barney's sing-along. She love watching him.

week three with my hair

My hair is starting to settle down more and obey me when I tell it to go a certain way.  I'm still waiting for my bangs to grow out a little more, but it's good and I'm liking experimenting with it and trying new hair styles.

trick or treating at SLCC

I went with my younger sister to Salt Lake Community College for their let's-get-excited-about-school-starting-up-for-sophomores-fair and had so much fun!  It brought back good memories of when I went there and made me want to go back and finish up school.  I need to wait till Travis is done with school, but it was good to feel that excitement about school again. 

They had people from each class/major sitting behind tables waiting for newcomers to come up and ask them questions about their major. We were supposed to be there to support my sister, but I ended up talking to some people about classes that I would be interested in taking. 



The people behind the desks coaxed others to come over to them by having big bowls of candy sitting in the middle of their table, and I freely accepted their offerings.  I brought Lucy with me and I was worried that she would get restless and ornery, but I was completely wrong!  One of the guys at a table gave her a little bag and filled it up with some of his candy, and at every table we passed, people would laugh and put more candy in her bag.  She had so much fun!  I was laughing so hard!  She also got free pizza, cookies, cotton candy, popcorn, and I got a free pen!  It was amazing!  I think that after this experience, Lucy is going to love college.  I was very impressed and wanted to go back. 

Maybe that is sad that I had so much fun at a college fair, but I really had a lot of fun!  Thank you SLCC for giving me and my daughter a fun and memorable night!

To top it off, I got to visit my brother-in-law (he works there) and that was a fun spontaneous surprise.

What a GREAT night!

the last box

We have officially unpacked our very last box!  Wahoo! We had some boxed food in our last box and kept it on the floor in the corner of our kitchen.  We finally bought a storage shelf and now the box is no more. Lucy even helped us put the shelf together. It feels good being able to find more space for things and therfore creating more space in cupboards for other things.  Organization is good. 

Our empty box.