Pumpkin Carving Party

Allison's Birthday Party with Friends

Fun with Leaves and Friends

 Mckenna Peterson and Madison having a fun time playing in the Fall leaves.

Our Colorful Tree

I love Autumn! It's my favorite time of the year. It cools down, the leaves change colors, and everything is so beautiful!! I was so excited to see the colors of the leaves change on the tree in my backyard. Everyday it seems to get more colorful.  So beautiful!!!

Flowers from my Bryson

The last few days have been really hard on me! We have been trying to get everything moved out of our house on Kerrisdale and into our new home on Springbrook. I knew we had a lot of stuff, but I didn't think we had as much as we did. And because we are moving to a smaller house with no garage or closets, we had to sort through everything. We had a whole lot of stuff go to Goodwill, the garbage, and a store unit. Things have been very busy and to top off the stress of the move, the house we moved into has problems with the plumbing. Every time I do laundry, or if any of us shower or bath, the main bathroom will flood. Last night I was really tired from cleaning up water and tripping over boxes that hadn't been sorted through and was in a very bad mood. I went to bed to get away from everything while Travis and Bryson went to the store. Soon Bryson came in my room holding a bouquet of flowers. He said " Mom..I got you some flowers. I love you!"  Bryson always knows how to cheer me up and make me feel better. When things get hard it so nice to know that I have a wonderful family who loves me.

The Power of Prayer

We only have a couple day until we need to be completely out of our house on Kerrisdale. It has been raining for the past few days and we haven't been able to move because of the weather. I woke up this morning to a sky full of dark storm clouds, there was no blue sky in sight. I said a little prayer asking to have some nice weather so we can get everything moved out before the new renters showed up. As I stopped at the home on Kerrisdale, I noticed a small little patch of blue sky that just seemed to appear out of the darkness. It was right over the house. Throughout the day the blue patch got bigger and the sun came out. It was a perfect day! I know that Heavenly Father is mindful of me and he is always there, even when I need a little bit of sunshine.

Lexie's wound check appointment

The bandage the doctor put on Lexie's foot was so tight that it caused the top of her foot to bruise and blister. Today the doctor treated her blisters and wound and then light wrapped her foot. Lexie is a little now that the tight bandage off. She will be able to get her stitches removed in 2 weeks.

Lexie's First Stitches

This morning Lexie stepped on a snow globe and cut her heel pretty bad. I took her to Valley Immediate Care and they gave her some medicine to make her sleeping before they cleaned it up. The medicine made her sleepy but it didn't help with the pain. The doctor had to give her several shots to numb the are and before doing it he told Lexie that it was going to be very painful. He told her she could cry and scream all she wanted, but not to move her foot. The skin on the heel is the thickest and toughest skin on the body and the doctor was having a hard time getting through the skin to stitch her up. Lexie ended up getting eight stitches in her heel. The doctor was a little worried about the cut because it was such a big chunk of skin. He told me that he wanted Lexie to stay off her foot and to keep it elevated until Monday. He said that if her skin doesn't reattach she will have to have a skin graph done. I'm praying that it will all heal and she won't have any problems.