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.

So Close to Winning

For the last few weeks or so Lexie has been entering drawings at Wendy's and Papa Murphy's for a chance to win Justin Bieber concert tickets. Friday Hot 98.9 called and told us that Lexie was a top qualifier for tickets to Justin's concert in Portland. She was told to be at Sherm's Thunderbird Saturday a 12:45 for a chance to win. Yesterday we went to Sherm's and it was crowded with Justin Bieber fans. Lexie got a ticket and put it in the qualifiers box. Her chances of winning looked pretty slim because there was three pages of girls names who qualified. They told us that we needed to be back at 2:30 for the drawing. I took Lexie and my other girls to get some lunch and then we returned to the madness at Sherm's. Lexie won a kids meal at Wendy's while we were waiting and waited for her number to be called for concert tickets. They narrowed it down to a final ten and started by drawing the first group of five and Lexie's ticket number wasn't called. She was upset that the girl who won the concert tickets didn't seem too happy to have them. They soon started calling the next group of five. Lexie's ticket number was called and she was so excited. They gave each person in the group a balloon with a gift inside and only one balloon had the concert tickets inside. They all popped their balloons and the gift Lexie got wasn't what she was hoping for....it was a gift certificate to Papa Murphy's. Lexie didn't win, but she came really close. Lexie still gets to go see Justin Bieber in Concert on the 5th June and sit on row 14 so she's happy.

We are moving again!

We have been in the house on Kerrisdale Ridge for a year now. Travis was never happy about how much we were paying to rent this house, so he told me to start looking for a new place to rent. I look for only a week on Craigslist and found an Ad for a house on Springbrook. The Ad looked really good! 4 bedroom 2 bath home in E Medford for $1150 a month. It was in my kids school district and that made me really happy. The Ad also said No pets! I was already in love with this house even though there were no pictures of the house posted on the Ad. I didn't give up on the home. I emailed the owner and told her about Charlie and how he's a really good dog and how much I wanted to see the house. She called and told me that she would be happy to show us the house. The next day Travis and I went to see it and I felt so good about the house a knew it would be perfect for our family. We got an application and faxed it to her, and she got back with us that day and told us that the home was ours if we wanted it. I couldn't believe it! The house was only on the market for 3 day and it was ours. Renting this house on Springbrook will save us  money to get us into our own home someday. This move will be a pretty big change for us, not because it's a new place, but because we our leaving the Medford 8TH Ward. We have been in the 8Th Ward for almost 8 years and now we will be in the 2nd Ward. We were in the 2nd ward when we first moved here and it's a great ward, but it's kinda hard leaving a ward that you have been a part of so long. We will miss the 8Th ward, but the 2nd ward is a great ward and I know we'll be happy. Here are some picture of the house we are moving into on Springbrook.

Our house on Springbrook

 

Living Room

 

Kitchen

View of the kitchen and Dinning Rm from the front door.

 

Family Room

My Bryson

Bryson is growing up so fast, but he is still a Mommas boy. He takes time out of his little busy life to tell me he loves me and whisper sweet little things in my ear. Yesterday he kept whispering to me with his little voice that tickles my ear; "Mom you are more beautiful than all the princesses." I don't know what I did to deserve this little boy of mine, but he makes me so happy and I love him so much!

Hunger Games Dance

Lexie and Breanna Schmidt all ready for a Youth Dance in Central Point. The theme for the dance is Hunger Games. I hope they both have a lot fun!!

Bryson's First Day of Kindergarten

 Bryson is now in Elementary School and today was his first day in Kindergarten. His Kindergarten teacher is Mrs. Gressett who was also Madison's Kindergarten teacher. He was very excited to go to school today  and be a big boy. It was pretty hard for me to drop him off, not because I was worried about him, but because Bryson's my youngest and I just want him to stay little forever.

Travis' New Suit

While we were in Utah Travis got him some much needed suits for church. He was styling his new suit today and he looked so handsome! Along with his new suit he also got a new calling. He was called to be a nursery teacher. He's not too happy about his new calling, but he accepted the call. Travis is great with kids, and I know they will love having him as their teacher!

Redwoods and Wood Burl