Life

I think I start every post with...holy cow, we have been so busy! But it's true. I get busier as the weeks go by. I have a feeling that I haven't even hit my busiest stage in life yet :/

Here is a rundown of what we have been up to.

Weston's first golfing trip. They were out all day and had a blast. Weston is the perfect son :)

We have soccer three days a week after school. Here are the boys watching their big sister practice. Weston usually dribbles his ball up and down and practices himself. 

Ryan not only crawled way too early but now pulls him self up on things. Total nightmare but it is pretty cute :) He no longer sleeps in here. It was far too dangerous with him pulling himself up like this. Look how happy he was about it though?!

Twins Day at school the other day. I think us moms planned a pretty matching outfit! We had lunch with her that day too and I loved being there. I sooo miss when Brooklyn is at school. If I were into homeschooling(I am totally not), I would love having her at home all day. 

Ryan fell down the stairs tonight :( Ughh so sad and all my fault. Our upstairs area is big and I thought he was in the play room. It was scary. Gate is going up tomorrow! 

Oh but this face just has me smitten.

It's finally cooling down here. Ahhhh what a relief that is. Lot's of fun fall activities in our ward, on base and around town. I love this time of year-by far my favorite.Tomorrow is General Conference and I just cannot wait to get spiritually fed and start fresh. Too bad we are completely busy tomorrow. Thank goodness for DVR. After our crazy busy day we will come home and turn it on. Can't wait!

I know, enough already with the Ryan Roo pictures, but really how can I stop taking pictures of this sweet child of mine. Babies are the very very best.

On a sad note, my heart has been heavy lately. A wonderful family in our ward is loosing their six year old daughter to stage four brain cancer. It's her third time with this cancer and her days are numbered. They live a few houses down from me. Being in the RS presidency gives me the unique opportunity to serve. But it also comes with the heaviness of knowing the ins and outs to every family. So many people around me right now are carrying such heavy burdens. Tonight I walked into the the family room to my sweet girl kneeling down to pray. When she was done I asked her what she was doing. She said, "I was just thinking about Malie and needed to say a prayer for her and her family." What a tender moment that was. And such a good example to me.

This last year I had made such a huge effort in providing more opportunities for my kids to learn the gospel, to know their Savior better and to learn how to feel the spirit. Every single morning while we eat we read from the Friend or talk about a picture from the Gospel Art book. It gives me the chance to have like ten minutes to teach my kids something church related. Then on the way to school they each teach me something gospel related. This week Brooklyn taught me about Noah and Weston taught me about the Sacred Grove. It really really has made such a difference in our moods and it makes me so happy it's hard to describe.  I also have turned off the radio the last few months. Time in the car is for us to talk. We do listen sometimes when the kids want it on, but for the most part it is important for us to just talk. 

This was taken in the middle of him talking. I just wanted to remember this face :)

The other day I was talking to Wade on the phone while he was at work. He was ranting and raving about this piece of cheesecake that someone had given him at work. I told him I wished I were eating a good piece of cheesecake. Fifteen minutes later walks in my lover with the last few bites of his cheesecake. He saved them just for me. If that isn't true love then I don't know what is :)

gotta get to bed. 8am soccer game tomorrow morning!