Trick or Treat

I love Halloween. It is a fun time of year where you can pretend to be anything. This year Tyler wanted to be something different. Something that no one else his age would be. He decided to be a spartan.
For Halloween this year I decided to let Tyler and his Cousin Kaitlyn have a Halloween Party. I thought it would be fun for them especially with our ward splitting recently. So Tyler and Kaitlyn and I sat down and planned out the party. We decided that it would be fun to make a monster, touching, operating table. We used a pumpkin for the head (of coarse we put a mask on it). The inside of the pumpkin was the brains. Then we cut squash to make the arms, carrots for the fingers, a balloon for the heart, spaghetti for the intestines, jello for the guts, and apples for the knees.
The next things that we decided to do was ghost bowling, mummy wrap, and musical chairs.
We were lucky enough to get some help setting everything up form Tyler's best friend Azlynn and her little sister Brielle, and then the party began. 20 kids showed up. It was quite the party! We had a ton of fun.
On Halloween we had fun also. We went "trunk or treating" and then we went "trick or treating". Of coarse we went to Grandma's for homemade soup! Then we went to Ty's other grandma and grandpa's house. By time we were ready to leave Tyler was exhausted. He fell asleep in the car on the way home.

Blessings in Disguise

You know how sometimes things happen and at first they seem horrible but then blessings happen because of them. I was able to experience that this week. I was debating if I should even write about this on my blog page, but decided that I needed to. Especially if a birth mother or birth father decides to read my blog. My nephew had a beautiful baby girl on Thursday. She was a tiny thing and absolutely perfect. My Nephew and his old girl friend were not sure what they were going to do at first. They decided a couple months ago to place their baby for adoption. I was so proud of them for making that choice. He has grown so much from this experience and it has been a blessing in his life. I'm sure it has been a great blessing for the adoptive couple who had been waiting for years to have a child enter their forever family. But I don't think that he realizes that it has been a blessing in my life also. It has helped me to understand more what it is like to have a situation that seems unbearable and keep moving on in life. Not only move on but to think of what is best for your baby and love unconditionally. It is a kind of love that is unselfish.

Cookie Fun!

Today Ty and his cousins had a blast decorating cookies. Here are the little chefs at work!

Change

It seems like everything changes at once. Tyler just tested for his red belt! He did great. I can't believe that he knows so much. I guess it's time to start saving up for him to go and test for his black belt in Houston. It will be here before we know it! Great work Tyler!

Our ward just split. So I got released from primary. It has been sad for me. I will miss all the the children and my counselors. I did go to the primary program that was last week. (The first day of the split) It was beautiful. The children sang so great. It was hard for me to watch knowing that my calling was over. I really do love all of them.

Now that Scott and I have a break from callings we need to start focusing on the adoption more. We are having our home study done again. That means that it has been another year. We are starting to look at more options. It's hard because I know that we are suppose to adopt, but it is taking us so long! It's hard to know what rout to take. All we can do is pray about it and do what is right for our family.

So changes are hard but they always seem to turn out. Tyler is growing up and even though I always tell him to stop growing I know that he is growing into a strong, amazing boy! The ward split has been hard but I'm sure that the new ward will be great. The adoption process has been long and hard so far. I have learned to put things in the Lords hands and everything will turn out the way that it is suppose to.

Poor Scott

So Scott's teeth had been killing him last week. He went into the dentist and found out that he had to get his wisdom teeth pulled the next day! It couldn't wait any longer. So he went in and had it done. He seemed pretty good the day he had it done but it has been down hill since then. Today he is in so much pain and he is still swollen. I called the orthopedic surgin and asked how much medication he can take and I upped is dosage. It has been a miserable few days. I hope that he gets better soon!

I'm still here!

Yes, In case you were wondering, I'm still alive! Summer was so crazy this year. It flew by and I didn't seem to have a free minute. Have you ever noticed that when you are busy working or on a schedule you seem to have more time. Now that I'm back teaching and into a routine again I feel great. It feels like I can get things done again.
What did we do this summer? We went to the temple open house. We took Ty and his best friend to Lagoon. We went and visited Shane and Julie a lot. We went camping and fishing. We coached Tyler's baseball team. Tyler was still busy with karate and scouts. We took the boy scouts in our ward to Moab for a camping trip. (It was so much fun to get to know them better). It was a fun summer. I read a lot. My favorite book that I read this summer was the Joseph Smith Papers. It was great to learn more about our church history. We even grew a garden for the first time.
What did I not do this summer? I didn't have time to get everything organized in the church closet like I wanted to. I didn't have time to keep up on my yard like I usually do. I didn't get to spend much time with my friends because they were as busy as I was. I didn't get all the paper work caught up for our adoption.
I think that summer days are great but I love to get back into daily routines also. So you should hear more from me now.

Blue Belt!

Tyler had a belt test and did so great. It is a big accomplishment for him to pass. When They were testing and it was time for the kids to get up and perform a new Kata. They were having the kids go in groups of three. There were seven kids so the instructor asked if anyone knew the Kata so good that they would perform alone. Of coarse Tyler's hand went up fast, and he was the only one who wanted to. He did great. He is a great performer and is never scared to get up in front of people. Good Job Tyler. We are so proud of you. You will be a Black Belt before you know it.