It's been awhile.

I know it's been awhile since I've written but I have had a wicked last month. We found out we are going to have our second baby, but that also brings much sickness and puking. I wish there's a way to have a healthy baby, big stomach and no sick feeling allllll the time. It hasn't been soo bad this time and I actually have some really good days where even though I'm super tired and want to go to bed about 10 minutes I get up I really don't have an intense desire to be ill. Also we bought a '97 Ford Explorer for the winter. It was making me crazy not having even a rear-wheel drive vehicle and skidding all over the roads when they got a teeny bit wet and froze. I turned 27 on December and Libby turned 2 on November 12. We are all getting bigger in this place and I love watching her grow and learn so much. I love birthdays, I wish we really did celebrate half or un-birthdays like in Alice in Wonderland; that movie creeps me out. But the saddest part of this last little bit of time has been my grandpa Landon dying on December 11th. He had a heart-attack then aspirated some throw-up into his lungs and had pneumonia as well. He went without oxygen for about 20 minutes and so if they had revived him he probably wouldn't have had the same sort of life-style as he had before. This is so much better for him, but I honestly don't think I've actually said my good-byes to him or feel any closure. Sometimes you have soo much family around you want to be alone with your thoughts and feelings. The awesome part about family is being able to not only calling and relying on them, but having someone to cry and laugh with about the entire thing. I can't believe I wrote all of that, but it has been harder than I really thought it was. The thing it taught me was that family and every moment is so important and you need to enjoy the time you have, no matter how hard or what trials come your way. The people and family around you is sooooo much more important than anything. Anyway...

Not sure what this is.

So much to be Thankful for.!!!

I have so much to be thankful for.  I don't even know how people write down or even pray for everything. 

 I have the best family in the world, my parents help me and Nate sooo much and don't forget the amazing in-laws that are so great that I can't even describe how lucky I am to have them.
My brothers are the bomb and my sister-in-laws are the best.  They have helped me and strengthened me in everything.

I'm grateful that Nate gets to go to school and doubly grateful he's finished in May.

I'm grateful to My Libby.  She's a joy and a party when I need a lift.  Parenting isn't easy, but she actually makes it easier.  She grows so fast that I can't blink sometimes because I'm afraid I'll miss it.  She's 2 and growing into a little girl and not just a baby.

I'm grateful for our house.  Not many people have as much as we do and I can never forget that!!!  We have a good car and nice modern conviences and modern medicine.  That in and of itself is amazing and a blessing.

I'm grateful for my eternal marriage and knowing that I'll be with all my family again.

I'm grateful for this country we live in.  The freedoms and the people who help to keep us free.  Thank you to those service men and women who fight and die for me and you.

Like I said I have sooo much more to be thankful for that I can't even start to write it down, but that was a start!!

I LOVE FALL!!!

I Love fall sooo much.  I love the smells and the falling leaves and the colors and the cold.  I love Thanksgiving and pigging out until I'm truly going to throw-up and then eating just one more slice of pie.  I love the opportunity to be thankful, because I don't take the opp. very often. 

LAYERS

I love Layers clothing, check them out at layersclothing.com, and I'm trying to win one of their contests and I never do, but I can't help it.  I love their clothing soooo much.  They also have a blog, layersclothingofficialblog.blogspot.com.

Baptisms for the Dead.

I had a major reality check today.  I never thought I was old enough to be a temple worker, but we did baptisms for the dead for our ward and I was the lady that gave you your towel right out of the font.  I really felt old all of a sudden, probably because I used to be the person doing baptisms and now I'm old enough to do other things.  It's a weird thought, but it was a good feeling to be there today.

I'm the most retarded blogger.

I don't know how to download pictures onto this blog or create a cute new heading for my blog and sometimes I just forget I have a blog.  If anyone is reading this, let me know some of the tricks of the trade, please!!!!  I want to be a good blogger and share my life with the web, but I'm blog illiterate.

CoNfErEnCe

I love general conference.  I love the feelings I feel and the spirit that comes with it.  I learn so much about how I can be better and how I can make our family better.  Plus I know that the Savior is talking staright to me.  I have a question and I pray about it and then listen and I can know what Heavenly Father wants me to do and know.  This year we didn't go down but that's my favorite thing to do, go to a session in the conference center.  I have found that so many of the brethern speak about the same things but they each mean something different and they have special meanings to everyone.  I'm grateful to my Heavenly Father for sending me the spirit and allowing me to participate in a event like this with other members of the church.  Also it doesn't hurt that I don't have to get dressed up or my kid and drag her to church to listen to speakers for 2 hours.  Yeah I LOVE conference weekend!!!!

Trials

I have learned alot about this year.  The Lord lets us learn for ourselves and if we don't follow counsel or we don't follow the spirit we will pay.  It is a constant reminder to me that I am not perfect and that the Lord is teaching, but am I listening.  Just a thought.

September 11th.

I was just curious about who remembered where they were when they heard about the two towers?  I was in my english class at ISU and we watched it on a TV the teacher brought in and then he dismissed class for those that had people affected by it.  It was crazy!!  God Bless America.

The E.I.S.F.

Labor Day weekend and we decided that the fair would be the coolest thing for us to do with our family.  So Spencer, Molly, Tom, my parents, us and then Kyle and Megan Richman all went to the fair.  It was fun and obviously the cusine was of the most highest quality but 5 hours later and a screaming child later and I was outta there.  I wanted to wait for my in-laws and walk around the barns with them but they arrived a little late for us and not only was Libby done but I was trashed.  I love the fair though, once every year you get to eat crap and then walk around and burn it off, but right before you leave you have to have something to eat that you didn't have the first time, so you eat again.  I heart the fair.

Sitting together in sacrament.

Nate and I finally got the chance to sit together in sacrament and what does he do? Volunteers to pass the sacrament. I was mad and he owes me dinner.

Last Chance to Get 'er Done

Ok so this has been my 3rd attempt at doing a blog. Woot for me, I really try, but I'm retarded and forget the name of my blog and crap like that. Just call me stupid and we'll be good. Well a ton has happened in our lives, but I'll start with the beginning of the summer.

1. Put our house up for sell. Didn't get many people looking at it, so now we have a decision on whether to go with a realtor, hmmm.

2. Nate got released from the bishopric and started his last year of school. Oh Heavens yes!!!
About school, no the bishopric. I know he was really stressed out about doing both so it was a blessing for him. (and mostly me.)

3. We finally decided to go with a realtor which broke Nate's heart. He really didn't want to pay the 6% but you gotta do whatcha gotta do.

4. I went back to dance. I'm excited because I'm only teaching one full day a few afternoon classes, so I am stoked about that.

So that's where we are right now. Trying to survive and also trying to have some fun doing it.