Kids grow up so fast

I finally got around to getting Picasa back on the laptop after upgrading to Windows 7. As I was scrolling through the few hundred folders of pictures, I realized that I'm getting sad at how fast my kids are growing up. In some ways it is nice to have them older and mostly potty trained, as outings are easier and require less baggage. But then again I really miss the days of endless snuggling and baby smells. And my kids when they were like this:

8 good years

8 years ago yesterday marked the beginning of a new journey in my life. On January 13, 2002 I was baptized and confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It is crazy to think that 8 years have already passed by, but at the same time it feels as though I've been a member my whole life.

I have my conversion story written out and I hope to post it here in the next days to share with all my friends and family and anyone else who stumbles across here.

If you were a part of my conversion, please know how extremely grateful I am for you and for your willingness to follow the Spirit. My life and the life of my family will never be the same, and all for the better!

Does anybody still read this?

I'm trying to decide what to do with the blog. I don't, in reality, have the time I want to spend on it, so I'm wondering if anyone would actually miss it if it wasn't there anymore.

Let me know if you still read this and want periodic updates...

Hair

Meghan's hair has grown alot lately. It is really getting long and is still really fine and light light blonde. Now if only she would leave in her ponytail, pigtails, or hair clips...

Halloween

This year for Halloween we got together with our good friends and had dinner, let the kids play, and then went trick or treating.

Jase was super excited to be Iron man and Meghan was a scarecrow.

Here are some of the shots from the evening...

My silly kids

Jase and Meghan love to wrestle (until someone gets pinned, then someone gets bit, and crying ensues...). It is cute when they are playing well together and loving each other.



Also, we won't be moving anytime in the real near future, for those of you that care...

Tired...

Ever since being sick with a bad throat infection about 5 weeks ago, I have been tired a lot. Like asleep by 9p and waking up at 6:30a. I thought it might have been my thyroid levels being off again, but those results came back good. So I got some more blood work done. Guess what I have? Something I've been through before... mononucleosis.

I've had it for about 5 weeks now and my spleen is still enlarged (due to not resting nearly as much as I should be). Rest and Vitamin C for me. Hopefully I can have a somewhat laid back and easy weekend. Because Monday I leave for Pennsylvania for an interview...