A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That

This last weekend was a good one for me. Yay! :) We got to visit a bit with Brandon's brother, Tanner, and Leisha and Maylee. It was so good to see them, and see how cute Maylee is and how much she has grown. She's very good at saying "cracker". It's impressive. :) I had a blast taking their family photos & Maylee's one year old photos. Is this not the perfect one year old capture? Just about walking on her own... but still hanging on to daddy. :)

We got to hang out a little bit with the Oyler family too, which was great, since we don't get together as often as we should. :) It was fun to go out on a triple date one night to Dinosaur Brew Haus, and eat breakfast together on Labor Day. We saw June take a few steps on her own (I swear that she was born yesterday) and the kids had fun running around with Molly and Annie.

One of the highlights of my month... maybe my year... was going to the temple for my friend, Tasha. She was sealed to her husband and four sweet, adorable, children. I was so grateful that she let me be a part of that...  it was such a neat experience, and so so needed in my life right now. I can't even express what a wonderful two days I had in the temple.

One of the things that hit me the most was when they had the chance to say yes, that they want to be married to each other for time and for all eternity. I thought how neat it was that they said yes years ago, and four kids and lots of life later they still say yes. :) It made me think of my relationship with Brandon ... how grateful I am for him. How if I had the chance to say yes to him again... after 16 years, 3 kids, 6 pregnancies, ups and downs, highs and lows, lots of loving and some fighting too... I wouldn't even hesitate. It would be a yes, and I would mean it even more than when I said yes the first time.

A couple of my amazingly amazing friends (did I mention that they are amazing??) are going to come have a painting party with me for my kitchen. I am so excited to have it done, but I still don't know what color to paint it. I think I did the wrong floor, but I don't know, because really, anything I think of goes with the floor I have, but it's just not quite right. I don't know what would have been right, though.

I am so anxious to get things nicer with my house lately that it feels like I'm nesting or something. But NO, I am not nesting, and not joking about it, especially in light of the facebook controversy that has been going on lately. (To bring awareness to breast cancer (ha. ha hahaha. tell me how this brings awareness in any way) people are posting "secret" status updates about how many weeks along they are and what they are craving... decided from their birth month and day. It's created uproar among the infertile community, which I get... Anyway, if I were to help spread breast cancer awareness, I'd write a facebook status that says, hey, check your breasts for lumps. Anyone can get breast cancer... women and men. Donate to help find the cure. Hug your grandma who is a breast cancer survivor. Be grateful for benign lumps. Be grateful for life.)

Wow, that was a tangent. Is it even okay to say that much inside parenthesis? ;)

Back to my house... I have too much stuff, and I started really looking at my decorations. Some of them are like 15 years old. I started pulling stuff down yesterday and putting what I don't want in a box. When I look in that box it looks like junk that I would turn my nose up at if I saw it at DI. I'd say, who would buy that?? Ugh. I don't know why I still have some of it. I guess it's memories... that's what Brandon says anyway. I asked him if he's tired of me, since he's had me around for so long. He said that he'll keep me... cause of the memories and stuff. ;)

Gosh, I'm chatty today. I'm supposed to be working on photography stuff, and I am... I'm just taking breaks to blab on here every once in awhile when things pop in my head. I think I'll put some music on and quit writing. I've probably said way too many embarrassing things already. ;)