Lately

Playing in the happy Colorado sun.

Mace and his buddy Shamus...I love it.

(do you see our pumpkin vine growing..?)

Yes! Happy Fall days....but Halloween is near.

Jake's big tourney! WAY TO GO!

My YW girls! Halloween party at my house.

Love being their YW Leader.

treats, games and fun :)

Our friends invited us to concerts..Rascal Flatts and Def Leppard.

Fab night with friends.

good times..brought back all those good memories from the 90's :)

My last pic taken with my phone. We were at the mall.

We met ry for lunch. To celebrate the kids great p.t.c reports!

I am so proud they have done so well in CO

Life Lately.

(go, go, go)

sunny fall days.

(oh I love the change in season)

School full swing.

(homework galore)

sports every night.

(Jake's team placing top in State)

(Aus and Ash loving hoops and soccer)

Young Women's busy as ever-

(last week I had to speak on the importance

of being a positive influence. nervous but fun. and this week,

I had to plan and host 14 youth at my house :) Halloween party)

phewy it's over.turned out great!)

Ry's parents came for a visit-

(fabulous, always good to see family)

4 birthday parties, 2 baby showers all within a week!

Life is fun. I don't ever want to forget that.

I feel blessed every day to wake up to my family of 6.

I love it. plain and simple

xo!

Welcome Fall.

I love you Fall.

I really do.

And can I say....fall brings so much

nostalgia

for me.

simply sweet.

I miss my Utah fam the most when the leaves change

and Halloween draws near.

Pumpkin pies start to appear at stores, and

Thanksgiving decorations are on the shelf.

o00h how I love these

next. few. months.

and can I say to you dear blog,

I miss you.

I simply do.

and I miss pictures and collages

and capturing life moment by moment.

my days are filled.

They are just so busy. but wonderful

Life is literally nonstop.

fun. enjoyment. fullfillment.

but so so

busy.

that is an understatement.

honestly.

I have never been this swamped.

I mean in a good way.

In a raising a family of four way.

The kids are so involved.

in school, in sports, and in all their activities.

Jake is competitive soccer, Ashlyn rec soccer.

Austin began competitive basketball and Jake overlaps

with basketball-

Ry with his softball leauges weekly,

my young women calling wednesday, sundays.

Love it all.

But honestly- non stop.

Last week I clocked 75-91 miles a day.

A day!

I burned through 2 tanks of gas in a 5 days.

And I can't complain, I love being a stay at home mama,

but man, we work overtime. Our days are crazy.

I am loving that fall is here, but had no time to take it all in.

I want to stop, enjoy the days, feel the breeze,

put my pumpkins out,

and feel the nostalgia.

We had soccer tournaments all weekend and basketball too.

7 games yesterday, all over this Denver area.

Ry and I love it. Love watching our kids excel and work hard.

Jakes team beat the #1 team (in State) Ireland! (yes finally!)

and Austin lead his tourn in rebounds (way to go bud!)

It teaches them so much about life, making goals, and following through.

It doesn't leave much time for much else.

school, work, sports, church and a little bit of play.

But I love you life, I really do.

As busy as you are, I am trying to soak up all of these little moments,

tuck you away and remember,

remember what it was like to be in the middle

of all of this hustle and bustle.

because I love it. and my life, and my kids.

and my dear husband who works so dang hard

so this can all happen.

I love you Ry

and

I love you my kids.

Now hopefully I can jump on board on blog again,

more consistently.

It's my favorite time of year,

the colors, the sights, the smells...

it is fabulous.

Welcome Fall.

xo!

create

create.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhLlnq5yY7k

I came across this message and I have watched it over and over.

It is less than 2 minutes long,

and this message hits straight to my heart!

(it reminds me so much of Nie Nie)

I love the simplicity of the message but the strength in it as well.

Please if you have 1 minute and 46 seconds, (and I know you do!)

watch this from President Dieter F. Uchtdorf,

2nd counselor in the

First Presidency of our church.

(We love him!)

it is such a great msg.

(and can I say I love our church too! It's such a blessing to me.)