This and that

Yes she is nursing here...7 1/2 months and still going strong! She started playing with her hair while she nurses....or trying to play with mine. It is seriously so sweet. 

Love silly moments with my husband.....

Tj took Rae and I put to eat Mexican food one night. He is such a caring husband. 

Tj and I had our first night out without the baby. The Mizpah had a 106 year birthday so we left the baby with Auntie Jessica and had a few hours out! Although I missed the baby, I am totally a firm believer of going on dates, just the two of us, and spending quality time together as a couple. Here is uncle Dean and I dancing the night away! :) 

Simple blessings

I lay here in bed listening to my husband breathe, the baby sucking her fingers in her crib. I feel the warmth of our dogs at the foot of the bed. I am so grateful for these simple, yet great blessings. Things I normally take for granted I am feeling extremely grateful for right now. I am so glad I am blessed with the knowledge of eternal families. So blessed that Tj and I have participated in those sacred ordinances to seal our family and bind us together forever. We are getting ready to leave for Mississippi for 9 days to visit Tj's family for thanksgiving. As always, prepping for a vacation is utter chaos. These last two weeks.....trying to fit clients in, get/keep the house clean.....I feel as if I have let life get away from me, and I hate that feeling! I am so far from an organized, "on top of it" type person, but I never let my days run together, or my simple blessings in life go unrecognized like I have these past few weeks. My husband means the world to me. Without him I would not be the person I am today. I had never felt this peace, security, and love, at least to this degree, until I met him. He completes me and will be my companion throughout the eternities. I am so grateful for this perfect life my Heavenly Father has blessed me with. Being a mother to the most perfect baby, and wife to the best husband has truly fulfilled everything I've wanted to do in life. Here's to these wonderful blessings! And the simple ones that come along with them. Even as simple as listening to them breathe.....which contrary is the greatest blessing of all! 

Halloween!!

Raelinn and I woke up early to do AshLynne's makeup for school! She was a gypsy :) Then we went and had breakfast with my parents, uncle Danny and aunt Carrie, and Lane! I had to work a little bit that morning, and my parents went out wood cutting. I went and picked the boys up from school. We ate pizza, carved pumpkins and listened to Halloween music. Tj got home from work and he turned Bretton into a zombie. The baby fell asleep so I just put her in her car seat rather than waking her up and putting her costume on. We drove around and got the kids lots of candy. Raelinn slept peacefully in her car seat the whole time. We dropped the kids off to mom and dad and came home and watched scary movies and roasted pumpkin seeds. (They turned out delicious! It was such a fabulous day. I'm sad it's over :( but now the count down begins for Thanksgiving in Mississippi!!!