A few fun days...

We've had a few fun days to help lift our spirits. We had a cousins Halloween Party that was a lot of fun and our ward's trunk-or-treat. Emmet is a red Power Ranger (of course). He has been obsessed with Power Rangers SPD for almost a year now. His costume has to look like an SPD Ranger, so thank goodness for ebay!! Emery was a princess. I still can not get over how much she loves being girly. She loved her costume, shoes and all.



Okay so the next two pictures, Emmet and Emery are naked. The anal mom that I am could not have their costumes get dirty on the first day of wearing them.


We went horseback riding for FHE and had a great time. I had no idea how exhilarating riding a horse can be. I had the opportunity to really ride a galloping horse. I think in my past life I was a cow girl!! Emmet really could care less about the animals, but Emery absolutely loved them. She loved riding with me. We watched cows being roped and although Emery liked all of this, she hated the smell of poop. She would cover her nose and yell poop, poop. It was quite funny.


Do you love the gang sign? Who is my son?

It's Been Ten Months

It's been ten months since Sam's passing and I was looking at pictures. I was reminiscing about my favorite vacation we took together. We spent a week (before Emmet) in Cabo San Lucas, just lounging around on the beach. Sam made me jump on a bus, take a ride to an obscure beach for surfing and we took a walk off of the beaten path and stumbled upon our favourite restaurant, The Sleepless Lobster. (That's where the picture was taken) I think we ate there three times in one week. I also spent that week reading, Gone With The Wind, which I ended up throwing the book across the hotel room because I hated the ending. It needed to end happier. Anyway, I loved that week Sam and I spent together in Mexico.

I can do girls hair!

I had to just post this picture because who knew I could make Emery's hair so cute. Emery slept on pin curlers and the first day her hair truly looked hideous. But on the second day her hair looked really cute!! I also like this picture because she's my little worker. She loves to help me around the house doing chores (Emmet has NEVER been like that). Her favorite chore is putting the clean silverware away and she's really good at it. I was quite impressed.

Emmet Turns Four

How amazing is it that Emmet is four. I can't believe how quickly four years have gone by. It was such a bittersweet day. On one hand it was a day to remember Emmet's birth and all of the excitement surrounding it. Especially because he's my first, there is always a little added excitement. On the other hand it was a very hard day. I cried more than I expected. It's hard to imagine Sam was here four years ago sharing in the same excitement I felt on that day. Sam was the first one to hold Emmet. I'm glad he had that moment. What was even harder was that Sam's last visit to AZ was Emmet's third birthday. He was feeling sick then and was able to get out of bed to attend the party, but slept the rest of the weekend. Fortunately, Emmet had a great birthday. We celebrated it by first attending his soccer game where he scored a goal!! Then he had his party at his Karate studio. Emmet loved it, I learned that birthday parties are not fun for the parent throwing it. I was exhausted by the end!