Random Fall Bits

Boy I have really neglected writing on here. It seems like time is just getting away from me. We have been enjoying the beautiful Fall weather. Clay and I got to go up in the canyons just the two of us....well we did have Gracie but she doesn't talk so we don't count her.We drove with the sunroof and the windows open. It was so gorgeous it almost took your breath away.Every year I decorate our porch with hay, cornstalks, pumpkins and scarecrows. I think this was the first year it was just Clay and I going to get it all.
My nephew Andrew who is at the MTC waiting to go to Hondurus had to have his tonsils removed. My sister and parents came to be with him during recovery. I was lucky she brought him to our house to heal. My parents stayed with Shantel and came over every day. It was so nice to have them here for the week.
The Homecoming Dance was last night for Spencer. He was having troubles deciding on who he wanted to take but finally did, which made me very happy. This is our last Homecoming. Everything this senior year will be our last. We are going to enjoy every bit. Wheeeewwwww I am tired! Well,that's all the catching up for now.

Leaving the nest

Laying in a hospital bed in more pain than you can ever imagine yourself being in yet at the same time being so excited as to what is about to happen. The minute that baby comes out and you hold and smell them you are hooked. So for the next 18+ years you spend endless hours preparing them for the day they say they are ready to go out into the world on their own. Our Brittany decided that a few weeks ago it was her time. Even though we don't agree with the choices she has made we hope someday she realizes that all the pleading on that Sunday afternoon was because she is loved. Twenty one years ago in that hospital room all we wanted for her was to be happy and feel loved. We hope she remembers that she is a child of God but more importantly that she is our child who we love more than life itself. We hope she comes home soon.