our week: hello october

the best part of utah is the fall.

the best part of the year is october.

i live in las vegas.

to say i came down with depression this week, would be an understatement.

i also had a fever. and a sore throat. and puked, all week. it's been real fun.

needless to say today i am dressed. and my hair is done. and i'm wearing makeup. which means that today has been a great success.

church was actually wonderful. we are learning to love the ward. and learning that every ward and place you go has it's funny quirks, but you learn to love them. you learn to miss them and find that they make things good. we miss the founders park we miss the fox pointe and we will one day miss the windmill.

we have a calling as the youth sunday school teachers. this is a happy thing. i love the youth and i love teaching. the thing i love most is my nic and so teaching with my companion of choice, has many benefits. we are a funny team and i like that.  the youth are great. it's everyone 12-18 and that means we have to teach everyone on their level. it's a challenge. but it is exciting as well. the teaching helps us have our personal study focused on the same thing and that in turn makes our companion and family study more focused. i feel like one of my trials in studying the gospel is that there is so much. i often feel overwhelmed and that makes it hard to focus on one topic. so we are now focusing on the youth themes together.

sunday's are so calm and relaxing. weekends in general are now that we are completely moved in and have no where to go. it couldn't be better for nic and i. we tend to be busy bodies and i cannot tell you how many saturday mornings we plan to run on errand and leave and not get back until after dinner. it's been a fabulous relief to us. we love being with our little family, these moments are special and it's great to treasure them up.

by sunday night the fever and chills had really struck me and nic tried to take the best care of me he could. but he isn't one for taking care of people after 10:30pm. he's a bit of a machine so having nic do anything from 10:30-6:30 is usually a lost cause. but he did try and for that i'm thankful. he always worries when he wakes up and says i tried i promise i tried. the little cutie.

my kiddos were fabulous and just helped me have a lazy day. i am always amazed at how good my kiddos are and grateful. always grateful.

i told nic there was no way i could feed the missionaries. our house was in shambles and so he took bro out on a date with the elders. sis and i watched movies. and enjoyed a little gal time. she was very disappointed that dad did not take her!