I have the best sister in the world

That's right! Mine is the best! I was up visiting my folks for a long weekend and my sister Liz was over with her family and could see that basically being a single parent is starting to wear on me. I don't think I was necessarily complaining, because I really try not to, but it does get hard sometimes without a break. So she offered to keep my two younger kids for the rest of the week and then we planned to meet up halfway on Friday so I could bring them back home.

And can I just tell you it was really a life saver. I had over 3 hours to myself in the morning after I got Sarah off to school, which meant I was able to shower every day and I even read a couple of books. And then of course dealing with one 5-year-old is a bit easier then all three kids. We were able to have some fun too. On Wednesday, after I picked her up from the bustop, we packed a lunch and went down to the law school and had lunch with Shawn. Then we went to see High School Musical 3 (confession: I really like those movies, and luckily Sarah does too). The coolest part was that we were the only ones in the theater, so Sarah got to dance in the aisles during the songs. It was so fun!

Anyway, Liz I can't thank you enough for your love and generosity. You're the best!

Happy Halloween!

I wasn't very good about taking pictures over the weekend of my kids in costumes, trick-or-treating and all that jazz (Halloween is one of those hit and miss holidays for me - I have to be in the mood for it), but here is a little song about pumpkins performed by Sarah. Take care everyone!

Last weekend we went to.....

Yippee!

Apparently, Jacob did not want his picture taken.


They had all these fun things to do for the kids.


Jacob loved this slide. We had a hard time getting him to leave.

And they even had a little petting zoo.


Isn't fall fun?

Don't look Grandpa...

This lovely instrument at my parent's house is also a kid magnet, especially for those under the age of 2. Here are cute cousins Grace and Anders playing us a little tune.

This is where Shawn lives

(It's not actually the law school building, because I couldn't find a picture online, so this is just one of the buildings on campus.)

He stays pretty busy, so the kids and I have been getting to know each other really well. I didn't realize how good I had it with so many wonderful neighbors with children my kids ages to play with back in Utah. There aren't very many kids in our apartment complex so we have to get creative. I do enjoy them most of the time. =)

I'm still here

Sorry for the long absence. Good grief, I just barely started this thing and I can't seem to keep it up to date. One contributing factor is that my life is pretty boring right now. We have no money and Shawn is basically at the Law School all day everyday, so I get to hang out with the kids and do the mundane mom stuff. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining or anything I'm just stating the obvious. I guess I just need to pay more attention, I'm sure I can find interesting things to post. So stay tuned!

Sweet Sisters

My sister, Becca, just sent me some pics from when we were all visiting in Washington at our parent's house a couple weeks ago. I had to post this one that was taken at the BYU vs. UW game on Sept. 6th. Aren't we adorable? I think we were just so happy because BYU was winning.

And then here are some shots of my kids at Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma.