Hey Dad...

....I think its time to get up!

I Love this Girl!

This is my sister. Isn't she such a fun mom? That is her oldest son, holding her. She left him behind at BYU when her family left for Singapore last month. She misses him dearly.

I love my CUTE sister Rebecca dearly. Unfortunately I have not always been able to say that. I was able to spend a lot of time with her this summer and for that I will be forever grateful. For some reason we never got a long growing up. Maybe it was because we are so different, maybe because I was a brat and I was always secretly jealous of her, who knows. Now I wish we could go back and enjoy that time, appreciate our differences and be best buds. I guess it is never too late.

I just must have had to go through different experiences in my life to realize that relationships and family are really the most important things in this life. So, I am grateful that we can be good friends now, share bits of wisdom on parenting, housekeeping, decorating, etc. and just enjoy each other, even if it has to be through skype (she lives in Singapore). I look forward to her phone calls on Sunday evenings, they are a highlight of the week. I am thinking of her tonight because her husband just got called and set apart as the Bishop of her ward. I know he will do a fabulous job and she will be a great support to him. But I also know that added weight she will carry at home as a mother, housekeeper, and wife. So my prayers are with you! I wish we lived closer and you could use my shoulder to cry on!

James says, "I...

5 Months Old

This little cutie patutie is 5 months old today! Where has the time gone! I was so in love with him when he was born and I am even more in love with him now! He is so calm, sweet, happy, lovable, squeezable, easy, easy, easy! Did I mention he was easy? A dream baby! All I can say is... he is PERFECT! Heavenly Father new EXACTLY what our family needed and he was it. I will be forever grateful for you James!

We went for an evening swim tonight because it is still so stinkin HOT here! I think all of our 110 and above days this summer have come in the last two weeks! It is great that our pool still feels like bath water in September though! James loves the water. Actually we all do!

Some of James's Milestone:

*He has two bottom teeth

*Eating rice cereal and his first graham cracker (which did not sit too well, he won't be having those again soon)

*Scoots in circles on his back and tummy (has not rolled over yet)

*Talks to you (When you talk to him he waits until you stop and then talks back, lots of fun)

*Holds his own bottle

*Sleeps through the night

Canning Peaches

My friend Melissa and I spent the morning canning peaches. It was a morning full of great conversations, fulfillment and food storage! Oh, the life of a Homemaker!