Twinners

These two showed up to church in the same outfit today. They are meant to be best friends!

Stressed

Life sure is overwhelming. I just want to cry. I think I have been so stressed lately that I have daily headaches. I just can't seem to figure life out. I know we're supposed to count our blessings, but it's hard when it seems like everything is going wrong. Chris has struggled to find work since March. His career field is small and specific. We have been living off of a little of our savings each month. We've gone from over $3000 in savings to just over $500. It's dwindling and it stresses me out. And the joys of being a home owner! Our garage door needs replaced, our doorbell needs fixed, and we have a huge hole in our downstairs living room due to a leak in the bathroom. We have been down to one car since March. The other is broke down in the garage. The list goes on and on. To top it off, I can't find anyone I trust to watch Cooper while I'm working. I can't send him to a daycare. It terrifies me that he will be molested. I am just torn. And we just found out that Cooper's left eartube hasn't been working and may have to have eartubes put back in. That's $1500 out of pocket. Life is incredible stressful right now. I just want to be home with my boy. I want to be the one to take care of him. I don't want to spend my paycheck paying for someone else to watch him. However, we also want to be self-reliant. We aren't big spenders. We have never had internet or cable. We just want to provide for ourselves and live with what is necessary in life. We don't want to make so little that we live off the government either. We just want to provide for ourselves. We do have so many blessings though. We have a home. We have a car. We have food. We have amazing friends. We have the church. We have jobs. We are providing for ourselves. I just need a break from real life. A vacation would be nice. One of these days. I just need to be grateful that we have what we have and that things aren't worse. I know things always work out it's just a matter of me being patient.

2013 Family Photos

We had our annual family photos taken by White Dandelion Photography. We loved the fall colors and were able to have pictures with Mom, Todd, and Brandon. It was nice and I love the images. I am so grateful for family.

{Pictures to come.}

Best Friends

I am so glad that Cooper already has a best friend. His name is Sam. Cooper calls him "Mas" and Sam calls Cooper "Booker." They love the play together. They say good night at the window each night when they go to bed. They are growing so fast!

Loved

Cooper is loved beyond words by so many. He enjoyed playing with his aunts on the iPad. It was a good laugh for us all.

Weber State!

Chris, his dad, and his grandpa used to go to Weber State games all the time. Now Cooper gets to go with His dad and grandpa. It's fun having Chris sit with us because he is usually working the Ames, but not anymore. We had a lot of fun! Cooper plays football and days football all day long so he loved it! He was even saying, "Go cats!"

Streaker!

Cooper keeps taking his diaper off lately. I put it back on and went upstairs to finish getting ready for church. I came back downstairs and he was standing there, butt naked, playing the iPad. Hilarious! He has his daddy's butt!

Pumpkin Time!

We went to the pumpkin patch with our really good friends, the Roses and the Bennions. The adults and kids alike had a blast! We played in the courtyard on the slides, took a train ride, and ran around. We also took a ride to the pumpkin patch and picked out our pumpkins! We ended the night with Crown Burger... mmm!!! A very fun night!