Perspective

You know, perspective is a crazy thing. It's like one minute the world is flat and the next you're off on a voyage to find out that it's not. We all have our problems in this life, but I don't know if we all realize that it's not easy for any of us really.

If you take the sum of the pieces of the good things going for everyone it fills in our "holes" so to speak. I think that must be why we seek out friends and companions in life. Together, we can lift each other up and fill in some of the holes.

November is always a time of reflection, you know, Thanksgiving and all of that, but I've recently really been trying to appreciate what's around me and live in the moment. Sometimes I have a hard time with Ethan or Sydney, but if I just wait a few minutes Ethan's sense of humor will lighten my load, or hearing my little girl say Mama makes my heart swell.

If this sounds rambling, I'm sorry, but my point is this, there's always something that can be fixed, bettered, or changed in our lives, but today I'm grateful for what is. Today I have a wonderful family, a loving husband, two beautiful children, and some very loving friends in my life. I'm grateful for you all and love you all. I'm grateful for what is and what will be.

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New Post...It's about time...

I know this blog tends to get randomly timed posts and a few pictures here and there, so I'm trying to remember to write more consistently. Things are going pretty well for us. We're working on trying to get out of debt, which has been a little hard as far as "fun" is concerned, but we're getting creative. Ethan is loving school. He comes home every day with songs and stories and just loves his teachers. Sydney is doing well too! She's almost a year now and is eating solid foods for the most part and drinking milk now, which is good (and cheaper). Dan is working hard, as usual, and I'm getting more work in with doing transcription between housework, etc. now that Ethan is in school.

Ethan spent the night over at Grandma's house a couple of weekends ago. He was SO excited to go. I'm so glad he can have so much fun with Grandma and Grandpa. **Funny side note, it's not Grandma and Grandpa's house, it's just Grandma's house and Grandpa lives there, according to Ethan...** They frosted cookies and Grandma and Grandpa took him to breakfast the next morning. He asks everyday if we're going to Grandma's house.

For Halloween, Sydney will be a pink kitty and Ethan is going to be a firefighter. This is his first year of a Halloween party at school so he's really excited. I think we're going to partake in the trunk or treat festivities in my parents' neighborhood and then go to a few houses in their neighborhood. Should be fun, hopefully the weather cooperates.

Another new thing in our house, we got a dog! His name is Jasper and we love him so much! He's a Shih Tzu and his mommy Gidget is my sister-in-law Chris's dog. He is 10 weeks old now and a great dog. Almost fully potty trained and he just learned, albeit with whining and being scared, going down stairs today. That was an exciting day! No more whining at the top of the stairs because he can't get down on his own!

We're looking forward to Halloween this week so I thought I'd share a couple of videos of Ethan singing songs from school. My personal favorite is the last one...Enjoy!

Peek-a-boo!

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Little Man at Church.

Ethan got to wear his new shirt and tie today.

Rainy Morning

Just got Ethan off to school, so I decided I'd blog a bit. Things have gotten pretty busy over the last couple of months. We ended up getting a new car, Ethan started Kindergarten, Sydney will be 10 months old this week, and Dan and I are as busy as ever.

Ethan is really loving school. He has definately missed it over the summer. He comes back each day with tales of what he had for lunch and what he did that day. It's a little strange for me to have him have this little life that I'm not a part of. My baby boy is growing up!

Shortly after my last post, our Ford was leaking oil so badly that we had to go get a new car MUCH sooner than we anticipated, but through prayer and faith it worked out. We ended up getting a really nice family car that we love. It actually is better than the one we had as far as fitting the car seats and stuff. I just love it!

So, something funny, apparently Ethan has learned that when you're not doing what you're supposed to at school, you get a "check" with your name on the board. Last night he gave Sydney one for not listening. It was so funny!

We spent most of August on vacation up at Bear Lake and some of the days in the week before up at East Canyon with my family. We had a really great time and I found out that Sydney LOVES the water. Even if she's cold, she still tries to play. The only time she cried in the water at Bear Lake was when I put a life jacket on her. She doesn't like those at all. Both Ethan and Sydney had fun hanging with family and swimming up at East Canyon. Ethan still talks about it.

After Bear Lake, the kids and I went up to Idaho for the weekend to see Grandma and Grandpa Cornia. It was really good to see them and just be there as a family.

As for what's ahead, September is as busy as ever. We've got birthdays, school, and Josh and Elisa are having their baby! It looks to be an exciting month.

Until next time...


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