Temples!!!

i love this temple!
the Orlando temple is my favorite. it is also the first temple i did
baptisms for the dead in.

-i need to attend the temple more often to do baptisms. i went today day with my mother. i love that my mom will go with me and it makes the experience more special. i remember the days where we had to drive 5 hours and 3 hours to reach a temple when we lived out of state. and now i live so close to NINE temples. that is amazing! there is no good reason why i shouldn't be attending more. there is a great feeling there. the world, time, and your troubles are put aside. temples are AMAZING!!!

Wisconsin

My awesome roommate from last year, Becca,
is going on a mission to Wisconsin!

here are some of us at her farewell.
i sure love this girl.

ZOO Fun!!!

i finally made it to the Zoo. i think it had been over 10 years.

!!!I LoVe ElEpHaNtS!!!

African Elephants are my favorite species of Elephant
and the Zoo has 3 of them!

it was fun being able to go with my niece

some of the awesome animals we saw on our adventure

this Giraffe certainly enjoyed this pole

Miss Ava and the Gorilla hand

we had to go to the playground
and i had to get pictures with all the animals

It was such a great day at the Zoo. I was glad Callie, Erin, and Ava were able to come play with me. It was a well needed day to get out and have some fun.

aren't we gorgeous?

some of these pictures are horrifyingly ugly but...

we sure had a good laugh.

To Be or Not To Be- That Is Not The Question!

i attended a fabulous CES fireside tonight by President Uchtdorf

im waiting to have the talk posted online so i can share some of it with his exact wording.
i almost didnt attend but i am so thankful i did. he answered 3 questions and all of them in some way pertained to and helped me. it was a wonderful and powerful talk!

its nice to have a change

i have just recently come to enjoy Michael Bubles music. his music is not my usual scene but some songs have grown on me and the others are getting there. i have his new cd and its refreshing to have something so different. the song i posted is a pretty normal one and i love it

the joy of fall

today at work i took 2 of the girls out for a walk and
to my surprise there were tons of crunchy fallen leaves.

stepping on crunchy leaves is my favorite part of the fall.
throughout the walk i made sure i walked through the trail of leaves.

this sure made my day!

my 2 Halloween Traditions

i only started these traditions in 2007
but i sure have fun every year with them

~Halloween Fingers~

and

~Pumpkin Walk 2009~

SaRaH

i haven't seen Sarah for a few weeks. so today i made the time
so we could have some fun. i sure love this girl.

-thanks for spending time with me-

PINK!!!

-Ava's Pink Party-

My cute little niece celebrated her 3rd birthday today.
She has been talking about her party for the last couple of weeks. It was so fun to be there and see how excited she was. Erin did a fantastic job on the decorations and the cute treats.
We sure love our pink lover AVA!!!

-Happy Birthday on the 27th-