Monday, November 4, 2013

Halloween 2013

For Halloween this year, Zachary was the black Spider-Man, and Zoey was Cinderella. They were both adorable and had a great time at parties and trick or treating!

Her dance class had a party which she loved. 
After filtering all the treats with nuts. Yum for us! 
Corey wore a giant cowboy hat, but I didn't dress up this year, even though we love Halloween and usually have fun costumes. Next year! I actually bought some fun things on sale after Halloween, so watch out 2014!
Minion spaghetti squash instead of carving pumpkins. Yum!
Mike and Allyx's ventriloquist costumes. Hilarious!!
Natalie and Ryan's Nightmare Before Christmas costumes. So cool!

We finally got family pictures again. Still waiting to see the final proofs. I love this handsome, amazing husband of mine. Life just keeps getting better and better with him. 
I love where we live. This little hike is just ten minutes from our home. It is stunning. The weather, the red rocks. I hope we never need to leave. 



Beautiful sunset after a hard day. We had another miscarriage recently after trying for 14 months. Still hoping and praying for more little ones. This is not a fun struggle to have, but it is teaching me greater compassion and empathy for others with similar struggles, and to never judge why someone has a small family, when and if they have children, etc. (Though it is making me quite an advocate for starting a family earlier rather than later in life!) There are many with greater trials than I. I am thankful that this challenge came after we had our two sweet munchkins. Not knowing if I would ever have children would make me completely crazy. Crazier than I am now, just wondering when and how more will come! 

And in other random news, Zoey split her lip and I had to suture it. Twice. And the sutures only lasted one day. Aye! Luckily, it was on the inside if her lip and healed quickly without scarring. It wasn't a fun task, but I'm grateful to have the training to care for my family in emergency situations. It was a lot less expensive than an ER visit, though after factoring in the cost of my education to learn these skills... a few ER visits would be cheap in comparison!

1 comment:

Andrea said...

So sorry about your miscarriage:( It's heartbreaking and disappointing and hard. Your little ones are so adorable and we miss you!