Candace and Connie are truly my inspiration. They are my very best friends, and feel so privileged to have them in my life. I hope you both know how much I look up to you! You inspire me to grow, learn and cherish every moment, and you both are perfect examples of how the gospel can make you unconditionally happy. And Connie now that you are officially getting married, just keep in mind that Logan is not a good place to raise kids! LOVE YOU BOTH!!!
We finally had the opportunity to bless Milo yesterday. What a fabulous day. He woke up extremely happy and I knew he was going to be so perfect today, Saige is always a different story you never know with her. Matt gave him the most beautiful blessing, he was able to bless him to withstand all the concerns that I have been feeling the past few weeks, some that Matt and I have not even discussed together. Just another example of how the spirit works in every aspect of our lives. Having so many hands at church, I was finally able to sit and enjoy the spirit. I had an overwhelming feeling of so many family members that could not physically be there. It was such an emotional comfort that I felt, and strive to keep with me, they are here to help and guide us and be apart of our every day lives.
I knew Saige liked "Old McDonald" but I didn't realize HOW much until we went to Thanksgiving Point with our buddies, the Barneys. Candace and Connie so willingly came along to help out, and we soon realized how it really may take all three of us to contain Saige. First came the cows and of course Saige felt the need to get in the pen. We finally convinced her that they could hear her mooing from outside the pen, and we moved along to the donkey. And it just so happened that the donkey was the only animal near the fence that was willing to be touched, but ironically it also had a sign above it that said, "Watch out, I BITE!!" Yep you guessed it Saige wanted to climb right in.
Thanks to our buddies, Macie, Braxton, Brooks, Jake-o, Jocelyn, Jen and Beau for coming with us, and for putting up with Saige's attempts to become any animal possible. (And thank you Candace and Connie for helping me watch Saige and Milo, I just hope it doesn't make you want to not have children. I promise not all kids are like Saige.) And yet again, another exciting day that Milo has slept right through!!
The Smith family finally took a vacation. Matt, the wonderful husband that he is, noticed that I was in desperate need of time away from our house. So with the help of his wonderful parents, they allowed us to stay in their condo in St. George this past week. What a great time we had! We spent the mornings together in our PJ's, went swimming with Saige, goo'd and tickled Milo, sat around and actually had meaningful conversation together (something that rarely happens at home), and having really nothing to do but be together, I had such a fabulous time. St George has a little carnival type event every Wednesday night, a local band, blow-up games, snow cones etc. Well with the booming night life down there, we decided that there really was nothing else to do so we stopped by and realized what a career Saige has in dance. With about 4-5 elderly people enjoying the smooth sounds from the band we thought Saige could cheer them all up with a little "santa shake" (her lovely dance moves, that she so graciously learned from a dancing santa doll). Smack dab in the middle of everyone, Saige runs up and starts dancing as if no one else was around. Soon the few watching are rolling in their chairs, and Saige is actually attracting others around. Soon the crowd has changed from 5 to about 20 and several are snapping pictures at the funny little girl, while the elderly are still crying with laughter. When the band started to pay more attention to Saige than their music, we decided that it was our time to leave. Enjoy this free concert, we will soon be charging for these!!
