Prayer 101

First of all, I would like to share that we went and saw the Twilight movie this morning at 12:15. I won't go into detail about it, but I will say that I liked it. There were cheesy parts to it, but if you've seen the trailers, no surprise there. It actually was so much better than I had anticipated. It was a lot of fun and we got to make fun of a few people who dressed up. -Yeah. Hilarious.


So, now that I have that off my chest, I would like to share a story. Yes, as the title indicates, it's about prayer. Matt and I have been working with William and praying. He's talking more and understanding more and he'll repeat practically everything someone says. The other day, I was helping him pray over dinner. A portion went something like this:

Me: We
Will: We

Me: Thank
Will: Thank

Me: Thee
Will: Thee

Me: For
Will: Five

I had to take a little break from our prayer to cover my mouth and chuckle a little bit. Let this be a reminder to all of you that we need to count our blessings. (Talk about cheesy, but I couldn't help myself.)

Hats Off to You

Lily (the little girl who won't leave a hair bow in her hair to save my life, yeah, that one) has come up with different head pieces herself. She loves to wear hats or different things around the house on her head. She's a funny one. The picture above is of her wearing Matt's beanie from Madera Mill.
Her t-shirt
Another one of Matt's hats
This invention here is beautiful. She reminds me of like an olden day knight. Camelot. Camelot. Camelot. This is her shirt and Will's golf hat.
Two of Matt's beanies
This treasure is one of the sides of a circle that you put shapes in. Don't ask me how she balances that thing on her head.

Something He Misses

This was the last time that Will went golfing with Papa in Tennessee. I found these while I was browsing through my pictures and thought that I would share. This is definitely something he misses.

A Sugar Plum Fairy, Golfin' Halloween

The week before Halloween was a disaster! William got a stomach bug. He vomited throughout a night and then he was pretty sad for a day or two. When we got over it, we finished putting Will's Halloween costume together for the ward trunk or treat. Matt got home from work and it turns out that he had to work a LONG day on Saturday (the same day as the trunk or treat ofcourse). So, just me and the kiddos. Oh wait, Lily started to vomit on Saturday morning. It's been a crazy crazy couple of weeks, and I'm glad that they are over and I can start new!
Since we missed our ward's trunk or treat, we went to Matt's family's ward Halloween Party. The first few pictures are from that party. William dressed up as a golfer. - cutest golfer around if you ask me. Lily was the Sugar Plum Fairy. Her shoes are the greatest. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the pictures!! Happy belated Halloween!



Here are almost all of the grandchildren on Matt's side of the family. We went trick or treating in the Townsend's neighborhood with all of the kids. It was a lof of fun. Obviously, Will didn't think so in the beginning, but he got used to it and was saying "Trick-or-Treat" at every door. What a simple thing to do for a treasure so great!

I don't even remember what he was sad about. But, man was he distraught.
Lily looks so pretty as a fairy! Even with her wilted wings.
After all the trick or treating was said and done, the Pages came over. We had to take pictures of all the kids together. Raven was Strawberry Shortcake's Cat. Tessa was a Herbie racer. Carrie made these costumes too. She's so stinkin awesome!







Here is a picture that I didn't mean to put up with this post, but as it already is up... I'm just leaving it. I put up our family picture that we took when I was pregnant with William on our refridgerator. Every now and then, William will go and point to everyone and say names and say hi and that he loves you all. Not only do Matt and I miss you all in Tennesee, Will and Lily do too.

Photogenic

When we were packing for our move, I found a camera that I had about 10 years ago. I gave it to William because he's always wanting to take pictures with our camera. While we were traveling to Utah, I was taking pictures here and there and so Will had to pull out his camera too. So, here are some pictures of Will taking pictures.

Will taking a picture of me taking a picture of him taking a picture of me....

Here is the start of the funny pictures. I was trying to get a cute picture of Lily and Dad. I didn't even notice Will was in the background until I looked at them all after I took them.

Still taking pictures

I finally got Lily to cooperate and got this cute picture of Lily and Dad. And Will.

This is what Will looks like behind the camera.

What can I say? The camera loves him. Or.. he loves the camera.

The 12 Joys of Moving to Utah

Sidenote: Sing this to the tune of the 12 Days of Christmas. That's how I envisioned it anyway!

When we moved to Utah, these 12 Joys came to me...
12 Apostles smiling
11 Boxes in Storage
10 LDS neighbors
9 Townsend Siblings
8 Cousins to Play with (for William and Lily)
7 Jello Dishes
6 Local Temples
5 MINUTES FROM FAMILY
4 Seconds from Church
3 British Ladies
2 Huge Bathrooms,
and Roast Beef and Yorkshire Puddings (which are Delicious!)

By the way, we're all doing pretty good. I hope that you all are too. I hope to be getting into the blogging groove soon and we'll be up and running again. We love you all!

Long Time, No Type

Hello from the great state of Utah! I have a great post in the works, but I just wanted to update. I miss the blogging part of my life. As of right now, Matt and I don't have Internet. Or a computer. It's all in the works.
Anyway, I thought I would share with you all that we're doing great! Our apartment is in order and I hope to have some pictures up soon. We have wonderful neighbors, who are very friendly. They know Matt, which is absolutely NO surprise. We're having fun with the fam. It's good to see everyone.
My mom and dad are in town, staying with Carrie. It's nice to have them out here. Although, I think William has associated Carrie's house with my mom and dad. I guess we'll see how that turns out.
Matt has gotten a job that will pay him well. His uncle works at Kennecot (the copper mines) and has been so great as to lend a hand out to Matt. Matt's going to start work next week, which is SUCH a blessing.
William and Lily are adjusting. It's still been pretty hard. Lily has been taken out of her safe environment, so she's had a difficult time. I'm sure it will all work out in the end. Both of them are getting used to Matt's family out here also.
I LOVE our apartment. It's been so much fun decorating and getting things in order. It's just amazing. I think our place is nice. I'm excited for people to come see it. The only thing I don't like about it is that the carpet smells like a dog. We've been trying to make it better though, and I think it has.
Well, that's pretty much it! I wanted everyone to know that we're doing okay! Keep a look out for my awesome post.