OLD!

Okay okay, so I may have been whining a little about being "old" for some time now, but really it was all in good fun because I happen to be old-er than a lot of friends but yesterday I was finishing my makeup and smiled at myself in the mirror and was shocked to see that I am starting to LOOK old! AHHHHHH! When did that happen!  I thought it was supposed to be more gradual than that!  I suppose it is time for it to start showing since no one ever thinks I'm as old as I am anyway but still...I"M NOT READY!!!

Decking the Halls!

I'm really excited for Christmas this year.  I think mostly it's the fun of watching Aliya experience things and get excited about it.  We got a tree on Saturday and decorated a little bit. Aliya LOVES it. She didn't want to go to bed that night she just wanted to stand by the tree and look at everything. Even today she has to have the tree lights turned on on the "Crimas Twee".  It's adorable! I think that's the best part of Christmas is watching it through children's eyes. Here are a few pics.  We hope all of you are enjoying the holidays.

Prayers

So, we had a really sweet moment yesterday at breakfast....Aliya volunteered to say the blessing.  We've tried to show her before but it hasn't really worked, but yesterday she said her very first prayer!  It was sooo cute and sweet and just!!!! You mommy's know what I mean.  A very warm fuzzy moment.  I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to share the blessings of prayer with her so that she will always have the opportunity to turn to her heavenly father in her life.

Halloween

Haloween was fun despite that I had to work (bah).  The night before we went to a carnival thing at the rec center, which was actually really cool. Aliya's favorite part was the canoe ride through the haunted swimming pool.  She cried when we had to leave without playing in the water.  We almost didnt go trick-or-treating becuase she fell asleep really late in the evening and almost slept straight through, but she got up just in time so we went up and down the block.  I think she was more excited about running from house to house than she was about the candy. I realize now that we didn't take as many pics as we could've but here's what we got.

 

Our House!

So, I've been promising some pics of our new place, these aren't the best, but at least it's something!

Aliya's new favorite place to play, we finally have grass and she wants to play in the rocks...go figure!

Hooray for a back yard!