13 days of halloween. (kind of, but not really.)

Jennie, Me, Lyndsey, Missy, Julie, and Jessi

I went to go see Thriller last night with some cute girls in my ward- Loved it! One of the main dancers, Liz, is in our ward and she is fabulous!

This year autumn has been absolutely gorgeous.

I know I have said that in earlier posts, but really- I can't get over how awesome the weather has been!

So somedays while browsing pinterest, or other 'mommy-blogs' I feel like I am a super big loser.
meaning- I think, man I should re-finish my furniture, or try and make a headboard! and, spruce up my walls a bit. Or maybe I should try that fabulous soup recipe, even though Tyler hates soup and I would be eating it alone kind of thing. And maybe I should throw really awesome parties!? How cool would that be?

Anyway- you get the idea.
I said to someone the other day, I feel like I can either be a really good mom, or have a clean house.

I mean really- how do these fellow blogger mommys do it all?
I most certainly do NOT have the answer, because let me tell you this- my house is not clean- meaning my laundry gets done once a week and the dishes get done. We eat dinner together as a family most nights- and 90% of the time its french toast, grilled cheese, or left overs.
BUT, the days Lucy and I have the most fun are the days I come home to a fairly messy house- but my cute husband comes home and plugs his little i-phone into our speakers and turns on les mis and we make french toast and just hang out.
he usually loads the dishwasher because I hate dishes, and then we hang out some more. and snuggle with jane & mae for a little while.
I definitely need to find some balance in my life, but for now, I have officially decided that I would rather be a fun mom then have a clean house. And a cute house. =)
That is the most important role in our lives right? I decided mine is being a good wife to my husband, and being a good mom for my girlies.
Pretty obvious, but sometimes i need a little reminder that having ugly pillows on my couch is O.K.

Anyway.

I always have these fabulous ideas about how I am going to be this cute, creative, fun mom with all these awesome traditions and memories for my kids-- and it never really happens.

Well this year Lucy is finally getting 'old enough' to do some fun activities, so I took my attempts up a notch and we are doing the '13 days of Halloween'.

Now- when I say we are doing the 13 days of halloween, that means that I wrote down 13 fun things to do in the fall and around Halloween time, and we are attempting to cross them all off of our list before Halloween! Haha.

Maybe next year she will find a cute Pumpkin around the house with the countdown number on it and some cute poem with a fun activity to do that day-- but for now, we're just doing the best we can! =)

Here are some of the things we have been up to the past week:

making carmel apples at grandma's house with aunt candace and grandma-- 

candace looks GOOD. 

needless to say- we are novice carmel apple makers, but the carmel was FABULOUS!

Today we made a quick trip to Gardner Village- it really was way too quick because I had to get back for Kaysville's cheer practice- but still such a fun place!

I believe I took Lucy's grapes away in this picture to try to get her to focus on me instead of them. Huh. Obviously it was really successful.

don't worry- occasionally i wear something other than my pink pants, but apparently I'm rather attached. I also got that jean jacked in 9th grade from abercrombie. Nope, not Abercrombie & Fitch, abercrombie. Kids. Who knew I would stop growing that year?

We have also decorated our house for Halloween, been to the pumpkin patches, made halloween sugar cookies, and made fun Halloween crafts at our playgroup this week.

Here's to hoping we can cram in 6 more fun Halloween-ish activities this weekend! =)

Oh my attempts to be a fun mom... wish me luck.

and just because... cute Lucy trying on my boots today.

I am on the hunt for new brown boots-- these ones were $30 at target 2 years ago, so they are on their 3rd season and are dying. I'm dying for a new good leather pair because I wear these literally every day! Maybe Santa will be good to me this year! Hint Hint... Tyler. =)

in a nutshell, update on our lives....

Miss Clara Mae is almost sitting up, and i'm afraid to say the nursing is on the way out.

I'm just nursing her 3x a day now, but she usually needs a bottle with that. the little chunk.

I'm trying to stick with it though purely for selfish reasons- formula costs an arm and a leg, and i usually  gain weight after I stop nursing. Bummer.

Tyler has a couple different job interviews this week, one of which we really hopes he gets the job!

It would definitely mean moving out of state though- bittersweet. We'll see what happens!

We're also supposed to re-sign our lease for our apartment in November-- ah stressful because we're really hoping to move in the next few months due to a hopefully new job, but also don't want to be homeless. =) But really- who wants to be homeless!?!!

But really- I do not get stressed easily, and I'm kind of a little panicked as to where we will be living after November. Huh- It will all work out right?

I can just say- I am so glad I married a man I trust.

I know that sounds so lame, and of course you would marry someone you trust, but even as we go through a lot of changes as a family, and honestly have no idea where we will end up even 2 months from now in our lives, I have complete trust in Tyler. I have never once questioned his ability to provide for our family and make the right choices. He really is such a good man. He is so intelligent, and so smart about everything he does.  He takes such wonderful care of his 3 girls, and I am so lucky to have him. My mom was saying to me just the other day that the best thing I ever did was get married so young, and obviously getting married to Tyler. He is the best thing for me, and I really do love him.

Thanks for letting me just 'vent' a little- Writing things down really helps me to realize just how lucky I am, and that no matter what everything will work out somehow.