Speed

The first time I brought this little car out for Tyn, he scared me, because he loved going down the slope really fast--backwards or forwards, and towards the street.  So I brought him to the back where the slope leads to grass.  The car would curve, so it didn't work really well (scared me, thinking he would fall to the side, curving at higher speeds), but it totally cracked me up to see how high he would lift his littlea legs to keep his feet from dragging and slowing him down.

October 16, 2012 Tyn 14 months

Y be like me

Ked was very excited to receive a well-worn BYU shirt as a hand-me-down.  When he saw me wearing my Y shirt one day, he got excited and insisted on wearing his too.  At first, I was a little embarrassed of the thought of us going out in public in twin outfits.  But then I realized it may not be long before he will be the one that may be embarrassed of me!  So I'll enjoy his devotion while it lasts.

Fall

Working with the young women in our church has been BUSY!  It is both so taxing and so rewarding.  I have had so many stresses, concerns and frustrations (and really seeing my weaknesses), but also so much joy, and so many times where I can see the Lord guiding me, maybe almost more apparent than I've ever felt it before, or at least on a more frequent basis.  And He has blessed me so much with ideas, impressions and inspiration.  Sometimes I start to fear and doubt about a particular impression, but then once I've taken one step forward into the dark (the leap of faith), He lights the way!  I've been so grateful to have so many direct assurances that at least some of the decisions made have been right.  Still working on not doing so many dumb things (waaay too many of those still!), but it has been such a growing and stretching experience, and I love spending time with the girls and working with the other leaders.

The family of a girl have a widowed friend who has a huge yard.  About a dozen of the youth and some parents helped to clean up her yard last Saturday.  I brought Ked along.  It was a lot of fun! hard work.  

Elections

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
- Thomas Paine

Went to a little rally where Rick Santorum and state leaders spoke.  It was so small, I got to shake hands with and thank each of them personally.  It was neater than I'd expected.  Really appreciated it, and I appreciate those who put so much effort into encouraging true freedom.  

November 6th, I felt like a kid on Christmas Eve day, very hopeful and having great expectations.  It almost surprises me still how devastated I was at midnight, when I checked the news after being up with Tyn.  Very depressed about it for a few days, and I still worry (a lot), but I've been clinging on to the words of President Thomas S. Monson, a living prophet.  "You're future is as bright as your faith!"

Halloween

It was so cute to see the boys work together to purchase our pumpkin.  Tyn was very into pushing.  

I had earlier made the mistake of asking Ked, "What do you want to be for Halloween?  Thomas?"  Of course that's what he wanted to be, and there was no convincing him otherwise.  (Until after he had the costume and realized how hard it was to do anything other than trick-or-treating in!)  He ended up deciding on Percy.  I'm not the crafty type, but I did enjoy making the costume.  Just took way too long.  Tyn is the cute spotted dog (made by Heidi for Davis years earlier), but the headpiece was too small for him, and he wouldn't wear it anyway.  Here, at Ked's preschool party.  

Tyn blended right in with the ghost bowling game.  I love how Tyn almost always uses both hands to suck his thumb.

Okay, so these next pictures of Tyn were actually taken a day or two after Christmas, but this is the outfit he wore (borrowed from a friend) for the day of Halloween (retirement/nursing home trick or treating) and our ward Halloween activity.

I thought it was just the perfect outfit for our little monkey!  Sam and I couldn't get over how cute he was moving around in this little suit.

 I'm a little red here from having just thrown Tyn upside down to get him to smile.