Happy October.

Wow... October is really here. Those are some big, wet, snowflakes out there this morning. We had a good General Conference weekend. We seemed to be able to watch more of it this time in peace. There were lots of good talks. One that particularly stands out to me was Elder Worthlin on the Resurrection. The way he described how he had lost his loved ones and how one day we will be together again in a perfect state made it really personal. Erik is going to be a conductor when he grows up. Every time the choir would start singing he would wave his arm up and down for the whole song. It was so cute! Saturday night Melinda and Michael came over and we had our first fire in the fire pit. We roasted marshmellows and had smores. It was very fun. Then they came over for BBQ hamburgers on Sunday, also enjoyable. We had a nice visit and we glad to still have some family around. Melinda taught Erik to blink his eyes on purpose so he sat there for about 5 minutes concentrating on blinking his eyes....again so cute! This and the leading the singing needed to be on video but of course it wasn't charged. It is now though. I need to do way better at using the video camera. Still pictures are nice but so hear them and see them move is way better. Especially since they grow up so fast and are always changing. I'm officially starting my weightloss again today. I need to be held accountable so feel free to bug me about it. I am preplanning 2 cheating days and only 2, Thanksgiving and my birthday, your only 35 once unfortunately. I'm going to lose another 30 pounds before Christmas. So there you have it. Well both of my girls are at school and Erik is still asleep so I think I might go back to bed. Erik did not sleep well last night.