Birthday Girl!

This spunky, little gal turned 2 On November 5. I cannot express how blessed we feel to have this babylove in our lives. She brings so much happiness and joy to our family. She is the cherry on top, she is the bow on the present, and the icing on the cake.

Everly is an independent girlie. She knows what she wants. She fought to get here and boy are we glad she got here! 

This little smarty pants loves to learn and picks up things so fast. She already has some of her numbers and letters memorized. She loves animals and is forever chasing the kitty to pet her 

When the house gets quiet and we don't know where Evers slipped off to, we can usually find her reading a book (if she isn't getting into mischief). She loves to paint and draw. She always wants us to draw a picture and then she traces the lines we draw perfectly.

Oh boy, do we love this beautiful baby girl. what a wonderful gift we have been blessed with. We love this perfectly wild, sassy, smart, curious, funny, intense and sometimes stubborn girl. Happy Birthday Everly!

Recap and Moving on: September/October

And just like that two months were smashed into one. Fall colors cascading from the sky as they collided. Months filled with blood moons and planets aligning in the morning sky, hiking, a vacation and of course, CANDY!!! 

 Books I read this month:

* "A Greater Tomorrow: My Journey Beyond the Veil" by Julie Rowe (Interesting enough to inspire my curiosity to learn more about the subject matter, although it was not written very well).

* "Visions of Glory: One Man's Astonishing Account of the Last Days"  as told to John Pontius (I just had to read more and more).

* "A Change is Coming "By Hector Sosa Jr. (A very short but straightforward, to the point account).

* ...As A Thief In The Night : A resource/ reference book to assist in identifying kingdoms and events of the last years before the second coming of Jesus Christ" (I've always had a desire to study the Second Coming. My high school seminary teacher taught from this book, I loved the information so much that that year for Christmas I asked Santa to bring me the book. I dug it out and read it again).

* I also scoured over countless scriptures in the Book of Mormon and Bible. I also studied quotes from The Journal of Discourses and past and present Conference talks on the second coming and revelation.

 

You may be thinking this is a little excessive. But this is how Heavenly Father created me :) He gave me a deep passion for learning. Not only was I created this way but I have been admonished to learn and study. I take that responsibility very serious. It is who I am. The Second Coming just happens to be my subject of choice at the moment :)

 

This month's playlist:

* I have mostly been listening to talk radio.

 

Things Elanora has been up to: 

* Loving Preschool.

* Playing dolls.

* Playing "I Spy" and, "What animal make that noise?".

* Going to "Inside Out" at the movies.

* Trick or Treating.

* Avoiding scary decorations.

* Candy, candy, candy.

 

Things Everly has been up to:

* Looking at but not touching lizards.
* Reading books.
* Playing "chase" and "Tickle monster"
* Seeing "Inside Out" at the movies.
* Trick or Treating.
* Avoiding eye contact with scary decorations.
* Candy, candy, candy...candy with no peanuts.