✨💅Sydney ✨💅 turns 13! Happy birthday

 Dear ✨💅Sydney ✨💅, you are officially a teenager.

I first of all can't believe I am old enough to have a teen teenager. But now that I am here I am just so thankful that that teenager is you. ✨💅Sydney ✨💅 you continue to amaze me by your ability to understand complex things in the world and grapple with them and how peoples actions really do affect other people. You have learned this year so much more about loving and accepting people for who they are even when it's hard. You yourself have been having a lot of big emotions, but that is OK and I am so grateful that you have a place and a life that allows you and honors your big emotions because they are beautiful and they are truly what makes you. You continue to have few but super close friends that make you laugh and giggle. You continue to love hanging out with your cousins and you continue to absolutely adore Katz despite all our efforts to persuade you not to.

You are excelling at school not just academically but really being involved and paying attention to the things that happened there and people's actions and all the things in your world that are just silly. And we love that you tell us about it you tell us about the silly things that happened at lunch and the weird things that middle school boys do the way that you see people being kind and how they inspire you to be kind. You have really grown in your crochet skills this last year.

You have really learned to love it as a way to concentrate and meditate and just relax while doing something really really cool and productive. You have learned to really enjoy young women's and you were so excited to go to FSY and girls camp next year. You're not quite sure how you feel about your sister joining you in young women's but you know it's coming and you're preparing yourself and the best way possible and I am so proud of you for that.

My sweet girl you continue to love snuggles you continue to love being tucked in you continue to love as come into your bed in the mornings and slowly waking you up. You continue to devour cereal and you continue to love Ramen noodles and have become pretty amazing at making it and even beating dad being able to make the best Ramen no You are a joy to be around and I am so thankful that you are in our little family, we love you have a wonderful birthday, sweet girl.

Love - Mom and Dad

End Of October Recap

 So October has been nice and busy. The middle of October was really swallowed up with the fact that I had the Conquer Conference and that went well, but also had several fires. Tyson was amazing and really took care of the girls for the three days that I was basically tied to my computer. We fed the missionaries. We've been going a lot of walks to our favorite places and watching the leaves change which we love. We had a Ward trunk or treat party at the end of October as well as just had people over to go trick-or-treating in our favorite neighborhood – Bradburn.

Denver has been unusually warm so we've been able to stay in the high 70s even past 20 October. So even though it gets darker now around 6 PM, we can still go on walks and we've been getting into the habit of taking flashlights on our walks. So we can still have time outside. And and I have been really loving going on our midday walks when we can during work. We are about to start getting all our patio stuff in for the winter and that makes me sad because I love love love love love our patio and so grateful for it. One funny thing that I have been doing is laying down on our turf in the back. It's nice and warm and it keeps me comfortable while I'm trying to soak up the sun.

On the 29th we celebrated Tyson's birthday. He turned 41 and it was a really low casual day. We both worked, but we did go out to eat with as a family and we are buying Tyson a new suit for Church for his birthday. It's funny how you get older birthdays are just a little different. But Tyson really has blossom and 40s are his best years yet. He isWise and kind and just has the right head on his shoulder. He leads her family and he has really matured into a wonderful husband and a really present and active dad. So don't get me wrong. It's exhausting to trying to do it all he does church work work work playing with the girls house I mean it's just a lot to be an adult. But he tries every day and he apologizes when he's wrong and he truly truly loves his family and I am so so grateful for that. I'm sure do love Tyson and I'm grateful that he is in our family.