Terror, Guts, and a bit of wisdom

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
-Eleanor Roosevelt

I spoke with a woman last week who has goal to do one thing each day that scares her. At first I laughed because - who would do that?? But I soon realized what a wise goal that is. When we are uncomfortable, we are growing. Instead of just reacting to life, she seeks out these opportunities for growth. Brilliant.

So, with Halloween less than a week away, I have decided to set the same goal. Bring on the terror! Haha. Okay, terror sounds a little over zealous...and masochistic...and I am sure I would set the goal even if Halloween wasn't less than a week away. But you get my point. It is so easy to just sit back and let life happen. I am going to be more willing to get out of my comfort zone and do things that require guts (again with the Halloween lingo! sorry, couldn't resist).

I am sure many of you have already committed to doing this in your own lives. I may very well be the last one to jump on this wagon, but just in case there are others of you out there who hate life's haunted houses, join me...if you dare! Mwa ha ha ha ha.




*for those of you who have not yet witnessed how truly dorky I am, this should bring you "up to speed" pretty quick :) Welcome.

Happy Hallo-WEAN!!!

That's right, I meant to spell it that way! Brayden is officially weaned! It's been an emotional month or so (just for me...Brayden has seemed to adjust perfectly fine), but luckily I have a very patient and loving husband, and we did it! It's really weird to think that we're already done but I have to say it is SO nice to be able to leave the house for more than 3 hours at a time. FREEDOM! Haha.

Halloween this year was fun, though not what I pictured. All 3 of us were sick with nasty colds so instead of making the rounds in our neighborhood we dressed Brayden up in his Yoda costume and surprised Grandma and Grandpa Blumel at their door. It was fun to hang out - and nice to just relax on the couch instead of getting up and down to answer the door all night long! Wait, did I say that out loud? Bah humbug! Just kidding, I really do love Halloween...when I'm not sick. Anyways, here are pictures!

Yoda & Grandma at her ward party

Hangin out at Grandma and Grandpa's

"Does this pumpkin make my ears look big?"

Our incredibly awesome trick-or-treat room at our ward shindig



Playing blocks with Grandpa

The three amigos