The government shuts down?

Devin and I are staying up so we can say we were awake when the government shut down. Crazy stuff - it'd be nice if instead, they just knew what they were doing and didn't have to shut it down. 

Psshh. Silly government peeps. 

07:13 minutes left! 

I'm thankful for --

-- these cute little wake up snuggles and kisses.

In reality, this is just how she tells me she has to go out and go potty, but I love it anyway :)

Puppy Love

Zoey made a new friend, his name is Louis - and they're in puppy love. He is also a cockapoo, just a boy, and brown instead of apricot. Look at that cute little puppy face, I remember when Zoey's face was that irresistible. :)

Look what I found

Oh brother. I just found the link to mine and Devin's wedding website... 

http://devinamy.ourwedding.com/view/4228679329540506/28156164

Life is great, and man, I'm sure glad to be married to that cutie for 521 days now!

Love you Cutie Pootie 

I miss the sun!

So tonight we had pack meeting for our Cub Scouts -- it was a lot of fun, we played flag football, and presented the boys with awards. I absolutely love serving these little handsome guys - they're just full of energy, and so much fun to be around, even though they're little snots sometimes. Hahah. 

Basically, pack meeting was great. 

The only thing is -- IT GETS DARK AT 7PM NOW. 

So here is what my post is really about .. 

I miss summers beautiful, sunny, long days, because it's cheery and great! Fall is beautiful, the only problem is that it gets dark entirely too early and it's just depressing. 

Sun, Sun, come back out please!!

Tricksterrrr.

Gramps taught Zoey that when she does what we want -- we give her treats. 

We could probably teach her to do backflips at this point in her life. Hahah. :) 

Sadness --

Eric and Barbara just left our house to go back to Utah .. 

I balled. This is Zoey licking the tears off of my face - attempting to make me feel better. 

I guess, technically, I am smiling, so she did more than attempt to make me feel better - she made me feel better for sure. She's a good pup. I think she was a little sad herself that Grams and Gramps were leaving her, not to return until "the weather is in the 70's again" :) 

She wont' forget you Grams, don't you worry. 

Love you, have a safe trip home to Utah! 

I just love family visits

Eric and Barbara have been here in Illinois with us since Friday the 13th, and we've just had a blast with them. We went to Nauvoo, to a white sox game, cubbies game, the field museum, sears tower, really just about every fun place you can go in Chicago.

Okay, not every fun place, but a lot of them. We've really just loved having them and are so sad to see them have to go. I wish they lived closer or would move to us! Seriously, they're the best in-laws anyone could ask for. I already miss them. :(

 

Halloween?

These are a couple of the costumes that I loved for Zoey, what do you think? 

Zoey loves her grandma :)

Zoey has had a blast with Devin's mom and dad in town. She's learned lots of new tricks, gone on some fun walks, and has definitely made room for two more extra special people in her heart. :)

Puppy lovin' is love at it's finest.

Seriously though

I love this man :)

Zoey's baths

I gave Zoey a bath this week, as I do every week, and told Barbara I'd take a picture of how pitiful she looks after she gets out of the bath.

Here's the proof --

She basically has chicken legs, and looks like she wants to murder me because she's so upset about me giving her a bath -- Dad is the good guy. Hahah :) She's a cutie though, and she always wants to cuddle to stay warm after her baths. That's my favorite part :)

White Sox Game

We went to a White Sox vs. Twins baseball game on Tuesday. It was a blast. We were in the 14th row, right behind the dugout -- the closest I've ever been to the field! We had tons of foul balls flying in all around us, but we didn't catch one. Dang it. AND we were almost on the jumbo tron, but then we werent. Dang it. hahha. But seriously, we had such a great time there. It was a super lively and fun game, and guess what, we actually won! I hadn't been to a Chicago game where the home team had won yet, and I got lucky! :)

I've always been a baseball fan -- its just a blast to be able to go and do things that you love with people that you love :)

 

I have a handsome husband -- don't I? :)

Trip to Nauvoo

Devin and I had the opportunity to take a trip to Nauvoo to meet Dev's parents there and have an awesome vacation with them. We left Friday afternoon, and they met us there, we had fun going to the temple, taking an oxen ride, learning about the pioneers, and finding where Devin's ancestors had owned land or built there in Nauvoo.

I'm sure grateful for those faithful members that settled in Nauvoo and travelled to the Salt Lake Valley with handcarts and for those who gave their lives for the gospel that I have today. 

 We were able to visit the Nauvoo temple. The last time that Devin, Barbara, and Eric were there, the temple hadn't been finished being built yet, the last time I was there, it had been finished, but I wasn't old enough to go inside. Fortunately, we were all able to go together for the first time. It was beautiful and such an incredible experience for me. : )

LOVE

Did I mention that these two are my absolute favorite and I just love them? :)

Sneakpeek -

... to how it's going to be with Devin and I have a baby! Zoey is gonna be a great big and protective sister :)