Brrrrrr, it's Autumn!

OK since we live in Texas it's not really "brrrrr", but it is the first day of Autumn today. Autumn is one of my favorite seasons! I love the food, (pumpkin pies, pumpkin bread, spice cakes, pies, apple cider), the birthdays, (Rae, Bea, Nanna, Uncle Chris, Auntie Kelly and so on..), the holidays, and the colors!! Although right now I don't really like the colors we have outside, but that's because the drought is so bad that the red, orange and yellow colors of nature, are actually because they are dead. )=
Today was such a nice day! It didn't get past 80 something, the wind was blowing and the evening felt amazing. I'm really excited for some coolness and still hoping for coldness, I love being cold and hate being hot, same with Daddy Ki-Ki. (why we live in Texas the hot state? ...I'll get back to you on that!)
Well since it is Fall and the girls have been such great sports lately with how busy Mommy and Daddy have been, plus helping out with the new calf, and helping keep the house clean, I thought they deserved a little treat.
While out and about with Grandma today we went to the fabric store and their licensed fleece was on sale, so I let the girls pick what kind they wanted and we went home to make some blankets for the "cold" seasons ahead!

Bea had a lot of fun trying to tie the blanket. She just kept saying, "cross over, go under, pull tight!"
Then she'd clap for herself, haha cute little dimples.

She picked Rapunzel and Grandma found the perfect matching plaid for the opposite side.

So excited about her  Rapunzel, purple, yellow blankie!

Rae really did tie a lot of her blanket and she did a great job. 

I have been informed that she is no longer a princess, but a cowgirl! (Go figure that living on a ranch and riding horses every week would do that to her!) But she still loves pink, so we found this fun print and a great pink plaid to match!

My little pink cowgirl wrapped in her pink cowgirl blanket.

So those are their "Too hot for Houston" blankets. They love them, and they were fast and easy and they were able to help. It was a fun activity for mommy and girlies to do together!

Busy Busy Mommy!

Awhile ago we had a post about a busy busy Daddy. Well he is still extremely busy, and now Mommy, (me), is some how almost as busy!
I got a new calling in church, I had it at our old ward, but this ward seems to be more active, so my calling is in action. I am the assistant weekly activities coordinator. I am enjoying it because this coming activity is going to be CRAFTS! We all know how I feel about crafts. (=
Another great thing keeping me busy is the girls home pre-k. We are doing it with some friends, and the girls love it! I love that Bea gets to be involved as well. She loves being grouped with her big sister. She so badly wants to be a "big girl". She's been working really hard on going potty. But she has no consistency, so maybe not  working that hard, but she still tries.  So that is another thing that is keeping Mommy busy, the potty training. (If you have been through it, you know the mommy works just as hard as the potty trainee does).
Anyway another great and exciting busy activity that I have been enjoying so much, is I joined Close To My Heart company. It's a direct sales scrapbooking business! I love it! I already have a craft show coming up in Oct, and my up-line is going to do it with me and I cannot wait! I am hoping to raise enough money to 1 support my scrapping hobby, so it doesn't have to come out of Ki's check, 2 to buy a new fancy camera because mine is so sadly dying a slow and painful death, then 3 to head to the CTMH convention in Dallas this year! I want to go so so so BAD!! But I need to save my pennies, which if you know me, is not that easy!
I am also trying to keep the girls really busy with the library activities and play dates, mall trips to play on the play set, and so on.
Today another great busy activity got added to my agenda. We got a baby cow that needs to be bottle fed 2 times a day because she is supposed to be nursing right now. But she is a twin and her mommy didn't have enough milk for both calves, so sadly she was the one that got the boot. But her previous owner was very good at giving her her bottle and handling her, so she is super sweet and great with people.
My girls love her and I do too. She is so sweet and gentle, I think she will be fun to have around!
So I am responsible for half her feedings and if I had to, I would do all her feedings just to pet her. I know it sounds weird, but I think her and I bonded LOL. Plus she was named Reba and we decided to keep her name. I mean come on, who doesn't love Reba?!

Little baby Reba.
2 months old and weighs about 100 lbs.
 I felt it twice  today when she stepped on both my toes. they are still sore.

The girls are going to be in some dance classes again this next month, and we have birthdays coming up! Rae is going to be 5 in 8 days!! I'm shocked, that I am old enough to have a5 year old girl! Bea will be 3 on Nov 4th! So I'll have a 5 and a 3 year old! How does that happen?
 I'm still crossing my fingers for my 3rd baby and hopefully it will come sometime soon. But until then I need to keep my mind off of it by keeping busy. It's just too depressing to keep thinking about it every single day.
We went to the Temple though and I did get the confirmation that we are not done. So it's just a waiting game for us now, but it is hard because no patience in me at all. Ki on the other hand is super understanding and supportive about the whole thing. He always knew that we weren't done, and I love that. I love that he is so in tune with what Heavenly Father has planned for us and what we need to do to get to where we should be.
I'll continue to stay busy, love my girls, love my husband and care for my family the best I can. I love my life and I'm glad for everything and everyone in it!