oh life

Every time I feel really motivated to blog and feel like I have something worth blogging about, I don't have a chance to blog. And then when I do get a chance, I can't remember what I wanted to say, or frankly I just don't feel like blogging :) Here are the bullet point updates of my life for the last month or so. In no particular order...

- I am unengaged. Most people that read my blog would know that already, but I needed to write an official update. I broke off my engagement with Andrew the day after Labor Day. It ended really "well" meaning there really isn't any hard feelings between us or anything. He was really hurt and upset at first, but he wrote me an email a couple days after and said that after he had been able to sit back and think about it too, he didn't feel it was right either. So, I hate the fact that I've now been engaged before... I kind of wanted it to be a one time thing, but oh well. It was for the best and I will find someone one day who is better fit for me.

- Andrew and I took the girls to the zoo and it was so much fun. Last time I was at the Hogle Zoo was years ago and it was having a bunch of work done and was only like half the size that it is now. So I was pleasantly surprised at how much bigger it was. Baylie and Avrie had a blast and I always love taking them to stuff that they actually enjoy. (pictures to come)

- Ron & Lori's anniversary was on Sept 26. They went to Park City for the night so I got to watch Riley from Friday afternoon to Saturday night. That was awesome of course. I love that kid so freakin much. Friday night we went to Avrie's soccer game and then over to Jodi & Mike's to see them for a bit. Ri & Kay were really cute together and he is so much bigger than her. Saturday morning we went out to Baylie's soccer game, came home and tried to get him to take a nap. He was in his crib for almost 2 hours but didn't sleep a wink. I had tickets to take the girls to the circus that afternoon so since I had Riley I brought him with. Mom came with us too because I actually had a ticket for Andrew since I hadn't planned on not being with him at that time :). The circus started out awesome and I was really excited... but I had a 1 year old that hadn't taken a nap and he was not a happy camper. So I didn't get to enjoy much of the circus, but again, the girls loved it and that's what matters. After the circus we got home and I put Riley down right away and he was out cold. Mom had her RS Presidency over to watch the RS broadcast and Carrie and Jodi came over to watch it too. About a half hour before Ron & Lori came to get Riley I went and got him out of his crib and he stayed asleep so I got to cuddle with him that whole time which was amazing. So that was a really good weekend for me. Really, any time I spend with Ri is pretty much the best.

- #15 & #16 are on the way!!! Jodi & Missy announced on the same day that they are both expecting. I'm super stoked about that.

- I went to the Scarlet Pimpernel for the first time and holy crap it was AMAZING!! I absolutely loved it and it hasn't left my CD player since that day :)

- Oh, duh! I turned 21! Haha, I really almost forgot about that. Sept 22 I became legal. Not that that has any significance to me because I don't do anything that requires that I be legal. I can however drive a rental car if the occasion ever calls for it. I had a good birthday, I'll post pictures and talk about that more in it's own post.

- I have started dating again. Not a lot but starting to. That's been fun. I have a couple guys that I'm pretty interested in right now. But, I have new rules and guidelines for myself in that area. I have learned a lot :) So, I am having fun and nothing serious is going to happen for a while.

- My pops and I went and did baptisms together. This is a significant event because it's the first time in about 9 years that we've gone to the temple together. So that was special and I'm glad I got to do that with him. We're gonna go down to Manti one Saturday this winter. I love that temple and I really want to go in it. I would really like to be married there, but we'll see if that's gonna work when the time comes.

Alrighty, I think that is all the updates I'm due for right now. I will try to be better about keeping up with this thing. It's a lot easier when there's fun events going on in my life. Which I guess looking at this post there has been quite a bit, but I have really been dreading talking about breaking the engagement off. But, it's all good now. I'm happy and moved on :)