September

I'm a big fan of Fall! I think the colors of the trees are gorgeous and the weather is usually nice, but it does mean that Summer is over and Winter is coming...so that part I'm not a huge fan of. We have had a great summer and fall so far, making the most of the nice weather (besides the early snowfall we had this year a few weeks back). Bentley is growing up so quickly and it's so much fun to watch her. She is now 8 months old! She's not yet crawling but loves to sit up and play with toys. She also has 2 teeth now that look so adorable, although it wasn't so fun waking up a lot of times in the night with her teething. I've been feeding her lots of solid foods and she really enjoys tasting different flavors. I have so much fun making homemade baby food and giving it to her as the "mmmmm" sound she gives me is quite worth it! She's also had a few laugh attacks lately and usually has a pleasant face on. I love this girl more than anything.

The other week my sister, Tamara, asked me if I wanted to join her in the Neon Run. Lee was originally going to run with her, but since his knee is busted right now that wasn't going to happen. So I took his ticket and Lee and Jeff were there to cheer us on and take pictures! I hadn't been running much since having Bentley. I've been doing a lot of walking, but before the run I made sure I at least ran a 5k distance. It turned out to be not so bad and I kept up with Tamara the whole time, although towards the end I was ready to stop. We ended up running the entire time and did it in half an hour or less, although it isn't timed so we didn't know for sure. We had a lot of fun buying neon and glow things beforehand, especially enjoying the knee high colorful socks, gloves, hair things, and glow necklaces. During the race they throw glow water and powder, so I got pretty covered. There's also a black light spot in the middle and end of the race where we took some pictures. It was a fun time!

 

  

I've also been enjoying living with my parents, as it's great to have the company! We are excited, though, to move into our new home in the next few weeks. It still seems a bit unreal to us, but it's coming so fast. I guess I'm growing up! I also really like the new ward that we are in now, the Cranston Ward. It was an easier transition to this ward than it was to New Brighton because I knew quite a few people already. I've made some new friends as well and really enjoy going to the Baby Play Group we created every week. Book of Mormon class is also a regular thing for us each week, and working out. I also better mention my new calling as the Ward Chorister. That one was a little unexpected for me, as I've never led music before, but it turns out it's not so hard and I am starting to enjoy it. Well that's the haps with me right now, I guess my next post will probably be about moving. Wish me luck!!