September 2023

We started September off with a blue moon.

I was expecting something amazing and maybe if we had a telescope, it would have been better.

We set ourselves up with snacks and a tripod.

Over the mountain it came.

Whah Whah Whah.....

The photos from the professional telescope were much more impressive

Kaleigh bought some shelves at Ikea for her book collection.

After she got them all set up, she felt like she was missing some decor.

She drew this.

I think it is amazing.

She has so many quiet talents

We participated in a multi-stake car wash for our local 

first responders.

There were at least 300 kids there working hard/hardly working

but having so much fun

September 1st is the signal that it is time for Fall decor to come out.

We watched the Utes play while we set it all up and it felt very "Autumn"ish

even though it was still 98 degrees outside

We also decided to re-do the dining room wall

We had to rip the current decor off and I don't know why we thought it would be flawless

and easy and not cause any problems

Many problems were caused.

Raleigh stood staring at the wall with his arms folded, not saying a word

for like 8 minutes. 

Finally, I said.... what are you thinking?

He said...  I am trying not to cry. I don't know how to fix this.

We threw the boards up anyway

And then we stopped working on it and he did some research.

When I came home from work on Monday, he had the wall built back up 

and he was ready to paint.

We have a little bit more to do to it,  but it was still not complete at the end of the month.

Also, we are planning to go up North in October and I want to hit Hobby Lobby before

this project is finished...  

Next month, I will hopefully get to post results.

We toured the St George Temple during the open house

It was as gorgeous on the inside as it is on the outside.

I love the changes.

I love the carpet in the Celestial Room.

I LOVE the super white door frames and the chandeliers

We stood under this tree the day we were sealed.

I loved us A LOT that day....

But, I love us SO much more today.

Like, I never dreamed I could love us this much.

My Patriarchial Blessing literally says...

On the day that you are sealed, you will find that your happiness

has just begun.  Never were truer words spoken.

The Hyde kids and Scottie came over for dessert on Sunday

And she loved Peyton so much

The Mia Maids went bowling

This is the greatest group of girls.

They are so nice to each other and equally fun to be with

Ellen and I were an amazing bowing team

I love how she is so happy and adapts to whatever activity we are doing

 September was SO emotional for me.

I had some really huge things happen at work that stretched my coping skills

and forced me to get an education that I didn't really want to get.

Working with Airbnb is the most frustrating thing in the whole entire world.

Especially when one is trying to get money from them.

I cried several days because there was so much pressure on me to fix things. 

My boss and I had to have a couple of strongly worded conversations with unpleasant

people who yelled a lot and said unpleasant things to us.

His confrontation comfort zone is equal to mine if not more inclined to 

run screaming.   He hung in there with me.  I could not have done it without him. 

But nevertheless, I sobbed through my whole year review which was supposed to be on the 

1st but kept getting moved due to the chaos I was enmeshed in. 

When I finally was able to get in a good headspace to have a one on one,

I fell apart and finally let go of all of the pent up stress I had been under.

While my bosses just looked at me.

I was such a disaster that I declined the raise they offered me. 

Who does that?

Why would someone do that?

The greatest thing about my life is...  no matter the total crap that happens

at work, the second I walk in the door of my house, it disappears.  

I am able to let it go and just enjoy my home life.  

I was never able to do that at my other jobs...  

it never ended or stopped.  It was a 24 hour thing.

But now, I can just come home and love being home with my family and I know

that the mess will still be there when I go to work in the morning, but I am okay to 

let it sit there and stay there.

That is the greatest blessing.

I am excited for fall weather and the rest of the year which is my favorite.

Happy Holidays