Sexy Shoes!

So a couple posts ago I mentioned that I bought some new shoes that I thought are super sexy. At the time I didn't have a photo that I liked of them because it is very difficult to do self portraits. So I asked my husband to help me out, he was happy to oblige. :) I think models are sticks because it is very simple to take photos of stick people whereas people with curves, a lot harder. I had to take a ton of photos for one I liked. I much prefer taking photos of other people than myself.

We have been having crazy monsoon weather this week. Sunday we had a storm that was just nuts. Blew over a bunch of trees and we got like an inch in our backyard. Eleanor loved standing outside when it first started. I even joined her, Warren wasn't home which is too bad because it would have been fun to get a picture of both of us in the rain. That's ok though because Eleanor is cute enough for the both of us.

Do you hear the thunder?

Time to come inside.



For the 4th of July we went to a ward breakfast. In the evening we went swimming at my parent's house and then we drove up to Henderson for the fireworks. We were too far away from the fireworks so Eleanor wasn't that impressed.

Eleanor and her friend Charlie, running through the sprinklers.

Eleanor loves swimming with her cousins. She asks me every day to go swimming with Anna (the cousin closest in age to her)

Pretty good firework display at Basic high school, we will have to go earlier next year so we get better seats.

A memorial to our bunny

Last night, the 4th of July our bunny passed away. He was sick on the 4th of July but because it was a holiday, the vets that take rabbits were not available. I figured he would be ok till today when I could take him in but tragically he did not last through the night. 

I found him this morning and was able to put him away before Eleanor saw him so she didn't freak out. I did some crying while fixing breakfast and Eleanor started to tear up with me because she said I was "hurt." Which I was, but in a way that a band aid doesn't help. 

I truly loved having this little creature in our home. He was sweet and snuggly. He would follow me around and want to be petted. He was so soft that he would slip on the tiles when he tried to stand in one spot. When you petted him he liked to flatten himself out like a pancake. 

I think that perhaps the bunny we had before was sick and it left some germs around that this bunny picked up, which really saddens me because I wanted this bunny to be around a long time with us. 

I don't think I should get another rabbit. I would be paranoid that it would die too. I guess we are just a no pet household. 

I'm sorry that I couldn't keep this little creature alive, but I know it is in a special place having a ton of fun.

Good bye 

Enjoying some sun.

On the move, I was trying to take a picture of him when he was a pancake.

Hiding under the dishwasher.

Slight pancake, he could flatten himself out to like an inch tall.

Live in the Joyful moment

Today in Relief Society we talked about happiness and finding joy. Some days I have a very hard time with this and I thought that it was a physical problem with me, but I realize that it is just something I have to work on. So today I had a joyful moment and I wanted to write about it so I would remember it.


Stuff leading up to my joyful moment.


Warren left on Thursday to go on a big weekend long hike with his sister, Laurel, at Mt. Whitney. Judy, my sister, her husband is also out of town, which leaves her with her 4 kids. So Thursday Judy and I got together and went swimming at my parent's house. Friday, my sister, Kathy, graciously accepted to watch my daughter and Judy's kids for a couple hours so we could have some girl shopping time. So we went to the mall, had dinner, and did some shopping at Kohls. I bought some SEXY wedge shoes that I absolutely love and my sister got an awesome turquoise dress that she looked wonderful in.


Saturday we went swimming at the folks again. My aunt, cousin and her daughter were visiting and my aunt was super nice and bought pizza for everyone, which I really appreciate because money is kind of low this week and I didn't feel like eating at home. :) 

Sunday. Today I wore my sexy shoes. Since Warren wasn't home I did stuff I wanted to this morning like exfoliating my face and sewing different buttons on my turquoise shirt. I wore that shirt with a black skirt and my sexy shoes and I felt awesome. Eleanor wore a dress that I made this weekend. I've been crocheting the top for a week and then I made the under dress out of some cool retro fabric. Eleanor was nuts during the first hour but then she was in nursery so that was nice. Got home, gave her a snack and put her in bed for nap. 

We recently got a bunny. He is 5 weeks old and is super fuzzy because his dad was a lionsmane rabbit. He is an amazingly sweet bunny. So I let him out while Eleanor was napping to hop around uninhibited by a crazy toddler. I had pizza and watched wipeout (love that show). I went to pet him and noticed he was stinky. Poor guy had a buildup on the bum. I thought, Dang, I'm going to have to wash him and he is not going to like that one bit. So I tucked him in my hands and ran water on his bum, and he held very very still and let me clean him all up. :) Then I tucked him in a towel to dry and I remembered reading that you should blow dry them. I thought, Oh he is really not going to like that. So we went in and snuggled him in the towel in my lap and turned on the blow dryer on cool. He jumped a little but then settled down and let me blow him dry so he had a dry bum.


Once he was dry he sat quietly in my lap and was so happy to let me pet him for a good 10 minutes. I don't know what it is about petting a bunny but I can feel it lowering all my tension and blood pressure till the world feels perfectly quiet. He went back in his cage because it was time to wake up Eleanor.


Sometimes when you wake up a kid it can go really bad. They'll sit there crying and whining about everything so you think, Why did I think this would be a good idea?? So I went in and Eleanor woke up and she wanted to be picked up and she wanted her sippy cup with milk. I snuggled her close and we sat on the couch while she drank her milk and I held her and rubbed her back and rocked her a bit. And at that moment I felt happy, truly happy. Happy that I have a wonderful, sweet daughter who I can hold and love, who makes me laugh with all her silly sayings. Happy that I have someone who loves me so completely and that I can love back completely. It was a joyful moment and I wanted to hold onto it for as long as I could because I think that is what we have to do. There is so much sadness and frustration in the world these days that when you have a happy moment you have to remember it and tuck it away to remind you when those dark days come. 

Eleanor turned 2 this last weekend. It is crazy that I've had her for 2 years now, it has flown by. She is smart and funny. She loves to watch Shaun the Sheep on Netflix. She loves our bunny, and swimming, and her friend Charlie. She is so cute. She has a wonderful smile and makes people laugh. She likes to wave at every aisle in the church when we walk out. She loves frogs, and hopping like them and saying "libbit" She loves fruit and vegetables and playing in the dirt. She is obsessed with books and takes a stack of them to bed with her. She is the best of Warren and I in one little happy being.  Sometimes she really frustrates me but most of the time she makes me happy and I'm grateful for that . 


I hope everyone is having a wonderful 4th of July weekend and are grateful that we live in such an amazing country. And here is me hoping that you have a joyful moment soon.