Families...the best thing on Earth

 This has been a hard week for me.  I have had some days where my emotions have been super out of whack.  See my expression?  I went to Thanksgiving Point with Kiwi and we "helped" Brooke's family get pictures taken.  It was beautiful with the leaves still in color on the trees.  There were little tucked away paradises with waterfalls, bridges, gazebos.
I have reflected a lot about my expectations as a young mother and what my reality is now as a "senior citizen" and grandmother. 

I have watched Brooke as her life took an abrupt change when she became a wife and mother.  I have held my breath at times wondering if she would make it.  I have been so happy to see the maturity she has used and a perspective that I did  not have when all my kids were little.
 The best thing right  is little Miss Edie lets me hold her now without major breakdowns.   She is so sweet and cuddly.  The world might be a super more interesting place if we were all babies...I don't know who would change our diapers.

Winston has chipmunk syndrome...he stuffs his mouth and slowly chews it...too funny!

This is like the best ...and I took this picture--really, don't you think?

This morning I was reading Elder Dube's Conference address.  It was just what the doctor ordered.  Elder Dube reminded me to look ahead and not behind.
Sometimes I worry that when I get to the other side and my Bryce greets me, the first thing out of his mouth will be...Mom--why were you such a big boob?
 However, I know he has matured and isn't the Bryce I knew here so he really won't say that.  He might want to.
In the sight of the Lord, it is not so much what we have done or where we have been but much more where we are willing to go.--Elder Dube     Thank you Elder Dube.  Onward and upward!