A road trip...

Canyon, my Mom and I took a road trip to Goshen, CA for my cousins wedding. It was a long drive, but worth the fun. I got to spend my Mom's 11th cancer free anniversary with her (yeah MOM), visit with family I haven't seen in a long time, introduce Canyon to new cousins, meet new puppy Aiko, and attend a beautiful wedding. Here are some pictures from our trip. Mom's new puppy Aiko, who is soooo sweet and well mannered.
Aunt Debbie and the Bride-to-Be, Sam.

Jocelyn, Canyon, Noah, & Tyler. They all hit it off and enjoyed playing.

My mom and her sisters (Sharon, Mary, Mom, Debbie, Linda). They all pulled together for a wonderful wedding.

It's a BOY

My two favorite ultrasound pictures:

His sweet little face.

Two perfect legs.

I just can't do it...

I can't make my blog private. My decision to go private wasn't from any particular incident, I just felt a little to exposed and attached to people who don't really care about my life or my families life. However, I am glad to have people who are genuinely interested in us to check out our blog (Gary has informed me that it's a family blog, not just my blog-as if he has ever participated in a post & he never wanted it to be private). So I am keeping it open and staying optimistic that nosy people don't click my way. Sorry to toy with your emotions.

GOING PRIVATE

I am going private. Please send me your email so I can add you to my safe list. I am pretty sure that you can be added even if you are not a blogger. I enjoy sharing my life with my friends and family so please send me your email so we can stay in touch.

Hope & Gratitude

Last night when I went to bed my heart was filled with hope and gratitude and my cheeks were stained with tears. I have hope that our country is headed in a direction of change and of tolerance, hope that it will be a better place for me, for my children, for everyone, and hope that we will all be able to unite for a better world. I am grateful to witnesses this extraordinary time in our country’s history, grateful to have a renewed sense of patriotism, grateful to live on this earth in this country at this time.

Meditations on Indifference

Daily Advice from the Dali Lama:

What we do in every moment brings about new circumstances, which themselves will contribute to the arising of other events. Whatever we do, we are participating, whether voluntarily or not, in the chain of cause and effect. In the same way, our future pleasure and suffering will result from present causes and conditions, even if the complexity of these connections escapes us. We are therefore responsible for ourselves and for others.

Halloween

Thrilled to be a "dino," Canyon wore his costume all day long. He would give an occasional growl and search for his tale between his legs. He was absolutely adorable. I took out to Grandma Orina's in the afternoon where he enjoyed playing under her magical peach tree & then we went to Grandma and Grandpa Kirkman's where we caught some other sweet and scary kids.

Pumpkin Patch

Last Thursday Canyon & I went to the PUMPKIN PATCH with Cara & Bannon. I love the Pumpkin Patch and was happy to finally go. Of course Bannon & Canyon were hilarious and super excited about everything. Canyon was a great helper. He searched for corn, pointed out rotten pumpkins, and attempted to carry his own pumpkin.