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So my mom has been in town for the past week and left for the airport at 5:30 this morning. She came for Savannah's baptism and a little bit of grandma fun. We went to the pumpkin patch with Emily, had a real girls only tea party for Davids grandma from England, stayed up late and watched movies, went to lunch bunch at El Azteca, celebrated another birthday for a gal in the ward at Panera, made crafts, and Grandma Karen even helped with the Halloween costumes (I think that they might actually be done before Halloween this year). The only down side to her trip was the weather, it was either super hot or miserably cold. Since the kids are in school we were hoping to do something outside on the weekend, but of course that's when it was cold and rainy. Anyway, we are very grateful that she could come for Savannah's special day. She really loves her grand kids and always makes the time to be here for the important stuff.

Hello again! It's Shelby! I haven't posted in a while because I have been up to my eyeballs in homework, and playing with my friends.Some of them have come over. Christopher came over this morning and stayed over at our house and played all day. His mom works at our school and today is parent/teacher conference day so she spent all day at school and his dad is in California. Remember those pictures mom took the other day? I was too silly to take pictures of me. GUESS WHAT? My Grandma Karen is coming to Virginia tomorrow:)!!! She's coming for Savannah's baptism which is soon. :( Want to know something sad? MOM IS LEAVING TO UTAH!!!!!!!!!! (November 13th)She is going for 4 DAYS!!!! I better go now, Chuck is on. I'll post more later. BYE!!!!

Today we went to the Botanical Gardens for a little photo shoot. It is so beautiful there that it just screams to have cute little girls in adorable little dresses come to have their picture taken. I bought these white dresses back in May, with hopes of shooting some pictures with all of the spring flowers. Ha Ha :) I recentlly realized that if I didn't do this soon that the good weather and green foilage would be gone with no chance of doing it next season beacause the dresses wouldn't fit. So after almost 100 photos, a couple of dead camera batteries, and a great big THANK YOU to Heidi for letting me borrow her Botanical Gardens pass, here is some of the finished product. I think they turned out pretty good if I do say so myself.
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Since it has been a while, and I don't feel like writing a novel of the past few months events, I figured I would make a list of what has been going on with us.

The Good

*Shelby and Savannah are back in school and for the most part really enjoy it.
(Shelby is in 4th grade and Savannah is in 3rd)
*Emily has started a preschool type class with some of the kids in the ward that the moms teach once a week and she really likes going and learning new things.
*Our ward split two weeks ago and it has been really exciting to see a brand new ward form from the beginning.
*Shelby is getting back into piano lessons after having the summer off.
*Savannah turned eight and celebrated with a backyard camp out party. She will be getting baptized in a couple of weeks.
* I went and saw Mama Mia the sing along version and now all I want to sing is Abba songs (thanks Nicole, Heidi, & Brooke)
*I bought my ticket to go home to see family and friends. And so that I could go see the New Kids On The Block in concert with my best high school friends. (only 41 days to go!)
*Shelby and Savannah attended their first concert. It was to see the Jonas Brothers!
They have been a little obsessed since then with their favorite boy band! (Like mother like daughter I guess) =)

The Bad

*David is still looking for another job
*Since the ward split not all of my friends are in the same ward. That can be hard here because most people live here for only a short period of time due to Navy and School.
*Davids Grandmother was admitted to the hospital with a possible stroke. (still undecided about yes she did or no she didn't but she is home and doing better)
*My mom was admitted to the hospital for a tumor in her colon and my brothers and I all have to get a colonoscopy. She is also home and doing great. (she will be coming for Savannah's baptism)
*The Harry Potter movie won't be released until July of next year and I am bummed!

The Ugly

* Emily gave herself a hair cut
*I am doing a weight loss challenge with Nicole and haven't had a Pepsi in almost a week.
*My house needs to be cleaned and I have laundry to do.

I am sure that I could write more but this is all I can think of for now. Here are some pictures as well.