it's october?!?

i'm here. i'm fine. just lots going on...especially when i typically am here...

so, it's october!!!

my sister gets married this month. i just finished making ties for the 3 little boys for the wedding and they are SO SO adorable. for real.

i love october. the change of seasons. NOT the holidays yet. just the anticipation of it on the horizon, but not the stress...yet...

i love 4 year olds. LOVE THEM. precious moments EVERY day. the questions. the conversations. how MUCH they learn. how MUCH of an influence EVERY word i say has. i love it. soaking up this year...every little bit!

i ran my fastest 3 miles ever tonight. 23:09. 7:41 avg. crazy fast for me. hoping my garmin wasn't lying?? but it's always very accurate. the more stressful my day was, the faster i run. ha!

i literally go back and forth between feeling SUCH a deep peace amidst the chaos that is my life...and feeling like i can't breath from all that is on my shoulders and about to have a panic attack or hyperventilate or something.

He continues to carry me through it all.

i'm thankful.
and tired. :-)

and, just because pictures are always nice:

levi praying the other day at lunch :-) this was actually posed after they finished...i didn't have my phone out on the porch when we were praying for real. when we were done (i had looked up and seen this while we were praying) i said, "wait! don't let go of his hands yet!" to sawyer and grabbed my phone and said, "pray again" :-) they obeyed. precious!