HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2014

This Halloween was Talia's first time Trick or Treating. McCord got to take her. She also came to my work to show off and make me look good. Ha ha ha. So many fun pictures were taken. She had SO much fun in her "fairy" outfit and she loved having the wings on. She was well behaved and such an angel all day long. 

After Talia went to bed McCord and I had deviled eggs, mushroom dip, and soda pop. We watched Hotel Transilvania and a little part of Casper. Was a relaxing evening after trick or treaters died down. What a great way to end the holiday. 

New 02 Nissan Altima - engine blew!

with the hard year we have faced, we had more spontaneous bad news. The new Nissan that we purchased last night had a rod that blew in the engine less than 12 hrs after we bought it. We were stranded in sardine canyon by Mantua.  We grabbed trash from the side of the road and walked down to the creek and filled up what we could to dump it in the car and in the radiator to help cool it down. We felt resourceful.😉

Bad news is that the poor new car of ours is totaled due to the engine.

We were fortunate to have puttered inch by inch through the hills of the canyon after cooling it down and it finally stopped in Wellsville. Tristan came to pick us up and we had a tow take the car to the nearest shop. We were so grateful for nice people. Hopefully we will be able to fix the engine soon. We are down to 1 car (with horrible gas mileage) again. At least we have the Aggie Rodeo. Life sometimes feels hopeless. For us, we'll, these last 9-10 months have been the lowest we've been in a long time. We have hope and faith that things will get better though.

Time Out For Women 2014

Time Out For Women (TOFW) was just amazing this year. The theme was Shine and it was awesome! I had so much fun taking a few hours to personally enrich my soul and strengthen my testimony and spirit. The talks were amazing. Just wonderful. Here are the pictures that I attached with two of my favorite quotes from the conference.

Salt Lake Comic Con Sept 2014

Car Accident Sandwich

Well I crashed the car today. Sadly, it is totaled. I also got a $150 citation - yikes. 

Idaho Falls Weekend

Talia Potty Trained

Just a post to say how proud I am of Talia. She decided to start potty training last Friday evening and went by herself on the toilet. We then said ok I guess we are potty training now. I took her to the store Saturday morning and we bought some supplies that she picked out and we went over how to go potty etc. she then had a rougher time Saturday getting going, but has done famously the whole week long with <3 accidents per day each day this while week. She has really embraced the training and has done SO well! We are beaming with pride and joy for her as she has reached this new phase in life.

"Potty wise for toddlers" is a great tool that we have been using to help train her. I highly recommend it.

Summer Rain - I love it!

Talia 27 months old

TALIA stats: 28 lbs (20%ile), height (20%ile)

Kangaroo Zoo - Family Activity Aug 2014

Bear Lake Camping Trip 2014

Pioneer Day and Hand/Foot/Mouth Disease

July 24, 2014 is a wonderful state holiday to honor the pioneers who settled this lovely state.

Talia came down with chicken pox so we will be celebrating Pioneer Day at home.

Larsen Family Pictures

 

Great father moments:

(all pictures taken in June 2014)

Summer sprinkler fun

Desert Star date night

Miscarriage #2

******* Personal journal post*****

This post was reserved for weeks to announce Baby #2. Here it is August 3rd and we're sad to say that we have lost this baby as well. We were told by the doctors on the 5th that my symptoms show it is not a viable pregnancy. Not much can be done to prevent a miscarriage. I was 8 wks along. The miscarriage was finalized on Aug 18th. Of course it is sad to hear such news from healthcare professionals. This one happened naturally on its own. Perhaps it wasn't meant to be. This has been harder for me to deal with than the 1st miscarriage. I took 10 days off work since it was quite difficult to deal with emotionally as well as physically. I first felt that it was my fault but over the course of the week I have felt comforted that my those feelings were not true. McCord and I are both so reassured & comforted by the spirit that we will have at least 1 additional child. We both have relied on our Heavenly Father and our faith during this trying time. The good feelings have overwhelmed the bad as I look back on the full week. We are blessed with a sweet little girl and we know that we will get another child when the time is right.  May God bless anyone who is going through hardship for we understand and know there is a way threw the heartache. Good things lie ahead for us; we just know it.

Here is a picture idea I had for announcing this baby. Thought I'd attach it for memories sake:

(D&C conducted 08/22/2014. Recovery time good. Process was hardly painful. All is well.)

4th of July - 2014

This year for the Independance Day we celebrated in a smaller way than we typically have done. In past years we've gone up to Logan and did what the extended family did. This year, due to work and $, we decided to do a little something here within our little family. In our new house and new neighborhood, we had such a great time.