Oh, it's the old age...

(I look at other's postings and keep thinking I need to update my blog. I put it off until I finally realize my last post says "winter already" and that was like a month and a half ago....what is up with time?!!)

Okay, so it's November...correction, the MIDDLE of November even, and I swear it seems school just began not too long ago...Then it hits me, as I realize one semi-depressing fact: Sometimes I feel like I'm losing my mind mainly, because, well, I AM! You see, I just turned 35...and was graciously informed by a friend of mine that I am now officially in the "high risk" pregnancy group...!!! Are they serious?! Since when does 35 seem old? I thought this was the day of 60 is the new 50, 50 the new 40, yet somehow 35 is just too old to safely have children?!

I realize I am exaggerating a bit, but it really is weird--it feels like I just graduated from BYU not long ago until I see a REAL recent graduate who looks like they are about 12 years old!!! Is this how it's going to be the rest of our lives? Our minds keep thinking and our bodies keep feeling we are "so young" and we forget how we actually age when time passes until we see someone who really is, well, young! Basically, I feel like I am in a time warp that speeds everything up and I'm just trying to keep waking up to go through another warp speed day before dropping into bed! I know I'm not the only one who can feel this way...

Fall Highlights:
*Cornbellies at Thanksgiving Point with the cousins:

*FHE in the Canyon with Grandma:

*Halloween was great, as always, for the girls! (It is funny how, even they, described how "Halloween just kind of snuck up on me, Mom!" when asked about their costume choices this year! Which is why they were super creative: Shai was a soccer player--thank you Sandy City, Rilee was a vampire--black cape and teeth pretty much, and Eden was a "cheetah"--not a leopard, a cheetah, because somehow that is cool, tying her to the cheetah girls someway...!  Avery was a  hula girl--we couldn't resist showing the fleshy side of her!  When else can you get away with wearing coconut shells, I mean, really?!)

*Grandma Judy's Halloween party is always a HUGE event, looked forward to by one and all (except perhaps Grandma herself? once one sees all the effort/energy it takes to put it on!)
And, the girls came home with a STASH of candy! It's so fun to see their faces, so excited of their hard-earned loot. But I admit, it is such a temptation to buy it off them, as that is a small price to pay in leiu of the dental bills that will, no doubt, be in the future...! Yet, I hope they have a childhood with Halloween, candy-filled, memories as fond as mine--so I resist, (and try to save for the future!) Ah, childhood is bliss!!