Happy (Late) Halloween!

Here is a quick video of our first Halloween here in Bolivar:

P.S. - We moved! We are now in a beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bath Home! Pictures to come later, still settling and decorating :)

Our Silly Kids!

We sure love our little kids. The joy of watching them play with each other is indescribable. I'm glad Evelyn loves Peter even though he unintentionally pummels her from time to time.

I know it! I live it! I love it!

Wow! General Conference was amazing (as always)! We are truly blessed to be able to hear from living prophets and apostles and other general authorities. I am grateful for the opportunity to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I am grateful to know of our Heavenly Father's plan for us. I am grateful for the eternal perspective that the knowledge of the truth provides. I am grateful for guidance and commandments that help me be truly happy. I am grateful to know of my Savior, Jesus Christ. I am grateful for the Atonement He performed in our behalf. I am grateful for the hope, strength, and power the Atonement affords me everyday; the strength to be a better mom, a better wife, a better daughter, and a better disciple of Jesus Christ. I am grateful for opportunities to improve and progress. I am grateful to be a "Mormon". As Sister Ann M. Dibb said, "I know it! I live it! I love it!"

Here are a few pictures of a little area I had set up for Peter. We rearranged our living room just a little in an attempt to help Peter understand that General Conference is special and important. I put together a little conference coloring book and put pictures of the first presidency and the twelve apostles on the wall (and he actually used them!). I also put other quit toys and activities out for him to do while conference was being observed.

General Conference

General Conference is this weekend! We are so excited to have the opportunity to listen to living prophets and apostles.

Life in Bolivar, Missouri

I decided a blog post on our move to Missouri is long overdue. We have now been in Missouri for a month! Time has sure flown by! Everything went pretty smooth with our packing, traveling, and unpacking. We couldn't have asked for things to go much smoother. We had lots of help from family and friends with packing and loading the moving truck. We left Clovis, California and all our belongings on the 31st of July. Our belongings headed out to Missouri while we headed up to a family reunion in Southern Utah. We made a stop in Lancaster, CA to visit with the Blair family. We sure love our Aunt Martha, Uncle Huey, and cousins. We had a great visit with them. It is always a treat to stay with the Blair's.

After our visit in Lancaster we went to Hurricane, Utah and met up with the rest of the Reynders at Grandma and Grandpa Thorley's beautiful home. We stayed there a day or so and then headed up the mountain. We enjoyed our time with family on the Thorley Mountain. Aunt Lynn and Uncle Paul did an amazing job planning this years reunion. Their kids also helped a lot. Their daughter, Brooke, shared her talents with us. She put together an awesome movie comprised of old family videos, it was beautiful. She then helped make it possible for us to create little movies while we were up there on the mountain. We had a wonderful time. Many great memories were formed. I hope we will be able to attend next years reunion.

David and his sister Kate left Hurricane and drove our car out to Missouri. Meanwhile, the kids and I headed down to Las Vegas, NV to stay at Aunt Pam and Uncle Rollin Thorley's home till I was scheduled to fly out the following day to meet David in Kansas City. (That is where David's older brother Robert just started his residency. It is nice having them only two hours away.) All went smoothly with our travels. The flight with the kids went surprisingly well and our car made it half way across the country in one piece! All I have to say is I am glad to be here. I am glad to be unpacked and settled. So far, so good. Bolivar will be our home for the next three years and honestly I can't complain. We have felt extremely blessed and watched over. Our prayers have been answered. We are grateful for the opportunities we have to improve and progress.

Kate (in graduate school in Kansas, not too far from our new home!) was a great help in our move. She stayed with us for four or five days and helped us get settled. We are grateful for her service. Here are some cute pictures of her with peter at the beautiful Dunnegan Park here in Bolivar.

We love our new home, here are some pictures :)

Family Photos :D

 Thank you Gwen Hawkins!

We're Moving!

We have been busy, busy, busy! David got accepted into the Doctorate of Physical Therapy program at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri. We are excited for the opportunity to move forward but scared at the same time. We are moving half way across the country! We will miss all of our family and friends in California, but we are excited to start this new chapter of life. Needless to say, it is a time of much change for us.

We have been packing away. We have made some good progress. We are loading up the moving trailer on Monday the 30th... Only 5 more days in Clovis, CA!

P.S. - My good friend Gwen Hawkins took some family pictures for us! I will post them as soon as she is done with them. But for now here is a cute photo of the kids :)