So Far This September...

It’s already the middle of September, can you believe it?! I just now realized that I didn’t post my August adventures, so I hope you don’t mind catching up on my very delayed adventures. We’ve already had an eventful September, and I thank the glorious kick off to my cousin Emily. She’s MARRIED, how crazy!

Emily & her new hubby! 

As I said earlier, my cousin Emily was married Saturday September 5^th and it was an event to remember. Especially because she and her family hold a special place in my heart. They took care of me while I was student teaching and have done so much for Jason and I. We love them so much!

Friday night we headed down to Kuna Idaho for a deliciously huge dinner with friends and family. It was fun to see aunts and uncles I hadn’t seen in a long time. Carter was loving all the attention with being the only kid there. He was so happy to see Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle D (Dyelan). He hardly ate anything because he was running around to everyone. Silly boy.

The wedding was beautiful, and I actually cried during the ceremony in the temple. I have never cried at a wedding before, which was definitely a first. It was so exciting to see her and her new husband come out of the temple doors with pure happiness on their faces. Pictures were short and sweet for us, and then we went to spend time with family.

The boys outside the temple :)

And the girls...

Our sweet little family!

My silly little boy.

This adorable picture <3

The reception that night was incredible! The church was decorated so beautiful, the food was to die for, and they hired a DJ who entertained us all. My favorite was probably the shoe game he made Emily and Austine play. So. Much. Fun! I loved seeing my parents and grandparents dancing too. So precious :)

Cutting the cake at the reception.

Sunday we spent our time at Grandma’s house, and had a beautiful devotional. It is kind of fun to have such a big family to have devotionals and recitals with all of our musical talent. It was so wonderful to fill the house with singing and a lesson from conference. Carter had a blast playing with all of the kids, and we hardly saw him at all. All of his cousins love him too. It’s so nice to let him play and not have to worry about what he is doing or who he is with. I love my family!

One of the songs that was sung. Pretty good...

Monday we took our time going home, and decided to stop at a very special place. We stopped and ate lunch at Julia Davis Park in Boise. The park where Jason got on one knee and asked me to be his forever. It’s a beautiful park, and we were kind of sad to have to get in the car and make our journey of 5.5 hours. Stopping in Lehi Utah to get JCW shakes, did help a little bit J I love going on road trips.

When we got back home it was business as usual and Carter ended up with a cold. While taking care of a sweet sick little 2 year old and running to appointments, we also worked on getting our ward party organized. I was a little worried when lightning, thunder and rain started coming down, but it ended up being a beautiful night and so much fun! We had a really good turn out and thanks to some amazing friends the food was incredible. It was awesome, and definitely worth the work.

Tain and Karalee had their sweet baby girl! We were able to visit them in the hospital and can't wait for our big brother to have Tain wrapped around that little girl's finger. I love her name as well, her name is Ada Lynn and she fits the name. Super sweet and adorable. I think I might be just a little baby hungry :)

Sweet little Ada

Well, now our life has slowed down a little bit and we are getting ready to go to the Oregon Coast next week. Another great adventure with 18 hours in the car. It’s going to be so much fun. Well, sorry to make it short, but that what the Osborn family has been up to. Here’s to making wonderful memories!

We took Carter to the Payson temple one night. He loves to see the temple!

August, and the Endings of Summer

My goodness have we had the busiest most wonderful summer! I must say it tops last summer by a whole bunch! We’ve really enjoyed running around, being super busy, getting sick of seeing family (ha ha, we could never see them enough), and the best thing ever… creating wonderful memories!

How we feel about summer!

To start off our rockin’ month of August, Jason and I were able to attend the temple with my awesome cousin Benjamin. He was recently called to serve a 2 year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Sacramento California! It has been a while since we were able to attend a session, and we were so thankful for the wonderful opportunity to see my cousin go through the house of the Lord. He was smiling a mile wide, and let me tell ya, that smile is super contagious! After the session we were able to eat lunch at a cute little café at Thanksgiving Point. Carter was at my Aunts house having a blast with my other cousins, and was not very happy to see us. He could just feel that the fun was coming to an end. Silly boy, you’d think about 5 hours he’d miss us right?

The temple was a wonderful thing to start off a full week of being a single mom. Jason went on a business trip to big Jonesboro Arkansas. He was gone for a full week, and was stuck at work pretty much the whole time poor kid. On Monday when he got to Memphis Tennessee, he only had a quick trip to Graceland for some Joy vacationing. Carter and I made the most of our time together however, and we went to the splash pad, the rec center in Provo for some much needed swimming, The Museum of Natural Curiosity, playing with his fave cousin, and getting watched by his fave aunt. He sure did miss his daddy though.

The Museum of Natural Curiosity

Carmen loved the animal hospital in Kidopolis :)

Carter's favorite part, the water room!

The wind tunnel!

Eating lunch after the museum.

All of us together :)

That same week I was a single mama, I got some really awesome news! I had a 3 hour MRI, yes 3 hours!!! It was totally worth it to find out that I am still TUMOR FREE! This girl has kicked that cancer to the curb (knock on wood), at least I really hope so J 3 hour MRIs…. You are missing out! Who doesn’t want to lay completely still in a tube of noise for 3 hours with your head strapped down?! I sure do! It was totally worth it to see that those nasty tumors were still completely gone! The miracles I have seen in my life… Best thing ever too, was that that same day Jason came home and we got our house ready for some guests. My cousin who I haven’t seen in over 10 years moved to Idaho from New York and decided to stop and see me on her way!!!! It was so awesome!!

My cousin Tressa and I used to be so close. We even made up our own language once, and to this day she still remembers some of it! I loved their family so very much and was able to see them all the time, until they decided to move to New York. After that we talked every once in a long while, but never saw each other. It was so wonderful to meet her hubby and hold her precious little baby. It also reminded me of how much time had passed and how much I would pray that she’d move back. Not to mention, it totally reminded me of my age and how much time has passed in the blink of an eye.

All of us at breakfast! Kneader's is the BEST!

We made a trip to Costco after. I love these cuties!

My cousin visiting was just the opening ceremonies to a fantastic week with my mom! She came to spend a week with her kiddos and brought her awesome friend with her too! I loved having her here, and it was really nice to be able to spend time with my extended family too! We rode the train to City Creek one day (Carter thought it was the coolest to ride a cho cho train) and walked around Temple Square after. Went to the zoo, threw a little surprise party for my mom’s birthday (it’s in August), and attended my little cousins baptism. Each night was filled with laughter, movies, and fun as we made some pretty awesome memories. I’m sure we caught a few of them on video. My mom’s friend Heidi has always been someone we loved, but now we decided to adopt her! She is awesome!

My cousin Emma's baptism.

Riding the train!

They love their grandma!

The Salt Lake Temple

All of us infront of the Salt Lake Temple. We're missing Heidi.

We convinced Heidi that she had to be in the picture :)

Salt Lake City

Carter's fave aunt <3

The visitor's center on temple square

Carter and Taylor at the zoo.

Our week started off with a big hug goodbye to my mom and Heidi, and a missionary farewell for Elder Lee (my cousin Benjamin who actually left on 8/26!), and being surrounded by yet more family. I absolutely LOVE it when our family gets together and I am reminded of how much my Heavenly Father loves me. There will be another “reunion” in a couple of weeks for a very exciting wedding! We’re finally not the only cousins in the fam tying the knot! With all my cousins getting married, going on missions, and being baptized, I am starting to feel my age ha ha. It is so amazing how time works sometimes. There are times when it seems it never passes, and times when you blink and a huge chunk of it has suddenly passed you by. My life revolves around time so much, and I wish it didn’t.

Off to Benjamin's fare well!

Carter love riding with aunt Kira (aka Teeda)

My handsome little boy <3

Jason worked nights in August, and so we were able to do lots of fun things with him before he left (that is when he was home ha ha). We were able to go to the Museum of Ancient Life last Tuesday, and Carter wouldn’t stop talking about it. He was so excited to see Dinosaurs and see his cousin Carmen. Well, it wasn’t what we expected, but we loved spending time together as a family and being able to experience new things. Families are the greatest thing ever!

Daddy and Carter at the Museum of Ancient Life

Carter loved digging in the sand.

Carter thought the big dinosaur bones were really cool

Group selfie!

My sisters!

Cutie Carmen and her mom.

This dinosaur is pretty cool.

This past week I have really been thinking about how wonderful it is to be a mother and how much of a miracle it is. I love being able to take care of a sweet little human being all day. It especially helps that he is extremely cute and melts my heart. It is truly a miracle that we are able to be parents on this earth. It teaches us the hardest and most rewarding lessons, and helps us to be so much better. I have really tried hard to love Carter every minute of every day because I am simply so thankful to have the opportunity to have him in my life. What a difference that has made, to even react in love when he isn’t doing quite what I asked. It is incredible to think that that is how the savior taught. He loved everyone unconditionally and showed that love each minute he was given here on earth. I hope if you are a parent, you truly realize the great blessing you have, to take care of one of Heavenly Father’s children. They may drive us crazy and cause us to act in anger, but just remember what it was like not to have those cuties in your life and all those who struggle to get one of the angels as their own. Here’s to an adventurous August and superb September! Happy reading!

I love this little boy!

I can't believe I get to be this cuties mother!