The New Quests of The Turetzky Family

Monday I'm feeling incredibly blessed today to have my family together! Even if Lila did have a meltdown on our outing and skipped her nap, I'm so happy I endured it beside my wonderful husband. That wonderful husband also had news today about an exciting new direction for his career. All the highs and lows of Darren's work since moving to Austin last year seem to be culminating into something great for the future. I'm really humbled and so very grateful. Tuesday I was so grateful to come home! I was so thankful to our bishop's wife who picked us up from the airport at 12:30 AM. Yeah, she's basically a saint. The house was just as we left it: clean and tidy. Wednesday We made it grocery shopping, and it was no small task to get my girl to part with the room and her toys that she hadn't seen in 5 weeks! I was just happy we got it done and I made dinner. How's that for our first say home? :) Thursday We all slept in. I was especially happy about thi...

My girl sure does enjoy singing. I can't say that I'm disappointed about this, quite the opposite actually! Lila loves to go around making up her own songs about anything and everything (but usually princesses and fairies). She reminds me of myself and my sisters when we were little girls :) Me and the kiddos had a quiet week at Darren's parents house, just spending our days playing pretend and jumping on the old trampoline. I planned and made meals, which I hope will help me transition back to reality next week! It was actually kind of nice to get back to cooking, and I'm excited to bust out my favorite fall recipes when we're home. Besides playing with the kids while grandma and grandpa worked this week, we all traveled to Colorado for the weekend to visit Darren's grandparents. It sure was sweet to introduce our little chunk to Great-grandfather and Grandma June. Our angel baby even cut another tooth while we were there, but he just took it all in stride and...