Counting Down

I woke up today and realized it was the end of October. I feel like this semester just began! We've only got five and a half weeks until we go home, and only 3 weeks until we get our first visitor.

Things have been fairly normal around here, Arya is still having a blast going to school twice a week. 


Pajama day was definitely her favorite. 

We're still loving our new home, we finally feel settled and comfortable. Hopefully we won't be moving anymore while we're on the island!
Ryan finished midterms and did great. We're glad to have those behind us, but of course there's still studying to be done. Finals are coming up soon, after all ;). 

As much as we absolutely love Grenada, we do miss our country. Every time I ride by the US Embassy I'm so happy to see our flag flying... but it makes me very homesick. There is truly no place like home. We can't wait to be back for a few weeks in December. In the meantime, enjoy Zaxby's, fully stocked shelves and 24 hour stores for us! :)


Comments

  1. CeCe BoyackOctober 23, 2012 at 9:28 AM

    Arya is so cute...and she is so good to smile anytime I ask her to for a picture. Watch out you might have a model on your hands!!!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. KatieOctober 24, 2012 at 3:22 PM

      Haha CeCe, Ryan said we need to pray for acne or get a shotgun. Something to keep the boys away!

      Delete
  2. Kristen PetersenOctober 25, 2012 at 8:54 AM

    It's true, she is soo adorable.
    And I can't believe it is already the end of October!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Valentine's Day

Image
Ryan was pretty busy on Thursday, which was actually Valentine's day, so we celebrated Friday afternoon instead. Last Valentine's day we went to a place called the Red Crab and LOVED it! We decided to go again this year, and we weren't disappointed.  We walked down to the Red Crab, which is not far from our house. The restaurant was supposed to open at 6, but this is Grenada, so we got there at six to find they weren't quite ready for us. This field is right beside the Red Crab, so we took Arya to run around for a bit.  Ryan ordered some gazpacho and asked Arya to try it. I'm so glad I captured this sequence of events. She resisted at first.  She finally agreed to try a bite.  Not so bad...  Then the taste sets in. She wasn't a fan.  She was much happier after she washed it down with some cold water.  We both had the lobster tail. It was absolutely delicious! It was a  great night, and we had a w
Read more

Ten things NOT to say to a pregnant woman.

So, i figured with my time being pregnant coming to a quick close, I would give some advice to those of you who haven't been pregnant. Before my recent foray into pregnancy, I made most of these mistakes. Thankfully, I know better now, and will never again exclaim loudly to one of my pregnant friends-"You look HUGE!" 1. "Hey, you look great!... You know, being pregnant and all" (Or post-pregnancy "You look great!... You know, having had 3 kids and all") The best thing to do in this situation is to stop with "Hey, you look great!" or, don't comment at all. Pregnant women know they've gained 30 lbs in 9 months, that they have cankles, that-thanks to raging hormones- they have acne, and that they do, in fact, NOT look great. 2. "That's going to be a HUGE baby!" Yeah, this is a fantastic one. After having someone tell you daily that you must be carrying Gigantor around in your belly- and then you find out at your son
Read more

Mothers

I have to say, out of all the incredible things I love about our Church, there is one thing I've always been really impressed with. The Prophets, Apostles, and members of the church are always so quick to recognize the importance of women. I can't tell you how many times I've been uplifted because of the things our leaders have said about our potential and significance as women. As I've become a mother, I've found that to be just as true. I've had a bit of a difficult time since having Arya. Being a stay at home mom is hard. Yes, it's sometimes hard to do the things a mom has to do, but that's not what I mean when I say being a stay at home mom is hard. What's really difficult is looking at the rest of the world, the accomplishments of everyone out there, and thinking "What am I really doing?". Sometimes, it does get to me that my friends have all graduated. That they have careers, money, leisure time. Sometimes I think "Should that be
Read more