Fall Time & Other things

I love the fall, especially in Utah because you acutally have four different seasons every year. Summer was nice, but hot as usual and it is nice to wake up and go to bed with the outside air being cool and crisp.

I just started my 2008 fall semester at Utah Valley University. I thought this would be my last fall semester for my Bachelor degree but there was a miscalculation made and I will be graduating December 2009 if all goes as planned with a Bachelor Degree in Paralegal Studies. I love the legal field and my classes this semester are all in the legal field. It has been nice taking other classes that were outside of my field of interest but now that I am getting down to my last few semesters I am glad that I get to spend them in depth in my field.

I am taking two mediation courses, which will have me doing mediations in small claims court around Utah County. How crazy is that? I think of where I have been and what I have gone through in the last three years and to think that I am providing a service to the public in the legal field and my life is progressing in a positive way, that is amazing.

Micah is turning 4 next month. I can't wait to make his birthday cake. I am going to take him shopping this weekend for his cake and I am going to let him go around the store and pick foods to put on a list for his birthday party. I want him to make his own decisions about what he wants for this birthday. He is good at knowing what the other kids will like...mom's aren't always in tune with the child mind and palete. His favorite food is beef jerky...who knew that he would actually pick something healthy. He does have a sweet tooth for PINK Krispy Creme doughnuts. He likes the color pink a lot which is funny sometimes.

Micah and I went on a roadtrip to Colorado over the Aug. 8th weekend for a cousin's birthday *(Brittany it was beautiful and I can only hope for a wedding so beautiful and a man so perfect for me when I get married)*. The landscape for the wedding was amazing. The marriage ceremony was at sunset, and it was on a 'farm' so to speak. They have horses and some of the horses were acutally coming over to the fence in the background to get in on the ceremony. When I saw the bride and groom later in the evening you could see the love they had for each other. It was a beautiful sight and brought some tears to my eyes, but of course I didn't cry. I wouldn't want anyone to know my deep down secret of actually wishing that my 'day' would be sooner than later.

We also were able to spend the weekend of Aug. 22nd with friends camping in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. It was a great trip with many memories to cherish. I was able to watch one of my friends with her kids. Usually I don't see her with her kids because they are with their dad during the week and she only gets visitation with them. You can tell how much she loves them. I love to go camping and just sit in the wilderness and know that this is what God created for us. This beautiful land, the friends, and the world. I find my self 'stopping to smell the roses' a lot more often these days. I guess when things are in perspective in your life you can stop and enjoy life more often. I love it.

I love being a mother. I can't express that enough to Micah. I want him to know how much I love him, how much I care for him, and how much I want him to be happy and fulfilled in his life. He is a great child and will be an even greater man someday. Every year at Micah's birthday I write in this journal that I will some day pass on to him. I know the decisions that I have made in my life affect him in ways that I will never understand nor see but I do hope that he can gain knowledge and perspective from my writings to him. Micah, you are my strength, my inspiration, my heart, my life and my love. You ARE the magical moments of my motherhood. I love you!

Okay, well now that I am getting really sappy and starting to tear up I am going to end this writing for the night.