Best, worst, learned, and laughed

William and I have a tradition that every night after we go to bed we tell each other the best part of the day, the worst part of the day, something we learned, and something that made us laugh. We also started the tradition that on our anniversary, we talk about the best, worst, learned, and laughed for the last year (anniversary to anniversary.) Since yesterday was our 3rd anniversary, I thought I'd share our year with you.

William's Best - finding out about Emmalee
William's worst - the miscarriage in April
William learned - how fun it is to keep Emmalee a secret and then tell family
William laughed - at the CD I made him that only had one song on it - he thought i was just computer illiterate.

Kylie's Best - Seeing Emmalee on the 2nd ultrasound and knowing she was "ok."
Kylie's worst - the miscarriage in April, and the bear that shredded our tent.
Kylie learned - William and I are tough and can get through anything. And listen to the Spirit when it tells you that it would be better to put the gun in the tent, not the car.
Kylie laughed - at the "Incident Command Center" pictures taken at Star Hope.

Shopping!!

So usually I hate shopping. But today was such a fantastic day full of great finds for not a lot of money, and I HAD to share what we bought.
William and I have finally decided that it's bout time we started buying a few things for "Miss Emmalee" (as my mom refers to her.) There have been some great clearance sales going on lately, so we have yet to pay full price for anything. Today Will and I went to Shopko for their "baby sale." I turned William loose and told him to start looking for things that are cute. He came back a few minutes later with an adorable cold-month outfit for Emmalee that is so adorable I had to include a picture.
My other greatest purchase for the day is one that I have wanted for many, many years. I have been looking for a copy of Arnold Freeburg's painting "Prayer and Valley Forge" in my price range and never found one I really liked. But today, we happened to go to Seagull Book, where they were having their "annual framed art sale." We got a beautiful framed and matted "Prayer at Valley Forge" for 50% off, and I absolutely love it. I think I've been smiling since we found it. The entire drive back to Rexburg from Idaho Falls was spent discussing (among other things, like Emmalee) where we were going to hang it. So I had to include a picture of it, too, so that everyone else could ooh and aah appropriately about how wonderful and patriotic the print is also. I love being an American, and I'm very grateful for those who fought and died for the freedoms we enjoy. I'm grateful to finally have a picture that portrays the need for God in our country.