One lovely fall day..

Those of you from Salt Lake know that it was a gorgeous day today.

The perfect, picturesque, fall day.

With as cruddy as I've been feeling for the last week (migraines, I never seem to catch a break), I needed a nice day like today.

Let me just divert one second and talk a little bit about these insane episodes I have...

I don't know if you have ever had a migraine, if you have, I'm sure you can sympathize with me.

I've gone back to my last job in the call center and with those florescent lighting... awful.

Anyway, last Saturday night, pretty late, I got a migraine. The most severe migraine I have ever had. (mind you, I've had migraines since I was 14years old)

I had the same one last night...

These ones have something special about them.. besides the fact that I feel like I'm going to die. not exaggerating, my body shuts down, basically paralyzed, like it takes every muscle in my body to move... I shake, I sweat, I cry, I go through phases of being way too hot and then way too cold. I have a hard time controlling my breathing and my hands and sometimes my whole arms will go numb or tingly.

Needless to say... it's the worst thing that ever happens to me...

And it's happened twice in one week with a major headache lag between...
Luckily, I have the greatest husband ever that will just hold me until the pain finally just forces me to sleep and he checks on me periodically to make sure I'm still breathing.
I don't know how I would get through times like that without him.

SO AGAIN..... I NEEDED A NICE AND RELAXING DAY LIKE TODAY.

 

We went to the grocery store, not a good idea.. my energy was shot from last night's "episode" that I was just miserable the entire time.

Got home and just lied down until we met with the in laws at the pumpkin patch.

 

 

Lia had so much fun testing her strength by trying to pick up every single pumpkin and occasionally trying to get two at once.

She's my little hulk, so it's okay!

Here we are, all of these adults just gathering at the pumpkin patch just to spend time with Lia and watch her enjoy herself.

There is no shortage of love in this little girl's life.

She really is so blessed.

 

They had a farmers market.. which I love.

This one was really cute, I loved the set up and how everything was in a basket.

 

See what I mean?

 

They had a petting zoo... more like "pet the goats" though.

She got to feed them..

I can't believe how she wasn't even hesitant or shy to go around and touch such a strange animal.

She went right up.. talked to them, pet them. Just being a little gem.

 

 

How darling is this?

This picture just melts my heart.

This truly captures how gentle and sweet Lia is.

Even animals pick up on her loving spirit.

I can't get over how special these moments are.. watching your children interact.

These are the moments that really make you proud as a mom.

I have my struggles as a mom, we all know.. I've motioned it time and time again.

Lia can be a little terror with all of her energy.

But she is so loving and so unbelievably happy.

We must be doing something right, right?

Well, I hope so. ;)

 

We brought home a few pumpkins and the house has a feeling of fall... I'm loving it.

I'm loving these moments as a family.

As a new Thompson (not that I wasn't part of the family before. ha).

To me, now family outings just feel complete to me. There is nothing missing in our lives right now.

We are married.

And we are the Thompson household.

 

 

Family is great.

 One small but very happy family.