Giving Thanks!

Lately I have felt an overwhelming gratitude for the things I have in my life. One thing that has given me this sense of gratitude even when things are going a little wrong is reading this talk. First of all it makes me realize that no matter what my trials in life are, I have it pretty easy. But it also makes me realize that even if I lost EVERYTHING, there would still be reason to be thankful, because the atonement of Christ has made it possible to have everything restored to us. I am grateful for Jesus Christ, and that I have the knowledge of Him in my life!

Good Movie!!!

So, I am a big fan of good movies. Only problem... there doesn't seem to be enough of them out there! So when I see a keeper I get reeeal excited! This movie was so cute! It's a little older and usually that means it is automatically boring (not the case here!!!), but this is TOO cute!

Disclaimer: I have never seen the first one, so couldn't tell you if this is better/worse/along the same lines as the first.

A peek into the mid-west

Speechless Sunday

Summer Firsts

This summer Luke did a lot of fun things for the first time. As noted below, he took his first ride on an airplane. He also went to the beach for the first time. He LOVED it! Definitely not a sentiment shared by many Perkinses! He loved walking in the wet sand and apparently liked the taste of the sand. I had to keep a close eye on him because every time I turned around he had a mouth full of sand.






He swam in the pool for the first time too. I don't think he was very impressed, which is great because I'm not a big fan of the pool either.



*note: Mammoth post coming soon.

Summer in Seattle

We had a blast this summer, and we kicked it off with an awesome trip to Seattle! Our amazing nephew Mikey was getting baptized so we flew up there to be with him on his special day.

Luke's grandma gave him a special rockin' outfit to wear for his first trip to Seattle- so sweet!



This was Luke's first plane trip! He did SO good! Slept the whole time both ways!



He was so excited to spend time with family that he hadn't seen in so long!







Our visit also included spending the 4th of July in Washington. What a FUN experience! I knew that fireworks were legal there, but I didn't quite understand how cool it was until I experienced it! It's like Disneyland fireworks going off in EVERYONE'S back yard! Such a fun experience!





I lit off a few roman candles and held them as far away from my body as possible. I was a lot more comfortable with the sparklers!




And of course- Luke slept right through them- ahhh to be a baby!



It was 90 degrees there the first couple days we were there. Then without warning it suddenly turned freezing cold! Crazy Seattle weather! I love this picture of Luke all bundled up in his stroller at Pike Place!



It was a fun kickoff to a fun summer, and we're SO excited to spend time there again in the fall!

Speechless Sunday

So, I copied a fellow blogger and decided to do a 'speechless Sunday' post, where every Sunday I post JUST pictures from the week, no words. Sometimes I just want to show off my attractive family without having anything clever to say! Obviously this time I said stuff, it won't happen again!