Home is where the heart is

I have been home for a few days and have loved every minute of it! I love how my brother and his family live in Ephrata now so I can see my cute nephews often. I have visited my grandparents a couple of times and that's been great too. Even though I have been in college for almost 4 years and haven't lived at home for more than three months at a time since I graduated from high school, I just now am understanding the saying, "Home is where the heart is." It's so true! So many of my loved ones live here in this little town, and I am so grateful for that.

You know what else I missed while I was away in Utah? Emma and Nora of course! I got to watch these two cuties last night for a few hours, and I loved every minute of it. I am so glad I have awesome cousins like Leisha who have cute kids!

Some funny things that happened with the girls... I love sharing little moments like these so I can always remember them!

- Emma brought her bin of stuffed animals out into the living room and dumped all the animals out. After we had a talent show with the stuffed animals, as we were putting the animals back in the bin, I picked up Nora and placed her in the bin too. She really liked it... and sat in there for 45 minutes as we watched Tangled! I thought it was so cute.

- While I was putting Emma to bed, I asked her, "Does your mom shut your door all the way or leave it cracked?" She replied, "She leaves it open." So I left it cracked and went to put Nora to bed. A few minutes later, I hear Emma crying and go into her room to see what is wrong. She kept mumbling and I couldn't understand her. Finally she said that her mom shuts her door all the way when she goes to bed. Poor girl must have felt bad for telling a little lie! Leisha says she is such a tender heart, and I can definitely see why!

-Nora wasn't ready for bed when I put Emma to bed, so I had her sit on the couch with me for a little bit until she got tired. Leisha had told me that Nora will usually sit on her lap during that time. So I asked Nora, "Would you like to sit on my lap?" and she replied, "No thank you." Then in her cute, almost-2-year-old-language, "Would you like to sit on my lap?" That made me laugh and I said, "Sure!" and rested my head on her lap! She was being totally serious when she asked me. Silly girl!

I only have a couple more weeks of doing homework for my online classes. It has been hard on me, and it's only two classes! The main reason is that I was put in a group for one of my classes, and the other members of the group either turn in their work late or don't do it at all. We are working on a final project, and if they don't do their parts, then our project won't do too well. I can't wait until I don't have to be part of that group anymore!

About 4 more weeks until I head back up to Rexburg for my last semester! But for once, I don't want time to fly by these next 4 weeks. I want to enjoy every minute of the time I am home :)