Happy Birthday Presley!

I can't believe Presley is 3 years old! She is so much fun to be around. You never know what she is going to say, today she booed Jack(scared him) she thought that was so funny! She loves to dance, play with her cousins, play "don't eat pete", jump on the trampoline and she loves her Mom and Dad! She is so excited to be a big sister, she points to her mommy's tummy and says there is baby Tess! I love my little buddy on Monday's, you are a special little girl. We love you PRESLEY!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy birthday Mom!

I'm so blessed to have such a wonderful Mother!

She is:

such a selfless person, a great teacher, full of energy, a great seamstress, spiritual, hard working, so loving and kind, a great cheerleader , very artistic, beautiful!

I'm so grateful for all she has taught me, when I was going through an awkward stage and hating being so tall, she would say she wished she was tall as me! I loved how she would take my sister and I shopping then sketch out the dress we loved and find just the right material and then spend days making the dressed we loved. She worked so hard and made many sacrifices for all of us. My kids love their grandma, they have such fun memories of taking vacations and trips to Prescott, she taught them their multiplications and loved reading to them.
I feel so blessed to call her Mother! Happy Birthday.

Family Togetherness

"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you

call it, whoever you are, you need one." Jane Howard

I grew up in a wonderful family, I just loved being with them. Here are 5 things I remember.

1. We loved playing board games on the Christmas break and during the summer-- clue, monopoly, sorry, and risk!
2. We always took wonderful summer vacations---one year we took a month long trip back east with my grandparents. We saw historical places, and met friends and cousins I never knew before.
3. We built a family cabin at forest lakes---we learned how to wallpaper and put tile down. What fun we had learning together!
4. We went to church every Sunday in our station wagon---I loved getting dressed up and going to town. Even now, Sunday is my favorite day of the week ---being uplifted at church and being with my family the rest of the day!
5. We loved homemade ice cream---my mom would make tutti-fruitti and we would take turns cranking the handle---well before we got the electric one!

I know I'm lucky. There was a lot of laughing and teasing in our house , and we knew we were loved by very special parents! Now our family is growing and we have some of the same traditions I had growing up and what a crazy time we have together!

Hey, wasn't President Monson great again in the afternoon session of conference? What a sweet humble man and I love his sense of humor. And what love he has for his wife!