Dressed in White

There are certain moments in your life that you never want to forget. Without pictures I know there would be a lot of things that I would to easily forget. I decided to have someone take pictures of my family in our white dresses. I actually paid someone to do this which is so not like me. Each time I look at these pictures I am so grateful I made that choice. There is a saying that a picture is worth a thousand words...but I would say its more like a million memories. I love how I can see our personalities in each of the pictures. I forever grateful for Heather Telford for taking these and making my memories last forever.

10 Years

Wedding anniversaries are very interesting in how and what you do to celebrate. There is a whole guide line on what you should get for each year you are married. There is always the big trips planned for the big ones. I guess you could call them milestones. I would always say I wanted to go to Hawaii on for my ten year anniversary. Its a place I have never been to, but I hear it is amazing.

So that was the plan until everything changed in our family. Change in a good way and a blessing better than any trip to Hawaii. We spent our ten year anniversary in my favorite place on earth. Its the closest place you can get to heaven. Even though I haven't been to Hawaii, this place is way better. We spent the night at the temple. Eric received his endowments and we were able to enjoy an amazing quiet evening with friends and family. As I sat there watching my husband in the temple for the first time, I was reminded of the the reassuring promises given to me a few years before when we traveled to Nauvoo. That day, I knew he would one day join me in my favorite place, I just never imagined it would be so soon. 

It was the best anniversary present ever and I couldn't ask for anything more from him. Through out my life there is one thing I am most grateful for and that is the blessing of the temple. I am who I am because of the temple and I know that my family has been blessed because of the covenants that I make in His holy house.

 The best part of it all was Eric asking me when can we go back. He shares the same love for the temple that I have.

A little more...fun

February continued to be a great month as we were able to go skiing again. The girls are getting so much better each time we go. We went to a basketball game in Boise. One of my seminary students performed at half time so we went to support her and watch some basketball. I saw Gary Slone(Old Utah Jazz coach.) I never see famous people and I thought that was really cool. 

We were able to go to the temple again. Last time doing baptisms. It was great to have a goal to go to the temple every month and we were able to accomplish that goal even when it was closed for cleaning we went to the twin falls temple. I love that we have temples so close.

My Brittlynn so exhausted from kindergarten she falls asleep just about anywhere. I love that girl and I love how easy it is to fall asleep.

Baby Chicks...Valentine

Our friends are gone for the weekend and they just got some brand new baby chicks. They didn't want to leave them alone in the garage so we got to be chicksitters...The girls loved watching them and of course they had to hold them. I am almost convinced that I want to live somewhere where I can have chickens. They give you eggs, they eat your scrape food. They stay outside and they don't make a mess of your house. They are also really cute as chicks.

 We were also able to celebrate our yearly family Valentine dinner as a family. We had balloons, daddy brought flowers, presents and of course a yummy dinner. We love telling our family how much we love each other and it is great to share in these wonderful family traditions.

A little more Bogus

It was another great day to go skiing with the family. Its great to be able to see them improve so much each time. Brittlynn still get worn out really fast and is done sooner than the rest of us. I don't really blame her, skiing is exhausting. So sometime we take a little break and just play in the snow. This trip Daddy made she I took a couple of runs with Savannah so I wasn't on the bunny hill all day. I don't mind that much, because I am not the best skier. Someday I am going to have to take some lesson. Brittlynn was doing so well Eric decided to take her on the big lift were the whole family could ride on the lift together. The down side was the top was a blue and she wasn't ready for that yet so Eric ended up carrying her down until it was a lot easier. The best part of it all is the girls are always excited to go back. 

Having almost two families in one because of age in time you learn a lot of things. I wished we would have done more together as a family instead of focusing on the individual. As we actively doing things together...whatever they may be...we bond together and we establish traditions that will hopefully last forever.

A Birthday...and more

20...how can she already be that old. Time sure flies by as you get a little older. She was spoiled on her mission surrounded by people that love her for her special day. If anyone would have said she would be serving a mission two years ago we might think you were crazy. A year ago she made the choice to go. Its a very selfless thing for someone to do. Especially when you have the world ahead of you and the majority of your family not understanding why you would do it. We are excited for all of her adventures and the things she is able to do. Happy 20 years to you...see you when your are 21.

Only because they love their Daddy. They found his hat in the back seat of the truck and of course they had to try it on. It is strange to think these two were born into a military family, but they won't really experience the life of a military child. We still don't know what the future has in store for us, but we probably won't be moving as much. I hope we can still teach them to love and honor this country and the men and women who serve to protect it.

Family History

I love my calling and I love the youth in my ward. I am the Youth Family History Consultant. Which is calling made to help motivate the youth to do family history. One of the things we decided to do is go to the Roots Tech conference they have in Salt Lake City. They have classes and seminars all about family history. They tell you all the new things that are out there to help you better do you family history. After getting in late Friday night a group of us woke up early to see if you could make it through the standby for the Provo City Center open house. It was a great way to start the morning and really help us remember why we do our family history. Eric was able to join me for the roots tech part. He wasn't as excited to be there as I was but we seemed to have some fun. It was almost like we had a mini date. The girls were so happy because they were able to spend the day at the Shumways. They love to go there. They always have so much fun and they are there to entertain the girls in anyway possible. The hardest part for Eric was we came on Sunday. It wasn't just any Sunday, it was Superbowl Sunday and the Bronco's were playing. We made it home before everyone else and Eric was able to watch the his game in fast forward after we got home that night.