Busy, busy, busy.....

You may be wondering why I haven't been bloggin' as of late. Well I will try to explain in pictures:

Baseball

T-ball

Visitors

Trips with visitors

Drive-In's

More carnavals

Trip to my brothers back yard in Colorado

And a litter of 4 little boy mini schnauzers!!

WHEW and that's just the half of it!!!

An "Ahhh haaa" moment.....

This was so profound and hit me hard so I had to share it.

"The price of peace is righteousness. Men and nations may loudly proclaim, 'Peace, peace,' but there shall be no peace until individuals nurture in their souls those principles of personal purity, integrity, and character which foster the development of peace. Peace cannot be imposed. It must come from the lives and hearts of men. There is no other way."
--Ezra Taft Benson ,Quoted By Thomas S. Monson, "Finding Peace",

Ensign, March 2004

And the winners are.....

Ok my "Up For a Challenge" winners are:

Angelina

Janeece

Celeste

The Malama

&

Mormon Angel

Be watchin' yer mail boxes the next few weeks!

I am SO proud of my niece!!

She has been blessed with a wonderful talent and I just have to share it with my readers!!!

The Biggest Loser Friends & Family.......

I'm sure I will hear about this in the morning but I'm posting it anyway!!!!

12 short weeks ago my hubby joined a Biggest Loser (Friends and Family Edition) competition. May I just say how proud I am of him! He has been a machine (and I'm not the only one who has called him that!) Working out two times a day (spinning being one of them sometimes both) eating healthy and sharing healthy recipes!

He lost 46 lbs !!!

Notice the "Trophy Husband" t-shirt I found for him!!!

Happy Easter....

Rollin' along with the tumblin' tumbleweed....

These were taken with my phone so the quality isn't very good. Our last wind storm was a doosey!! These are a couple of houses near us that have some cleanin' up to do!

Snails.....shells and puppy dog tails.......

Thats what boys are made of!

Thanks to my mother-in-law I now have picture of my 2 handsome grandsons!!!

Brayden & Rylind

"In the many trials of life, when we feel abandoned and when sorrow, sin, disappointment, failure, and weakness make us less than we should ever be, there can come the healing salve of the unreserved love in the grace of God. It is a love that lifts and blesses. It is a love that sustains a new beginning on a higher level and thereby continues from grace to grace."

--James E. Faust

Why Mormons Build Temples.....

3 Run Homer.....

This is Grandpa, Colton & Grandma after his game.

Can you tell by his smile that he had just hit a 3 run homer?

Up for a challenge???

The first five people to respond to this post will get something from me!

My choice.

For you.

Handmade.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make.

2- What I create will be just for you.

3- It'll be done this year.

4- You have no clue what it's going to be (nor do I at this point).

The catch is that you must re-post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog.

The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they want to receive a homemade gift from me will indeed receive one.

Be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!!!

Letterboxing...

Today was our first Letterboxing adventure!! We had a great time and it was a perfect day to do it! Our first attempt was a trail that crossed a creek...we had to postpone that one...their was to much water to cross without getting all wet! So we ended up at the town square (courthouse) in Prescott.

Comming Soon......

My SISTER is finishing up her schooling and in her last class she had to come up with a business, plan, mission statement and a vision.

Don't ask me why she called me for help....shes the one with the brains!!!!

Well we came up with this idea and decided that we were REALLY going to do it!

So I will be designing a new web site for our 'lil business...she will be the brains and I will be the one... doin' all the work...HEY how does that work out???

Stay tuned for our VISION and our MISSION STATEMENT

My Valentine...

Each beautiful rose I received from my eternal valentine holds 1000 hugs,

kisses, tender looks. and smiles for him.

Thank you my dear, dear eternal companion.

I can think of no one else I would spend eternity with than you!

Valentine Service.....

Can ya feel the LOVE in the air??? I love Valentines Day! And so do the Activity Days Girls!! This year we made Valentines Day Cards for the Greyson House residents (A local assisted living home). They will be delivered with a group picture of the girls

and a DVD with the following video!!

You Girls

ROCK!!

Latter-dayVillage.com

Latter-dayVillage.com

Calling all Primary teachers!!!!

I have been a member of this site for 2 years now and I HAVE to tell you how wonderful it is!

They have TONS of stuff to help you with your class, from clip art and printables to lesson supplements!! AND it's not just for Primary! They have helps for Young Womens, Relief Society, Seminary and MORE!

I actually LOVE this site so much I have been hired to do the some lesson supplements for Primary! Well if I can't be a primary teacher (I was released) I can still read the lessons and come up with some fun supplements for you!!

Please check it out. The membership is very reasonable.

Daughter of a King....

Tonight was our much anticipated "Daughter of a King" Parent Orientation Night for Activity Days. The night was a success thanks to 3 of the best Leaders in the whole world! Thank you SO much Jennifer, Sara and April for your love and dedication to "our" girls!

Camping out...

It's amazing what you find when you clean your room!! After cleaning his room Connor happened upon his pup-tent and decided he was going to camp out in the living room. Complete with crickets chirping in the back ground (thanks to a cheap sound machine I received free in the mail sometime ago) he drifted off into a dream filled sleep.

Now we just need to work on actually staying IN the tent while we sleep!

Intimidation...

Well all my beautiful readers I have a confession to make...here goes:

My wonderful husband approached me the other night and said "I need you to set me up a blog." Well I was surprised to say the least. I did as he asked and thought...well this should be interesting! Now that I have had more time to think about it I realize how intimidated I am about this whole business about him entering the blogging world. You see, it is not to well known how insightful, witty,eloquent & a little quirky my husband is...and I'm not sure I want it to get out!

Oh well the cat has to be let out of the bag sometime! Please visit his blog here:

My Big Fat BlogBe careful about your comments...you may just egg him on! :)

I love you honey!!

My Groove had been off...

If you are a regular stalker of my blog you know that we have my oldest son living with us now. Well this change, although very welcomed, has messed with my groove!! We are all setteling into a new groove and may I say I am as happy as a:



thats a pig in mud just in case you didn't know ;)

Anywho...let me catch up a little:

We spent Thanksgiving in Mesquite with our cousins, some aunts and an uncle and a grandma.
We had a BLAST!!A little basketball in the rain, played lots of fun games and even went rock climbing! Can't wait to do it again SOON!!

Ok already...

Well my sister, who I usually chastise to update her blog, called me today to tell me "uhhh don't ya think it's time to update yer blog?!!!" Soooo I will put something up to make her happy for now and promise that there will be more on the way!

#1 Son displaying the groovy gift he got from his Aunt!!