Ahhhh Summer!!

Connor has been enjoying swimming lessons for the first time!

He is doing really great and LOVES the water!

Are you prepared?

Last evening the young men in our ward put on an emergency preparedness BBQ. They had several tables of various mini classes and information on how to be prepared in an emergency situation. I was asked to do a table on Child Safety. In doing a little research for this I came across these disturbing statistics:

A child goes missing every 40 seconds in our country! Thats 2,100 children gone from their families EVERY DAY!!!!!!

In excess of 800,000 children are reported missing every year in our country.

500,000 children go missing WITHOUT even being reported.

Are we prepared if something like this happens to us?

I designed a Child ID Kit for you to print out and have just in case the unthinkable happens to your family.
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Surprise for Mommy....

Last Friday was my Mom's birthday!
After 66 years what can you do for your mother that you haven't already? Glad you asked!....My sister flew in from N. C. where she moved to a year ago. It was an almost impossible feat to keep this a secret from my mom but we did it!! Here is a clip of my Mommy's Birthday Surprise!

Down to 2....

Well, we are down to 2 VonSchnauzer Minis.

All the girls have found wonderful new homes!
We have our 2 little boys left.This Handsome Boy is X-Man

And this cutie is our runt. His name is Buster Brown.

It is getting harder and harder to part with these little ones! Connor actually cried yesterday when Maggie-Mae found her new home.

Apostle Song...

I wish I could say I did this video for my primary kids....but...alas...they kick my tush on this topic.
Soooo I made this one for me!! Enjoy!

Puppy Mania....

We put an add in the paper and in 2 days 2 of our little cuties were gone. It's hard to part with these little guys after bringing them into the world and caring for them! And it doesn't hurt that they are drop dead charming and ohhh so adorable!!
If ya been thinkin' 'bout adding a fur baby to your family mini schnauzers are AWESOME!!!

Time keeps on slippin'...slippin'....slippin'....

It's amazing how time flies when yer havin' fun!!! With caring for the puppies and a new grandson I have neglected my blog. Here are a few "catch me up" pictures:

Father Son Campout
Puppies
Connor & Rylind

Little Sisters in Zion....

This evening my family was blessed with a yummy dinner prepared by 3 of my Activity Days girls.

They came to my home and cooked in my kitchen and did it with the expertise of professional chefs!
I am SO very proud of and thankful for my "Little Sisters" in Zion.

Sock it to me.....

Ok...confession time.
True Story...the names have not been changed because she is NOT innocent!

The other day Scott came home from a very brief Church meeting...I was laying on the bed resting and watched with pride as he removed his church cloths and hung them neatly in the closet...took off his socks and tossed them in the huge dirty sock pile...oh wait..rewind. Took off his socks... obviously thinking he had no idea when or if he would be getting clean socks ...and this being his last pair... folded them neatly back into his drawer without shootin' me a "don't ya think its time to launder this mountain of socks" look.


It hit me then how my shortcomings totally affect those around me. I cringe to think how many time my dear husband has had to do this.
Soooo even though I would much rather just go to the store and purchase new socks as opposed to washing them I will try to do better!

Perk or Blessing....

How fabulous it is to have a dear friend that just happens to be a photographer!

This is just ONE of the MANY reasons I just LOVE LOVE LOVE my BFF Kerri...