Happy Birthday Dad!
Love you & miss you. You would be so proud of your granddaughters. They are growing up to be wonderful young women! I am singing Happy Birthday to you all day today!

Who am I?

Madison has been so excited for girls camp this year. For the last week and a half when you would ask Madison if she was excited about going she could not keep the smile off her face! Alyssa was excited about 4th year camp this year. She gets to do all the FUN stuff, rock climbing, repelling, canoeing and swimming. She was sad that she wouldn't get to be with Maddy. So off we went this morning at 5:45am to our Stake center. I put Maddy on the bus to girls camp and Alyssa off to 4th year camp. As I pulled out of the Stake center at 6:30am I felt like I had just lost myself. If I don't have my girls what and who am I???

17 years...when did this happen

Happy Anniversary, Arlon! It has been 17 years sense that night on May 16th that we both said "I do". I love you and hope that we find a day that can just be ours. Love you!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Happy Birthday Dad! It's been 11 years since you've been gone and I still can't believe it. I miss you so much and am thinking about you all day. Love ya Dad!

We are thankful!

Almost exactly 5 months to the day we have a house! Our prayer of putting us in the house that we are supposed to be in has been answered. It is a different Ward but I have heard only wonderful things about it. We are so excited. The youth group is huge ( a big prayer answered for Mom!). The girls are planning color scheme's and furniture placement, me too! We are all planning a big party to have all our friends and family over to help us make this house a home. So more on that later. Thank you for all the prayers and help with this time in our lives. It hasn't been easy but I feel we have come closer and have learned a lot about each other.

Just Smile!!!

I love my husband! That's all that can be said.

I am just going to smile today. In the midst of moving (into storage sheds & in laws) I really do feal blessed. I have my girls and my husband ( that will kill me if he ever sees this) and we will have a roof over our heads. Just a quick update, we have 4 offers on houses right now and are still waiting to hear from them. This will be our last night in this house, we will be out on Thursday. So just say a little prayer for one of the offers to be accepted if its where we are supposed to be.(I will not suburban this) A BIG thanks to all our friends for the help this week!

What first?

Where do I start? A weekago from this past Friday I threw my back out. I hurt my back about 3 or 4 months ago and I never took care of it, so on Friday I moved a bag of trash from one side of me to the other side and I was down on the ground. I have never been in so much pain in my life counting giving birth with no help. I spent the first day and a half on my bedroom floor. Then the next good 2 full days in bed. I need to give a HUGE thank you to nicest man in the world "Mr. Back Dr." (we are so lucky to have him in our ward) He came over and brought his table and his electric stimulator and has adjusted me several times. I cried the first time (bawled like a baby and you are talking to a person who can count on one hand how many times I've ever cried) he was so gentle and kind, I love Mr. Back Dr.!

Now for the latest on our house situation. We will be out of this house by Sept. 11Th. We have 3 offers out on homes right here in this neighborhood. One offer has been out for 4weeks this week and still have not heard anything on it. So we are looking to find a temporary stop for hopefully no more that 2 months. Its going to be really hard and a huge pain but I can say that I am very grateful for my family. In the big picture this is only a really small problem. We are just praying that we get the house that we are supposed to have. I refuse to get all worked up and consumed by this. I have my girls and my husband and that really is all that matters. So we could use your prayers to help the home become available that we are supposed to have. Thank you!

Now some really exciting news, I finished the 3rd book in the Twilight series last night (way to late) so I am starting the 4Th one today. I am so excited that I made it. I am what you call a non-reader. Never have been and was sure that I never was going to be. So thanks to my hubby for telling me I would never finish the first book, sure is funny how anger motivates me. Thank you to my friend CA for giving me her book and telling me to read it. I do love them. I only have a house to pack but that 4Th book is calling my name!