brooke and emery

EMERY PAIGE IS HERE!!!!

BRIAN AND CARLY HAD A NEW BABY GIRL !!! 5LBS. 10 OZ. TINY CUTE LITTLE THING. I WILL BE POSTING PICTURES OF BOTH OF OUR NEW GRANDDAUGHTERS AS SOON AS I CATCH UP... JUST WAIT, THEY ARE BEAUTIFuL!!!!!AND ALL ARE HEALTHY!!!! what a wonderful christmas!!!!!!

BROOKE IS HERE !

Where Did You Come From, Baby Dear?

~George MacDonald

Where did you come from, baby dear?
Out of the everywhere into here.

Where did you get your eyes so blue?
Out of the sky as I came through.

What makes the light in them sparkle and spin?
Some of the starry spikes left in.

Where did you get that little tear?
I found it waiting when I got here.

What makes your forehead so smooth and high?
A soft hand stroked it as I went by.

What makes your cheek like a warm white rose?
I saw something better than anyone knows.

Whence that three-cornered smile of bliss?
Three angels gave me at once a kiss.

Where did you get this pearly ear?
God spoke, and it came out to hear.

Where did you get those arms and hands?
Love made itself into hooks and bands.

Feet, whence did you come, you darling things?
From the same box as the cherubs' wings.

How did they all just come to be you?
God thought about me, and so I grew.

But how did you come to us, you dear?
God thought about you, and so I am here.




I WON'T POST ANY PICTURES OF HER UNTIL THEY DO ON THEIR BLOG... WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL SHE IS !!!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS BRANT AND LINDSAY

I CAN'T WAIT !!!!

WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE THIS WOULD BE TO LIVE AND MARK HATES THE COLD!!!! THAT IS HOW MUCH WE LOVED IT. BUT, AS SOON AS THE PLANE LANDED AND WE LOOKED AROUND THIS WILL ALWAYS BE HOME... ESPECIALLY IF OUR FAMILY IS AROUND US. THANKS TO BRIAN AND CARLY FOR STAYING AT THE HOUSE.... THEY ARE SO SUPPORTIVE OF EVERYTHING WE DO.

ANNAS THIRD BIRTHDAY PARTY !!!

ANNA IS THE CUTEST LITTLE THING. WHEN SHE OPENED HER MOM AND DADDYS PRESENT (A CUTE FURNITURE SET AND A DOLL) SHE SAID THEY COULD THROW AWAY ALL OF THE OLD TOYS AND JUST KEEP THESE !!!
THEN, WHEN I TOOK HER TO THE BATHROOM TO WASH THOSE GREEN HANDS THE FAUCETS WERE MOTION SENSORED. ONE JUST WOULDN'T COME ON AND SHE SAID "GRANDMA, IT'S ASLEEP" WE MOVED TO THE NEXT ONE AND SHE SAID "THIS ONE WOKED UP"
SHE IS A LITTLE SWEETHEART AND ADDS SO VERY MUCH TO OUR LIVES.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETIE... WE ALL LOVE YOU SO MUCH !!!!

picking punkins'

THIS WAS SO FUN.... AVIE WENT OUT, TOOK ABOUT THREE SECONDS TO LOOK THEM OVER AND CHOSE THIS ONE... SHE IS SUCH A CUTIE, SHE WAS KISSING IT!!!

HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY KELSEY

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT YOUR BIRTH THE THING DAD REMEMBERS THE MOST IS THAT YOU WERE SO BEAUTIFUL FROM THE MIN. YOU WERE BORN... AND STILL ARE... RAISING YOU HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN. YOU ARE LOVED AND APPRECIATED FOR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND FOR THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE TO ALL OF US. YOU HAVE NEVER GIVEN US ANYTHING BUT HAPPINESS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY... YOUR TEEN YEARS ARE GONE....STAY ON THE PATH YOU ARE ON AND YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND HAPPINESS.... WE LOVE YOU.

CONFERENCE

I LOVE CONFERENCE WEEKEND. I WAS REALLY TOUCHED BY SO MANY OF THE THE TALKS. I FELT SO UPLIFTED AND RESOLVED TO DO BETTER AND TRY HARDER. I HAD TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY CHEEKS ON SEVERAL TALKS. I HAVE A STRONG, FIRM TESTIMONY OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. I KNOW THAT HE LIVES. I KNOW THAT HE IS AWARE OF ALL OF US AND OUR EVERY MOVE. I KNOW THAT JOSEPH SMITH WAS A PROPHET AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY THAT I HOPE I CAN THANK HIM AND HIS FAMILY FOR ALL THEY HAVE DONE FOR US IN RESTORING THE GOSPEL. YOU CAN FEEL THE LOVE THE PROPHET HAS FOR US. PRESIDENT PACKER IS A POWERFUL EXAMPLE. PRESIDENT HOLLAND IS MY HERO. I CANT EXPRESS THE LOVE I HAVE FOR OUR WONDERFUL LEADERS AND I APPRECIATE THE SACRIFICES THEY MAKE FOR THE GOSPEL. I HOPE THAT AT THE END OF EACH DAY I THINK... HAVE I DONE ANY GOOD IN THE WORLD TODAY.

halle's FIRST birthday

WHEN SERVING THE CAKE WE ALL HAD WHITE CAKE AND BRANT GOT CHOCOLATE !!! TWO OF US NOTICED AND WISHED OUR CAKE WAS CHOCOLATE. BRANT HEARS AARON AND KRISTIN LAUGHING AND THEY HAD GIVEN HIM THE LEFT OVERS OF HALLE'S SLOBBERY CAKE !!! HE ATE IT ANYWAY!
KRISTIN HAD EVERYTHING SET UP AND DECORATED SO NICE !!! SHE IS SUCH A GREAT MOMMY. MY CAMERA DIED SO I DIDN'T GET AS MANY PICTURES AS I WANTED. I LOVE YOU HALLE !!!