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A Note from A Child

Cleaning up this morning, I found a note on the floor in the kitchen. I think it is Ellie's. It reads: dear mom and dad, I *heart* you because you pack my luch every day exexpt wednesday (spelling errors included)

ellie likes rock

lovely ladies

recently i had the girls photographed brie and jas in the summer  and just last month,  the three E's it had been a mere 8 years  since the last photo shoot here are just a few shots of the kids maybe i am biased  but i kind of think they turned out quite lovely         this probably won't happen again  f or another 8 years!  

Christmas can now come....

Today we finished decorating... (well...sort of) But enough so that Christmas can now show up on the 25th
friday i spent the day up in logan with brianne for her birthday.  jasmine was there and we only had a few hours together.  brianne wanted to eat at le nonne which ended up being pretty good for a little house turned restaurant.  then we went to 'the mall' and she picked out a blackberry for her new cell phone.  it was a nice day and on the way home, i realized (again) how beautiful life is and how grateful i am for where we live, my family and my friends.  i am one very blessed woman...

christmas lights

weather happy or sad

this beautiful snow ... created happiness for me and  my family this weekend malcolm and i watched our children play in it (even the 18 year old college student) we snuggled together we had root beer floats during the storm we watched movies  and wondered if the power would go out we marveled as it came out of the sky it never seemed to stop this same snow fall  changed someone's life this weekend i met this man once my husband's boss his high school kids were out together brother and sister they had a car accident he lost his son how sad i am for his loss  how grateful i am for my children how confused i am... that while i have joy, others have sorrow “Thou shalt live together in love, insomuch that thou shalt weep for the loss of them that die.” ( D&C; 42:45. ) Moreover, we can’t fully appreciate joyful reunions later without tearful separations now. The only way to take sorr...