4-Day Get-A-Way

Dallan & I were able to get away on a little trip. You know how it always takes more planning time than the actual trip ever was. Well we made it. We flew to St. Louis for a Leadership Conference. We were able to do quite a few things in our 4 short days gone. We went to Carthage Jail. I had been there with my sisters and mom a few years ago, but Dallan had never been there. It was incredible. We then went to Nauvoo. We only had a couple of hours to look around the different buildings and then we went through a session at the Nauvoo Temple. There is such a feeling there knowing the sacrifices that Joseph Smith and the early saints went through for us to be able to have what we have now. Amazing! If you have been there, you know what I am talking about. If you haven't, well I guess you will just have to go see yourself. We also were able to drive by the St. Louis Temple. I had never seen that before. We went to a little branch there on Sunday. That was an adventure. The Branch President stood up and said "Good Morning" and the whole audience yelled out "Good Morning". We weren't expecting that. Although different, there was a feeling of warmth and love there. It's good to get out of Utah and see what else there is. It was rejuvinating to get away and see those sights.

Finished Project

Yea! I finished a project that I started in June 2007. Yes that is 8 months ago. I haven't been working on it this whole time. I actually stuffed it in my closet for 5 of the months while we were looking for a house, buying a house, and remodeling it. This is a quilt that "we" made for Dallan's mother. The reason I said "we" is because my mom helped and did more that I did for this quilt, and also because all daughters, daughters-in-laws, and grand-daughters(over the age of 7)stitched all their names for the middle of the quilt. We stitched the names in July during our doll-party. It turned out so cute, just don't look too close if you're a perfectionist. Not all my lines lined up. I am a very beginner when it comes to piecing quilts. I am excited that it is finished and I can move onto something else. You only see 1 of the four corners of the quilt in order to really get an idea what it looks like.

Pres. Hinkley

Today I took the kids up to Salt Lake. We parked and rode Trax downtown (Toren was in heaven riding on a train). Before leaving this morning, everything that almost could go wrong did, and I really questioned whether we should go or not. Whether it was worth dragging all the kids up there (in church clothes) in the cold. We went to the viewing of Pres. Hinkley. As we went through the line with my husband and children, the spirit was there so strong testifying that this man truly was a prophet of God, I knew it was definetely worth it! I am so glad we could do this. Every chance our children have to feel the spirit and recognize it, helps their small testimonies grow. I am grateful for such a strong Hero in my life.

December- Month at a Glance

December was a fun, yet crazy month. We of course had lots of parties. We decorated Gingerbread Houses a couple different times. We were able to take Camron,Taylor,and Jayde to "Saviour of the World". It was incredible. Another highlight was having Brandon and Camron home for Christmas. Brandon is living in Logan and Camron is in Montana. The biggest hit of the Christmas presents was the Guitar Hero. We spent lots of time playing it, as you can see in the pictures. Even Dallan & I like to play it with the kids. Toren's birthday was Dec. 27th and he turned 2. We celebrated it up in Idaho with the Walkers. He had a "Happy Feet" cake. Which is his favorite show at the time. We also celebrated Camron's birthday which was January 9th, before he left to go back to Montana. We went to Idaho after Christmas and went to the cabin. The kids loved sledding, going around in the snowcat. We had a great holiday and loved being around family and friends. P.S. Click on the photo to see it bigger.

Halloween

What can I say......

Corn Belly's

We went with some of our neighbors from Riverton to Corn Belly's at Thanksgiving Point. It was a blast!! There was so much for the kids to do. If you haven't gone before, it is well worth the money.

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I think the pictures speak for themselves.

Recap of Fall 2007

I decided that I would kind of give a recap of what has been going on the last few months. Especially because now in January things have slowed down. I picked a good and bad time to start a blog! Good because I have more time because things have slowed down, I might can actually do this!! Bad because things have slowed down and I have nothing to talk about. So I will be doing quite a few slide shows to help show what we have been doing. We went for a family home evening with my family to the pumpkin patch and the kids picked out their own pumpkins and then Grandma and Grandpa bought them. We then had fun carving our pumkins with 2 of Dallan's sisters at our house. As you can see, we love being by family to get together often.