Jesus being baptized

ABC

Alex being studious

Alex is getting baptized

Saturday, February 28 is the day that Alex is getting baptized. She has been so excited. She is grandchild number 10. The novelty of having another grandchild getting baptized and seeing the enthusiasm for the gospel and her knowledge of the gospel at such a young age just never grows old. When asked if she was fearful for her interview with the Bishop, she replied, "No she was 100% ready and it didn't scare her at all. We are looking forward to being a part of her day. I spent several hours getting an ABC gospel book ready for her. It is a small scrapbook about 26 principles of the gospel starting with each letter of the alphabet. It was good for me to reflect and ponder about many principles that were important to me and brought many questions to mind that I would now like to study and look for answers myself. I hope Alex will do the same and find joy in searching her own answers. She is a special girl and has such great potential. We certainly love her

Happy Heart Day

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day has never been that big of a deal to me. It is full of lots of expectations from wife's that might be disappointed. I am not one of those because I have no expectations. My grandkids love the day so they can give out their Valentine's to friends. I enjoy sending the younger grandkids Valentines. I think it is another holiday for the businesses to make money. We can feel love all year around and show love and attention to one another without making a lot of fanfare and spending lots of money on the holiday. I have a grandson, Ashton, who is born on Valentine's Day so we celebrate with him each year. Someday his wife will probably hate the fact that Valentine's Day is on his Birthday. He turned 15 this year and is a super good kid. I have a daughter who has a birthday one week after Valentine's Day and then I have 3 Birthday people in March to remember so Valentine's Day just mostly goes by the wayside. I feel alright about that because I feel love for my family and friends all year long. Happy Valentine's Day anyway!

My Sister and Me

My baby sister....

This is my baby sister. She lives in St. George and just had a Birthday. I don't get to see her very often. Recently, I stayed with her for a week-end a couple of months ago and we did lots of fun things. We went to lunch, went garage sale hunting, caught up on our grandkids and kids info and just had a great get together week-end. We went shopping one day and even bought the same blouse. Time passes much too quickly and it does take time to renew and bond friendships and relationships. I admire my sister for all the hard work she does to take care of her family,and also how she takes care of those who are no longer around. She does tons of genealogy. I don't think she knows how to relax. She is going 90 miles an hour all of the time. I will have to work on teaching her that skill. I appreciate her and hope to spend many more fun times with her. This is a picture of us together in our matching blouses.

Farmington Crossing Clubhouse

TGIF

I look forward to Friday most of the time. I usually clean the clubhouse on Thursday or Friday and it is also the end of the week. Garn especially likes Friday because he doesn't have to drive to work for two whole days. We are usually exhausted by Friday night so we get take out food or go out to eat. Brayden, our grandson, works at Subway so we often frequent that establishment and get sandwiches with his family discount. Typically, we will just watch a movie, or as Garn says, I never watch the movie, I listen to the movie because I am always busy doing handwork of some sort or doing a project. What can I say? It keeps me awake and besides Garn is usually dozing so it keeps me company. I don't blame him for being tired. He has a time demanding job and it wears him out. I am looking forward to Spring and Summer. We will be going to St. George in a couple of weeks to get out of the cold and celebrate birthdays with family. I am looking forward to that reprieve.

Dani announces new changes

I've got some great news I am dying to share,
Most of you guessed it- that is not fair!

I sleep all the time, I am sick until noon-
Our 4th little monster will arrive very soon.

Very soon? That's a lie. I am in my 8th week-
But your concern is so great, my secret must leak...

"Big Brother" is Sam- his shirt tells the tale-
Of a Spring & a Summer of his mom as a whale!

Coming to you soon: September 8th, 2009

Grandma news

Hearts

Finally

I haven't published on my blog since September 18. What is with that? What have I been doing? I have no great excuse it just seems if I don't have a specific time to do something then it isn't at the top of the list and "time flies" without priority tasks being done. I once had this fantasy that when you were over 60 you had time to burn. You know boredom sets in and you sit around and think, "whatever should I do today." This has never happened to me yet. I am over 60 and still no days of boredom. My days are filled with a variety of activities and usually more than I could ever even hope to accomplish. I keep asking myself, "am I just slow". I am a listmaker. I have a notebook on my desk and I keep track of things I need to do each day. A friend told me that I should stop making a list of those things that I need to do and make a list of what I did at the end of the day. She said I would never get discouraged if I did that. Well, I might try that today. I see a good side to never having any real "free time" to lounge or just eat bon bons and veg, but sometimes I dream of having that kind of a life. In reality I feel extremely blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life, a safe home to clean, clothes to wash and iron, neighbors who drop by unannounced, children who need me and church service to fill my time. I take a CES class on Wednesday mornings and our instructor told us to think about the one most important word in the English Language. His pick was relationships. I have thought about that a lot since and I think it might be "love" as that encompasses so many facets of life and includes relationships. I feel so thankful to have so much love in my life from and for my family, friends and the wonderful gospel that fills every day.