Good Times...they are a comin! 

Sweet Christi and Baby Grant 

Grant's Blessing Day 

Sweet Baby Feet....taken when Grant was a few days old.... 

Leslie, Christi, Ryan and Sean on Grant's Blessing Day 

Ryan and Christi on Grant's Blessing Day 

Napa Valley 

So true... 

Neal A. Maxwell: "For the faithful, our finest hours are sometimes during or just following our darkest hours."

Leslie and Grant this afternoon. Such a sweetheart of a baby!...well Leslie is a sweetheart too!

Aunt Leslie and Little Grant.....He already loves her so much...he's SMILING. Seems like it, though not likely that he can smile at 2 weeks...but maybe. 

Okay...I'm having that "Wishing I was here" feeling again....I think I need a VACATION. 

"Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth."

Julie Andrews (1935 - )
British singer & actress

It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.

Sadly, this would comprise my "dream dinner" right about now..........

My Sunday Butterfly

I'm bringing back my picture of the butterfly after seeing Sarah's collage. I love the collage program...i could make collages all day...but then again, I've said that already......

Be Still My Soul......

For Robin....

“Be still, my soul: The Lord is on thy side;
with patience bear thy cross of grief and pain.
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In every change he faithful will remain.

Be still, my soul: Thy God doth undertake
To guide the future as he has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright as last.
Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know
His voice who ruled them while he dwelt below.

Be still, my soul: The hour is hastening on
When we shall be forever with the Lord,
When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.
Be still my soul: When change the tears are past,
All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.”

Another very wishful thinking picture...though, I must say it's cooled down to 82 degrees here now. Fall is not that far off...but it's still not soon enough for me. 

Leslie, Ryan and Me - leaving our house this morning early...to begin our pioneer trek.... 

The handcarts....awesome...authentic reproductions. 

Here we are....Tami, Me and Janee...we have spent months planning this activity and the day finally arrived! 

Great youth....with great attitudes. So impressive!!! 

Gorgeous weather...beautiful land! It was perfect! 

We did our Quad Stake Pioneer Reenactment today...it turned out to be the best experience!  

"I testify that the tender mercies of the Lord are available to all of us and that the Redeemer of Israel is eager to bestow such gifts upon us."
—Elder David A. Bednar

Baby Grant 

"Everything works out in the end.
If it hasn't worked out, it's not the end."
- Unknown

There is a very fine line between a hobby and mental illness.
-Dave Barry

UNCLE Sean, GRANDPA Royce and baby Grant! 

I'm a Gramma!

Grant William...born Friday Sept. 2nd at 11:04a.m.