Our kids threw Royce and me a Surprise 25th Anniversary Party this past Saturday Night!

I love my kids...they were sneaky but in a good way! We had a wonderful party with all our dearest family and friends. Thanks so much to Christianne and Ryan B., Leslie, Ryan, Sean, my Mom and Dad, Jason, Chris.....and all of you who came and shared the party with us. It was very sweet and Royce and I will never forget it.

(Caleen...I have not a single picture of you and me! Sorry! We need to take one of us together the next time we go out!)

"And the true realism, always and everywhere, is that of the poets: to find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss the joy is to miss all."

- Robert Louis Stevenson

Happy Thoughts

I've Been Tagged!

My friend Krysta tagged me...Here's how you play:

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player tags 4 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they are tagged.

10 years ago I was: I was a mother to 3 kids at that time. Sean hadn't been born yet, obviously. Christi was in jr. high, Leslie was in elementary school and Ryan was still at home with me. I was probably driving around alot in our blue Mazda van and attending sports and cheerleading events my girls were involved in. I had long hair and I was probably 30 pounds lighter than i am today...sniff sniff.

5 things on my to do list today:
1.I made dinner - which is always a momentous event since I cook so infrequently.
2.I cleaned the kitchen
3.Washed and folded clothes
4. Watched a movie "It Happened One Night" with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.
5. Relaxed by knitting for a couple of hours.

IO things I would do if I became a billionaire:
I'd pay off all my bills. We would have a house built by the ocean....and every year or two, I'd pay for my entire family to go on amazing trips all over the world together. I would also love to just randomly give away money to unsuspecting people that I know are struggling.

3 of my bad habits:
1. not exercising enough
2. not getting to bed early enough
3. eating too much chocolate

5 places I've lived:
1. Fresno
2.Provo,Utah
3.Weber, Utah
4.Fresno
5.Clovis.

5 jobs I've had:
1. Receptionist
2. Waitress (2 different restaurants)
3. Receptionist again
4. Grocery Store Bag girl
5. Jewelry maker

Something most people don't know about me: I love to watch people and notice things about them and try to imagine what their life is like. I like to think that I'm not just a nosey person - instead, I'm an untrained, unpaid "Profiler".

I tag...
1. Caleen
2. Britten
3. Stella
4. Breena

Cupid's Delight

"You have as great an opportunity for satisfaction in the performance of your duty as I do in mine. The progress of this work will be determined by our joint efforts. Whatever your calling, it is as fraught with the same kind of opportunity to accomplish good as is mine. What is really important is that this is the work of the Master. Our work is to go about doing good as did He."
-Gordon B. Hinckley

New little additions.....

Sisters
C'mon Get Happy!
Gentle Heart

Our annual trip to the snow on New Year's Day....

It was a perfect day up at Tamarack Ridge - almost too warm for our jackets. The sunshine is obvious in my photos....the snow almost reflected blue. It was beautiful. We had lots of laughs, no broken bones and good memories. Funny how obsessed I have become about broken bones in my older, osteoporetic years. Sad, but true.

Sean opening the gifts he received from our friends Nina and Amelia...

THANK YOU SO MUCH - BOTH OF YOU!!!

Santa paid a visit....

Birthday Celebration for my mom and my daughter today...

A Christmas wreath made for me by my talented friend Caleen...I love it!

A beautiful quote shared with me today by my Christianne...

"Sometimes we feel that the busier we are, the more important we are—as though our busyness defines our worth. Brothers and sisters, we can spend a lifetime whirling about at a feverish pace, checking off list after list of things that in the end really don’t matter.

"That we do a lot may not be so important. That we focus the energy of our minds, our hearts, and our souls on those things of eternal significance—that is essential.

"As the clatter and clamor of life bustle about us, we hear shouting to 'come here' and to 'go there.' In the midst of the noise and seductive voices that compete for our time and interest, a solitary figure stands on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, calling quietly to us, 'Follow me.'"

- Joseph B. Worthlin

Warm Mittens

We decorated our Christmas Tree tonight!

November Birthdays in our Family...