So I happened upon a post that I thoroughly enjoyed reading so wanted to pass it on. It's a blog post written by one of the daughters of the newly sustained General Young Women's President, Sister Oscarson. I loved reading what she wrote about her Mother and some brief bits of her perspective of her "Mo's" new calling. I especially love the picture she posted at the end with the fairies. Oh, just go read it and see what I'm talking about. I'm sure you'll enjoy!
http://unlimitedtatertots.blogspot.com/2013/04/moments.html
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Good News
Hearing news of a new temple being built is always so exciting. But to hear a temple will be built within 10 minutes of you? Now THAT is beyond amazing! We are getting a temple in Cedar City!! You can be assured the homes down in Southern Utah were filled with many tears and shouts of joy when President Monson made the announcement Saturday morning. I was in the living room with my two girls and as soon as it was said, we jumped up and down and shouted! Then right after I immediately said, "Where's my phone?!" Such good news has to be shared! Of course pretty much everyone heard it too, but I just wanted to shout out to the world! It has been the big "rumor" down here but now we know for sure. We can't wait! The work rolls forth. How awesome to be part of it. So until we have a picture of our new temple, I'll just post a picture of my favorite temple that will always be home:
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
This Is How We Roll
Why would you want to do the same old boring routine all the time? Get in the car. Buckle up. Be on your way.
Why not shake it up a bit?
First, get on the gargantuan trailer. Next, climb up on the Ranger. Always buckle up (with your Easter candy, of course). Now you're ready for a real ride! (Many thanks to their father. Their mother would have never conceived such a plan.)
We had a beautiful Easter weekend. We started off by spending the last day of the girls' Spring Break down in St. George. It must have been the last day of Spring Break for the entire world, because it was a ca-ra-zay day down there. But we had fun nonetheless. The weather was gorgeous. I had a little shopping to do, then we had a delicious and healthy (read: less-than-palatable and instant-cardiac-arrest) lunch at Del Taco. We attempted In-N-Out Burger but it was a madhouse, so we went next door to Del Death. Bad choice. (Okay, okay, I admit, it's not like In-N-Out is a more health-conscious choice. Don't judge. It was Spring Break!) We caved to Kenna's insistence but should have stayed at our original location. But we at least found some redemption at a park where we soaked up the sunshine and the kids loved every minute getting soaked in a little stream. Of course I left my camera in the car. The only picture I got was when we were actually home. I call this "Chocolate Ice Cream Induced Coma." Not a bad state to be in!
Saturday is the day we spend celebrating all the fluffy fun of Easter. The girls would just DYE if they didn't get to color some eggs. (Pathetic pun intended). Take note the two youngest children are not enjoying the egg dye event. They were napping. That also was intended. I wanted to color the eggs, not my children and the whole entire house in the process!
Lexi and Ty woke up just in time to start the Easter egg hunt. This sweet little lady is quite proud of her rapidly expanding large motor skills:
This year the Easter bunny set up a scavenger hunt for the kids to go on. Granted, Kenna spent a good portion of the weekend imploring to see if I was the Easter bunny. The verdict hasn't been reached yet. She never got a clear answer on that one (wink wink). Either way, they absolutely loved it and it was so fun to hear their little squeals of delight every time they found a new stash of treats:
The scavenger hunt culminated down at the ranch house where the California Easter bunny paid us a little visit (huge THANK YOU to Bob and Wendy for their eggstra special treats!) I know, I know, enough of the ridiculous puns! I just couldn't help my pitiful self.
Sunday was another beautiful day where we enjoyed taking time to remember how grateful we are to have a Savior who died for us making it possible to live with Him again. It truly is all incomprehensible, but we loved being able to take time to learn a little more and recommit to do a little better. Our wonderful neighbor Kathy joined us for dinner, then a bit later we met over at her house along with the Lovell family to enjoy some strawberry shortcake. Such a nice day!
Just for the record, I attempted a picture of the kiddos all decked out in their Easter church duds, but ended up calling it quits. Should have just ended up with a skeewompus attempt of a picture rather than nothing. Oh well! 'Til next year-
Why not shake it up a bit?
First, get on the gargantuan trailer. Next, climb up on the Ranger. Always buckle up (with your Easter candy, of course). Now you're ready for a real ride! (Many thanks to their father. Their mother would have never conceived such a plan.)
We had a beautiful Easter weekend. We started off by spending the last day of the girls' Spring Break down in St. George. It must have been the last day of Spring Break for the entire world, because it was a ca-ra-zay day down there. But we had fun nonetheless. The weather was gorgeous. I had a little shopping to do, then we had a delicious and healthy (read: less-than-palatable and instant-cardiac-arrest) lunch at Del Taco. We attempted In-N-Out Burger but it was a madhouse, so we went next door to Del Death. Bad choice. (Okay, okay, I admit, it's not like In-N-Out is a more health-conscious choice. Don't judge. It was Spring Break!) We caved to Kenna's insistence but should have stayed at our original location. But we at least found some redemption at a park where we soaked up the sunshine and the kids loved every minute getting soaked in a little stream. Of course I left my camera in the car. The only picture I got was when we were actually home. I call this "Chocolate Ice Cream Induced Coma." Not a bad state to be in!
Saturday is the day we spend celebrating all the fluffy fun of Easter. The girls would just DYE if they didn't get to color some eggs. (Pathetic pun intended). Take note the two youngest children are not enjoying the egg dye event. They were napping. That also was intended. I wanted to color the eggs, not my children and the whole entire house in the process!
Lexi and Ty woke up just in time to start the Easter egg hunt. This sweet little lady is quite proud of her rapidly expanding large motor skills:
This year the Easter bunny set up a scavenger hunt for the kids to go on. Granted, Kenna spent a good portion of the weekend imploring to see if I was the Easter bunny. The verdict hasn't been reached yet. She never got a clear answer on that one (wink wink). Either way, they absolutely loved it and it was so fun to hear their little squeals of delight every time they found a new stash of treats:
The scavenger hunt culminated down at the ranch house where the California Easter bunny paid us a little visit (huge THANK YOU to Bob and Wendy for their eggstra special treats!) I know, I know, enough of the ridiculous puns! I just couldn't help my pitiful self.
Sunday was another beautiful day where we enjoyed taking time to remember how grateful we are to have a Savior who died for us making it possible to live with Him again. It truly is all incomprehensible, but we loved being able to take time to learn a little more and recommit to do a little better. Our wonderful neighbor Kathy joined us for dinner, then a bit later we met over at her house along with the Lovell family to enjoy some strawberry shortcake. Such a nice day!
Just for the record, I attempted a picture of the kiddos all decked out in their Easter church duds, but ended up calling it quits. Should have just ended up with a skeewompus attempt of a picture rather than nothing. Oh well! 'Til next year-
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