“. . . the joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives. When the focus of our lives is on God’s plan of salvation . . . and Jesus Christ and His gospel, we can feel joy regardless of what is happening—or not happening—in our lives. Joy comes from and because of Him. He is the source of all joy⁠“

— Pres. Russell M. Nelson

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  • Idaho Trip Part Three: The Reunion Extravaganza

    That's right – we had all 24 grandchildren and 7 kids all together for the first time in a long time.  We even had all but two of the brothers-in-law there.  It definitely made for quite the adventure . .… Continue reading

  • Look who was on our plane . . .

    So I walked onto to the last plane of our journey home, and looked up at a couple in first class – as I did a spark of recognition went off inside me and I was about to wave and… Continue reading

  • Visitors

    We have had a bunch of visitors over the past week.  On Tuesday my book club met at our house where we discussed our book, Twilight – and talked about our Harry Potter predictions – he he!  We were having… Continue reading

  • The “No Cavities Club”

    Lily had a dentist appointment today, and I finally remembered to bring my camera :).  For those of you who know Lily well, you know that she has a true fascination with going to the doctor, and the dentist isn't… Continue reading

  • Thank goodness there are no Zombies!

    55% Okay, so my sister-in-law Shannon had some of these awesome quizzes up on her blog (you should check them out), but this was my favorite :).  It reminded me of watching "Night of the Comet" – a great zombie… Continue reading

  • Healthy Heart

    I just wanted to let everyone know that we went to the Pediatric Cardiologist today, and he had great news for us.  Lily is perfectly healthy!!  She has what is called an "innocent flo murmur" – which is very common… Continue reading

  • Sleep

    Sleep is something that has seemed to evade me for over four years.  Part of me, however,still holds out hope that someday I will find it again.  You see, I have never been that great at falling asleep myself –… Continue reading

  • Major Taunting Violation – How we spent our day . . .

    Remember that you are welcome to visit us anytime :). Continue reading

  • Happy 4th of July!

    What a wonderful day we had.  Between swimming, and fireworks, fun times with friends, and yummy food, it was perfect.  Some of the highlights were: SWIMMING:  Before we went swimming today, we went and got Derek a life jacket, since… Continue reading

  • This Week We Played

    I have been feeling really guilty lately that I have not been playing enough with my kids.  They don't stay this little forever, and it is far too easy to get caught up in other things, and so this week… Continue reading