New Update

Hi All -

Just a quick update to let you know that we are all doing well but we've been incredibly busy. Brent just got released as our Ward Clerk and is now serving as the Varsity Scout Leader which means he is working with the scouts ages 14 & 15. Yes, I know, that means we're both at Mutual every week but we're making it work (so far). Brent is so excited to be involved with the Scouts and is looking forward to helping each of them achieve their scouting goals.

Morgan has been playing 7th grade Basketball for the last few weeks and is having a great time. They only have 6 games and he'll only be playing 3 of them but he has really enjoyed being involved in this new sport.

Britt is doing Girl Scout Cookie booths right now and that means that we have been just as busy getting her prepared and delivery cookies. Yikes. Does it every slow down?

Thank goodness Jesse only has Activity Day activities every other week. I am so grateful her interests are very limited right now. She only has this activity and her friends. YEAH!

And then there is Kate who seems to be growing faster than I can run. She is almost 2 years old and runs around like she owns the world. Except she won't go to Nursery. Yikes. But we're working on that. I was actually able to get her to stay in Nursery for the first hour yesterday and play with her friend Izzy (although I had to stay in there with her and play too). Once I got up to leave for Young Women's, she did not want anything to do with being left there by herself. Oh well. She get there soon enough and then we'll never get her to stay home I'm sure.

I love my family!

Look who had a birthday!

Hey all! Yesterday was Britt's birthday! Yikes! 11 years old and on the verge of teenage hood. I can't believe how time flies but she is a wonderful young woman I look forward to what here teenage years bring us (or at least that's what I'm telling myself).

We spent the weekend spoiling her and celebrating her birthday in different ways. Saturday I took her to Build A Bear because she received a certificate to get a free one for her birthday. Saturday night we did her birthday dinner so that Grandma could be there too and she got spoiled but she wouldn't let the restaurant people sing to her. She is quite the shy one. For her actual birthday, she got French Toast for breakfast and the day spent putting her Science Fair project together. Fun times!

Britt's Bowling Pin

Britt's Girl Scout Troop went bowling last night and this is what she brought home with her:

She's calling it her baby and she needs a name for it. Any suggestions? When she was a little girl, she said once that she was going to marry someone named Rolling Ball. I guess having a bowling pin as a baby makes since if she does marry Rolling Ball. I'm just joking with Britt. I can't let her live down the Rolling Ball story. It's funny. Anyways, the whole troop was able to take pins homes as suvinors of their nights fun. Way to go! Another cool paper weight in our home.

Our Weekly Update (sort of)

Here we are at semester end for Morgan (He got 5 B's and 1 A and boy did he work hard for them)! Next semester brings mostly the same classes so hopefully he's realized that with a little more work and getting his assignments in on time, he could easily have straight A's. I'm just so excited he was able to pull his English grade from a D up to a B. We didn't think that it was possible to see anything beyond the a C with the way he's struggled all semester but he did it and he did it with getting his work done and doing extra credit. Way to go, Morgan!

Britt has had a busy week too. She's getting ready for the Science Fair since she's in fifth grade this year and it's required for every fifth grader to participate in it. (yuck!) She found a project that really interests her and she is eagerly preparing for it. She is also actively participating in Activity Days and Girls Scouts. This past Monday she turned in her Girl Scout Cookie order with 161 orders. Yeah! Thank you to everyone for helping her work towards her goal. Their troop is trying to earn enough money to get to Disneyland this summer. If you missed getting your box of cookies, it's too late for pre-sales but we can get extra boxes, just let us know what and how many. Every little bit helps get them to their goal.

Jesse has been a little lost all week. One of her best friends have been out of town all week taking her older brother to the MTC to start his mission. She spent a good portion of an hour on the phone with another one of her friends talking about missing Emma. I'm so glad to see my kids have such close friends. Especially ones that are good kids.

Kate is just Kate. She's been nursery age now for about 3 months but has yet to actually go into nursery and stay for the whole time. Last week she won't even let Brent sit with her in there without crying. Brent ended up just bringing her out and she went to class with me. She doesn't like to be anywhere without someone she is comfortable. She doesn't even like it when people talk to her at the store. I was at Albertson's yesterday with her and my mom. I walked away for a minute to get something I missed on a previous aisle and a gentlemen stopped to talk to her. She realized at the point I had walked away and she freaked out. My mom ended up having to come get me because she won't calm down until she saw me again. She has become my "cling-on" child. At least she lets me get things done.

Brent and I too have been busy. We just celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary. Where does the time go when you're having fun? It hasn't been all highs but we're still in love and loving every minute we have together. Brent is still working on his Master's but should be done this upcoming August (as long as his employer keeps paying for it). As many of you know, Brent works for Boeing and they have announced lay-offs. We don't know if Brent will be laid off or not but so far so good. We keep praying things we keep the way they are but sometimes Heavenly Father has something else in mind.

As for myself, the above says it all. I am constantly juggling everything for everyone as well as keep myself wrapped around the home responsibilities and my callings. It's all busy but I try and make time everyday for the little things that make it all worth while.

Keep the faith!

Morgan's Amazing Adventures

So, Morgan received another award today for his heroism. Lt. Jim Glass (the Fireman who came to Court of Honor last December) nominated Morgan for the Young Humanitarian Real Heroes Award from the Red Cross and was picked to receive the award. It was an honor to have Morgan participate in this award and it was an awesome awards breakfast we attended with him. He was included in extraordinary group of people who, like him, went out of their own comfort zones to reach out to someone it need. To listen to each of their stories was inspiring. I would hope that we would all follow their examples by moving out of our comfort zones to reach out to those in need, emergency or not. One such hero today was recognized for give her kidney to a person who she only knew from her beverage of choice in the place where she worked. Wow! I wish we were surrounded more by stories like these.

We took the camera and recorded his award and acceptance for all of you who could not attend with us. Thank you to everyone for recognizing Morgan's heroism. I know it is from the examples all around him that has taught Morgan to reach out to others around him.

Temple Square at Christmas Time

Hi All!

We're home and are slowing getting back into some normal schedule. I thought I'd share a few of our pictures from Christmas Eve on Temple Square.

It was a cold night but we enjoyed the lights and nativity scenes decorating Temple Square and surrounding area. The kids really enjoyed the hill just behind them in the above picture with the Temple in the background because they were able to "ski" down.

Along the walk way by the Church office building, there were luminaries, each one with messages of joy in different languages.

We had a lot of fun being home with Brent's family and reconnecting with some of my family. We haven't been with family for the holidays in the 7 1/2 years we've lived here. We had a great time and it was hard to leave but we're also happy to be home again.

Morgan in the News

Morgan made our local newspaper today for his quick thinking and heroism. Here's the link just in case Brent didn't send you the link already.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/puyallup/story/564255.html

All I can say is "wow". I don't know if I would have done the same thing and I'm an adult. What a crazy thing. I'm just trying not to let thoughts of what could have happen get to me because that just sends me into a panic that I think would detour Morgan from reaching out to help others again for fear of how his mother would react.

I am proud of Morgan and his ability to focus and quick thinking under pressure to help others stay safe. I know that he was being protected that day. Heavenly Father was aware of what he was doing and sent his angels to help keep him safe.

End of the Week Update

Hey all - Well, it's the end of the week and what have I done? Or better yet, what have I not done but don't really have the evidence that I've done anything? Isn't that the life story of every mom out there.

I have exactly two more weeks before I officially become the mother of a teenager. Yes, Morgan turns 13 on the 19th. Crazy, I know but that's the truth. Brent and I were looking at his baby pictures we have hanging in our hallway the other night wondering where the time had gone. It doesn't seem that long ago ... but on the other hand, it seems a million years ago. Yikes!

The kids are counting down to winter break. They can't wait to travel to Utah. It's hard to judge which they're more excited for, Christmas or seeing family. Or is it not having school for two weeks? Alright, it's seeing family. It's funny how the anticipation of gifts has been overshadowed by traveling somewhere for the holiday.

The other day as we were driving home from some youth activity, I made the comment about how many more houses seemed to be decorated this year for the holidays. I don't know if it's something I didn't notice in years past but one seems not to be able to drive through any given neighborhood and find 50% to 75% of the homes decked out in lights. Driving through neighborhoods for the light shows has always been a tradition that Brent and I have had since we were dating the Christmas before we were married. It's nice to see more people getting into the holiday spirit and letting it show (or shine).

If there's one thing I can share with you all tonight, it's take time with your family. You don't know how quickly they grow and move on to other things. When we establish traditions when they're young, they'll long to keep those going even when they're grown and gone.

Keep in touch, keep the faith and endure to the end.

Happy Thanksgiving

Just in case someone out there is reading our site and wondering why we haven't posted since May, I thought I'd get on and wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. I hope that your holiday is a good one and that you find many things to be thankful for. We are surrounded by many things Heavenly Father has blessed us with that it 's always hard to pinpoint a just a few. The kids really liked sharing those things around the table at our thanksgiving meal but I can never think of just one thing. My list is always long and is ever increasing. This is probably where having a gratitude journal comes in real handy.

Anyways, we hope that you are all well. We (I mean me) are trying to be more diligent in keeping this going. I (I mean we) have so much going on that sometimes it's hard to sit and type in some thoughts. Someday we'll (I mean me) have it all together.

So here's a thought for the day, take President Eyring's counsel and keep a gratitude journal. There is nothing like looking back and seeing how Heavenly Father has blessed you. I recently read his talk to the Priesthood from this last General Conference and he talked about the feelings of inadequacies when it comes to callings and responsibilities. He advices that when those thoughts and doubts creep in, that we need to turn to our Savior. Having a gratitude journal helps us to look back on how we've been blessed. Counting our blessings helps us to recognize the Savior and Heavenly Father's hand in our lives.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hey to Everyone,As most of you know I graduated last October from DeVry University and landed a job at Boeing in February. Well a few things have come from this:

1) We are better off financially and I have to say really blessed that Nikki has the mindset of paying things off so that we can be debt free and have a savings. Were not there yet but getting closer daily.

2) It has allowed me to be home in the evenings which is something I have not been able to do realistically in years and I am really enjoying being with my wife and family. I think they also really enjoy seeing dad more often then just the weekends.

3) It has given me a better perspective on technology and an ease that has allowed me to accept several opportunities to serve. The most recent is that I am working on a small database for the Seattle Temple so that they know who can speak a foreign language and when they are available to assist in ordinances at the Temple.

4) It has made me realize that even though I thought I would be good at it, I am not a programmer! Therefore I have a surprise:

Some of you may know already but for those of you who don't I am going back to school. I am going to go to Keller Graduate School of Management for my MBA (Masters of Business) with a concentration in Project Management. I will also be able to take the test to become a PMP (Project Management Professional) which will be a globally recognized certification. There are many things that make this exciting and I have the support of my beautiful wife in this decision. One of the best things is that I will not have to pay a penny as Boeing will pick up the entire bill as long as I keep my grades up. WOO HOO....

Anyway, hope all is well with all of you. Have a Great Day!Brent

Mother's Day Talk

Hi all,

I gave a talk today in Sacrament meeting and thought I would share, enjoy!

Brent

Miss Jones was giving her second-grade students a lesson on science. “Here is a magnet,” she said. “It’s made of a kind of metal. Look how it can pickup nails, bobby pins, and other bits of iron.” The class watched with great fascination.
Then, by way of review, she asked, “All right class. My name begins with the letter ‘M’ and I pick up things. What am I?”
A little boy on the front row raised his hand and said, “You’re a mother.”
…
Happy Mother’s Day to all you sisters in the ward because you are either mothers or potential mothers and so I again I wish you Happy Mother’s Day.
…
Sister Marjorie D. Conder, curator at the Museum of Church History and Art, in an interview with the Church News in 1993 commented about the sacrifices made in the building of the Salt Lake Temple, "For those committed to the Kingdom, women and men, every resource which could be spared, even at great personal sacrifice, was plowed into the completion of the temple.

"This meant that in a time of expanding inventions and modernization, many women continued to perform daily tasks in old-fashioned and more difficult ways because family resources which could have made their lives easier were often diverted to finishing the temple. Thus for some women, every batch of laundry done in a more physically demanding way instead of with a washing machine was a consecrated sacrifice offered to the completion of the temple."

Temple project wages were modest and many workmen donated their time, she added. Skilled artisans were critically needed to complete the temple, but there was also work at much higher wages for these same artisans elsewhere in the territory.

"How many husbands and wives decided together to make the physical and financial sacrifices to finish the temple?" Sister Conder asked. "The women may not have been down at the temple site, but the fact that they were willing to have their husbands there showed personal sacrifice and commitment.

"These sacrifices are largely unknown and unvalued. It's not the kind of sacrifice that makes a story, but it's the sacrifice that made a temple," she remarked. "It was sacrifice that was unseen and unvalued even perhaps by those who had witnessed it or were giving it. Yet it was known to God and accepted of God as a sacrifice. . . .

"Seeing the larger picture and being willing to sacrifice in practical everyday ways for a larger cause, even if none but God could see and understand, is intuitive and central to women's spiritual lives," Sister Conder concluded.

Not only was the sacrifice of building the temple intuitive to women's spiritual lives, but completion of the temple has since brought women even more opportunities to grow as they have served in the sacred edifice through the years.
(Among the Silent Builders , LDS Church News, 1993, 03/20/93 .)

Let’s talk a little about how sacrifice is viewed today: I am constantly hearing about how someone has had to sacrifice time, energy, and monies to some cause and it has not always been talked about positively. In fact just the opposite is most of the time true. For the most part they feel cheated or put out by “having” to do this sacrifice they are talking about. How sad it is that they do not know little Zane May who we heard last week drew a picture of Jesus on the cross with a smile on his face. How sad it is that they may feel no value for their sacrifice. How sad it is that they do not truly understand what sacrifice is or what blessings it can bring.

Most of the dictionaries I looked in defined sacrifice as giving something up or offering animal/human sacrifices to appease the gods. But I think the very best definition I was able to come across was “to make sacred” and this is the type of sacrifice I wish to address in my talk today. Gospel principles tells us that “Sacrifice means giving to the Lord whatever he requires of our time, our earthly possessions, and our energies to further his work. The Lord commanded, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness”. Our willingness to sacrifice is an indication of our devotion to God. I also would like to directly relate to the sacrifices that women make to keep the human race afloat, as this is Mother’s Day and it should be appropriately about the sisters.

Sister Okazaki in her book Lighten Up says it very well, she says, “I know there are many women throughout the Church who grew up in poverty. Women who have had to struggle and sacrifice to get an education. Women who have nonmember husbands or part-member families. Women who have dealt with infertility. Women who have felt the sting of racial prejudice. Women who have worked outside their homes, either as a career choice or out of necessity. Women who bear the emotional and physical burdens of ill health. Women who are struggling with the loss of a loved one. Women who have left the traditional religion of their families to embrace the gospel.
(Chieko N. Okazaki, Lighten Up! [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1993], 3 - 4.)

While serving in the Florida, Tampa mission I came across a young lady in that last category. We had been teaching her boyfriend in the Palm Harbor Florida and she became interested in our discussions with him. She started asking questions one day and the follow up questions came on like a flood. Even though she was an actively participating member of her faith with responsibilities to teach and everything you could just tell she hungered for more. The answers we gave were almost astonishing to her as “she had always thought it was something different but didn’t know what it was that was that was different about religion that made her uneasy” with her church. Her testimony, her boyfriend’s interest and testimony and that of his mothers and grandmothers grew to a point that all four were baptized and became great students to the gospel. It was hardest for her because of her activity in the other church and her family’s belief. She finally had to come to the only conclusion that she saw as salvation: she had to give up her other church and feel the scorn of those who had lover her all her life. But she was willing to make the sacrifice she knew would ultimately lead to eternal life with her Father in Heaven.

Again referencing Gospel principles, “The Lord’s people have always sacrificed greatly and in many different ways. Some have suffered hardship and ridicule for the gospel. Some new converts to the Church (such as the sister in Florida) have been cut off from their families. Lifetime friends have turned away. Some members have lost jobs; some have lost their lives. But the Lord notices our sacrifices; he promises in Matthew 19:29, “Everyone that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life”. As our testimonies of the gospel grow, we become able to make greater sacrifices to the Lord.” And they seem to become lighter and not quite the burden that the world sees sacrifice to be.

Some of the women we read about in the scriptures have made huge sacrifices on our behalf and we would not probably be where we are today if not for them:
1) First and foremost is mother Eve. God gave us the most important gift that we will ever have: The right and ability to choose for ourselves. But if you think about it if Eve had not given up living with her husband in paradise where everything was provided for her, where there she and her husband walked and talked with the Lord, where she knew for a fact she was loved, to know the good from the evil, we would not be here right now and they would still be in paradise. But she knew when she did that she would be able to do more good by knowing how to choose between the good and the evil. The blessing of course is that we are here today.
2) Another woman of the scriptures that gave a great sacrifice is Ruth. After her husband died she could have very easily gone back to live with her family, but seeing that her mother-in-law Naomi would be alone she chose to go to Bethlehem and live with her. The blessing received from her actions were that she was able to learn the Gospel from her mother-in-law, gain favor in the sight of Boaz who married her and gave her a child (for she had not been given one of her original husband before his death), and the generations that came after gave us King David and his royal line that included eventually our Savior Jesus Christ.
3) There are many many more woman of the scripture who gave up much for the benefit and blessings of the Lord:
A) Sariah, mother of Isaac, was probably given the knowledge out of the respect and love from her husband that he was given the task to sacrifice their son, but was willing to allow her husband Abraham the leniency to be tested by the Lord of his devotion to Him. The Blessing was the great nations that were born in righteousness to whom we all belong.
B) Sarah, the mother of Nephi, gave up the riches and luxuries that her husband’s wealth provided to follow him and his prophetic warnings, to dwell in tents, have her son’s (Laman and Lemeul) give great persecution to her husband Lehi and her son Nephi, and be lead on a great journey of hardship and strife. The Blessing is that today we have the Book of Mormon and the Gospel Restored in our day.
C) And how about the mother of the Son of God. When Christ was born she knew that he would have to deal with great hardships, persecutions, strife, and eventually a great sacrifice, the greatest sacrifice of all, his death that all mankind could be saved and live with our Father in Heaven again.

Mothers even today make some great sacrifices for us and as we all have a mother I wish to talk a little about them. It’s probably not easy being a mother when you have to go through some major bodily changes to give life to someone who may not always show you the greatest respect and knowing that your body will never truly be the same. It’s probably not easy to see your child struggle through the trials that he or she has been given to undertake. But what a wonderful blessing it is to see a beautiful smile from a youngster who sees you and lights up knowing that you will protect, lead, and guide them through this life. What a wonderful blessing it is to get that hug that wraps around you with no guile, completely loving you and conveying that love through that hug. What a wonderful blessing it must be when you see that through your righteous teachings your children make correct choices and learn to live the Gospel.

President Harold B Lee taught: “Woman has within her the power of creation in company with her legal and lawful husband here, and if sealed in celestial wedlock, she may have eternal increase in the world to come. Woman is the homemaker in her own home and an exemplar to her posterity in the generations that succeed her. Woman is the helpmeet to her husband and may render him more perfect that he otherwise would be. Woman’s influence can bless a community or a nation to that extent to which she develops her spiritual powers in harmony with the heaven-sent gifts with which she has been endowed by nature… Year in and year out, she may cast the aura of her calming and refining influence to make certain that her posterity will enjoy the opportunities to develop to their fullest potential their spiritual and physical natures.”

And I find his next statement particularly true in our home, “Mothers are the creators of the atmosphere in the home and do much to provide the strong foundation for their sons and daughters, to provide them with strength when they leave the influence of their homes.” Along with these words I want to add a poignant statement from President Brigham Young, “One thing is very true and we believe it, and it is that a woman is the glory of the man… When I reflect upon the duties and responsibilities”, and I would add the sacrifices, “devolving upon our mothers and sisters, and the influence they wield, I look upon them as the mainspring and soul of our being here.”

I would be amiss if I did not acknowledge the sacrifices the woman in my life has made in behalf of our family. She has through the course of the 14 plus years we have been married: worked while I could not provide fully for our family and went through school, put up with me going through a medical depression, bore four pregnancies that gave us four beautiful children, and put their physical and spiritual needs before her own to make sure they know that their Father in Heaven loves them. There is music in our home because she has taught them to sing. There are times of peace when a lesson of spirituality is taught by her. And there are sacrifices she has made to make our home a great place to be. She has also made sacrifices that have made her willingly available to the sisters she has served in the church and whom she surrounds herself. And the really neat thing is that I hear more about the blessings she feels from serving others than I do about sacrifices she feel she has made on their behalf.

This is the way sacrifice should be viewed and which we as Latter-Day Saints uniquely are able to perceive our Savior being as he gave of himself willingly and, again as little Bro. May has shown us, happily for our salvation.

Jesse's Baptism Picture!

Changes In Our Home

Hi all,

Here's Jesse's baptism picture (thank you to Mom and Dad for remembering your camera when I didn't hear Brent telling me to grab ours.):



It was a beautiful day, both because of the event and because of the weather. After several months of below normal temps and snow the week before, we had 80 degrees on one of the best days ever. She was so beautiful in her dress. We're getting her pictures done this weekend and I'll post it as soon as we can so you can see her dress too.

Britt and Morgan are doing well too. Right now they're going through WASL testing (Washington state's standardized review tests). This is Britt's first year and she seems to be doing well. Our concern was whether she would take her time and complete each question as needed. But she is doing well and only has three more days. Morgan is also doing well and is taking this year very seriously. He will be going to 6th grade camping in less than 2 weeks. He is so excited! It should be very interesting to see how he does because he will be gone for 4 days and I don't think he will be able to call home to say goodnight like when he's with his scout leaders when they go on overnighters. He is very senstive in this respect and is very mindful on how things are going at home when he is not here. Last night, on the way home from Mutual, his scout leader took his kids, his niece, and nephews and Morgan to McDonalds for Mcflurries. Morgan was so mindful that I would be waiting at home for him that he had Bro. Ayala call home to let me know that they would be a little late. He has given us quite moments of surprise when he has shown us how he truly can be responsibility. I have been so blessed with great kids not to mention a good husband from a great family!

I love you all and hope all is well with you.

Keep the faith and endure to the end!

Nicole

Happy Friday!

It's Friday here and it's suppose to be spring but if you were look out our window, you'd see the snow falling as I type. Oh well, it's still pretty. (Here's a picture of Kate and I checking out the snow).

Things here are quiet. The kids are all at school for their last day before Spring Break. We've got nothing special planned except Jesse's 8th birthday next Thursday. She'll probably have her two girlfriends from her CTR8 class over for the day and a family birthday party when Brent gets home from work. She can't wait to go to Activity Days. The leader and all the girls made her a welcome card this last week to welcome her in since she gets to go to their next activity.

Britt cracks me up. You will probably relate but this girl loves to read. Everytime we turn around, she has her nose in a book. She loves it so much it's actually getting her in trouble now. She puts reading above everything. School and house work gets put aside so she can read (huh, that's sounds like me). Her teacher loves the fact that she's always reading except that she's not turning in her reading log or getting her other work done. How do you get someone to stop something that we spent that last several years trying to get her to do?

Kate is into EVERYTHING!!! Here's her latest adventure:

Morgan is doing well. Nothing really to be totally excited about but he is getting ready for 6th grade camp. He's constantly talking about the different activities he will get to participate in. He can't wait!

Well, here's our update for the time being. Check back again and if you want, drop us a line. We'd love to know how you're doing.

Drinking from a fire hose

You ever have something thrown at you so overwhelming that you felt like you were trying to drink from a fire hose? Well that is how the last couple of weeks has been. I am learning a lot but have also lost a lot of sleep not being able to feel like I am in control of what I am supposed to be doing. The guys I work with have an abundance of knowledge but lack slightly in some of the more social aspects. I can't seem to get any of them to look at me during a conversation. For the most part you can see the fact that they love computers and love to "talk" to their computers. I am going to do my very best, as well I should, but I think I will look elsewhere in Boeing for somewhere to land in the not to distant future. For now I will try to learn as much as I can and hope I can figure out why God wants me here at this time.

Have a great night.

Several Weeks Later...

You'd think I'd have things going by now but sadly I do not. I have no excuses because I feel that excuses are just not taking responsibility for your actions. I have just chosen to do other things (play with the kids, clean the house or whatever else "needed" to be done).

Week 1 of Boeing. Brent is now settled and even has his own phone number. I don't know it right off the top of my head though so I can't tell you. Sorry but if you'd like his cell number, just email and I'd be happy to give it to you.

Kate is now walking!!! I can't believe it. She's funny to watch because she just starts to do it. We've been coaxing her for the last few nights, maybe even the last week but tonight she just started doing it on her own. Brent and I were playing a video game and the next thing we knew, she was walking between the recliner to the couch between us. I can't believe she's already there! Yikes! Time sure does fly.

Thank you to everyone that helped Britt make her Girl Scout Cookie goal! She had her last booth sale last weekend and we should be getting her final totals sometime this month.

Britt and I attended Roger's High School's performance of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast". We have three teenagers from our ward that Britt's knows in the performance and since it's my favorite Disney story, we went together. We had a great time and really enjoyed going. The whole cast did a really great job and it was fun. If you get a chance, there four more performances this weekend and it's worth seeing.

Well, for now, that's all that is going on. We're busy these next few days but my goal is to get pictures on this blog by the end of the month! There, now I've put out there for all of you to read so now I have to do it. Doesn't the saying go "a goal is just a wish until it's written down"? If not, it sounds good any ways!

Welcome to our spot...

Welcome to our family blog page. It is currently under construction but wanted to get it started for Brent's last day at REI so that we can keep in touch with all our friends and family. If you're seeing this page for the first time, make it a favorite and come back often. We want to keep in touch and look forward to hearing from you.

Welcome again to our page. We will have more posted in the next couple of days.

Love you!