Halloween...Trick or Treat?!

Troy and Kerri...you little devils!

Dresden and Kerri

Taylor, Kerri, and Logan

Braden and Troy

John and I got married on Nov. 5th in South Lake Tahoe

 I have married the best man on earth!!! We simply adore each other, the love of our lives!!!! Off to Hawaii for two weeks! Yipee!!!!

My 2 carrot+ diamond ring. Wow!

I'm engaged!!!

John proposed to me on Sunday the 19th of September! The proposal was so much fun! He tells me, "Everything I need to know about life I learned from Noah's Arc." He beckons, "Don't miss the boat," " For safety sake travel in pairs," "When stressed, float awhile," and (my favorite) "No matter the storm, when you are with God and John, there is always a rainbow waiting!" I love you John!!! You make life fun, and I can't wait to be your wife. I'm grinning from ear to ear! XXOXOX...

Kerri & Troy's wedding day, 17 Sept. 2010

Kerri & Troy Emry

Kerri & Troy's wedding is Friday!!!! Sooo excited for you both! As perdicted, I told Kerri we are both getting married this year!!! I'm next!!! Yahoo!

5 of my 6 grand children

We celerbrated Connor's baptism and his birthday. We enjoyed the family gathering at his house after his ordinance. I'm very proud of you Connor!!!

Dresie, Trevor, Taylor, Connor, and Logan

Connor's 8th Birthday and Baptism

Kerris birthday party at her house. Me, Logan, and Taylor

Dresie eating cake!

Kerri and Troy announce their engagement!

Congrats to you both!!! Hope all your dreams come true...

Ragnar Wasatch Back Relay Race with Kim and friends

Fun under the sun

Dresie eating a yummy popsicle on a hot summers day!

Dresie

"Oh what do we do in the summer time?" Play in my pool! The little things that delight the young....you are so adorable Dres! Pretty in Pink!

Happy Mother's Day!

Mother's Day Brunch started with laughs, flowers, presents, and great food! What could be better than enjoying family? The icing-on-top-of-the-cake was sitting in between my daughters during Relief Society. What a delightful Mother's Day! Thanks girls, you are the best! Thanks Kim for my awesome corsage!

Happy Easter!

    General Conference fell on Easter this year, which made Easter all the more enjoyable! Kim and her family came and Kerri and her boys were here to share in the festivities. The Easter egg hunt took place inside as it was raining outside! The kids didn't seem to care as they scurried about trying to fill their baskets with eggs! We all enjoyed ourselves very much!

New Orleans

Visiting old plantations, such as the Houmas House Plantation, was a lot of fun! The grounds with all the manificent live Oak trees, statues, water features, and gardens were fun to explore. I wanted to plunk myself down under a tree and soak it all in. Visiting with Peter, Kristian, Lane, Kathy, and Barry was such a treat. Southern hospitality is absolutely the best! Thank you for making my stay so memorable!

Learn the craft of knowing how to open your heart and to turn on your creativity. There's a light inside of you.

Taylor

Taylor's first time doing Baptisms for the dead! I'm so proud of you T!!! Great job, you got up sooooo early!

Dresden

Dresie swinging...too cute!

Kerri Anne

My oldest daughter Kerri, You are in Hawaii and I miss you sooooooo much! I'm tickled you are having sooo much fun! Can't wait to see you!

Arie

Arie you are growing fast!!! My youngest grandson. You are simply the best! Thanks for sharing your life with me...

"Wicked"

Kimberly and I traversed to San Francisco to see "Wicked!" We had a delightful time. We stopped in Walnut Creek for dinner and then hopped on Bart. The weather was perfect! I love the sound of music wafting through the air as we came up the steps from the Bart escalators (street musicans). The theater was only a step away. We had perfect seats in the middle. I was meszermized from beginning to end. I want to savor it again! I loved the story which was told from the perspective of the good witch. Thanks Kim!!! Let's play again soon!!! xoxoxo

The gym!

Back from the gym...Mark, my trainer, is kicking my B--! I started shouting, "Sir, yes sir!" We laughed...oh my!

Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried on great winds across the sky! Sometimes I feel I am creating neither heat nor light, just the icky, perversely, pleasurable squish of self-pity between my toes!

Decisions...

Doubt often means don’t—don’t move, don’t answer, don’t rush forward. When I’m mired in confusion about what the next step should be, when I’m asked to do something for which I feel little enthusiasm, that’s my sign to just stop—to get still until my instincts give me the go-ahead. When the spirit compels me toward the best path to take it never leaves me with “Maybe,” "Should I?” or even “Perhaps.” I always know for sure when it’s telling me to proceed because everything inside of me raises up to reverberate “Yes!”

Friendship

When we honestly ask which persons in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness...makes it clear that whatever happens in the external world, being present to each other is what really matters.

Daughter and Mother

Family is the spice of life!

Dresden's 1st Birthday Party!

Thought for today...

The Authentic Self Is the Soul Made Visible
Today be willing to reflect quietly on the role that rhythm plays in your daily life. Your heart will always tell you what's working and what's not. Restoring rhythm to the way you conduct your affairs can bring you contentment and a sense of well-being that will nurture and sustain you when the cares of the world can't be left behind.

The picture on Dresden's 1st birthday party invitation

Pretty as a picture!