tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24464053123565304272024-03-13T09:16:20.913-07:00small thingsNoellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161985393748366212noreply@blogger.comBlogger679125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446405312356530427.post-34631029100867369932019-04-09T05:00:00.000-07:002019-04-09T05:00:02.162-07:00Yosemite Spring Break<div style="text-align: center;">
We've lived in CA now for almost 8 years and still have so much to see and experience.</div>
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Although I lived here as a child, I don't remember much and certainly my kids</div>
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haven't seen it. So we took a short trip to Yosemite National Park (about</div>
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I felt we needed to drive for the experience and to see the countryside.</div>
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There's just something intriguing about seeing the landscape change, </div>
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and how other people live. </div>
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If anyone is wondering, most of it was farmland filled with fruit trees and vines.</div>
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One place I have never been before was the exact center of California, in North Fork.</div>
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The most exciting thing in the town was the sign, haha.</div>
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As we turned off the freeway and towards the mountains, beautiful lime green grass was everywhere dotted with yellow and white flowers. Each little farm looked like they had professionally landscaped the grass and trees with rocks strategically placed. The girls and I oohed and aahed the whole way.</div>
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Driving into Yosemite, we saw acres and acres of devastation from the fires. </div>
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It will take quite some time till it is reclaimed.</div>
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Nothing beats the majesty of Yosemite Valley (Half Dome is covered by clouds)</div>
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Cloudy but still too bright, I guess</div>
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Clouds cleared to see Half Dome</div>
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Joseph was even so impressed with what we saw that he took pictures too.</div>
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Spring time is the time to see the waterfalls made by the snow melt. We saw three major ones and smaller ones all through the park. Summer is for the wildflowers and fall is for the color change. I want to see both of those!</div>
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Although you can't see it here, this waterfall actually has another one just below it.</div>
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The park has museums, food, gift shop, cabins, and other educational experiences.</div>
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We are standing in front of a cross-cut of a really old sequoia. </div>
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They've dated it back to A.D 923!!! That's old!!</div>
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There is an Indian village with old homes and replicas of their housing. Needless to say, these teepees didn't keep out all the rain so they would have to rebuild quite often. </div>
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There was a cemetery with graves of the early settlers. Some didn't even have names because they were just passing through. This interesting moss covered wall surrounded it.</div>
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We saw deer!!</div>
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And this beautiful blue bird called a Steller's jay.</div>
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Our resident tree hugger and saver of all life, even spiders! </div>
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We rented a cabin for the same cost it would have been for two hotel rooms.</div>
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I just love when we can be all together, even if it means there's not a room fairy that makes my bed every day and a chef to cook our meals. It's kind of fun to shop the local market/gift shop for our supplies and make simple meals.</div>
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Esther and I loved the beautiful artwork, and that fireplace!!</div>
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The only drawback was that we miscalculated the distance to the park. Because of rain, it took close to 2 hours to get there. Next time, we're definitely staying closer.</div>
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Our second day was to see the giant sequoias. Because of the snow and rain, the shuttles weren't working, so we walked 2 miles to the starting point. We soon realized that we were ill equipped for this adventure. We had sweatshirts and tennis shoes when we really needed boots, gloves and parkas.</div>
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The girls were real troopers, especially Esther who only had a sweater and my flannel shirt.</div>
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The roots of this fallen giant were magical. They looked like an art sculpture.</div>
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The biggest tree we saw was the Grizzly Giant. You can see where he had been burned before, but we learned its thick bark protects it from being destroyed. And their branches are high up so that fire rarely reaches them. Also, if there weren't fires, the trees wouldn't be able to germinate. Periodic fires clear out the underbrush and other trees, allowing the sequoia to grow.</div>
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Beautiful bright green moss</div>
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If you zoom in you can see the snow. The trails were also covered in at least 2 feet of snow. We almost biffed it with our wimpy shoes.</div>
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The early settlers carved walkways through the trees. There was a giant that they carved a hole big enough for a wagon to get through but over time it weakened and fell in 1969. This one, luckily is holding up quite well.</div>
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We loved our little trip to see the wonders of Yosemite. It's God's goodness</div>
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that has blessed us with awe inspiring views and tiny miracles of nature.</div>
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What do ya know, we have those things right in our back yard!! Literally!</div>
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Just of a different variety.</div>
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I'll share with you soon the beautiful views we enjoy at home everyday.</div>
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Now back to real life.</div>
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This year I added those fun flower trays by Nicole Miller. I'm much more of a dark pink kind of girl so these spoke to me.</div>
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I also found this scale at an antique store and the cute beehive at Home Goods, which goes along nicely with my big beehive platter.</div>
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I deconstructed the flower arrangements from the wedding open house</div>
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Such happy colors!! I love the forsythia. We had a large bush of it back in North Carolina so I use these artificial ones whenever I can.</div>
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The inside matches the outside. I included more outside shots below.</div>
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New chair covers and rearranged flowers brighten and change the feel of this room.</div>
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The living room is much more subdued but still springy.</div>
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Since taking the pictures above, I've added chicks, bunnies and lambs in each room in preparation for Easter. We're going to have some of our kids here and our grandson, so cuteness is required.</div>
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And all these beautiful colors can be found right outside. </div>
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The park nearby is in full bloom. </div>
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I am on a roll! It seems to be feast or famine with me and right now I'm on the feast side of posting.</div>
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You caught a glimpse of the house in my last post about the wedding open house.</div>
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For Valentines I normally just add red in my decor but because of the wedding, </div>
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I went the extra mile and added more hearts and flowers.</div>
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To simplify my dishes a little, I only moved a few things around from the winter white arrangement. And I found cute heart bowls and love plates at Home Goods.</div>
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Winter white is so soothing after all the bold colors of Christmas.</div>
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But I really do love me some red!</div>
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I also love these cute galvanized metal chargers with scalloped edges.</div>
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Nothing else is new except for all the flowers that I found at Hobby Lobby.</div>
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I found a deep red garland, added pink flowers, berry stems, small white roses and various greens.</div>
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I think that the flowers at Hobby Lobby are a better quality and </div>
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more realistic than the other craft stores.</div>
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I love jumbled country bouquets. Aren't the peonies and ranunculus pretty?</div>
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Tried my hand at a chalkboard sign</div>
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I put twinkle lights in all of the flowers and had candles throughout</div>
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for the open house. It definitely had a romantic feel.</div>
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I loved how it all came together and was sad when the party was over and </div>
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there wasn't any need to light everything.</div>
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Although I love the flowers, they are a bit of overkill for me.</div>
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I'm ready for some Spring colors!</div>
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It used to be that mission calls came mailed in an envelope to your home. That is how we received the calls for the other kids. We would check the mailbox every day in anticipation. Then when they finally came, we would gather family and friends, some time that week, open the envelope and share the news together.</div>
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But the Church has changed that process now by sending them digitally through email. It's much quicker, which is great! We used to have to wait a month or so to get it. But from the time Matthew finished his digital application to getting the email was two weeks. And the stake president even told us, by his estimation, what day it would come.</div>
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That day was today! Everyone's predictions were pinned to the map. We knew Matthew had to work tonight so we planned that we would read it after Youth on Wednesday.<br />
That was the plan...<br />
But this morning, Joseph woke Matthew up asking him to look if the email came. Sure enough! There it was!</div>
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In Mandarin!!</div>
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Is this a sign? We just looked at each other. All he had to do was click on the blue missionary.lds.org. I could tell Matthew wanted to open it right then (who wouldn't?!). He tempted us with a three-person sneak preview so that we would be the only ones who knew before the family reading. I must say, we were so close to doing that but then I thought about how this has always been a family event. It means a lot that we support our missionaries as a team, even in reading the letter. </div>
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So Dad told work that he would be late, and we called everyone to gather on FaceTime in 15 minutes. We managed to get all the kids (minus Abby who doesn't have a phone), grandparents, extended family, and some friends somehow digitally in the room.</div>
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I just kept thinking "Where is he going to speak Mandarin?"</div>
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He will enter the MTC (Missionary Training Center) in Provo</div>
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May 29</div>
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to prepare for serving in Madrid Spain!! </div>
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Spanish speaking!!</div>
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So cool! </div>
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But what's up with the Mandarin?</div>
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I think someone must have pushed the wrong translator.</div>
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We do live in a highly Mandarin populated area here... Hmmm.</div>
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For those who were wondering, only one person chose perfectly. </div>
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It was Matthew's cousin Adam. Matthew asked what the prize would be. I think</div>
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it will be the bragging rights of being the only person I know who guessed exactly. ;) </div>
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Great guess Adam!</div>
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We are so excited for Matthew's new adventure but more thrilled that he is willing to put his own desires aside to serve God's children and bring them to Christ. Because it is through Christ we become new, strengthened and full of hope. </div>
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It will be a great learning experience for him but Spain will benefit. The people will love him for his sense of humor and compassion on their behalf because he has such a big heart.</div>
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For the start of a great life and eternity together, there has to be a great celebration. </div>
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And we Whitakers love to celebrate! </div>
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Both Sarah and Josh lean towards rustic. So the Great Hall at <a href="https://www.stonegateweddings.com/">Stone Gate Weddings and Events</a> in Pleasant Grove, just down the street from the temple, was perfect. And if you live in Utah County, I highly suggest using <a href="http://mollys.marvellouscatering.com/">Marvelous Catering</a> for your events and visit their restaurant <a href="http://mollys.marvellouscatering.com/">Molly's</a> for some out of this world food.</div>
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Sour candies are Josh and Sarah's favorites. It was such a hit, it had a line of people all night long.</div>
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Nice?</div>
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Nope!</div>
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Aaaannnd the youngest gets the bouquet. Good thing the "getting married next" tradition isn't real.</div>
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Dancing!! This has to be one of my favorite parts of receptions. I've always loved dancing, but when our whole family is out on the dance floor, it takes it to another level. We have such a good time!!</div>
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The Jeromes are great dancers too!</div>
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A month later, we had an open house for our friends and family in California.</div>
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I loved decorating our house for the happy occasion.</div>
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of the open house. I was able to enjoy our family and friends without worrying.</div>
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It was a joy to witness the beginning of their lives together. I know life will have its ups and downs, and back and forth. But with commitment to each other, hard work, a lot of love, and faith, these two will find great happiness together.</div>
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There's never a time limit for posting about a wedding. That makes this week, the "love" week a perfect time to share some photos from Sarah and Josh's wedding. <br />
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These two are so cute together! Because of work and school, they had been separated by distance, making the wait that much harder. Their patience paid off on December 15 in a packed room of the Mount Timpanogos Temple, surrounded by family and friends.<br />
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Before the big day we had part of her bachelorette party at the <a href="https://cirqueasylum.com/">Cirque Asylum</a> in Sandy, Utah.<br />
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We had so much fun trying something new. Let me tell ya, it was way more difficult than it looks! It puts quite a bit of pressure on your wrists and hands, not to mention your core.<br />
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Sarah nailed it!</div>
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There was plenty of laughter and goofing.</div>
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I was determined to try everything the young girls did. To my surprise, </div>
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I did it!</div>
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So fun!!</div>
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There had been blizzards leading up to the wedding, so we all came with coats and sweaters, but thankfully it was a beautiful day.</div>
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It was a blessing to witness Sarah and Josh lovingly make covenants with each other and God. The sacred nature of the temple and the work done there, doesn't allow for photography. </div>
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Everyone!</div>
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This picture is deceiving. Although it looks like we are wooping it up, there wasn't any sound coming out of our mouths. We didn't want to become a distraction to the serenity of those inside the temple. But the expressions of happiness on our faces is all real.</div>
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Our family...</div>
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Us...</div>
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My treasures!</div>
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So happy for our girl!!</div>
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Josh's family...</div>
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immediate family...</div>
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siblings...</div>
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Such a beautiful couple ready for a beautiful life.</div>
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So happy for the both of them and the family they are building on the foundation of faith.</div>
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This is just the beginning!</div>
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To see why temples are important to families, click <a href="https://www.lds.org/temples/families-and-the-temple?lang=eng">here.</a></div>
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Photos inside a temple, click <a href="https://www.lds.org/temples/inside-temples?lang=eng">here.</a></div>
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There's more to share about the receptions so I'll post that tomorrow.</div>
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Hope you had a happy Sunday!</div>
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To celebrate our 32nd anniversary and my parents 50th, we decided to take the whole family to one of our favorite places, Maui. We went over the week of Thanksgiving and had a blast! We took a ton of pictures, so editing my choices for this post was quite difficult (photo dump ahead). The kids have posted a lot of their own pics on their social media already, so I'm behind. It would have been easier on myself if I had just posted while we were on vacation, but I guess I was just too busy vacationing. Go figure! Normally when Joseph and I go to Hawaii, it's to slow down, sleep and relax. It didn't take long to realize that with this crowd, </div>
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My parents have been married for 50 years!! Goals!!</div>
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It was such a pleasure to spend time with them and to celebrate their love.</div>
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We have been married for 32!</div>
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I always love going on vacation with this man!</div>
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The ocean was great but we clearly loved spending time in the pool.</div>
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I loved being able to create with some of my favorite people in such beautiful surroundings.</div>
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Although we each had the same subject, each painting was unique and beautiful.</div>
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I think we all agree that our favorite activity was going snorkeling off a sailboat.</div>
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We got to see so many turtles and several of the kids dove deep to swim along beside them.</div>
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It was so peaceful and beautiful. The water was the most incredible cobalt blue.</div>
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We jumped off the bow of the boat (I even did a back dive off the side), they fed us well, and we soaked up the sun. AJ was a trooper until they put the life jacket on him. Loving water, he really prefers to be free to splash. So he wasn't in the water very long. Jacob and Lisa were in their element, of course. In the lower picture, we are struggling to stand up because the wind in the sails made the boat tip (too funny) . This photo is only one in a series of hilarious stages of our instability. </div>
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So fun!!</div>
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One day the kids took a short excursion to some waterfalls and a muddy bamboo forest.</div>
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Us old folks stayed and played with AJ around the pool.</div>
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We had the benefit of accessing a telescope which is Esther's dream gift for Christmas. </div>
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She and I took it out to see what we could see. The moon was our limit.</div>
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We also love zip lining. But I gladly remained behind with my parents to watch AJ. Besides his nap, he loved the sand beach of the hotel pool. It was then that I discovered he'd rather be on his stomach to splash in the water and move the sand around while kicking his feet, all at high speed. He didn't care at all that the water got on his face. He'd gasp, smile, then go right back to his work.</div>
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We are so grateful for the opportunity to have had such a wonderful experience.</div>
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Maui is beautiful but being with family is paradise no matter where we are.</div>
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I'm thankful God blessed me with each of them.</div>
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In a week and a couple of days, our family will grow again!</div>
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We are so excited that Sarah has found such a great companion</div>
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in Josh. She met him around the time that AJ was born. </div>
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The family's first meeting was at the baby blessing of AJ in April.</div>
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He willingly subjected himself to the chaos of immediate and extended family</div>
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craziness over the weekend. He didn't run away! That alone says a lot about him. <br />
He loves horses too!!</div>
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They came to LA for Sarah's first time in the temple.</div>
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And of course, we had to expose him to our love of Disney. He likes it too!</div>
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It is evident that he loves and cares for Sarah so much, which makes us thrilled.</div>
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I'm confident that they will find great happiness together.</div>
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They will become a forever family December 15 in the Mt Timpanogos temple in Utah.</div>
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Then, we'll finally have a redhead in the family!!</div>
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Thanksgiving is past and Christmas is upon us but I wanted to quickly share my last dish change (cause I know you're dying to see them, haha). This fall I've ended up doing 3 changes! It seems like a lot, but I just can't resist! I love this last color combination!</div>
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I would have shared last week while on vacation but, ya know, vacation just needed all my attention. I'll share about our fun later.</div>
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I found these great candlesticks in thrift stores for about $8-12 each!!</div>
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The sink window is a great place for my glass jars.</div>
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and a special handmade turkey.</div>
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I found this great Norman Rockwell print in a little antique store that has all the colors I've used and portrays the sweet power of humble gratitude. Truly peace comes from recognizing that all we have comes from a generous and loving God.</div>
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I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and are looking forward to the celebration of our greatest gift, the gift of a Savior. Happy days ahead!!</div>
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In our fast paced world it seems that relationships are as well. They seem to fizzle and lose their staying power before they even build a foundation. So it is refreshing to experience couples who have worked through the sparks, and the good and the bad to strengthen their love and commitment. </div>
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My parents are such people. They've dedicated themselves to each other and the happiness of their family often sacrificing their own needs and comforts. Due to their persistence and love, they are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this year. </div>
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We have a beautiful belief that when couples not only make promises to each other but also to God then they keep those promises, they will be blessed to be together forever. So while I wish them many more happy years together, I also have a great hope that they will be together forever.</div>
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I'm so grateful for their love and dedication!<br />
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We've had the pleasure to celebrate them in Maui this week. If you watch till the end of the video you'll see some photos from our snorkeling excursion today.</div>
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Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!!</div>
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Following up on yesterday's post about my dish display, I'm sharing a few pictures of a couple other rooms that I decorated for fall. You'll notice that Halloween doesn't make a show in the front rooms and the colors are a little more muted. </div>
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I went online to watch a couple instructional videos for photography which made taking these pictures a whole lot more fun. I'm really pleased with my new knowledge!</div>
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The mantle pieces are all new additions this year from Hobby Lobby.</div>
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Back in the kitchen room, opposite from my dishes is our only other reminder of Halloween</div>
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Esther's cute plate she made in Elementary school.</div>
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And here, for the next two days, we'll be gathered as a family to watch and listen to the teachings of our church leaders and prophet at <a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/live-viewing-times-and-options?lang=eng">General Conference</a>. This instruction will go</div>
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So looking forward to this new inspired knowledge!</div>
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Happy weekend!!</div>
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If you're like me, and like to decorate for the seasons, it can make this time of year extra busy. The good news is that from September through November, you can start with the basics of fall decor and make just a few small changes for Halloween and Thanksgiving. </div>
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Here's what I've done for September and October.</div>
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Knowing that I like black and white for Halloween, I started with those dishes, added galvanized tin baskets and layered colors of fall with orange bowls and sunflowers.</div>
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I left the sink full of dishes (usually even more full) for a little reality.</div>
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Halloween's not my favorite but I'll add just enough for the kids to enjoy. I'll be adding pumpkins once I'm able to get to the store but for now, I like the color balance. </div>
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I love Abby's little ghost. </div>
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Side by side you can see that the basics are similar with only a few items changed.</div>
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Thanks for letting me share!!</div>
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As evidence that this has been one crazy summer, I'm posting about Abby's birthday over a month late. I knew it would take time to make a video, and since she doesn't have access to social media, procrastination was the solution. And although we had a family party for her on her birthday, we just had her friend party yesterday. Phew! Just in time for school to start this week. I'm sure looking forward to a schedule but will miss all my "chickees" around the house.</div>
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For anyone that knows Abby, you know that she is full of life and love. </div>
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This little spunky girl has a big heart that endears her to everyone that meets her. </div>
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I'm so grateful that we have her positive energy to lift us up.</div>
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Love you Sweet Pea!</div>
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Happy Birthday!!</div>
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Being in the leadership for the teenage girls at church for 7 years now, I've had the opportunity to go to YW Girls' Camp every year. It's actually my favorite activity to do with the girls.</div>
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This year, I was the one to choose the camp. Fortunately, we were able to go to Catalina Island to a camp at White's Landing called <a href="http://thecatalinaexperience.com/">The Catalina Experience</a>. They share the area with the San Diego Yacht club (who have cabins in the shade of the trees). We also got to share the camp and do some activities with two other LDS Girls' Camps.</div>
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My biggest fear of all was sea sickness for the group on the 2 hour boat ride. Thankfully, our repeated warnings of taking motion sickness meds worked because only one girl got sick going over and no one got sick going back. </div>
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Crisis averted!! </div>
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Esther was a real trouper during camp. This was her first year to be a Youth Camp Leader.</div>
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We were fortunate enough to have the adult leader tent close enough to the beach to hear the waves all night. One of the mornings we woke everyone to do yoga on the beach. Esther was the teacher, while I demonstrated. She did a fabulous job of leading the girls. It was so refreshing to practice yoga in the morning sun on the beach. I highly recommend it!</div>
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This is the closest I came to the local bison who would roam into our camp daily for fresh water, a roll in the sand or a scratch against the pier. Lisa and I almost walked into him as we checked the tents. Thankfully other girls yelled a warning in time for us to hurry into the tent out of his way.</div>
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They aren't native to the island but were shipped there in 1924 for a silent movie.</div>
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The herd grew to 600 at one point but are now down to 150.</div>
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At the top, we watched the sun rise and received an inspirational message, listened to the song Peace in Christ and the girls read uplifting letters from their parents. </div>
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Words can't adequately describe the emotions of hope, grandeur, gratitude, love and peace that were felt there.</div>
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While going up was hard on the breathing and heart, going down was a major workout for the legs.</div>
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I've seen hearts soften, friendships made, hatchets buried, and testimonies grow.</div>
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I was going through old blog posts and found this draft that I never posted. So many people helped with this bridal shower, it's sad that I never acknowledged them. Thank you ladies! This was such a fun party!!<br />
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From the day that I offered to help with the shower, I've been collecting items. Lisa's sisters had the idea of a mermaid theme because Lisa loves them and she's almost one herself. So we went with it. Her colors are Tiffany blue and pink and she loves anything retro. Love it!!<br />
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My very first find was this beautiful "modest" mermaid I found on Amazon. She's perfect because of her colors. She even looks like Lisa! And boy let me tell you, it's hard to find modest mermaids. So be careful when you use a search engine because you'll get an eye full.</div>
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I put her on the largest wall and was actually wanting to put more things on the netting but in the end I got busy with other things and it didn't get done. Oh well, she still looked great!</div>
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I made this sign the night before the shower. I was saving it til last because I wasn't sure I would have time to paint it. But in the end, I just had to do it. I love how it turned out!!</div>
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The buffet table was set with all sorts of treasures and even a picture of Lisa wearing a mermaid type fin. The cute mermaid and sea grass on the hutch were borrowed from my friend Kim.</div>
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If you look between the water and pink lemonade servers you'll see another one of my great finds.</div>
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It's a girl surfing!!</div>
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My Fitz and Floyd roosters are my favorite inspiration. I found them in a vintage consignment shop and the big rooster was given to me by my parents. They felt bad for me since the kids had broken several pieces.</div>
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When we flew to Italy through Amsterdam, the airline gave us these cute Delft houses and I bought the boy and girl kissing figurine at the airport.</div>
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My canister collection has grown. I love how the light intensifies the blue!</div>
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I've never shown the whole side of this room because of the big black hole, but I do love the blue and white with copper and browns.</div>
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The living room is a little more subtle.</div>
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As much as I like receiving flowers, I would really rather get plants. It speaks to my practical side because they last longer. My wonderful husband got me these lovely plants for Mother's Day.</div>
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This picture that I found in an antique store is my favorite in the house (besides family pics of course). And the wood piece is "gingerbread" off of a 100-yr-old house in North Carolina.</div>
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This adorable box was made by Esther.</div>
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My mom made the stain glass when I was in Jr High.</div>
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The blue pots are always there. I just added hydrangeas to get even more color.</div>
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I've loved that cobalt is an "in" color right now. With the 4th of July next week, I usually add a little red but I don't know that I'll have time this year. </div>
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Our adorable nephew Alex married his beautiful bride Quincey in the Gilbert LDS Temple.</div>
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It was a wonderful ceremony. We couldn't be happier for this new little family.</div>
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Their beautiful rustic reception was held outside the local church.</div>
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She was a very caring person right to the end, being concerned for the welfare of her boys. Me and couple of my kids were able to attend her funeral and hear all the wonderful stories of how her house was always full of family in need of a place to stay. Once she and Grandpa even gave their room to someone and slept in a single bed in the dining room. They would have to wake each other if they wanted to roll over. She and Grandpa owned a hotel in Green River and would never turn away a traveler or the homeless in need of a meal. She once accepted a salesman's </div>
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Although we are all sad that we won't be able to just drop by and see her anymore, we are all happy that she is out of pain and back to Grandpa's side and with her sister too.</div>
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We may miss her for a short time now, but will be reunited again.</div>
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1918 ~ 2018<br />
Salt Lake City, Utah-Lenore Neeley Phillips passed away at the age of 100 at her home surrounded by her family in Midvale, Utah, on Friday, April, 13 2018. Lenore was born January 22, 1918, at her family's home in Felt, Idaho, the youngest of 6 children, to Enos A. Neeley and Eva Ann Ricks Neeley. Lenore graduated from a one-room schoolhouse, high school and attended Ricks College. Lenore married Vail Jensen Phillips in 1939 in Victor, Idaho. The family grew to have three sons, V.Jay Phillips (b. 1940), Douglas H. Phillips (b. 1952), and Don A. Phillips (b. 1953). In 1942, the family moved to Utah. Lenore held several jobs of prestige throughout her life, including executive secretary for GE's district sales mgr. for 23 years. In addition, Lenore and Vail part-owned and managed the Book Cliff Motor Inn in Green River, Utah. Lenore also managed the St. Marks Hospital gift shop and volunteered at various hospitals.<br />
Lenore was preceded in death by her husband, her sisters, Vida, Reva, Norma, Alice and brother Austin. She is survived by her sons, Jay (Sharon), Doug, and Don; her grandchildren Colleen Roundy (Wade), Julie Winterton (Brad), Noelle Whitaker (Joseph), Nathan Phillips, and Amy Nisar (Saifar); and her brother-in-law Boyd E. Phillips (Donna); as well as 19 great-grandchildren, 8 great-great-grandchildren, and many close nieces and nephews. Thanks to Angels of Hospice.<br />
A viewing will be held Thursday April 19, 2018 from 1-1:45 PM at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary 3401 S. Highland Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah. Graveside service to follow at Wasatch Lawn Cemetery.</div>
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Easter is a sweet season with the promise of new life. It's such a happy holiday that I've tried to reflect that in my decorating. I love the bright green of new leaves, soft pink of the flowering trees, robin's egg blue and sunshine yellow. Of course I have to use those beautiful happy colors in the house to celebrate along with all the little creatures of the season. </div>
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Bunnies are cute but I've started looking more for lambs, because to me, they have more of a direct connection to the true meaning of Easter. The bunnies have them outnumbered which makes this little guy a happy find.</div>
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Although making a beautiful room for my family brings me joy, a deeper joy comes from the meaning behind the decorating. The motivation and inspiration for everything good that I do can be traced back to a Savior who was first good to me.</div>
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He was born, lived, died and was resurrected for me so I can have eternal life.</div>
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4 weeks ago today, I became a grandma!!</div>
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Andrew Joseph, A.J., came into the world perfect and mellow. I was fortunate enough to stay in Idaho for two weeks to help everyone get acclimated, including myself. The last time I held a baby that I was related to was my own baby. And since he looks like my babies, I actually found myself saying, "Momma's got....uh...Grandma's got you." Oops! </div>
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I thoroughly loved watching my wonderful daughter become a wonderful mother. She's a total natural! And to see her work together, along with Andrew, for the benefit of little AJ, was a real treat. </div>
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A.J.'s sweetness of course made it easy for all of us.</div>
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Love this little man!!</div>
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I've also seen an evolution of sorts in Joseph going from "Mr. Cool" to being openly playful and silly. I guess having eight kids helps but I believe that it also comes from Joseph purposefully opening up to building relationships with those around him even if it took him outside his comfort zone. His wanting to be a better person has always been what I've loved about him most. He's grown into a great father, son, husband and follower of Christ. I'm so grateful I get to tag along!</div>
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I love you Joseph, bunches and bunches!!</div>
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