Funny, and Not So Funny From This Weekend


Bre and Derek came down this weekend so they could spend time with Cousin G who just returned from his mission to Korea. With Kenny's retirement coming up, he has been cleaning his locker. Bre found his rain gear and put it on. It was hilarious! It had been raining a bit, but by the time she put on the gear, the rain had kind of stopped. So the water in this picture is Kenny squirting her with the hose. Samson couldn't get enough of the water. After we had a good laugh with Bre in her halloween costume for this year, we had the not so funny part of the weekend.

After he finished squirting Bre, Kenny checked the puppies. Cassie, the pup we are keeping, had a horrible gash on her back right leg. We had to take her to the emergency animal hospital (yes, this costs a small fortune) and she had to have surgery to repair a torn ligament and she has staples in her little leg. Here she is with her bandage and lovely cone!

Of course, Bre felt sorry for her and just loved her all night long. The kids rented DrillbitTaylor, and Bre fell asleep holding Cassie while we were watching it. Cassie loved the attention. She was pretty calm because she was still under the influence of drugs. (Cassie was, not Bre.)

It was fun to have Bre and Derek home and Logan hung out with us all weekend while we did family stuff. Garrett did an amazing job on his talk and we had a fun Sunday afternoon chatting with Kenny's brothers and sisters.

Good weekends with family are the best!

Gratitude for Temples

25 years ago, on July 6, 1983, I received my endowment in the Salt Lake Temple. I love the temple so much. I love the peace that I feel there, and the warmth in my heart knowing that because of the blessings of the temple, my family can be forever. I am always amazed by the love I feel for and from the temple workers when I attend and the love I feel for the person who has died that I am doing the work for. Some people not of my faith may not understand why the LDS people do the work in the temple that we do, but I know that it only brings me happiness. I know I don't always understand everything, but I'm OK with that because the peace I feel helps me to know that someday I will understand. I do believe that Heavenly Father wants me to return to live with him and when that day comes it will be wonderful. I hope that over the next 25 years, I will be able to travel to many other temples. I'm grateful that there are temples so close to me and that I can be at a temple within just a few minutes and put the world aside just for a little while. I know that is a great blessing and that there are so many people that have to sacrifice and travel great distances in order to enjoy the blessings of the temple.

Happy 4th of July

This was a kind of a quiet 4th of July celebration, but a good one. Kenny was working and Logan had plans with his friends, so I thought I might be on my own. But KC and Tawni came down and we had the greatest time. We drove down to Ft. Green and spent the afternoon just chatting with Mom and Dad. Cindy and Chris were there with J and Sarah and it was fun to see them. KC, Tawni and I didn't get to Ft. Green in time to join them for the 4th of July lunch, but still got to enjoy some leftover watermelon (Yum!) We had a very relaxing visit, then drove over to Moroni to watch the fireworks. The band playing while we waited for the fireworks wasn't so great, but we didn't care because we were just having fun. The fireworks were pretty good for a small town. We were sitting at the top of the hill above the baseball field, and the fireworks were pretty close. You could feel the boom in your chest. KC and Tawni took the pictures and I'm glad that they brought their camera because I didn't remember.

Saturday was a great day just spending time with KC and Tawni. We had such a great time shopping, working, relaxing, watching movies. Tawni is an amazing cook and threw together some pizza dough and we each made individual pizzas. Fun times!

I'm grateful to live in this country and I'm grateful for all the men and women who serve and have served to protect the freedoms that I enjoy and tend to take for granted.

Happy Independence Day!