This guy.....

On Father's Day, I'd just like to say.....I love this man and what an amazing father he is to our children. They are lucky to have him as their Dad and I am lucky to have him as my husband. Thank you for everything you do for me, sweetie!

Scenes from Trek

We had a great week on our Pioneer Trek this week. We spent four days at a place in Wyoming called Deseret Land and Livestock. It was a tough four days, but we had a neat experience trekking through the land of the where our pioneer ancestors went. Here are just a few pictures from the week.

I love this picture that I took from far away when the company was taking off on the last morning there. We had a total of 700 people from our stake there which included youth and staff. I was on the food committee...we fed 700 people 3 times a day in under an hour each time. We were impressive!

I love this picture of Jordan and Ron. Ron was a company captain in charge of a group of 4 families. Each family had 10 kids. Neither Krista or Jordan was in his family. This was on the last day of trek.

I tried to get some pictures of the kids from the ward as they trekked in....here is Tyler Belliston....the stinker would only give me a half of a smile. That's okay, I still love him. The picture below him is of Kailin Hansen, one of Krista's best friends.


Krista is allergic to mosquitoes, so when she gets bit she swells up and her skin gets hot and swollen. It's painful and really sad. Here a member of our Stake Presidency, Pres. Cosgrave, who is also a physician, was making sure I got a really good picture of her swollen eye. It looks like he hit her, huh?

Our impressive camp! We got poured on the first night. It was cold, wet and rainy. Miserable, really.

I love these two more than life itself. They are amazing people who I get to have as my children! I'm so lucky.

I took this picture of Krista's family as they got ready to go for the day. I was trying to take it from far away so that Krista wouldn't see me. Guess what?? She saw me. :)

Jordan pulling into the staging area on the last day.


This is Ron and his friend from the high council, Mark Forbes. He is crazy. He was Krista's company captain. He always calls Ron "Cap'n Salty" in a pirate voice. We're not sure why. He was delighted when Ron told him that he was descended from pirates.

And last but not least, my friend Tammie who I love, and her husband Brett who is a pain in the rear, leading their family along. She will kill me for this picture, but maybe it will force her to comment on my blog. :)

It's been 5 years....

It's been 5 years today that my mom died. It seems like such a short time ago but at the same time it seems like ages ago that she passed. There are things that I do every day of my life that I learned from my mom, and I didn't ever really appreciate that until I became a mom. Mom was very talented and was such a hard worker. She was a spitfire and really tough, too. But, I loved her and miss her alot. I just don't think that I could ever fully put into words how much she did for me.

Probably the saddest thing about mom being gone is thinking about all the things she is not here for. She would absolutely adore all her great-grandbabies....Jackson, Delaney, Leslie, Linc, Quince, Marc, Abby and Addie Kate. She would be really proud of all her grandkids accomplishments....too many to list. She would be proud that they are all active in the church and that they are great people. I'm sad that she wasn't here when Scott left on his mission or to see Jordan's ball games. She would be loud....louder than me! She would love that Krista is in plays and sings and she would adore that Rach loves horses. They are kindred spirits there for sure.

I know she is watching and smiling. It's just sometimes, I wish I could just give her a great big hug and go to lunch with her and tell her how much I love her.

Mom, thanks for everything you did for me. I can't wait to see you again.

Mom, I miss you and love you and know someday I'll see you again.