Eternal Families

 

"The plan of salvation is the fullness of the gospel. It includes the Creation, the Fall, the Atonement of Jesus Christ, and all the laws, ordinances, and doctrines of the gospel. Moral agency, the ability to choose and act for ourselves, is also essential in Heavenly Father's plan. Because of this plan, we can be perfected through the Atonement, receive a fullness of joy, and live forever in the presence of God. Our family relationships can last throughout the eternities."

 

 

I am so grateful for the Plan of Salvation. In participating in all the festivities this weekend I just looked around and felt so grateful for our family. I loved sitting in the sealing room with my husband and being reminded of the wonderful blessings that are available to us if we will follow God's commandments. We are children of our Father in heaven and he loves us and is so happy when we do what is right.

 

 

 

 

 

 Blessing the Babies

 

Families can be together forever!

Marcia and LeGrand can fill a whole banquet room at Golden Coral! Quite an accomplishment! 

Here Kitty, Kiddy

It has been the coldest January here in Utah since 1949 ( or something like that). It has been cold!! We have two cats... Short Tail and Long Tail. I know we aren't very creative in the name dept. They mostly live outside year round, but with the frigid temps this winter we didn't have the heart to make them stay outside.

One morning after having the cats were in all night I discovered that one or both of the cats had used the back of our leather couch as a scratching post. I was livid. They also had been using the sand under the gas fireplace logs as a litter box. Zero tolerance for this!! Especially when they had all they needed ( littler box and other crappy couches) in the house.
I jumped on KSL and found this nifty and inexpensive Cat Tower with scratching post! We had quite the adventure trying to catch them and then locked them in the laundry room with their new "fort". They wanted nothing to do with it. So I thought it must need to be cleaned and deodorized so it can be "theirs". So Mr. C and I cleaned it up real well and we went down to the pet store and bought some Catnip spray for it to attract and relax the cats. Now Short tail likes it a bit more, but Long Tail still wants nothing to do with it.

 So in the long run all that work and time spent on a new Cat Tower has been well received by the kids instead of the kitties. B plays on it with cars. I found A and her friends using it as a doll house one day.Jess loves to climb it despite the heart attack it gives her mother and Mr/ c has multiple uses for it. Who knew? Who knew!

Short Tail is very social and has taken to laying in the girl's bathroom sink while they get ready for bed. She loves to drink out of the tap too! Funny cat!

Katelyn's 12th Bday Party

Kates wanted a friend party this year so she invited some friends over for some pizza and games. She has a good group of friends from school and they had a blast playing Just Dance 4 on the Wii and RockBand and Spot it.

 

Katelyn was ToTAllY spoiled by her dad this birthday with pretty much a good start on a "recording studio" and new Ibanez Guitar!

Winter Sports

We have some winter sports going on to try to keep the lbs off during this wet winter slump.
Katelyn is taking group volleyball lessons with the plan to play in Junior High. She has really enjoyed it and learned a lot!

Amy is playing Jr Jazz basketball for the first time and is doing great! In her first game, Amy made all 4 points. They just had their first win this last week and she made a couple points there too. She really likes it and has 4 other girls from her school on the team. Always fun to play with friends!

 

 

 

 

Tyler is also taking a basketball training class and the rec center again. He loves basketball too! I think it runs in their blood!

 

 

A Young Women...

Today is Katelyn's Twelfth Birthday! Really 12?!!! Last week she had her Primary exit interview with the bishop and today was her first Sunday in Young Women's. She was super nervous, but said everything was fine and that everyone was friendly. Katelyn is amazing. She has grown up so much and turned into an awesome young lady. She has always had strong standards and is unwavering. I could not have six children without her help. She is always helping me and cleaning for me and babysitting for me. I will be sad to loose her to the sisters in the ward- they are all so excited to get her babysitting for them!
Katelyn always cares about the underdog and wants everyone to feel comfortable. She can't stop till' the party is over! She is amazingly talented in art and music. Always keeping us entertained!

Happy Birthday Katelyn! We love you!

Winter Wonderland

Holy Snow!! It was too hard to believe the Ground Hog when he said there would be an early spring! It seems like the snow is never going to stop. The one thing that is good about the snow storms is that it blows the smog out of the valley. There is always a silver lining right? 
 Another silver lining ... Katelyn gets some great pics with our new camera.


Some of my favorites..

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Teasing keeps you humble...

Mike is a teaser. I am not. Thus we struggle.

Some of our kids are teasers. Some are not. Thus they struggle.

Teasing might just be for the fun of it, but I still, after 13 years of marriage, think that teasing is a way of telling the truth, but making it lighter so it doesn't hurt as bad. I have come to accept that a certain amount of teasing, if done with love ( if that is possible), can help us be more humble. Teasing helps us laugh at ourselves. I want my kids to be able to laugh at themselves.

Tyler and Brigham have always had little "ticks". Brigham's latest is to pull his upper lips up to cover his nostrils and sniff his nose. He does it all the time and does it several times in the time of one complete sentence.  We were giving him a hard time one night during dinner. Hopefully, he will be more humble because of it.

Welcoming in the New Year!!

What were you doing to welcome in the NEW YEAR?

Amy, Riley and Jess were playing with dolls.

The rest of the fam was down n the basement rockin' out!

Mike was lead guitar and even able to do a great job while being tortured by Mr. B.

Ty guy was nailing it on guitar too.

KK on vocals


Mr. C banging it out on the drums. Every once in awhile his sticks would stray and hit an unsuspecting target.

Headed up stairs to enjoy some bubbly in very fancy glasses and watch the ball drop in NYC.

Ready for 2013!