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christmas On A Personal Note We have had 2 new grandbabies join our family this year.  Jason and Celeste had their 4th girl, Molly Alice.  Brian and Ashley had their second boy (they have a daughter in between those 2 boys) Bridger Robert.  We now have 8 grandchildren with 6 girls and 2 boys—pretty sure we will never even that […]
christmas Instrument of Peace This post is from my December newsletter. You might want to play this first. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Vjla_FHNIWA I first heard this song in November this year and cannot stop thinking about it-playing it over and over-and striving to become an instrument of peace to those around me.  The song is found on The Canadian Tenors Christmas album […]
family I Wanna Be THAT Girl! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the people in my life that have helped my become, overcome, and learn to fly.  We are each made up of so many different experiences and share many relationships – all those things contribute to who we are today and some leave a lasting impression and make us […]
home improvements New Floor! So here is the original floor: Tile in kitchen/dining – wood in family room Tile in entry way and wood in family toom Family room looking into the kitchen Laundry room Close up of kitchen tile (‘cuz I love it so much!)   Finally had the new flooring put in on my main floor.  I […]
On A Personal Note Anyone Know A Good Hit-Man? So there’s a woman that keeps showing up in my life….She is there every time I look in the mirror.   She says things like, “too fat”, “getting old”, “another wrinkle!”, “ugly”, and the ever present “YOU ARE NOT ENOUGH!”.  I am sick of her.  I need to find a way to get rid of […]
family On A Personal Note Every once in a while we have an experience that changes us forever.  My husband works with a guy whose wife has been diagnosed with Alzheimers.  They have been struggling for over a year now with all of the things that go along with that.  Sadly, he has recently had to put her in a […]
On A Personal Note Life Is All About How You Handle Plan B I found a sign the other day that said, “Life Is All About How You Handle Plan B”.  It really got me thinking and I had to bring it home.  It is now hanging over my bedroom door so that I see it when I am in the main living area.  I have been reflecting […]
On A Personal Note Barking Dogs I don’t know why I am being reminded of this experience, but I have applied the lesson I learned from this experience over and over again in a variety of situations.  I feel compelled to share it with you too and hope that it may give you a different perspective if you ever need one.Years […]
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new years Change is Inevitable So the one thing you can count on in life is change….Personally, I have never been big on change.  Although change is often a good thing – i.e., a freshly painted room, a new floor, a tasty new recipe, a new friend, a great new outfit, or losing 5 pounds – change can be, well […]
christmas And The Tree Is Up! And the tree is finally up!  It is ridiculously hard to get it all done.  My husband, bless his heart, spent about 2 hours last night untangling my silver garland (and he is NOT a big fan of all this decorating!)  Guess he must love me LOTS!  I always look forward to hauling out all […]
christmas It’s Starting to Feel A Little Bit Like Christmas Just wanted to share a little peek inside my front door at Christmas time … Front door Fireplace Santa Angel Table centerpiece New this year Santa with bag of toys Santa from piece of wood with bark still intact on back Another view Small Santa collection Hand-carved Also handcarved My very first hand-carved Santa This […]
Halloween Pumpkin Time! So I had a couple of helpers with my pumpkin harvest this year – Izze and her cousin had a great time loading (throwing) pumpkins into the garden cart.  I ended up with 79 small pumpkins and 75 minis – SOOOOO fun!  The large ones are out on my porch and benches in the yard. […]
On A Personal Note Attitude Really IS Everything! “Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.”  ~Anthony J. D’Angelo, The College Blue Book When I was 14 my dad announced that we would be moving to Japan….WHAT?!  Where the heck WAS that anyway?  My father worked for GE and moved up quickly in the company, which translated into lots […]
family Our Beautiful Family So when the whole fam was together (which does not happen nearly enough!) we had family pics taken.  Below are some of the moments captured that day (in the order I took them off the disc).  Sure do love my beautiful family! Ashley and Briley Crew and Briley Son Brian and his family Brian and […]
adopted Together Forever! So I am super bummed that things were so chaotic and we did not get any “family pics” while we were all at the temple.  Also, if the expression of my religious beliefs is not of interest to you – just look at pics and avoid the text…  It is NOT my intention to shove […]
friends BFFs Spent this afternoon in Park City with my BFF from the American School in Japan – Michele Ito. Still silly after all these years! Over twenty years have passed since we last saw each other at our 10 year HS reunion – over 30 years have flown by since we were in high school together […]
family More of My Beautiful Family So I took my brand-new camera and snapped a few photos while our photographer was busy snapping family pics.  LOVE my grand-kids and feel so grateful for each one of them!  Our photographer’s pics have not been received yet, but here is my lame attempt to get a few shots of my very favorite people […]
family Grand-kid Sleep-Over We have started a new “tradition” at our house – the grandma and papa slumber party.  We have 6 grand-kids now and rarely get them all together since 5 of the 6 live out of state, BUT when we do we have at least one night where they all come and spend the night together. […]
family My Fam I recently had my grand-kids – all 6 of them – together at my house!  It was a crazy, happy, noisy week and we loved having them visit!  These pics are taken at the park near our home and also in our back yard.  The kids are finally old enough to really enjoy being together […]
diet The Ever-Elusive “Perfection” I’ve been thinking a lot about perfection.  Is it possible to obtain perfection in this lifetime?  The scriptures talk about “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” (Matt 5:48)  And yet, if we were perfect we would have no need of Christ and His atonement.  It is my […]
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