Sealed for 1 year

A year ago on September 11th Larry and I were Sealed to each other and our children for Time and All Eternity. What a special day that was. How blessed I am to have been able to be sealed to those I love for Forever. It was wonderful to see us all dressed in white and together as a family. I'm grateful for our extended family who came to support us and be with us on that special day. I love the temple and I love that the kids remember being in the temple and together as a family. I feel such peace knowing that we will be together forever. Life hasn't gotten any easier since we were sealed but answers have come forth. We know more of why Larry's been sick. I've lost my job, as of Sept 30th, but feel hopeful that another will come to me. My sister has come to live with us and help us out. I was able to work from home for a while to help my husband and kids out. There have been blessings to go along with the trials. The gospel is true and the temple ordinances or special and important. I love my family. I love the temple. I love the gospel. I'm thankful for prayer and tithing and the blessings that come from both. I will keep the faith and fight the good fight because Eternity is the Greatest of all Gifts and so worth all the effort it takes to achieve it. Love you Larry Dean. Love you Kaijsa, Kaitlyn, Kira, Kamden, Kinsee, Kaileigh and Kallen. I love you Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ for blessing me so greatly.

End of Summer Fun

School has started and Summer is about over. We are still in the above 100 degree weather but the summer fun is close to being done. We don't swim as often and homework comes first. Kids are in school and becoming busy with school, homework, playing with friends, seminary, football games and all other church activities. Kamden and Kinsee are getting ready for their Primary program. Kinsee is loving Preschool, Kamden loves Kindergarten. Kai is learning to play well with Kallen instead of beating him up. Kallen is walking along the furniture and is learning to love to play rough. Kait is busy with so many things we may have prioritize. Larry is doing well health-wise and I'm finishing up working with my company. I'll be job hunting next month. Jen is finishing up her classes so she can find work and get out of the house a bit. Jen goes to Single activities but that will be easier once I'm not working or find a different work schedule. So summer winds down and Fall begins with all new beginnings. Here are just a few pics of what we've all been up to. Some are better choices than others. Kaileigh is still learning right from wrong but is stubborn enough to think all she does is cute and right. Oh she is learning that is NOT true. Good-bye Summer...Hello Fall, and hopefully cooler temps soon.

Happy Birthday Fun for Jen!

We got to spend Jen's birthday cheering for our two favorite football teams playing each other! BYU and Univ TX! No matter who won we won. So half the family wore Blue for BYU and the other half wore Burnt Orange for TX. We had some fun football food and Kaitlyn made Jen a yummy chocolate chip cheesecake. The Jones family came over to watch the game and celebrate with us. I had to work during the game and that night but was able to hang out with her during the day. Jen and I took the 4 little ones to the Mall to play, we shopped a bit, ate lunch out and went swimming in Chandler. It was a fun day I think. Maybe not exactly how she wanted to spend it but we were all together as a family. Plus our team won! BYU was doing very well the first half and then TX took over and won during the second half.

Happy Birthday Jen! We love you and appreciate all you do for our family. I'm thankful to have you as my sister and friend. You're amazing. It may not have been a dream birthday but we did have some fun. I hope you have a wonderful year and that you had fun. I look forward to creating dinners from the yummy cookbook we got for you.

Love you seester from the tips of your long cute hair to the tips of your pinky toes that don't have nails. LOL

Crafts

I feel like I'm surrounded by amazing people who do amazing crafts. I wish I had a crafty spirit. I wish I could do these cute crafts and decorate up my house or give them away as fun gifts. Well, after browsing through some blogs of people I know I found a site they had mentioned and fell in love/awe with it. I WANT to do some of these! I think they would make amazing gifts and they aren't too expensive. The site is http://www.poppyseedprojects.com. So if you start to get some of these gifts know that I made them with all the love and patience I have. Maybe someday I'll have the money, time, and talent to be crafty till then I guess Practice, Practice Practice!