It's New Years Eve!

We are having a great party at our house, wish you were all here... this has been a great year. Can you believe that Skyler will be home the middle of May!!! Time is going by so fast, which also means that my other children are growing up too. We have had many wonderful memories to remember this year. First of all, Merlin is working part time at Lin's as a bag boy and he LOVES it, even though it embarrasses the twins terribly! He is the executive secretary in our ward and loves spending time with the bishopric. This is his first time not being involved with the scouting. Whitney loves living in St. George and I look forward to every moment I get to spend with her. She works in Dr Callahan's office and is a part time student at Dixie State College. The twins are Juniors and are on the Tiger basketball team. They love school and BOYS!!! Kyson has many talents, basketball, soccer goalie, piano, cello and his new found love...ART. He has painted two really beautiful pictures I have hanging in my home. Stop by and see them sometime. He is also working hard towards becoming an Eagle Scout. I am now staying really busy as our wards new Relief Society President and for the second time in my life I get to be with ladies my own age, give or take a few years. I love what I am doing. I am also the lunch secretary at Three Falls Elementary School here in Hurricane. I love being with the kids every day. I have a great life and am so thankful for my many blessings I receive each day. What a beautiful place we live in and I want to thank you for all you do for me and my family. I love you all. Happy New Year!!!

AWESOME NEWS!!!!!

Skyler emailed us today and he told us that He will be flying into St. George Airport.... May 21st!!!!

Our last trip with Iulia before she went home

Before Iulia left to go home, we wanted to do a fun vacation with her and so, here we are at Lagoon! She loved WICKED!!! I guess it was all of our favorite. Yes, even me!!!

Whitney is so beautiful!

March 14, 2008

It's so hard to believe that I have an 18 year old daughter. What a fun journey it has been, well, most of it has been fun!! Time has gone by so fast. I remember when she was born and was such an adorable baby. She looked like a little indian baby with dark hair and dark eyes. I was so worried that I couldn't love another baby as much as I did Skyler, but then when I seen Whit I fell in love all over again. She has always been my beautiful little girl, only now she is all grown up. As we talk about her moving out and going away to college I get all choked up. It was so hard to have Skyler leave, but now to have Whit leave, it's killing me. Everyone tells me to enjoy the season that I'm in, but I am really having a hard time with this season in my life. I loved having a say in what my children were doing. We used to have so much fun together when they were all little. Now I have to learn to let them grow up and hope they have learned something that will help them along the way. I never dreamed being a mother would be so wonderful, stressful, exhausting, exciting, and all around fun!!! I am so grateful for this awesome opportunity to have the title of MOTHER. Any thoughts on how to cope with children leaving home would be appreciated. I look forward to lots of great advice from my friends and family. I hope you are enjoying this beautiful spring day, I sure am....

Family at Zion.