Daddy's Little Girl

From Baby Girl...to Prom "Queen"

Her Last Night

Yes....the drama queen of Mohave High School took her last bow of her high school career last night. We are so proud of Cortnie. She loves to act and she is so good at it. She might not have recieved her dream part of Ms. Hannigan, but she was a great Lily...in fact, she was wonderful! She can play it up no matter what part she is in. Her dream now is to continue her acting career at Brigham Young University as she minors in drama. The high school will miss her talents as will her parents having the chance to watch her progress. In Cortnie's own words...."I cried just a little bit." Hang you head high Drama Queen...on to bigger and better things.

Our Adventure

So, we have lived here in Bullhead City for almost 19 years. We have heard many times about a wonderful, beautiful hike about 20 miles away. So, we finally decided to go on that hike. It was fun. It was lots of rocks and so much sand. I have news though for those who say it is beautiful...it will never beat a hike through Utah mountains.....I am a Utahn still after all these years.

Coloring Easter Eggs

Pictures of "my babies" coloring their eggs.....

Life!!

Have you ever stopped to notice that life just flies by? Have you ever wondered where all the time in the day goes? Have you ever wondered if you will ever be able to have all the time in the world to do everything you want? I'm sure you have.....and so do I.

I love my life right now...don't get me wrong. I love being a wife and mother. I love being a homemaker. I love being a friend. I find no greater joy than watching my children grow up. I love it when they are all home and we get to spend time together. The house is way noisy, but I love hearing them laugh and play. It is so wonderful....and yet never enough. How I wish Brittnie could come home every weekend. I miss her so much...in fact, we won't see her now again until the first of May when she is done with school. My heart was saddened the other day when I came home from work and saw Cortnie's graduation announcements on the shelf. It hit me then that all too soon I will have another child leave my home and my heart will be even more empty. Who will go shopping with me....Rob hates it and the boys are no fun. It is going to be so strange not having any daughters in my home. How I wish we could move and live closer to them. It would take a miracle to make it happen, but miracles happen everyday so why not in my life too.

I find great joy in being with my best friend...Rob. I love to just hold his hand or be held in his arms. I love to spend time with him on a date or just watching TV. We have both hit the exercise/diet bug and spend a few nights a week at our "gym" working out. It is amazing how much better we feel and we are together doing it. We compare how big our pants are getting and laugh. I am not sure how much weight Rob has lost, but I am done 2 pant sizes and want to go more. It feels so good - but days like today, chocolate and strawberries are worth in once in awhile.

We had "our" twins here again this past week and I love them so much. They are so dang cute and so well behaved. They will just run up to you and give you the biggest hug or want to sit on your lap. We went to the park, colored eggs, played on the computers, and even slept together (well, tried to get them to sleep). They brighten my day so much....how I wish they could be in my home all the time. I just love little kids.

It was also a great day to listen to conference. I get so inspired by the men of God. They make me feel so good and so hopeful about what I can do. I know that they love our Heavenly Father and want the best for all of us. My battery has been charged and I am ready for the ride.

I love to be happy...I love to smile ....I love to be alive!

He Did IT!!

Well, it is not "official" yet - meaning he has not been awarded his Eagle Scout Award, but his project is complete. After a month long process of earning money by babysitting, yard work, fixing computers and asking for donations, Boyd was able to earn over $500 for his Eagle project. He went shopping for material online and at the local Walmart. It was cute to see him carrying the big bolts of fabric to the cutting table. He organized a blanket making day for our ward and we prepared for a couple of weeks. Our nights were spent cutting fabric into fringes on the ends and tying them as we travled and watched TV.

Blanket making day was a huge success. We had 59 people show up to help us cut and tie blankets. We had young kids and wonderful older friends there. Our best friends from Las Vegas even made the trip down to help out. We were done with all the blankets within two hours - savings us tons of hours if we would have had to finish them at home. Of course, dinner being served after two hours was a huge factor in getting done. I am still in awe over the amount of frineds that were there to help us. I was so humbled and grateful that they gave up their time to help Boyd.

Boyd's goal was 50 blankets....and he was able to complete 72. The blankets will not be shipped back to Illinois and Project Linus will then get them to Haiti for him - so that children there can have something of their own again. I am so proud of him......he has a huge, caring, giving heart and it shows in the pictures.