High School

1. Did you marry someone from your high school? Yes. I thought I would marry someone from college, and away from SV.
2. Did you car pool to school?Well I rode the bus for 2 years. Got rides from my Mom my Jr. Year, and drove my Sr year because of "Family Health Issues". Otherwise I got a ride from friends.
3. What kind of car did you have? Aries "Specail" K Car
4. What kind of car do you have now? 97 Pontiac Grand Prix
5. It's Friday night...where are YOU?(then) Practicing for the Half Time Rountine, and trying to watch as much of the game as possible. Then after the game hanging out with friends
6. It's Friday night..where are you? (now)Lonely, I'm so lonely. Ben's sleeping and Dane's well, where ever he's suppose to be.
7. What kind of job did you have in high school? NONE I was too busy with extra curricular activities that I didn't work except during the summer.
8. What do you do now? I'm your average Domestic Engineer.
9. Were you a party animal? Nope, usually was the first one to leave parties, if they got crude.
10. Were you considered a flirt? No, I was kind of quiet when it comes to those things. I thought boys were a waste of my time, so I was just friends with everyone.
11. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? CHOIR, even the top one for 2 years in a row! My first year I was the only Junior girl in there. The rest were Seniors.
12. Did you get suspended/expelled? Yup almost. I was allergic to some of the vaccines and every year they tried to expell my from school until I got my shots. My poor Mom was always having to straighten it out every year.
13. Can you sing the fight song? I think in English Class. We didn't even know it had words until then!
14.Who was/were your favorite teacher(s)? Um, Mrs. McKim
15. Where did you sit during lunch? In the middle or on a large table.
16. What was your school's full name? Star Valley High School
17. What was your school mascot? Braves
18. If you could go back and do it again, would you? Dane tells me that I would in a heart beat. I miss being so involved and active in everything. I also miss all the people that I knew and spent time with in High School.
19. What do you remember most about graduation? I sat next to Travis Hokanson and he spilled his guts and told me his life story of High School. Don't ask!
20.Who did you go to prom with Sr yr? Ethan Felix
21. Did you have fun at Prom? It was my favorite dance, date, and dinner!
22. Do you still talk to the person you went to Prom (Senior Ball) with? No I wish I could be in touch with them more.
23. Are you planning on going to your 20 year reunion? Yes!! I can't wait. I know I'll be thinking I'm getting really old but it will be so much fun to see everyone!
24. Do you still talk to people from school? A few, but I wish I could talk to more.

My Baby Boy

My baby is now a 2 year old! But he's so handsome.

Pieces of Heaven

Sometimes life comes along and leaves an unexpected gift on your front step. You look at it unbelieving and afraid to open it. With out any explanation it opens itself and presents itself to you. Whether you wanted the gift, or not, it's there. But being ungrateful to something that seems so awful in the beginning, is sad.
Why do we push ourselves away from the horrible things in life?
Why do we try to ignore it, cover it up, or imagine it's not really there?
Are we coping?
Are we dealing?
Or are we trying to forget and move on?

What would happen if when we saw this gift, we squealed with delight.
Quickly scooped it up into our arms and held onto it so tightly that we didn't want to let go.
Knowing that it was from Heavenly Father.
Every experience we have is a sweet and beautiful gift from God.
If we will but take it, accept it, and USE it.
Life would be so beautiful.
Amazing.
Hopeful.
Breathe taking.
Awe inspiring.
Charitable.
Spectacular.

One day I hope to look back and find that my gifts that were left on my front step were not rejected at first sight.

But taken up fully into loving arms.

Trick-or-Treat

It has taken us all summer long to grow our little pumpkins! We have been so excited over them because we were lucky and got 3 Pumpkins off of 1 plant!! Just enough for each one of us to have our own.

Ben already picked his out and has been very attentive of it's changes through the seasons. Every time he goes outside he'll quickly go and check out "His Pumpkin". He has just been so cute!

Well today was a bad day. This morning when Dane got home around 3:30 am he said that all of our pumpkins were here. When I put Ben's diaper outside at 7:00 am I noticed that they were gone!? I thought maybe Dane had picked them and put them in the shed because we had a heavy frost last night. I went grocery shopping and came back home to find Dane upset. He asked me what I did with the pumpkins. I told him I did nothing, and thought Dane had done something with them.

Well we have concluded that they were . . . . . STOLEN!!!
How rude can you be!!! If Dane ever finds out who took them, the "Punks" will have to face an "Angry Father".

We were hoping that Ben wouldn't notice. Well he did. We are going to have to "BUY" pumpkins this year instead of enjoying our own home grown.

(If you have any information about this case please call 1-800-GIVE-IT-BACK!!!)

5 1/2 weeks

My mind has been racing these last few weeks.
Many concerns weigh on my mind.
What if . . . doesn't seem to go away.
Reality is hard to face.

What does life have in store?
What does Heavenly Father want me to learn?
What will the outcome be?
How much will I cry when I learn the truth?
Tears of Joy?
Of Sorrow?
Of Pain?
Of Heartache?
Of Happiness?
We'll know by Friday.