Mollie's 16th Birthday Party

She sparkles and shines her way through

our lives and on December 22 she 

Anthony and Mollie

turned 16 years old. 


These are just a few scenes
from the simple
Sweet 16 party we threw
for Mollie.

She is, no surprise to anyone who
knows her, very opinionated.
So many of the ideas I had for what 
would make a fun party were
nixed in favor of a more simple
agenda, which just made everything
less stressful and not as much work
for me so... WIN WIN.

Music was provided
by her brother Carlin's
band Shampoo.  I think all of those guys learning music that Mollie and her friends would enjoy, such a song by Paramor
was really great  Christian made a guest appearance too.

Christmas Day in Pictures

I am in LOVE with the Retro Camera App.

I didn't have to do anything to these pictures and here they are just as fun as can be, like I took them 40 years ago.

Merry Christmas late.

I sure hope yours was as wonderful and full of LOVE 

as ours was.

We are truly blessed.

“We cannot see the future with precision, but we can know what the Lord intends and what it will take [for] each of us to qualify personally to participate.”

Henry B. Eyring

 

Today I intend to ponder this beautiful hope filled promise from President Eyring all day long.  I want to take it in, I want it to become part of the fiber of my being.  I want to believe with all of my

heart that this is true.  I want a testimony of this promise.

 

I went to bed last night with such anticipation of how many things I could accomplish with a day all to myself with no distractions in the house today.  I woke up with such excruciating jaw pain that it had to take priority this morning.  I spent time with heat on it.  I did not even begin on my list of what I wanted to be important.  I prayed for relief.  I thought about how nice it would be to have my sister work her magic hands on my jaw and get it to loosen up.  Heavenly Father knows me and is aware of my struggles He cares for my needs.  Before noon there was a ring at my door and there she was, my sister, I had not called her but she had come by to get something she needed that I had and she had time to help me.  I am so very grateful.

 

 

A Small Sunday Visitor

Tonight our favorite grandson came over in his precious winter pj's for a sweet visit.

We finished clearing off the DVR of children's Christmas shows.  I think it is a very good thing that Johny has a bed big enough for two!

Happy Sunday.

Welcome to the first Full WEEK of 2011.

I can't wait..

teenagers go back to school tomorrow, YA HOO!

Happy New Year

Today we were so blessed to have Carlin's family come back over and we watched The Return of the King through. It was just too much last night to watch all of the three movies.
It was such a delight to have them here.  Isaac is just my favorite little person.  I could watch him endlessly and my heart bursts with the love and tenderness I have for him.