More Pictures of Tommy

These are more fun pictures of Tommy. We are having a good time with our "Chunky Monkey"

Hills Up By One

It hasn't quite been 6 months since the last post - there is alot that can happen in 6 months. We got our Boy here. Thomas has been a Wonderfully, good, fun baby. These are a few pictures of the fun we are having with our BOY!

Busy Summer

Summer is officially over when school starts. It went by too darn fast, but we did some fun things as a family. We swam alot, went camping a few times, and enjoyed going to the summer movies each week. Lucy, Gracie, Annie, and Eliza all had their birthdays. We did some fun things to celebrate the wonderful, cute girls in our family.

Lucy's birthday was fun and she chose to go swimming and then to Chuck-a-rama.

Gracie's birthday was a hard day, but we made it fun as we spent some good times miniature golfing and time with family. We started and ended the day down at the cemetery. We wish she could have been here to celebrate her 2nd birthday.
Annie had an eventful birthday. She turned 10 and was able to get her ears pierced. She also got a new bike, very fun.
Eliza chose to take us all to Jungle Jims and then to McD's. We all had fun. We sure love our cute girls.
The Boy is due in about 4 weeks. We are very excited around here.

Gracie's Garden

We planted a little garden in our backyard for Gracie. As I was reading a book my Mom gave me for Mother's Day I came across this quote by President Brigham Young and I thought of Gracie's Garden, "...render the earth so pleasant that when you look upon your labors you may do so with pleasure, and that angels may delight to come and visit your beautiful locations." I hope that Grace will delight to visit her beautiful garden. We love you Gracie!

Valley of the Goblins

Last weekend we were able to go camping at Goblin Valley. It was really a lot of fun for our little family. We arrived around noon on Friday and came home the next day. Our campsite was Awesome! We were surrounded by rocks and cliffs and slot canyons to explore. The girls loved exploring and climbing. We went to the valley of the Goblins a couple of times and played tag with the football. It's so fun to play in the Goblins. The campfire was nice, but the favorite thing was the tent. The girls loved playing in the tent and sleeping in it. We really had a great time as a family and look forward to doing it again. We sure love our girls.

St George and the Figgins

This past week we were able to go down to St. George and be with Gary while he was going to a couple of conferences. It was fun to swim at the Hotel and play in the warm sun. I am so excited for warm weather here at home.
On Friday we went to Zions National Park. We stopped at a "Ghost Town" on the way. The girls were a little nervous about that, but soon realized that there were no ghosts. It was pretty cool.
We took the Shuttle in Zions and hiked to Weeping Rock. The girls loved it. Water drips from the side of the rock cliff and it feels like you are being rained on. Pretty cool. Livie wanted to pretend she was "weeping" at Weeping rock.



After our adventures at Zions we went to Orderville, Utah to meet Merlin and Stacy Figgins, the wonderful people who made and donated the casket for Gracie. It was the highlight of the whole trip. They made us dinner and showed us around their home and made us feel very comfortable. The girls loved playing with their dogs and enjoyed the animal cookies that Stacy bought just for the girls. They are some of the kindest people we have ever met. We felt as if we had known them forever.
They have been donating caskets for about 5 years now. They told us that they donate about 30 caskets a year. It takes them a day to build it and another day to finish it and then they meet the people half way to deliver it. That is about 2 full months of services a year that they do out of the goodness of their hearts. They said they will always donate because they recieve so many blessings from it. They truly lifted our burden when Gracie died. We will always have a special place in our hearts for these wonderful people we now call our friends. May the Lord always bless them.

Easter

I loved that Easter landed on the same weekend as General Conference. How wonderful to have a weekend to reflect on the words of the Prophets and be full of gratitude for all that our Savior has done for us. It was sweet to think that we will be with our sweet little Grace again because of our Savior's sacrifice. I am truly grateful for my Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ.
The Girls had a great time coloring eggs, finding hidden Easter Eggs, and eating their Easter Candy. It was a good and tender weekend for our family. (I love Easter Candy)!!!!