"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully tailored clothes...and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp...I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really there, and that I really lived."

~Marjorie Hinckley



"Our lives are frittered away by detail; simplify, simplify." Henry David Thoreau



"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials." Lin Yutang

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Good Morning, indeed!


After sending most everyone off to school and work this morning, I began my day with Ammon and Brooke asleep. Soon Brooke woke up and while nursing her, I could hear that Ammon was up. Within a few minutes, Ammon was at my door with toast he made especially for me. Talk about melt your heart! I didn't even know he could make toast all by himself! What a sweet heart. Needless to say, I'm having a great day!
Posted by at 2 comments:
Labels:

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

The Dashwood sisters....who are you?

I am Elinor Dashwood!

Our family thouroghly enjoys Jane Austin. We recently watched "Becoming Jane"...great movie, just a bit sad in the end...still, we enjoyed watching it...and, perhaps, got a bit more familliar with Jane, herself.

Posted by at No comments:

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Washington DC Temple


On our family vacation this summer, we stopped by the Washington DC temple. I love this photo taken by the reflection pool. I almost got all the kids in the picture...Brenden is holding Brooke and Ammon is hanging onto my leg :)
Posted by at 1 comment:
Labels:

Here's another fun photo at the temple. I think it's fun to see how they each chose to stand...it reflects their personality....except for Ammon, he's usually a very happy boy :)
Posted by at 2 comments:
Labels:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

Just a reminder....YOU ARE AWESOME!!!