In loving memory

We want to express our deep love and gratitude for the amazing life of our dear prophet, President Gordon B. Hinckley. We feel fortunate for the countless times we have heard his voice, expressing love and counsel, for the times we have seen his kind smile, and even for those precious opportunities when we were right there in the same room with him and could feel the power of his faith. His life has touched millions of people, within and outside of our church, and we will always be grateful for his selfless service. How joyful he must be to be reunited with his sweet wife again, but we will miss him dearly.

Tyler's Teeth

Tyler has been loosing teeth like crazy lately. He lost his two front teeth before Christmas, and I was pretty excited when we finally heard the song I'd been telling him about for weeks: "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" on the radio. He's been raking it in from the tooth fairy, although he decided that he was getting bored with receiving the same amount for every single tooth, and proceeded to write her a letter to request a change (i.e. more money!). I guess I should add that Tyler knows very well who the tooth fairy in this house is, but he still wrote a very detailed letter addressed to Ms. Tooth Fairy that he insisted on putting under his pillow that night. Maybe he thought it would help his chances if he went along with the game? I was asking him why he thought he should receive more money just for loosing teeth and tried to teach a valuable lesson about how we should work to earn our money. Well, he then began to explain how hard he had to work to get these teeth out, and I must admit, he did have to work kind of hard for one or two teeth that were just dangling there for a while (sorry if that's too much info!). Lucky for him, he lost two teeth in one day right after writing his letter (because this tooth fairy isn't coughing up any more money per tooth!). I guess it was lucky for me too, because it was pretty hard to turn down such a well-thought out request. So he now has lost a grand total of 7 teeth, with 5 holes in his mouth at present. I know it happens to everyone, but it feels different when it's your own kid! I have found the whole experience rather fascinating!

Annie's Bows

A friend made several hair bows for Annie. She was thrilled to receive some mail.



When she saw what was inside the package, she proceeded to ask to put all of them in her hair at once.




The boys enjoyed dressing her up.

They even ran to get a princess dress to add to the effect.



Thank you for all the cute bows Jenn!

High School Reunion

I went to my 10 year high school reunion last month. It is hard to believe it's been that long, although I guess a lot has happened since that time too! (getting married, graduating from college, having three kids!) It was fun to go out on a date with Andrew and see some old friends and interesting to see what others have been up to. One thing that made me laugh was how many people recognized Andrew. Since we dated in high school, most of my friends knew him. I think some people couldn't remember if he had gone to school with us or not. My high school was pretty competitive and very career oriented, so I was surprised at how many people were married and a few even had babies. People were pretty shocked to hear we had three kids though. What I really enjoyed most of all was just being with Andrew and visiting with my dear friend Laura, who I have stayed very close to throughout the years. I enjoyed hearing about the exciting jobs people had and the fun cities they lived in, but I just felt very grateful and content with my life. I definitely wouldn't trade it!

Eagle Scout

 

We went to the Pentagon last week where my brother Daniel received his Eagle Scout award, along with 4 other young men from his ward. We went through quite a bit of security getting inside the Pentagon, but everyone made it and it was a wonderful ceremony. Congratulations Daniel!!

 

Here are all of the Eagle Scouts from our family who were there.