My newest craft project!

I got a book from Pottery Barn the other day and I saw this organizer for your childrens study desk. I fell in love with it. So I started gathering supplies and I am still working on it. I wanted to post pictures to show my progress. So each board is for each one of my school kids. I am going to put magnetic and erase boards on them. My hopes is that this will help us to keep all the crazy school papers organized. So here is the first picture and I will post more when I get more done on it.

Becky

My Eternal Family

Every year there is a new song published for the primary program. This year the song is "My Eternal Family." It talks about being a builder and building our eternal family. The chorus is so cute and Mallory has learned it. So I thought it would be fun to put a video of her singing it on our blog. This is what she is saying: My Heavenly Father sent me here and he know I can be strong and righteous as I build my Eternal Family. She is so cute! She loves to sing! I asked her what an eternal family was and she said, "Um, I don't know" so I took that moment to explain to her that our family is eternal. I am grateful for little children who give us these moments of just sitting still and talking about important things in our lives. They are so precious !!

School Days

I can't believe that time has gone by so fast. My kids started school and we are trying to get back into the schedule of getting up early and getting everyone out the door. I just wanted to post last years school pictures and then this years school pictures. Oh they grow up so fast.

This was a picture from last year.

I am afraid of my shadow!

Our little Mallory is so aware of the world around her. She notices everything! And with this she also askes many questions. The other night I put her to bed and she started to cry. Like really hard! I ran to her room and she kept saying "I am scared! Monster in my bed!" I assured her that there was no monster in her room. She still continued to cry so I decided to turn off the light and then asked her again. "What are you scared of?" She was sitting up in her bed and she looked over her shoulder and there was her SHADOW! She had this horrible look on her face and was shaking. I decided to move the night light across to the otherside of the room. This helped for that night, however the next day we went to the grocery store and as I got her out of the car and stood her on the ground she started to scream. "My shadow, I am scared!" Well, we had to run into the store so that it would not get us :0) Then for the next two days she ran around the house crying because her shadow is going to get her. It has been a new thing at our house. We have never had any of our children be afraid of their shadow. Oh, how funny and different they all are!!

HAPPY 13TH BIRTHDAY SHELBY!

I was sitting this morning reflecting on my life and how much the Lord has blessed me. I was truely blessed 15 years ago when I married my sweetheart Shane. Then the Lord blessed us with a beautiful red headed little girl. She changed our lives forever (for the better of course!). Today that little girl is now 13! It is so crazy to me that she is that old. A TEENAGER! I am so proud of her and she is growing up to be such a beautiful young women. She is a great example to her siblings and those around her. She bringings us lots of happiness and joy. The Lord has also blessed us with 5 other beautiful children. Time goes by so fast and I know that it will be just around the corner when Tessa is 13. But for now I am going to try and sit back and enjoy all those little moments I can get. Shelby, I love you and I want you to know that you are so special to your Dad & I. We love you and are so proud of you! Happy Birthday :0)
Love Mom

Setting Dad's Headstone!

Thank you Uncle Bill & Tyson for all your work, It is so beautiful!

The Fourth Of July in Eagar!



Well, we just got home from our trip to Grandma Elda's home for the 4th of July. The weather was so awesome. It would sprinkle a little and then it would be so nice the rest of the day. Tyson and April camped in Grandma's yard and he had it set up under the big pine and aspen trees. We ate all of our meals out under those trees and visited. It was so wonderful. We also got my dad's headstone set. It has been three years since dad left us and we have just not gotten his headstone done. But it is done and it looks so good. It was a little hard for me to be there. I miss him so much. It is a little hard to go home and see the home that you were raised in and not be able to go there. We had a BBQ at Uncle Bill and Aunt Marion's home and that was nice. They are so good to us and just let us invade their home. We also had the Anway family reunion at Aunt Brenda's home. My cousins Dusty and Stephanie were in charge. It was lots of fun. The kids played games and got wet. It was just such a nice weekend and we had so much fun visiting with family and friends. Here are a few pictures of this weekend :0)

Love Becky