Monday, April 4, 2011

Not your average kid on the Bloch.....

It was a perfect day for a drive....

and in the car were FIVE....

Eden Sisters looking for a perfect Friday.

We got it at BYU

at the showing of the Carl Bloch Exhibit.

It was an amazing spiritual experience.

I bought these cards:


I was fascinated by this top painting.


I loved the expression of compassion on the Angles face.


You could feel the anguish and despair of Christ.


He had a gift.


His paintings were really Amazing.


No words can express the spirit that was there in those rooms.


Don't miss the Exhibit!!


It's a once in a lifetime moment.....


unless you plan on driving to Denmark!!


Carl.....not you average kid on the bloch.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

YESTERDAY WAS A SPEICAL DAY....

IT IS THE DAY ANALYN TURNED 12 !!!
Happy Birthday Analyn!!!


We celebrated last Sunday with the local Family.

12 is a special Birthday.

A sort of coming of age.

Leaving Primary......

and beginning

Young Women.

Will she still want sleepovers with the grandgirls...

Hmm...dolls be gone....

Hello..... make-up..

Is this a time for celebration????

Really???

Can I still have my

Sunday HUG?

Think about it.......


I LOVE YOU

ANALYN !!!!

Thursday, March 3, 2011

This little Penny turned ONE last month....


She leaves me "speechless" ..so adorable!!

Monday, February 14, 2011

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!

IT'S A HOMEMADE VALENTINES DAY FOR THE LOCALS


LOVE DOUG

LOVE MY KIDS

LOVE MY GRAND KIDS

HOPE EVERYONE HAD AS GREAT A DAY AS ME!!

Monday, February 7, 2011

It wasn't just the Ground Hogs special day!

Mason and Grandma celebrated their Birthdays this past week.
We celbrated with Cake........



....and Cool Whip!!



ahhhh....to be 14 again.....

Sunday, January 30, 2011

JOHN HAD A BIRTHDAY...SHOUT HURRAY!!!

Look who turned 4.
John had a Birthday this week and he will always remember it.
His party at school was cancelled on his birthday.
This was due to school being closed down due to SNOW.

But alas...the next day school happened and so did his party!!

Happy Birthday John!!!

Other news from New Jersey....a baby in September!!


Sunday, January 23, 2011

Hi! I am alive.

Sorry for the lack of posts....
Trying to think of something positive to blog about.
Here is a wrap up of the last few months:
Thanksgiving....6 movies/cleaning/ a time for gratitude.
Holly's Birthday....Love her.
Christmas...a visit from Robin, Nate, Campbell, and Penny. Love Them.
Skype from Mac and Priscila and family. Love and miss them.
Carly and Farrah are back home....
We are all growing here..
Lunch with my sisters...
Lunch with Friends...
Love Doug


Longing for a life that was simple...when others made decisions for me.



A time of gratitude for the simple things.....like "I love you this much"



Or the smell of a "just bathed" child...fresh out of the tub. Like soap and shampoo and lotion. I love to bury my face in their hair and smell that wonderful smell.



....watching Grandgirls dress up like a princess

or a ballerina and laughing and having a good time....

they grow up way to fast...




....longing for the time when I could look in the mirror

and recognize the person looking back at me.

Passages....they happen to all of us.

This sounds like a pity party...it is not..just let me be sad for a day.

Memories are the things that make it worth living....

and making them is what gets you up in the morning.

By the way, I got my eyes tattooed this weekend...you know permanent eye liner.....cause my hand isn't as steady now and I don't want to be bothered. Right now I kind of look like a Grandma ho..[If you know what I mean]

I hope it fades a little.....

But then when I look at myself, I don't see me anyway,

I see that gray haired grandma.

I am kind of getting used to her...she looks like my mom...

...and I long for her too.