I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, 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 grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenck's lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children. I want to be there with a little dirl under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
~Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Sunday, December 13, 2009

remind you of anyone?

When Hailey was this exact age
(11 months)
she started climbing into the dryer.
We knew then she'd be a trouble maker.

What does this mean for Alyssa...

But what a happy girl!
She is all smiles these days.
Which means more smiles on Mom too.


1 comments:

Always, Forever, NO MATTER WHAT said...

What alittle stinker bug. You my dear are in some serious trouble when her and Hailey get a bit older. I can see them plotting already. =)