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

Friday, May 16, 2008

A Fathers Nightmare!

The other day as Anthony was mowing the lawn, the girls were running about picking the "flowers!" Above the lawn mower is the sound of Anthony, yelling, "Don't pick those, don't you know they're weeds." It was the funniest thing. Here he is, trying to tell a four year old, and a two year old that their pretty flowers are weeds! And the whole time, I can tell, Ashlynn's thinking,... "What's a weed?, and why does it matter if I pick them and they spread?"

Sunday, May 11, 2008

I'm so Blessed!

Today, I was the only one that was able to go to church. Anthony stayed home with the girls, who were still sick. When I got home I opened the car door and the smell of roast wafted through the air. Anthony and the girls had made me dinner! Roast, carrots, & mashed potatoes with gravy! Yum! All my favorite Sunday food! As I came
through the door, both of my beautiful girls wrapped their arms around my legs, and sang out, "Happy Mother's Day Mommy!" (Hailey said, "Happy Mussers Day!") Then they showed me the cards that Daddy helped them make. (Thanks Honey) I could not have felt more loved, then at that moment. I know I mean the world to my girls, and they sure mean the world to me. It makes me remember all of the things that I did, as a child, for my Mother. I now know how happy she felt! What a wonderful day!

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Sugar House Park!!

Happy Cinco De Mayo! Josh and Natalie decided to throw together a party for all of our friends. The girls had so much fun playing with all of the other kids and playing around the stream and the pond. They loved getting to feed the ducks too! It was a blast!















Start 'em Early

One of Hailey's favorite things to do is: The Dishes!! I catch her, all the time, stacking dishes onto the counter. What a good little helper! Hopefully she'll like doing them when she's a teenager. (Yeah right!) For now, I'll just enjoy the help.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

5 Weeks Today!

The girls are so excited, especially Ashlynn. She keeps hugging me and saying, "Mommy, I love you." And then she'll touch my tummy and smile up at me. She's going to be such a good big sister!! I don't think Hailey quite understands yet, but she is still very sweet!