Tender Mercies from the Lord!

For the past 5 months my mother has been going through chemo and many hospital stays and surgeries for cancer . She almost past to the other side 2 times and it has been a stressful time for all of us. On top of that my dad has many health issues with his heart that cause him hospital stays and discomfort. We , as a family have had them in our prayers daily. Many of you have also prayed in their behalf. I want you to know that my mother is much better. She had 14 inches of her colon removed, the chemo seemed to help get rid of the cancer and she is recovering. The Lord has answered our prayers and she has some extended time with us for which I am most grateful. Thanks be to God for his tender mercy in h er behalf. In November my mother and father were in the same hospital for a week. I went to see them and these pics were taken the day they got out ....my dad was elated to go home. Can you tell!!!!!

Senior portraits... and BYU Idaho!

Allyson will be leaving for BYU in July. We are so excited for her. She just received her senior photos and here are a few. She is grown up. Can you believe my baby is going to college? The years have passed much to quickly and I am enetring in another phase of my life... but I love being a grandmother and doing all the fun activities with grandchildren.

Another great Christmas 2009!!

Another winter 's night in the barn with carols, the nativity, and loved ones. What great memories. Christmas just wouldn't be the same without the hay piled high for the little ones to climb up on , the 12 days of Christmas and the re-enactment of the nativity. Thank you Uncle Ron and Aunt Stephanie for hosting our annual event. It is something that we all have great treasured memories of.
Ashley had the flu along with Sarah's family this year but we made the best of it.

Grandpa climbed the stacks of hay with Maren, Taylor, and Mckay. That is cousin Jacob on the left. This is where they love to sit each year. FUN!

Thank you to Kelly for holding Benson for over an hour. He slept the whole time. The 12 days of Christmas is a big hit!!

Maren is such a sweet girl. She stayed with me for three days ahead of her family and followed me around everywhere asking the question WHY? to everything. She was my shadow.

Some of the crew in the nativity... some escaped before the picture. Thank you Emily for taking charge of the event.

It's Beginning to look alot like Christmas!!

This will be the first year we have not had all of our children- or most of them -and all the grandkids for Christmas. Ashley and Ally are really sad by this. Sarah and family want to stay in their own home to start some of their own traditions and then we will go to their home for Christmas and spend the day with them. YEAH! Thank goodness Sarah and kids live close so we will enjoy their company Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Jared's work had a party for the employees children and grandchildren so we had a good time with Taylor, Mckay, Maren , and Benson. We look forward to hearing from all of you and having a few family gatherings for the holidays.

Indiana November 2009(Scroll down to older post... I made 3 post today! Love you all)

Allyson turns 17!!

It seems only yesterday that I was posting Ally turning 16 and now another year has flown by. We celebrated a week early because I was going to be in Indiana on November 1.

A Trip to Indiana- a new granddaughter!!!

We had lots of time to play. Look at our block skills.
This is the first time I have been with Lucy and Andrew for Halloween. Fun!!!
We had so much fun each day and Lucy always had two extras...Alice and Mouse.
Each night I enjoyed quietly rocking Gracie to sleep/ Tender memories!!

Isn't she beautiful!!! Gracie reminds me of Allysom when she was a baby.