My Eternal Family

My home teachers asked me the other day what I am most thankful for in the gospel.
Without thinking I said that I can be with my family for eternity.
As these words left my mouth I had some words come to mind that overwhelmed me with happiness and joy:
"You will never go another day in all of eternity without your family."
Oh it is such a comfort to be sealed to them and to know that I can be with these amazing people that I love like nothing else forever and ever and ever.

The gospel is true, folks. I can't say it loud enough or with enough feeling.

We love each other.

We support each other.

We cheer each other on.

We talk to each other.

We are best friends.

What I did to deserve to be in such am amazing family, I don't know.

But I am forever and eternally grateful for whatever it was.

*Oh man, here come the water works.*

Is it ridiculous that I make myself cry just thinking about how much I love my family?

Table Talk

Ask anyone in my family, we heard this all the time around the dinner table:

"Fill 'er up to the knees!"


This was dad asking us to fill up his glass.
The knees came from the picture on an old Yosemite Sam glass.
He would refer to different part of the body depending on how much he wanted and we would fill it to that point.
It was the knees most often.
When we were living in Salmon this beloved glass broke when it fell out of the cupboard.
Dad never let this stop him. He still said it with a regular glass.

So...one day I was sitting in my apartment deep in thought thinking about what dad would love for Father's Day.
Then it hit me!

Thank Yoooooou Ebay!

You can tell the anticipation is almost killing him!

Contemplating...or maybe upset that it's not a tie?

The reaction

"Oh my goodness. Where did you find this?"

I think I made an excellent choice :)

Happy Father's Day to my daddy.

He is my hero and my inspiration.

I love him so much!

He is hard working and funny and smart and I don't know what I would do without him.

He's the best daddy in the world!

I love you Dad!

Double post

Yesterday I got a little caught up in something:

So I kinda forgot to post...

I guess I'll just have to double up to keep on track!

Photo Challenge: A picture of the people you spend most of your time with.

Kenna and Mystie (I kinda don't have a picture with Lyndsey and Megan)

Kyle= Awesome

Derek= ...Derek

Photo Challenge: A picture of the best part of your day.

Getting to come to IF to spend time with Greysen, Lindsay, and Ronnie.

...And Brendan and Witney and Mom and Dad and Maci.

Can you believe this little guy is already almost 3 months old???

This one's for you...

This is for all of you who:
Know that Dove chocolate does indeed fix everything.
Genuinely care about me.
Leave notes for me that you know I'll see that always always ALWAYS make my day.
Tell me that you love me unconditionally.
Say those profound things that I've heard zillions of times, but all of a sudden make an impact.
Understand where I've been and know where I'm going.
Can finish my sentences.
Can always make me smile.
Laugh at my (usually) stupid jokes.
Have told me that you're proud of me.
Know that there is a deeper meaning to Bubbles and Potato Salad. :)
Understand what I'm talking about when I say Potato Tots.
Compliment my cooking even when it's not the greatest.
Crawled into my bed with me when you knew I was crying just to give me a hug (just FYI, this only applies to Maci)
Pulled me onto their knee and held me while I cried.
Supported me even when I was failing.
Have lent me things even when it wasn't convenient.
Bring me down to earth.
Helped me separate Cross Stitch thread into the wee hours of the morning.


I LOVE YOU!
That is all :)

Blessing number 6

Okay, so I said my third blessing was my family, but now I would like to expound on that. My sixth blessing (I hope you all know that these are in no particular order) is my father.

My dad is definitely one of my very favorite people on the planet. He's kind, loving, caring, and always willing to listen to problems and help people understand...whatever it is they're trying to understand.

One day in particular stands out in my mind, mainly because it was so recent...or feels recent to me.
It was back in January and I had just had a very difficult conversation with someone over a very touchy subject. I ran to his office, in my free hour, sobbing. Bryan Jensen was in his office talking to him, but Bryan was immediately on his feet and asking if he should close the door. Within two seconds my dad was pulling me onto his knee like back I was three and asking me what was wrong. He held me in his arms until I stopped crying and assured me that everything would be alright. I am so grateful for that.

He was the world's best principal. I have never seen any other principal get so involved in his student's education that he does. He honestly cares about every one of them and wants them all to succeed. He spends so much extra time painting posters for every sports team, not wanting any of them to be left out. He even paints special individual ones for all the seniors on Senior Night. I don't think many people understand how much time is put into each of these posters. He has to design them, make an overhead, tape a huge piece of paper to the wall, outline everything, then paint the entire thing. He even personalizes them as much as possible, down to skin color and hair color. I'm so grateful for the time he puts in.

He's so stinkin' smart it almost makes me sick! He knows a little about everything and a lot about most things. He can finish a cross word puzzle in seriously 5 minutes flat and then help me with my homework (or at least when I was still at home he would). I'm so grateful that he instilled the importance of a good education in me! It's from him that I learned to push myself and to reach the goals I set for myself.

Bottom line is: I Love Him!

This is my daddy after my high school graduation. The seniors usually give him some random little thing to represent each of the students like a paper clip or a marble. This year we got creative. I stole all of his ties (or most of them) and each of the seniors handed him one as we passed by. This was the end result :)