Best Day Ever!

September 17, 2011 - Salt Lake Temple

Happy Feet!!!

This week I received my Altra Eve's in the mail! This is so exciting! They are the shoes that Jacob designed! They mimic being barefoot, and since that is my favorite way to be.... they are my favorite shoes! They are really comfortable. There is lots of room in the toe box so that your toes can spread out the way that they are supposed to when you walk. And the sole is very very flexible. Here are some pictures that I snapped when I first tried them on.

Sara's Mission Call

Sara got her mission call this week!! She goes into the MTC on October 19. We have a lot to do!
Watch the video to find out where she is going...

Missouri

Wow!  I can't believe how this summer has flown by!  David started school last week.  We had an eventful summer.   In June, David and I went to Missouri to do family history.  This is the second year that we have gone.  I blogged every night about the things that we did, which can be found at www.meanderingthroughourroots.wordpress.com.  There a lot of things that I enjoyed about Missouri. Here are some highlights of our trip.

I loved the wildflowers on the sides of the roads.
I didn't get a picture, though I tried.  We saw a few turtles crossing the road!

We went to Hannibal and hiked a Tom Sawyer trail.  It went up many, many stairs.  At the top, we could look down on the Mississippi River.  Here is a picture of a house at the top of the trail.  And when you turned around, here is a view of the Mississippi.  It was beautiful, and the hike was fun, but I was kind of disappointed in Hannibal as a whole.  I had envisioned a quaint little town, but Hannibal is fairly large.  The town of Louisiana was more what I had in mind when I envisioned Hannibal while reading Tom Sawyer.

Another thing that I loved about Missouri was seeing the Amish and the Amish buggies. They had their own parking stall at Wal-Mart!  I would have loved to get pictures of the cute Amish families shopping in Wal-Mart.   It was a great trip.  I hope we make it back sometime.

Hard Things....

Oh that we could live life without these hard trials that come upon us....  but then, I guess we wouldn't grow and become better.  I thought about deleting the post about Jacob's upcoming marriage, but it is part of us and who we are.  We had a lot of fun, planning and making things for the wedding, but the wedding will not be happening on Saturday.  It is one of those hard things in life.   Doubts crept in, and they took a step back to think about things.   If I delete the post and make it go away, then it is as if I am rejecting the trials that come in life, and not accepting the challenge they bring to help us grow.  I choose to grow and move forward.  I think Jacob and Sarah Jane choose the same.  I hope that we all attain what it is that we are striving for.


"Trials that are not the result of sin can also help you become better. These kinds of trials can test your faith or patience or can teach you about yourself. To use these trials for your growth, ask yourself what you can learn from them and what you can do better."   Ensign Magazine

Happy Memorial Day

We have several people in our family who have fought or died in war.  I don't know any of them personally, but love and respect what they have done for our country.  I love reading about them, and getting to know who they were.  I am also so proud of this boy.  He fought in Iraq, and has been an example to so many.  To Ben, and all of the others who have fought for and are still fighting for our country - THANK YOU for the sacrifices that you have made to defend the United States of America!

Coming soon....

Lots of activities coming up!  Jacob and Sarah Jane will be married on June 11 in the Salt Lake Temple.  The next morning we will leave for another genealogy trip to Missouri and Illinois.  So many things to do!  Wish me luck that I can get it all done!

Another Great Horn Post

Sara made it into the Orchestra at Temple Square!  It's nice to see years of hard work paying off.  Congratulations Sara!!

Sara's Horn Recital

sara horn recital

She is Home!

Kaela returned home from the Alpine German-Speaking Mission on March 3.  We are so happy to have her home.  Her homecoming talk will be on Sunday, March 20, in the Sharon East Stake Center at 9:00 AM.  Welcome home Kaela!

Look Who is Engaged!

We are so happy to have the first wedding in our family!  Jacob proposed to Sarah Jane while on a run up in Provo Canyon.  They will be getting married on June 10, 2011 in the Salt Lake Temple.  Congratulations Jacob & Sarah Jane!

Ouch....

David has been working a lot on the house.  Yesterday morning he was on the roof and it started to rain really hard.  I heard a big crash outside.  I went to the door and said, "Is everything okay?"  No answer.  I walked out on the deck and David was crumpled next to the ladder.  I kept asking him if he was okay and he was just groaning.  I saw blood, so I ran in to get a warm towel.  I went back out to see if I could help him get up, and he was getting himself in the house.  I mopped him up and saw that he had a pretty big gash in his forehead.  We decided that we better get him to Instacare to be stitched up.  We got him to Instacare and after taking his blood pressure and evaluating him they wanted to put him in an ambulance and transport him across the parking lot to the Emergency Room.  He refused.  We signed a waiver, and I said that I would transport him.  When we got out to the car he said he was walking... Yup, that's my guy.  I drove and he walked to the ER.  We got there about the same time.  We walked in to find a whole trauma team waiting for us.  Stitching him up was the last thing on their mind.  His heart rate was 43, so they were concerned about internal bleeding.  I think they performed every test they could think of.  He was ultrasounded, and xrayed from head to toe.  He had an EKG and a CAT scan. After almost three hours they decided to stitch up his head.  Besides a gash in his head and a broken tailbone, he is okay.  We decided that we are very very lucky.  It was one of those days that you really count your blessings.    Here is a picture.  He pulled the face to show it off just for me.

We are still alive!

I have decided to come back into the blogging world.  I have some new ideas, and have also started another blog about our family history.  The address for the other blog is http://meanderingthroughourroots.wordpress.com/.  Kaela is still on her mission and persevering through health problems.  She is currently helping in the mission office.  Here is a picture of our cute missionary.