Dear Lily

 You already have two teeth and love to chew on your cheeks and lips...like so

 You also have an inherited talent of flipping your tongue upside down.

 You love to smile for the camera

 you also have patience like your parents! (Sarcasm inserted here)

you love to grab things

 I LOVE this view of your cheeks I finally was able to take a picture and capture all of it's kissableness!

Dear Lily, you are the luckiest girl in the WHOLE World (Besides ME)!
You have a daddy who loves to spend time with you and make you laugh
he gets up with you in the morning when I have been up with you at night (hate those teethies coming in)
and ....
you get the point!
Love your mommy

Blondie

Can't tell if it's Dolly Parton or Barbie that inspires her latest hair do! From the scowl on her face in the last picture she is done..

Boo!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YIMu1DKGS8&feature=youtu.be

Loves Boo! October baby maybe?

Table Talk

We decided the table needed some serious TLC. It has been with us for three years and more than that with my parents, it is the table I grew up with.Love the table and its well worth investing the time in this beastly table.

 Went to Lowes and got everything we would need, including a sander.Took a whole Saturday to strip it and sand it down.

 What do Lily and I do while Luke is on a mission? Go on a walk of course, I like to sweat differently than Luke.

 Wohhoo! Those are not brown eyes people. Thanks to this over exposed pic I have proof

 

We came back to stain it on Monday night after Lily went to bed. So we were in the garage til 11:30 staining. Now that's my idea of a date night (really?!)

Then I finished the table off with coats of polyurethane on conference weekend.

WhaLA, Love IT !
It looks darker in person but someday when the duck tape falls off the chairs and they buckle we will invest in some black wood chairs and make many more memories at this table.

Easter

Yummy! Crazy to think in a year she can walk around with her basket and eat the candy.

Adversity

What a beautiful family! Read her blog when my mom sent me her link.

 http://sheldonandjulieo.blogspot.com/?m=1

http://sheldonjulieandjace.blogspot.com/






Then this news articlehttp://www.skyvalleychronicle.com/BREAKING-NEWS/BOY-FOUND-DEAD-IN-LAKE-LIMERICK-FATHER-STILL-MISSING-BR-canoe-outing-believed-to-have-turned-into-tragic-accident-942897

http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/news/news-page/26306-lake-limerick-boating-tragedy-update


I can't imagine....
She attended this General Conference
and I thought of this talk
http://media2.ldscdn.org/assets/general-conference/april-2012-general-conference/2012-04-1070-president-henry-b-eyring-64k-eng.mp3

What an amazing woman, the faith she has.I know because she is so grateful for her time with them, not complaining about how short that time was, like I know I would.

So today I am humbled and think of her as I change dirty diapers and soiled shirts.And be on the brink of tears as Lily smiles at me and wonder what I have done to deserve to have another day of bliss.