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Weekend Recap

Its going to be a pretty random post, but here it goes.

Ella's Home! Howard's mom came home from Kansas on Saturday after being with Marian's family for a month. We were glad she was able to go and help them out...but we all missed her! We met them at Garcia's on her way home from the airport.

Personal Progress. One of my goals is to get my YW medallion...the new medallion just came out and its really pretty! Plus it comes in Silver, which I would love!! Anyway, this past weekend I was working on a Faith experience. Lately, I've been feeling like I'm losing hope in becoming a mother. Its sooo tough when all you see are mother's everywhere! {I still love all you mothers out there, but I am jealous of you! :) } Anyway...I was doing my Faith experience and to complete it I needed to read quite a few scriptures on Faith...well Hebrews 11:1 really spoke to me:

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Oh, how I needed to hear that! I need to remember that Heavenly Father is mindful of me and I need to have Faith and to continue to have Hope even if there is no evidence of a baby in the near future. What a testimony of Personal Progress I have!! It really is an inspired program and I'm so excited to be able to work with these amazing Young Women and learn and grow from them!

Superbowl Sunday. We're not huge football fans, but we like a good party! Plus the commercials are fun. This year my favorite commercial was...Doritos Commercial...if you haven't seen it check it out here.

We had to represent the Cardinals!

Zoo Trip

I'm always up for a trip to the zoo! My aunt's family came up from Tucson and we went to the Phoenix Zoo...sadly Howard had to work. :( But we had a fun time...the weather was perfect!

my parents

riding the carousel, my aunt becky and natalia
my cousins, austin and julian

my daddy and me

Christmas!!

We had a WONDERFUL Christmas!! We spent Christmas Eve with my family and Christmas Day with Howard's. We had such a great time spending time with family...how lucky we are to have such great families!!

my mom and dad
my mom and howard

leslie (rand's girlfriend) my mom and marli

the whole fam damily

the mciff's

the whitmers

Merry Christmas!!

As I was reading my People magazine last night, I came across this picture and it made me laugh out loud!!

Have a very Merry Christmas!!!

Gingerbread Houses '09

After all the turkey had been eaten, we brought out the Gingerbread kits for our Gingerbread Building Contest. Since Howard and I are usually at the dunes for Thanksgiving we aren't around to participate in the contest...but this year we smoked out the competition! At least that's our story!

Samuel and James showcasing his two story Gingerbread house.

MarLi showing her house that she decorated inside and out!Love these ladies!!! Aunt Colleen showing off "Batman's Winter Home"

My dad and mom with their house.

My grandma had each of us as gingerbread men...so cute!!And drumroll please...our gingerbread house! Howard custom made the fireplace.

50th Anniversary

Over the weekend we threw my grandparents a 50th Anniversary party...but even more than that it was a surprise. AND they were surprised!! It was about a year of planning and inviting all their friends and family and it remained a surprise...that was amazing!
I have the best grandparents. They are a wonderful example of who I should be and how my marriage should be. I am so blessed to have them in my life! What a great heritage I come from!

Here are a few pictures from our night...

We had a display table set up of a whole bunch of pictures through the years. I think finding all these pictures were as much fun as anything!

Connie, Mindi and Cami (with their mom, my grandma's sister) came down from Utah for the party.Me with my cousin Mindi and her baby Brooklynn (what a cutie she was!)Grandpa with my cousin MichaelMy sister MarLi with Grandpa My grandparents with their two daughters My mom and I

My brother Rand and his girlfriend, Leslie My grandpa and I

I'm not sure what we are doing...hahaMy grandma and IAt the end of the night, after toasts and a slide show we had my grandparents come up and say a few words. They were pretty overwhelmed, but in a good way.