BeautiFUL BliSS BoutiQue

I had An Opportunity to Be iN A WonDErfUL Thing !!

A GreAT DeaR Friend of mine Becki ( Check Whippy Cake on my side wall ) Was DoinG a GrEAT FabuLOuS BoutiQue and SuggesTED I Do this With her ... NoT ONly That she SuggesTED I Try To Make Something NEW !!! AnD i DID !

CupCakES in A Jar :-)

Well - It WaS A SucceSS And It was A BLAST -- Pretty muCH HoTTER ThaN PooP BuT Still WAY GreaT EvENT ! Here A Few ( OuT of ORdER ) PicTuRES !

MrS ExCEllENT PhotograpHER

Our DisPlaY FridAY EvE

It WaS Fun tO DreSS Up --- For FuN-NESS

XOXOXO

aRTS and LeTTERS Night

Here Is the MiSS With Her 1st PlACE At Arts and LeTTERS Night at FrankLin . We ArE ProuD of YoU my LoVE !! KeEP GoiNG ! KeeP TrYING ! CrEATe ! LeaRN ! Be OPeN foR NeW IdEAS ! And AlWAYS - AlWAYS - AlWAYS ..... NeVER ForGET Whom YoU HavE This TaLenT From :-)

And ExPREsS YouR GRatiTUDe DailY To Him .

HaPPy BiRTHdaY AubrieLLa

To OuR AuBRi !!

HappY Birthday on thiS VerY DAY miSS !!!

We LOVE our Aubriella and Aubri-lula !

AuBRi has MANy Talents !! She is Going to cosmetology school And DoinG vERy Well !! She Totally kNOWs the LatEST GreaTEST Fashions ! Is kinD to People and Very Patient with Me ( Best Wicked Step MOM) When sHe is HERe .

We ArE ProuD OF YOU miSS AuRBIELLA !!

rOcK CaNDy !

For the 6th grade science proJeCT -- Ashlynn has deCiDed to do RocK CanDY .

Yummmm -- hopeFullY ;-)

We shAlL see iF it TuRNs out ??

We addEd a liTTle bit of ColOr .

Anyone haVe SuggeSTIOns on rOck Candy ?? pLEaSE feel FrEE to Share !

beautiFUL daY

Today is a beautiFUL day ! love these over cast ones

Here are the roses Ashlynn picked for me one day in our backyard . To cute she got a basket and picked them , then we learned how to trim them and vASE them ;-)

Thanks miss !

ReaDY - SeT .... GrOW

Here is OUR very - Very Small Garden . Follow the Prophet ... Follow the Prophet

Last year we tried too , but didn't have it in the right area , so we had to shake it up a bit and do a bit of moving . Here's to our garden this year ! Whooo whooot !

Water and Water aND GROW !

LOVE !

Easter Sunday

Today after church - we tried a few NEW different things in our home . Since Ashlynn is older - she gets to help with things - so we had her hide the eggs and Jay and I went to find them ( who says kids only get to find eggs? )

Anyhwo - these are NOT regular Easter eggs with candy . They come with a story and symbols of Christs Life . There are 12 all together and when you open them they have something with regards to the Resurrection . There is ALSO a scripture that goes with . So we found the eggs and Ashlynn got to read all the wonderFUL things ;-)

Then this year I gave this child a "EMPTY" Box / Gift with my testimony in it written to her about my love for Christ and the Resurrection and the Atonement !

Of course this morning we had the Easter Bunny find us as well - she was glad to FINaLLy find the last egg .

Jay-Dad even gots a treat !

All - in all it was a wonderFUL Easter Sunday . I am especially grateFUL for this day. I am grateFUL to a Loving Heavenly Father and a AmAZING Elder Brother - Jesus Christ .

Friends and Easter Pageant

A few years back Ashlynn and I were in the Easter Pageant - we LOvED it ! She had begged for years to try out - well , finally i decided she was probably old enough to do the late practices till 10:00 on school nights . So - we tried and O BoY !!! - we are so glad we did ! I am so grateful for the opportunity to be involved in such an AmAZING event ! After many practices and devotionals and REalLY JUST being around these wonderful directors and crew . Our Testimonies GREW ! It was an experience that I will forEVER remember and cherish !

Fun with cast and our family back stage .

Cousins who came to support
More friends who came to support


Well , having had this experience and being fortunate enough to be in the pageant that year with hundreds of people and crew working on this event . It MAJORLY helped me to appreciate it sooo much more when we went this year . I am so grateful for the Savior ! For OUR Savior ! And the knowledge we have and are able to read about and learn from His example . I LOVE Him ! with all of my being .

This year we went with some friends from school . FUN times ladies !! love you ! Thank you

;-)

Re FRESH - Re NEW

Loved Conference !

It is always so very nice to LEt myself take time out and sit in front of T.V. for 2 days . Plus the ReAL upside is to HEAR and LIsTEN to the counsel of our leaders - OuR ProPHET ! Most times I take notes ... that helps me MUCH better to REtain the thoughts . It seems - i gotta BE HONEST ! some times i feel MoRE overwhelmed by the things i should be doing and aM NoT . But i love to hear the encouraging talks to KEEP Going , KeEP trying , " YOU are doing

GOOD " , stay course .

I'm just going to think of that on this Very DaY ! As I read my notes - i shall post more ... off to conquer the world , make bread , clean and organize my house , count and plan my year supply , be kinder to my friends - family and neighbors , attend the Temple (even tho it's not open today ) pray more , read my scriptures more , serve ALOT more , look for good in others , don't judge , that's just a few things for today :-)

We Have a ARTisT !

Ashlynn has always had a gift to be creative . And would do things here and there , BUT within the last year or so -- she has REalLY worked hard and done some studying and FUR Sure practicing her skills . Here are a few of her recent masterpieces .AMAZING ! - I think you are AMAzing ! my miss :-)

I'm proud of YOU !! And if you take this in the right direction ... and use it it well AND remember from Whom you have THIS gift - you WILL be blessed !!

She had asked for her own blog for a bit now - well - we finally set her UP . She is teaching tutorials on it . If you would like an invite ( it's private) - send me a email OR post on my comments .