This is Spring?!

I was having a wonderful, late Sunday morning. Just relaxing and watching TV, when Cliff came in and very gently open my drapes on the sliding glass door. I just about died! It was snowing so hard and windy and VERY cold. This is a Spring day??!!
Must push on and find the joy in a spring day that looks like this...and a week that promises more of the same. Sick, sick, sick of winter! lol

Happy Easter!

I LOVE this time of year! So beautiful! I think winter is the only season that, by the time it is over, I am totally sick of it! lol So glad it is over! We had our last fire last night (the wood is all gone) and now bring on the good weather. I'm sick of the cold and snow.

Easter is such a wonderful time of new beginnings. How grateful I am for the Atonement and Resurrection of my Savior, Jesus Christ. What a wonderful time to celebrate that great gift to me and to all of us.

Enjoy your life and family right now. Life is so short. Hard to believe I'm 75% over...on this earth anyway! lol

Have a great Spring! :)

Thoughts of family

I have been thinking the last few days (since turning 57!) what in this life makes me the happiest. No doubt about it....my family and the time I get to spend with them.

Time goes by so fast....it seems like just yesterday when I realized my Grandmother Warner was 57. Now, not only have my parents passed that milestone but Cliff and I have!

As we enter these last years of our life (though I am hoping for 20 [or 30] more good years), I pray our children and grandchildren are happy and live good lives. I pray this world will be a good place to live, that they always remember us with love, and remember the things that are most important to us.

Sometimes it is so hard to think that the vast majority of our life is over. Cliff and I have loved each other twice as long as we haven't! lol It has been a great life and I hope my children experience the same joy, love, and happiness that we have.

I appreciate my parents for their great example of love and righteous living and I'm grateful for the love I feel for my brothers and their families. I love them all.

My goal is to be ready to meet my God when it is time...but, that my time is not yet. :)




Dann, Jayci, Chris, Katie

Josh and Katie

Chris, Karen, Blake, Logan, Abby, and Jaxon

James, Temaire, Parker, Kylee
Kearney, and Ireland

Look what Cliff and I started!!

Last of the Summer Days

This is the last week the Erb family will be here!! I try hard not to think about it. Can't believe they won't be here for another year. It is too awful to contemplate. I sure wish they could be closer, but they can't so we have to make the best of it.

The kids just grow so fast and we miss seeing the changes in their lives. But, we do feel so blessed to live in an age with such remarkable technology that we are on top of their comings and goings. I feel God's hand in it all.

Just showing a few pictures of our finished back yard. It was fun having the kids here to watch the process with us. Hate that summer is almost over! :( Too much left to do. ;)

Sharing 8 Random Things about Me

OK...Katie! :) Here is my list from you 'tagging' me:

1. I have a huge thing about railroad tracks. I think I was in a car with the driver trying to outrun a train across the tracks and when I was 16 I was the driver that almost ran into a train. Awful!!! Warped me for life!!

2. I am SOOOOO tired of trying to find the right hair color. Don't like my natural color but have a hard time getting the right 'paid for' color!

3. I used to be able to sing....can't anymore. :(

4. As I have gotten older I have gained the ability of not taking offense (a LOT of training from Cliff has helped me!) Sure wish I could have learned this 37 years ago!

5. For 30 years I prayed that I would love the ones my children loved. The Lord blessed me with the greatest love for these four. Just like they were my own. I am very grateful!

6. I like Pink & Purple now! NEVER, NEVER, NEVER could stand them before!

7. I read 6-8 newspapers (on-line) every day.

8. Can't eat beef. Makes 'that thing' happen. Thanks, Grandma! ;)

Well, Katie, that wasn't as painful as I thought...kinda fun, in fact! We all ought to do a bit of introspection about ourselves occasionally! :)

A Hard Working Man

I know everyone things that they are married to the perfect man...but, I REALLY am! ;) Cliff is the hardest working man I know. He does everything he can to make our life wonderful. He has been working for 3 months trying to get our backyard ready for summer and some fun family times. No wonder I have loved him for almost 38 years!! Here are some pictures of his latest (and almost finished!) project.

With GREAT thanks to all of those who have been able to spend some of their time helping us! :)

A Time of Sorrow

Today I was outside helping Cliff lay the counter tops in our new outdoor kitchen. He was sawing away, so I got online to read my emails. My friend (Doyle) emailed me that his ex-wife passed away yesterday.

I am in such a state of shock. I haven't seen Jan in a long time, but not only was she my friend, but her children have been my children's best friends. Such a sad thing. It has made me really think again of the fragility of life, and to appreciate it while we can.

I have been studying my lesson for Relief Society in August. It is titled, "Words of Hope and Consolation at the Time of Death", a message that is one of great comfort to me.

I am grateful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the hope of the Resurrection and of Eternal Life. I don't know how people function without it. I hope to someday be with my family and see those that I love who have passed on before me. It is a strange feeling to be at the age to have so many of my peers gone on already. I miss them all.

My goal is to appreciate this life on earth and those that have an influence on me and mine, and most especially to acknowledge God's watchful care over us.

If you are reading this, you are one of the people I love and I thank you for all you mean to me. May God fill our lives with love, joy, and peace.