TONIGHT!!

I love to see the...

TEMPLE

Dillon has a passion for the temple that is uncanny.
He recognizes the wonderful blessing they are, for not only members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but for everyone.

He has taken every possible opportunity this summer to perform sacred ordinances and feel of Heavenly Father's spirit.





Jordan River Temple
a.k.a "Date Night" with Tyson and Tenille





Draper Temple Open House
We had the great opportunity to go with Uncle Craig, Heather and Beau



Salt Lake Temple
Much needed cousin time with the "Madd-ster"

I had to also post this picture. Maddie has her priorities straight. Temple work FIRST... softball SECOND. This is the key to her being the best softball player in the world!






Atlanta Georgia Temple
We made it just in time. They are now closed for 18 months








Oquirrh Mountain Temple
Open House
A great outing with just Mom and Dill






Mt. Timpanogos Temple
So, we got lost trying to find it.
The important thing is we made it!


I appreciate Dillon for reminding me how blessed we are to have temples today. If you'd like to learn more about how they can bless your life CLICK HERE.

For the last time...

If I say that to many times in the next 9 months I'm going to be a WRECK!

Today I watched, for the last time, Tyson and Dillon walk out the door TOGETHER for their first day of school. Next year Dillon will walk out alone because Tyson will have graduated. Next year will I cry like I am today?

Tyson...



Dillon...

Des News

Tyson has had the honor of

being selected to play as a member of the

American Legion All-Star Team for Utah

Along with teammates,Taylor Matthews and Andrew Nelson.

This week they have been competing against Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Washington and Oregon .

They've won one, lost one and are still in the fight.

We were MORE THAN ECSTATIC when we woke up this morning to Tyson looking at us from The Deseret News. What a cool thing for a 17 year old boy (and his fans)!

Click on the picture to read the whole story.

***Note: They do refer to Tyson as "Tyler" once, happens all the time. The team is referred to "Box Elder". We had to be associated with a city and that's were the head of the tourney is from! LOL

Cowboy Cards!

If you're looking for one...

they're here!
Leave a comment and Ty will be on your doorstep!

(CLICK to see a full image of the deals!)

It's Official (sigh)...

2-a-days started.

Our son is a
SENIOR

(weeping, crying, gnashing of teeth)

4:30 a.m.

It really is 4:30 a.m.
My head hurts. I can't sleep. So here I am.
No cute colors... no cute word sizes...

just me.

I've been watching the moon outside my window and getting pretty melancholy. It's silly I know, but sometimes it just creeps up on you.

I'm missing my Grandma. If she were still here she would have come up and rubbed my good foot. She would have brought me a tea-party... which wasn't really a tea-party at all, but a tray full of all my favorite treats, candy mostly. She would have given my boys each a handful of change... she loved them.

I'm missing my baby boys. They're all grown up now. I love how happy they are being 17 and 13. They have so much freedom to do the things they want. I'm happy for them. I remember how excited I was to be their ages. They have a fun school year ahead of them. However, I miss the days when they needed me so much... the days when we were never apart... the days when the thought of them leaving home wasn't even a thought
because it was so far away.

I'm missing my brothers being teenagers. It was so much fun to watch them. It's strange that now my boys are the same age they used to be. It seems like just yesterday they'd hang out with their friends at our little "love shack" on Main Street. I was so "cool" back then... how did I turn so "uncool" now that my kids are teenagers? They loved my "baby boys" so much and now my
"not-so baby boys" love their baby boys. Funny how life is.

I'm glad I'm not missing my Jeffer. He's still around, just like he always was. He is good to me. He's a miracle you know. He came along 20 years ago and freed me from ... well, a nightmare. He still frees me when I'm down and out and... melancholy, like tonight. He always listens. I'm lucky.

Well, my head is feeling better.
Thanks for letting me vent and cry. Sometimes it makes things all right again. I guess there is no need to share it with the whole world but, then again, the whole world doesn't read this blog
so it's all good.

I don't think I'll go to sleep though. I think I'll pull an all-nighter. Doing so will guarantee a deep sleep tomorrow night. :)

One more thing... don't you love it when something unexpected happens and makes you feel especially loved? That happened to me today at church. Sister Brand and Rachel turned around in Relief Society and smiled at me... then they told me they were bringing me dinner tonight. When I told them "no", they told me "yes". Then they turned around and I smiled. It feels good to feel loved... especially today.

I love you, you know. You don't think I'm talking to YOU, but I am. It makes me happy that you check on me and my family. It makes me melancholy... happy melancholy.