4.01.2009

Thank you so much!

Well the wedding day is over and I loved every minute of it. I just wanted to thank everyone for every thing. It is so nice to have people that you can count on. Thanks for every one coming, for all the good food, for all the help, for the slide show, and for all the love that I felt from each of you. I think you would have to agree Steven and Jessica look like they love each other. Thanks for making it such a nice day for them. (and me) I love love love you all so very much.

Erica and Latara you were the best slaves I've ever had. Thank you for all the work you did for me. If I ever need slaves I know where to go.

2.24.2009

Happy Birthday Matthew

Just a little shout out to tell my first born Happy Birthday! Matt will be turning 25 on the 8th of March along with Uncle Richard!(not that Rich will be 25 it's just his birthday that same day.) I sure love you Matt. I hope this year brings you even more happiness and joy. You and Jenny, and Trace make me very happy. I can't wait until we get that little girl of yours here! Good luck Jenny! Have a great day and do some thing fun! Your Mom and Dad will be thinking of you. Hugs and kisses to all of you from all of us.

1.30.2009

Happy Birthday X two

Happy Birthday!! Times two! Happy Birthday MaLawna and Dendra!
MaLawna will be turning 50 this year, on the 1st of Feb. I think you look marvelous dear. I hope your day is filled with your most favorite things. Just putting a little love out there for you. Thanks so much for all the good times we have had together. Thanks for all ways being there. I know I can count on you if I need you.
Dendra will turn... oh I don't know, she'll be older than she was last year on Feb. 2. Happy Birthday to you my sister. I have such good memories of when we'd run away to Jean, NV and spend weekends with you and your family. I hope that your day is filled with all of your favorite things also. Thank you for being there for me! I'll be forever grateful for the help with Matt and Jenny's wedding.
I hope both of you know that you are loved!

1.23.2009

This I know.

I have a date for the wedding, March 27. They will be getting married in the St. George Temple. How nice is that? We will have a lunch and an open house that same day. Thanks everyone for your excitement and support. They are so cute together.


1.20.2009

She said yes spread the news!


Steven is getting married! He is Marrying Jessica Johnson from Malta, Idaho. We love Jessica and can't wait to get to know her better. Steven is so happy and so in love. I don't have any information to give out, but as soon as I do I'll post. They will get married in a Temple, I just don't know which one. They talk like sometime before May?

1.03.2009

Happy Birthday Erica Jo!

It's your birthday shout hooray! Erica will turn 23 years old on January 7 th. I'm so lucky to have Erica as a daughter, she has brought so much happiness and joy into my life. I love to talk to her (but not so much on the phone) she has such a fun and good way to look at the world. If you have ever read her blog you'd have to agree! Hey little girl I hope this new year brings you joy and happiness. (and maybe a new boyfriend!) I love your new dress, you look smashing in it. I LOVE you. Hope your birthday is great, I'll be thinking about you, do something fun!

12.27.2008

Christmas Joy!

Merry Christmas One and all! I love this time of year and this year did not disappoint. I loved every thing about it. (OK so I would have liked having Matt and Jenny at my house Christmas Eve, but Jenny took video of their cute family so I didn't feel left out.) I love love love my family.
Christmas Eve we spent the day out in the snow. Playing in the field, and sledding off the back of the hill. Later that night we all spent an hour in the dark trying to find Steve's lost phone as we retraced our steps up and down the hill behind our home and out in the field. No phone was found as of right now.
Camie and Lynn invited us over Christmas Eve to sing song around the piano. We ate monkey bread. (yum yum). Then on Christmas we had so much fun as older children value their sleep we woke up late about 7:30 I think. We had so much fun opening presents.Then off to Royd and Natalie's house. We ate such good food, first a fun breakfast of green pancakes with red berries and whip cream. Then later a turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Thank you so much Darringtons for such a fun day! It has been so nice to have Royd's family here in Enterprise.
Christmas with older children is different not better or worse; it's just different. Girls that get excited for underwear (yes Met the kind that give you bad dreams and don't have Disney prints on them!) Jeremy has to have bigger shoes than anyone else in the family. All wanting to reclaim the excitement of childhood. When PJ elf is one of the most exciting things that happen. A new story from Grandmother Darrington. An old story from Erica delivered in grand dramatic fashion with audience participation. The love and thought that every child has had as they exchange gifts with their brothers and sisters. I love the gratitude shown for the Christmas presents.
This year Christmas was truly a joy and I was filled with love, not just for my own children and husband, but for my brothers and sisters, our parents, nieces and nephews, cousins and even my aunts and uncles. Oh the Joy!