My son is a Senior!

Here is my son who is a Senior this year!

We took a bunch of pictures and this was picked to go in the year book:)

He is a wonderful young man and a joy to have in our family!

I wanted this one but I was out voted!

This goes in his year book too! Cute!
Changed a little wouldn't you say?

Beautiful day!

This is taken through a window in our family room:)

This is what I love to see! Beautiful clear skies!
The contrast is fantastic!

There's a lot to be thankful for!

Voting time has come and gone. I was disappointed that my candidate did not win. I will be a good sport though. We still have so much to be grateful for.
I am so grateful for my family! They are the best!
I am grateful Brent has a good job and that we have a comfortable home.
I am grateful for my health. I haven't felt this good in many years!
Mostly I am grateful for the truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
It gives me peace in these times of trouble. I know that if I try my best to do right I will be taken care of. I do not have to worry about what is happening in the world if I am doing my part and trying to keep the commandments.
That is the peace the gospel brings!
I know this to be true and say it in Jesus name.

Do you not realize?

I've been telling my kids lately that we live better than the Kings of old. It is an atempt to show them all that they have and to help them appreciate. We do live better than Kings! Even what we think is poor these days!

This looks fun and quaint and about the best Kings could do for travel.

I'll take this for the "everyday" stuff:) Comfortable, fast, pretty, cool in the summer and warm in the winter!

Anything in this picture we can go to the local grocery store and buy anytime of the year and put it in this.....

It keeps it a lovely temperature and ice water ta boot!

Maybe a minstrel band or a play would be fun for some entertainment?! Sounds fun to me but that can't happen anytime we get in the mood.

We can just pop in a music CD or movie video and instant entertainment! Amazing, wonderful, and fun. That is why I say..."do you not realize" we live better that the Kings of old!? We have sooooo much to be grateful for!

Wedding Trip

We took a trip this weekend to Utah for my nephew's wedding. On the way home we decided to take a different route through Nevada. We went by the Bonneville Salt Flats. That is where many ground speed records have been broken. I did not realize there was water undeneath. Of course that is how it would be able to form the salt crystals. It is huge and very salty, imagine that!

Andy and Cassie Mitchell

My sister-in-law Shelly and my brother Ken Mitchell. Proud parents of the groom:)

Jenny, Brooklyn, and Melanie at Andy's wedding. The older girls are my neices and Brooklyn is my great neice and Jenny's baby.

Baaaaa!

Thought I would take a long ride today up to the train bridge near Greenhorn road. It was lovely! It is about 8 miles to get there. On my way home I was enjoying the beautiful scenery and I looked straight ahead...

when I came upon a herd of sheep! They were on the bike trail. The Shepherd whistled and the dogs went running to guide the sheep off the bike path so I could pass. The sheep moved over but I still had to ride a little in the rough. I rang my bike bell so they would scoot over and zipped on by. I was so close I could touch them:)

Hiking

This is our neighborhood. Isn't it lovely?

We (Arrow, Speck, Cookie and I) went hiking this morning.