Monday, June 1, 2009

May Highlights

My little sister is engaged!  Congrats Molly and Nick!  His grandmother's ring restored and added to... beautiful!  
Sophie's end of year Preschool Program with Mrs. King:
Proud brother



Conference Center
Youth Temple Celebration/Come to the Mountain of the Lord:
Two and a half months of practices, working hard and bonding as a group, focusing on the temple, then performing for the Prophet... amazing experience!  Our performance night was also President Eyring's birthday. President Monson asked the 8,000 youth participating and guests to sing "Happy Birthday" to him while he stood.  The girls loved that!  It was a marvelous testimony building night that I know all who participated will never forget.
Our stake dance- The 20's

Porter moves from crib to bed:


Oquirrh Mountain Temple tour:
This was such a great experience.  Ryan received an invite at work for the VIP tour.  We were of course excited to tour through so early and have our guide be a member of the Seventy.  We were able to tour through with religious leaders of different faiths in the area.  I was crying before we even entered.  There is just that wonderful feeling at the temple.  Anyway, I had prayed earnestly that afternoon that our dear children would be good and especially quiet during the tour because of the morning we had had filled with tantrums and time-outs.  I was so worried that we would cause some sort of interruption and ruin the tour for those attending with us.  Therefore, my prayers were fervent.... and were answered! The kids couldn't have been better, truly little angels and were even complimented for their good behavior.  They enjoyed the beauty of the temple, especially the art work (Sophie commented on how much she liked all the pictures of Jesus.)  As soon as we said our goodbyes and exited the luncheon area after the tour both children had a total meltdown on the way to the car.  I guess my answered prayer had a time limit :)
 
Softball games:
How cute is my Ry!

I love this pic of the kids watching their daddy.  Though they did enjoy the game, they spent most of the time staring at the goats in the yard across the street.  I have to admit the goats were pretty entertaining.  They would climb and then jump from a big rock- I know I know, easily entertained.
 
The Suburu is sold:
Some Sophie tears were shed as the Suburu drove away, but we reminded her, "Three car seats can't fit in the back of the Sube."

Celebrating Don's birthday:
The only person I know who doesn't like cake!


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