A week ago our family had the chance to go to lake Powell with my friend Julie and her family. We had such a good time! Sara didn't want to go so we took Devin instead. 

Some things we did were,  wakeboard, wake surf, jet ski, boating, swimming, jumping off the house boat, sliding off the boat, catch frogs, treasure hunt, eat great food,  and explore!   Lake Powell is SO beautiful! 

Sam was amazing at wake boarding and surfing! I was a proud momma!! Savannah loved loved to swim all day and catch frogs, and  Devin was really good at wake surfing for it being his first time!!  Sam and Devin had such a good time together :).I had a wonderful time watching them have such a good time and taking lots of pictures!

I did go explore in the water once, it was crazy, we swam in these little cave's, i wish i could have taken my camera in the water!

I just wanted to write abt journaling, and how important it is! I was reading in my journal the other night, the one i wrote in after Joel died, There were so many things i had forgotten.  A few stuck out the most to me though and that was the ones that talked abt what joel had said and thought abt our kids.  Our kids will never again in this life time hear their dad tell them how much he loves them or how great you are. Joel would come home everyday from work to see  savannah and sometimes the other two in the window waiting for him, she would get so excited and run to the door when she saw his cruiser pull into the driveway, he would get down on all 4's and crawls in barking like a dog... ( we named him milford, and he sometimes slobbered  ) lots of screaming and giggling would go on for a while then he would pick her up and kiss and swing her around and tell her "daddy missed you so much today" 

  Someday my kids can look back on these journal entries and remember how much there dad loved them! So get journaling all of you!! its so important!!

my kids and their funny faces

So we went to the park yesterday  and i just took some random pictures of my kids and my friends kids, i just wanted to share a few of the silly, yet way cute ( if i do say so myself )  pics of my kids! 

Follow Your Heart

wherever it takes you, 

and be happy.

life is brief and very fragile..

and only loaned to us for a while.

Wake up every morning

with the thought

that something wonderful

is about to happen.

prayers

So I found this journal I kept just after Joel Died, I started to read a few pages. One really stuck out to me and i wanted to write abt it.  ( right from my journal )

Sept. 9th 2003

"I had an amazing thing happen to me last night, Savannah was screaming and just nothing seemed to be going right at all. i headed to my room and knelt by my bed, Joels side. I told Heavenly Father that i just cant do this any more! I am now turning it over to him. I got off my knees and went down stairs got the kids ready for bed and turned to summer and told her Summer i dont think i can do this! 5 min later my phone rang it was amber, wanting to know if i was ok, then linz called, as i was talking to her misty called in on the other line. then my doorbell rang and it was Uncle Ron and Aunt Diana and their daughter Emily, by this time it was 10 o clock. then mel called!  what an answer to my prayers! Joel could not be here so he sent his family! How blessed I am! I love my heavenly father so much and so am grateful for this answer to my prayers!"

wow, i had not remembered this, im so grateful that i wrote things down. I am grateful still for all Heavenly Father has blessed me with. For moments like this that remind me that he is always aware of us and hears our prayers. I am so grateful for eternal families! 

Thank you all for loving me and being such a blessing in my life!

Sara's prom

 Well my baby girl went to Prom tonight! I cant believe she is this old!! AH!!  My mom made her dress, isent it beautiful! and she is wearing her great grandmother cameo. 

 She is such a beautiful girl.. if i do say so myself :)

 Her date is her good friend Cade and they went with sara's best friend Beth and her boyfriend Mark... Savannah has the BIGGEST crush on mark :)

A wonderful day!

So as most of you have seen on mels blog we all got together Saturday for Sandy and Rollands sealing. It was so great, the spirit was so strong in the temple. Just wanted to share  with you a few things i felt, one at the temple, we all felt Joel there, I think he was sitting behind me :) but i got such a strong impression that he was so proud of his mom and  He loves Rolland and was so happy. And two ok so i felt him at the temple but i felt him even stronger at the park as his family gathered together and played kick ball, i almost heard him laugh!  just like Joel to be present for the play :)

I cant tell you how thankful i am to be a part of this family! I love you all so very much! 

Here are a few more pics, I tried to pick ones mel didnt post so you had a different ones to look at.