Happy Birthday Karlee!

We are so glad Karlee is a member of our family! We had a fun party at Colton and Karlee's house with the Ulriches. We had pizza and a costume party and opened presents and had tons of fun!

President Monson

Kori reminded me recently of something I really should write down. It concerns President Monson. I have always had a deep love for Thomas S. Monson. When I was a little girl I was always drawn in by his voice. His voice to me was the voice of the church and the voice that brought me to Jesus Christ. It was the beginning of my testimony. When I was old enough to understand the stories that voice was telling, I gained even more appreciation for Elder Monson and the wonderful, loving man that he was. He had an incredible way of recognizing "the one" and responding quickly to the spirit to help people. When I was in high school, my friends pooled their money to get me a gift. No, it wasn't the latest cassette tape or makeup. It was a three volume set of Elder Monson's conference talks. They knew how much I admired him. I had looked forward to him becoming the Prophet, but when that happened, I didn't have an immediate testimony of him being the Prophet. His first public address at a church wide meeting was at a Young Women general meeting soon after he became the Prophet. Kori and I had gotten tickets and were in the conference center for that event. When President Monson walked in, I was just flooded with a witness that he indeed was our living Prophet. I think the Lord knew that I would be seeing him in person and helped me to have that sweet witness at that time. When President Monson was getting old and it was looking like he wouldn't be with us much longer, I started to worry. What would my life be like without him? Could I listen to conference without his voice? Was I going to be okay? The night before he passed away I had a dream. I was with my family outside the conference center waiting for conference to start. President Monson walked up to us and talked to us and spent time with us. He was dressed in a white suit and he wasn't wearing any shoes. When I got up the next morning I found out that he had passed away. I think the Lord again knew my concerns and allowed me to have that dream as a way to tell me that everything was going to be alright. Our new prophet, President Nelson has been amazing and I love him. But I still miss President Monson. Conference isn't quite the same. I will always feel a connection to and a great respect for President Monson and I hope to meet him one day on the other side.

Pumpkin Walk

The pumpkin walk was a cute one this year, but it was chilly!

My Name Is Susie Salmon

Kori and I took off for some much needed mother daughter time. I needed to get out of the house for an evening, and we hadn't spent much time together lately. Wes would have joined us, but he threw his back out and was home moaning and icing on the couch. Poor guy. We drove up to Porcupine to watch the salmon jump up the river. It was a gorgeous evening, beautiful drive, not too many people there, lots of fish this year, and we stopped for some Starbucks cocoa on the way home. Perfect night, thanks Kori!

Angel Face

Colton sent me this pic of Ivy asleep on a Sunday afternoon after church. She is just such an angel. Love her so much!

It's a BOY!!

The girls are getting a BROTHER! We are so excited for a grandson! Yippee!!!

New Home

Colton and Karlee bought a home! It's in North Ogden and it's really cute, and even a little closer to us. :) We got them all moved in and we couldn't be more tickled for them. It seems like a great area, and the girls are thrilled to have a new room. Congrats home owners!