My BABY turned ONE!

Willey's and Farr's

For posterity purposes only!

While these cute boys mom was away, I decided to try to get some photos of them to Thank their mom and dad for letting us store our stuff in their garage while our house was finished being built. When I told their dad to dress them in polos, I had no idea they would be their matching church shirts! Next time I will know to be more specific. But we gave it a shot. To bad the Bees were in full force that day. We were just getting started when Payton(the oldest, but most fragile) got stung. End of pics for them. Re-shoot to come...hopefully minus bees and matching shirts!:)

-.-The Willey's-.-

One of my favorite families in the world!--and its only partially because all of these kids ADORE my youngest two, and it makes life so nice when they are around. We shot these pics at the same time as the other ones, and it was their youngest who was the next to get stung by a bee. But she still did a great job for the few shots we got off. Everyone got freaked out by the second bee stinging and was ready to go. I am sure more pics will appear of this cute family soon, but it was still fun to surprise their mom on her birthday the next day. Love you Heidi!

The Oquirrh Mountain Temple

Mormons build temples because we believe it is part of what can make a family be together forever. We also believe that everyone who has been on this earth deserves a chance to learn of Jesus Christ and have the opportunity to be baptized into his church. When the church builds a new temple, they have what is called an open house, where anyone, member or not, can come and see inside our temples. It is only after it is dedicated that you have to be a worthy member to enter. I think the video at the bottom has a great message for all those who want to know more about our temples.

We had the great privilege of going to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open house with our good friends the Veeks. They were passing through on their way back from Oregon. We always have a good time with them no matter the amount of time, but we do hope their next visit can be longer!

The Original Gang!

Three have been added since we all lived in Oregon, but Josie got left home with my parents. Which was nice so both John and I could concentrate on our older kids, and helping them understand some of the temple ordinances.

It was a great experience. It was only my second temple open house. My favorite part was getting to be there with my kids. It made me excited for when Noah is 12 and he can go do baptisms for the dead. Who knows, maybe these two will get married here some day and start their own eternal family;) I love my family so much, and am so grateful for the blessings of the temple.

A New Family!

We are so happy for John's sister Anne Maire and her new husband Danny. We wish you all the love in the world, and know "you got it right this time around." We LOVE you!

A LIttle Flavor!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this cute family! They have had their share of trails. Ones I would never want to encounter...I think my sister-in-law Haydee is a woman of great strength. She keeps forging ahead. She doesn't take crap from anyone(except my brother). She is very good at being who she is, feeling comfortable with it, liking herself, and if you don't like her the way she is, tough! She is a good hard worker...she will knit you a hat at a moments notice, or make you beautiful dresses for your daugthers. Her heart is so giving. Her devotion to her daughters is inspiring. I love you Haydee! Thank you for being my sister-in-LOVE.

Next time I hope we find time to take the pics we would both LOVE you to have. For now, I hope these will do(I am so not good at extremely poised photography)...Miss ya, Love ya.