Primary Program

Today was our Ward Primary Presentation in Sacrament Meeting. The topic for this years Primary has been "I Am a Child of God"

Here is Tage saying his part for the program. He got a little nervous on the stand and needed help saying his part, but he still did a great job!

"The prophet teaches me, that I should love and forgive others."


The Primary children did really well today and the Spirit was very strong. My favorite songs were "If the Savior stood beside me," "I Am a Child of God," and "Called to Serve." I for sure got a little teary eyed. But really, all of them were great! Each song and each spoken part had such great message to be heard. You could definitely feel the Spirit testify of His teachings.

2 Years.....and counting!

Yesterday was our Anniversary! The years have just flown by! I can't believe that Ty has put up with me for this long!

2 years ago, I remember.......

smiles

laughter

sunflowers

roses

beautiful white dress

family

feeling loved

rings

kisses

cake

dancing

feeling excited

feeling nervous
George Strait, I cross my heart

Dad

Parleys Canyon, UT

Rose Sachs Garden

waterfall

gorgeous mountain views

sisters

Mom
flower bouquet

pictures

love

friends

hugs

music

We actually celebrated our anniversary this past weekend. My cute friend Trina watched Tage for us so we could get away for an overnighter! (Thanks again, Trina!) We stayed at the Camelback Inn Marriott Hotel in Scottsdale. I must say, DREAM! It was so nice to get away! As a couple, we really needed that time together!

We started out by just checking in, relaxing, and checking out the resort. Our room was pretty nice. I was a bit disappointed in the bathroom, but what could I say, I'm a girl and that's a very important part of the hotel stay....aren't I right girls? Anyway, after relaxing for awhile we had dinner at the resort, Rita's Kitchen. Great dinner! The food was good and the ambiance was incredible! They had a live band playing and the grounds were gorgeous! After dinner we just sat in the lounge chairs around the fire, listening to the music and talking. It was all so perfect!

The next morning we went golfing! Move on over Tiger Woods, here we come!

We both really enjoy golfing, but I must say, we need a little practice! I like it because it's something we could do together no matter how old we are.

After golf we headed home. It was such a relaxing and fun weekend together. I enjoyed every minute of it!

Tyson-You are the most caring, loving husband anyone could ever ask for. You are so patient and forgiving. I love you very much. Thanks for putting up with me! Happy Anniversary!xoxoxoxoxoxoxox....Love you more!

First Day of Fall

Fall is here!!!! Well, at least for some of you. This is by far my favorite time of the year! I love the smell, the colors, the crisp cool air.....I love it all! Too bad here in Phoenix we don't get a fall, so I am just looking at pictures of all the beauty in Utah. I really miss this time of year. Can't wait to soak up the fall feeling in just 10 days!
Temperature for Utah today: High 74/Low 46
Temperature for Phoenix today: High 101/Low 81
That's a big difference! I wish I was in Utah right now. But I'm sure I will be saying that I'm glad I'm in Phoenix when the temperatures in Utah are in there teens with a blizzard, and we are in the 70's with sunshine!!!

Here are some pics off KSL.com that I found.
SO beautiful!

Pine Creek Canyon. Taken Sept. 19, 2008 by Jilleen Marchant

Next two by John Lawson

Powder Mountain. by Brandee Sanders

By Lily Lake in the Uintas. Taken Sept. 21, 2008 by Robert Hoaglin

Play Dough

Who puts play dough IN their ears?!

Tage has been picking at his ears ever since I picked him up at school today. I just though....OK, Dad will clean his ears out after his shower tonight. Thats when Ty found play dough in his ears!

We had to pull out our surgery kit: flashlight, toothpick, tweezers, cotton swab....

Don't worry, Tage made it through OK. But along with a 'don't putting things in your ears' talk!

Love Mail

For Family Home Evening tonight, we had a lesson on LOVE.

I kinda got this cute idea from my friend Monique when she did something like Pretend Mail. It was super cute! I thought I would try doing Love Mail!

So, for part of our lesson we wrote something that we loved about each other on a piece of paper and put it in our LOVE MAIL. We are going to do this all week, hopefully longer! Each day you could put 'love mail' in the envelope and at dinner, we open our mail! That way, we each can feel like we are loved in a fun way!

For FHE dessert....Pink Lemonade Pie! Ty loves it. Tage, not so much, so he got chocolate ice cream!

Out of State

There are days like today that I am sad that we don't live around family. Today was Grandparents Day at school.

Tage's teacher sent a note home on Tuesday saying that today was Grandparents Day and that Grandparents could come a half hour before lunch, bring their favorite children's book and read to the kids then have lunch with them.

Tage was about in tears last night that he had no one to bring. To a 5 year old, this is a big deal, even to me it would be! So this morning I decided that I would surprise him and show up for Grandparents Day. On the way home from the gym I stopped by McDonalds to get a special surprise lunch for him. FYI, you can't get a happy meal at 9:15 in the morning! they are still on the breakfast menu. That shows you how much I like and go to fast food huh?!
Anyway, I show up to his class and he was so happy I was there! I'm glad that I went.

There were plenty of other kids that didn't have Grandparents there, and I could tell that they were being brave and trying to be happy. I tried to make all the kids that didn't have a Grandparent there feel special. It just breaks my heart to see those kids sad.

They each made a paper heart that said 'Happy Grandparents Day, I Love You' to give to their Grandparents. When the time came to have the kids show their Grandparents what they made, I was sad for the kids that didn't have anyone. The teacher told them to show theirs to another Grandparent, but it just isn't the same. I went over to a few and had them show their heart to me to make them feel special. One little girl I asked if I could see hers told me she had no one to show it too. I was so sad for her and told her that she could show it to me and that she should mail it to her Grandparent. I could tell that those who didn't have someone their just ate up my attention. I was glad I was there for Tage to make him feel special and for those other kids.

We miss you all!

Lots of Hugs and Kisses!!!!

Labor Day Weekend

Saturday

Started off by prepping a small area right off the patio for some flagstone. After 3 trips to Home Depot we got it layed out.

We were planning on going to Lake Pleasant later that afternoon and got all ready, but around 3pm it started to look really cloudy. I told Ty that he should just take Tage to the pool and I would get things done around the house. Good thing, because around 4pm it was a complete down poor! Ty and Tage came walking in soaked from the rain.

Sunday
At church, Ty got sucked in teaching Tage's CTR 5 class. They usually have about 10 kids in that class, but he lucked out in having only 4 show up. My Sunbeams are still just perfect little angels, love them to pieces!

After church we had our friends, The Lemon's, come over for dinner and played the Wii. Golf and Tennis were the all-time hits!

Monday

Finished the flagstone. Tage loved helping put the small rocks in between. He is always such a good helper!

After getting the bimini and wakeboard rack put on the boat, we headed to Lake Pleasant with our friends, Jordan and Chelsea Hales, for some boating fun. I was almost positive that it would be packed with boaters and the water would be rough, but surprisingly enough it was the best water we have ever had and there wasn't as many boats as I thought there would be. Yahoo!!

I was first up. This was the first time testing out our new wakeboard tower and new wakeboard. It was so nice! And the tower didn't even fall down pulling me! The board is perfect! I absolutely loved it!

Ty's turn. Bummed I didn't get a pic of him jumping. He did great though! He loves to be out on the water!

Tage loves to watch dad make big jumps.

Jordan catching some air.

Chelsea just having fun!

Tage tubing with Chelsea. He had so much fun on the tube with Jordan and Chelsea. They sure took him on crazy rides, but there was always a smile when they were done and the words, "I want to go again" coming out of his mouth. He absolutely loves the tube!

Tage's first wakeboard ride. Tage was so excited that he could wakeboard! He loved it!

Beautiful Lake Pleasant

We had a blast boating! So much fun with friends! Thanks for coming Jordan and Chelsea!