End of School!

Last Thursday my children officially finished school. The weather has even cooperated to make it feel like summer vacation has really hit. However, I'm going over my schedule for the summer and I feel like it is already over. I think that means I need a break, and I need to slow down.

Mary Walking

Sorry again about the quality. I seem to only have my phone around when things happen.

Yesterday

Yesterday was our Ward Conference. Our Bishop ended up in the hospital from complications from the H1N1 virus back in October. He has been in the hospital and rehab since. Even though it has been a very difficult situation for him and his family, it has been a very spiritual experience for our ward and stake. I can't even put into words the experience. Our kids have grown so much as they have prayed for him in every prayer every day. It really has been neat. We were supposed to have our ward conference earlier, but they postponed it to yesterday on hopes that our Bishop would be there. Last week, we learned that he had faced some setbacks and would still be in rehab for a while longer. However, we walked into Sacrament Meeting yesterday and there was our wonderful Bishop. He is still in a wheelchair, but he was there and able to speak to us. It was so spiritually wonderful, and I know that he was able to be there because of all the faith and prayers of the ward and the stake. The city of Enoch was taken up to Heaven because they were so righteous and all were working together for one purpose. For a few months the little area of Sunset felt a little of that as we all came together with the one purpose of getting our Bishop better. It is an experience that we may never have again, but while it lasted it was an amazing journey.

Mary

Here is a sample of Mary's 1 year pictures. I personally think she is absolutely adorable.

Mary Turned One

Mary's birthday was on Sunday. It's amazing how quickly time flies. She took a couple of steps on Sunday, but still prefers to crawl. The girls were sick, so we just had a quiet family celebration. Mary enjoyed it though.

Learning To Walk

I love seeing each one of my kids reach new milestones, but sometimes there is a little sadness involved too. Especially when babies grow too fast. Please excuse the sound. I recorded this on my phone.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! (late)

We spent a quiet Christmas at home and had a lot of fun. We were able to go look at lights in Ogden and around our neighborhoods. We saw Santa at our ward Christmas party and at the mall. The kids liked that. We also had the kids buy presents for eachother. That was their favorite part of Christmas. New Years Scotts, brother and sister-in-law came over and of course we stayed up way to late and ate way to much food. But it was a lot of fun.