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A Must Read

This is only the second book in my life that has touched me to my soul, left the greatest impression upon me that I will never, ever forget. I can't begin to adequately describe to you what this book did to me. I have always known about the pioneers and heard their stories, I have pioneer ancestry from my mom's side of the family who crossed the plains. I have a renewed awe for all the pioneers, especially those in the Martin/Willie Handcart Companies. I had the opportunity to visit Martin's Cove last May. It was a very special place and I could feel a great spirit there. I think from the Visitor's Center at Martin's Cove up to the actual Cove is only a 2 mile walk. I remember that day I had flip flops on and I walked the two miles up and down. My toes had blisters on them and they hurt! After reading this book and imagining what the Saints went through, I wish I'd never complained about a couple of blisters. I wish I had read this book before I went to Martin's Cove. As a Latter-Day Saint I never feel anything but joy at what I am able to do in the Church. I feel the Lord has blessed me so completely I am more than happy to do what he asks of me, keep His commandments, live up to my covenants I have made with Him. What those people suffered to obey what they were asked to do is nothing compared to what I am asked to do. I have always had the "Fire of the Covenant" burn in me, I only hope I can always keep that fire burning and always do what He asks me to do so someday I will have the blessing of dwelling with Him and these faithful Saints.

Devil's Gate

Martin's Cove


On the Trail

Independence Rock

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!

I don't even know where to begin! Right now I am just so giddy that I FINALLY have internet access/tv and a home phone as of an hour ago! And that Fay is finally gone - whew!! What a move this has been!!! At least I got to finish reading Breaking Dawn. :) I will be doing more posting, but this is all I have time for right now... :(

Brenalee's quilt

Between looking for houses and reading "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn" by Betty Smith - which I highly recommend - I finally got Brena's quilt top finished! She keeps saying "I love it, I love it!" and I love it too. The darker purple border in the middle looks a lot more purple in person. That part of the quilt, in the picture, looks too dark, but it does look good in person. I wanted the outside border to be the yellow butterfly/dragonfly material that I had, but TJ insisted the teal border looked better and Brena picked the teal over the yellow as well, so I was vetoed on that one. But, I'll put it on the back :) This quilt measures 73x84 - it is my biggest one to date! I am a little afraid to baste and quilt it, but I am going to dive in and hopefully finish it for her 3rd birthday on August 9. I think we finally found "the" house. I think I will let Brena have her own room and give her the extra queen bed so this quilt will fit perfectly on there. When we have company, I'll just kick her out to Tyler's bunk beds. But, maybe they will keep sharing, I don't know yet. They say they don't want their own rooms, they want to keep sharing, so we'll see what all happens.

So busy!

I couldn't figure out why I have been so busy lately, not getting ANYTHING done! I figured it out, there are two reasons: 1 - I can't stop reading Stephenie Meyers' books! 2- I have to help TJ study ALL the time - I swear I know all the checklists, safety procedures and I can talk the lingo to the towers too! I could be qualified to be a NAVY pilot! TJ is upset because he was supposed to have his first flight of Primary on Tuesday, but he didn't get put on the schedule, same for today, he wasn't scheduled. So he is crossing his fingers for tomorrow and so am I! Monday night there was a wife meeting at the airfield where TJ works and we wives got to go hear from the CO/XO's, go in the planes, and go into the sims - it was AWESOME! I really enjoyed myself. TJ really wants to fly P3's - here's a picture:
I found out if he does get to fly the P3's we would move to Jacksonville, FL when he is done with Primary - in 8 weeks! Here is a website to learn what the P3's do and see more pictures of it http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=1100&tid=1400&ct=1 The sims were so cool, there is two sims there that cost just as much as a real plane! You walk in and there is a screen like an I-MAX and there is the cockpit in the middle of the room, the screen turns on and Google Earth is on the screen, so it really looks like you are flying. They let the wives fly too, but as soon as the screen turned on, I was getting motion sick and had to leave (I can't even swing too long on a swing, or I get sick - so I guess I really couldn't be a NAVY pilot!). It was neat hearing all the info they gave us and just meeting other wives in the same boat (plane) as me. Keep your fingers crossed for him to fly tomorrow!!