BIRTHDAY WISHES!!!

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN LAST FALL I LOVE THIS PICTURE, MY TWO BUDDY'STHIS PICTURE IS OF JOSH & ZAK AT THE DRAPER RODEO, SHOWING ZAK THE BULLS
TODAY IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE B-DAY HE IS "33", I JUST WANT HIM TO KNOW HOW THANKFUL I'AM TO HAVE HIM IN MY LIFE, HE IS ALWAYS SUCH A GREAT EXAMPLE TO ME , ZAK IS SO LUCKY TO HAVE HIM AS WELL HE IS SUCH A GREAT FATHER, HE LOVES ZAK SO MUCH, I LOVE TO WATCH THEM PLAY TOGETHER, THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR FAMILY I KNOW YOU WORK SO HARD FOR US, THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, WE LOVE YA SO SO MUCH. LOVE, YOUR SWEETIE EM& ZAK

PICTURES FROM A IS FOR APPLE

THIS IS THE FRAME THE GUY GAVE US, MY SISTER IN LAWS IS DIFFRENT IT IS BIGGER AND SAY FAMILIES GREATEST BLESSINGS! I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE IT, I WILL ALWAYS THINK OF THIS CHRIST LIKE MAN

ZAK WAS SO HAPPY TO HELP PICK APPLES

ME AND ME BUDDY

BEING SILLY

THE CRAFT STORE

MY DAD PUT THESE FEATHERS ON ZAK I HAD TO GET A PICTURE HE LOVED IT

ZAK HOLDING HIS PUMPKIN IN THE WAGON

PAPA AND ZAK

A IS FOR APPLE'S

ON FRIDAY MY MOM AND DAD AND ME AND ZAK WENT TO LOGAN, TO GET SOME APPLE'S I LOVE LOGAN WE LEFT AT 11: 00AM AND DID NOT GET HOME TILL11:00PM, WHAT A FUN DAY THANKS MOM AND DAD, THIS IS MY 2ND TIME GOING UP, IN LATER YEARS MY MOM AND DAD WOULD ALWAYS COME IN TO MY WORK I WOULD MAKE THEM BREAKFAST, THEN THEY WOULD TELL MY EMPLOYEE'S WE ARE KIDNAPPING HER, I ALWAYS WANTED TO GO SO LAST YEAR WAS MY FIRST TIME GOING I LOVED IT SO MUCH I COULD NOT WAIT TELL THIS YEAR, WE ALWAYS STOP AT MADDOX'S THE FOOD IS ALWAYS SO GOOD THEN WE DO SOME SHOPPING MY DAD IS ALWAYS SUCH A GOOD SPORT TO GO TO ALL THE FUN STORES WE LIKE TO GO, THERE IS THIS CUTE CRAFT STORE UP THERE, I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THE LADY'S UP THERE, WHEN THE OWNER OF THE STORE WALKS IN, AT FIRST I DID NOT KNOW HE WAS THE OWNER, BUT THEN I FOUND OUT HE WAS WE GOT TALKING AND COME TO FIND OUT HE WENT TO SCHOOL WITH MY SISTER IN LAW, WHAT A GREAT GUY MY MOM CALLED MY SISTER IN LAW AND SHE TALKED TO HIM ON THE PHONE, WHEN HE HUNG UP HE SAID WILL YOU GIVE THIS TO ANGIE, IT WAS A CUTE PICTURE FRAME, I TOLD HIM I DON'T KNOW I JUST MIGHT KEEP IT MY SELF, THEN HE SAID WELL HERE TAKE THIS FOR YOU, THEN HE GAVE ONE TO MY MOM, I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT MOST STORE OWNERS WOULD NEVER DO THIS, MY SISTER IN LAW TOLD MY MOM IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS HE WILL BE IN A WHEEL CHAIR HE HAS SOME KIND OF DISEASE, THEN WE WENT AND PICK SOME APPLE, IT MAKE SOME YUMMY APPLE PIES IN FACT AS I TYPE THIS MY MOUTH IS WATERING, ALSO APPLE SAUCE, I WILL BE MAKING A LOT OF IT THIS YEAR, ZAK WAS LOVING EVERY MINUTE, THE WE WENT TO GET GOOD OLD "AGGIE ICE CREAM" YUMMY, I LOVE SPENDING TIME WITH MY MOM AND DAD I'AM THE BABY OF THE FAMILY ZAK OF COURSE LOVES TO GO AS WELL, WE ALSO GOT SOME PUMPKIN'S UP THERE FROM ONE OF THE FARMERS ZAK LOVED RIDING IN THE WAGON, I GOT A CUTE WHICH MATERIAL TO MAKE A TABLE RUNNER I WILL SHOW YOU WHEN I GET IT DONE. P.S I WILL POST PICTURES LATER MY COMPUTER IS HAVING A MOMENT

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS NAME THEM ONE BY ONE

LAST WEDNESDAY WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS, YOU KNOW THE ONES WHERE YOU JUST WANT THE DAY TO END, IT STARTED OUT ON TUESDAY NIGHT, JOSH CAME HOME FROM WORK, I CAN ALWAY'S HEAR HIM COMING IN HIS TRUCK, BUT I THOUGHT I HEARD HIS TRUCK BUT IT SOUNDED KINDA FUNNY, I OPENED THE DOOR, AND OF COURSE IT WAS JOSH, I SAID IS THAT YOUR TRUCK MAKING A FUNNY SOUND HE SAID YES, SO WEDNESDAY MORNING HE LEAVES ME WITH HIS TRUCK TO TAKE IT IN, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, SO WE WAKE UP ON WEDNESDAY, I GO TO EAT MY CEREAL THE MILK IS WARM, I SAY NOT GOOD, I BRUSH IT OFF ZAK AND I GET READY TO GO GET IN THE TRUCK THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS OFF, SO I THOUGHT THAT'S GOOD, I CALL JOSH HE SAYS GO HAVE THEM CHECK IT ANYWAYS, HE NEEDED TO PICK UP A LOAD OF COWS LATER IN THE WEEK AND HE DID NOT WANT TO GET SOME WHERE AND BREAK DOWN, SO I GO IN THE GUY SAYS IT READING THAT IT'S EITHER THE CHIP, OR SOMETHING IN THE FUEL??? FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT A CHIP IS IT MAKE YOUR TRUCK FASTER, YOU GET BETTER GAS MILEAGE, OK SO THEN I HEAD TO SAM TO GET SOME STUFF JOSH CALLS SAYS TAKE IT TO ANOTHER SHOP THERE GOING TO CHECK THE FUEL INJECTIONS?? SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO I TAKE IT IN THEY SAY EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT, O ALSO IF IT DIDN'T CHECK OUT IT WOULD OF COST 1,400, I SAID THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER, WE GO HOME I PUT ZAK DOWN FOR HIS NAP, JOSH CALLS AND SAYS YOUR CAR WOULD NOT START WE HAD TO JUMP IT, MEET ME AT THE PLANT(WHERE HE FEEDS COWS) SO I MET HIM DOWN THERE HE JUMPS IT AGAIN, AS I WAS HEADING FOR WALMART ALL I COULD DO WAS COUNT BY BLESSINGS NAMING THEM ONE BY ONE THAT WAS WHAT I WAS DOING SO I WOULD NOT CRY, WHEN I GOT TO WALMART THE KID WAS REALLY NICE HE SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A BATTERY FOR MY CAR, HE TOLD ME TO TAKE IT WHERE I GOT IT WHICH WAS CHECKER'S I HAD NOT EVEN HAD IT FOR 2 YEARS, SO WHEN I GOT TO CHECKER'S THEY TOLD ME THE BATTERY WAS SHOT, NO REALLY I DIDN'T KNOW THAT J/K BUT THEY REPLACED IT FREE, I WAS WALKING OUT THE DOOR AND SAID THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER, WHEN I GOT HOME I THOUGHT O THE FRIDGE, THEN I THOUGHT I WILL WORRY ABOUT THAT TOMORROW, BUT AS I STOP TO GO TO BED I THOUGHT OF THE DAY, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WAS GOING WRONG,BUT THE I SAW HEAVENLY FATHERS HAND IN IT ALL, IT MADE ME THINK THAT EVERYDAY CAN NOT BE JUST RIGHT, THERE HAS TO BE DAYS LIKE THIS SO YOU CAN STOP AND COUNT YOUR BLESSING AND NAME THEM ONE BY ONE
AS I WAS GOING TO SLEEP I FELT BLESSED FOR ALL THAT I HAVE. I LOVE THIS THOUGHT DESPITE THE STRUGGLES FEARS, AND CHALLENGES THAT DAILY SURROUND US ITS GOOD TO BE HERE, ITS GOOD TO BE ALIVE, ITS GOOD TO EXPERIENCE ALL THAT LIFE OFFERS- THE GOOD THINGS AND THE BAD, THE TRIUMPHS AND THE TRAGEDIES, THE JOYS AND THE VICISSITUDES. ITS GOOD TO BE HERE EVEN WHEN ITS BAD TO BE HERE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE LEARN AND GROW THE MOST.

ThE WiTcH iS In!!!

MY WITCH IS IN THE PURPLE HER NAME IS "MATILDA", MY MOMS IS IN THE ORANGE HER NAME IS "LUCINDA"

WAITING ON THE BENCH FOR THERE BROOM, I MEAN RIDE

THE THREE WITCHES

JUST POSING

THE GIRLS

BEING FUNNY AT KMART THE NIGHT BEFORE SWISS DAYS

MY TWO SISTERS AND MY MOM, SHOWING ME THERE HATS

MY DAD DRESSED AS A WITCH FOR THE BOUTIQUE HE IS ALWAYS SUCH A GOOD SPORT, I GET MY LOVE FOR ALL THE HOLIDAYS FROM MY PARENTS.

SWISS DAYS WAS AWESOME, IT IS ALWAYS LIKE CHRISTMAS, MY SIS FROM IDAHO CAME DOWN, ALL THE FUN BEGAN THURSDAY WE WENT TO LUNCH DID A LITTLE SHOPPING, WENT TO DINNER THEN MORE SHOPPING WE ALWAYS SLEEP OVER AT MY MOMS HOUSE, MY OTHER SIS MEL ON THURSDAY BEFORE OUR DAY BEGAN, WROTE EVERYONE A CUTE NOTE AND GAVE US SOME CUTE THINGS, SHE IS ALWAYS SO THOUGHTFUL, SO WE GOT TO SWISS DAYS ABOUT 7:00AM THERE WAS SOME BOOTHS THAT STILL WHERE COVERED, BOTH ME AND MY MOMS BIG FIND WAS THESE CUTE WITCHES, AS YOU KNOW MY FAMILY WE ALL LOVE HALLOWEEN, WE HAD SO MUCH FUN, I FELT BAD BECAUSE AFTER MY SISTERS AND MY MOM DROPPED ME OFF, MY SISTER MEL GOT SICK, THEN LATER THAT NIGHT MY OTHER SISTER JUL FROM IDAHO GOT SICK, I THOUGHT I WOULD GET IT BECAUSE I DRANK OUT OF MY SISTER DRINK, BUT ME AND MY MOM GOT LUCKY, I WILL POST SOON OF ALL MY FALL AND SOON TO BE HALLOWEEN, I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR, ALSO THE OTHER NIGHT MY MOM AND DAD AND MY SIS MEL AND OUR TWO LITTLE MUNCHKINS WENT UP TO A BOUTIQUE UP AT FRUIT HEIGHT MY DAD DRESSED UP AS A WITCH MY MOM AND ME AND MY SIS JUST WORE WITCHE'S HAT, IT WAS SO FUN, I LOVE ALL THE FUN CRAFT SHOWS THIS TIME A YEAR, ZAK LOVED LOOKING AT ALL THE WHITCHE'S HIM AND ANDREW MY SISTERS LITTLE GUY DIDN'T EVEN CRY, I WAS WORRIED AT FIRST. P.S I FOUND A BROOM FOR "MATILDA" I WILL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES WHEN I FIND HER SPOT TO SIT.

3 KIDS UNDER 2

A COUPLE MONTHS AGO MY MOMS FRIEND ,FRIEND DAUGHTER WAS PREGNANT, SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS HAVING A GIRL, BUT IT END UP BEING A BOY SO SHE WANTED TO KEEP HIM SINCE SHE HAD A GIRL, BUT HER MOM WAS RAISING THE LITTLE GIRL, SO ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO WE GOT A CALL FROM MY MOMS FRIEND ASKING IF I WOULD ADOPT BOTH THE 16 MONTH LITTLE GIRL AND THE 3MONTH OLD LITTLE BOY,MY HEART DROPPED AS MY MOM SAID IF YOU CANT ADOPT BOTH, SHE SAID THEY WOULD SEPARATE THEM I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE SAD TO DO THAT, AT FIRST WE TALKED ABOUT ADOPTING THE LITTLE GIRL AND MY SIS, ADOPTING THE 3 MONTH BOY, BUT THE MORE JOSH AND I TALKED ABOUT IT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD NOT BE FAIR TO ZAK BECAUSE SHE MIGHT HAVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER, AND ALL MY TIME WOULD GO TO HER, WE COULD NOT DO THAT TO ZAK, SO THEN MY SIS THOUGHT SHE WOULD ADOPT BOTH OF THEM, SHE TO WOULD HAVE 3 KIDS UNDER 2, WE FOUND OUT SOME NEWS AND THEY THOUGHT MAYBE THEY SHOULD NOT ADOPT THESE SWEET KIDS, ITS SO HARD TO THINK THESE KIDS NEED HOMES, I HOPE THEY FIND A FAMILY THAT CAN GIVE THEM THE LOVE THEY NEED AND DESERVE, ADOPTING IS NOT EASY IT IS A ROLLER COASTER, NOT KNOW FROM ONE DAY OR ANOTHER WHEN YOU COULD GET THAT CALL, WE WERE UP AT JOSH MOM AND DADS THE OTHER NIGHT AND ONE OF HER FRIENDS WAS OVER WITH HER DAUGHTER SHE WAS ASKING IF WE HAD HEARD ANY NEW WE TOLD HER ABOUT THE 2 KIDS, HER DAUGHTER SAID I WORK WITH A LADY WHO'S DAUGHTER IS PREGNANT, SHE SAID THE GIRL WANTS TO KEEP IT, BUT HER MOM WANTS HER TO GIVE IT UP, SHE IS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE WAS GOING TO TALK TO THE LADY AND LET US KNOW, THE WAITING IS SO HARD, I 'AM JUST THANKFUL I HAVE ZAK, HE HELPS ME. I LOVE THIS THOUGHT BY JOSEPH F SMITH HE SAY"EVERYWHERE IN NATURE WE ARE TAUGHT THE LESSONS OF PATIENCE AND WAITING. WE WANT THINGS A LONG TIME BEFORE WE GET THEM, AND THE FACT THAT WE WANT THEM A LONG TIME MAKES THEM ALL THE MORE PRECIOUS WHEN THEY COME." I BELIEVE THAT IS TRUE I WANTED ZAK SO BAD BEFORE WE GOT HIM, I THINK THE LORD KNOWS US, AND KNOWS WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, I HAVE FAITH THAT IT WILL ALL WORK OUT, WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT. PLEASE KEEP US IN YOUR PRAYERS, ALSO IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE PLEASE LET US KNOW, ALSO PRAY FROM THE BIRTH MOMS AS WELL, WHAT CHRIST LIKE PEOPLE THEY ARE!! ALSO I WANT TO THANK ALL THE MAN AND WOMEN THAT ARE FIGHTING FOR "OUR" FREEDOM, AND FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT LOST THERE LOVE ONES ON 9-11-01 MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU, JOSH LOST HIS COUSIN 2 YEARS AGO IN MAY, HE WAS FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM HE HAD A WIFE AND KIDS IT WAS SO HARD WATCHING THIS FAMILY, SO THANKS TO ALL YOU WHO FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM WE LOVE YOU!!!

HOME SWEET HOME

I CANT BELIEVE WE HAVE BEEN IN OUR HOME 7 YEARS THIS WEEKEND, WHERE HAS TIME GONE, I REMEMBER WHEN I CAME UPON THE MODEL HOME AND THEN HAD JOSH COME AND LOOK AT IT, IT WAS SUCH A HARD DECISION TO MAKE WE LOVED JOSH GRANDMA, WHEN WE FIRST GOT MARRIED WE LIVED UP IN DRAPER, AT THESE APARTMENTS, THERE WAS ONLY FOUR OF THEM WE LOVED THEM, THEN ONE DAY JOSH GRANDMA ASKED US TO COME OVER SHE NEEDED TO ASK US SOMETHING, SHE ASKED US IF WE WANT TO LIVE IN HER BASEMENT, I LOVED THE KITCHEN IT WAS SO BIG THE FAMILY ROOM WAS ALSO SO BIG, I LOVED JUST GOING UP THE STAIRS AND TALKING TO GRANDMA SMITH WHAT A GREAT EXAMPLE SHE WAS TO ME, SHE LOVED TO COOK AND WAS ALWAYS BRING US DOWN YUMMY FOODS, IT WAS SO HARD TO LEAVE BUT WE KNEW WE NEED TO BUILD OUR HOME, IT WAS SO STRESS FULL BUILDING, THE BUILDER WAS ALWAYS CHANGING PRICES AND THINGS AND SAID THEY COULD NOT DO SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED EVEN AFTER IT WAS IN THE CONTRACT, BUT I LOOK BACK AND I'M GLAD WE BUILD HERE, ITS FUNNY BECAUSE JOSH GRANDPA, GRANDPA OLIVER HE USED TO OWN THIS LAND, BUT SOLD IT MANY YEARS AGO, I LOVE MAKING MY HOME A HOME, OF COURSE THERE IS MANY THINGS I WANT TO CHANGE OR WISHED I WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENT, BUT IT IS OUR FIRST HOUSE, I LOVE ALL THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES WE HAVE MADE IN THIS HOME, I CANT WAIT TO MAKE MORE. PS. I WILL POST ABOUT SWISS DAY SOON

HAPPY FALL!!!

I LOVE THIS TIME A YEAR HERE ARE SOME REASONS WHY I LOVE FALL
*THE FALL COLORS
* THE YUMMY SMELLS OF HOMEMADE BREAD, AND SOUP
*CANDLES BURNING
*FIRE IN FIREPLACE
*CRAFT SHOWS
*SWEAT HERS
*DEER HUNTING
*LEAFS CHANGING COLORS
* COOLER TEMP
*JOSH AND ZAK'S AND MY B-DAY
*ALL THE FUN HOLIDAYS COMING UP
*DECORATING
THESE ARE ONLY A FEW OF MY FAVORITE FALL THINGS, I CAN'T WAIT FOR ALL THE FUN HOLIDAYS COMING UP ZAK IS AT A CUTE AGE, SWISS DAYS IS THIS FRIDAY MY MOM AND TWO SIS WILL BE GOING WE GET THERE BRIGHT AND EARLY. I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT FALL.