Happy 7th Birthday Clark!

I can't believe my baby boy is SEVEN!

Danny took the big kids to hear the Social Media guy,
so I took Clark and Jane to the park with pizza and root bear to celebrate!

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We love you so much Clark Edmond!

Clark's Story...

101 Year Old Clark!

I love his story!

I loved that he talked about wearing his pajamas,

 because he loves his one piece Minecraft jammies.

 "I think that when I am 101 years old

I'll wear my pajamas and watch t.v.

In the morning I'll hurry and get food,

then I'll hurry and go start watching t.v.

On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday

I'll dance with my cane. Then I'll eat

lunch at 1:00 pm. I'll eat dinner at

4:30 pm and go to sleep."

Girls Weekend in Flagstaff

A girls weekend was just what I needed!

We weren't sure if we were going to make it to Flagstaff.

They had gotten 32 inches of snow the day before,

which was the biggest snow storm in over 100 years.

The roads opened so we were able to go!

 Me, Carolee and Laura having fun in the snow.

Me sledding.

The are we stayed at.

 Carolee, me and Laura

Went to Greg and Heather's for dinner.

Ella had given a talk in church and told me it 2 times :) 

 Ella gave Jane her old nightgowns and slippers.

Jane was so excited she had to wear all of them 

throughout the day.

Happy Chinese New Year

To celebrate Chinese New Year 

Danny and I ate Beef Noodle Soup.

It was spicy hot!

 I was able to talk all about my mission in Taiwan

to the youth in my ward and I loved it!

I love talking about my mission!

I shared about the many trials I went through...

Food trials, language trials, companion trials, cockroach trials...

Then I shared the biggest lesson I learned was the difference

between sacrifice and obedience and how much more

blessed my companion and I were when we were strictly obedient.

Then I shared this paragraph from my mission call...

"The Lord will reward the goodness of your life. 

Greater blessings and more happiness than you have yet 

experienced await you as you humbly and prayerfully 

serve the Lord in this labor of love among his children."

 which makes me cry every time I read it, because it's so true!

So I embarrassed my kids!

Then I talked about the many blessings that I've been 

blessed with from serving a mission. And even though it was

hard and I had lots of trials when I think back on my mission

the first thoughts that come to mind are the blessings and joy from serving.

Then I shared my testimony in Chinese.

I'm so thankful I had the opportunity to serve a mission!

Family Fun

Clark and Jane

Clark, Jane and Stratton

Max and Van playing dodge ball.

Van and Daisy

Clark, Daisy, Van and Max

Clark

Van and Daisy

Snow in Vegas

The kids collected their own cup of snow to eat.

 It's cold outside!

Mom sledding

Snow angels

Snow

Making a snowmen

Haley's Homecoming

When she left 18 months ago.

 We tried to recreate the before pic., 

but we had two sick kids that weren't in the mood.

We should have had Haley take off her heels,

to show how much the kids have grown.

Welcome Home Haley!

Valentines Couples Date

13 years celebrating Valentines Day with Autumn and Jeff! 

We try to eat somewhere that most of us haven’t eaten before, 

this year it was Bootleggers, yum!

 This year my brother Kurt sent me $ for our Valentines dinner ❤️

Happy Valentines Day!

Mom fail: The day started fine...I had done a simple breakfast (yogurt with strawberries and granola) since I knew we’d be tired from staying up late last night to welcome Haley home. Got the kids off to school, taught preschool with a V-day party, did mom stuff, then I was writing all the kids a love note and I was watching the time thinking I have to finish before the kids get home...then at 3:36 I’m like the kids are late, I wonder why they’re not home yet, then I remembered! It was my day to pickup and it wasn’t just my kids 😱!! The poor kids had been standing in the cold rain 🌧 I felt horrible! Thankfully, kids are pretty forgiving, I asked them for forgiveness and they forgave me ❤️. 

I think my own kids were more willing to forgive me after steak dinner 😜!

 Happy Valentines Day!

They warmed up in the hot tub.

 Steak dinner with the family.

 I saw this quote and wrote it on the back of each of the cards,

because it's perfect.

Roses from Danny.

Sugar's not sure what to think of this rain.