He Looked Me In The Eyes

Today is graduation at BYU-Idaho for the Fall, 2008 semester. As usual, we have someone here representing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is a wonderful experience.

I heard he was in the building so I kind of just hung around outside of our office. When the security guy started giving me "the eye" I headed over to Accounting. When I saw him coming I headed back to my office. He rounded the stairs, looked me in the eyes and smiled right at me.

I felt wonderful and know this man has truly been called by God to be an apostle.

He looked me in the eyes!

Beautiful Girl

Here are few photos of my very beautiful little (but not too little) girl. She really has her dad wrapped around her little finger. With eyes and a smile like that.....who could refuse her?

Thing One Thing Two

When I went to Florida, I found these great shirts in the airport shop. They were so cute I had to get one for each of my kiddos. We have for years said to our children....chitlin, chitlin number one raise your hand....chitlin, chitlin number two raise your hand. Zack being our first raises his hand first. Syd being our second raises her hand second. They love when we do this and we just laugh and laugh at the silliness of it all. But seeing these shirts was too much so I had to get them each one.

My kiddos are sometimes so silly. More than anything, Sharman and I love to listen to our children laugh. It is our very favorite sound.

A Giant of A Man

Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, the oldest living apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Tuesday, December 2, 2008, age 91.

Elder Wirthlin had gone to bed at his Salt Lake City home, and died peacefully at about 11:30 pm of causes incident to age. His oldest daughter, Jane Wirthlin Parker, was present. A member of the family had been staying and caring for Elder Wirthlin, whose wife, Elisa Young Rogers Wirthlin, died in 2006.

He had continued to work at his office right up until the Thanksgiving holiday.

His funeral will be held in Salt Lake City Friday, December 5, 2008.

Sydney Is Six

SIX

Yep, my baby turned six years old today. This is a bit more difficult that I thought it would be. Maybe it has to do with knowing this is my last child so it is the last time I will be going through a sixth birthday.

The best thing about this birthday is that it is on Thanksgiving day. When we were getting ready to have Sydney we were able to choose her birthday because we deliver c-section. I figured if we did it on November 27 then there was a good chance we would be together as a family and likely it would be close to Thanksgiving. Well, fortune smiled on her today because it was not just close, it was on Thanksgiving day.

Syd was delighted to get phone calls from family and cards and gifts. She is so happy to have a day that is devoted to her. I think that she is a bit confused about why all the family got together to eat dinner today. I think she believes it is all about her. And who am I to disagree?

Happy birthday big girl.

Young Love

One thing I LOVE about working here on campus is meeting so many amazing people. Well, my path has been fortunate enough to cross the paths of Heather and Taylor. Heather is one of those amazingly beautiful girls who you can't help but feel good around. Taylor has such an award winning smile it makes you feel instantly at ease.

Well, last night they took the next step and got engaged!! They are getting married March, 2009! Hurray!!

They came over before Heather had to be to work today and even ended up being a few minutes late to work so they could tell me and show me they beautiful ring. The excitement and happiness around them is absolutely tangible!

I am so proud of you guys!

I Know

Yes, it has been a very long time since I last blogged.


There is good reason....I have been really sad. So much sadness in my life right now makes it difficult to blog.



My sister Becki (she is the beautiful one with the hair in the photo below) blogs as a therapy and I really need to take her example to heart. I will not bore you with the details of the oppressive sadness but suffice it to say that I so hope it will not last. My heart is aching but I pray that one day things will change and I will be able to be free of the loss and sorrow I am currently feeling.




On a brighter note, I recently purchased an iPod Classic 120 gig. I listened to all of the Twilight series. I am now listening to all of the Harry Potter series. Thanks to Emily I am well stocked on audiobooks and music.



We are coming up on Syd's sixth birthday. Our little girl will be six on Thanksgiving day. Hey, wait a minute....didn't we just bring her home from the hospital?! Honestly where does the time go? She is VIP at school this week. I really think this is a sick idea thought up by teachers to torchure moms with little talent into making a creative and cute poster to compare with the other children's mom. I got Syd's done last night late. Of course she had to take a poster and would not be happy with anything less. Her birthday wish this year?......to see her favorite cousin Taylor!