Life!

I have so much to up date you all on, but my computer crashed and after talking to a computer guy I think I need a new computer. That sucks bad my computer is my life line to the outside world I use it so Skype Grandma and Lori and now Amber has a web cam. So I'm sad to be out of the loop.

In other news I am in California with Grandma George. She is so fun to be around she is up lifting and encouraging. I miss her so bad. We are at My aunt Sues house it is beautiful to say the least. Her house is down right elegant. Abby thinks she is in a castle. I have my niece Sydnie with me and her room is something strait out of a storybook. With a big fluffy bed and a beautiful claw bathtub in its own little nuke. Our room has a king size bed and a huge shower with 2 large soaker heads it's nice, Abby loves to shower. I think she is enjoying the shower as much as the pool. The pool has a slide and a diving board it's 9 feet deep. Sue has made us fill at home and she has put her artist touch in every room. We are so grateful for the opportunity to come and stay. Charlie has ad fun with the kids and they love him too. He give them Twinkies and took them to the park to feed the Geese and play.

Well off to play in the pool. More updates to come and photos I hope.

I saw "Reflections of Christ" in person

Pause the music while reading this post.

I am one of the small group of people who had the amazing opportunity to see this art show in person. I wish the whole world could see this in person. Whether you are LDS or not this is a true testament of the life of Christ. I met the photographer; he was wonderful he did this all on his own time. The exhibit came through Price on it's way to Canada because the musician is from Price. As the photographer introduced his work he told us about the people who called this art show a life changing event. I thought, "sure how can a bunch of photos be a life changing event?" Well it was!!!! I came out so full of the spirit I couldn't even talk; all I could do was cry(I'm rarely speechless)! I walked up to the photographer and all I could say was, "I have to have some of these photos are they for sale?" I said this with tears still streaming down my face. He informed me they are not for sale just yet but he was working on it. I had to go back for a second time before I could leave. I was so moved I just wanted to drop to my knees and pray thanking Heavenly Father for his son, and thanking Christ for his love. I held it together and just prayed standing up, shaking. Okay, so just watch the slide show and visit the website. I hope you all enjoy this. As you enjoy remember this is all actual photography not computer generated.


Here are a few quotes from my children as they walked through.

Kye, "Look Mom, Jesus is so happy to see his friend John the Baptist".
Kye whispering to Abby "look Abbs that's Jesus with a little boy cuz he loves kids the most"

Abby "Mommy what happened to Jesus' hand? He has a owie"

http://mabrystudios.typepad.com/reflections_of_christ/2008/03/reflections-sli.html
(sorry I don't know why this link won't work just click the link on the top right side of my page)

I just wanted to say I know Jesus was sent to redeem us all, and we will be forgiven of our sins if we just ask. I am thankful for a merciful loving Heavenly Father who sent his son to save us all.
I am also thankful for Joseph Smith who suffered much persecution so that we may know the truth. Amen

Better Together

I just changed up my music a bit. As I found one of my fav. songs I found myself thinking about my Sis-in-laws Lynsie and Emilie.

Lynsie's Hubby SPC Pentico is an Assistant Chaplin in the National Gard(is that right Lyns)and after a year stay in Iraq Alan is coming home!! They got married last April and he was deployed in June. They have spent most of their first year apart but have stayed so positive and loving. They have been such an inspiration to me their love is so strong. We can't wait for him to get home so we can get to know him better. Pray for his safe travel with us!!




I have a incredibly strong sister-in-law Emily. Who was also married in April 2007 and has spent most of her first year of marriage apart from her hubby Bill. For reasons beyond their control they live in 2 different states, they travel as much as possible to be together. Bill doesn't have to live in Ceder city to make Em's life better. All she has to do is give him a call and he uplifts. Em I'm glad you have him. If you ever need me to stay with the kids for a bit so you can go see Bill please give me a call I would love to!
"Better Together" is for you guys!

Big Brothers are the best, oh and Daddy's too!

We were on our way to Terrel's for a doughnut fix the other day when we drove past a fair at the park. Malachi was so excited to see the inflatable slides and stuff I couldn't just drive past so we stopped and played for a bit. I made them come home and help make dinner for Dad on the agreement we would come back as soon a Dad got home. Malachi is deathly afraid of heights but always wants to try. Abby is fearless and up for anything. Malachi uses this as an excuse to do things. "I think Abby is afraid I better help her" Even though Abby was long gone ahead of him.
I had do do some coaxing from the ground telling Kye he was ok when he froze up half way up the small slide. Ok so the small slide is still big ! (photo above) They both loved the bouncy house!

This is a Pirate maze it's a whole fun maze of blowup adventures to end on a slide finish. There was some kind of ordeal and huge rescue inside this maze. When they got out Malachi said "I heard her(Abby) scream so I ran back as fast as I could, Abby fell and I had to come tackle one of the punching bags down so Abby could get out. I held him down until Abby could get across. Then I started to lift her up and hold her hand while we held on to the strap and climbed up. I almost came down the slid on my head." Abby said "The big kids were just coming and I got stuck. I screamed and he(kye) got me. I punched the punching bag and then I stepped on his nose(the punching bag Malachi has tackled)ha ha that will hurt him."
The photo above is Malachi at the top of the slide waiting for Abby. The photo below, is the kids together at the bottom of the slide with the big kids hot on their trail! Sam and the kids headed up the big slide they had to have help this is a very big slide!! I have to admit it gave me butterflies as I got to the top with them the 1st time. Wee that was fun thanks Dad your the best!

Yummy Feet

My favorite part of living in Mt. Pleasant has got to be Terrel's bakery!! Anyone from Emery County who travels to temple knows what I'm talking about. Well any way I have found so many yummy things there. The Raisin Filled Cookies are what drew me in but I love the French bread, Raspberry Filled Cookies and most of the Doughnuts. Since our trip to Washington a few years back I have been searching for bakery comparable to Poulsbo bakery. I have even considered have some doughnuts shipped to me from Pousbo. All of my searching has paid off I have found a doughnut comparable to Poulsbo's dough boy. Terrel's Dough Feet!!! Because of it's size it takes a few settings to eat one but WOW. The icing is so creamy and the doughnut is so fluffy I can't put it into words. Malachi calls them foot cakes because the are so big. He asks for one everyday and today he even parted with is Pirate treasure(pennies in a treasure box) for one.
YUMMY
Because of the white carpet through out the whole house I have told the kids multiple times to sit on their stools and eat their food. Well Abby proved to me today that I not only need to say sit on your stool but "sit on your stool in the Kitchen and eat your Foot cake". I came out of the bedroom to find them eating their chocolate foot cakes in the living room. On their stools of coarse!

Fun fun fun!

Last Week was so fun for me I got to babysit my little nephew Gavin. He is so cute but usually he doesn't have time to be bothered with me no hugs and kisses are definitely out. So imagine my surprise when I got to Huntington Wednesday to pick him up he just started talking to me and was my buddy the rest of the week. He called me teacher for the first day "Teacher will you help me down"but we worked on it and by the time I left he was calling me "Trinanee". Gavin turned 2 in Sept and he can speak better than me. It was so fun I decided I need to spend more one on one time with all of my nieces and nephews. McKay and Weston don't think your age gets you off the hook. I only wish I could get my hands on those Wallace and Torgerson kids. I guess we will have to fly out to Bothell one year and Hudson the next. Amber I also need sometime with lil. B. Here are some photos of our hike in Moab last weekend.
The younger kids were all so amazed by the Cows in the open range. They couldn't care less about the pictographs & petroglyphs on the rock behind them(Sydnie was just there posing she didn't care much about the cows)
I on the other hand hate Cows, ok so I don't hate them but I have a healthy fear of them and everyone took off leaving me alone with like 7 calves around me how rude guys:).
This is the view from the fence the kids are standing on. This is what everyone else was looking at. I don't have any close ups because we left the picture taking to the pros Ben and Parker . They got some wonderful photos I will have to download and post. Abby trying to be as tall as the Indian. The 3 youngest measuring up.
It was so fun to hike, 4wheel, and play with everyone can't wait to do it again! I'm sorry guys those are the only photos I took.

A short clip

A short clip of the program I was running 2 cameras at once.