Swing Time Silly Girls

Clara and Madison hanging out together!

Need Something Fixed?

We were outside working today on a wood frame. James decided that he needed to help us. I went to the garage, found an old tin lunch box, and filled it with miscellaneous tools, tape, nuts and bolts to give to James. He was so excited that he carried his "tool box" around the rest of the day. Even while he was trying to play basketball.

Madison is so cute! Look at this child!! Swinging on a backyard swing in a dress and cowboys boots! Guys, it don't get any more country than this!!!
And see the lattice laying in the yard? Well that was her first idea that I quickly VETOED! A slide coming out of the tree...... What will she think of next?

Jessica is 21!!!

Jessica turned 21 on Sunday, April 19th. We celebrated her birthday at one of her favorite restaurants, Kyoto, a Japanese Sushi and Hibachi Grill. It was just the girls and it was wonderful food, conversation, and time together! Really! It was so awesome!
Here are my three girls from heaven....

Bubbles or Mower

James was trying to decide if the bubbles could be caught at the same time he pushed the mower!

Bubbles Bubbles Everywhere!

James came to play with us today while Amy had a little one on one time with Paige and possibly a nap! Mid-morning I took him with me to the store. As soon as we walked in I asked him if he wanted to go look for a ball.

(Since he loves ALL balls.) But, before I had even finished, he took off running and yelling, at the top of his lungs,

"MMMMOOOOOWWWWWWEEEEEERRRRRRRR!!!!!!" Needless to say, we ended up looking at riding and push mowers for about 30 minutes. When we got home he opened his birthday present. The Bubble Mower. I knew he liked mowers but I had no clue how much!!! Although I could not figure out how to work the video from my camera, I did catch some of the funny moments. I just should never consider a career in film production!! So, here he is playing with his new bubble mower. He was so funny running after the bubbles and trying to push the mower at the same time!

A True Friend Is A Forever Friend

There is nothing poetic I can say about a true friend that has not already been said many times before by many others. But what I can say is this:

A true friend will go to an oral surgeon's office, expecting a three day procedure and stay with you for three weeks to show her love. A true friend will hold your hand when the novacaine is so painful that even she can't bare to watch. A true friend will make you a grilled cheese sandwich at 3:00 in the morning just so you can take medicine to help you heal from pain. A true friend is someone who can smile at you when you have a mouthful of metal and casts and tell you the truth while laughing. "Yeah, you look like hell. But it's almost over and it is going to be beautiful!"

I can never thank Victoria for the support she has been in my life. She has taught me a deeper understanding of selflessness and true love. She has been there when the valium kicked in and I could barely remember that I was in Central America! And what a safety she has been for me!!! My Spanish has yet to improve very much.

Victoria has been an inspiration in so many ways that I was amazed and astounded at her ability to teach me things I thought I already knew. When a crisis of sort occured with my daughter, Jessica, she gathered with me in prayer and said the most inspiring prayer I have ever heard. She mentioned to the Lord that if this was His will, and that if this was a lesson for Jessica to learn, a new and more promising possibility would present itself. And with that new plan, would come a deeper and richer opportunity for her life. She asked that blessings be poured upon our family for safety, health, emotional soundness, and openness from each of us to learn from these happenings; Not only in our time, but in the Lord's time. Not once did she mention anything for herself, her own family, or for any other cause. She simply asked the Lord to honor his promise; by gathering together in prayer, as He tells us to do, asking with sincerity and faith, He would provide an answer to our lives.

I love Victoria. She is a blessings in more ways than I can ever express and I only pray that one day, somehow, I can repay her for the this past month of her givings to me and to my life. For those of you who assume that Victoria is LDS, I should share with you that she is not. Which to me extends an extra special knowledge of true love on earth. I know, without a doubt, she is a true Saint.