The Shepherds

Quotable Quote

" I bend to sweep crumbs and I bend to wipe vomit and I bend to pick up
little ones and wipe away tears... And at the end of these days I bend next to
the bed and I ask only that I could bend more, bend lower. Because I serve a
Savior who came to be a servant. He lived bent low. And bent down here is where I see His face. And people say, “Don’t you get tired?” and yes, I do. But I’m face to face with Jesus in the dirt, and the more I bend the harder and better and fuller this life gets. And sure, we are tired, but oh we are happy. Because bent down low is where we find fullness
of Joy.” ― Katie J.Davis

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Gracie's 10th Birthday

Yes I am two months behind on Gracie's birthday update! Life seems to be on a fast track this year. Gracie saved a bunch of Christmas and birthday money and bought herself an Ipod Touch. She LOVES it still 2 months later. Longest lasting birthday present, and for the price I'm glad she is enjoying it! I had her fill out a birthday questionnaire. I'll include some of the answers here.

Who is your favorite person in the whole world? Mom and dad
What is your favorite color? Blue
What song do you love? Story Of My Life (One Direction)
What do you want to be when you grow up? A hair stylist
Where do you wish you could go on vacation? DisneyWorld
If you had a wish what would it be? To move back to Tooele
Who is your biggest hero? Mom and dad

We sure love this Gracie girl. She is so much like me that we butt heads at times, but we are wonderful friends. Gracie has such a great sense of humor. I love when something crazy or funny happens and we just look at each other and bust up laughing. I look forward to many more fun memories with my oldest baby!

Daddy is always in charge of the cake. He picks it out and makes sure it is lit and ready to go.

Gracie's friend Grace

No 10th birthday would be complete without One Direction!

Saturday, January 25, 2014

New Years Eve 2013

We had a great time at G & G Shepherds for New Years Eve. We lit paper lanterns and let them fly way up in the dark sky. We ate lots of yummy food and had a great time chatting til about 10 pm. We never make it long enough to bang pots and pans or light fireworks!

Grandma and Jesse

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Temple Square 2013

Fountains at City Creek

My camera was blurry....and it was COLD but we enjoyed a night out at Temple Square. We missed this last year, which I regret because I feel like its an awesome family tradition. We went to Kassie and Katie's apt after and chilled out for a bit. Katie is a sweetheart and helped Ava make us all hot chocolate. We then made our way to Wendy's at 9pm for dinner. Yes, for all you people that know my early bedtime routine, you read that right NINE pm for dinner in downtown SL.

We happened upon Ryan's deaf friend Jeremy. We found out he ended up losing an eye in a softball game 1.5 years ago. We counted our blessings after chatting with him.

This is the first time the kiddies got to see daddy "speaking" ASL. They were enthralled.

JJ not so enthralled....getting BOOOOORED.

Love when the girls decide to be matchy matchy on their own.

Monday, December 30, 2013

Christmas 2013

On December 23rd I got together with some of my favorite family members to wrap presents. Gary, my brother in law/nephew (don't ask) watched the kids for FIVE hours while we wrapped. That is his 3 kids and my 4. Yes he is my super hero!

We decided to wait until December 28th when Ryan got home from Mongolia to open our presents. The kids were surprisingly patient about this decision. On December 24th we opened our Christmas jammies and played "pass the present." I read THIS book and the kids passed the present around the circle every time I said the word "the."

Jackie and Gary invited us over to eat Christmas dinner at their house. We stayed for 4 hours and had a great time. That really helped considering it wasn't really our "Christmas" that day and I was feeling lonely and just wanting Ryan to have a normal job. I get that way sometimes.

On the 28th Santa came while we were all at the airport picking up daddy. Santa may or may not have been Jackie. On Sunday, the 29th, we had Jackie and Gary over for our Christmas dinner. Can you tell we are excited to live 2 miles away from them?!

I feel so blessed this Christmas season. I'm so grateful for all the Christmas cards and wishes we received and for the blessing of my home and family. I am thrilled to be adding Tegan to the mix so that he can share the holiday season with us next year. Heavenly Father is so mindful of each of us.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!