So, yesterday was Father's Day! So, I thought I'd take a minute and write a few things about my wonderful husband and father.

My Dad, I don't even know where to start. He is the most humble, intelligent man I know. He has always worked so hard for my family. He made it possible to go on wonderful family trips and for me to go to Europe. He has tried to help with my math, and he didn't end up killing me! He is always the one to start "game night", which are some of my favorite memories and what I look forward to most now, when we get to go visit! He would help with my school projects when I was little, and mine were always the best ones! He wants all of us to do our best, and I know I try even harder everytime I think of him. I love his love for all things sports, especially baseball, he's made me a believer! He taught me how to drive a stick, for which I'm eternally grateful. I love spending time with my Dad. He's a wonderful dad and I couldn't ask for anything better! I'm so thankful I got to come to this family and have him for a Dad. I'm a lucky girl.

Now, Heath, to start I'll tell you what I got him for Father's Day: a "Captain America" t shirt, a socket wrench tool, and a transformer (yes the toy) but, that explains him perfectly. He loves to have fun! The kids favorite time of day is after dinner when he lays down on the floor in the family room and they both dog pile on him! Both my kids looove their papa! Crew screams "yay!" when he comes home and Gracie waits by the door when I tell her it's getting close.

The tool, Heath will help anyone with anything. He always has tools in the car and will pull over if he sees someone needs help. He goes to every move in our ward, he does all the yucky jobs at home that I hate (garbage, mowing, taking diapers out, changing filters and light bulbs, cleaning fans etc)

The Captain America shirt - well it should've been Superman - but he likes Captain America better :) He's the best papa and husband I (and my kids) could ever ask for and I count myself lucky everyday! I'm so thankful I found him and I get to be with him for eternity.

June 15th, 2011

Wow, this is exactly why I haven't done a blog before! I can't keep up to save my life - where does the time go??
I had really good intentions of doing a post a day and look at how far behind I am and it's my 2nd post, I'm really pathetic.
Oh well, brush it off and keep going.
As a quick catch up, this last weekend was a crazy one- Heath's family from all over came to Arizona for Cheri (Heath's sister) and her family to be sealed and for her son, Coltons, mission farewell. It was an awesome thing to be there in the temple as that family was sealed together for eternity.
Colton did a great job on his "farewell" talk- he is a wonderful speaker and I'm sure that talent will be fully utilized on his mission in Ft. Worth, Texas. He gets to speak Spanish, lucky guy! I think everyone should learn Spanish, these days. :)
It was so great to see all the family some of them came from Tennessee and some from Kansas, we don't see them much so it was a great weekend of catching up!
Gracie was is heaven with all of her cousins! I didn't hear her whine or cry once the whole weekend!! (very big for her!) I felt bad when Shannon took the twins home yesterday, Gracie looked like her best friend was moving away for ever. We'll see them soon, in Alpine, though. Madi, (Corys daughter) and Holly's kids- Lanee, Macee and Jack are staying at Cheri's for 2 weeks so we will get to see them some more!
They are actually here, at my house right now, I get to keep them for the night! The car ride home with the extra three kids made me rethink having 2 more...we'll see :)

So, as you can see-- super fun weekend!
Summer has officially hit us, in Arizona! It hit 100 degrees and it's not slowing down! :( It's been at least 105 for the past week and unfortunately we can expect those temperatures for the next 3 months....or more! My least favorite thing about Arizona. It's super hard with kids that just want to play outside all day! I need an indoor playground, so I guess that means, I need bigger house! It's hard to be here in the summer when your child is a red head, who, you can douse with sunscreen and she'll still burn, if she's outside more than an hour! Poor little girl.
We have a few trips planned in the next couple weeks- Utah for a reunion, on my side. Vegas for a reunion with some of the students from Beeville (where Heath went to hygiene school) and Alpine, for the 4th of July- if they're letting people back up there.
There is a huge fire burning right now in the white mountains, it horrible. It's become the biggest wildfire in Arizona history and, unfortunately, it's burning in my in-laws town and my husbands favorite spot in the world! It's so sad, Alpine will never be the same, as long as we're alive, anyway. So, the in-laws are living down here in their trailer, until they're allowed back up to their home. We are just hoping and praying that it will be before the 4th, cuz we're super excited to go up there!