Dances

Above is Heidi and Caleb for their Senior Prom!

Hallee and a boy (Drew's parents won't let them go to every dance together so they have to have "off" dates- I know, crazy- and this was an "off" date. So I just call him a boy...) 

Here's Hallee Babe with her tru luv- Drew.

 Young love is common, but that doesn't mean it's not precious

Priesthood Advancements

 Priesthood ordinations💕 In January 2021-

Noah was advanced to a priest

and Noah to a teacher!

Love all these guys so much...and the below picture is beyond dear to me. Ryan and Marci and family. 

Then we were off to Travis and Tenille's family-

Boston was advanced to a priest and Nash to a teacher.  Cousins the same age!

One quote that I have always loved is by Joseph Smith (and he was directing it to the first Relief Society- so the power of the Priesthood- acting in God's name- is unilateral.

Bedroom for Sick and Afflicted

 At the beginning of my cancer diagnosis, I thought for sure I would be spending the next 6 months doing chemo.  I knew that if I was going to be incapacitated that long, I would need a wonderful space to rest (wallow) in and I knew

 My bedroom was sorely in need of a redo- and although we live in a desert and all the decorating guru's say that "beach themes" are passee, I knew for my own sanity I needed all the props possible to pretend I was in a favorite place.  This sign helped because although we don't have nice beaches (the one at the Great Salt Lake smells like brine shrimp)- I do live in Sandy which means I indeed have Sandy toes!

Blue and yellow are my forever colors.  My walls were blue before and ... now they are blue again.  Just a different shade.

(Carpet is the bottom one)

My cousin Zella gave me a Minky for my birthday.  It is yellow and is truly my best friend!

Besides making my room comfy, I was also inspired to go back to painting to paint some silly seabirds we always see at the beach.

I have to repaint the frame on this one. It’s. Charm Girl picture I painted after one of our beach trips. Cheerwine  is a soda drink found mostly in the South ( we were at Myrtle Beach)- maybe the predecessor to Dr. Pepper. This is a big painting.

On top of my dresser- one of my favorite pictures of Christ. Also a bird and the bird cage has an assortment of little bird candles I found in Paris. So, they all remind me that is Christ is aware of every fallen bird, surely He’s aware of me.

I love the white shiplap I put on one wall.

I love everything crisp and clean.

And I love that although I got all ready for my chemo room, my blood counts are behaving (they will never be good) and so I am in what they call, "Watch and Wait."  Some said "Worry and Wait."  Not me.  I have my new bedroom that is so comfy and just what I like- except my concession (a love gift really) for my husband is "get rid of all those useless pillows!"  So I just have two extras. But this is my S & S room- Snuggle and Sleep.   It doesn't look like a designer room but it totally looks like MY room! (and David likes it too!)

Covid and Bernie

 Bernie Sanders was/is a Senator from Vermont and a candidate for President (socialist)- and at President Biden's inauguration, his photo went viral of him sitting in a chair with his facemask and mittens.  It became a great diversion for our family when we were sick with Covid- Ryan would send us silly pictures to make us laugh.  My favorite was our family photo.

The family photo!!!

I loved this meme I saw and instantly came up with my own!

Gotta love the masks!