personal progress...

So A few weeks ago I was called to be in the young womens oragnization in my ward. I decided I would like to re- earn my young womens medallion. [I earned the one I have when I was a young woman]. Any way I emailed some of my family and friends and invited them to come on this journey with me. I am begining with the new value virtue. You can get a look at this on the lds.org website under the young women. You can even print one from that website and come along this personal progress journey with me....

I have decided to begin with the value experience 3. Prepare to be worthy to enter the temple and even though I hold a current temple recomend I figure there is always room for improvement and understanding so I begin with this. I also like the integrity value expeience 1. I have been thinking alot lately about what Iwatch and listen to and say or even think. If I am truely going to be worthy of temple attendace I could do better in this area. Especially with this gloomy weather, summer vacation and all of us being home together getting on each others nerves because we can't go outside. I could use some extra effort with the kind words department. As I begin this journey I will blog my thoughts and experieinces as I go along. Thanks in advance to all of those of you who are on this journey with me and are emailing me about your experinces.

I love This country!!! Thanks to all those who have done so much for me!!!

I love to see this . Military remembrances of those who paid the ultimate price of freedom. I feel so patriotic, it's almost a spiritual feeling to see the kinds of scenes we saw at the cemitary on Memorial Day. What a great teaching moment!

This is just a sweet moment. Could they stay [the sweet moments] a little longer?

Even Dad and Kate fix some.

Katie lou walking along.

Service is catching... Parker is now fixing the flaowers.

Nathan got into the act of uprighting the flowers.

Michael thought that all the flowers should stand upright on the graves so he fixed them all as we went by. I thought that was so sweet.

Dad and the kids putting their hands on their great grandparents headstone. Symbolic, to me of how families touch each other forever.

The little boys being very interested... in finding potato bugs!

Dad showing the kids his grandparents grave and sharing stories about them.

Memorial day

Memorial day we set off for the cemetary. Mom decided that the fam should be taught to honor and remember the family who have gone before. So we loaded up and set off. It was a spectacular day weather wise. Murray is where Dad's Granparents are burried and he loved his grandma so!!! She was and is very dear to his heart. He got quiet and a little emotional as he showed the kids her grave. He even sent every one on ahead to go to the car so he could have a quite moment before we left.

A Preschool Grad

I can't believe that another school year has passed. Parker is ready to be moving on to the Big school. We went to the Little Graduates preschool graduation program and all of Parker's grandparents got to come along with big sister Whitney. We were at the park for this graduation and it was so much fun to watch the kids show off what they had been taught this year. What a sweet and darling little bunch! No wonder Ms. Tonya is sad to be done teaching after 1o yrs. Watching those kids being so cute it would be very hard for me to say good bye also. Thanks Ms. Tonya!!!! It's been a fabulous experience for us all!!!

For the begining of preschool graduation we all stood and recited the pledge of alligence.

Parker was so cute at his graduation from preschool. He had a great time.