9-2-2011

With all the football we are watching lately-

It was time for some new, sturdy

stadium chairs.

Believe it or not we found some in

my favorite color!

9-1-2011

My niece, Lou-bug, likes to tell stories!

Right now her favorite is The 3 Little Pigs!

When she says "chinny chin chin"

my heart melts!

8-31-2011

These days I have been eating

breakfast on our deck,

watching the sun come up over

my favorite mountains!

I thank Heavenly Father for my blessings.

I take a deep breath.

Let the day begin.......

8-30-2011

I received a call today--

from a certain Elder Forsyth!!

He was calling from Atlanta on the way

to Tallahassee!

He sounded great--

maybe a little nervous, but certain

he is doing what the Lord would

have him do!!

We talked family happenings--

we talked BYU football--

I told him all the little times I miss him

that catch me off guard!

Like when Connor scored his touchdown and

I reached for my phone to text him--

or when I saw his friends at the

high school football game and

felt such an overwhelming ache to see him--

Like when I pass his lunch box still sitting

by the garage door and get

tears in my eyes!

I have shed so many tears over the past 19 years

worried he would not choose to serve a mission-

Now I am a little surprised by how many tears

I have shed because

he is gone!

He called again from the mission home in Tallahassee.

Said he was sweating like crazy and

the air was so thick it was hard to breathe!

He heads to Foley, Alabama tomorrow.

His companion will be an Elder Banks from Texas!

All of sudden I have an immense love for

the people of a

city I have never heard of before!

Now I can sing Sweet Home Alabama,

and have it mean something!

8-29-2011

We attended a big extended family party

to celebrate what would have been Grammy's 100th

birthday! She made it to 93 which is

still pretty amazing!

Grammy was so Christ-like

in the way she approached life and the

way she loved and lifted others!

I can still hear her whispering in my ear how

much she loved my dimples--

wish I could whisper right back how much

I love her!

We miss you, Grammy!

We are all better people for knowing you!