Forever our Freinds!!

On my last night in Santaquin we went over to Mortensens and had dinner with the Rowleys and the Sondereggers. It was so good to be together with them! I love all of these families so much!! I have so much respect and love for each of them.

This is Emily, me and Liberty! We served in Young Womens together and I would have to say that we had a blast!! Liberty thought I was a very serious person until we worked together. I think she laughs about that now!! We had fun acting like we were still teenagers!!

Lora and INathan and Larisa!Cooper came and stood right underneath me and asked me to take his picture!! He is such a precious soul!!Do you think he likes the monkeys???My cute Tia!!Brian R and TylerChris MAbby loving her Root Beer Float!!Tyler!

Taylr, Maris, Molly and Larisa!

What goes up...

must come down!!!
Now each of these families say the are coming out to visit - Don't you think they should???

Singing in the Rain!!

I have always loved to see productions at the Hale theater! They do a fabulous job!! Emily suggested that we take the girls and her 2 boys(Nathan & Tyler) to see their production of "Singing in the Rain"! I loved it!! I think I smiled the entire time! They made it actually rain on the stage and of course when he danced, water went splashing everywhere!! It was magical to me, so you can only imagine how much the children loved it!! I knew that they would also love the song,"Make them laugh"!! They loved the play and Tyler and Tiana had to run after the show and get Cosmos signature! This was another highlight of the trip! Thanks for the idea Emily!!!

Temple Trip and Visiting with Rowleys!

I went back up to Ogden and picked up my sister Lori from Texas. It was great to see her. We visited and then we stayed the night with our mommy! It was so wonderful to get up with my sister and go to the temple! We had a great experience. We visited with family for the day and then we back to our Santaquin to visit with our friends the Rowleys. I wish I could even tell you how much I love this family!! Emily and I served in the Primary and Young Women's presidency together and we became very close. We did pre-school and Joy school together. I think the world of Emily!! Now, if you've talked with Tiana for more than an hour, you've probably heard her talk about her friend Tyler. Tyler and Tia are the very best friends you could hope for. They both have great imaginations and it is a lot of fun to see what their minds will come up with!!! We laugh because there doesn't even need to be any communication between them - they just know what the other is thinking!! I miss Tyler a lot too!!! I would keep him if his family would let me!!! We were very blessed to have them come and stay with us last summer - we had a blast!! Larisa and their son Nathan were also best friends! They had a lot of fun together. Unfortunately, Nathan had scout camp a good portion of the time we were there. We missed him, but Larisa had a great time playing with his younger sisters!! Here are some pictures of their creative adventures!!

Tia and Tyler came in with their pants hiked up, acting like nerds and singing, "Sing a Simple Song." They like to try and make us laugh, and they are very successful at it

They thought it would be fun to wear each others shirts!

This was my personal favorite! I walked down stairs and found Tyler playing baseball and Tiana was being the sports reporter. He would swing and she would give the play by play while typing. Then they would switch places. I think they did this for about an hour! How did they think to do this?? I love those creative minds!

They wanted to take their monkeys to build a bear, but they need a little bit more money! So they asked for ways to make money. This was one way - they picked up some dead trees and took them out to the dumpster. I loved watching their team work as they lifted the trees up!!We are so grateful for great friends!!

Salem Pond!

We were able to go to Salem Pond with the Mortensens, Rowleys, Shaws and Sondereggers! We had so much fun visiting, playing in the sand and swimming! I love these sweet friends and I wish that I could talk all of them into moving right next door. They are amazing ladies and are raising such wonderful families!

Anna S. and Lily

Michael S and his friends

My friend Lora aka Wowa

Karen R

Liberty M aka Wiberdee

Abby R

Hannah R

Taylr M

Larisa was cute with all of the little ones! Here she is with Katie S.

Katie

Maris M

Lora

Molly M

Larisa invited her friend Sierra Steele to come along. They have been friends since preschool!

Tyler and Tia enjoying the sand!

More Sand!

Larisa and Sierra

Cooper and Jonah S

What a fun day and again so blessed to have such wonderful friends!

Girl's Night!

After our day at BYU we went to a get together with my girl's night group. They are still meeting every month. I was able to get together with these ladies once a month for 12 years before I moved!!! We have been there through so many life changing occasions. We have laughed so hard so many nights and have spent other nights giving each other comfort in hard times. I feel blessed that we were able to have this friendship and support system! I am so glad that we were able to keep it from turning into a gossip night. Abby left before we took this picture, but her family picture is below! Carma was unable to attend - she was supposed to be on a vacation, but we found out that they had been in an awful accident and that they were in the hospital instead. Thankfully they are doing okay! Shelly was also in our group, but they moved several years before I did!

Aimee, Jami, Valerie and Betsy

Abby Randall and family

Tyler came with Tiana, they are such great buds!!!

Kellie, Chalise, Larisa, Tyler, Kailee and Tiana!

I am trying to persuade them that they need to take a girl's night out here!!! Don't you agree!!

BYU !!!

On Monday Lora and I, The girls, Kailee and Tyler went to run some errands and then we headed off to BYU. Chris wanted some BYU T-Shirts and I wanted Larisa to see BYU campus to help give her a better visual of her college goal. I know how hard it is to get into BYU, but it is a worthy good goal! We went to visit Lora's daughter who works on campus and then toured

Larisa and Kailee have been dear friends for a lot of years. It was a sad day when Kailee moved away! Well, now that we have moved away, Kailee and her family moved back into town! They are such sweet girls and I wish that they were in school together. Well, it was so much fun for me to hear the girls talk and dream of their future! They decided that they really want to be roommates and attend BYU together. They made goals for good grades and starting talking about savings plans! I would love to see this dream fulfilled! What freaks me out the most is it's only 5 years away!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boating

Okay, This entry is out of order!!! We had an absolute blast boating with my sister Kathy and her family while were in Ogden!! I forgot about the altitude difference and Larisa and I got really sunburned!! We have a lot of great pictures, but I can't get my disc to work right! So, I will blog more about it later, but I didn't want to get it completely out of order!