We get to be called MOM & DAD by you each day. Lucky that we get to wake up to you in our bed every day. Lucky that this smile is the first thing we see in the morning. Lucky that we get to tickle your face each night while you fall asleep. We love you so much! Happy Birthday Baby!
...And YES...she still sleeps in our bed (sometimes with no shirt)....Yes, we still tickle her to sleep...And YES, we still call her BABY!
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As the 2011 Chairman for the Utah County Walk To End Alzheimer's, I want to invite all of you to get involved in our fundraiser we'll be having on September 24th at The Shops at Riverwoods.The money we earn, comes right back to families in Utah county and helps me to continue to help them by offering free counseling, support groups, education and respite services right here in our community! Thanks! Mindy
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Sometimes (my family would say ALL TIMES) I pack so much more than humanly possible into one little weekend. I'm so thankful for great kids and a wonderful husband who not only support all of my extra curricular activities, but who are the best helpers ever! This weekend was our annual Courtyard Classic Car Show. I think it was our best year ever and thanks to an awesome team that I work with, it was pretty stress free and just such a good time. We were able to raise near $1000.00 for the Alzheimer's Walk I'm in charge of in the fall. In addition to that, we just had a lot of fun!
The Shops At Riverwoods...One of our Favorite FREE Friday Night Hang Outs! There's even outdoor concerts every Fridaynight in the Summer. I suggest you check THIS PLACE out!
Remember her? She's doing much better, I am happy to report. We even went out on the town with our men last night. She teased me about getting her walker in and out of the car for her. That's something I do a lot for people, so I felt right at home. WOW! I can't begin to tell you what a huge blessing these past few weeks have been for both of us. I love her so much, can't you just see? Thanks so much to everyone who has helped me support this miracle lady by offering their prayers, meals, kind deed and thoughts! She's well on the road to recovery now!
"I had great pleasure in training a well-bred colt. He had a good disposition, a clean, well-rounded eye, was well proportioned, and all in all, a choice animal. Under the saddle he was as willing, responsive, and cooperative as a horse could be. He and my dog Scotty were real companions. I liked the way he would go up to something of which he was afraid. He had confidence that if he would do as I bade him, he would not be injured.
But my horse Dandy resented restraint. He was ill contented when tied and would nibble at the tie rope until he was free. He would not run away; he just wanted to be free. Thinking other horses felt the same, he would proceed to untie their ropes. He hated to be confined in the pasture, and if he could find a place in the fence where there was only smooth wire, he would paw the wire carefully with his feet until he could step over to freedom. More than once my neighbors were kind enough to put him back in the field. He learned even to push open the gate. Though he often did damage that was provoking and sometimes expensive, I admired his intelligence and ingenuity.
But his curiosity and desire to explore the neighborhood led him and me into trouble. Once on the highway he was hit by an automobile, resulting in a demolished machine, injury to the horse, and slight, though not serious, injury to the driver.
Recovering from that, and still impelled with a feeling of wanderlust, he inspected the fence throughout the entire boundary. He found even the gates wired. So for a while we thought we had Dandy secure in the pasture.
One day, however, somebody left the gate unwired. Detecting this, Dandy unlatched it, took another horse with him, and together they visited the neighbor’s field. They went to an old house used for storage. Dandy’s curiosity prompted him to push open the door. There was a sack of grain. What a find! Yes, and what a tragedy! The grain was poison bait for rodents! In a few minutes Dandy and the other horse were in spasmodic pain, and shortly both were dead.
How like Dandy are many of you young people! You are not bad; you do not even intend to do wrong; but you are impulsive, full of life, full of curiosity, and long to do something. You too are restless under restraint, but if left to wander without direction, you all too frequently find yourselves in the environment of temptation and too often are entangled in the snares of evil."
Anyone who has ever been to Stadium of Fire, knows that IT IS THE PLACE TO BE for the 4th of July holiday. There's nothing like celebrating our freedom with 50,000 other people. There were great performers like David Archuleta and Brad Paisley, giant beachballs, skydivers and the biggest staudim fireworks show in the country! I have to give a special thanks to my sweetie who doesn't love country music for enduring and actually enjoying the show. The winner to the talent search I worked on was even announced. It was a great night!
WARNING! This post may change the way you feel about us. After reading you may feel that we are crazy an experience some anxiety. What you are about to read is a true story. Within a 24 hour period we somehow ended up with a snake, 3 lizards and a bunny. Did I forget to mention 3 HAPPY kids also? We're not these parents who don't allow critters in our house. In fact through the years we've just about done it all: frogs, fish, crabs, snakes, rabbits, dogs, cats, and too many "pet" bugs to count. I feel confident that Justin and I can set up a habitat for just about any living thing at this point. If you see us building an ark soon in the backyard, think nothing of it!
