The Queen Mary

Last week we went with Ted to L.A. It's been almost a year since we've been there. We enjoyed going to downtown disney & swimming at the hotel pool. One night we picked Ted up from work, he drove us down to Long Beach and we went aboard the Queen Mary. You should have seen the boys faces when we pulled up alongside the ship. They couldn't get over how big the "pirate ship" was & Jackson was determined to see some sharks in the water, he then decided that they were sleeping?!

Happy New Year 2010

"This Christmas (New Year), mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten friend. Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust. Write a letter. Give a soft answer. Encourage youth. Manifest your loyalty in word and deed. Keep a promise. For go a grudge. Forgive an enemy. Apologize, try to understand. Examine your demands on others. Think first of someone else. Be kind. Be gentle. Laugh a little more. Express gratitude. Welcome a stranger. Gladden the heart of a child. Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth. Speak your love and then speak it again. To give of oneself is a Holy Gift." -President Howard W. Hunter

Grateful...

This morning I woke up and thought, "Oh my goodness, it has been exactly one year today that I had my not so fun surgery, I was 18 weeks pregnant. And today my baby is 7 months old!" I held him, thought about this past year and felt extremely grateful.

Santa brought me a new camera for Christmas. I bet you will not be able to pick which one is from the new & which is from my old cute pink camera! I am kind of going to miss blurry pictures. I was getting pretty good at it.