Happy Birthday Caitlin!!

Today my baby turns 21! Wow, does that ever make me feel old! She can't beleive that she is 21 either! I had to post some of these pictures to show what a tiny little baby she was. The one below was taken when she was 3 months old and I put her next to a doll so you could really see how tiny she was. She stayed a baby for a long time because she stayed so small. When she was 9 months old she  was still fitting into her newborn clothes she actually wore out the knees in some of her newborn sleepers because she was crawling every where.

This next picture is when she was 6 weeks old and is of her in her blessing dress. She pretty much got lost in the dress.This last year she has had some struggles with some medical problems and I think we have, or the Dr.'s have finally figured out what she needs to do to keep her healthy. It has been a hard year for her and as her Mom I have felt her pain, but because of this she has become a very close friend and I love her very much. So, have a great day Caitlin!! We are actually celebrating her birthday tomorrow but we are wishing you the best for both days!!If you know Caitlin you know how much she loves babies and animals. so I had to include these pictures of 2 of her most favorite things.

We are all wishing you the best and hope this next year you will find each day to be the best days of the rest of your life. We love you!!

My monumental week was FANTASTIC!

First of all I need to thank all of these people for making my week so great! and thanks to those who are not in the picture because you were missed!!!

The week started off with the Cannons coming to town to stay the week. That in itself made our house FULL of adventure! We of course had to have a sleep over in the guest room and Kace who has been waiting and waiting was able to join us at the end of the week.Layne loved to gather the eggsWe had to make ebilskevers, by the way the men cooked breakfast on Saturday and it was "to die for".

Bryce enjoyed his ice cream!

Baby McKenley wasn't sure what

to think of the wild boys.

Don't  you love the way boys pose for a picture!We went on a scavenger hunt, the weather was great for being outside.Evan is a trooper and had to follow along with the big boys and actually found some of the clues all by himself!Where  do you think the Pop corn Popping clue would be?We took rides on the 4-wheeler.and sometimes the rides were just tooo much and we would fall asleep. Evan actually woke up right after this picture was taken so we had 2 asleep at the same time!We had to have a weiner roast and make

S'mores, mmm they were good.Even baby McKenley loved the cook out. ( It doesn't look like Ryan did though.On Saturday the weather was fantastic for our activities. Rachel and Rainee started the day out by removing what was left of the snow on the patio, it was gone in a couple of hours.We had to get a picture of 4 generations of first daughters, yes, everyone in this picture is a first daughter!More of the 4 wheeling fun!

I found one!Grandma is this one mine?Grandpa Shaw helped Bryce with his bubbles, or maybe I should say Bryce helped Grandpa with his bubbles.Layne found the big, big egg!Mary and Isaac gave me a seat for the zipline for my birthday and it was a hit with all of the boys.Layne and Kace havine a zip on the line.Evan holding on for dear life.

Grandma, I found one!!

 Bryce holding on for the rest of his life. We decided he was not quite heavy enough to ride it so this was the only time he went. Way to go Bryce!

Tydon getting help from Uncle Isaac.

Carson zipping down!Kace taking his turn.

McKenley wondering what all of the fuss is about.

Lincoln hitching a ride when he got too tired.

Having a most delicious birthday dinner, Salmon, shrimp, yummy, dip and angel food strawberry cake, it was delicious!Some times the fun was more than Bryce could handle and where ever he was he just had to have a nap!

                                  Thanks, for a fantastic week it was very monumental!!!

a great day

Today is a great day! It is the day that our dear mother was born.

Mom, we love you and couldn't ask for a better mom, or a better grandma to our children. Being a mother now I realize the great influence that a mother has on her children. You are and continue to be an example to all. You have been supportive in all that we do. I don't think you missed a game or an event that we may have had. You have showed us how to be kind, and to love everyone. To make the most of our lives, and that we can do and be anything. Most of all you have taught us the gospel. The importance of prayer, of scriptures, and prophets, and most importantly you have taught us about our Savior, Jesus Christ. Thank you for being our mother. We love you and hope you have a wonderful day!

A monumental week

This week I have a special event coming up and it will only happen once in my lifetime. I have a birthday! (Well that isn’t the once in a lifetime event) but it is part of it. My birthday this year I will turn the age of the year that I was born. I am getting old but not every one will be able to celebrate this birthday in their lifetime, especially if you were born in the 1990’s. I was born in “55” and that will be the age I will be on this birthday. Last year I probably wouldn’t tell you my age but the older I get the more it really doesn’t matter. The older I get it seems that more and more the things that would bother me when I was younger isn’t really a big deal. So, I am going to share some of the things that I have learned in my looong lifetime.

1. Enjoy the time of life that you are in because as soon as it is gone you won’t be able to get it back.

2. Take care of your body because it is the only one you get and if you want it to last a long time take care of it when you are young.

3. Don’t worry about the little things, especially those things that bug you about people because you never quite know what is going on with people unless you are walking in their shoes.

4. Let your spouse do something just for him such as hunting and fishing, because they really don’t have a lot to look forward to and they work so hard supporting their families.

5. That brings me to the next one; women really do not realize how much control and power they have over their spouses. Mr. Jones has brought this to my attention lately when he made the comment that a man would go out and lick dog poop if it meant they would get a reward in bed. (Sorry maybe I should have rated this post.) Really is their anything that a woman wants bad enough to make them go and lick dog poop! So remember how much control you have in your household.

6. Enjoy your looks now and don’t be so critical of yourself because in a few years you will look back at some pictures that you were critical of and you will think,” I really didn’t look that bad then and look how much younger I look.”

7. This next one I learned many years ago but it has stuck with me all this time, it was from a comment that my Grandma Marriott made to me, she said, “I am the same age as you my body is just older.” So all of you youngsters out there, I am the same age as you and I think just the same as I did when I was 20. (Now I am just a little wiser, that is why I am passing this on to you.)

8. Enjoy your children at whatever stage you are in, it goes by fast and soon you will be enjoying their children!

9. Grandparents are spoiled especially when it comes to the grandchildren, which are why they spoil them because they are just passing it on.

10. So even though I am an old woman I am going to enjoy all the birthdays that are to come because every year I learn something more.

11. Make your decision of who you are going to marry carefully, choose somone who loves the Lord the most and that will make all the difference in all aspects of the rest of your life.

12.   Last of all learn to forgive because it makes your life so much easier and you will be so much happier.

Here is a spoiled grandma!

Happy Easter in Spring like weather!

If I was browsing through my pictures and came across these next 2 pictures I would think that they would have been taken in the dead of winter. But I took them this morning and it is Easter weekend!! I had great plans of doing so much yard work this week!So I hope that all of you are having a great Easter weekend and if you are blessed with dry ground and spring like weather, good for you!!!!!!

I made these great orange glazed rolls today and we let them rise while we watched the morning session of conference and then we ate them for lunch. They were delicious, so I will share the recipe with you that I got from KSL Studio 5.

Click here for recipe!
Have a Happy Easter!