Trying Times

I had a very sleepless night the other night. Losing a loved one is really hard. Some days are good and some days it is very hard not to just cry all day. But I know that Curtis and Tami are happy.

I just wanted to share this poem that I wrote during my sleepless night.

Life is a journey we must all go through
Hold on and be strong is what we are asked to do
Sometimes it’s not easy to bear up this task
But with faith, hope, and trust we can be steadfast
For we are not sent here to bear this alone
God gave us family and friends to help us ‘til we come home
Satan’s always there to stand in the way
But God’s also there to lift you out of the way
So when your at a time in your life
When nothing seems to be going right
Get down on your knees and pray
And be humble so you’ll know of his way
Remember not to blame those you love
For trials are sent from God up above
This life is just a short glimpse in time
Before we move on to our life sublime
So make memories that you can hold so dear
Don’t let Satan and his helpers interfere
So when your judgment day arrives
And your asked the question, How well did you derive?
Which side of the scale will your deeds lean to,
Have you shown Christ-like love or is the opposite true?
You’ll be able to say without a doubt
I have passed the test that was brought about
So put your trust in that God up above
And you’ll find peace, joy, and eternal love.
Author,
Jennifer Staten

Benefit dinner

I want to invite everyone to the benefit dinner for Kylee and Jaxon on Fri. Jan 23rd at Coppermilll in logan.
Dinner will be from 6-9 p.m.
The auction starts at 7:00
There has been many great donations made by various business' in Logan.
Come and enjoy a great dinner and have fun trying out your auctioning skills.

Christmas fun!

Kayla's preschool did an impromptu nativity today she was a lamb and was so excited about it. I took my camera but when I got there it decided not to work so I wasn't able to get any pictures of it. Then they sang us some christmas songs. It is always so fun to see your kids perform. I love watching their faces light up.

Later this evening Chase and Kayla did their Christmas gymnastics program they both did such a great job. They each got to do one of each of the tricks that they have learned this year. I am really impressed with how well they are doing.

After their program they had some dancers come out and perform, I had to hold back my tears as I thought about Kylee, Curtis and Tami. It always makes me feel so sad to think that her dance performance that morning is the last memory she will have of her and her parents.

I do feel a great amount of comfort though because I know that this was part of God's plan. Curtis and Tami have started a great work in heaven as well as for the rest of us still here on this earth. I am so glad they were both a part of my family!

Thank You!

Thank you everyone for your kind words and prayers they are very much appreciated!

Curtis and Tami's funeral will be on Sat. We have not set a time yet, we will be making all the plans on Tuesday. We have been spending most of our time the last couple of days at primary childrens hospital with their daughter Kylee. She has made some great progession and might be released tommorrow. Their son is doing very well and is with Tami's brother and wife. Tami's parents are going to be raising the kids.

Thank you again!

Joy and Pain

As part of being on this earth we get to enojoy joy as well as experience pain.
Some of the hardest pain we feel is that of loosing a loved one. How grateful and joyful I am this night to know of the wonderful plan of salvation and in knowing that we will once again be able to see our loved ones.

To my brother Curtis and his wife Tami

WE LOVE YOU! We will miss you deeply. Until we meet again you will forever be in our hearts!

MMI

Travis and I attended a 3 day seminar last week called the Millionaire Mind Intensive. It was the best seminar I have ever been to. We started at 8:00 in the morning and would go until 11:00 at night, but it seemed shorter than a few hour meeting. The processes that they have you go through are so amazing. Travis and I learned so much about ourselves as well as each other. I would recommend this seminar to everyone!

Snow what?

This was our attempt to make a snow dragon on Tuesday. After we were done we colored him green but it didn't show up real well in the picture.

After the snow storm on Tuesday we had just enough snow to build something. We started out building a snow man, then the kids wanted to keep rolling the balls and making them bigger. They got big enough I was not going to attempt to put them on top of each other so we opted to make a snow dragon instead.

If you went a mile down the hill from our house they didn't have any snow until after the snow storm last night and today, they still have minimal compared to what we got. That is what we get for living in the benches of Bountiful I guess but I will take it. I love our view of the temple. (Which looks a lot further away in this picture than it actually is).