Things I loved in August...

 This month sure did fly by...

Grateful heart...

The most

beautiful way

to start and end a day

is with a

Grateful Heart

No matter what is going on in the world today...

There are many things to be grateful for...

Sunday Best...

Colby Mark Williams 

Laughter and a few extra hugs...

With all the overwhelming tragic events this past week, I was especially grateful to spend time with Cash, Colby, Grey, and Grahm this weekend. Hearing their laughter and getting a few extra hugs was just what I needed. I really love them so much. 

Turns out Grahm is a little slugger.

Grey was pitching cherry tomatoes from the garden to Grahm and he got a hit! If you look close you can see the tomato!

Someone wouldn't hold still!

I am so ready for Fall!

You know I love tubby time with Grahm.

Grey got a few good kicks during the 

game and we love watching him play.

Grahm is so excited for his turn to play soccer.

Someone highjacked my phone!

Mark and Tiff's peaches!

Tiffani takes the boys on different adventures 

and they are so blessed to have such a wonderful mom. 

They caught a lot of fish the other day.

ThrowBack Thursday ~ Once upon a time...

Take hope and comfort...

Let me be direct and clear. The answers to the questions “Am I good enough?” and “Will I make it?” are “Yes! The God of heaven is not a heartless referee looking for any excuse to throw us out of the game. He is our perfectly loving Father, who yearns more than anything else to have all of His children come back home and live with Him as families forever. He truly gave His Only Begotten Son that we might not perish but have everlasting life! Please believe, and please take hope and comfort from, this eternal truth. Our Heavenly Father intends for us to make it! That is His work and His glory.

I love the way President Gordon B. Hinckley used to teach this principle. I heard him say on several occasions, “Brothers and sisters, all the Lord expects of us is to try, but you have to really try!”

“Really trying” means doing the best we can, recognizing where we need to improve, and then trying again. By repeatedly doing this, we come closer and closer to the Lord, we feel His Spirit more and more, and we receive more of His grace, or help.

Am I Good Enough? Will I Make It? | Elder J. Devn Cornish

October 2016

Last week...

Every week I have moments that fill my heart with gratitude. 

There are salads and then there are salads made by Christopher. Never has a Chef Salad tasted so good. Thanks for lunch.

I take such great selfies! This was the first day of school and the skies were still filled with smoke. I had a good week, it was a little crazy but each day it got better.

A new look for Gramps?

He just traded glasses with Adrian to see

if it would help with his Canasta game!

Thin Ice game and Colby's dimple

Cash playing the China game with Gramps

Grahm showing me where he got a shot.

"It's all better now"

That dimple!

We were looking at the garden and Colby showed us the way pumpkin vines attach themselves to another plant or a fence. I looked it up and they are called green tendrils, and they look like a spring or a coil. These tendrils help to anchor the vine and protect it from the wind. The tendrils are able to twist in a coil shape to grip onto fences, poles, other plants, or even trees. We all thought that tendrils are very cool!

We were so happy to find four pumpkins, 

one for Cash, Colby, Grey, and Grahm!

Fun at the park

Grandpa's gobble, gobble!

Colby whipped coconut cream for our strawberry shortcake... yum!

Another beautiful day for a walk with Chris.

This is my brother Marion who recently moved to Michigan. I'm so happy that he lives near his daughters and grandchildren now. Malia was so excited to go for a spin on Grandpa's cool three wheeler Harley! 

My hydrangeas keep on giving.

I'm happy I have a few pictures to remind of last week.