1.28.2008

A Tribute

President Hinckley has passed away. He died yesterday at about 7:00 pm, MST.


I was 14 1/2 when President Hinckley was called as the Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
I know for my parents that President McKay was "their prophet". This is how I feel about President Hinckley. He's the only prophet since I've been alive that I really listened to or heard. Not because I didn't care what the others had to say, but because I was young. Every time I hear the words to We Thank Thee Oh God for a Prophet, I will think of him. It brings tears to my eyes.
I love President Hinckley and am very glad I was able to see him speak at the last General Conference. He will be missed in April. I am glad, however, that he finally is reunited with his wife.

This post is dedicated to him who has inspired me and lifted me when I've needed it most. Thanks, President Hinckley, you are loved and missed.

Posted by Rebecca at 11:27 AM 1 Comments  

1.19.2008

A Walk in the Snow

This Thursday morning we woke up to snow on the ground. It wasn't much, but it was Jacob's first "real" snowfall so we had to capture the moment.

First, we had to get him dressed in his snow pants. We bought them last year when they were on sale and this is our first use out of them. We also bought a nice hat and gloves that actually fit his little hands. Jacob was probably thinking, I sure hope I don't fall over because my arms will never reach the ground with all this extra padding!


Once he and Brad got out the door, I think Jacob wanted to make sure I knew I was invited too. I declined as I have no snow pants, but the boys went out anyway.

This is Brad and Jacob playing in the snow together. Jacob and Brad look like they're having a conversation about what the white stuff on the ground is. He was a little more concerned that he had gloves on and wanted them off. He was able to work them off and then touched the snow. At that point, he found out he'd rather wear the gloves :)

Maybe next time we have snow there will be enough to go sledding and really enjoy it!

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1.12.2008

Visitors

Some friends of ours from Cleveland came down to visit us last weekend. They were some of our closest friends while we were living in Cleveland and we spent a lot of time at their house the four years we lived there. They came down on a Thursday afternoon and we spent the weekend together. We had so much fun with them.

They brought down their Wii and we had fun playing tennis, bowling, boxing, and a little racing.

This is Jessica and I playing one of the racing games. I was laughing so hard tears were rolling down my cheeks. I never could quite get the hang of how to drive the little cow or whatever it was I was riding on. I think I lost to every person I raced.






This is Brad and Coby boxing. I love it that Coby's tongue is sticking out of the side of his mouth and little Levi (that's him poking out behind Coby's shoulder) has his tongue out doing the same thing. You may have to enlarge the picture to see the tongue action!

This is Brad and I boxing each other. I'm getting ready to do an upper-cut with my right arm and Brad's not even protecting himself! I was sore for days after boxing and really worked up a sweat. I've thought about purchasing a Wii just to get some cardio in every day. It may also help with my anger management problems!

On Friday, while Brad was at work, Jacob and I took our visitors to the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory. Here's Jacob and I outside the museum. It's sort of a neat place to go and see how they make the bats. I think, while living in Louisville, it's a must-do. When else are you going to see how the Louisville slugger bats are made?













Here's a picture of Jacob getting ready to run the bases inside the bat museum.
















On Saturday it wasn't nice outside so we decided to go to Oxmoor Mall and let the kids play on the giant ship they have inside. This is Spencer, Brynn, and Levi playing on the ship. It was a nice break and I think the kids enjoyed their time at the mall. Here's Jacob playing on the slide. I think he really enjoyed finally being big enough (sort of) to do some of the big-kid kinds of things!
In all, we had a great weekend spending time with friends. We played a lot of Rook, ate a lot of good food, laughed a lot, and enjoyed each other's company. Definitely a fun weekend. Who's up for another?!

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