The Sky is Falling . . .

After waking-up to the news about the meteor exploding over Russia, I looked up in the sky here in Boise and saw this . . .

 Sure it was only a jet stream -- but it sure made me look twice! 

Crazy things are happening. 

Happy Valentine's Day

This year we had to make 90 + Valentines. The kids like to make their own, so the day before Valentine's requires some time and effort on our part. 

Here is Sammi working away . . . or is she watching a movie? 

Daniel working hard

 William working hard

 William's Valentines . . .

 Daniel gets Kudos this year for the most creative . . . Origami Yoda. He made a BUNCH of them! 

 Sammi sticking with the Phantom theme

 Bags 

 and Bags

 and Bags 

  And lucky me, my father-in-law sent me (us) these yummy berries! YUM! 

Happy Valentine's Day! 

Random Picture Update

The following is a picture update. I have been slacking! Some are random, and some are of the trip Sammi and Daniel took with their grandma and grandpa to see the BYU production of The Phantom of the Opera. (Lucky Ducks!) They had an amazing time. They are both obsessed with the musical. They love the music. They sing and play it all day long (with some Les Mis thrown in there, too). I love that they love music so much. I have never forced it on them, we just live music in our home -- it is as natural as breathing. The music from our favorites -- Phantom and Les Mis -- is just so haunting, it stays with you. I have the song "Bring Him Home" in my head right now! If you want your kids to love music, just infuse music into your everyday life! 

I am just going to slap the pictures up here, so I don't forget to post them! Oh, and I have been posting more pictures on www.jog4yourlife.blogspot.com.  

Brothers! 

Sam and Dan traveling with Grandma and Grandpa to Utah . . . 

In honor of Phantom they went to eat at a French restaurant 

YUM! Quiche Lorraine. 

Traveling 

Going to see the Hobbit 

Sammi loved the Sax lamp

Hair by Grandma

Snow Day in Utah

Getting ready to go to Phantom 

All dressed-up and ready to go! 

The theater was sold out every night . . . it was an amazing production. 

The kids LOVED it. 

Inside the theater at BYU

AWESOME

More snow-day play

Cuties 

Brothers

It is nice to have older kids that can make their own food

Cute boy

More cute boy

Hanging out together, with trains.

Like I said, RANDOM!! 

Watch Out World . . . They are Coming!

Love this video . . . it is amazing what is happening. The work of God is moving forward in a powerful way!

I love to see the temple . . . on my birthday

I turned 33 years old on Saturday. For my birthday, I wanted to go to the temple. It had been far too long since I had gone. It was really neat because the drive to the temple was incredibly foggy, you could barely see anything. It was a thick, dark, mist, the whole way. 

 And then we got to the temple . . . a shining beacon of light in the darkness.

It was so beautiful to behold. Breathtaking, really. The pictures do not do it justice . . . 

 It had an almost green glow about it.

 I am so grateful that the temple is there -- a place of peace -- amidst a world of increasing darkness

 I love to see the temple . . . the outside, and especially the inside. I love to go there and allow Heaven to guide my thoughts. It is the House of God. I know it. I am grateful to know it. 

I could not think of anywhere I would rather go on my birthday.