My greatest Blessings call me MOM...

I love being a mom for so many reasons...the smiles..laughs
lessons...learning....growing....testifying....seeing ...hearing....loving
forgiving...changing....sharing....giving....ahh, I love these BOYS!!

Still remember this day. I was with my sister in Salt Lake and we were trying to get a cousin picture. I can't find the cousin picture that was taken this day...but Michael ended up spilling water or juice on his shirt..needless to say we had a cousin picture taken this day...and Michael has his shirt completly off...yep, professional picture taken in the studio...shirtless.....Motherhood....ya gotta love it. Funny how I love that picture now:)

Then came Aiden....Aiden and Tanner are almost 5 years apart so we were so excited to have another boy/baby running around the house. Love that AIDEN....

Happy Mother's Day...

Just got home from a great day at church and wanted to write a little about my beautiful mother while everything is fresh in my mind.
My mom is such a incredible women. She grew up on a farm in Eastern Oregon and was the 2nd child of 10 - first daughter! My mom has always been a great example to me. A few things I remember when I was younger was driving all the way to Vale(her home town) from Sandhallow, Idaho (where my family was living at the time) to attend a hometown basketball game. I was probably 5 0r 6 at the time. I still remember the crowd roaring and the band playing. I still had uncles in HS playing ball and my aunt was one of the cheerleaders at the time. My mom instilled in me the power of family - togetherness....being loyal. My mom was the kind of gal that when someone was falling on hard times...she was there to pull them up. My mom isn't a gossiper. If she has something to say she will tell the person straight up. She is extremley positive and a very hard worker. She just turned 66 this year and does cirlces around most. She often took time for the teaching moment - baring her testimony and testifiying of the truthfulness of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. She taught me the value of hard work and the value of prayer...that I could turn to my Heavenly Father anytime..anywhere and he would listen. She taught me the power of forgivness and often said sorry when she felt she had done wrong.
My mom always put things in a spritual frame of mind - that everyone is unique....needed... and has something to offer the world that knowone else can do. She is a very compassionate but tough/firm lady....she is kind and loving and strives to do good daily. I'm thankful to her for providing me with the BEST of friends..... Mark, Kelli Matthew and Luke. For giving me life...the greatest gift of all.

This picture was taken when my mom was a senior in HS. She was
the homecoming Queen..I always remember as a young girl thinking
this picture was so cool -

Starts and ends with the family....

Caleb, Michael & Tanner

Some of my favorite pics of Tanner...

Florida....

This one my cousin sent to me from Grandpa J's funeral....
Travis Jr.(11), Tanner(8)

Tanner supporting Caleb at his wrestling match.
Caleb took 1st place at this tournament !!

I found some old pics the other day on a disc...thought these were super fun!!

These pics are from Luke and Kristin when they came to visit us when we lived in Mississippi.

.......sweet Tanner

loving every minute of it!!!

Aiden enjoying his new "BIG" bike!!

Michael gets to compete down in St. George this coming Saturday in the Southern Utah State Track meet. He took 1st in the 200m and 1st in the Long jump in the Enterprise track meet last week.....good stuff!!!

Family night....making chocolate covered mint oreos.

Trav's last game a few weeks ago....leading the WAY!!

Baseball

Michael started baseball a few weeks ago...

Go Dodgers!!!

Riding a bike is fun to do....


Finding Joy in the Journey....