A Little Bit of Heaven on Earth

What happens when you find out that everyone is out of school on the same day and Dad doesn't have to work?  You head for the hills!!  The beautiful, breath-taking hills of Zion National Park.  We discovered February is the perfect time to go into the park.  The weather was perfect, there were no crowds, and you can drive directly to where you want to hike.  I've learned that we are a happy family when we are out in the beautiful world.

Of course part of the perfection of this weekend is having the perfect guides!  Nothing like having Grandma and Papa to help us enjoy the weekend.

Part of having Grandma and Papa in Southern Utah is having baby-sitters for the two girls who don't want to hike again the next day.  So off Shayla, Mom and Dad go to enjoy another beautiful hike in Kolob. Too bad Cambree and Tianne missed out on the gorgeous views and fun times we had that day!  We missed them, but yet somehow the hike seemed just a tad easier.

Choose The Right Way! And Be Happy!

Our Beautiful Cambree chose to be baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Valentine's Day!  What an exciting perfect day!  I can't think of a better way to celebrate a day dedicated to love.  We are so proud of Cambree and the choices she has made in her life.  She sure is turning into a beautiful little lady!

We had a great day celebrating with family and friends.  Cambree even played the violin while Shayla accompanied her on the piano.  What a brave girl!  Thanks everyone for coming and helping to celebrate this day with us.

Cambree's 8!

Cambree had the best birthday, ever!  Really! If you have to go to school on you're birthday you might as well have it be a field trip day.  So Cambree was lucky enough to have a field trip, and have her mom come as a chaperone, to the Museum of Natural History.

 

 After school was the normal run around, homework time.  However having crepes for dinner instead of birthday cake - way better than normal!

Finally she got to open presents!

Being 8 means GUM!!!

The weekend after her birthday, it was party time! 

Nothing better than going ice skating with your friends.

 
 

Of course a Frozen cake is the perfect cake for an ice skating party!

Happy Birthday, Cambree! We are so happy you joined our family!  We wouldn't love life as much as we do without you!  Love you!

A Labor Of Love

What do you get when your think, I'll just look at this office and see if it's something that might interest me?  A LOT of Work!  In October we went to look at a new office that would be closer to home.  In a matter of days we had a lease signed and we started tearing the place apart.  In order to keep in budget, we did most of the work ourselves.  We had some wonderful friends that helped beautify the place to perfection!  We are so glad to know and trust so many wonderful people.  Not only did we do a lot of the work and be the contractor of the whole project, but we also gave ourselves approximately 8 weeks to get everything done.  8 weeks, not bad, right?  No - it was right through the middle of the busy holiday season.  Not to mention trips that were already planned and paid for.  We worked fast!

But here's how it turned out!  We love it!  Here are the before and after pictures of the same rooms.  I couldn't believe what we pulled off, and thought it wasn't too much work, until we went back and looked at the pictures of when we first saw the place. It truly was a labor of love!  We love our staff, our patients, our family and friends who supported us and helped us accomplish this task.  And we love being close to home and know that this office will be successful and a great move for us!