Hello Sun!!

So I had a dream the other week. It was just one of those dreams that I would have probably forgotten when I woke up. But there was a special visitor at the end. My Grandma Hanke was sitting at my kitchen table she looked me right in the eye and told me to tell my Grandpa that she was here and loved him.


I don't usually pay heed to my dreams but for some reason I thought it was a great time to go to Yuma and see my Grandpa Hanke. So we packed the kids in the car and drove for the 12 hours to Yuma. I am so glad we did the Sun was so worm and it was a much needed break from school and life as usual.

I will follow up with some more Pics latter.

Hello Snow

We thought it was spring there are tulipis growing in our garden and then we woke up to this  the kids were excited. I was not.

Lily is getting so Big I can not stand it !

The boys doing "school"

a love story

Happy Valentines Day


I would like to tell you a love story that I have been thinking about allot lately. It is about a young girl and an older man. This young girl was lost and she thought that she new what love was. But then she took a magical boat ride through beautiful glacier field bays. She stood on the back deck of the ship when the older man put his arms around her and they watched whales cresting off the port side. She snuggled in and felt his warmth and strength. How could she know that her life was going to change forever? The older man showed her what it was like to be loved for who she was and for all her hidden potential.

One Christmas eve night 2 years latter the older man took the beautiful young girl for a carriage ride down fairy lined streets of a magical city where they watched the amazing lights go by as the sat snuggled close to each other under the thick blankets for warmth. The older man offered the young girl a simple but elegant ring that his mother had worm and ask her to be his bride.

They were married and lived happily for a time. With the normal ups and down of life. There love grew as there family grew they had 4 little blessing added to there family. The older man and the young girl built a house and a life. They were happy.

One day a terrible monster came and attacked the older man and he lay like he was dead. The young girl and the 4 little blessings cried and prayed for 3 days. Then mighty knights came and blessed the older man and the monsters wounds were healed. The older man was still very week and a lot confused but the young girl and the 4 little blessings were so happy that they cried for 3 more days for joy.

The older man and the young girls love grew even stronger. The older man is not quite the same as he was before the terrible monster came. But the young girl and the 4 little blessings love him even more, and they are so grateful that they will get to live happily ever after for many more years.

I love you Ray and I am so Happy that you are not dead.

Back to School

So you all know that I came down to Utah to go back to school with a goal of becoming a CNM (certified nurse midwife) This has been all great in theory. I have been able to get my CNA (certified nursing assistant) which was no big deal and I thought would help me by getting my feet wet to go back to school. Go back to school!!!

Getting my CDM (certified direct entry midwife) I had to do a lot of studying but studying on my own ,

at my own pace.

 which I am very fond of.

 I like my own pace it fits nicely into my family routine...

So what I guess I am saying is I am scared to death of going to real school. and using words like professor instead of preceptor or mentor.

But alas I have made my decision the lord has backed me up and I am off for my first day of collage classes tomorrow. Chemistry, Human Anatomy, and Algebra 1010.

Wish me luck!!

passing time

The days keep passing.

The kids and Ray just went for a bike ride to the park. We do love that about Utah. We can walk and ride are bikes on flat ground. If we were back home we would have to go up and down my hill, and well that is just not ok.

We have made an effort to be active everyday go for a walk or bike ride we would like to go swimming but have not gotten around to that yet. This has been fun for me and the kids. Of course they are active everyday but well I am not so much.

I also started a CNA program this month. It is a prerec. to my nursing program so I have to do it. It has been fun to go to class with Elizabeth.

We had a fun impromptu dinner/ gamenight last night. Everyone just kind of turned up. I made Potato Bar for us to eat and the grownups played Apples to Apples while children watched Harry Potter down stairs. It so reminded me of when Tammy and Todd lived in Eagle River and we would go over on Sunday nights and have dinner and Games. Only this time I am the big sister. It was alot of fun. Thanks for coming over.

Happy Halloween

Elizabeth and Miles were Horten hears a Hoo. (So Cute)

I Hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween

HI

What have we been up to..... We got Library cards and home school fun.

What have we been up to .... We went to the Zoo

What have we been up to had Gabbys 6th Birthday at Pirate Island....So Fun!

What have we been up to we went to Grandma's Funeral and got to see the Globe theater

I spent a summer working here when I was in the 8th grade!