HAPPY BIRTHDAY KANDICE!

TODAY is our sweet daughter,,,,, KANDICE's, birthday! She is 27 today. I remember the morning before she was born so clearly it seems like it was just a couple of years ago, not 27! I was so scared and so excited. I was going to be a mother for the first time. I don't remember a whole lot after that until after she was born because they didn't have a doctor that could do epidurals at the hospital where she was born They gave me pain medication in my IV and things get cloudy from that point on. I do remember seeing her after she was born and thinking to myself how beautiful she was. Her daddy was so proud and he doted on her SOOO much. She is a special girl and has always made us so proud to call her our daughter. We are so happy to spend time with her and are so glad they live close and we get to see them often. She is adored by anyone who gets to know her. She is so giving and cares about anything that lives and breathes. She still won't watch Bambie or Benji or any movie that has animals in it because she can't watch them be hurt. It is for that caring attitude love her so much. Her and Josh are truly the happiest married couple we know and we are so happy that they found each other. We hope all your DREAMS come true SWEETHEART! We love you! HAPPY 27th ... do something special today...

SUNDAYS AND SNOW DAYS

I love Sundays at our house. Ever since the kids were little, we enforced the rule that Sundays are family days. We would spend the day cooking a big dinner, hanging out with each other and watch movies. This has been a hard habit to break even as the kids have gotten older and married and moved out. They do all try to come home as often as possible even now with their busy schedules. Kandice and Josh and Jade and Brit are able to come for dinner much more often than Chelsie and Brian are since they live so far away. We had a big dinner on Superbowl Sunday and again this past Sunday. We love having them home and I thoroughly enjoy cooking a big dinner and just hanging out with all of them. I hate it when it is time for them to go home. We watch movies and catch up on TV shows I have recorded that they haven't had time to watch. I get to spend the day loving on Branson and catching up with what's going on in their lives. We have a lot of laughs and EAT! It is a pretty laid back relaxing day.

Kandice and Josh weren't able to come up this Sunday as Kandice went down to Salt Lake to watch her favorite kids sing in a choir at the Tabernacle. I was very worried about her as she was driving home late at night and it was snowing. I am so glad she got home safely and it is a good thing she didn't wait until morning as this is what we woke up to this morning!

I hate the bitter cold of our long winters but it sure is beautiful when we have fresh snow. It hasn't stopped snowing yet today either. I think Glen is getting mighty tired of shoveling. He shovels our driveway and sidewalk, our neighbor, Joyce's driveway and sidewalk and his mom's driveway and walkways. He works all night and shovels all morning. He's a good man ...

I want send sympathy my mom's way today. Her little Pomeranian, Trixie, died Saturday night. She was a sweet little dog and loved it when I went and stayed at mom's house. She would spend all the time she could in my lap and loved the attention. She was 12 and had a very happy life. Sorry mom. Hope you're doing okay.