I was going through my pictures today and trying to do some computer housekeeping and I came across these pictures of Megan and Spencer. The first few are of when Spencer was beginning 7th grade and the next few are of when Megan was beginning 7th grade, just three years later...they are growing so fast! I am not sure why Spencer thinks it is so fun to actually get in the locker, but he does. I am sure that soon he will not be able to fit in any locker.

Recently I was preparing hamburgers for dinner one evening and I could not get the jar of pickles open so I called on Spencer to help me out of this "Pickle". He came upstairs and muttered something about how I was such a girl and then proceeded to try to open the jar. After a few failed attempts, he seemed to be using his mind over matter technique and then after some pondering, he tried a few more times. Let me just say that at this point it had become a challenge and the jar of pickles was not going to prevail. His diligence paid off and in the end we had pickles on our hamburgers! Thanks, Spencer.

Good things are worth the wait

It seems that a good portion of my time lately has been spent in anticipation of upcoming events. We have been patiently waiting for our son to receive his mission call and it finally came last week! He will be serving an LDS mission in Scotland. We are so excited for him and know that he will have amazing experiences in Scotland.
Another event that we are still looking forward to is the upcoming birth of our first grandchild. The expected due date is at the beginning of January, but we are hoping for the end of December. The girls have been having fun making blankets, shopping and attending baby showers all for the new little one. We simply don't know how much longer we can wait.

So, I guess an update is in order. Many things have been going on and most of them are exciting. We enjoyed spending time with the Scott side of the family last month as a neice of mine was getting married in the Manti temple. It was a beautiful, yet somewhat brisk November day and my neice and her new husband looked so happy as they were married. I do have to say that it brought back a few memories of almost 23 years ago when Doug and I were married in the Manti temple in December.
The cousins had a great time spending time together and I think one of the highlights of the weekend was staying at an amazing cabin in Mt. Pleasant. We sure do love our family!!