Todd and Rylie's wedding day

 Oquirrh Mountain Temple

 Family and Friends come together to share on Rylie and Todd's day!

 Family and we are truly blessed to be family!

Special people came to share on this day. Grandpa Merrill and Jill Dastrup to name a few.

Saint George March 4th to the 7th

 First day Scott and I went on a bike ride in Snow Canyon

 Then to Veyo Pies in Veyo Utah. We got a amazing Apple Pie and shared it with NO ONE!! 

 Todd and Scott went mountain biking on Saturday

 So Rylie and I went to the St. George Temple and then to Judd's for some good yummy taffy. Its tradition. 

 Lunch at Mad Pita. Mmmmmm Best fries ever!!

 Hot Tubing 

 Summer and Andrew came for a wedding. They stayed the weekend with us.

 Scott and I enjoy playing Skip Bo. Summer joined us for a game.

Summer shared her testimony at church on the temple. 

Carlie came on Sunday and went mounting bike with Scott. They are good buddies. It was a great weekend. We enjoy have a town home in Washington.

Valentine's Day/Weekend Celebration

Thursday night we went to Sundance for dinner. The Foundry Grill. Scott had his favorite a wedge salad, roasted Brussels sprouts and Garlic fries. I had the Pork chop. Her is a picture of our divine desert brownie in a pan with peppermint ice cream.  

We went to the cabin on Friday afternoon for a romantic get away. We stopped a Costa Vida for lunch. Our favorite.  

Saturday afternoon to the Provo Temple for a session. My favorite temple. 

Today we will celebrate our family love for each other with a yummy family dinner. 

Here is a little love advice from a Prophet of God Harold B. Lee

"As I look at the experiences of our brethren and hear their testimonies, I become persuaded of one great truth: Whenever the Lord has a great blessing for one of his children, he puts that son or daughter in the way to make a great sacrifice....

"If in this day the Church rises to the call of the First Presidency, and if Church members sacrifice of their means, their time, their talents for the upbuilding of the kingdom of God, not withholding their own lives, if that were necessary, then there will come to this people, and to that individual who thus is willing to consecrate himself, the greatest joy that can come to the human soul.

"God bless us that we might teach our youth the way by which this happiness will come, and let us plan our [activities] for youth in such a way to give youth the opportunity to [serve] their leaders rather than for their leaders to make all the sacrifice for the benefit of youth. Give them the joy of service and expect from them such sacrifices as may be necessary to build the faith necessary to lay hold upon eternal life (1 Tim. 6:19)."

We played a love walk. (like cake walk)  We walked around until the music stopped and when we landed on the heart we read what it said. Some were do jumping jacks, tell us what you like about______. Give the person on your right a hug. Tell the person on your left that you love them. Etc. The grand kids liked it. We celebrated love.

I shared with Scott what I love about him/us. I LOVE the way he takes care of everyone. He is a strong good provider. I LOVE the way he loves me. I feel love and appreciated. I LOVE that we go to bed each night together. I LOVE that we snuggle. I LOVE his playfulness and he makes me laugh and puts a smile on my face. I LOVE that he loves The Lord and has faith is Christ. I LOVE how he is a human doing. Always doing and getting things done. I LOVE how I feel loved. 

Happy love day!

Sister/Cousin/Mother daugter trip to Las Vegas

 Lacey and Carlie back seat

 Judy and Lacey

 Sweet Carlie and I

 Debbie and Summer

Debbie, Summer, Me, Carlie, Judy and Lacey took a trip to Las Vegas in February. Summer and Lacey are going on missions and this was a fun trip before they leave. We always try to go to the temple when we do girls trips. This is the Las Vegas temple. Very beautiful. My second time coming to this temple. Love it!!

Rylie, Lydia and Katelyn a day is SLC

I took Rylie, Lydia and Katelyn up to Salt Lake Temple to do baptisms in the SL temple. Then we did a little of Temple Square then to Crown burger for lunch. Yummy to Rylie! She loves it. Then we went to Brigham Young's grave. Then we spent an hour looking for gravity hill by the capital. We couldn't find it but we had fun looking.  Then we went to the Salt Lake City cemetery, to see the grave sites of Later day Prophets.  Those pictures to come soon. We had a great time!!

Sister's trip 4th day.

We all love Our Savoir. 

We did a Temple session in the Salt Lake Temple. What a blessing that we all love the temple and can go together. 

Barb, Judy and Debbie at Tyler's Grave. (Don't do drugs)

Judy is a great example of Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. She can do hard things and teach us to trust in the Lord and never give up. 

We as sisters had a wonderful time together. We are so much alike and yet so different. We all are going after the same goal. To live with our Father in Heaven and with our families. We all try to live the Gospel the best we know how. We may do it differently. But we also do it the same.  We each have a strong desire to serve and care for others. My sisters are a great example to me. They both have taught me different things. Thank you Debbie for coming out so we could spend this time together to strengthen our  relationship and our testimonies. Can't wait for the next trip.  

Wedding Day.

Scott, Geoff and Jason.

Lila, Geoff, Stacy, and Grandpa Merrill.

Geoff, Bishop Mella and Stacy.

Shelly, Mandy, Jill, Ange, Geoff, Stacy, Carlie, Jessie, and Rylie.

Our family

Beautiful Norah. The girls put her feet in the water at the beach.

At the luncheon on the beach. 

Christian and Geoff. Christian was in Scott's BYU ward and was so good to Geoff. He babysat our kids a lot.

Lemon ravioli (yummy)

Chicken Sandwich.

How cute is this car.

Geoff and Stacy's wedding day was perfect. We had a lot of support. My dad and his wife Lila came from Northern Calif. Debbie and five of her kids came. All of Stacy's brothers and sisters came. Bishop Davies form our old ward and Bishop Mella Geoff and Stacy's Bishop. We are so happy to have Stacy in our family. Feel very blessed that they choose to be married in the San Diego Temple.