Life

Life is returning to our neck of the woods. I love spring in Oregon because it always comes in February. It has been a beautiful week. The flowers are slowly making their way out of hibernation. The birds are chirping in the mornings. The days are slowly getting longer and it feels as if the earth is coming back to life after a long winters nap.

It has been nice to have spring this week to put a little sunshine in our souls. On Sunday we found out that our dear friends lost their four day old baby. There were complications with his birth and he spent four days on this earth before returning home to our Father in Heaven. We have shed many tears and our hearts are aching for them. We wish we could be there to support them during this difficult time. (They live in Utah) I am so grateful that I know we can have eternal families and I know our friends will be with their son again. They are the salt of the earth and I know they will get to be with their son for eternity. Even though we did not meet him or hold him we know he is a special spirit with a special mission. The spring flowers have reminded me that even after death their is life. It is because of our Savior, Jesus Christ, that we can one day be resurrected and live in eternal glory.

I hope that spring comes soon wherever you are and it reminds you of the gift of earthly and eternal life.

Thirty

Dan celebrated his 30th birthday earlier this month. He is now an old man! We celebrated by watching the Super Bowl (his birthday just happened to land on the same day....lucky guy!!) and my sister's family decorated the house with lots of 30's. There were 30's hanging from the ceiling, the walls and he got lots of 30 presents.








As you can see Dan loves his nieces and nephew and they sure do love him! We are so lucky that we live close to my sister and we love their kids. They bring us so much joy! I wanted to do something really big to celebrate the big 30, but my plans kept getting messed up. Dan kept insisting all he wanted was to watch the Super Bowl and hang out with the family, so that is what we did.



Yes, we made sure there were 30 candles on the cake. He did need a little help blowing them out!









I did get him a new watch and I know I did well, because a week later he is still telling me how much he likes it. Don't forget to notice his necklace of 30 paper clips!!

I love you Danny!