This week...

has been one of Happiness, sadness, joy, lots of family, lots of tears.
Wednesday Tally and I attended a wedding ceremony at the Salt Lake Temple for this cute couple.

This is Angie and Jared. Tally has been friends with Angie and her family for a very long time. We were so fortunate to be in the Temple with them and enjoy their special day. We are so happy for you two. While they were taking pictures we were trying to kill time before the luncheon. There was the 2 of us, Angie's brother and our next door neighbor Jared his wife Jill, their 2 1/2 month old baby girl Shelby and Leisha our other next door neighbor and babysitter for Shelby. (Leisha is 13) We were going to go to the new Church History Museum to take a tour. On our way out we passed the Relief Society building. We have a dear family friend that is the secretary to the Young Women's. I told Tally I wanted to go say hi to Kristen so we all went in. The sweet ladies made sure she was in and sent us upstairs. Jared didn't really want to go because they were working, but I finally talked him into going up and meeting her. She greeted us at the top with a huge smile on her face. Her office is right next to the General Young Women's President, Sister Dalton. She said Sister Dalton was in a meeting, but took us into her office. There was a round table in the office with 4 chairs. Kristen said that is where they hold their meetings. She pointed to the chair on the North side and said Sister Dalton always sits in that chair because of the view. She looks right out the window and sees the beautiful Temple. On our way out of the office in walks Sister Dalton.

She glowed. She was so sweet. Once she saw Leisha she had her in her arms and it was just about Leisha. You can tell that she loves the Young Women of the world and wants the best for them. She did not let go of Leisha the whole time we talked with her. It was such a neat experience. We are glad we had that opportunity.

Yesterday was a good, but sad day. It was the funeral for my very sweet cousin Anne. She was 33 years old and died of stage 4 Melanoma. She left behind the love of her life, her sweet husband Ward and 3 little girls. She will be greatly missed. The funeral services were absolutely beautiful and so uplifting. The spirit was very strong. I know that she is healthy again. No longer in pain. How grateful I am for our Heavenly Father's Plan of Salvation. She lived and loved the gospel. She radiated with goodness and light. I was fortunate to see her in July at the family reunion. Some of us didn't realize that that would be the last time we would see her. She walked in with a huge smile on her face, just as beautiful as ever. I know that we will see her again. And I know that because she was married to her sweetheart Ward in the temple and kept her covenants to him and the Lord, they will one day be reunited with one another and those 3 beautiful daughters. What a joyous reunion that will be. Seeing the life she lived and listening to the stories told makes me want to be better. We love you Anne.

We got to see a lot of relatives at the funeral. It was so fun. I haven't seen a few of my cousins in a very long time and loved seeing them.

A few weeks ago we found out that the tumor in Natalie's head had grown again. There is also a tumor growing on her temple. Today she started a 5 day surgery. It is similar to radiation. I believe they use a laser and zap it. We are praying that this will get rid of it. In talking to my mom, she said that Ewing's Sarcoma's like to take up residence some place in the body. It will live there until forced to move (such as radiation or chemo) but it is hard to get rid of, it will just migrate to another place in the body. We hope for this to be gone. We know that it is in our Heavenly Father's hands. We are grateful for the time we get to spend with Natalie and feel her sweet spirit. We love you Nat.

All in all life is good. We are keeping busy. I am finally a stay at home mom and LOVE it. I love spending time with Colsten. He keeps me going and keeps me laughing. Colsten is in nursery now and is still trying to adjust to being left for 2 hours. He isn't very fond of it. I am serving as the 2nd counselor in Primary and Love it. I work with great women. Tally is the 1st counselor in Young Men's and really enjoys working with the youth. We are blessed to be apart of the gospel and to know families are forever.