Oh Canada!!

My mom was born in a very small town in Canada. She was the only child out of eight that made their way to the good old'e USA. My dad served his mission in Canada and the story is that she chased him home (my dad's version). As kids we vacationed almost every summer in Waterton Lakes, the International Peace Park, still to this very day as we make the turn and round a few corners and spy the famous Prince of Wales Hotel a flood of feelings, all good, overwhelm me. Those of my family, my pioneer heritage, the beauties the Lord created for us, the safety I feel in this small little spot. As kids we roamed freely, mingled with our Canadian cousins, spent our time in a modest cabin, one bathroom for 30 to 40 people and loved every minute of it. Even the longgg drive to get there is part of the journey and cherished memories. The year I was 16 and helped drive I was into antiques, we stopped in Butte and my dad patiently drove to store after store and after an all day treasure hunt, we found a dresser and strapped it to the top of the car. He joked saying it would help me to drive slower but we only drove one hour that day Butte to Dillion and to this day that means so much to me because it reminds me how much my Dad loved me! Oh Canada...P.S. You should all go sometime! You should go with Kris she always meets the nicest people!

Thanks:)

So many great things have happened the past couple of months. I feel so blessed to have such a great loving, supportive family and so many loving supportive friends.  A picture is worth a thousand words....so I'll let the pictures be my words and express my love and thanks:)

Puerto Rico....

A revolving door trip...you make one loop around and you are spit out back home. We were only in Puerto Rico for TWO days...we must go back(we didn't even see Jorge or Tateanna!) It took us Two days of travel, crazy, not thinking...Ron was invited to go with one of his company's Travelers Insurance...we should have extended!

Sitting in the plane waiting to take off I glanced over and saw this American jet...it just hit me I am proud to be an American. We are going through a lot right now but what if our country was united and had just a little of the patriotism it took to build this great country, if we pulled and worked together. Do you wonder what if Mitt had won?
We stayed in a great place, met some crazy people, went kayaking, snorkeling, read a book, had a great spa afternoon.  I was so excited snorkeling.  Ron found this huge seashell so I'm carrying it all around with me thinking this is amazing...how can I smuggle this home?? (I love seahells!) I get out of the water and within minutes this creature comes crawling out while I'm holding it. I'm screaming, Ron returns it to its home.  Walking back down the beach we found all kinds of shells and I asked the guide(Puerto Rican teenager) can I take this shell home.  Sure, no problem. So I have a treasure! We got to fly first class for one of the legs and that was bad cause now when you're back with the crowd, you know what is going on behind that curtain and you want to be there as you sit there and they are charging $4.00 for a bag of nuts!

This was by our room... was I suppose to be inspired by it??? I could not quite grasp the artist concept  I do love art, maybe it was me!!

The hotel was very spread out.  It had its own private island, lower section you took a little tram to...I know I didn't see half of it because we were only there two days!! We traveled two days to get there...bad, bad planning.  I should have consulted Janae!

The Family is Growing...

The family is growing Camilla and Tanner Wells are officially engaged...yeah we are so excited!! Tanner is an amazing young man and fits into our family so perfect. We all love you Tanner and are so excited. His dad is Julie Bartletts dads cousin...small world. 

Daniel & Brittney are expecting number 2. We are really excited for that, nothing better than being 'mimi' and 'papa'...We are Blessed!

A Plan...

Isn't this amazing?? I think Heavenly Father is a true romantic...how fun would it be to create your own world?? It is so fun to visit every ones blogs and see their personalities come through; can you imagine visiting their worlds? As you can see my mind is everywhere today...we got back from Brian Head last night(had a GREAT Valentines)...Cami is officially engaged! We are so excited for her and Tanner...June 20th. They want to have the reception in our backyard....HELP I NEED A PLAN!!!

I will admit planning is one of my weaknesses. My mind will not quiet today...should I just rent a POD and empty my house and start over? Maybe I should really call CLEAN SWEEP or Natalie Garrett? 

Right now I am just so thankful that Heavenly Father has a Plan. He loves us all so much and takes such good care of every one of us...sometimes we get weak and can't see the Plan and we become sad and fearful thinking this can't be the Plan... but then if we do just one small tiny thing like read your scriptures the spirit just pours over you and whispers to your heart...this is the Plan and it gives you strength to continue....

P.S...I loved King Keiths last post, I'm IN...since this is LOVE month one of my favorite sayings is... "The Love in Your Heart wasn't put their to stay...LOVE isn't LOVE til you give it away"....