BABY ROOM

SO I AM VERY BIG ON DECORATING MY HOUSE. I USUALLY CAN THROW A ROOM TOGETHER VERY QUICKLY BUT FOR SOME REASON WHEN IT CAME TO DECORATING FOR A BABY I DEVELOPED A MENTAL BLOCK. IT HAS TAKEN ME A WHOLE YEAR TO FINALLY DECIDE WHAT TO DO FOR TALIA'S ROOM. OVER THE SUMMER I HAD BLAKE DRIVE DOWN TO THE VALLEY AND BUY THIS BEDDING THAT I THOUGHT I LOVED. BEING A PREGNANT WOMAN, A FEW WEEKS LATER I DECIDED IT WAS THE UGLIEST BEDDING EVER MADE! SO I WENT TO THE FABRIC STORE AND BOUGHT SOME FABRIC AND SEWED MY OWN. I WAS HAPPY WITH IT BUT THEN COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT TO PUT ON THE WALLS. SO ONCE AGAIN THE ROOM SAT. IT HAS BEEN A HUGE MESS (OH THE TRAGEDIES IN MY LIFE) SO OUT OF NO WHERE ONE EARLY MORNING I WAS INSPIRED. SO HERE IT IS!!!

SEDONA ARIZONA

FOR OUR DAY OFF BLAKE AND I WENT ON A GREAT LITTLE HIKE IN SEDONA. WE JUMPED ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND A TRAIL CALLED "CATHEDRAL TRAIL." WE PACKED UP THE BABY AND THE DOG, HOPPED IN THE OLD 4-RUNNER AND HEADED SOUTH. THE HIKE WAS A 1 1/2 MILE CLIMB UP THIS... GIANT ROCK PRETTY MUCH. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL!! ONCE YOU REACH THE TOP YOU WALK BETWEEN TWO ROCK FORMATIONS AND IT OPENS UP TO A BIG VALLEY. YOU CAN SEE JEROME AND MINGUS MOUNTAIN IN THE DISTANCE. IT WAS PRETTY AWESOME. THE WEATHER WAS SO NICE IT FELT GREAT TO HAVE SOME WARM SUN. TAY GOT A LITTLE BURNT ON HER LITTLE NOSE BUT SHE STILL LOVED IT. NOW TALIA IS A TRUE "CALL" WITH HER FIRST REAL OUTDOOR ADVENTURE. THIS WAS BY FAR ONE OF OUR BEST FAMILY DAY TRIPS. MAYBE BECAUSE THE BABY GOT TO JOIN, BUT WHAT EVER THE REASON WE WILL FOR SURE BE BACK. WHAT A SPECIAL DAY.

TALIA'S BABY BLESSING

01.04.2009

SUNDAY WAS SUCH AN AWESOME DAY. ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO WITNESS IN CHURCH ARE ALL THE BABY BLESSINGS,SO I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN EXCITED FOR MY OWN CHILDREN TO GET BLESSED. EVEN LONG BEFORE WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING ANY KIDS. BLAKE DID SO WONDERFUL. HE IS A QUIET USUALLY WORDLESS MAN BUT WHEN HE IS INVOLVED IN ANY TYPE OF PUBLIC SPEAKING, THE WORDS JUST FLOW LIKE WATER. I WAS SO PROUD OF HIM AND I AM THANKFUL HE HOLDS THE PRIESTHOOD AND IS ABLE TO GIVE BLESSINGS.

WE HAD LOTS OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY SHOW UP. SOME COULD NOT MAKE IT BECAUSE OF A BIG SNOW STORM BUT ALL AND ALL IT WAS THE PERFECT TURN OUT. WE ATE LUNCH FOLLOWING THE SESSION AT BLAKES PARENTS HOUSE. YOU NEVER LEAVE HUNGRY AFTER THE HANCOCK SIDE OF DEB COMES OUT. THERE WAS SO MUCH DELICIOUS FOOD!!!

OUR BABY MEANS THE WORLD TO US AND THERE IS NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY THAT I DONT FEEL HONORED THAT THE LORD CHOSE AND TRUSTED US TO RAISE ONE OF HIS HEAVENLY CHILDREN. SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND IT IS AMAZING THE MILESTONES SHE HITS EVERYDAY. CHILDREN ARE A BLESSING AND ANY ONE WHO IS THINKING ABOUT EXPANDING THEIR FAMILY ONE DAY, SHOULD REALIZE BY HAVING THE THOUGHT THEY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THEIR ANSWER. NO TIME IS GREATER THAN NOW.