Miss Sophie!!

Sophie is the one granddaughter that people say has my smile! I couldn't see it at first. The first time I heard it was from Mark Neves, one of Joel's great brothers! I was caught off guard because honestly, very rarely do I hear that anyone, including my children, look anything like me at all. Even though I have spent a lifetime staring at them and can tell you which side of the family each child gets one thing or another. But this kid has my smile and my color hair!! Couldn't get any better!

Anyhow, I'm truly very proud that Sophia has a little of me in her! She is a total crack up and since she was born I have always had this inkling to tease her. I believe we knew each other well before coming here and we spent many hours laughing and teasing each other!

She is my Sophia Blake Naauilii Neves! (hope the spelling is correct, lol!) And I love and adore her!

Holy Fetch!

Gotta go read this newly developed website for Mormon myths!! It is so fun and interesting!!
It is holyfetch.com Have fun with it!

Helpful blog!!

Hey! Get a load of this blog that will help with lessons and talks!
wetestifyofchrist.blogspot.com I hope this link works! I happened upon this this morning while reading my morning Meridian!!

Have a great day!

The best presents!!

Look at these serious guys reading their special Christmas letters from Santa, oops, I mean Mom and Dad!! They are certainly loved!! I really feel we all love to get these kinds of letters!! What good people!

Mr. SnowMan!! Bring me some snow!!

This was Christmas Day and it was cloudy and overcast and plenty of snow for a beautiful snowman!! I was in cooking away while the guys were out building the snowman!! When they finished they were all very proud of their accomplishment!!

The top picture was in April and these two like to snuggle and tease each other. Daxton is such a doll!

Memories of a birthday!

Look at all those cute faces! This fun night was December 30th, my birthday, and my family made it so much fun. The most fun part was Jon playing DJ and we all danced and sang. Happy times!! This was where I opened an envelope and stood frozen when I read I had been invited to speak at Women's Conference in April. Totally nuts!! But anyhow, I must say, like any mother, I love my children and grandchildren and appreciate their thoughtfulness in celebrating my birthday with a load of fun!! I didn't get all of our pictures taken, I'm not as good with the camera as Lara, but it is what it is!

Duke in all his glory, Lara and Bria snuggling while dancing, Joel teasing Sophie, and Chloe the lovebug, giving Rachael a big snuggle!! We had a blast!!!

One good talk!

"Beware of the evil behind the smiling eyes!" Read this talk in the Ensign from a few years back. May 2005, Neil L. Anderson!

goes along with the story "You knew I was a snake!"

Many wonderful insights!!