He is not here: for He is risen

“Because our Savior died at Calvary, death has no hold upon any one of us.” -Thomas S. Monson



The infinite power of hope. Happy Easter!

Keep On Keepin' On

When the adversary reminds you of the past, remind him of his future.

I Am In Love With This World

(Borrowed from a friend.)

I have nestled lovingly in it.

I have climbed its mountains

Roamed its forests

Sailed its waters

Crossed its deserts

Felt the sting of its frosts

The oppression of its heats

The drench of its rains

The fury of its winds

And always have beauty and joy waited upon my goings and comings.

~ John Burroughs

Kellys Birthday

This is Ross (Kellys husband) posting today. Today is her birthday and I decided that today is also the day that the truth comes out. Read it all at this post on my blog.

Help Us If You Can

In light of the recent tragic events in Haiti our family is going to put together a few hundred humanitarian kits. We usually do this in the summer, but obviously the help is needed now. We also thought it might be great if we got more people involved this time, hoping maybe we could make an even bigger impact. We are reaching out to you for a hand. Can you help?

There are a few different ways you can help, please feel free to chose one and let us know what works for you.

1- Donor / sponsor / connection. The kits contain toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, and washcloths. Do you know someone or do you work some where that could help us get these supplies? If we could get a donor for any one of the supplies that would be great, but even if we could find someone to help us buy them at a cheaper cost is wonderful. (see prices listed at the end of this post) Who do you know?! Dentist, medical supplier, wholesale warehouse? Will you please ask them about a donation?

2- Financial Support. Our cost has gone up just a little since the last time we did this, but really still very cheap to bring such a huge help. At current cost each kit is about $4.37. Please feel free to donate ANY amount. Your help will not be reducing our costs, but adding on more kits to the whole order. We are hoping to get enough donations from others to double our order.

3- Elbow grease. These darn things dont assemble themselves. We have it down to a pretty good system now, but its still quite a bit of work. There is the pickup from the warehouse (sometimes 2 trips). Carrying all the boxes into the hose and setting up ‘the line’, assembly, finding more boxes to pack them all all, loading into trucks again and delivery to Salt Lake. My boys would love to see someone else come join the assembly line with them (misery loves company). Its actually quite fun to put them together. I would love the help toting around all the heavy boxes, my kids cant lift them and there are quite a few to carry.

4- Pass it on. Please pass this post on to anyone you know. Coworkers, friends, family, neighbors all might want to join in. Help us make this great.

What a great feeling it is to know you have brought some relief to someone who just faced a natural disaster.

Humanitarian Kit details/prices. Each kit contains:

• Two 7” plastic combs (.11 each)
• Four toothbrushes (.16 each)
• One 180gm tube of toothpaste (.85 each)
• Two bars of soap (.37 each)
• Two hand towels 15x30 (.79 each)
• All contained in 1 Gallon ziplock bag (.05 each)

The tax comes down to about 0.29 on each kit for a total of $4.37

Would you like to make a big difference? Let us know.

My Word for 2010

I decided that it would be a good idea to choose one word that I could live by this year. A word that I could call to memory to inspire me when I need inspiration.

I chose the word 'Push'. I am going to push beyond whatever limits I think I have this year. I am going to try harder, do more, be better and 'push' through whatever I think is holding me back.

I think it's a good choice for me. What about you? What's your word?

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly-2009

2009, where do I start?
-got a puppy
-lost a puppy :(
-took our first trip to Disneyland with our boys
-had two nephews added to our family
-Tyson turned 12 and was ordained a deacon
-Jaden's comp soccer team took 1st in the High Valley Shootout (undefeated)
-Corbin raised his first sheep for 4-H
-the Weber County Fair
-got our butt kicked by asthma
-gained new friends
-lost good friends that we know we will see again one day
-Ty started junior high (holy crap)
-ran the Wasatch Back again
-did multiple bike races
-swimming lessons
-50 mile boy scout adventure
-indoor soccer
-skiing and snowboarding (we are ALL finally on the mountain! yay!)
-grew closer to our Savior
-changed our lives forever

I know I missed some but through it all, we continue to love life and are thankful for each day that we have together. And for all of you that we love so dearly.