Category: Lily

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Sweet Tangled Arms

Forteen years ago while we were watching General Conference, I caught this adorable picture of Lily, Miss Chomp and Beckham. Such sweet friends with their tangle of arms and smushed heads.

Since it will be a few years until these three will all be together again during conference, what with Lily leaving in February and Beckham going a month or so after–I asked them if they could recreate the picture for me.

They did their best…sweet things. Seriously–these guys are so cute and I love them so much that my heart aches.

Pleeease…

tell me how we capture these moments…

and freeze them in time.

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A Sweet Day

This is the season for our church’s Primary Programs. Knowing that this was our Hazel’s very last time before she goes into Young Women’s…I couldn’t help myself. I took a picture.

At the end, they asked anyone who has their mission call, or who is waiting for their mission call, or who is planning on serving a mission to come up and sing, We’ll Bring the World His Truth. It was so lovely to see both Beckham…who is waiting for his call, and Lily (but you can only see the top of her head) who already has her call–to Milan, Italy!!–both go up together to sing. It was so touching to see the whole front of their ward filled with prospective missionaries.

What an amazing bunch of young people.

We are so blessed.

 

 

 

 

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Park City Road Trip…

…to see a couple of soccer games, with April, Hazel and Lily.

Always awesome fun!

We really do live in an incredibly beautiful place with all this lovely stuff right in our backyard.

We’re pretty lucky ducks, I’d say.

 

 

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Lily’s Mission Call

Our cute little Lily is going on a mission for our church!! When she got the actual call, it came sooner than she expected and even she was surprised. She decided to go from family member to family member to let them all know.

This, of course, was Dane’s reaction when they called him.

I knew where she hoped to go–so I was pretty DANG excited to hear the actual place. I’m so excited for her!!

Rhen and Jessica got the news and–took it well. Haha.

Lyndi and Nate’s happy response.

And Jillian is completely thrilled too.

Lily’s Mission Reveal 

Congratulations LILY!! We’re so proud of you and so happy that you’ll be serving in such a magical place!

We love you, love you, LOVE YOU!!

 

 

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School Days

Summer went waaay too fast! Here we are with these cuties going off to the first day of school. Hazel is going to love 6th grade!!

K, T & L are ready for their new year too! They look adorable in their uniforms.

And of course, Beckham and Lily are too grown up for these school day pictures! Bahaha! They’re happy to be the free folks, for a few weeks anyway.

Oh, my goodness, I wish we could slow it all down. I want to just hold these people still long enough to get a good, hard, loving look at them before they flit off to their future.

Doesn’t seem so long ago that these school kids were not grandkids…but myyyy kids….who are, of course, all grown up now.

But I still remember clearly the magical smell of new notebooks and pencils, and erasers –from their childhood…

and from mine.

Still gives me goosebumps.