Kenzie & Softball

Well Kenzie was the starting pitcher for her high school softball team.  She played on the Freshman team.  They did pretty good for the most part, but I think these girls will do great next year when they come back as sophomores.   I can't believe that we only have a couple more years before she graduates and is moving on to college.  Time sure does fly.

   

Sealing Pics

My parents, Keith and I

 One of my favorites <3<3

 My dearest friend Wendy and I

More Sealing Pics

The Clan :D

 More of the Clan :D

Sandra (Keith's Mom), Keith and Me 

 Our family with Nana Seger

<3<3<3<3 

Keith and His mom :D 

 Nana Seger and the Kiddos

 LOVE :D

Sealing Pictures

Our Family

Kenzie

Keith, Me, Bishop Conway and Janeen Conway

 

 Cathy Richardson and Me

 The Kiddos

 Our ETERNAL Family :D

 Our Extended Family, my cousin Dalee Wise, Aunt Garnet, My mom & Dad,  My brother Robert and his wife Megan

It Finally Happend

          Well my dream has finally come true.  On mine and Keith's 15th wedding anniversary, we were finally sealed as a Eternal family.  It has been a long fifteen years and so many bumps in the road.  It has been truly an amazing last six months.   So I am going to take down memory lane for the moment.  
          When we chose to move into our home in August 2012, we didn't realize how fast and how quick it would be before we were an Eternal family.  On November 11th 2012 Keith received the Melchizedek Priesthood.  Keith has been trying to get to this point for quite some time.  I was such a great spiritual moment for our family to finally have a priesthood holder in our home.  We had such a great turn out of family and friends that love and support us.  As the weeks went on with our dream date in the distance we did have a few minor obstacles that we faced. 
          It started with Keith having low hours of work and then that  turned into him being laid off.  As I was thinking now is a time that I should start to stress I only felt a comfort and peace.  I just knew everything was going to be okay.  As I was worried just how long he would be out of work.  Our Bishop kept telling us that the Lord has bigger and better plans for us.  During one of our Temple Prep classes Keith mentioned that if he would have stayed with his prior company, they were NOT going to let him have the time off for our Endowment session and our sealing.   And then to our surprise Keith was hired within in two weeks.  The company he was hired with is so much better than the company he was working for before hand.  This obstacle ended up not being something that Satin was doing, but rather the Lord was guiding us so that we COULD make it to the Temple.  We had the pleasure of having Keith's mom come down from Seattle to visit and be here for our sealing.  It has been 12 years since Keith and I had seen her.  So February 14th finally arrives, I am soooooo excited to finally have my dream come true.  This has been the moment I have been waiting for.  Earlier Keith had pointed out to me that our civil ceremony ended at 11:15 and that our sealing was at 11:15.  It was such a great feeling knowing that we were sealed right were we left off fifteen years ago. 
          The greatest feeling was not only being sealed to my husband for all Eternity but was seeing my kids walk in the room in all white.  We are now and ETERNAL family and I am so happy.  

Baptisms for the Dead

Well tonight was the first time that I have ever been to the Temple to do baptisms for the dead.  It was such a great experience for me and for Keith.  Bur first, I have to share my story of how today unfolded.  You see on Sat our truck broke down on us and had been sitting in the parking lot of Taco Bell.  Since we could not get it started I figured we were not going to be able to make it to the Temple for the baptisms.  Keith had gotten home around 4 and decided that he was going to go to the truck and check the started and see if he could get it to start.  Well within 10 mins he came back home with the truck running.  As we rushed to hurry up and get ready he started to tell me that that his last call for today was in North Scottsdale and as he was getting of at the exit that he needed, his office called him and told him that they customer had rescheduled for tomorrow morning.  This allowed him enough time to make it back to the office and home in time to go.  On his way home it donged on him that he should check the starter solenoid.  I looked at him and told him that I think the Lord wants us to get to the Temple.  So we dropped the kiddos off at my moms and went.  After we were done we headed to my moms to pick up the kiddos.  Keith looked at our gas gauge and noticed that we had just enough gas to make it home.  He tells me that if the truck had been running we wouldn't have had the gas to go to the Temple.  The Lord was making sure we were going to make it for sure.    When we arrived at the Temple, we saw so many friends from our ward and to top it all off we ran into some old friends that we hadn't seen in a very long time.  It was so special and I can't express how spiritually feed I feel by going and doing those 5 names.  I was confirmed for 5 women that were from Hungary that were born in the 1800's.  What a great journey it was for me tonight to be able to help these wonderful ladies receive the gospel.  I am so thankful for the wonderful ward that we attend and for all my friends and family that have been there for Keith and I.  I am looking forward to Feb. 14th. 2013.    

I Love to see the Temple

 I just love to see the Temple.  At Christmas time the Mesa Temple decorates the grounds with thousands and thousands of lights.  It is one of the most beautiful places to go at Christmas.  We decided to take the kids there and enjoy walking around the Temple grounds.  One of my favorite parts of the Temple is that they had a room set up with different nativity scenes from all over the world.  The kids really enjoyed looking at each one and how each country had their own unique way of displaying a nativity.  I am so blessed that to be able to bring my family to a place that is filled with the spirit.  

 I just love this picture.  I found him quite a hit just sitting and staring at the Temple.