Michigan!!

All Boy!


All girl!


Shaylee is a doll!


Ryan's office

I'm in heaven!

Beautiful family!



Enjoying the sun at the park.

So for the past few days I have been in Michigan with my son Ryan his wife Liz and my cute grandkids, Collin, Ashlyn, and Shaylee. I loved every minute of it! We jumped on the tramp, went to the park, saw movies-at home and at the theater. (Just a word of advice. If you have seen Planet Earth on TV-DO NOT go see Earth in the theaters-it is as my son Ryan said, "Planet Earth repackaged and put on the big screen for Disney to make money." That is right! Sorry Collin. Next time Grandma Lisa will take you to a show like Monsters vs. Aliens-which I should have known would have been better!)

I have to say that being a Grandma is one of life's greatest gifts and I absolutely love it! I miss you already Collin, Ashlyn and Shaylee. Maybe you could put pressure on your Dad to move out at least to the West Coast! :) Just had to put that plug in Ry.

My greatest thanks to my wonderful "Michigans" for having me out. It was awesome!! I love you!

Last Week

Successful Easter Egg Hunt!

Hey! I found some candy!!!

Beautiful Dancer!!

Proud Grandparents!!

I know this is a little late but I wanted to post some pictures from last week's events. Breena had a dance recital on Thursday-her last one before she moves to Texas:(. Also some pics from our Saturday Easter Celebration.

It snowed last night and it is April 16th-what is up with that?! We here in South Jordan were lucky though because we only got 2 inches. Down south in Utah County, 6-8 inches were common-yuck! Our peach tree is in bloom as well as our nectarine tree-hmmm-I wonder how many peaches or nectarines we'll have? Zero if they all got frozen or maybe just a few BIG ones if the frost just thinned them. Time will tell.

I have to say I am ready for the warm weather that is coming. Hooray for 60s and 70s and blue sky. Maybe we could just skip forward to Saturday?! :)

Easter

Yesterday I was reading in the Ensign about the last week in Christ's life. In the article it describes the mock trial and then I read, "After both the Jewish hearing and the Roman trial, Jesus was subjected to abuse; mocking, scourging, spitting. " Then, "Jesus willingly suffered our pains, afflictions, and infirmities that He might 'take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people' and that He might 'know. . .how to succor his people according to their infirmities".
He the only perfect Being, suffered these injustices for us. He knows how we feel and how to help us when we struggle. He loves us! He broke the bands of death and sin that we could have the opportunity to come Home.
I know He lives. I hope to become more like Him in this refining process we call life.

Light in the Dark

In the last few weeks, I have noticed more light coming into my windows at night. Usually when there is a snow storm, there is an orange glow that comes and makes it lighter-I call this "snow sky". But when I noticed this, there wasn't a storm. (There have been snow storms lately. That's right snow storms in March, leaving 3 inches of snow on my front lawn! But that is a topic for another day.) Why is it so light?, I wondered. Is my neighbor's back yard light on? No. Are there more street lights on? No. (Not since the city finally put more in our neighborhood a few years ago. Thank heaven!)
Anyway all of this got me thinking on the topic "light in the dark". Have you ever been out in the country driving at night and it is pitch black all around you? When you look out of the car window there are millions of stars lighting the sky-light in the dark. Have you ever been outside on a warm summer night when the moon is full? It looks like daytime-light in the dark. Have you ever been lost on your path in life and wondered where to turn, or who to turn to, to find the right course?
There is One that we can always turn to who is a Light in the darkness, that life sometimes brings. "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life. " John 8:12. He will show us the way. He is our Light in the darkness. His love is eternal, unchanging, and ever-present.

Thanks from Dad

Thank you everyone!!!! Passed out is more like it. There is something about putting yourself, your ego, and your abilities on the line that makes it extremely rewarding when you accomplish that thing that you undertake that is difficult for you. In spite of all of the hours in preparation, I was convinced that I had failed when I completed the test. One of my sales team took the test today and did not pass and I understand that I could have easily been him. Faith is an important thing in our lives. If we believe in ourselves and seek the help and faith of those around us who believe in us, miracles happen. During the test, I recognized in a significant and literal way that each of you were praying for me and that you believed that I could do it.

We need to let each other know when there are significant things in our life that we need help with. Why do we have prayer circles? Why do we fast collectively? Together we make a difference. Thank you for helping me succeed.

He PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My husband is a genius. He doesn't realize this but he is. The building business as is everything else in the world, is going green. To stay ahead of the game, he wanted to become LEED certified which means he knows all the ins and outs of building green. Reusable resources, environment conservation, etc.- you know everything green. Sounds simple right?! Well is was anything but simple! The book he had to study was 3 inches thick and that was just one part of the process. He took a class for 2 days, studied virtually every night for a month and took several practice tests.

So today was the big day. $400.00 to take the test with 2 hours to complete it. He went, he took, HE PASSED!!!!! I knew he would all along. Kudos to him for accomplishing a huge task and something that was not easy for him. He is my hero!!!