We're almost done!

We have been doing a facelift on the exterior of our house. Other than the rock on our chimney we're about done. Tyler and Kaitlin won't even know where they live anymore because we have done all of this while they have been gone for the summer.

Greatful for our Freedom

This 4th of July, things were pretty low-key around here with Tyler and Kaitlin gone, so there was alot of time to think about why we celebrate the 4th.

How greatful I am to live in the United States of America. We are so blessed for the freedoms that we enjoy. I am thankful that I can be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I am also greatful for those who fight for our freedoms.

How blessed I am because my Dad listened.

Today at church we had a wonderful lesson in Relief Society. The lesson was about sharing the Gospel. It really touched me today when Sister Foster talked about an equation, 1+1=24. She talked about how a 14 year old girl talked to her friend another 14 year old girl about the church and how because of that, there are now 24 members of the church who have been sealed to each other. The girl who was taught about the church, was her mother.

I am so blessed that the missionaries were able to teach my Dad about the church and that my Dad chose to listen to them 40 years ago. Our family is so blessed because of the choice that he made and I am so greatful for that.

I love you, Dad.

Happy Birthday Lori!

Today is my Sister, Lori's birthday. I just want to wish her a happy 40th, I'm coming up on your tail.

Thanks for being there for me when I need you. I really enjoyed staying there with you during Dad's surgery, I will never forget our visits. I hope that we will continue to be closer to each other.

I Love You, Sis!

Love,

Heidi

Uncle Greg's life-line.....Softball

Greg, loves softball, he has a great core of friends that he plays with. He came down to Cedar for the "Summer Games", the night before he came down, he played an "All Nighter" in Delta. He left Delta at 5:30 am to come here and play all day in the sun. Is that dedication or what?

Greg is an awesome brother, very gentle, a tease, loveable and fiesty.

Service Auction

For our June Enrichment Meeting, we did a service auction. Each sister fills out a form and that is how she earns her auction money and then each sisiter also donates services, whether it be to go on a walk, out to lunch, pull weeds, babysitting etc. It was so much fun.

Andrea's Baby Showers

My sister in law, Andrea, is expecting her first baby the end of June. We are so excited for her and my brother. They weren't sure if they would ever be able to have a baby, so this is such a blessing.

I have been able to go to two showers for her, the first one was with her and her sister in law Misty who are expecting within days of each other and then the other was given by me and my sister Lori. They were alot of fun, and of course full of silly games. The kind of games where our husbands are so glad they aren't invited to attend.

The Crocodile Hunter in training

Tyler, who is in Leamington for the summer, thanks to my wonderful parents, his only goal that summer was to catch a pet snake. About a week after being there I get a phone call "Mom, guess what, I caught, a snake" I told him that he needed to get a picture of him with it so that I could put it on our Blog. He told me that him and and Grandpa were getting a big jar ready to put it in and that if it still was alive the next day they were going to take is to the "Sinks" and let it go, and if it was dead he was going to hold it and have his picture taken with it. I asked him why he wasn't going to have his picture taken with it if it was still alive and he said that he might try tying a rope around its mouth and then he would hold it (funny boy). Well the snake wasn't dead the next day so off it went to the "Sinks". While we were there this weekend for Father's Day, my Mom calls on the cell and says that Dad found a dead one the road that was the same type and size of the one Tyler & Uncle Greg caught. So therefore here is a picture of Tyler holding a "Stand In" for the original snake.


Tyler and Kaitlin were invited by their Granparents to stay the summer in Leamington. They (My parents) are sooooo brave. Just kidding, Tyler has Grandma rapped around his little finger. He told all of his friends before his school was out that he was going to his Grandmas for the summer and that he wouldn't be around to play with them. I am so glad that my kids have such a good relationship with their Grandparents, they have created so many memories that I'm sure some day they will look back on and remember all of those special times. And yes, I'm sure that they are getting spoiled with love, my Mom is such a giving person, and I just let her do it because that is what makes her happy! Thanks Mom & Dad, I love you.

Happy Father Day!

Dad, thank you for always being there for me. I could never express in words all that you mean to me so I'm not even going to try. I love you Dad, thank you for everything!

Thank you Don for being the best Father-in-Law. And especially for raising such a hardworking and wonderful father for my children. I love you!

Happy Father's Day Kirk!

I am so greatful that I am married to such a wonderful husband. Kirk is such a great example to my children. He is such a hard worker, I know now that the kids might wish that he wasn't but one day they will look back at him and think of how greatful that they are that he showed them how to work. He is also by far the FUN one of the two of us, he teases and can be silly. I am most greatful though that he is a worthy holder of the priesthood, by blessing them and being able to baptize them into the church.

I love you Kirk!

Tyler's Father's Day Letter

Kaitlin's Father's Day Letter

Life is a trainride

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My Grandma e-mailed this to me today, and I wanted to share it with everyone.

I love my Grandma, she is one of the greatest people that I know. My grandma taught me the importance of our talents, she is a very talented lady and is always learning something new. I Love you Grandma!

Kid's Week

This week at work I have been doing kids classes every day. Derick has come with me to work in the mornings to help me with the class. The pictures are some of the projects that we made. I'm glad that tomorrow is the last day of "Kids Week", then next week we start Kids Clubhouse, which will go on Thursdays for the rest of the summer.

The picture also shows a couple of the Story Boards that I did.

Busy Busy Busy!

Things have been crazy for me at work these past two weeks. Our head designer was gone for two weeks so I got to fill in for her, which was exciting because I get to do the story boards. I also have been busy helping our class coordinator get ready for our kids kick-off week. But to top off everything, it was our class coordinators last week on Friday and the gal who was being trained to replace her quit. So now I am Head Designer, Designer, Class coordinator, and Event coordinator all in one. I can't wait until our designer gets back on Monday.

Roberts has decided to throw "Events" twice a month so we plan activities, projects to have customers make, decorate the store, advertise and so on. Last month we did
"50's" week. Here are some of the pictures from that event.

"Remember" Memorial Day

For memorial day it's always a tradition when we're here in Cedar City to go to the cemetary and clean up around the families plots and leave flowers. Then afterwards we go to Grandma and Grandpa Marchant for their famous yummy pancakes.

Derick and I also went over to "Veterans Park" which is fairly new to the area and drove around there to see the flags and the memorial statue that is there.

Grandpa Marchant's Scripture Bookmarks

For Grandpa Marchant this birthday he got new scriptures. Each of the grandkids drew a picure for him of their favorite scripture story for him to use a bookmarks.

Andrea we hope you had a great Birthday! We love you.

Happy Birthday Aunt Andrea!

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Putting in a Sprinkler System!

Over the long weekend we decided to get our sprinkler system put in. Kirk, along with alot of friends and family were able to get it done. Thank You to everyone for all of your help!

After finishing the front lawn this is what we saw on our porch, all of the Rollie Pollies in the dirt had climbed up onto the porch, there were hundreds of them, it was quite a sight.
When we started the process, I gave Kaitlin the camara and told her to go be the photographer of the process, this is what she ended up with. You can see what her attention span is like.

This photo says it all!

The final product of our labors

Retirement Party

My Dad was given a retirement party this month after working for the same company for 38 years. It was alot of fun! My Dad was givin the highest respect from his colleagues they payed him some very nice comments there at the party.

Blessing Book

This last year in October, a tumor was found in my Dad's head. For his birthday this year I decided to make this little book about the whole process that we went through, thoughts, feelings and some of the things we experienced. I left blank pages between each page hoping that my Dad or anyone else looking through it will write down their experience also.

This is the front cover of the book, our motto through this was always "Git er done" How greatful I am for the priesthood. My whole family was able to have blessings of comfort, & healing. It was so special to have my Dad ask me if he could give me a blessing, even though he was the one going through the main issues, he knew that I needed a blessing.
This page is just a page of feelings and thoughts. My Dad, Mom and I were able to go to a session at the Manti temple before we met with the Dr.'s. You can't get much closer to our Father in Heaven then at the temple.
After finding out about the tumor, I did some research on the Huntsman Cancer Institute site and found a Dr. Randy Jensen that specializes in brain tumors. We first were sent to see Dr. House, and I remember telling my dad that everything would be fine because "Dr House" fixes everything, for those of you who watch House, you'll get it. So we went to see Dr. House at the University of Utah and he said that he could do the surgery but that he would also refer us to another Dr. if we would like. So we mentioned our research on Dr. Jensen and he said "I work with him all the time, let me call him and see if we can get you in" he came back to us and said, he can see you in an hour. I'm sure you are all aware how hard it is to get into the specialists. Dr. Jensen was a wonderful man, you could feel the spirit with him whenever he was around. He made us feel very comfortable, and we knew that our Dad was in the best hands.
My Dad is doing wonderful, he had very minimal problems after his surgery. We know that he was blessed, and that the Dr's were blessed to take care of him.