Somewhere....

So the song goes: Somewhere over the rainbow.......I'm here to tell ya this rainbow is right here in the Gila Valley!!! A double one to boot!! After a great rain storm one day, I was walking towards the sink and there it was, a vibrant rainbow!!! I naturally had to have a "Kodak" moment and freeze the beautiful speciman of Nature forever and TAADAAH...here it is!!
I love this land called Arizona and am equally lovin' the area we live in. So "somewhere over the rainbow"...is here and where I want to be !!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!

So here it is......2012!!!!
As I have stated before in past years on this blog...I want to do a much better job in keeping up with the events...blah, blah, blahblahblahblahblah!!!
What means so much to me in my world is in full color above!!! As so important to me in my world is: Mama, Di and all her family, Chad and all his family, Floydele, Inette and all her family, Aunt LadyBug, Duney and all his family, Lando and all his family, Tee Gee and all her family, Mary Lou and all her family, Kenny and Cindy, Karin and all her family and Chris and Mary! Also a group of family-friends who are also important in my world.
The Lord has enriched my life abundantly and I am so grateful for all those listed above and what they bring into my life!!
May 2012 be filled with hope, love, good health, safety and strong backs to carry each adversity we are faced with.
I love you all!!!!!

So the last two years have been bittersweet as Christmas goes. This year we didn't get to have our Bryans and Rex here for our Gardner Christmas Gala, so we have the love of our Savior in knowing we shall be a family forever!!! We are so blessed to have the most awesome individuals in our family!! I love this time of year and will enjoy the opportunity to someday be able to go to wherever our families are!! Our home is blessed to be the central point for our family. I love you all!!!!!

Here he is---here he really is......

Okay, so Verg SAYS he has to go to Tucson Tuesday to get some oxide for the shop. He is usually gone for most of the day so when he comes walking into my office at 4:15 I thought, Wow that was fast! He said that didn't take as long as he thought then the door opened and in walked a handsome young man...wait WHAT....it's REX!! Now he wasn't suppose to be here until the end of January!! Imagine my delight and yes I screamed!! For the past two mornings it has be a blast waking up to our Rex sitting in the recliner!! I just forget sometimes how much I really miss him and how he makes this home light up!! Rex, you do so much good for your mother's heart and your father's too!! We love you!!!

After SIX years, she has "Mastered" it....

She is amazing!!! Yep, she has accomplished her goal in receiving her Masters in Secondary Education in History!! It was a great graduation and we were so blessed to be able to go. Amber and C.J. are going to do great things and now Amber is going for her GHHTMCAPAOTMS (translation: Get Her Husband Through MCAT And On To Med School) degree!!!
We are so proud of you, Ber, and love you dearly!!

Let it snow....

Verg and I went to the Valley today to do some shopping and pick-up a new piece of equipment for the monument company!! We have a "system" moving through the state, the one that hit California pretty hard. On the way back we were going through Superior and it started snowing, I mean REALLY snowing, I have pictures to show it and I will post them when we figure out how to get them off Verg's phone!! It was so beautiful and peaceful and really made me stop to think how blessed we are to have some of Heaven's beauties right now.
I am so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who loves us UNCONDITIONALLY and is willing to wait for us to find that out!!
May this time of the year help us all to reflect just how important we are in the grand scheme of things!!
I love you all!!!!

Yup, I'm lovin' the Holidays.......

Sometimes it takes a moment to remember why you feel so blessed, so I am going to try my best to scratch the surface of my thankfulness. Here goes!
I am so blessed to have the Savior in my life, for His Atoning sacrifice and His unconditional love for me!
I am so blessed to be married to my best friend and the love of my life. I will always say (and you can quote me): "Thank heavens for Seminary"!
I am so blessed to be the mother of five incredible people, for their love and support for their Father and I and for each other. I am also blessed to be the MIL of four of the most awesome people our children are able to call their spouses!
I am so blessed for eight of the most perfect little people (with more to come) and I pray I am always the best example I can be as their Mimi!
I am so blessed to have the extended family I have, for their wonderful examples and for the intergity they bring into my life!
I am so blessed to have the friends I have and how they are like my family more than they realize!
I am so blessed to be living in this great country~America! For the liberties and rights I enjoy every day!
I am so blessed to have the job I have, for my family of the people I enjoy working with every day! Also for all the jobs I have had and the MANY experiences and ideals I have been able to work with and for!
I am so blessed to be a member of this glorious gospel, for the Prophet Joseph and all the horrific, joyful, tender, Divine inspirations and for all his family when through.
I am so blessed to the testimony I have and every day is a new learning experience for me and I grow with each and every time in physical and spiritual situations I have! For the blessings of the Temple so I may know Him and run to Him not away from Him!
I am so blessed to have the small joys and loves in my life that I pray I NEVER take them for granted!!
Yes, I am so richly blessed way beyond what I deserve!!
Happy Thanksgiving to all and I love you!!!!