BLIZZARD!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello family!

Just letting everyone know we are safe. We are completely snowed in and enduring a CRAZY blizzard, but are safe. Church was canceled due to the weather. We got a message on our ward website from the first presidency saying be prepared to tap into your food storage. I'm so grateful that we've be counseled to keep a food storage. Looks like it's gonna come in handy sooner than anyone thought. I'll keep you updated on the storm here. Stay safe where you all are. We love you! And will talk to you all soon.

Love, Crys and Amber

PS. Nick is doing well. One week before he gets home this time! WE CAN'T WAIT!!! We all just want him him...kinda still like him! ;) Love you all!

Everyday Stuff

Well, I'm sorry I haven't been on the blog for a while. I really just haven't had time to get on during the day, and I'm so darn tired at the end of every day. I don't have anything amazing to say, so I'll just tell you a few things I've done lately.

Friday, I went to 2 different awards assemblies at the boys school. (They all have great grades.) Then I went and paid for a Solar Oven we're buying. Then I went and bought a toilet seat that fits onto a 5 gal. bucket, for our emergency preparedness stuff. Then I went back to the school for Elijah's special poster he shared with his class for being the star of the week.

Starting Thurs. until Sat. night, we have 3 other kids staying with us, while their parents are in Maryland. Jo-Jo, who is 6, Nathan, who is 10, and Kylee, who is 13. They've been good. I also watched my friends little 8 mo. old on Thurs. while she moved.

Wed. I cleaned the house pretty good and did about 7 loads of laundry. It's only taken about 2 + years for me to finally figure out how to put fabric softener in our type of washing machine. But, WOW, it makes a difference! I also cooked up 8 lbs. of Taco Meat, then canned it for our 3 mo. supply for taco's. I still need to can a few more jars.

Tue., Dan and I went early to vote. Yea on 102 and 8!!!! I made cupcakes for Elijah's class, for his birthday, chocolate chocolate. Then we made a white on white cake with sprinkles for Isaac's birthday. They both wanted pizza for dinner, so we got Papa John's, (they had a carry out special for 1 lg. for $6.99.)

I can't remember what else I've done past that, without looking at my calendar to remind me. I'm so sad.

Jacob, is now 8 and in scouts and getting baptized on Sat. Elijah, is now 6 and Isaac, is 4. Can't believe Michael will be 1 in a couple of weeks. Amber too.

We look forward to seeing everyone who is able to make it out for Jacob's baptism. And we will miss those of you who can't make it.

Love you!

Dori

Happy Conference Day!

Dearest Family,

It was good to talk with each of you & learn how you are doing & what's new in your life. It certainly has it's challenges but we have much to be thankful for. I am listening to the latest church CD called Called to Serve & really enjoying it! The sky is blue with a smattering of clouds all around. Don't think it knows just what it really wants to do outside today! Garry got his hair cut & then went on over to the Mission Valley Stake Center to listen to the Priesthood Session. I'm anxious to know what is being said at this time for us to prepare for. Perhaps it's still the same things since we haven't all mastered the ones they've been saying for so long. I am anxious to really get our food storage squared away. It is a work in progress for at least the 3 month " Must Have" supply (we are on our way with los of canned goods but need to do the wheat, flour & other essentials). We have the 72 hr packs in the house & 1 in each car. Did you guys eat yours today so that you can rotate them & keep them fresh? I must admit I didn't but the weekend isn't over yet!! I heard that a lot of folks do that & it's easier to remember when you did it if it's every Conference.

Well Darlings All - I am going to try to get some more of the Book of Mormon read as I am taking the challenge from our Stake President, Pres. Spring, to re-read the Book of Mormon by our Stake Conference the first weekend of November. I am enjoying it thoroughly once again.

I'm very grateful to my Father in Heaven for each of you & look forward to seeing your smiling faces & dancing eyes once again. I continually keep you in my prayers & my heart. I will forever love to hear "Steal Away" because I can see you skating to it on the old patio & your creative routines!! Love you so!

Heavens Blessing to ya...


Mom

Hey These are GREAT!!! Can't believe she is walking. Garry says, don't let her start walking yet!! Hold her down!! It was good to see some of both of you, too. She is such a doll babe. Thank you so much for sharing the pics & vids with all of us. We are trying to get our things done today that we would normally have done throughout the week. We are very happy in our mission, and come home with a tired but satisfied feeling having done what we could to aid the missionaries in their service. It is rewarding & so easy to get caught up in that we spend sometimes 10 hours a day before we get home. Hope you have a save flight, Nick, & I'm glad that you & Amber are doing so well, too., Crys. Glad you have such good friends that you can count on, as well. I hope this makes it to the blog...

Love forever,

Mom & Garry

Ambers' walking!!!

So here are a few pictures and videos of Amber. I can't believe she is growing up so fast! She turned 10 months on Friday. It's just going too fast!!! Like usual, not his fault, but Nick is gone again for a week. This time he is going between Travis AFB, in northern CA, Hawaii and Japan. He leaves for Qatar again the 13th of October, so we're hoping he won't have to make another trip when he gets home. We'll see though...who knows?! Anyway, here's the pics and vids. Love you all!

Love, Crys

An update...

Hi everyone!
I know I haven't posted anything for quite some time. Sorry about that. I realize everyone is sooo busy, especially with all the hospital stays and Utahnas' treatments. I just wanted to update everyone on how things are going here.

Like Nick has posted, he is home FINALLY!!! YAY!!!! It's been so nice having him here and feeling like were a family again. I guess I just get so into my own routine with Amber and the boys, that I didn't really realize how much I missed him. I like having him here. And being married to him! :) Since being home from CA, we've had our fair share of ups and downs. Amber and I have been sick a few different times, which is quite rare for me and hopefully for her as well. We both had an upper respitory infection and were on antibiotics. Nick was pretty sick for the first week he got home. It's something about the time change and all the flying that just wares and tears on his body. PLUS...he's finally able to just relax and so his body lets him know it needs the break. :) Also, our dogs were attacked by a pit bull and protected Amber and I from being attacked. Gotta love them!!!

Nick had to go on that Human Remains mission last week, and actually posted a link to see a video of the plane in Guam. I HIGHLY recommend seeing it. :) he leaves again this week for another mission. This one is a areomed evac mission. It's strange to be doing all these jobs as a boom, but it's a GREAT thing for his career and actually helps with his chances on getting tha scholarship to go to school full time and not be deployed anymore. We're still hoping that works out.

Amber is amazing!!! She is so big now that is has become quite depressing I might add. She is sooo smart and is saying so many words that I haven't even tried teaching her. She has just picked up on them and says them. Her latest one is "Gog"!!! (Dog, for the boys) She also has decided that she'd rather have Nick change her diaper and me play with her while he is, because she grabs a diaper from her pile and hands it to Nick and says "Dada"! Apparently her word for diaper is Dada...which I LOVE!!! She also crawls through out the house saying, "Mama" and "No" and "Dada" and "Hi" and whatever else her little heart desires and she has figured out to say. She is SOOO funny. Anything that she can do to make us laugh or get our attention, she does. Even to the point of her doing something she's not allowed to do and knows that she's not allowed. She will crawl over to the entertainment center and grab onto the tv and say "Mom"...until I look and tell her to "sit on her bum!" She will "sing" as loud as she can to make sure we know that she is still there. She's getting another tooth on the top of her mouth. She's been pretty sad sometimes, but is our little trooper.

As for me, I've been feeling pretty sick this past week. I've had a constant migraine for about 4 days and a headache when the migraine subsides. It's been kinda rough. THis weekend I got pretty sick with a sore throat and achey, crampy legs. I thought it was just the flu, but there's a chance that it might be West Nile Fever. I have a few tests to do, but since it's just the fever and not the virus, I should be able to recover from it on my own, with just meds for the symptoms. Here in ND, it is RIDICULIOUSLY common. 6 out of 10 mosquito bites carry the WNV. I won't have to have a vaccine for it since it's just the fever. Kinda sucks, but I'll survive! Anyway, I love you all. Hope things are going alright with everyone.

I hope you are feeling better Utahna and that your strength retursns soon. And I also hope that little Michael is feeling better and that Dori and Dan don't have to spend anymore time in the hospital for a VERY LONG TIME!!! Good luck with the mission Mom and Garry and know that I'm proud of you for serving so faithfully. I hope works going well for too Cheryl and that you're feeling happy and appreciated. Talk with you all soon. Love you!!!

Love, Crys

I'm back again, for now at least.

Just got back from Guam to deliver a fallen Navy corpsman home. It was a pretty somber mission compared to most. We also had his father and one of his friends fly with us. The soldier was twenty five years old. He was married and had a kid. He was killed in an i.e.d. explosion. The news in Guam filmed us coming home. You'll see me in it. I think I'm like the second to the left. The reason they spray the airplane when we came in is to symbolize a sailor being buried at sea.

here's the link http://www.varietynews.com/news/29637.mp4

Nick

Hello everyone!

Yes I'm home finally. Sorry its taken me so long to post, it's no excuse but i've been feeling pretty sick this past week. I don't know why but whenever I change time zones by a lot i get sick. Oh well, guess that's going to do me well in this job hehe. This week has been very nice, they give us a week off when we come home from deployment. Its nice just to rest and not fly so much. Though in between now and the next deployment i'll be going what they call tdy, it stands for temporary duty. I can go anywhere from alaska to australia, or from italy to hungary. Mostly tdy's last from 3 to 7 days. So I will still be busy flying around unfortunatly. I will be able to see some pretty cool places though I'll be missing out on some really fun family time.

Crys, as you have already seen, has been doing an amazing job raising and teaching Amber. She has changed so much, she's like a real person now. She doesn't just sit there and make noises every now and then. Now she is everywhere all the time. Luckily she's singing wherever she goes so we always know where she is. She's so tough too, she rarely cries because she has fallen down or something like that, but take away something she wanted or tell her no and she might shed a few tears. :( She's pretty freaking cute though.

Our dogs are as crazy as ever but we have them hooked up outside now which makes them and us much happier. Kodah is 85 pounds and 9 months old, he's the brawn. Jake is 65 pounds and 2 and a half years old, he's deffinetly the brains. Kodahs really sweet but really dumb, though he's starting to learn. Jakes a pretty good teacher. We did have to get Kodah a shock collar because when he's outside he has this annoying yappy bark. When he barks once is shocks him on low and for every bark after the first within 7 seconds the shock value will increase. He barked three times in a row before he realized what was going on and jumped straight into the air yelping. It was sad but you couldn't help but laugh because he was so "shocked" by it. (Yes that's a pun) He did it again a few times until he finally figured that if he wasn't barking he wasn't being shocked. Now we have a peaceful street again.

On the way back home we had 36 hours on the ground which was very nice. Most crews coming home get min-turned is what they call it. That means they have the minimum time on the ground before they have to take off again, which is 13 hours. Since we had they extra time we made use of it by spending a day in London. It was so much fun. We went to the Westminster Chapel, Big Ben, Parliament and we also road on The Eye. It was pretty amazing. The Eye if you didn't know (i didn't) is a gigantic ferris wheel from which you can see all of London. It was pretty amazing. The deployment definitely was not fun but the way home was.

Its very nice to be home and am not looking forward to the next time i have to go out which I will find out probably on Monday. I love you all.

Love Nick

Old-Timers Disease...

By the way Cheryl, I'm still waiting for that information I was tryng to get. Just didn't want you to think that I was not on top of it. How goes work? Is this a super busy time of year? Are you somewhat seasonal in scope or always goin' sixty? I was so pleased & proud to know what a big company you work for. I ecxpected it to be somewhat smaller but wow - was I surprised. Tell them I think you are due another raise for all that you put up with!! Hey Chris, I hope that your job is still going great with Panda Express. Garry has taken me there several times & I like their food. I think the Peking Cafe is still my favorite but that's because of multiple items for dinner plates. Do you have the same thing? I grew up on it, too, which makes a big difference! I never really looked at the menu for it - just got the same things that we always get because we like them the best. Good luck with school starting next week & keeping up with super grades this year, particuarly. You can do it! Hope your truck is running well. Stay cool & be all that you can be. We all have confidence in you!

Lots of love,

Mom & Garry

Greeting One & All!

Just a note or two from us before we watch a DVD of You've Got Mail. I've seen it sooooo many times & now Garry has, too, but he is going to read one of his books while I watch it again.

We are going to be starting our mission on the 13th now as most of you know instead of the 1st as we were first advised. We thought that we were just going in for some OJT before actually starting the 26th or 27th but they are counting from then, evidently. We are looking forward for a chance to serve & this should be a great opportunity. We have been told our responsibilities will be heavy duty - so that should keep us awake while at the computer!! There is a new program that the church has developed for the referrels I'll do & Garry had decided to put all the Missionaries on bikes, so no worries about cars!! Ha Ha.

It was good to be with each of you & look forward to seeing you again, soon. We do truly love each of you & hope that things smooth out in your lives for awhile . You've all been so brave with each of your ups & downs & we are looking forward to a little respite, aye? So grateful that both Dan & Michael came thru their surgeries soooo well. I'll get back in the saddle soon, & get some genalogy names in the computer to enable you to do any whenever you'd like. I've put a few names in on Garry's line that he recently gave to me. It feels so good.

Nick - it's great to have you back home - in the USA & in your sweet families' arms!!! How 'bout that big girl, Amber? Isn't she a trip? Crys, we will keep you in our prayers for Friday's surgery. It will go well & as it should, Sweetheart!

We hope you are having a wonderful time in Hungary, Utahna & Tom. We will take good care of Lexi & Cole, as will everyone else, I'm sure. Look forward to hearing all of the great details!

We love you all - each & every one!

Mom & Garry

He is REALLY on his way!!!

Just an FYI, Nick is REALLY on his way home. He left Qatar early this morning and should be landing in England sometime soon. He should be home Monday sometime. I'll let everyone know how it goes. Love you!

Crys

Update...as of 12:05 am

Ok...so latest update...as of 12:05 this morning. Nick is still coming home this weekend. But I am not holding my breath at all. I'll wait to hear from him in England and know that he's on his way! :) I love you all and hope things are going well. Oh...this afternoon Amber said her first word...other than Mommy. Too bad it was "NO!!!!" (while shaking her tiny little head!) It was so cute that I started laughing. But mind you, it's her first time. I know very soon it will be far from cute! Anyway, love you all...be happy!

Love, Crys

ANYONE...Anyone....anyone.....

HELLO....HELLO....HELLO.....
ANYONE OUT THERE?.....OUT THERE...OUT THERE....

I don't have anything interesting to say, but thought I'd say something anyway. This is the boys last week of summer break coming up. Elijah starts kindergarten! I think he is really going to like it and I think Isaac will enjoy some one on one time. Elijah will only be going 1/2 day, so I don't think Isaac will struggle to much. I'm going to be watching a kid on Monday's. That will give me a little play money. A massage here or a pedicure there. :) Good luck Crys, with the Biopsy and Nick getting home. Good luck Mom and Garry with your Service Mission. Good luck Utahna, getting ready for your FUN trip. Good luck Cheryl, with work.
Love-
Dori

Waddaya know? Two in a row! :)

Hello again, Family--

As you can see, I'm up late the night before the big day.  (or should I say early the SAME day).  I just wanted to thank you all for your love and support and for your prayers on my behalf.  I know it's going to be a tough summer, but I'll get through it and will be stronger because of it.  Thank you for your unwavering love and offers of support and encouragement.  I can't wait to see you, my sisters, next week either.  I hope I won't be too drugged up from the painkillers and will be decent company.  Notice I said 'company'; not hostess.  I promise I will 'chill' and not stress about what I or my house looks like when I see you!

Travel safely, Dori and Cheryl and families!  Crys, it was so good to see you and Amber today! What fun you all are going to have together next week. You travel safely to see Nick's family, too, Crys!  Mom, thanks for lunch and great to spend some time with you today, too.  Garry, hope the deck is near finished and you can relax and move onto your next project! :):)

Love you all!  I'll talk to you in a few days!!  Thanks for being my family!

xoxoxxo

Utahna

Hi Family!

Sorry I have been so lame in not getting on the family blog recently.  Been a bit busy. But thoroughly enjoyed catching up and seeing all of the wonderful pictures and blogs from everyone.

I hope you are all doing well and I just wanted to say "Hello" and tell you I commented on your recent blogs--in case you had given up on me and figured I missed them.

I hope you all have a wonderful day and I will talk to you all soon!

The clock is ticking, Crys and Amber!! :):)  (literally on the blog before mine!!)

Love you all,

Utahna

San Diego!!!

NORTH DAKOTA TRIP

MICHAEL AND I HAD TONS OF FUN!!!
(With paychecks come pictures! :))

Our 1st night there in North Dakota.
Amber and Michael are just loving, finally, being with each other!!

Saturday, we went to breakfast, the store, played,
and went to the water park! Tons of fun!!

They were exhausted!!
They fell asleep in the car.


Sunday, after church. (I'm sorry Crys, I couldn't figure out how to flip it,
but you look cute sideways too.) Bottom - Amber is getting my nose. She likes me. :)

Pictures with the Aunt's and Mom's. Just hanging out in the hallway.

Dinner at Chili's before we left. (Michael is saying, "Give me some more!"

Saying Good Bye at the Airport. :(

HE SLEEPS!!

SHE SLEEPS!

Thanks again for everyone who made this trip possible! We love you! Can't wait to see you and get more pictures, with everyone!

Love-
Dori and Michael

PROJECTS AT THE GLENN'S

Okay, apparently it's been to long since I really posted, because my finger hit the enter key before I got to put anything. SORRY!!!

Anyways, I took some pictures of some of the projects we had going on towards the end of the school year. I know kind of lame, but I took them with a blog posting in mind. HE! HE! :o)



This was the Garden box we build for our "Garden". Like always, it was a learning experience. This was the first real garden we tried since living here in Az. We will do some tweaking before next season. Elijah was very excited to pick our 1st Zucchini.

We finally got the trampoline in the ground. It makes it much easier for everyone to get on and off. Plus the HOA doesn't see it, so they can't complain. FYI - the grass is much greener now. The poor grass took a beating during the whole process. I fertilized and reseeded, so it looks much better. I'll have to take another picture.

I bought this 3 ring binder to hold all my "Special Cards", I've been saving over the years. I like to read them periodically and it makes me feel loved. Thank you to each of you, because I have something in there from all of you. Maybe not everyone you've sent, but several of them. :)

After Utahna told me about not drinking the water left in your water bottles that were left in your car. I figured, here in Az., the garage might not be such a great idea either. Especially in the summer time. So I moved some things around in the playroom closet and stacked 3 months worth (for our family). If you watch for the sales, you can often get a case of 24 water bottles between $2.50 - $3.99. Costco is also a great place to get them. Our stake has encouraged us to have "portable" water. (5 gal. jugs can work too.)

This was my project for the playroom. I build this long table to maximize the space. This way we are able to put toy bins or what have you on the ground, and still have a place for them to play on top. Plus it seems to be the perfect height for them.


Here are a few of the projects that helped to keep me busy, since I get so-o-o-o bored with no-th-ing to do. LOL! But honestly, I love doing projects, it helps me to feel a sense of accomplishment. Some how counting the number of diapers I've changed or disputes I've refereed doesn't really do it for me. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE MY JOB AS A MOM!!! But I have to have some hobbies too. Apparently, projects are my thing. :)

Love you! Can't wait to see you all soon!

A blog from Nick...

Hi family,
Since Nick can't get on any of the blogs while he's deployed, I'm gonna post one from him. These pictures are from the Internet; since he can't take pictures while he's deployed. But they're of places he's flown over recently that he REALLY LIKED and was telling me all about this past week. It's Dubai (that's the place I was telling you, Mom and Garry, about and couldn't remember the name). It's a group of man made islands that they are building that is a visual replica of the worlds continents. As you can see! The islands are going to be filled with resorts you can travel to and some are for sell to be used as private islands. Nick jokingly said, he put an offer on a few and is waiting to hear back from the real estate agent. Yeah...like that'll ever happen! He did say that he would love to take us there on a vacation sometime when they are finished. The other picture is of a skyscraper on one of the islands that is going to be condos. Crazy how some people live, huh?! As for me, especially right now, I'd like to stay living in America. But who knows if that's going to happen. You never know...we might be stationed somewhere in Europe or Asia next. Anyway, I found these online and thought they looked amazing and wanted to share them with you. Nick said they look so awesome in person. Almost surreal. But, I hope everyone had a great Fathers' Day and good weekend on top of that. Love you all and look forward to the coming month. Hehe...sooo close! :)

Love, Crys

Happy Fathers' Day!!!

Happy Fathers Day!!!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Fathers' Day!!! We love you and can't wait to see you all in about 3 weeks. Woohoo!!!

Just wanted to say,

I LOVE YOU!!

And make a post. :)
Thought this picture was perfect!

Amber pullin herself up on me :)

A few pictures of Amber pulling herself up on me and some of her standing. She's trying to stand at 7 months...tell me that's not normal?!

Things I'm grateful for:

Hello family,
So...with recent events of this week, I figured I needed to take a few moments to be happy and grateful! So, here's my list:

1. This morning I woke up to a call from Nick!!! Yay...good morning to me!

2. Amber and I are safe from the tornado that came through Grand Forks county.

3. The boys are safe and were AMAZING during the tornado.
(They were quiet and protective. When Amber tried to crawl out of the hall we were
taking shelter in, Jake stood in her way and would not let her leave the hall! He knew...)

4. Nick is safe and in an area where they are friendly to Americans. They are grateful
we're there to help!

5. We have food and food storage. Thank you Dori for ALWAYS encouraging me to be
prepared!

6. All of my sisters are alive and safe!

7. My Mom and step-dad are safe and doing things they need to do to improve their
health.

8. Utahna was smart and strong enough to catch the cancer at an early stage and is taking
necessary, although hard, steps to insure she will be with us for a long time. She is an
amazing woman who is so intelligent, feminine, optimistic and loving to others.

9. Cheryl is compassionate, sensitive, loving, strong, willing, independent and amazing. I
HAVE NEVER MET ANYONE MORE LOVING AND KIND TO ANIMALS!!! What an amazing quality!!!

10. Dori's strength gives me hope. Her willingness to obey inspires me to be a better
person in life and the life to come. Her unwaivering love for her children is amazing!
She has such an ability to make me laugh. I love that!

11. I have the gospel in my life and know that wherever we go, the truth is there and there
are kind people ready and willing to help.

12. My ward and their kindness to us. Especially the Relief Society presidency.

13. Tiffany, my neighbor and friend out here in this "peculiar" (not in the good way) state
of North Dakota.

14. For the sunshine today! No rain or snow...I'll take the wind!

15. My AMAZING niece and nephews. They're all so smart and growing up so fast! I feel like I've missed so much of their life living away from everyone. But I'm grateful for pictures and stories about them. I feel like I'm there...in a way. :)

16. My BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER Amber! She is the most amazing gift that I have ever been given. She brings such joy and happiness to my life. I am SOOO GRATEFUL that I can stay home with her and see all her skills improve everyday. She is growing so fast! I love seeing her smile. It can make the coldest day of the year feel warm! I can't wait to see her sitting on the beach playing with the sand and feeling the water. I am sooo excited!!!


Man...there are so many things to be grateful for. I just have to take the time to sit and think about them. I am so excited to come to San Diego in 3 weeks. I can't wait to see all of you. It's the highlight of my year. I love you all sooo much. I hope you know that! Please don't forget that when times get rough. Life is hard! There is no denying that. But, we are a family and are meant to strengthen each other in our times of need. I am here for everyone! You all mean so much to me. Thank you for being my family and putting up with me all these 24 years. :) I love you!!!

Recent pictures of Amber bamber!!!

So here are a few more pictures of Amber that are pretty recent. Her bottom two teeth are pokin' through the gums finally and if you catch her in a big grin, you can see them! We're doing alright in Nicks absence. We SURE MIS HIM!!! But, know he is busy and are grateful for his safety daily. He is doing well. He really likes his crew that he's flying with. He says they're pretty sharp and that they have quite a bit of fun. I'm so glad for him! Hopefully we'll hear from him this weekend. I love you all and can't wait to see you all in just a few short weeks. I CAN'T WAIT!!! Woohoo...:) :) :) Anyway, hope everyone is doing well. We love you Utahna and pray for you in all our prayers. Stay strong and know you belong here with us all. :) We're not givin' you up that easily!!! Love you!

Love, Crys and Amber

passed out in her swing at nap time ;)

passed out in her bed...gotta love the bum in the air :)

makin' funny faces at Mommy :)

Tiny little tongue:)

My sleepin' angel

REALLY ENJOYING her peaches :)

Our little picnic on the grass

She's proud of Daddy too

Big hugs and kisses for everyone :) :) :) I love it!!!

Our fun weekend!

Hi everyone! As you all know, last weekend I had an awesome surprise. Dori and Michael came out last minute to visit with us and keep us company! It was so much fun. I appreciate Dori so much for making the trip and especially with all the struggles she went through to get here. I KNOW she loves me for sure now! :) Anyway, I wanted to post some pictures of our weekend. On Saturday night, we went to the waterpark and had so much fun! Looking over the pictures I took I realized I didn't get one of Dori, with Amber, Michael or one by herself. I wish I did. But I know Dori did, so I'm not too worried. :) Here are a few of the pictures. They're pretty cute!!!





There will be more to come! Love you all!!! :)