{ Me thinks Monday..}

What a weekend the rain is following us everywhere we left for Utah on Thursday for my sil's wedding in SLC it was a beautiful day for her wedding. The rest of the days were spitting and down pouring so we were blessed for the day considering it snowed up here 2 weeks ago for her reception! The kids traveled great and grandpa came with us there and back so the kids loved that.
So we got in some shopping, a trip to cabala's, a long wedding day, family fun, trip to show the kids temple square and the conference center the kids loved it. Especially kolten he had a big smile on his face and said "the prophet comes here right mom"! And lauren was loving her cousins she was happy just to look and see. Masen wanted to go in the temple he kept looking way up and saying its big! It was cute! I love this shot I got of the temple its so pretty down there with all the rain they've had lately too everything is so so green usually this time of year things are looking pretty brown.

D and I loved taking the kids around and showing them I just love temple square. I love the feel of it, the history of it and the spirit of dedication it took to build it all to where it is today.
I love doing things together as a family we met up with D's brother and his wife and kids so it was nice to have somebody with us too.
It was a nice weekend.{ here are some sneak peeks from alleys wedding photographer}
and some of ours:: {some are kind of dark lightening wasn't the greatest but ...}

The conference centerChristus pictureI love these cute girls!!running on the roof of the conference center it is so beautiful up there~!squinter D The happy bride and groom coming out the doors!The family on "the" stairsMy favorite picture jumpin on the trampoline!! Alley is the funnest girl ever!!
We are excited for her and to have a new uncle/bil Brady!
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Me Thinks
thoughts...

I found this paragraph in
Sheri Dew's book::

If life were Easy, it Wouldn't be Hard.
I've used this before but I thought a lot about it this weekend

It says:

Why do we compete with each other? If we all had the capacity to work at our peak everyday to build the kingdom, which none of us have, there would still be more to do , more to accomplish, more to get done, more people to influence.

Why do we not therefore cheer for each other's gifts, contributions, and sincere efforts to make a difference in the world?

Why do we make comparisons that are never fair? Why do we have an insatiable urge to label and categorize everyone when no one can be defined by one dimensional category?
We are not supposed to be alike. We weren't given the same gifts. None of us were given all the gifts of God, we were each given at least one spiritual gift. And the reason seems obvious: The Lord needs a full spectrum of talent consecrated to His work. He also wants us to work together, rejoice in each other's strengths and together compensating for each other's weaknesses. That is why comparing, competing, and categorizing - traps we seem to fall into naturally and repeatedly- are deadly.

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I guess I thought a lot about this, this weekend with endless billboards offering this or that and houses and people that have the bigger and better disease,

or how high up the mountain can we go?

It just got me thinking how so often its like we aren't good enough on our own who we are, who we were meant to be. Without all these added things that "supposedly" will make our lives better if we have them or do this or that.

I think we are who we are and the things we go through make us stronger and more understanding towards others if we use it in the right way we can enrich those around us with our attitudes, our empathy, and our life experience.

We have to think what we take with us when this life is done it has more to do with our family's, our relationship with others, how much we serve and make a difference in others lives.

I love this quote:

Serving others need not come from spectacular events. Often it is the simple daily act that gives comfort, uplifts, encourages, sustains, and brings a smile to others.

Just a thought.

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Have a great week....

{its kolt's last week of first grade wow!!!} time to work on the yard and landscaping and all that fun stuff, a nice family project though that we can all help with beats painting ha ha!}