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....I totally think every couple needs some time away together...to renew, to remember, to refresh, to recharge and to make new memories this past week D and I went to SLC, Utah. D had a work seminar its not really a break for him but it is for me:) Plus 12 hours to drive there just  Him and I.... worth every minute! 

Throw in an amazing sister and brother in law to watch ALL your kids plus her two boys plus being pregnant .....seriously an angel she is!! Thanks so much Katelyn!!! My kids had a blast and I knew they were being well taken care of...... peace of mind makes a trip away  even better!!

SO a few pics basically just me and my iphone pics I was wising I had brought my big camera but oh well... On tuesday night we had a company bbq at liberty park loved that it was first this year .....usually its on the first full day of meetings but it was before meetings even started and it was so fun to see everybody and catch up and talk before seminar even started...

 "the company" 

becomes your family especially when some of them go so far away from family, I felt it when we moved to the Florida Ranch in 2007 .....great great people and friends....Salt of the earth hard working strong people....Love em!!

So on Day 1 we had to be at the seminar with our husbands for the morning and then we had a spouse luncheon fancy everything the hotel the food the..... well everything

awesome speakers and a nice gift for all of us in an American express prepaid visa for us to go shopping with at City Creek the amazing new mall downtown Salt Lake! It is pretty incredible retractable roof, the fountains, the span of it , the creek running through it ....but really a high end mall I'm more a low end good sale kind of girl:) but the gift card was good anywhere...

 So after the luncheon we had the rest of the day until we went to the Hale Theater's production of sound of music that night amazing once again....... fun times and dinner at a Texas-Brazilian grill:)

Day 2 was a free day I went to temple square cause I love it there, went to the church museum and shopped some more. Then met up with my two sil's that live down there we went to "the garden" restaurant at the Joseph Smith memorial building fun to sit and chat with them!

Then that night we had a fancy dress up banquet and had the honor to listen to Bishop Davies newly called into the presiding bishopric in April down to earth man and great talk...fun to meet people you would never meet otherwise..

After the banquet D and I went out for a walk around downtown so fun you forget how nice it is to be able to walk hand in hand...

Too busy ??? looks like a mormonad eh.... ha ha:)

SO fun!

DAY 3 was a day of seminar for all of us but it is so interesting to see where the company is headed and the growth that is happening its really incredible...D works for AgReserves inc.  owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints...truly amazing what is being done. the majority have no idea what reserves the Church has in place for all of us......do you know that the Church has Cattle and land all over the world which is D's division for the Ranches in Canada, a world wide company that is only expanding and growing with the population and the world...its far more then cattle and land though farms, almonds, prunes, potatoes, citrus, etc etc,etc....... amazing! and So blessed to be a small part of it...

and then it ended far to quick I wasn't really ready to come home yet ;) so fun to spend a few days down there each year..

.I look forward to it every year...

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Me thinks

Here is the next book to read..... it is so so amazing I could have written it myself.  It is my life story minus a few details but while I was reading it I laughed, I cried and remembered so freshly the frustrations and agony over infertility in my life and all that goes along with it!

 I read some of it out loud to D  on the way to SLC and he was like wow totally what we went through! 

It is such a good book I read it in 5 hours! If you want to read a story of love infertility, adoption and a birth mothers side of it READ this .

 Quite honestly it will help you understand a little bit of what infertility is about and how it feels....when those around you have no idea how much your aching, hurting and yearning!! It helps you understand adoption better and then the side of the birth mother her sacrifice and  the love she has for her baby... 

I honestly could have written word for word some of the pages in this book  and though some parts brought old feelings to the surface it was awesome to know that I WAS and AM not alone in my past feelings and feelings today... 

Thank you to the author for putting into words what so many of us have been through and continue to go through....it is beautifully written and like life .............miracles do happen and peace does come...

read it..:)

and like it says:

"Life's most unexpected turns can sometimes produce the greatest joys."

Thats how feel...because if we got every answer we were seeking in our prayers.... we would miss out on the blessings we weren't even asking for... and for that I am SO thankful!

Have a beautiful WEEK :)