Andrew and Lisa

Saturday was an exciting day as my brother in law Andrew went through the temple for the first time. He was baptized a member of the church one year ago and he has had quite the amazing year since that time.

Saturday some of the family was able to be together when he went to the temple for the first time and it was so wonderful to be there together. We are so happy for Lisa and Andrew and for the positive steps they are making in their life

Here is the family group of people that were able to come Sat. Scott's mom, Scott's Dad and Pam (From CA), Scott's brother Brad, Scott's Sister Lara and husband Marc, Lisa and Andrew and Scott and I.

Andrew's bishop and his wife came as well..this was Andrew's bishop from when he was still a non-member.

It was such a beautiful day! I just had to get some photos of the temple. Andrew chose the Draper temple for his endowments. Monday their family will be sealed in Salt Lake Temple. More photos to come then! So exciting!

Love to Grandma

My dearest Grandma passed away one week ago today. I am so grateful for the life she lived and for the example she was to me and my family. I am so grateful that she lived such a full and wonderful 89 years.

These are the flowers for my siblings and I...my parents brought them to the graveside service on Monday.

The display table at the funeral had some great photos from their younger years.

My favorite photo of Grandma and Grandpa Black.

Orabrush Photos

These are from the Mud Run this fall and I just now found them on Scott's phone so I decided to upload them to my blog. Yes, this shirt was toast, I already threw it out! But Scott said it was quite entertaining being at the run and it was something Scott needed to support since his company was putting it on.

In my mind this was just totally ridiculous but I guess some people think this is fun??

Scott took my boys to the mud run but they just watched..they all got mud run shirts that are not stained and they wear them as Jammie shirts. This was a memorable day for them, but it is SO not my thing!

Scott put together a boy's band for a ward talent show in Nov and Dec. He made this great hair and was hamming it up quite a bit! What a silly husband I have!

Now this is from about 5 months ago but again, it was taken on Scott's phone so I am just now seeing the photos! Here is the before Kyler's big boy haircut...

and the handsome AFTER photo...he looks so grown up!

December Random Photos

Time to play catch up with some random photos from December. Here are some from a hike Scott took the kids on. Yes, I can't believe it was still so sunny in December!!

Kyler worked long and hard on this amazing lego exhibit!

The boys enjoyed going hiking up the canyon with their Dad.

We did some filming at our home for OraBrush (Scott's company) in Dec and so the older kids had a chance to try on Morgan the Tongue's suit. Scott just had to snap a couple photos of the sight!

Christmas with the Girls

As you know I sure love to spoil Amy's girls! They are just so fun and I enjoy being able to buy them gifts from "Auntie". Here are some photos from our holiday gift exchange in December.

Everyone was together for Bella's dance recital so we opened presents that morning. Hayley got a Christmas sound book.

Kaylie was excited for Bella to see the matching Dora shirts for her and Abby. They are both huge Dora fans so this was fun!

The gift from Auntie was a color wonder set. This is something my kids have LOVED and I knew Amy had one book and her girls were loving it so I was excited to find a set!

Auntie helping Abby open her present!

It's one of those fun books that the pictures on the page magically move...super fun!

It was so fun to spend a few hours with Amy's family! We had fun celebrating together!

Photos of Grandma and Grandpa Black

These are some photos that I took of the display table at the funeral last weekend. This is a beautiful frame that has hung in my Grandparents home as long as I can remember. You can see the high school grad photos of my uncles and my aunt and my Dad. My dad is the third on the left. My grandparents were married in the Salt Lake Temple 65 years ago.

These photos are from their younger days. Isn't it fun to see photos from when they were young?

Here are some more photos from when they were raising their family. I love these memories! Love you both!

My Grandma Black

This last week my Grandma Black passed away. She was 89 years old and what an amazing life she had! She had health down till the last week or so of her life. She got pneumonia, followed by a stroke but before that she was fully functioning! She lived such a full life.

My grandpa misses her very much and I pray for him everyday. They were married for almost 68 years so that is a long time to be together and to separated now I know he is lonely. Luckily my parents live across town from my Grandpa so they can visit him and keep him company as he adjusts to being without Grandma. I love my Grandma and I sure will miss her. In the coming week I will be posting photos and details of her life in her remembrance. For now, this is the funeral program. I love this photo of my Grandma! She looks so young and happy!