Happy Valentine's Day!

Here are Kaylie and Dallyn with their monkeys...there is a beanie boo infestation at our house. Mostly consisting of monkeys!! They are treated as royalty here are our house!

We snapped a photo with Grandma and Grandpa Wright when they were here visiting last week.

Dallyn was so excited to have a monkey photo shoot. He sure is cute about taking care of his friends.

Temodar--New Chemo

Well tomorrow I start a new chemo drug and so we will see how it treats me. It's supposed to be a nasty one so I'm trying to be brave!! I was not approved for the drug I really wanted, they are making me do this other one first and then perhaps I can reapply for Avastin again. So for now I need to try Temodar and so that is what I am doing. I am trying to be brave and to do what the Dr. recommends but at times it really isn't easy.

So if you don't hear from me for awhile you will know its because I am too sick in bed to blog. Hopefully it won't be that bad................but who knows? It is poison after all!

Lisa and Andrew's Sealing

Monday was a very special day. It was Lisa and Andrew's 13th wedding anniversary and the day they chose to have their family sealed for Time and All Eternity in the Salt Lake Temple.

Lisa had her original wedding dress altered and she wore that when her and Andrew were sealed.

It was so neat to be there with their family. I just cried, it was a very memorable day and I am so grateful I was able to be there. What a great future is ahead of this amazing family. The kids looked like angels in their all white and Lisa and Andrew just looked so happy. It was such a peaceful and special time in the temple together. As Zach said "Now we are a forever family!"

Jim and Pam and Carol with the 'new' bride and groom.

Brittney was helping her mom carry her train. As Andrew said, "This time we did it right!" They went away on their celebration get away together for a few days. Then the kids will join them for the end of their sealing celebration. We are so happy for them! Congratulations!!

Celebrating Love!

Celebrating Love...eternally!!

I love to decorate for the holidays and I especially love festive tableware, as those who know me well can attest to! Here are some photos from our dinner last night with Dad and Pam. Notice how fun and "lovey" all our decor is! =)

It was great to have family in town visiting for a few days!

We had a family luncheon to celebrate the sealing of Lisa and Andrew. Here's the Beckstrand table..

Danielle came down from Orange County for the occasion, it was great having her there as well as Brad and Dad and Pam.

Brittney and some ward members...

Zach with some ward members, Scott's Mom, Bob, Robin and Blake...

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!