FAITH, just love this word!

Hum, I have become a deep thinker, and love to read and study. I love the word FAITH, and have enjoyed researching and gaining a more clearer description of it.

We know that God holds the future, and we can face tomorrow without fear. The reality of eternity, the reality of God, the faith we have in the future doesn't diminish our ability to live well in the present. The hope we have fuels our lives now, letting us experience life more completely than if we lacked such hope. "Where there is no faith in the future, there is no power in the present."

Well said.... I love the true gospel of Jesus Christ and its teachings! I am so glad to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints!

Kent and wrestling

I went and watched Kent at his wrestling match. He is awesome and won!

Happy Birthday Dad, your the best! (this is a photo taken a few years ago)

Happy Birthday Elder Colten Wells

Where has time gone? Seriously? 23 years ago on January 3rd this young man joined our family. What a blessing he has been. We will see him in a few .... well March 31st to be exact. Work hard and finish strong Elder!

Zak Keir aka Elder Keir comes back to Arizona for a visit

It was nice to meet Zak and Joshua for dinner at Golden Corral. The both served their missions here in Arizona. Zak is from Wisconsin, and Josh is from Montana. What awesome young men they are.

Zak Keir and Joshua Yates

Happy New Year!

What a great way to bring in Twenty Ten.... I called back in November when the Garth tickets went on sale, and asked for the best available seats on any Saturday 8:30 concert time in the month of January. Hum, when the lady said "front row", that is all I heard... just grab them tickets. It turned out it was Saturday, January 2nd. So Shelly and I boarded a plane, and off we went. It was the best concert ever. Just Garth and his guitar for 90 minutes. Trisha came out and sung a couple of songs with him.. Happy New Year my family and friends!

These are a few shots, that I got before they made me ditch the camera...enjoy!

Christmas in Colorado

Being in Colorado for Christmas, and being with my kids and the grandkiddos was the best! I would have to say the best Christmas in years. We had a great time, dinner was great, yummy hot chocolate, the movie "Princess and the Frog", playing games, looking at deer in the neighborhood, pizza, snow, and shopping. I enjoyed my 6 days and cannot wait to go again in February.

Visit with Cassandra and little Ellie

My neice Cassandra from Texas, was in town so we got together. Here is her little daughter Ellie, she has the cutest little smile, and the most gorgeous curly hair. Thanks for the visit Cassie, so nice to reconnect and get to visit with you!


Cassie said she hates her pictures taken, hum I think I caught a pretty good one? Don't you think?

Happy Birthday to my one and only little brother

Wow, cannot believe you are another year older, and wiser too. Thanks for the help and support thru the years, I do have the best "Baby Brother" in the whole world! I love you Keith!

I am a homeowner!

So excited to be a homeowner..... and not a renter! I love my new casa! More pictures coming!

Halloween

Tristan loves horses..... what would be more fitting than Tristan being a cowboy? He was so stinkin cute! Here he is with his bestest buddies, Bray and Addy

Good-Bye to Carol

My son in laws Mom, Carol Ann Gunter passed away on October 21st. She was a great lady. She left behind 8 children, and lots of grandkids. It was always great to have her in our home for dinner on occasion.

All of the 8 Gunter kids, I know Carol was so happy! It has been years since they were all together.

Colten B-Day

I cannot believe Colten is 23 years.. Wow time is flying so fast! But March 31st cannot get here fast enough.

This girl is gone, betcha didn't ever think I was that strong?

So this year has been a tough one, one of my healings songs is "This girl is gone".  It was great to see

Lady Antebellum in concert last night.  It was a awesome concert.  Thanks for going with me Debbie!

check them out on line at http://www.ladyantebellum.blogspot.com/

Guess who is coming out of retirement??????

YEP, my man GARTH!

Viva LAS VEGAS at the Wynn for 15 performances, and guess who will be there???

YEP, that would me ME!!!

My nephew Kent is quite the hunter... He had to chase this 2 year old cow buffalo allover in order to shoot it. He dropped her with one shot... Way to go Kent. THANKS for the samples of the meat. It was so yummy! Oh, and Happy Birthday on the 22nd!

Of course it is always fun when Tristan comes over!

He is so silly and definetly makes us laugh and smile!

More cousin time in Michigan

It is always great to be with my Aunts, Uncle and cousins!

My Aunt Lois, and Aunt Marge, these are my Dad's sisters.

These are my only girl cousins on my Dad's side... My cousin Karen I had not seen each other in over 20 years, it was great to be with her, and catch up like there was no lost time!

Michigan

It was fun to be with my Pickett cousins, we went to the Tiger baseball game at Comerica Park.
It was my Aunt Char's birthday, and her kids had this put on the big screen.

What the heck happened to September?

Yeppers, it is gone gone gone. Since Cyndi and I both turned the big 50 this year, we decided years ago we would go to New York. So I flew to Michigan, then we went to NYC, of course it was awesome again.... We had so much fun together as always.


I actually learned to like the subway...notice I didn't say "LOVE"?

The Manhattan TempleMarkets in China town

View from Top of the Rock... 68 stories high, awesome I loved seeing Central Park and the empire state building.


Saw Mamma Mia, and Phantom on Broadway..... they were both awesome, of course!