Is anybody out there?

It's so funny, I haven't posted for a while and then I posted a whole bunch of stuff at once and I have not gotten a single comment. I guess everybody is too busy with their summer to be blogging. I have been blogging more! It is my sanity. It is nice to escape into another world for a bit during the day now that i have all of my little ones home all day. We are trying to stay busy. Hope you are all having a great summer.

Happy 90th Birthday Granny!

(Last Summer in Farmington at Granny's house)

Leah Tanner Cardon

I will never forget my many visits to Granny and Grandad’s house as a child. In the early morning hours, the door would swing open and in would walk Granny carrying grocery bags full of our favorite things: seven –up with vanilla ice cream, “Granny’s specialties” a.k.a. toast with ham and melted cheese, butterscotch candies for hocus pocus, peanuts, and of course all of the fixings for Dad’s favorite fried chicken.
There were evening rides in the back of Grandad’s el camino, and afternoons in the backyard playing on the close line and cinder block fence. I remember the comfort I felt at Granny’s house and the walls and walls of endless memories, all testaments of a life well lived. I can almost see Grandad sitting on the corner square bar stool eating his eggs, sunny-side up, sopping up the yolk with a piece of toast. I can see him in the garden watering the lawn or pulling weeds. They were a perfect team, each such flawless examples to their posterity.
I have often thought of Granny as a young lady. In a time when girls just didn’t do things like go on missions and attend college, she did. At a time when women married young and stayed in the home, she experienced life, then married and still had eight children to boot! With all of the smarts and talents that she possessed she mothered her children. She cultivated their interests and fostered a love for beautiful things, poetry, music, literature, and the arts. She scrimped and saved so that she could provide opportunities to her children that they would never have otherwise had. She thought outside the box, parenting with creativity and cleverness. She was quick witted and saucy, yet respectable, appropriate, and unassuming. Always there to lend a hand, she led a lifetime of service. Never above the most menial tasks, she worked her entire life for the betterment of others.
Somehow, from her modest home in Farmington New Mexico, she managed to inspire her eight children to explore all facets of life; to taste, create, and experience all of what our world has to offer, all of the while, staying true to the thing most precious above all, a testimony of the Savior. What a legacy she leaves behind. In her own quiet way, she has inspired us all. Her name will always mean dignity, selflessness, humility, intelligence, strength, resilience, faith, and endurance. Leah Tanner Cardon. We love you! Love, Niki

Juicy Baby

Claire is getting so chubby! She is so fun to hug and squish!

I put up a new post on my other blog. Check it out.http://lifetimemom.blogspot.com

Wedding

I got this picture off of facebook from one of Garrett's friends. I loved it! The girls stuck those flowers in their dresses like that. They are both such little princesses and are growing up to be the sweetest little helpers! Not to mention my handsome hubby! Look out!

My new blog!!

Ever feel like this?? Me too!

I've decided to start a new blog all about Motherhood, home organization, and everything that goes with it. Every time I post about these "issues" I always get a lot of comments. So, I started this new blog to share all of the wonderful resources that I have found along the way. Check it out!


www.lifetimemom.blogspot.com

The Many Faces of Bubud!

Adam has been such a different experience for me as a Mom. I know how to do girls. I have three and I am one. Boys, on the other hand are foreign creatures to me. He's physical, not verbal. He plays like a puppy would; getting in your face and nudging you with his head, knocking you about and even drooling periodically. He grunts like a caveman to tell you what he wants. He doesn't like bandaids! He constantly eats. He love meat. He DOESN'T want his diaper changed, DOESN'T mind being dirty, and DOESN'T cry when he gets hurt. He throws things at you as an invitation for play, not as an act of frustration. Even with all of his irritating antics, he melts my heart and makes me feel pure joy!