Who Just Installed A New Sink?

That's right. Yours Truly. After starting at 11:30 am (for the second time. The first time was last week), I just finished installing a new bathroom sink and faucet. What it required:

• Three trips to Home Depot
• One trip to George Morlan Plumbing
• Three pipe cuttings
• One sink-basin uninstall
• One brand new basin wrench
• One brand new mini hacksaw
• One hour of glue removal
• A couple mild profanities
• One long suffering wife

Phew. Don't talk to me for a few days. I am feeling ornery.

One down, two more to go. Shoot me now.

Aunt Robin is the Birthday Girl!

There are two birthdays in May for two people I love so dearly...Make sure you don't miss Rich's bday blog right below Robin's....
I love Robin because
she is the friend of a lifetime
she is full of compassion
she is smart and hard working
she is fun and so easy to be around
she is loving and generous
she loves family
she is a darn good cook (when she has time)
she is a fabulous seamstress
she is a fabulous realtor - who wouldn't want to work with Robin???
she is eclectic in her interests
she knows alot about alot of things
she is humble enough to learn from others
she is a survivor
she has a sense of adventure
she keeps moving forward no matter the obstacles.
Happy Birthday Sis!

Happy Birthday Papa Bear

Happy Birthday to Rich!

I love Richard because
he keeps life fun and exciting
he is generous
he is wise
he is smart and funny and I think those two are essential to each other
he is unafraid of hard work, challenging projects, mean people
he has a creative streak that is enchanting
when he loves a song, a movie, a book, a television series, he really loves it and absorbs every nuance of it and shares it with me
he gives the most interesting and inspirational talks at church
he is an outstanding teacher
he is a serious optimist (Wayne Christensen's "right on" description of him)
he is a visionary....
he thinks in unique ways and has blessed our family because he does
he is always willing to and working to improve
he is thoughtful
he is my best friend
he listens to me and values my ideas
he praises me and makes me feel that I am important to him
he looks for ways to give "unexpected gift at unexpected time" and he is good at it
he takes joy in making people happy at home, at the office and at Church
there "ain't no mountain high enough" to stop him when he believes the thing that he is doing is the right thing to do.
No on can beat Richard in the service department....he has taught me and the children how to serve others, look for opportunities to serve and find joy in service
He is the best person I have ever known!!!!

Bennions In Print

Nathan and Katie are famous! Our neighbor, Carol Xanthos is an illustrator and she recently published a book called, "How Does the Holy Ghost Make Me Feel?" She used friends and neighbors for the models, and Nathan and Katie were two of them. There is a beautiful, full page illustration of the two of them together. The book is written to help children understand and recognize the blessings of the Holy Spirit. You can see the book at http://www.deseretbook.com/.

Pretty fun, huh? (Our house is famous, too. It was in the background of one of the pages.) :)

Loves to all!

Wendy

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms

Mom and I wish all the Moms a very Happy Mother's day. You are all so precious.

Flowers Made Mom's Day

Burke, Chantel and Maxwell started Mom's day off with this beautiful bouquet. The aroma was absolutely breath-taking and Mom was so pleased with every single bloom. She said that the lilacs were so precious.