New Beginnings

My sweet and beautiful "baby" girl is growing up so fast.

I sometimes wish I could just slow down the clock or freeze time altogether.

Last evening, I had the pleasure of attending our ward's New Beginnings program.

Julia will be a new beehive in May and so all the girls moving into young women this year were spotlighted. Hannah did a wonderful job highlighting all the things we love about this girl!

And the best part of all, was seeing Julia's pure excitement about the upcoming transition.

Just another reminder that I am getting older...

Family Focus 2012

At the beginning of every new year, our family sits together and discusses what we feel would be a positive, worthwhile focus for our family.

Some years it is simply yet profoundly a scripture.

This year we felt overwhelmingly, with a little help from Dan, that our family focus for 2012 should be...

Living the Abundant Life

as prophetically and beautifully described by Thomas S. Monson.

For more, if you're interested, you can go here.