My Trip Utah

This is my Mother's Day gift from Jill and Jennifer. A Mansion in Deer Valley by Park City, Utah. The Place was huge. Seven bedrooms and each with its own bathroom. Below I am sitting on the bed that was my bedroom. The house was so big that we kept getting lost in it. My room also had an attached living room with TV and what must have been over one hundred television stations. The pictures have us in each bedroom and the number of fingers we hold up are indicating the room we are in. We watched one of Jennifer's favorite movies, Stardust. It was cute but I kept dozing through it and will have to rent it so I can really watch it. Jill fixed my Mother's Day breakfast and it was pancakes with a brown sugar, butter swirl and they were delicious. Then the girls drove me to the freeway and I headed back to Idaho. It was a beautiful day to travel.



More pics of the Mansion in Deer Valley. The view from the windows was incredible. Still snow everywhere but quiet and lovely. It was so incredible to spend time with Jennifer and Jill. They are so lovely and I am so happy they are my daughters. We had such a wonderful time. Thank you so much girls for the Great Mother's Day gift! I will treasure the memories for a long time to come!


And yes, here are some of my favorite people in the whole wide world. I got to help care for them while Laura was helping her sister prepare for a birthday party. My beautiful little Ella. She is such a treasure to her gramma Hughes. She sobbed when she had to leave; she said she didn't want to leave her gramma Hughes. My heart nearly burst into pieces. I have such a deep and abiding love for this little girl. She is so precious and I have such a bond of incredible depth with this little her. I have the same bond with Jill's children. I just feel the Truth of the Gospel and the Eternities when I hold them in my arms. It is a feeling like I cannot describe, but it is something that is too sacred to be of this world. I love my grandchildren and I am so grateful to my Children who allow me to have this wonderful relationship with them. I got to know Noah a little better and he just clung to me and everytime he saw me he would run and want me to hold him. I felt the same bond forming with this little man. I loved my own children but I cannot explain the love that I have for my grand children. I am so grateful that Heavenly Father has let me live to feel the incredible feelings I experience when I am with and holding my little ones. Words will never be adequate to discribe the feelings that possess my soul each time I am able to be with them. Ryde, didn't even hesitate to run to me this time. He makes me feel so loved. Crew has turned into a little gentleman since last I saw him. He fearcely protects his mom, sister and little brother. He is wise and good, way beyond his nearly 7 years. I love you little man. You are my hero. And Sky, how precious you are. My heart sings and sings when I think of you. And yes, sweety, you will always be my little Angel. I am so proud of how hard you are trying to keep your covenants of your baptism. Heavenly Father smiles down on you every day. Stay True to those sacred covenants and you will never regret it. I love you, Always.

I got a lot of my food storage and brought back to Idaho. I also was able to get my old-fashion quilting frames in the car. I am donating them to our ward here in Nampa, as the ward does not have any. With my knees giving out on me, I prayed for the strength and energy to climb my stairs to bring all the food storage out to the car. I was fasting for Jennifer, so she would pass her Real Estate tests and so it was even more difficult to walk up the stairs many times to get the car loaded. But my knees seemed to get stronger as I worked. Then I had to unload them at home. And Yes Jennifer passed her TEsts! Hurrah, for you Sweety!


Larry went with Darwin to spray some of the wilderness with the boating club. He said it was cold and rainy and he didn't sleep well because he was so cold. I was so glad to see him when he got back home. I beat him by several hours. Anyway, I am getting old and my body is telling me it is time to slow down. But I really don't want to slow down. I want to die with one foot in the air. I am so very grateful for the healthy body the Lord promised me in my Patriarchial Blessing.

Osoma bin laden was killed yesterday. The whole of America is out in the streets dancing and singing. It was all kept a secret until it was done. They buried his body at sea, last night, so there would be no shrine of him for the people to worship. As they were playing an interview with him before 9/11, he bragged at how he was going to destroy the U.S. and kill all the Americans he could, because that is what God told him to do. It is laughable now that he is now meeting God.

My Patriarach Blessing tells me I would live to see great upheavals come upon the nations in my lifetime. In the last few years I am witnessing the coming to pass of the words of my Heavenly Father. I will not fear and He tells me to live the Gospel and everything would be all right. I am in awe of my incredible Heavenly Parents and my brother, Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World. He is my Hero and always has been and will always be. It has been a wonderful 2 and 1/2 years for me. Larry and I are so happy and we have been blessed to travel and go rock-crawling and sightseeing with the Jeep Club and other Jeepers. I am in awe of the beauty of the world. Everything in Nature plays such a huge part in my every day life now. We live in Idaho, we have the best ward in all the Church, and we have a lovely, peaceful and happy home. Life is Good!! Best of all, we love one another and we have adorable grandkids, great sons and daughters who mean the world to us and we share the gratitude with our Heavenly Father and our Savior every single day. We have grandsons fighting for our Freedoms and we know that God will protect them for us. They and their families bring us so much Joy! THANK YOU DEAR FAMILY. WE COULDN'T LOVE YOU MORE! LIFE IS VERY, VERY GOOD!