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Monday, November 15, 2010

The Curious Savage...

Our good dear friend Sara Schutz is the director for the plays that are put on at LMU. She does a fabulous job every single time and quite often our good friends are the stars in the shows too.

This last Friday night we went with our other good dear friends, the Sowbys, to see Sara's new show, The Curious Savage. It was a great evening and with the help of the Sowbys, we piggybacked on their babysitting arrangements and left Jack at their home so we could actually get to watch the show with minimal interruption! ;-)

Thanks for the fun evening to all. To everyone involved in the show, absolutely a fabulous job! :-)

The AMAZING set done by Vaughn Schutz, Sara's husband.

John, Craig, and Taralyn.

Us and the kiddos!

Monday, September 13, 2010

The Skylight Cave....

One of our favorite past times is being outside in the woods either camping or ugh, dare i say the word, "hiking" (I'd much rather prefer to call it a walk, as hikes make me think of blisters!) and nothing is better than doing those things than doing them with people we love.

On Labor Day the Sowbys had pity on us and decided they'd starved us enough of their attention and went on a walk with us to see the Skylight Cave. (J/K, they are pretty busy people really, with Craig's own recording business and Taralyn being in medical school. ;-)) But it was fun to spend time with them again and the weather was perfect! Have i mentioned that i LOVE Fall before? I think only maybe a million times....

It wasn't that really long of a walk (little over a mile one way i think) and Sarah didn't complain horribly either, just mildly. It was really neat to see the cave and although it went in quite a bit further we only has the use of my camera flash to light the way and the ground was quite slippery so our exploring abilities were somewhat limited.

Next time we will make sure we bring a flashlight, and also perhaps keep EQ, the Sowby's dog, on a leash the whole time as he had the unfortunate (or fortunate i think in his eyes) encounter with some unknown feces which he proceeded to roll in. Poor Taralyn had the job of trying to baby wipe him to death as i poured water across his neck. In hind sight it's quite funny, but I'm sure she wasn't thinking so at the time! ;-)

I love being by the Appalachians. There are so many different places to walk and camp around here and it is absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for the fun morning!

Back Row L to R: Iman, John, Jack, Craig, Ellis, Taralyn

Front Row L to R: Sarah, Eden, EQ (aka the Poop Smith) and Suede

Little Sarah

I love this picture. I was trying to take a picture and it was being slow i guess so i went from trying to take a horizontal pic to a vertical one, when it finally decided to go off and the effect was this. Suede, watch out, you're being time warped...or something. ;-)

John & Jack

The entrance to the cave...

Yes, that's right he looks worried...
he pretty much whined the whole time we were in the cave...
guess he didn't appreciate the dark.

See the skylight above?

All about John & Nicola

Well, John is the extremely handsome red-head, of course, and I'm the little one in front of him! John is a marriage and family therapist and I am a domestic engineer as well as a dental hygienist. We met in June of 2000, were engaged by the very end of September 2000, and were married December 16th 2000. We have four lovely children as you can see below and love life and all that it has brought and taught us! We love to talk, have friends over, cook and eat food, camp, and pretty much do anything as a family.

All About Edy

She is fun-loving and pretty much always wants her way (who doesn't) and 90% of the time it works out well as she's a good girl with righteous desires and is extremely responsible and mature for her age. However that 10% of the time where we actually don't agree on something, she can be a little devil! She is a huge help with Jack as these two are best buds! Jack likewise adores her and she is the only one out of his other siblings that he'll let parent him. Eden is also in the fifth grade and loves to read. She has a passion for horses and all animals really and also loves to cook and bake.

Top 7 Favorite of "The Complete Life's Little Instruction Book"

{Why 7 and not 10...because I haven't found three more I really like the best yet. AND these are in no particular order either.}

1. Remember that life's most treasured moments often come unannounced.
2. Hold puppies, kittens, and babies any time you get the chance.
3. To help your children turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.
4. Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.
5. Watch for the big problems. They disguise big opportunities.
6. Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.
7. Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen every day.

The Duty of Mothers...

The duty of the mother is to watch over her children, and give them their early education, for impressions received in infancy are lasting. You know, yourselves, by experience, that the impressions you have received in the dawn of your mortal existence, bear, to this day, with the greatest weight upon your mind. It is the experience of people generally, that what they imbibe from their mothers in infancy, is the most lasting upon the mind through life... Children have all confidence in their mothers; and if mothers would take proper pains, they can instill into the hearts of their children what they please. You will, no doubt, recollect reading, in the Book of Mormon, of two thousand young men, who were brought up to believe that, if they put their whole trust in God, and served Him, no power would overcome them. You also recollect reading of them going out to fight, and so bold were they, and so mighty their faith, that it was impossible for their enemies to slay them. This power and faith they obtained through the teachings of their mothers.

-Brigham Young