10 years ago today....

I married the man of my dreams and my best friend 

in the Los Angeles Temple on May 14, 1999.

It was an absolutely perfect day!

We are so grateful to our parents for all of their love and support then and now!

We were so blessed to have sooo many of our wonderful family and friends with us at the temple.

I love this amazing man more today than I did that day, which is incredible to think about!  I'm excited for what the next 10 years to eternity have to hold for us!

We thought that we had the whole world in our hands that day....

Little did we know what 10 years of amazing would bring to us.....

Happy 5th Birthday Emma!

    

Happy 5th Birthday dear Emma!  

We are just amazed how quickly the past five years has flown by.  

Our lives have been so blessed since our little Emma came to our family.  

She has a wonderful personality and is filled with sunshine.  

She brightens up a room with her smiles and her laughter.  

Emma came into this world very quickly and has been going ever since.  

I guess she wanted to keep up with her big brother Dallin, 

and that she does!  

She is a great little sister and a fabulous big sister.  

She does an amazing job taking care of her siblings, 

whether it's helping them to make their bed, 

or put on a shoe, 

or make them smile, 

she does a great job at it.  

We are so thankful to Heavenly Father 

for sending Emma to our family 

and we feel so blessed to have her.  

As I look back on the many pictures we have of Emma, 

my heart smiles to have so many wonderful memories 

with our darling daughter.  

She always takes a great picture!  

I chose a handful to share here....

and believe me, 

it was hard to narrow it down to as many as I did.  

Emma is just adorable inside and out 

and we are so blessed to share life with her.  

We all love you our sweet Emma 

and our lives are forever blessed because of you!  

Happy Birthday 

our "big" girl.  

WE LOVE YOU!

Wasn't I right about taking great pictures.....

she is just amazing!

♥LOVE YOU♥

 LOTS 

and 

LOTS 

and 

LOTS

dear darling Emma! 

♥

Our Amazing Bedstemor

Our darling children on Easter Sunday

Once again, our amazing Bedstemor, 

(Grandmother in Danish) 

outfitted our children for Easter.  

She has dressed the grandchildren, 

now 10....and soon to be 12!.... 

for every Easter and Christmas since they were born.  

It is not an easy task trying to find matching clothes for children 

from ages almost 7 years to 7 months.  

But amazingly, 

everytime, 

she does it....

and they ALL ALWAYS look sooo darling!  

This year, however, she was not able to find dresses 

that she was satisfied with in the stores, 

so she chose to make 5 little girl dresses....

in about 2 weeks!  

I was the only daughter with 5 brothers, 

so my Mom sewed beautiful clothes for me years ago, 

but 5 dresses in such a short time was quite the task.  

In addition to that, my Mother works very hard 

at making every detail exactly right...

and beautiful!  

So she slaved, 

literally, for the 2 weeks, 

almost constantly, 

sewing these beautiful dresses for her 5 granddaughters.  

They turned out perfectly! 

My Mom also wanted the boys to feel 

just as darling and fussed over,

 so she went to great lengths to find them 

matching pink shirts and ties......

she was going to make them.....

but was pleased to find them at the store!  

They also looked soooo great!

I am sooo blessed to have such an 

amazing Mother 

that my children 

have the privilege of calling Bedstemor.  

I am so grateful to her 

for her example 

of love and sacrifice 

and really working hard to make 

EACH child

 feel special and important and fussed over.

I know my children look forward to their matching clothes 

from Bedstemor each holiday, 

and I know that they feel her love and care for them 

ALWAYS.  

I am thankful to have such a wonderful example of how to be a 

righteous, 

loving, 

caring, 

sacrificing, 

cheerful, 

positive, 

courageous, 

faithful, 

obedient, 

hard-working,

 spiritual, 

calm, 

and 

kind 

Mother.....

I only hope to follow her example 

and bless the lives of my children and grandchildren as she has.

 

We are grateful for all of the 

beautiful clothes from our Bedstemor, 

but more importantly we are grateful 

for her and her love and her example.  

Our lives are forever blessed 

because of her and her life.  

I am grateful that she chooses 

to follow our Savior, 

along with my amazing Father.... 

who I'll dedicate another blog to sometime....

and live her life to honor Him.  

Our lives are filled with love and hope 

because of our Savior and 

His sacrifice for each of us.  

I am always grateful for Easter time, 

when we can more fully reflect on 

His Life and His complete love for ALL 

and strive to be more like Him.

Thanks Mom, for showing us how to do that.....always!

We ALL love you!