family blessings

Family Blessings:

We are feeling so blessed! We had a wonderful day as a family celebrating Brady and Rachel's wedding last Saturday (pictures and more to come).

We are aso really happy and blessed to have another missionary leave our home. Alex received his call to serve in the Eugene, Oregon mission. His is prepare to speak the Spanish language. Alex seems very prepared and anxious to serve. He is such a great example to all of us. Just want him to know how proud I am of him for all he does and the life he lives. So the mission prep BEGINS!!


Oregon Temple


Oregon Coast

Oregon Mission

Oregon Trail

A typical Tuesday in the life and times of Karen..........................

5:30......stretch and get out of bed, morning prayers.
5:45........shower time and get ready for the day.
6:25........breakfast of oatmeal, blueberries and rice milk, my favorite!! Clean kitchen and get book bag ready with a snack and lunch.
6:50......out the door and headed down the road to school.........talk with Alysa time ( love that girl!!)
7:20........arrive at school head out on the trek across campus to my psychology class.
7:30........class begins...............try to stay engaged in this topic for 75 mins!
8:45.........begin trek uphill to the other side of campus to my nutrition class.
9:00.........nutrition class begins where is am completely engaged for 75 mins never once watching the clock and am sad when it is over!!
10:15.............walk to the library where I grab a computer mark my spot, go to the restroom, come back and have a snack and begin the fun of studying!! oh and I also take time to catch up on my facebook for my much needed breaks.
1:00..............break for lunch...........usually a protein shake I mix with water YUM!! Not really but it is an easy lunch to carry with you and very filling.
1:30.........head to SI (supplemental instruction) for psychology if I have a test.... then I go take the test...
3:00.........run errands and head for home
4:00.............home at last!! Always a great feeling.........usually starving so I make a green smoothie and think about what to make for dinner.
5:00............make dinner,,,,,,,,,,clean up dinner.
6:30............computer time, catch up on emails,facebook and calendaring. and tonight my blog!
7:00..........took a break to go see Zane get set apart to go on his mission.........my heart goes with him, I realize that your children s friends become your friends! He will be missed in our home, but I know he will do great things these next two years.
7:30............fold and put laundry away ( thanks John for doing the washing part!) pick up house, clean bathroom.
8:00............study scriptures........ponder and pray.
9:00..........watch Parenthood........fall a sleep
10:00 fall into bed!


4:45.....................wake and get ready for 5:30 spin class!!!!!!!!!! Begin a NEW day.

Happy Birthday to my Valentine!! I am so blessed to have this man in my life!! We have so much fun together and our love for each other just continues to grow through the good the bad and the ugly :) We celebrated this year by going out on Friday night to Roosters (great food ) and then to a WSU Hockey game. I knew that John would love any sporting event that had to do with a net!! It was very exciting and fun to watch, and it also made me grateful none of my boys wanted to try that SPORT! Very physical!!

Saturday night we went to a BIG BAND ballroom dance, we had some dance instruction for about an hour and then had some fun trying out our new moves on the dance floor, lets just say we had a lot of laughs!! It was fun weekend mostly because we took some much needed time to be together. Tonight we will celebrate with our wonderful family having a pasta dinner by candle light and eating Birthday cake!!.

Life is worth Celebrating and I am so glad I have had 25 years worth of celebration with this great guy!!

I could say I got really lucky when I got you for a husband. But the truth is, I think God had us picked out for each other from the very beginning. And that makes me more than lucky. That makes me blessed!!
Happy Valentine's Day
I LOVE YOU!!

Sisters

One of the Best things in life are SISTERS!! I have have three of the very best!!! When I was just two years only I was blessed with one of the best gifts of my life............my sister Kathryn. She has always been one of my very bestest friends. We have done everything together.........we played dolls together, we fed them, dressed them and play for hours..........we had the best time playing with our Barbies had the very best Barbie houses that we would make with our imaginations ...............we sang for hours with Donny and Marie on our front porch..............we have had the best of bedtime talks.......we learned to drive together!!!!! We watch Luke and Laura get married (after our grandmother got us hooked on General Hospital) And shared many of our crushes and boy talk together. Kathryn was the first one I shared my engagement news with and she stood my by bed and held my hand when I lost my first baby......... we shared having our babies together, raising them together.......we have shared our heartaches and our vises! There is nothing better in the world than a sister :) Thank you Kathryn for being such a great sister...............I love you!

Happy Birthday DAD!!

Dad this picture reminds me of you, except for the beard! Hope you know how much I love you and miss you! Hope you had a great day in Heaven!! We are down here on earth having lemon pie in your honor. Lindsey named this lemon pie day last year so we could have a fun tradition to do on your Birthday!! So here's to you DAD!!! Life is good, thank you for all the life lessons you taught me, I am a better person because of your teaching and example to me.
Love, Your favorite daughter!
Karen

engagement pictures!

It is getting closer.............so excited!! Only about six more weeks until I get a new daughter! I am so happy and excited for Brady and Rachel to start there new lives together. These are just a few of their engagement pictures.

So Nice to See the SUN!

So Nice to see the Sun! So many things we take for granted when we see or experience them all the time and it is usually not until they are taken away from us that we appreciate them. I love sunny days, I don't mind a snowy or rainy day but when the sun doesn't shine for many days that I truly start to miss the sun, and when the sun finally peeks its head out, wow what a feeling. That goes for many other things in my life, like all those years that I had children to mother, or calling my Dad just to say hi and shoot the breeze with him. I guess during those times of my life, I thought that I would always have those things in my life and then before I realized it my children grew up and my Dad passed away. So on days that I see the sun shinning I try to remember to appreciate all that is wonderful and great in my life. I love my family and am trying harder to appreciate the great relationships in my life. Last week I had a fun day with my sister Kathryn cleaning her home and getting it ready for her missionary to come home to. We talked and worked and enjoyed being sisters again. We also took a time out and went to lunch with our sister in law Karen, what a time we had catching up, laughing and crying together. Thank you sun for shinning today!