Harry Potter!!!

Dh Preview One - The best bloopers are here

I'm Still Here!

I'm still alive and here, I've just been so busy with the New Moon Event and then Thanksgiving! I'll post something again very soon and get all caught up with what's been going on!! :) I promise!!

Excited!

Excited doesn't quite cover it. More like impatient, ecstatic, over the moon...I don't know, very, very excited!!! Here are two new clips from New Moon. This movie is going to ROCK!!!
This one is the Volturi Fight Scene

Here is the link to the HD TV spot on Fandango:

http://www.fandango.com/hdmovietrailers/exclusivetvspotevent-1303163152/

Pretty Ingeneous!

I found this on my friend Amy's blog. Had to share, it's pretty great!

Fun Times

Well just a quick update on Karsen. He is home and doing well. He is happy and they are working towards starting on the prosthetic leg. It is amazing to see the outpouring of love and help that has come to Karsen and his family. Last night the Chili's in Riverton sponsered Karsen. They gave %10 of all sales for those who had a coupon to Karsen's trust fund. It was so very cool to see so many people there in support of them! Amazing!!

Anyway, the kids have been off track for a week now and we all were sick last week. I got a cold and cough that took me down and the kids got a stomach bug this weekend so today was the first day we were on our feet. We took the morning to clean the house after a week and a half of sickness and then we went to Gardner Village and went on a witch hunt. It was so much fun!! We found all the witches and then we got to go get cookies for .25 cents. It was fun to be together and just having fun. Next week we are going to go to Wheeler Farm with my preschool kids for a field trip. That will be fun too. I want to make off track time as fun as possible for the kids so they don't sit around bored all the time, but it's sometimes hard with teaching and all the other things we have to do! Here are some cute pictures of the day:
The kids in front of the flying witch. Sorry about the grainy pictures, I had to use my cell phone since my good camera died! The kids with the "witch who needs a hug" Tiaree Jarik Bree Keighlee The kids by the "Witchy Poo"!!

After Gardner Village I took the kids to get haircuts. Tiaree and Bree both decided to chop theirs! We took a lot off of Keighlee's too. Hopefully her's will start to grow now. Jarik also decided to start growing his out instead of shaving it all the time. He says he wants it like Zac Efron or Joe Jonas. Not sure I want it that long though. I asked if he like Harry Potter's hair in the Half Blood Prince movie and he said yeah, so we are going for that look for now! They look so cute! Here they are: Tiaree and Bree Keighlee's cute short hair! Jarik being silly!

Hard News

On Thursday my 3 year old nephew Karsen was in a tragic accident and lost his left leg mid-calf. It's been a very hard few days for our family, but mostly for his mom and dad. They are both self-employed and so money is tight and insurance is not so good. Please visit this blog, karsenmery.blogspot.com to read his story. There has been a trust fund set up at Mountain America in his name, and you can donate via paypal on the blog.

During the past 4 days I've been amazed at the out-pouring of love for the Mery's. Nicole is my husband's sister and her and her husband, Rick, have 4 kids. Karsen is their youngest. He is 3 months younger than Keighlee. Anyway, it's been so great to see how many people have stepped up to help them. Their house has been cleaned and repairs have been made. They've had so many visitors and well wishes. Even strangers have sent their thoughts and even their money to help. It's so great to see that there is good in so many people.

I've been thinking a lot about Karsen and what he's going to have to go through to recover. He has a long road ahead of him and his parent's have a lot of healing to do. I know that Heavenly Father will bless them and help them through this trial. In Relief Society today, we had a lesson on adversity. It was such a great lesson. I thought a lot about Nic and Rick and this awful trial they are going through. I was wondering how they were going to get through it. After the lesson I realized that they will come through as better people. This trial will shape them and make them so much stronger in the Lord. I know I already knew all that, but it was so wonderful to be reminded of the reason the Lord lets us go through trials. Watching them go through this has made my trials that I've been struggling with seem so insignificant, and yet I am still struggling and having a really hard time with things in my life right now. It almost makes me feel ungrateful that I'm still struggling when people I love are doing so much worse. I've realized I need to just keep having faith in Heavenly Father. I know I need to put my burdens on his shoulders but it's so hard to do sometimes. I don't even know if I know how to do that. I'm going to try to be more faithful and I hope the Lord will allow me to figure out what I need to do to fix some situations in my life. I don't mean to be poor me, poor me, but with what's been going on the past 4 days, I've had a lot of things put into perspective and these are just some of my thoughts about all that! I hope I can learn from Nic and Rick and their strength and faith and put the same faith into my small trials.

Oquirrh Mountain Temple Dedication

Today we had the awesome opportunity to go into the temple for the dedication. It was so neat. Tiaree and I went for the 9:00 session and Tracy went to the 3:00 session. It was amazing. The talks and the whole service made me realize how lucky we are. I love that I got to help at the open house and serve there already. This whole summer has been such a special experience. We've felt the blessings of the temple already.

As I sat in the Telestial room with Tiaree, I realized that the next time I sit in that room with her, she will be going through the temple for herself. It made me excited and sad all at the same time. I hope she remembers the feelings she felt in there today and remembers the talks that were given so that she does make it back. Most of the talks in our session were directed at the youth and how to make it back to the temple as they grow older. It was truly amazing to listen to.

When the dedication was over, we were able to say hi to President Monson. He stopped in the room we were in and asked how we were doing. We were right by the door and so Tiaree got to say hi. He looked right at her and waved at her. She kind of froze and didn't go to shake his hand or anything, even though she would have just had to take 2 steps to be next to him! I couldn't have done it either! Then President Uchtdorf gave us a huge wave and Elder Bednar winked at Tiaree as he walked by. President Uchtdorf also gave us a huge wave as they went into the Celestial room before the dedication. Both waves were with both hands and a huge smile on his face! That was really special to be that close to the prophet of God.

I will always cherish the memories I have of today. That I had a child old enough to go with me was such a great experience. I am so grateful for our Stake President who worked so hard to get us tickets in the Temple. It was so amazing to feel the spirit there. I haven't felt the Spirit that strong since I went through the Temple the first time. I know angels were there today. I kept thinking of the story of the angels walking around the top of the Kirtland Temple when it was dedicated. That story kept coming to mind and I think it was a testimony to me that they were there today. I can not wait to go and do a session and spend time in the Celestial room soaking up the peace I know I'll find. What an awesome day!!