Another Year of Good Things

1. our healthy baby girl/my best friend
2. C1's engulfing, but secure job
3. New babies in the family-Heather's Scott, Marianne's soon-to-be-born Kent and Maren's soon-to-be-born little girl.
4. my love of graphic design
5. Thomas and James are back from their missions

a year of good things

we have a healthy beautiful baby girl
an easy pregnancy
cwl passed his cpa tests
we live in our very own home
family that love us

my superpowers

1. I can make almost anyone laugh (usually it's not on purpose, though)
2. I swear I see the light turn green before anyone else
3. I can "feel" stuff happen before it happens.
4. Sometimes, I know what you're going to say before you say it...even if you don't end up saying it.
5. I can whip up a pan of brownies faster than anyone you know.

loving summer

1. warm nights...the ones that make me feel guilty for not going to a drive-in movie

2. canyon extravaganzas

3. family vacations and bbqs

4. Bear Lake season

5. evening walks with C1

6. frozen treats, thank you Vita Mix

remembered by JAV

1. a baby boy

2. red hair

3. black hair

4. golden brown hair

5. heart shaped cakes

6. a life changing Christmas in prison

7. a grateful elder in Germany

8. an old Ford truck

connecting with the past

1. grandma mabey's orange rolls and hot cocoa
2. grandpa pouring grandma's hot cocoa on her plate while describing how large the cobb of the corn used to be (as big around as the rim of the cup...)
3. grandma's dream that she and grandpa were moving to a condo...but she was still weeding the garden in front of the house as they were saying goodbye to neighbors.
4. my great grandpa mabey loves tulips...so does grandpa mabey, and so do i
5. great grandma mabey was a "large-set" woman and a great teacher. she chopped wood and told great stories.
6. grandpa wouldn't give his farm days for anything. he's really good at thinning and topping sugar beats.
7. great grandpa mabey was slow to adjust to mechanical farming...the machines couldn't bail the hay as nice.
8. picturing grandma getting caught playing tic-tac-toe on the side of the red brick school building with white chalk by her uncle's girlfriend/school teacher.

tidbits of the past

1. "I'd rather be an old man's sweetheart than a young man's slave" - mary james stewart (my great-great gma)

2. grandpa mabey riding to heber in an old, black ford truck

3. mary james stewart had a laundry business and made her own soap

4. "uncle mark" giving little girl gma mabey a candy from his pocket every time he saw her

5. great-great Gpa hicken was a butcher...built a log cabin in Park City and then a red brick home in Heber.