Abbey and Lottie

Tim and Connie's two sons, Mike and Ben, are

both born in February.  This past October their

baby, Lottie, was born in October....just like her

big sister.  This past October was also Abbey's

8th birthday so Connie planned a big

one day baptism and baby blessing gathering.

 

I love Abbey. 

 

 

And I love Lottie.

 

Tim and Connie are distant cousins.

Here is how it goes:

 

CONNIE

Grandfather ~ Henry Ray Webb

Great grandfather ~ Jonathan Henry Webb

Great great grandfather ~ Edward Milo Webb, Jr.  (Wife ~ Sarah Elizabeth Carling)

 

TIM

Grandfather ~ Gilbert Cole Brewer

Great grandmother ~ Lucretia Annetta Webb

Great great grandfather ~ Edward Milo Webb, Jr.  (Wife ~ Charlotte Martha Maxwell)

 

Edward Milo Webb, Jr. had three wives.  Connie's GGGmother was his second wife.

Tim's GGGmother was his 3rd wife.

 

Our picture above of everyone attending

the baptism/blessing are descendants.

A tiny tip of the ice berg created by these

early Mormon polygamists.

 

 

Abbey, Mike, Ben, and Lottie.

 



The Girl I Used To Be

The Girl I Used To Be

 

She came tonight as I sat alone...
The girl I used to be...
And she gazed at me with her earnest eye
And questioned reproachfully:
Have you forgotten the many plans
And hopes I had for you?
The great career, the splendid fame,
all the wonderful things to do?
Where is the mansion of stately height
With all its gardens rare?
The silken... robes that I dreamed for you
And the jewels in your hair?
And as she spoke, I was very sad
For I wanted her pleased with me...
This slender girl from the shadowy past
The girl that I used to be.
So gently rising, I took her hand
And guided her down the hall,
Where peacefully sleeping, my babies lay
Innocent, sweet, and fair.
And I told her that these are my only gems,
And precious they are to me;
That silken robes is my motherhood
Of costly simplicity.
And my mansion of stately height is love,
And the only career I know
Is serving each day in these sheltered walls
For the dear ones who come and go
And as I spoke to my shadowy guest,
She smiled through her tears at me.
And I saw the woman that I am now
Pleased the girl I used to be.

 

Sweet.

Easter Visitors

 

Lee and Aaron brought their little family

up to Pinetop for Easter Weekend.

 

I loved it....right up to the moment I

got the stomach flu.  But until then I

enjoyed every minute.

 

Come again.

I will schedule the flu for a better time.

 

Easter means more to me this year than

ever before.  I always do a poor job of

expressing my feelings about Christ. I am

sure that is because I compare me to Him

and am troubled by the distance between

his perfect being and my very mortal self.

 

What I have come to understand in my

heart is he loves me....even me.  The story

of his life, death and resurrection as

recorded in the Bible is true.  He is true.

He lived and died and was resurrected.

 I can't comprehend enduring

what he did and doing it

because of love.

I have decided that I won't comprehend

it I will only believe it.  He suffered for

me and all those I love.  I can become

clean because of his great atonement.  It

is a matter of faith in him. 

 

 

 

 



Like father like son.

Well....not really.  This jeep is out in the

rocks in our front yard.  I realized the

other day that it looks just like Moab.

 

 

What do you think?

 

 

5 year mark.

 

David will have served as Bishop of our ward

for five years one month from now.  It has been

a good five years.  Of course, I can say that.

I know his work has been extremely hard at

times.  Most of all it is the time.  He

gives so much time.  It is just what he does.

 

This is a letter he received from Talon

Owen's mission president.  Talon served

in Portugal and returned home last week.

David read every word of this letter

this morning before church. 

 

What I really need is a picture of him

with his cell phone.  It has become

the communication link between him

and ward members.  There are different

approaches he takes to each text.

Sometimes I can tell that it is serious

because he gets quiet.  Sometimes he is

quiet for long stretches.  I have to remember

it is because something is going on

and it is on his mind.  Every now and

then he forgets his phone so when

he checks it there are 3-5 texts waiting

for him.  Good news or bad.

 

But I thought this picture

sums up where he is.  He knows this

calling is going to come to an end.

And even if he can look forward to

that he will also miss these sweet letters

and other sweet things that are for

Bishops.

 

 

Bad couple of days for the Vibe.

David uses our Vibe now for his appraisal work.

It is such a good car.  It gets great gas mileage (36

miles per gallon) and has only had one

problem in the 6.5 years we have had it and

that was our fault.....when your gas hose shuts

off don't try and add a little bit more to the tank.

It does something to the fuel system and it

can cost $600 to fix it. 

 

1)  David was driving up to an appointment and

he thought he would take the front house picture

while still in the car  He missed the middle

of the driveway and drove off into the culvert.

Oh my!

 

 

 2) Sometimes David will take a drive to

Taylor to talk to his parents at the cemetery.

 That was his plan today except the Vibe decided

to stop.  He was driving away from the

house and it just sputtered and stopped.

We pulled it up to Tim Storms and left

it.  Hope it is an easy fix. 

Will see tomorrow.



Bode's Baptism

Good days these are.

Bode FINALLY got baptized.  He

was the last of the grandchildren born

in these last two years to be baptized.

It hadn't gone unnoticed.

 

Just a few pictures.

 

 Uncle Jeremiah and baby Lottie.

Jeremiah had a good day.  He told me

he had always thought these were days

for someone else not him.  He always

wanted home and family and the blessings

of the Gospel and the Priesthood.  So

this was a good day for Jeremiah!

 

 Daisy content to play by herself. 

 

 Mike, Tim, Ben, Connie, and Abbey.

 

 Laine, Jeremiah, Lottie (Tim and Connie's),

Heidi, Bode, and Piper

 

 Megan, Brittany, Dash, Pete, Jett (not being cool he

scratched his eye...glasses for protection), and Melanie.

 

 We try and get a Grandpa and Grandma shot with

all the grandchildren but

this is the best we could round up.

Dash, Melanie, Laine, Jett, Daisy, and Megan.

 

 Lee and Aaron.  Rocky asleep and

Daisy unavailable. :)

 

 Someday Bode will be taller than

both Grandpa and me.

 

 Dash is so tan....from rim to rim.

He loves the sandbox.

 

 My traveling partner with Daisy

sitting by him.

 

 Good day for Grandma Trish.

 

 I love to take pictures of my men in suits.

I also like to take pictures of them in

suits from the back side.  I feel like they

are off somewhere to do something

important or talking about something

very important.  This is David and Jeremiah.

 

 We are headed into a dry fire season so

I decided to give my children their scrap

books.  I have had them on

shelves, then in a cabinet by the TV and

finally in a closet. 

Even in a closet they were a part of them

home with me.  It wasn't easy to make that decision.

But on the other hand they need to have them

to share with their children.  And that is

what they did!  This is Pete above with

his two daughters, Melanie and Megan.

 

 And this is Tim with Abbey.  It was

very satisfying for me to see them doing

what I envisioned they would do.

 

 This is the cutest little baby. 

Baby Lottie.   She is

squishy and so busy. 

 

This was a sweet day.  Good food

and conversation.  And lots of

cousins running in and out.

Loved it.

If mountains talked.

  Heidi had texted me

announcing that she was expecting and sick.  (Hard to

think of a creative way to announce a new one

on the way when you are green with morning sickness.) 

 So I went down to help out for a couple of days. 

 On my way home early Friday morning

 I took this picture of Four Peaks.

Once again part of my travels only this time

knowing that my daughter is expecting another

baby it somehow seemed poignant.  Those

mountains are always there watching over my

world and today they said congratulations ~

happy for you.

 

 

 

 I am especially happy

that Heidi and all our children want family.

They make sacrifices of self to bring children into

the world and then provide for them.

Nobody is perfect here but in a world where

adults are crying for their rights and the rights

of children are becoming second or third

or irrelevant they have not lost sight of the

purpose of adulthood and family.

 

The announcement of a new baby on

the way just reaffirms that and

reminds me of the faith I have in my

children. 

 

What's not to be happy about!

Getting ready for pictures to announce
upcoming addition.

Talking over the news!