Love you forever....

A Mother held her new baby and very slowly rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while she held him, she sang:

I'll love you for ever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.

The baby grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was two years old, and he ran all around the house. He pulled all the books off the shelves. He pulled all the food out of the refrigerator and he took his mother's watch and flushed it down the toilet. Sometimes his mother would say "This kid is driving me CRAZY!"
But at night time, when that two year old was quiet, she opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor, looked up over the side of his bed; and if he was really asleep she picked him up and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. While she rocked him she sang:

I'll love you for ever,
I'll like you for always
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.

The little boy grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was nine years old. And he never wanted to come in for dinner, he never wanted to take a bath, and when grandma visited he always said bad words. Sometime his mother wanted to sell him to the zoo! But at night time, when he was asleep, the mother quietly opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor and looked up over the side of the bed. If he was really asleep, she picked up that nine year old boy and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while she rocked him she sang;

I'll love you forever,
I"ll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.

The boy grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was a teenager. He had stange friends and he wore strange clothes and he listened to strange music. Sometimes the mother felt like she was in a zoo! But at night itme, when that teenager was asleep, the mother opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor and looked up over the side of the bed. If he was really asleep she picked up that great big boy and rocked him back and forth, back and forth back and forth. While she rocked him she sang:

I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.

That teenager grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was a grown-up man. He left home and got a house across town.But sometimes on dark nights the mother got into her car and drove across town. If all the lights in her son's house were out, she opened his bedroom window, crawled across the floor, and looked up over the side of his bed. If that great big man was really asleep she picked him up and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while she rocked him she sang:

I'll love you forever
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.

Well, that mother, she got older. She got older and older and older. One day she called up her son and said, "you'd better come see me because I'm ver old and sick." So her son came to see her. When he came in the door she tried to sing the song. She sang:

I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always....

But she couldn't finish because she was too old and sick.The son went to his mother. He picked her up and rocked her back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And he sang this song:

I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living

my Mommy you'll be.

When the son came home that night, he stood for a long time at the top of the stairs. Then he went into the room where his very new baby daughter was sleeping. He picked her up in his arms and very slowly rocked her back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while he rocked her he sang:

I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm kliving
my baby you'll be.

Thank you my children.... as life gets so busy and crazy at times. As work schedule, life in general and the many things you have to do, take the time to rock those babies and let them know how much you love them. They grow up too quickly. I love you, Brian, Scott, Melissa, Mark, Natalie, Samantha and all those that are so much apart of my life.

Dreams......

Every mother's fear is when their child get hurt. It doesn't matter what age they are at, they are always your child, and those fears don't go away as they get older.

But, fear is something that keeps you from living and experiencing life also.

My sweet Scott, the boy with "no fear" when it comes to experiencing life, lies in a hospital bed at this moment. Desert Peak Motor cross Track is where he experience this moment of his life.

I guess it is not that he does not let fear stop him, it is that he is good at what he does, but like sometime in life, things don't go as you had planned and you end up getting hurt.

Scott was born to ride, he has been since the day he first received his tricycle. As he advanced up to 2 wheel bike with the power in his legs to make them go and then on to the little honda 90 and the yamaha, and then on to the many other dirt bikes he had. The bigger the hills the better. Scott soared over those hills. ( His mom cringed) but nothing stopped Scott.

Scott, has experienced many set backs with the many injuries he has received over the years, but he just gets back on that bike and carry's on.

I love my Scott, and as life experiences comes his way, I know he will learn from each of them. Sometimes the lessons will be easy and sometimes the lessons will be hard to take, but I know that what ever Scott is to learn that he will take those lessons and apply them and even if they are hard choices, I know Scott will make the best of it. I love you Scott.

Wee Witches....

We little witches were everywhere! Samantha, Abbey, Chole, Baylee, Deegan and I headed out to Garner Village to enjoy the sights and sounds that come out this time of year. The witches were fun and quit funny. There were people young and old dressed up like witches and the music and activities everywhere. Abbey and Baylee loved the witches, Abbey loved it so much that she was dancing with the rest of them. Abbey loves to dance! We had to put 3 in a chair because the other stroller was left home. But it was the "closeness" that made it fun.





Baylee and Abbey were excited to get out by the witches, Deegan on the other hand wasn't to happy to see those green faced ladies at any distance.



And the great pumkin patch was a good place for pictures... except for the sun in Baylee's tender eyes!!





We ended our visit with the witches and headed to McDonalds to feed our little "monster" and play.

A Good day is a day shared with family, especially the little one.

Red or Blonde? Oh what do I do?

Okay now what do I do.... All I wanted to do is get rid of some of the gray/white.... I guess vanity has its consequences and mine was going back to the red head I hated to be..

Let me tell you I was not to thrilled at what the box had done to me. I had thought if I buy a color that matches my hair that it would take care of it.... but no, within 15 minutes I was in trouble!!!! Real trouble. Here I tried to save a buck and it is going to cost me... Anyway, I had to wear the red for a day. Then thank you "Sally's" for color remover. The only problem with that is.....color remover does just that...any color that you have ever added to your hair is now gone. So now I am totally blond! Don't like that either, so thanks to April, she will rescue me before family pictures this week.

So lesson learned...to just pay the cost of someone doing it, or just believe that growing old isn't that bad and just let it go.

It is okay to be vain sometimes isn't it?

Thanks to a Cousin....

Thanks to Carol my cousin I was back in the canning business. She told me she was getting tomatoes and I said I could use another bushel, and as things goes in our family we do things big, she brought me 2 bushel of tomatoes, some peppers and hot peppers. The next day she came back with another bushel of tomatoes, some pears, apples and alot of other stuff. So thanks Carol!

I bottled another 63 pints of salsa, this time it is a bit hotter, but it still wasn't hot enough. Next year I will get it right the first time.

Saturday Grandpa Horrocks turned 80 years old and we went over there. Grandpa and Grandma Horrocks had a friend for years, in fact Grandpa grew up with Gloria. Anyway long story made short..... Gloria and Grandpa are now together, Gloria has been good for Grandpa since Grandma died. So they had a big party for Grandpa and I made him applesauce pies. Grandma use to make them for him. It has been so long since I have made a pie I think I miss it and will do it again, in fact Grandma White and I think we will make them for Thanksgiving.

Anyway, it has been a good, but busy week!



Only two more weeks and Missy and Jimmy and Maddy will be here !

REFELCTIONS

REFLECTIONS OF CONFERENCE

Today was a different type of General Conference around here, there were no crock pots, no extra family..(Natalie came down and I loved that), no Grandpa and Grandma ( they are in Tabiona), and Natalie decided that we needed something besides cottage cheese and yogurt for dinner. So I pulled a surprise casserole out of the freezer ( surprise because I wasn't sure if it was chicken enchilada's or what) and I made rolls and carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
The surprise casserole ended up being Chicken Lasagna, so that was good.
So Natalie and I watched conference together and enjoyed it. I think this is the first in a long time that I was able to watch conference with out interruptions. I was touched with the spirit of the meeting and I believe that they were talking to me. I know that I need to have more faith and hope in my life and not worry about the tomorrow so much. They are important but I need to put more faith in my Heavenly Father and know that He is there.

Scott and Cassi came over between conference on Sunday and it was good to see them. Baylee and Deegan are so much fun. They go a hundred miles an hour. The weather was nice and we went outside for a bit and blew bubbles, they had fun.




REFLECTIONS OF CHRIST DISPLAY

After the second session on Sunday Natalie, Wendy, Kristal and I went to the Joseph Smith Memorial building and walked through the display of Reflections of Christ. The photographer Mark Mabry was there and we talked with him a bit. He is an amazing photographer, the pictures he created had such a spirit about them. How would you feel if you had the opportunity to play the role of Christ or the other people that were displayed. I know the feeling that it gave me to just see the art work. I know that I need to put more of Christ in my life and not get so caught up in the the world, and the things that are on my mind all the time. I need to know that the trouble I have within my family will be taken care of in His due time.

So if you have time and want an amazing experience, so to his website... reflectionsofchrist.org and check it out. Wash the video, and read about the people that are creating this work. I think it could change more people hearts if they really remembered about the things the Savior did for us.


REFLECTION OF MY FAMILY......

EACH ARE YOU ARE WONDERFUL AND

I LOVE YOU ALL!