Our Utah Temple Trip

Natalie and I decided that it would be fun to hit all the temples in Utah. So that is exactly what we did. We visited from Northern to Southern only missing the 3 that were closed for cleaning, those being Vernal, Ogden, and Monticello . We started off early Monday morning. We drove down to St. George, and did a session. It was nice.

Then we headed to Gunnison to spend the night with my Brother, Dallas and his family. Then on Tuesday morning, Shelley (my sister in law), Natalie and I went to the Manti temple for a session. I had forgotten how beautiful this temple was inside and out. This has again become my favorite temple. I will have to go there more often, with family down that way I think I will take advantage of it.

We left shortly after and went to the Provo and Mt. Timpanogous temples and did inititories. If you haven't gone and did inititories for a while, go, it reminds you so much of the blessings of the temple.




Then we went home and on Wednesday morning, we drove up to Logan and did a session there. ( we should of taken closer pictures of us, but we are in those pictures)

Then we drove to the Bountiful temple and did inititories.

Then on Thursday we went to Jordan River and Salt Lake temples and did inititories there too.

And that concluded our temple trip. We're going to try and hit the other 3 sometime... perhaps on our next temple trip. It was a lot of fun to see all of the different temples and it was a spiritually uplifting week. I am thankful for the blessings that the temple brings. That families can be together forever. I am thankful to been able to experience this week with Natalie. I do have a great family!

Europe Trip

I guess I have gotten the Gypsy blood in me. I started off the end of May in Alabama with Melissa and had 10 wonderful days with Jimmy, Melissa and Maddy, Bo and Ashes. And then headed off to Europe for 3 weeks. I must say I have had the time of my life lately. For the past 50 years I was afraid to step out of the door I guess you could say. And the past 2 years has opened up so many new and wonderful opportunities for me to explore what other people in far off lands do, and enjoy. I was able to go with 3 other women that I knew, Carol, Robin and Nicki. We had so much fun in Scotland. We explored new foods, new ways to drive and that you don't leave your car by itself while you check into your hotel or you will have a parking ticket when you come out.

We learned to drive (well Nicki drove...and did very well at that) on the wrong side of the road, learned that roundabouts are everywhere and you have surprise stop lights in some. The people you meet are more than willing to explain where you are lost at. That fired mars bars with catsup really is good. That stairs really do get you in shape, and that their are more bicycles than cars in Europe.

We learned on our trip around Europe to be thankful for home. That toilets are free at home and in Europe they are .50-1.00 euro when ever you need one. I am thankful for toilet seats because that just were not very many in Europe. And that the water we take for granted that comes from our faucets is priceless.. because you can't drink the water in Europe except for the kind that you buy and at 1.00-4.00 euro a bottle it can be very costly!

I loved the people we traveled with on the tour bus. There were 40 others of us. Mostly from Australia, one from California and a few other places. Families with kids, and grandparents and some just on their own. I made friends with a really wonderful gentleman from Australia who treated me like a princess, (at least I felt like one). We were able to spend time exploring the sites and learning about each other countries, and it was nice to get to know him.

The statue of Liberty was a site that I guess I didn't really know was anywhere except in the USA but, there is one in Paris. The Eiffel Tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Castles, the rivers trips the english channel, the white chiffs of Dover, Amersterdam was a site in itself. Lake Lucere Switzerland, Verona Italy and Romeo and Juliet, Venice and the gondola ride, Heidenberg, Alps, The lion Monument, Assisi, Rome. St. Peter's Sq., the Roman Forum and the mighty Colosseum, Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel . Monte Carlo and Monaco Sorrento. The volcano Vesuvius that covered the city of pompeii, Neapolitan Riviera, Island of Capri, Florence Italy, French Riviera, France, shores of Cote d' Azur, Grenoble, Beaune and beautiful Paris. These were just a few of the many sites to see.

I think I have found my wings. It is the big silver bird in the sky. I love to fly and float above the clouds and watch the wings of the plane gently glide through the air. I am hooked! And where will I be next year..... wait and see!

here are the two new babies ( 3 months old now)

Well, its taken us 3 months to get these pictures to this blog, but if you would like to see more of these cute girls, go to samantha's or melissa's blog's and you will see some really cute pictures. These cute girls are number 11 and 12 of the grandkids.

Chole LeAnn Cooper belongs to
Samantha and John Cooper










Madeline Ava Isakson belongs
to Jimmy and Melissa Isakson.

It's all up to me....

Well, we (I guess you could say Natalie) started this blog and then everyone decided to have their own, so that just left me,( the mom, Terri ) with trying to do something I have no idea how what to do. So I will try and do this one on my own. I am learning to do things like that and I do pretty well at it. So, check this out time from time and you just might see how much I learn.

BABY NEWS

We've got a couple new nieces!!

I don't have time to post pictures and stuff on this blog yet, so just check out mine nataliehorrocks.blogspot.com, there are pictures there.

Love you all!

Spiders, Candy and Witches too

Hello... I dont' know why this is underlined, can't seem to get it non underlined, so here is my underlined story. I went around and took pictures of some of the kids... they are so cute!! I didn't get all of them, but here are the ones that I did get. Happy Halloween!!

Pictures

HelloEveryone!! There isn't much going on in our family, but I wanted to post a few cute pictures of the kids!!

Arizona

Hello Family!!!

So what is new? Well Arizona is arizona, it's hot!! It was 112 the other day and our air conditioner broke!!! Ahh it was so hot. Luckily they fixed it the same day! John is still waiting to hear back on the home depot job, it's taking a lot longer than we expected for him to get a job. Hopefully we will here back from kennecott so we can come back up there. Abbey's second tooth is coming in on the bottom. I would take a picture of it but, she won't move her little tounge. We love you guys lots and keep in touch.

Dirt, squirt and chuckles

Hey all!! We had a family campout this last weekend. We went up to the taylor fork campground by Mirror Lake. Sorry for those who couldn't make it. But here are a few photos so that you can sort of feel like you were there!!

The kids had so much fun!! I don't think I've ever seen so much dirt on a kid. They rolled in the dirt, ate it, played with it, threw it and everything else! We had to scrub them to get them clean...but it was fun!

Hello Poopers!

Hey family, what's happenin'?

I guess I am the only one that is updating this blog, and I'm not doing a very good job! I have a bunch of pictures to post from the past few months. Missy and Jimmy were here, and that was a hoot! I'll post some of those pictures later.
4th of July is coming quickly, and boy am I excited!! Hopefully you can all make it out to Tabby. It's going to be a blast! Mom and I went fishing last weekend. Mom did really well and caught 3 good sized fish! She also fell in the river, which was funny! I fell in too, it was just a day full of fishing and getting wet!
Well, I've got to go now, but I will add some more stuff later! Love you all!!