The loss of a prophet

Last night the beloved prophet

Gordon B. Hinckley died. I can not express how sad I am for the loss of such a great man. I feel he was a gift from a loving Heavenly Father who served his community, his state, his nation and most importantly his Savior in an incredible manner. The loss to me personally as one who loved to hear him talk and to the church as a whole can not be expressed in words. The only positive to his passing is that he is now reunited with his beloved wife and with those prophets who have served before. While the earth mourns today the loss of a truly great prophet, I am certain that Heaven rejoices the return of a king. Of course, President Hinckley will be the first to crack a joke. Oh how we will miss him. How glad they must be to have him home.

Snow Fun

Today there was a big storm up here and while it did not snow at our house we drove about 15 minutes away to Leona Valley and had a bunch of fun. Well, except for Savannah who REALLY thought it was WAY too cold. The snow was really coming down and was blowing right in her face, but that was enough for her. She got in the car right after the picture and did not come back out. Lucky for me, Rob forgot to change from his work clothes and didn't want to get them ruined so I got to play in the snow with the boys. We had a grand snowball fight, made a snow man and even made snow angels. Who knew such things really happened in Southern California. Lucky for us and such a great day!!

Our houses

Some of you have been curious about our new living situation. So here it is for all to see!


Old house (so nice)
New house (so cheap)




Yes it did take a lot of pride swallowing to move. One of the harder things I have had to do. On the up side, we are paying off bills and furthermore, the picture below is one half of our back yard - not to mention we have a Huge front yard where the kids can ride their bikes. It has been hard, but I feel the Lord has blessed us in giving us this house, in our following through and moving here and in making our new house feel very cozy and quaint instead of cramped and crowded. We are very lucky to have found it in this area and especially close to the kids school. It's not perfect, but it is only temporary and if the market keeps going in its current direction. Rob and I will eventually be even more happy with our decision to move here.

Such a little girl

This morning I had Chloe under her little toy and Savannah was bugging me to move her, I couldn't figure out why, but she was persistant and eventually I did. When I came back to the room this is what she had done. SO CUTE!!!

We definitely have girls now. I love it!

We all made it!!!

Happy New Year everyone!!! Well we have traditionally in the past celebrated the new year at 9 (East Coast time) and then sent the boys to bed. This year everyone stayed up for the festive event. Savannah took a long nap and Chloe was asleep until about 11:30, but come midnight everyone was up and we officially rang in the New Year together. We had a great time as you can tell.