August 20, 2010

My sweet Mom, Julia Bell (Peggy ) Donnally passed away. She was 82 years old and had lived a very good life. Not always an easy life, but lived to the fullest. She had 5 children, 19 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. She grew up in West Virginia where she met my Dad in college. They were such a sweet couple. Dad will have a hard time for awhile. Hopefully he can visit a lot of his children and grandchildren. He is in pretty good health. Needless to say this has been a busy fall and start to school for us.

July 7th 2 New cards for challenges

This week I did 2 cards for the challenges. I used all CTMH products. The first card is for the H2H challenge, and the 2nd card is for the Mojo Monday challenge. Hope you like them.

H2H Challenge and Mojo Monday Card

This is the new Heart 2 Heart challenge for this last week in June. We were to use red, white and blue and stars for a patriotic theme. I hope you like my card.

H2H Challenge and Mojo Monday Card

This is my first H2H challenge I have completed and I combined it with the Mojomonday card. The challenge this week was to use Black, Tulip and Buttercup. I hope you like my card and I'm so glad I finally had time to play.

Mother's Day!

I don't have any pics to share of Mother's Day, but it was a great day. Ralph fixed breakfast for me as I prepared my talk for church. Yes, that's right. I am the new Relief Society president in our ward and they asked the new presidency to speak on mother's day. This is a very emotional day for me and then right before I spoke the Primary children sang and Sydney was right in front of me. I made it through the talk, but there were some weepy moments.

Lori and Heidi fixed dinner for us. We had steaks, baked potatoes and fresh veggies. Heidi made a peanut butter/hot fudge pie for dessert. Dinner was totally yummy.

I love my family so much. I am so proud to be their mother. I talked to Trent on the phone and Shawn called me on Monday. I talked to my mom on Sunday.

She and Dad are doing pretty well. Wish we were closer to help them out once in a while. We are very blessed.

The day before, May 8th was the Tmple groundbreaking for our very own Temple here in Kansas City. It was such a special time hearing talks and seeing the ground where the temple will stand. Only 2 years till completion! WE can hardly wait.

North Carolina Bound

Shawn, Quinci, and Caleb are now in North Carolina. They left Saturday, April 17 with their moving van and 4-runner. Grandpa Ralph drove with them. They should move in to their home this next week and will be at Seymour Johnson Air Force base for 2 years. Shawn will still be working on his air traffic controller schooling for awhile. It will be hard to have them so far away, but it will be good for them to be together again after Shawn's basic training. They were here in KC for 2 weeks, so we got to see them quite a bit. I think I see a trip to NC in my future. They did travel through WV on the way there and they said it was georgous.

Valentine Workshop

We will be doing a Valentine workshop at my house on Thursday., Feb. 4th. We will be making a cute mini flip album. a chocolate box and a card. It will be fun and I already have 3 people signed up to come. Please let me know if you would like to come and play with us.