Quite Christmas

What a great Christmas we had. It was pretty laid back and Quite. Michael came and spent two nights and it was so good to have him with us. It was sooo cold outside.Randall and Michael cooked Christmas dinner and did a great job. We had Randall's oldest daughter and girls eat with us also.We watched a few crazy movies and had a few good laugh's over the pink vacumn!!!!!! If you can believe this I even sent Randall and Michael on Saturday to J.C.Penneys on a Bra run LOL they were on sale....Can't miss a good sale... Hope everyone had that special christmas I love you all so much..Love mom

Merry Christmas

I can't believe that this month is almost over. It has been a great year!!I have learned many lessons this year so I guess you are never to old to learn something.I just want each of you to know that I love you and appreciate all that you have done for me.I have the BEST Family ever.... I hope this new year will be just as great.Merry christmas to everyone. Love MOM

all i want for christmas!!!!

And I got two new knees!!! Yea all done and now for all the pt work.....

SOOOOOOOOOOOOO Cold

Boy its been so cold here in Logan. Today it was 19 below and the sun is shining! Things are getting better around here. I am moving alot better. I can bend my knee at 109 degrees so for the next few days I need to get to 120.My pt said yesterday that I was right on track. I hope by next Tuesday I will be ready for the left knee.If the weather is bad I will wait.I don't want to drive to SLC in the snow.I have been trying to get Christmas done and that is hard when you don't go outside.We are having the Christmas party on Saturday and I sure hope we are ready !Hope everyone is Happy and is enjoying this beautiful season.. Love Mom

I have a Family

I have a Family here on Earth. As I received the call about Dustie's son Cody yesterday my mind has been flooded with memories of my family and how quickly they can leave this earth.Cody is one of those special people who leaves his footprint's on your life. I remember so many times Cody and Ethan coming over to stack wood for me on the back porch when John couldn't do it.Cody always new me no matter where we were and always said Hi Aunt Debbie. He will be greatly missed by his family.I have pondered the word Family and Have thought about why we are so quick to judge our family members? And Iam not saying that I haven't done this because i have...I was taught as a little girl from my mother that Jesus loves everyone,than as I became older and joined the church it became easier to Love.But sometimes I find myself wanting to be the judge and the jury.
What is really a Family? I looked up family in the dictionary and this is what it said:

Family:A fundamental social group in society consisting of a man and woman and their offsring.2.A group of persons sharing a common ancestry.3.lineage.4.All the members of a household under one roof.5.A group of like things,A group of individuals derived from a common stock.

So this post is for me!! Heavenly Father has given me a Family on this earth not to judge but to love so I can have a family again in the next life.I know this is going to happen I just pray that I will be your mother there!!! I hope we can all love one another as he has loved us. I miss all of you and Love the great families you have. Have a great Thanksgiving... Love Mom

This is so hard!!!

I really wasn't thinking about how hard it was going to be to be away from everyone,then when your kids get sick and you feel like a real looser for not being there to help out it sucks....I know they can do it by themselves and I guess that is what I need to remember.Then last night there was a commercial that said"Be all into UTAH"!That started a great conversation between Randall and myself. I made the comment I would never be all into Utah!In fact I cannot stand it here! Hows that for trouble? Yes honey was his replied... I wanted him to say he loved the wonderful state of ARIZONA but that didn't happen either... OH well...maybe I will win him over someday. After all it will soon only be a year. Love to you all MOM

Some days it seems as if everything gets thrown on you at once and you just want to throw away it all and try to start over. I have been taught and know from experience that the Lord only gives us what we can handle and sometimes we feel the need to question him.Why when we believe and have a love for him do we have to have so little faith when we are given a few trials? Today I felt like haven't I been taught enough? I guess not for I must have a lot more to learn and so I will just keep trying and hopefully my family will be patient with me. I love all of you so much and and Iam thankful for the family we have. Love Mom