Christmas vacation 2010

So here is few fun pictures from our trip. We left the snow, rain, the dogs and our troubles and hit the road. Our first big event us girls got all dressed up and enjoyed our first professional nutcracker performance in down town Tucson. We then enjoyed a 75 degree Christmas Day with lots of food and many pieces of pie. Oh how I loved having a piece of apple pie everyday. The girls read. Sierra watched Disney channel. I sewed a rug for Paula. We shopped. We dinned. We hit a few movies.Larry and George mountain biked. We took a fabulous hike(pictures below) were we saw two javelina's. We all shared a bathroom and survived. We loaded up again and drove straight through to wake up to cold, snow and ice. The high here in Utah will be 18 degrees tomorrow. With all of that said, its good to be home and the dogs are warm inside tonight and so are we. It was a great Christmas break!

 



Julia loves the dips in the road.





I made an apron




George being Santa



 

Arizona sunset

 

Javelina



Julia-hike

 

Playing GH in the van

 

Paula Christmas Day



 

Sunset the night before we left













On our hike



What I found out a week ago is; for the last 2 months I was taking half of the hormone replacement cream that was needed. My Dr. sent it in wrong. I have had migraine after migraine but no more hot flashes for now. I have no energy. I have no motivation. I have never been so depressed. I really need to kick my metabolism. I need to exercise. But it seems I can not do this until I stop having migraines. Oh, I don't if I will ever get ride of them. I don't understand why I need to go through this. I didn't think about how this would affect me for the next 25 years or more. Hormones are very important for daily function. I know for a fact that there is so much more I must learn so I can treat myself and it's not going to be easy.

Larry n Caryl

        Merry Christmas to all J.  We’ve had a very good year and have made it through some challenges.  Caryl’s surgery in July is over but now we have to figure out hormone replacement which has taken a toll.  She is continuing to go to school and should graduate with her bachelor’s degree as a Certified Family Educator, next fall.  She is currently working as a teacher’s assistant for her professor  at UVU and continues to cut hair out of our home.                 

 

Larry is still working at Symantec in Lindon.  For fun he spent a lot of time gardening, helping Caryl bottle salsa, mountain biking and exercising.  He is currently training for his first Tri-Athlon in March and recently swam 1 mile without stopping.  February 14th will be our 19th wedding anniversary.

Sierra

Sierra turned 8 and already seems like she is a teenager trying to keep up with her two older sisters.  She was baptized October 9th.  It was nice that so many friends and relatives came and supported her. She is in the third grade and has many friends in school. She and Julia are currently in a contest to see who gets JoAnna’s room. The winner is the one who can keep their rooms the cleanest. She is currently in the lead !!!  Over the summer she played soccer but can’t wait to play softball again this summer. This next year her mom is going to be her girls scout troop leader and will be  selling cookies!  She likes to jump on the trap and play with the dogs. She is always making us laugh and keeps us smiling.

Julia

Julia attends Lehi Jr. High. She is a straight A student. This last year she ran track and learned how to play the guitar.  She enjoys being a teenager (right)  and sends thousands of text’s in a single month. She attends young women’s as a Mimaid and she has made many good friends.  Her dad continues to tease her like a brother which is really annoying. She took a mountain biking ride with him that resulted in a few scrapes. She has proved herself tough,  She got braces on last month and as you can see with her beautiful smile it enhances her natural beauty. 

JoAnna

Wow! We can’t believe this is happening. JoAnna is a senior at UCAS and a Sophomore at UVU in Orem. In April she will graduate with her associate degree from UVU and in May she will graduate from UCAS. Of course this last year she has enjoyed dating,  fun with girl friends and looking way too cute driving her green Volkswagen bug. She has enjoyed taking oil painting and dance class’ and her overall experience at UVU and UCAS. She has been very blessed with this opportunity.  She has wrote more music with lyrics and was awarded 1st place in the state of Utah in composing from the National Music Association.  She has a few part-time jobs and enjoys teaching a few piano kids. She has been accepted to try out for Utah State University - Music Therapy program which she is extremely excited about!!

Way to go JoAnna!!

"The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ takes the slums out of the people, and then they take themselves out of the slums. The world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature."  Ezra Taft Bensen

Holiday Pictures and stories at Peteetneet

Inside Peteetneet School- Family Picture's 2010

Our Family Nov. 2010by Laryn Brown

JoAnna V.

Julia D.

I've grown up with Historical Peteetneet within reach. I attended this school K-5th. We moved three times while I attended this school, but we were always just a block away. Oh how the memories flood my mind. I have spent many hours on the play ground from swinging as high as anyone could get. I have a strong recollection of my father carrying me home after  falling off  a swing that I was standing on. I got knocked out cold. I didn't know how my father would react as he walked home but at this moment I remember my father just being very concerned for me and not mad.

 Sledding on our "home made" fiberglass sleds down the enormous hill was a necessity like food was for nurtishment. Hours and hours were spent until we couldn't feel our toes and fingers. Also the the slide. Us kids kept our hold on the slide that Laryn built close until they finally took it out.

The Peteetneet Museum and Cultural Arts Center was named after the Ute Indian Chief, Peteetneet, who lived near the creek that runs through what is now called Payson. Although he died on December 23, 1861, the Peteetneet School, which was erected in 1901, was named in his honor.

This building is an historical landmark in Payson. The Victorian style building served as an elementary school until 1988. At that time, it was abandoned by Nebo School District. The property was then returned to Payson City and they wanted to demolish the beautiful, old building.

Larry Brown (my dad) and Dr. Gordon Taylor led a group of citizens and formed People Preserving Peteetneet to save the historical building from the wrecker's ball. It was the concerned citizens group who took a stand to preserve this beautiful edifice.(http://www.peteetneetmuseum.org/history.htm)

One of my fondest thoughts was racing around the grounds on field day while principle Spencer cheered me to the finish line. That was a beginning for my love of running which continued through high school which I lettered in. Also Mr. Bill Berry my 4th grade teacher--how did I make it through. I'm still not sure. I so had rough times, but I looked up to this man. I still love ceramics from creating art in his class. Oh I can't forget Mrs. Hansen, 2nd grade, my favorite teacher as I knew that I meant something, I was worth while and just plain cared for me. Oh how I wish that we could stand and recite the pledge and sing a song every morning as an elementary class.  The other memories flow for later......

I am proud to be part of this school and am grateful of the preserving of such a great building. My 4th grade class room.

Grocerysmarts.com printable grocery planner.

Grocerysmarts.com printable grocery planner.

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I want to be three again

My Mission Statement

My Mission statement-Always remember…
Find joy in the little things everyday,
Don’t let life pass you by,
 Love what matters,
 Follow your dreams,
 Relax and have fun.
Always remember…To be creative and imagine your future,
Be grateful, smart, clean, true, prayerful and humble-
To educate and be educated,To shine and teach others to shine,
Be worthy of love,
Remember the past but live in the future,
He lives but died for me.

Nieces and Nephews

Eric

Skyler

Cate-look within the glasses

Joes Valley

Dallin

Skyler/Alex

Rylee

Shannon

Skyler



Skyler



LDS books

Bunco is NOT a four letter word

Why is it us girls love to get together and roll dice and exchange gifts? We are not selfish just sane. It's so refreshing to escape the home(or the world for that matter) from time to time. To be in good company, to laugh and to tees. To compete or loose. To throw the travel ball. To talk or cry. To see old friends which we would die without.
You see I might just hold the record for picking last or even picking my own gift. It seems like I have not practiced my roll like April has. I get my share of zero's and low points. I have tried schemes . But with little luck I'm not a pro. So I attend sometimes just for plain humility so I can remind myself that I am not good at everything.
But most of all, it's just knowing that it might be the just a short month before we do it all over again and it might be the only thing that gets us mom's through each and every day.

Provo Survivor

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pictures I'm proud of

My Favorite Pictures

Hormone Replacement

Hormone replacement has been a challenge all it itself. I know I need patience and that my body is in shock with out ovaries, but I am kinda getting sick of waking up with hot flashes and having headaches. I have been free from a headache for 3 days now, that's almost a record.

My Soul

"My soul hath been redeemed from the gall of bitterness and bonds of iniquity. I was in the darkest abyss; but now I behold the marvelous light of God. My soul was racked with eternal torment; but I am snatched, and my soul is pained no more."--Mosiah 27:29

Now and Then hair styles

I love these up-do's