6 Months

Today is Me and Log's 6 Month Anniversary.

We had both reminded each other a few days ago,

but this morning I woke up and had forgotten.

I got all ready for work came out to the kitchen

to grab something to eat and I saw this...

Log had made me breakfast :)

I talked to him at work and he asked me when I would be home tonight. To my surprise when I got home I saw this.. He got me my favorite things from Taco Bell and had it all set out like a picnic. He had a movie put in and ready to start. Who does that?? He is so dain good to me!! Gosh I LOVE that boy...

R I V E R

This is our (as you can see... daddy)

haha... good thing we aren't dorks or anything

Dad took us (Me, Nog, JB, Justi, and LoLo)

to the river. Trying to get there wasn't to fun though...

One of the tubes we got had a hole in it,

Dad spent so much time trying to patch it up

but that didn't work so well.

So, we went down to Walgreens and bought a new tube.

Right after we dropped off the first car

and took everyone up to the next spot to float down,

our tube that we had just bought, popped.

It scared us all it was soo loud.

So we dropped off Dad, Justin, and Jay so they could play

while we drove back to Walgreens

to get another tube.

About 45 minutes later

we got down there finally and started tubing...

The water was seriously ice cold. All of us were trying so hard not to get wet, that didn't last long though...

I wish I would have gotten a picture of it but Justin's feet were completely yellow it was really weird lookin.

Nog would stare at Justin and say "why are you looking at me like that? You better stop it or else i'll come get you. So he got off his tube and tipped over Justins tube...

Then he did it to me, that twit. It was pretty funny though so I couldn't help but laugh :)

While we were going

Dad kept splashing us all

telling us he was helping

he kept singing,

When im helping im happy... (primary song)

:) I love him!

Justin is in town for two weeks.
We've had so much fun with him here
he is so dain cute and so much fun to be around!!

Interesting

Oh pop

Any time Jay gives me a hug, he'll choke me...

Without fail

I sure do LOVE my family

H O T

While i was at work Log came home to NO AC!

It had broke AGAIN

(it did this last month)

The termostat was at 86 degrees.

We have been walking around in the dark

scaring each other

cause we want to keep it as cool as 86 degrees can be.

Thankfully

the AC guy is on our roof as I type,

trying to get it fixed.

Hopefully our dreams come true

and we (and I mean I) can stop running

to the car to turn on the AC to get some cool air.

Haha, pathetic.

.......

PS. We saw Karate Kid last night with the fam

and it was INCREDIBLE!!

Probly now my favorite movie

just incase you were wondering :)

Happy Father's Day POPS!!

These are the kids and our Pops on his special day.

Not all of us are here... Heather and Justin are missing :(

Love you

We all got together at Ree and Trent's house

for dinner and to celebrate Father's Day.

We have the best dad in the entire world.

Seriously! he is incredible in every way

and i'm not just saying that cause he's MY dad

and i think i should.

He is THE hardest worker i know.

He makes ALL of us 9 kids

feel like we are all his favorite.

He has always shown me so much love

and hope.

When I have a doubt or worry

and i tell him about it,

he prays for me and tells me his inspriation.

He tells me ALL the time how much he loves me.

He calls me randomly and tells me

"Annie do you know how much you mean to me?

thank you for being you"

What dad does that?

He loves me unconditionally.

I need him as much now

as i did the day i was born.

I love him I love him

Happy Father's Day DAD

 

Since dad never got a T-Shirt

before with all of his childrens hand print on it

when we were little

we decided,

well hey it's never too late right?

haha! We all got a kick out of this one

Meggi got a book for dad.

It's all the reasons

why a girl needs their father.

It's such a cute book

Jay and Rae really wanted Dad

to have a precious reminder

around for dad

of how much they care and are watching over him.

Here's a close up of this beloved picture

 

Since Dad is hearing is

lets just say

not as fine tuned as it used to be

in his younger years,

Jay, Bri and Me got him a surround sound system

for his house

He liked it :)

Best of all.

Colvin spent hours

helping Lauren put together a CD

of her singing 6 different songs.

It is incredible!!

When we turned it on he started crying.

We pretty much all did.

That girl is going to be famous some day mark my words

Then when we thought it was all over

Meggi put this little stick in a box for Dad to open it.

guess what...

MEGGI'S PREGNANT!!!!!!

We are SOOOOO SOOOOO happy for her and Colvin.

Best Father's Day ever

Lake Trip

Me and Log went to the lake with

Tamra, Hosh, Sterling, two of there friends and Duce (the dog)...

It was so much fun

I LOVE the lake!

We did it all,

went wake boarding,

rode on the jet sky,

and lastly tubing.

We got really burnt, well at least I did.

But luckily i didn't peel :)

Nogs rode to wake skate

and it was such a dream I got up on the first try this time!

This was so fun,

Log would go really fast

then spin in a circle,

we actually BOTH fell off of it 3 times :)

Hosh was working on his tricks

The water looks so pretty in this picture

I was holding on for dear life

and Logs just standing on the tube like no big deal..

I couldn't even stand on it without falling

and thats when the boat wasn't moving!

Haha Poor Nogal

Thanks Tam and Hosh we had a blast

LO LO

LoLo is here for the summer!!

We've been hanging out alot I love it!!

The other day we went to Las Sendas pool,

no we dont live in Las Sendas

but i got a key from someone like 3 years ago

then never saw him again,

so i definitely take advantage of that one!

Lauren's friend breanna met us there.

We had alot of fun together.

SUNSPLASH

Me, Nogs, and Rae Rae had a day at Sunsplash!

I love this place it was always my favorite growing up,

and still is!

I love soaking up the sun,

I could be in it all day

This is us by our favorite boat

we really enjoyed it

What would life be like if Log was this tall.

Well at least I got to pretend for a second.

Love you Logie

If you dont' know already,

this is my all time famous dance move

that I do quite often,

pretty much every day,

when something exciting happens

I start dancing like this

(doing it 3 times taking 3 steps forward while switching arms)

Rae likes to share these moments with me. :)

what a FUN DAY...

Talk in Sacrament

This past Sunday me and Log spoke in church.

I spoke on conversion

and he spoke on a mighty change of heart.

I prayed for the right inspiration

to come on where my Heavenly Father

wanted me to direct my talk.

I wanted to have the spirit with me through out it

and when I shared my testimony on conversion,

but as I prayed for this inspiration to come

I felt as if i didn't get anything.

I continued praying, going to the temple to pray,

but still nothing came

and I got disscouaged.

I know that was satan wanting me to feel that way,

to feel like I can't make a different,

so I got on my knees again.

This time when I went back to the computer

I began typing,

I felt inspired.

Still having some doubt in the back of my mind

I read and re read this talk 100 times

making sure I got in everything I wanted to share.

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When I give talks I write them out word for word.

Im NOT one of those people

who can have bullet points,

or simply know what I will say when I get up.

I WISH I was like that but im just not.

I write it out word for word

and I get scared

because I want so bad to connect with the audience ,

to look up,

and speak from my heart,

but that always feels so far from my reach.

So we woke up bright and early the morning of

and reviewed.

When I was preparing and reviewing

I felt really good about it and not too nervous.

We got to church, walked up front

and my hands began sweating,

I could hear my heart beating

I was so nervous.

When it was my turn I tried pulling myself together

and walked up to the pulpit.

Suddenly when I got up there all of my doubt left me

and I was able to be myself,

I hardly looked at my paper and i felt guided.

I felt the spirit overwhelm me.

Letting me know that what i was sharing

was true,

and that my testimony mattered.

I cried pretty much the entire talk actually,

I tried to pull myself together

but you could still hear my voice squeaking.

I didn't care

I am so thankful the lord gave me that oppurtunity

to grow, to be strengthened,

when I never would have been if I wasn't asked to speak.

That Sunday I felt so close to my Heavenly Father

and nothing could bring me down.

I love how I felt that day,

and I want to keep that feeling with me ALWAYS.

I LOVE this gospel,

and I am so grateful for it.