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Sunday, November 9, 2008

12 comments:

The Moon's said...: love it, you guys are so cute! And I loved the costumes too, I totally understand the small town thing!; November 9, 2008 at 7:50 PM
valmike said...: Nice pictures! That is formatted to be a 12 x 12, so the standard scrap book size all ready. The other collage pictures are formatted to 8 x 10s. Hope you like them! I was pretty pleased with how they turned out. -VAL; November 9, 2008 at 7:55 PM
Malerie said...: What cute pictures!; November 9, 2008 at 9:46 PM
Debbie said...: Very nice shots - okay, we have something in common we both look our very best on our husband's RIGHT sides. ALL the shots are great.; November 9, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Jill said...: What a cute layout! You look fabulous! And lil Brianna has never looked better, I love the close-up in the top right corner.; November 9, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Becky said...: Those are great fall pictures! We are still working on getting ours taken. I think the snow will be here before we get to it. No snow here yet! Yeah!; November 10, 2008 at 8:37 AM
Amanda said...: Gorgeous!! Now that is a beautiful family!; November 10, 2008 at 9:02 AM
Brandon and Kim said...: Cute, are these going to be your Christmas card photos?; November 10, 2008 at 5:53 PM
chelsea mckell said...: Kim - yes, this probably will be used for the Christmas cards. So forget that you've seen them already and act surprised when it arrives in your mailbox (though I'm toying with the idea of just doing e-christmas-cards)

VAL - thankyouthankyou for making the collages! I love them! You took all the work out of making my christmas card layout, and blog header! You're the best! And yeah - sorry you had to miss seeing my expression when I first saw them. Though it wasn't much to miss - we were rushing out the door to Vernal, so I barely had time to throw them on our comp and quickly post this. But the next day Brian and I had fun going through them and making fun of each other for the closed eye shots.; November 11, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Megan Smith said...: Brings back memories of when we had our 1st family pics done. It was fall in Bountiful and Connor was about Brianna's age. Don't worry--you'll look back and love Brian's "plaster smile".; November 13, 2008 at 9:29 PM
Crystal and Jordan said...: cute pics...she is getting so big!!! I see you in her.; November 15, 2008 at 8:13 PM
MeiLani and Michael said...: SO i'm a bit late... but these family fall photos are BEAUTIFUL! I'm guessing they were taken in Vernal? They turned out REALLY nice.; December 5, 2008 at 6:24 AM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

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