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Friday, May 29, 2009

hApPy BiRtHdAy B! now get movin'

Brian is 27 today! He woke up to signs and balloons around the house and a nice breakfast
But it's a good thing he enjoyed his present last Saturday, cuz that was the end of the festivities - it's MOVING DAY! We are packed up and heading out to Cedar. House #2 was the lucky winner (we hope - offer accepted, but loan pending) and til it's closed, we are renting Brian's friend's house while he's away selling satellites (or something like that - one of those crazy summer sales gigs). He's giving us a great deal, and his home is bomb. Everything is going so smoothly - we've been seriouslysoblessed. Today Brian's saintly brother Mark is driving a huge trailer all the way from Spanish Fork here to Vernal, helping us load it, drive it 6 hrs down to Cedar, helping us unload it to a storage unit, then driving it all the way back to SF. Like I said - Mark is a SAINT (literally - get it). We nearly pulled an all-nighter getting everything packed. I'm beat. And still have to endure a 6 hr drive with the little one.
Send Brian a text wishing him a happy birthday! (since we won't be online for awhile!)

9 comments:

Unknown said...: We hope the moving goes smoothly and that Brianna travels all right! (Here's to hoping, right!!!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR BRIAN! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!; May 29, 2009 at 8:48 AM
Marilyn said...: Good luck with all the moving! I can't believe that Kent's baby boy is 27. I guess he will never lose the title of "baby of the family".; May 29, 2009 at 9:02 AM
Amanda said...: Happy Birthday Brian! Good luck on your move!; May 29, 2009 at 1:06 PM
Debbie said...: Did you notice that Brian looked a little different in the picture you posted?; May 29, 2009 at 2:58 PM
summer said...: HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Brian - happy birthday to you!!

I was just catching up on all your posts - I love reading about your life....it's so fun to read about your happenings! Hope the move goes smoothly, and kudos to everything that you did in Vernal, even down to your missionary moment. Sometimes they aren't as easy as we'd like them to be...I have one here that I feel impressed to share with a neighbor I met around the block from ALL my yard sales (she's a cute regular!). She was in the house and saw the Family Proclamation - who doesn't love that piece, it is so amazing and speaks volumes of what we know is great about families. I think I'll start with that - you rock that you went right to sharing the BofM....and you never know, maybe there is no response because she's caught up reading the great book!!

Best of luck with EVERYTHING!!; May 29, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Amy Hunter said...: Happy Birthday to Brian! Good luck in the move and getting settled! I can't wait to see pictures of your new house!!!!; May 29, 2009 at 9:41 PM
c-natalie-l-k-l said...: Good luck with your move! I hope you both survived the drive!; May 29, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Ashley said...: Hey, I was glad that I got to see you on your birthday. I also loved seeing Brianna, she is such a cute little girl. I hope that we can see you a lot in the summer when you are up north and I hope that you love Cedar City.; May 31, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Mandy said...: Well, I am late, but Happy Birthday Brian! :)

Congrats on moving forward! Can't wait to hear that you are in your new house and getting settled!!; May 31, 2009 at 11:39 PM

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

Friday, May 29, 2009

hApPy BiRtHdAy B! now get movin'

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