Palmyra Cont

Palmyra Temple, Hill Cumorah, and Temple Visitors Center

The Palmyra Pageant

In July we had the opportunity to drive up to Palmyra with my Mother in law and our cousins and my aunt Pam. It was so fun and the pageant was amazing! These pictures of the pageant were very hard to get and it took me a little while to figure out as no flash photography was used! So I had to do them minus the flash and being far away with a telephoto so this is the best I could do! more pictures to come of the rest of our activities in Palmyra!

Motherhood

Do you ever feel like the kids you were given were meant to be with you? That you could never imagine anyone else as your child because they are perfect and fit so well into your life. Lately I've been contemplating on motherhood and what it means to me. Somedays I must admit it is hard to be a stay at home mom. To know that everything you do is for someone else, rarely do you get a moment to be alone or just leave and do something you want to do. But then when I really think about it there is nowhere else I'd rather be. I would miss not seeing every smile, every new thing learned, every moment shared together, the good and the bad. I would miss the hugs, the kisses, the laughter, and those moments that you just sit back and think this is one of the happiest moments of my life I'm so glad I was here to share it. To be a mother means you know true joy and love and true sorrow and pain. Because you can never have that kind of love that comes from loving a child without knowing the pain and sorrow that can come. These two kiddos I have been entrusted to take care of have changed my life forever and I couldn't imagine what my everyday life would be like without them. So here are a few pictures of my "Pure Happiness" moments when nothing in my life seems like it could get any better than sharing this moment with them. Hope you enjoy.














This picture was taken on mother's day. I remember having one of those moments thinking wow this is such a special happy moment that I want to remember. I can't describe my feeling of blissfulness and why this picture makes me feel that way. I just remember being truly happy.

This was also on mother's day. It was seriously a moment out of a movie. I was getting ready for church putting on my makeup and jewelry and Kinley just sat on my bed watching me get ready and when I turned around again she was asleep. Pure Bliss.


Man do I love these two....

4th of July

This 4th of July was spent just relaxing and hanging out! We had an office BBQ where I only got the pictures of Kinley because there was a lot of throwing people in the pool and I thought my camera might get wet! Later that night we went to the fireworks close by and they were pretty awesome! All in all it was really fun!