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Saturday, March 29, 2008

It could happen......

On every quiz and every email questionnaire....Is the question what is your biggest fear? I have not been 100 % honest. Right close though....But my own personal fear, NOT INCLUDING ONES ABOUT MY FAMILY! Are about zombies........

Stupid.....Yes, I know. BUT DON'T JUDGE!

Most of you know that my Mom is a horror movie buff. I am not sure when the fear started.....But I know that my fear resurfaced after I watched the movie "dawn of the dead"

NO NOT "SHAWN OF THE DEAD" The real movie!

For weeks after watching that movie...I had nightmares! I could not sleep. The opening scene of this movie is a little girl attacking her mother....Or something like that....I had my hands over my eyes.....So you are going to get what I think I remember.( I do the same thing going through a haunted house. I just paid $6 dollars to walk through with my hands over my eyes.) I would be flipping through the channels and just see the movie title and change to it (with my hands over my eyes) just to start to have nightmares for days again. Glutton for punishment I guess, or just such a fear that I cant help it! On TV it is a controlled fear..................... at night, late, when the moon is out, the dogs are howling, its a possibility. Right?

I mean in the bible it does say that the dead will rise again, and what if the bad people come back as Zombies. OR lets say what if man does it? A world wide outbreak of somthing that turns everyone into zombie's. Man is messing with stuff that just should not be messed with! AND YES........ I JUST WATCHED ANOTHER MOVIE THAT ALSO GAVE ME NIGHTMARES! "I am legend"

So I have a friend that said, "if you don't like Zombies....It's not a movie for you". WELL DUH BILLIE!!! That only made me more curious! OK, so since I have watched that Movie....I have had nightmares.....Bad ones......

NOTE: You are about to receive a bit of Heather Logic.....It makes no since too you, but every bit of since to me. SOOOO Shut up its my logic, not yours!

When I have a nightmare...I flip my pillow.
Yes.....I did just say that I flip my pillow.......
I have always had this notion that if I can change how I am sleeping, IE. Flip my pillow, then maybe I can stop my bad dream. You know like taking the R movie out, and putting a good ole' G kinda movie in. Some times it works.....BUT Most times it doesn't. But if you had a fifty- fifty chance to change one thing that could either make you lose all of the weight you wanted and to keep it off FOREVER! Or not and just stay the way you were. YOU'D TRY IT RIGHT? SO I FLIP MY PILLOW! SO SHUT UP!

Yes, I know, that REALLY it is unlikely that we will come back as flesh eating, nite crawling, morphed humans with super strength. But just imagine..... this is my own personal hell.

This gives me some motivation to do what is right.....so if I ever get a hair up my butt to go any of the seven deadly sins.........I will just think about zombies chewing off my face, and..........then I think I might rethink my choice!

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Happy Easter!

Give the baby candy so she'll sit still!

Here are The Wolfleys On easter!

Ok so here they look spoiled...........But really half of this stuff came from my mom and dad and or the dollar tree!
The kids were so excited!I just noticed that Hannah is wearing the same thing that she was last year!

We did a couple of Easter egg hunts! The Menan easter egg hunt was lots of fun! My kids got a couple of prizes, and WAY too much candy!

SpLiSh SpLaSh...... fat baby's taking a bath!

Dang that baby is cute.....She loves to take a bath in the sink.Although she is not fitting as well anymore! This bath was sorta of spur of the moment thing. NOTE: the knife, baby meds,tooth paste and the nail polish.All stuff I normal would move, but like I said fast bath, she dumped a bowl of chilli on her head! So I just threw her in the sink! She was just so cute! I thought I'd take a few shots of her and her mohawk.
My mom says its and Idaho thing, ( my parents are Idaho Racists) I say it is just a redneck kinda thing! And we do have alot of those around here!
Really.... around here you cant go to far without seeing a little boy with a mohak shave. I think it is cute! Just for you MOM AND DAD. You just picked Brodie's next hair cut! Mohak or not this baby is cute!!! She has started to say......Up, GOOOO, daddy, No, Move, night-night,kiss. She's cute!

Saturday, March 22, 2008

The OTHER's BLOG

I have been wanting to blog about this for a long time and I have put it off because I did not want to hurt any one's feeling's. Its hard to blog about people, places or things when you see them all of the time and you know that they read your blog...then you have to deal with the "hope I didn't offend you " aspect of things. So I have decided.... I don't care....I mean I care about you or them or whoever In General I am speaking of! But I am writing this blog for me.... Not you! I mean them, not you in general....BUT Everyone that blogs like this......Whatever...Sorry if I offend you or them or whoever.

I know that in my blog I complain a lot.....or I verse my fears, my smashed dreams or things that my kids have done wrong. I have been reading a lot of other blogs lately.....They go a little like this:

My family is great, my kids are angels, I love everything...and did you see the sun today it sure was bright! :)
I love to do fun projects with my kids, I never have a messy house, and MY husband would never give me a covered wagon! He has never even farted in front of me!
We did this and went with our whole 1 kid and he was an angel!
I am never scared when my husband leaves, I love my family and my husband and my dog-who never sheds all over the carpet-the couch-or my new little black dress, I love my bird- you know the one the screams shut up all of the time!, the cat-whom would never get locked in my car and pee and Poop ALL OVER IT!
I love My gold fish-that I have had for like 20 years "Do goldfish die?" and I really love the neighbors cats-dogs-birds and fish, they never cause any problems or knock over trash cans.
I am really glad my husband gets off of work at 10am every day so we can be as a family and having every Friday off, really helps him get those Projects done! Because my husband always finishes what he starts!
I so grateful for my calling " I love to be in the Primary, the kids are so wonderful"
Our family home evening is great...We plan a 2 hour lesson every Monday and my 12 month old sits through the whole thing! I made sugar free treats, My kids loved them! and wanted seconds! Would you like the recipe?
Did I tell you that I am making my kids Easter dresses...I made 5 and it only took me 15 min, shorter than the amount of time it will take me to make my gourmet Easter dinner I am serving for my whole family!
Oooooooo And did I mention that the sky is SO blue....I Just..... I have a wonderful uncomplicated life and everything is like Beavers house!
(I even wear an apron on those not so messy days!)

BULL SHINIKEYS! I want to see others post about there 1 year old eating poop out of the toilet! or wearing 2 different shoes to the preschool ! I want the goods...NOT the GOODS..... but the real goods.....The ones that make you a Mom....Not the I so perfect "I make cookies with my kids everyday....And I have never found a egg shell" ever kinda stories! I want know your trouble..... so mine don't seem so bad! I have a few blogs that I am boycotting for a while.....just until I can get some self esteem back!

Friday, March 21, 2008

Life as a Mom.I knew I had this and I finally have a name for it!!!!!


Dear Friends,

If you have been secrectly wondering what is wrong with me, I now have the answer...

Recently, I was diagnosed with CAADD. (Child Activated Attention Deficit Disorder)

This is how it manifests:I decide to do the laundry. As I start toward the basement, I notice that there are Cheerios all over the floor and my car keys are in the cereal bowl.

I decide to pick up the Cheerios before I do the laundry. I lay my car keys down on the counter, put the Cheerios in the trash can under the counter, and notice that the trash can is full.


So, I decide to take out the trash.But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash I may as well pay the bills first. I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left, my extra checks are in my desk in the office/playroom, so I go to my desk where I find a sippy cup full of juice.


I'm going to look for my checks, but first I decide I should put the sippy cup in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the sippy cup a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye - they need to be watered. I set the sippy cup on the counter, and I discover baby wipes that I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back in the bathroom, but first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the wipes back down and splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor. So, I get some paper towels and wipe up the spill.
Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.


At the end of the day: the laundry isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, there is a warm cup of juice sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook, I can't find the wipes, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.


Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.


Do me a favor, will you? Forward this message, because I don't remember to whom it has been sent.


Don't laugh - if this isn't you yet, your day is coming.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

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9 las޲޲ts
޲1. cig޲are޲tte޲: High school; tried to be cool...Shut-up!
޲2. bev޲era޲ge:޲ die޲t Pepsi, SHUT-UP
3. kis޲s: tod޲ay
4. hug޲: tod޲ay
5. mov޲ie see޲n:Princess Bride
6. cd pla޲yed޲: Jack Johnson
7. son޲g lis޲ten޲ed to:޲ Good people
8. bub޲ble޲ bat޲h: don޲'t rem޲emb޲er
9. tim޲e you޲ cri޲ed:޲ One of those stupid, baby commericals

8 hav޲e you޲ eve޲rs
1. dat޲ed one޲ of you޲r bes޲t fri޲end޲s: Still am
2. ski޲nny޲ dip޲ped޲: Not bare butt naked
3.Kissed anyone and޲ reg޲ret޲ted޲ it:޲ yes޲
4. fal޲len޲ in lov޲e: eve޲ryd޲ay
5. los޲t som޲eon޲e you޲ lov޲ed:޲ yes
6. Bee޲n dep޲res޲sed޲: a lit޲tle
޲7. bee޲n dru޲nk and޲ thr޲ew up:޲ ugh޲, yes޲
8. ran޲ awa޲y: Ran away to Mikes House

޲7 sta޲tes޲ you޲'ve޲ bee޲n to
1. Was޲hin޲gto޲n
2. Cal޲ifo޲rni޲a
3. Ida޲ho
4. Wyo޲min޲g
5. Montana
6. Oregon
7. Ari޲zon޲a (This is where the grand canyon is right?)

6 thi޲ngs޲ you޲'ve޲ don޲e tod޲ay
1. snu޲ggl޲ed Brodie
2. Emptied the dish washer
3. mad޲e bre޲akf޲ast
޲4. Yelled at kids
޲5. Swept the floor
6. che޲cke޲d my ema޲il

5 fav޲ori޲te thi޲ngs޲ in no ord޲er
1. Mike
2. My kids
3. Beef jerky
4. Sushi
5. Horseradish

4 peo޲ple޲ you޲ las޲t tal޲ked޲ to
1. Debbie bagley (visting teacher)
2. Hannah
޲3. Brodie
4. Christian

޲3 wis޲hes
1. To Win޲ the޲ lot޲ter޲y
2. Have a healthy family
3. To be Happy forever

2 thi޲ngs޲ you޲ wan޲t to be whe޲n you޲ gro޲w up
1. lov޲ed
2. a gre޲at per޲son
޲
1 thi޲ng you޲ reg޲ret
޲1. I always regret overspending

Monday, March 17, 2008

The weekend!

Before we left I wrote out a will.....

Because I know how Mike drives......and driving the snowmobile would be NO different!
Friday we headed off to Island Park for our 9 year anniversary for a little bed and sled! NO KIDS, Just the 2 of us! It was great! We went to the Sawtelle Mountain resort, (where the Jensen Reunion will be this year). The room was small, OLD and cheap. But we didn't care too much!

Saturday we headed off on the snowmobile's.
The rental guy had me freaked out! NO REALLY! FREAKED OUT! Blah,blah, DON'T WRECK IT! Blah, blah blah, VERY EXPENSIVE! Blah blah, blah, LIKE $15,000 dollars because we cant rent them, Blah BLAH blah, just had 2 people dump them in the river!OooooKaayyyyy
So anyways we left there ready to snowmobile! We were having a blast and we had no idea where we were going! Although, we did have a map. But Mike insisted on pulling off to the side of the road or behind trees so that no one could see him looking at it!...He said that he did not want to look like a dorky tourist.....(although that is what we were, and any local yokel could see it!)
We headed off to Two top....a big Mountain. (NOTE TO EVERYONE: Since I have been pregnant.....Since Hannah.....I have had a fear of heights......I have never had this fear of heights before......Yes, I am a wimp..BUT this fear is just since I was pregnant.....something I thought would go a way....BUT HAS NOT YET!) So we are up on this mountain....BIG MOUNTAIN..... It is snowing on and off. AND MY HUSBAND....is trying to be snowmobiling champion of the world! (NOTE: also.....these are big touring snowmobiles! Not cute little fast trick kinda ones!) WE MADE IT TO THE TOP!But we had a lot of fun! I have my own helmet....But Billie had this really nice one that had this face mask thing so nothing would fog up! It was a little small, But I thought I would try it anyway! By the end of our day....Mike said I looked like a burn victim. I think my head swelled because once it came off....I couldn't get it back on!
We spent the whole day snowmobiling, and then went into west Yellowstone. Ate, got a few gifts for the kiddo's.Headed back to our room, headed off to the hot tub and then headed back to our room! AND NO, ANNIE, I WILL NOT COME HOME PREGNANT!
All in all we had a great trip! OHHHHHHH, 3 bears restaurant! Food was ok, but the BIG fat BOY Chocolate cake! A MUST TRY! OHHHHH, MY GOODNESS! WONDERFUL! HEAVENLY! We went back the next night and got another slice. I was on vacation!Chocolate is a must have on vacation!

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Cowboy..Opps COWGIRL day!

Here is Hannah all dresses up for cowgirl day! SOOOO cute!


She had the boots, the buckle and of course daddy's hat!

I just thought I'd share....

So here is our Ward sewing activity!It turned out really well! I still have 3 more to make...Though
This one is for Mckenna, Nancy's daughter! I hope the other's turn out as cute! I am doing a skirt for all of the girls...I have so much fabric left....... I am thinking about doing one for myself.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

The little nice green Leprechaun






Last year when Gracie was in preschool she came home and asked about
Leprechaun's. She said that her teacher had told her that on Saint Patrick's day little green men sneak into her house and play tricks on the family. OK, Gracie was TERRIFIED! Not just terrified, but she was so scared that she would not go down stairs by herself. SHE WAS SCARED ALL MARCH LONG! She was sure that this little green man was sleeping under her bed, in her closet, or just somewhere in the house!

Mike and I tried to explain to her that Leprechaun's were just like the one on the commercials. You know, LUCKY CHARMS.....Nice, silly, Cute, friendly little green man. They just like to play tricks. She was not having any of it! She had this little green man pictured with warts and a devilish smile, long finger nails .She was sure that he was going to cut off her hair or eat her. SHE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH THE Leprechauns!

So we tried to make this a fun thing for her, but she was still terrified. On the night before St. Paddy's day she couldn't sleep, she couldn't focus....She would NOT go down stairs without an adult. She woke up a bunch of times.....saying "she heard a noise and it was the Leprechaun".
We would have to walk her back down stairs, tuck her into bed. Just to see her right back up stairs in a few hours.

So the day before, I went and got some chocolate gold coins......and when I knew it was finally close to time for her to be getting up for school I put down a trail of gold coins leading from the down stairs all the way back up the stairs, down the hall and out the back door. For the trick I took the clothes that she had set out the night before and put them inside the fridge. I also colored the scrambled eggs green.

My kids did not see the coins until they were at the top of the stairs.....They went CRAZY! I told them that the Little green NICE man, must have had a hole in his pocket and not known that he was dropping his treasure all over the ground! They thought they were just gold coins...Until Hannah, the one with the oral fetish, Put it in her mouth and discovered that they were chocolate! Then that Leprechaun......turned into "such a nice little green man" after the chocolate came into play!

Then Gracie search the house for her clothes, accusing the sister and the brother for the wrong doing...I told her not to worry about getting dressed right now and then asked her if she could get me the milk. You should have seen the look of shock on her face when she saw her clothes in the fridge. She informed me that "that little NICE green man, HE WAS A FUNNY LITTLE MAN TOO"

No one wanted to eat the eggs......Green eggs just weren't right.....
After a little bit of pushing 1/3 of the eggs were gone.
But they were impressed by his magical ability's to make Eggs turn green! But eating the green eggs just went a little too far!

Grace told everyone about the little NICE green man who tricked her and had a hole in his pocket!

Then one of my really nice friends pointed out to me that it was REALLY NOT St. Paddy's day.....and that the preschool was just celebrating it on that day. I still had 3 days until the real St. Paddy's day......They never knew the difference.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Unanswered Question

UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
Why isn't the number 11 pronounced onety-one?
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If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea...does that mean that one out of five enjoys it?
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Why do croutons come in airtight packages? Aren't they just stale bread to begin with?
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If people from Poland are called Poles, then why aren't people from Holland called Holes?
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If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
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Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist, but a person who drives a racecar is not called a racist?
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If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?
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If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, then doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?
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If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP? ?
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Do Lipton Tea employees take 'coffee breaks?'
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What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?

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I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks, so I wondered what do Chinese mothers use. Toothpicks?
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Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do, write to them? Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen can look for them while they deliver the mail?
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Is it true that you never really learn to swear until you learn to drive?
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If a cow laughed, would milk come out of her nose?
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Whatever happened to Preparations A through G?

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As income tax time approaches, did you ever notice: When you put the two words 'The' and 'IRS' together, it spells
'THEIRS'?

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

The real me....the under cover....OCD...Freak

Mike is gone to big sky and will be there for 4 days.....The Heather I am will tell you....."No big deal I handle it fine".....BUT the truth is that I am a big scardy cat.

Maybe its the Mom in me....Maybe, I forget where I live.....Maybe its just me. But the real Heather is scared so bad..... that I probably got a total of 20 mins. of sleep all night. First, I went around the house and locked all of the normal doors. Turned on a couple of extra lights....But that did not stop me from waking up at every little noise.

I Called Randy to come in and tried to get him to sleep on the bed. I finally gave up on trying to get that fat dog up on my bed and settled for him laying beside the bed. The truth is that Randy is a fat, lazy, old dog that would not hear anything and most likely would hinder me from hearing anything due to the fact that he snores and farts all night long....(so in other words its like having my husband at home)

But the funniest thing of all is that I could only sleep on my back....
You know so that way I could see the "someone" trying to creep up on me....Then I could bust out my ninja- stealth like moves on the "someone" and rescue my family. So the fact is.... that I laid on my back all night long, (giving my self covered wagon's in Memory of my husband, Really, NO) But the sheets were pulled up pretty tight around my neck and I was scared.....Plain old scared.

So then I woke up and thought about the fact that the garage was not locked. The door to the garage also has a door to the inside, So The garage must be locked! Because really...What if someone did trudge through the 3-4 feet of snow in my back yard and manage to get into the almost totally frozen garage door! So here is me at 3:am in my Nickers, 27 degrees outside, locking all of the doors and being sure I secure any and all break in sites. My neighbors I am sure my seen me in my skivey's more than a few times than they have ever wanted. (But I just figure that they shouldn't be looking then RIGHT?)

After my Garage ordeal...... I decided to go put out some night lights, turn on the poarch light SSS on and a few other ssss. (so basically my house is now glowing in space) I Check a few more locks, secure the windows. I am starting to think I am good, Ready to head off to sleep.

I return to my bed....pull the sheets up around my neck.....Only to start to fall asleep....Then another thought pops in my mind......"Fire escapes.....How would I get out of the house if there was a fire".......

Monday, March 3, 2008

Mormon maddness for women.....All of them should be put in to TIME OUT!


RING RING.....Hello...hey your going to time out with me.......

Really?....OK what do the tickets cost?.........

$78 ......

Holy crap.....

YOUR GOING.......

Umm ok........
I had never been to a time out for women before.....Have always wanted to...I thought this sounded like a great chance to get away.... have a little fun.....And hang out with my girly friends.
Imagine a room full of crazy (really crazy) women, tell them that they are giving away free bags.......and they are one of the first groups to get them......Its like getting a thousand Hungary wild dogs together telling them that there is one rabbit for them to eat, BUT they must share and be patient, everyone will get a piece. These "good Christian" women are pushing, ME- ME- MEING, I didn't get oneing, they turn into something else when you say the word FREE or first.....OK SO THEY ARE BAGS! Cute aqua green and Brown ones, BUT REALLY THEY ARE STUPID BAGS!

Another thing, we got to the civic center....1 1/2 hour, there was already a line. Then after we stood there for a while. Women who had saved spots for there friends were pushing their way through the crowd. So being the OCD freak that I am.....I started to freak out. Mind you that.. I DON'T DO CROWDS! More people came in the back, and more people CUT, I mean went to there "saved spots" up front.It was a little too cozy!
The doors opened and these women Bum rushed the auditorium like they were going to a Elvis concert or something.
The first act was a singing group mercy river. They were good.....
The second speaker.....I don't know who she was but............I WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE! She was taking about asking a question to solve a problem.(I got something out the talk I guess) So if you know me, (WHICH I HOPE YOU DO SINCE YOU ARE READING MY BLOG) I avoid going place that make me feel like I have a problem (MENTAL) or places that I feel like I am in a college lecture with Charlie Browns mother and all I want to do is say I have to go to the bathroom and skip out of it!


So the first speaker I found myself Dozing....NO REALLY! Like a full blown snore kinda doze......I woke up to find my friends laughing at me, with there hand over there faces........ embarrassed for me!

All of the rest of the speakers were really good.

I really like Emily Watts, she is the author of...."Being the mom- 10 coping strategies I learned on accident Becasue I had kids on purpose"
Just from the title of the book I could tell that I liked her.

Sheri Dew Was the highlight and pretty much the star of the evening, I think she was good? But I must have dozed off with her too because I dont remember that much! Someone remind me?

Kenneth Cope I really liked his Music. Very acustic. Great...He has a song called what have I done with his name......
Jenny Oak baker, was GREAT! She was a violinist...she was super funny!

All in all I had a good time. Although my friends may question if they will invite me again....and I may question going.......No..... Really, It was fun to hang out with friends and take a nap. It was the best $78 dollar nap I have ever had! Thanks Billie!

Sheri DewPresident and CEO, Deseret Book Co.
"TBD"

Jenny Oaks BakerMaster of Music, Juilliard; first violinist for seven years for the National Symphony Orchestra; award-winning recording artist

Wendy Watson NelsonFormer BYU professor and marriage and family therapist; author, Rock Solid Relationships
"TBD"
Kenneth Copecomposer, producer, singer/songwriter, multiple Pearl Award winner, husband, father
"Musical Performance"

Jason WrightPolitical and public policy consultant; founder of PoliticalDerby.com; OpEd writer; New York Times bestselling author, Christmas Jars and The Wednesday Letters
"The Power of the Written Word"

Emily WattsSenior editor for Deseret Book Company; author, Being the Mom and Take Two Chocolates & Call Me in the Morning
"Be Joyful...Even if it's All Your Fault"

Sharon G. LarsenFormer counselor in the Young Women General Presidency; former institute instructor; recently returned from a Church Public Affairs mission in New York City; author, All Rain, No Mud
"Letting Happiness Sneak Up on You"

S. Michael WilcoxInstitute instructor; former seminary teacher; author
"Accents of Wonder"

Chris StewartNational best-selling author (including The Great and Terrible); world-record-setting pilot; President & CEO of The Shipley Group
"Redefining Joy"

Mercy RiverDeseret Book's newest group: Brooke, Soni, and Whitney met as soloists in the Jenny Phillip's choir; each has recorded on multiple inspirational albums; debut album, Mercy River, will release in May 2008.

The email from Dawn.....

I sent her a reply and this was hers Back to me....this one is a little nicer!


Oh gosh, don't worry about it. I really figured that you didn't know and you were only passing some of my stuff on to your readers. I'm sorry if I came across as really mean. I really don't mind if you keep it on your blog. Just please put a link to my blog or a line that says it was taken from Dawn's blog - :)BTW - you have a beautiful family!
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.
Dawn