We love and will miss President Gordon B. Hinckley

We just heard the new's about our beloved Prophet, President Hinckley's passing. What an incredible legacy of faith!! :-) Emma and I were talking at General Conference about everything this sweet man has accomplished and we thought, he has lived such a wonderful life and his service and deeds to mankind and the Lord's work is inmeasureable, that the Lord just told him, "Hey, whenever your ready to come home you just let me know.". Indeed his work was done, and then some. :-) We are so happy he is with his sweetheart again! The Gospel is True! Truely this man was a Prophet of God.This is the Prophet that we grew up under; Through Jr. High, High School, the Mission, the first 4 years of marriage and with our first child.

Here is the last Testimony we heard from him in General Conference;

“I hope that all of you will remember that on this Sabbath day you heard me bear my witness that this is God’s holy work. The vision given the Prophet Joseph in the grove of Palmyra was not an imaginary thing. It was real. It occurred in the broad light of day. Both the Father and the Son spoke to the boy. He saw Them standing in the air above him. He heard Their voices. He gave heed to Their instruction.“It was the resurrected Lord who was introduced by His Father, the great God of the universe. For the first time in recorded history, both the Father and the Son appeared together to part the curtains and open this, the last and final dispensation, the dispensation of the fullness of times.“The Book of Mormon is all that it purports to be—a work recorded by prophets who lived anciently and whose words have come forth “to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God, manifesting himself unto all nations” (Book of Mormon title page).“The priesthood has been restored under the hands of John the Baptist and Peter, James, and John. All the keys and authority pertaining to eternal life are exercised in this Church.“Joseph Smith was and is a prophet, the great Prophet of this dispensation. This Church, which carries the name of the Redeemer, is true.“I leave you my testimony, my witness, and my love for each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.”President Gordon B. Hinckley April 1, 2006, Sunday morning session of the 176th Annual World General Conference

WE LOVE YOU PRESIDENT HINCKLEY!!!! WE WILL MISS YOU!!!!!!!

(We attached a Picture of Ethan and his first General Conference with President Hinckley in the background)

While We were in Utah for Christmas, my mom gave me a CD of a bunch of random pictures that she had taken at our Wedding, 4 years ago. I thought they were worth seeing again...just for fun. I couldn't believe how much everyone has changed since then! Anyway, it's great to look back. Besides, who WOULDN'T want to relive that day?!? Enjoy!

Utah for Christmas

For Christmas this year, Jake's parents gave us an awesome present...they flew us out to Utah!!! We were so happy that we were able to see so many family members and friends while we were out there, and we miss everyone so much already! We cannot express how much it meant to us and how grateful we are to have had the opportunity to visit everyone. Ethan especially enjoyed playing with all of his cousins, getting loved on by all of his Grandmas, Grandpas and Pagahs and Aunties and Uncles, and just getting spoiled rotten!

We had a little trouble with our flights at first, so when we did finally arrive in Utah, it was Christmas eve, Ethan had a blowout, and we were so exhausted that we decided to wait to drive and see family until Christmas day. Sooooo (and here's the best part) we went to a Chineese buffet for Christmas eve dinner. It was so great! It was Ethan's first Christmas eve and we had already become the family in the "Christmas Story". (Jake even asked the waitress if he could pay someone to come out and sing, "Fa ra ra ra raaaaaa, ra ra ra ra!" - she just looked at him funny.) The food was great though, and it was a lot of fun! Then we sang Christmas hymns, watched "Joy to the World" and read from Luke 2. It was a Christmas we'll never forget! What a wonderful time of year when we get to celebrate our Savior's birth!

After that we got to see everyone, go target shooting in Bicknell, ride 4 wheelers, hike in the snow, make christmas tree ornaments, go to a basketball game, play guitar hero, eat delicious vegetarian pizza and IBC - among other fabulous things, go OUT to dinner with our AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL parents, celebrate a birthday with our brother in law, bring in the new year with confetti and streamers and "Nacho Libre", play lots of fun games, and sleep...without any other care in the world. We needed that. We love vacation.