Attitude of Gratitude Day 2

Today I'm thankful for an incredibly intelligent, talented, good looking, and occasionally obsessive husband. I'm REALLY glad that we still have that zing in our relationship--he still knows how to get my blood racing.


Recently someone commented to me that they were amazed at how we kept our relationship alive. I am too but it's working. He's the best thing that ever happened to me.
As Phil would say "Yeah, baby, that's what I'm talking about."

The Attitude of Gratitude

I'm back and recommitted to keeping up on my blog. It's November and time to think about all that I'm grateful. I'm going to post something here every day through the end of the year.

I'm thankful for my four beautiful, intelligent, and kind daughters--they are my heroes.



What are you thankful for?

And still more bridals...

Metta's bridal pix

These are just a few of Metta's bridal photos. I'd be interested in which one you like the best.

These pictures were taken at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi. It was a very hot evening and we were worried that it wouldn't be a good photo shoot. As you can see these pictures are stunning.

The big day is August 29.

More Trip Pix!

View from the Coliseum in Rome.



Ahh, Florence! It was beautiful. Here we are at the Duomo and then at Ponte Vecchio. It was all beautiful. I would love to go back and spend more time in Firenza!

A most pleasant surpise was the Field of Miraces and the Leaning Tower or Pisa. Pisa was between the port and Florence. We decided we would see Pisa only if we had time--we did, and it was well worth the extra taxi fare.



Gargoyles (one of my favorite things about Europe are gargoyles) on the Leaning Tower of Pisa.


Arch d'Triomphe and Notre Dame Cathedral in the rain.





Last day of holiday was a rainy afternoon and evening in Paris. When we got to the Eiffel Tower the sun came out and it was stunning. We ate at a little Parisian restaurant down this street and sat by the window and watched the people.

I have TONS more pix. You only have to ask.

Mediterranean Cruise

For all of you who have asked, and even if you haven't asked, here are some pix of our cruise

We boarded the ship in Barcelona on May 31, June 1 we were at sea all day.

June 2, we arrived in Malta in the morning and went ashore.

We took a boat tour of the harbors of Malta.









That night we cruised to Naples and the next day we did a tour of Pompeii. That is Mt. Vesuvius you can see through the doorway.

Archaeologists continue to excavate and uncover bodies preserved in ash.



We returned to the ship and cruised that night and awoke to a new day in Rome. This was our marathon day! We took a 90 minute train into Rome and hurried to the Vatican Museum before the lines got too large (sorry but we couldn't take pictures of the famous Sistine Chapel!). Then over to a line to get into St. Peter's Basilica, the largest cathedral in the world.









Outdoors to the taxi stand and we took a cab to the Pantheon, over to Trevi Fountain (on Daysa's list of must sees),

a slice of pizza on a side street in a local eatery, walked to Capital Hill, the Forum,

and lastly to the Coliseum. Whew! What a day! The pictures are in order of the day.


It was on a train to Rome where we ran into some missionaries. It was like seeing someone from home.

And I'll post more later with the rest of the trip. I've spent enough time on this today. I've GOTTA get my house cleaned after a week at Girls Camp.

Birthday Boys

June 1 was Zebby's 2nd birthday and June 6 was Henry P's 1st birthday.



I missed both but I wanted to give a shout out to my two favorite little boys. Love you both and love your parents.