Merry Christmas

I just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. I have been so busy at work that I have not had the time or strength to sit at the computer at all!! I had a wonderful time off but I guess that my work had to make up for my time gone when I got back. Hopefully things will slow down soon. I am so excited that Kayla gets home on Thursday and Stefanie comes home on Sunday!! We are so excited to have them home with us for a little while.

Happy Birthday to my Man!!

Happy Birthday to the man I love. I am so blessed to have this amazing man in my life and to have had him for so many wonderful years. He brings joy to my life everyday!  I love you Rob with all my heart and miss you terribly. 

One more week and then he gets to come to Utah and see his sweet, new little granddaughter. I know he can't wait to be here with us. 

So here's to you honey!! Happy birthday and I hope we have many more together.

More Blessings

Sunday walk on the beach. This was a beautiful little beach that was mostly used by locals.  
We loved the Sea Turtles. That were so amazing. We could just sit and watch them for hours. These guys were just sunning themselves on the rocks. 
Sunset at A Bay. The name is very long and starts with an A, but everyone just calls it a Bay. It truly was the most beautiful place to watch the sun go down. 
This was called Akaka Falls. It was such a huge drop. It was very rainy here and we got quite wet on the walk back to our car. 

We were so blessed to be able to go to Hawaii for 11 days!!! Now we know why they call it Paradise. It truly is the most beautiful place. We met our dear friends - the VanOrmans - from Medicine Hat, Alberta and had such a great time with them. We played on the beach, watched beautiful sunsets, swam with the Sea Turtles and many, many more things. Just thought I would share a couple of pictures of our trip. 

Blessings

So, I am feeling like I have so many blessings right now that I just had to share a few. We have a very precious new grandbaby in our family!!! Ella Margaret Rodee was born on October 29, 2008 at 10:54 AM. She weighed in at 7 lbs. 3 oz. She has tons of black hair and dark eyes. Of course she came one day after I left Utah.  Another blessing we have is that we were able to video chat with Marci and Christian right after Ella was born - that was amazing. We didn't feel quite so bad about not being there with them. I told Rob that the money we paid for my laptop was worth every penny, just to be able to do that!!!!! So here is a picture of our latest little sweetie! 

Couldn't get any cuter!

Kayla and Eden sharing a moment together.
Eden sure does love her Aunt Stef!!!
Margaret and I wore matching shirts that night. We planned it so well!!

Just got back from Utah and "SERIOUSLY", Eden couldn't get any cuter!! I had such a great time visiting with all my girls (and Christian). Stefanie through Marci a shower for friends and Brittney and Marg through one for family. Both turned out so great. Small and intimate, just the way it should be. I was able to spend individual time with each of the girls, which rarely happens. Moments to cherish! Here are some pictures~!

On the countdown

There are so many things that I am counting down to that it gets a little overwhelming some times. In 6 days I leave to go to Utah to see my girls!! I am so excited that I am starting to not be able to sleep at night. :) In one month Rob and I leave to go to Hawaii for 11 days of sunshine, relaxation, beaches, whales, dolphins, hiking, relaxation, hand and foot, relaxation!!!!!! Can you tell I am most excited about the relaxation. We are going with the VanOrmans from Medicine Hat. We can hardly wait. Rob is the one loosing sleep over this excitement!!! In 6 weeks (probably while we are in Hawaii :( our 3rd granddaughter will join our family!!! I cannot even begin to explain how excited I am about this little bit of goodness in our lives!!! I have been imagining what she looks like and what color her eyes are going to be. Will she look like Eden or will she look like Marci????? I can't wait to put her in my arms and hold her!!! So many good things to look forward to. Then I put Christmas in there and how am I going to get everything done. Oh well, if it doesn't get done, it doesn't get done. But right now, I am 6 days away from seeing the girls!!! Here I come!

Mother/Daughter

So, most of you know that we are expecting our 3rd granddaughter in November and we are so excited!!! I miss my kids and their kids so much. This morning I was looking at some pictures and I came across this picture of Marci and Eden. I have been thinking about what this new baby is going to look like alot lately and this picture just really reminded me of how much Eden looks like her Daddy. I love the contrast in this picture. Marci is so dark and Eden is so fair!! I just can't wait to see what this new baby will look like and what joy she will bring to our lives.