Two years ago!!

Two years ago I married the love of my life. I can't believe that time has sure flown by. I cant say that it has been the easiest 2 years for Michael and I, but I can say that we are still incredibly in love with each other. We have made it this far in the short two years of marriage we will manage to make it through many, many more years. With the crisis of our economy, work has been a struggle, finances, etc. But we still find time in our day to show our love and appreciation for one another. We hope that through the grace of God, and many, many prayers, that great things will come our way soon. We would like to move from were we live eventually and start a family one of these days. I love you Michael!!!

****CHEERS to our anniversary, and here's hoping for many, many more to come, and hopefully in the future, when its the right time, include children in the picture******

$aving$!!!!!!

Dont know how many of you are into savings, but I am a HUGE fan of savings. I had been seeing this commercial for a long time on t.v. to get coupons from but had not been to the website. Today I decided to go there, and WOW, talk about easy and fun. The savings on these coupons are great, and you dont have to leave near me to get them. Just plug in your zip code and it will give you the savings for your area. Happy $avings everyone!!! Please feel free to comment. CouponSuzy.com has all kinds of different coupons.

I feel my Savior's Love

In August me, my mom, sister Heidi, niece Allison and nephew Gavin took a road trip. We drove through Utah and up to Idaho to visit my Dads family.This was the first trip that my sister and I had taken with my mom just by ourselves. Or shall I say the first LONG trip my mom has taken with her daughters. And luckily 2 of her grandchildren to. What a great time being able to bond more with each other.We had great conversations and were able to visit with my MORTIMER family, as well as visit the newly built Rexburg, Idaho Temple.
REXBURG, IDAHO Temple


We believed and prayed that the presence of my Dad would be with us at all times during this journey.Since we were going back to his hometown. As most of you know I started attending church again awhile back, but with conflicting work schedules and lack of time being able to spend with my husband I was not always able to attend each and every Sunday.


This trip was a Blessing waiting to happen.


As most of you know my sister and I are married to Non-members of the church. So at times that can make it very difficult to make decisions especially if we want to discuss religion. How can it not be when at times in our lives when we met our now spouses we were INACTIVE members of the church.On our way home from Idaho we spent one night in Salt Lake City. We wanted to be able to walk around Temple Square and go through the visitors center.My cousins Melissa and Jori joined us. I was so excited to go and to be able to experience walking through with my mom and sister we had not gone through there in over 20 years together,also my niece and nephew who have never been there.

I felt the spirit of the Lord with me as we walked through reading the purpose of life and watching the videos at the visitor center. I loved seeing my sister and niece so humble and interested in the literature around us. What a beautiful building and seeing The Salt Lake Temple at night was incredible.

HE LOVES US......
The next morning as we were getting ready to leave Salt Lake City and continue our journey home my sister came out of the restroom and had a "moment" is all I can say that she said My Dad is with us and was with us at that very moment. Tears started streaming down my cheeks as well as my niece Allison who was 3 years old when my dad passed away. My sister was almost in a different state of mind at that moment, as if a still small voice was whispering to her she said she felt her entire body full of a good weight of energy and a tingling of some kind.Now most know that my sister has Brain Cancer so at first my mom thought maybe something was happening like she did not take her medicine..but she said no, she was not having that kind of feeling, she said it was my Dad,she could clearly hear him saying tell them I have been here all along. I don't doubt in any way that my Dad was there with her and all of us at that moment, and that she heard his voice tell him to send us that message, but a part of me also believes that THE STILL SMALL VOICE, was our Redeemer and Lord, Jesus Christ sending a message. A message of Love, Acceptance, and Strength to enlighten us and build our hearts to know that we belong as members of The Church, whether our husbands choose to our not. That we are daughters of God and that we have a purpose. Although we have made our own choices in life, he will always forgive us if we Repent, and accept.
I thank God and my DAD who has always been a member of the church for Blessing us with that trip as a family, and allowing us to understand that when we are ready, the gospel is there for us.
We returned from our trip to Utah on Sunday August 16,2010 which would have been my Dads 65th birthday, and on Saturday August 28th, I got a text message from my sister that said she and my niece Allison were going to church on Sunday with my mom, and of course I was joining them.
Today marks the 2nd Sunday that we have all eagerly awaken and go with a willingness to learn and worship thee.What a great abundance of joy I feel in sharing the gospel experience with my mom, sister, and my niece which whom has been curious of religion for quite sometime now.

I thank my husband who although has no desire to investigate or take part in my journey of being a member and becoming ACTIVE again accepts my decision even when he may feel its a burden on his Sunday in me spending quality time with him with my long work hours. I know that God will bless not only me, but my home life as well.

I thank my brother-in-law Bruce who also does not take part in our beliefs has accepted that my sister has the desire to return to church.

I am also blessed to have a wonderful niece Allison (not that all my nieces are not wonderful,because they are)who has the desire to learn of our religion and has a open heart and mind to possibly one day embrace it.

This has been a blessing and prayers that I believe are being answered.I believe that my Dad had a lending hand at this very time in our lives when Faith and Hope and the gospel is so essential to our daily lives. When my Dad passed away there was a song we sang that has a lot of meaning. At this time in my life and what I believe my sisters life this song holds even MORE meaning:

I know that my Redeemer Lives

What comfort this sweet sentence gives

He lives! He lives who once was dead

He lives! My ever-living friend

He lives! To bless me with his love

He lives! To plead for me above

He lives! My hungry soul to feed

He lives! To bless in time of need

He lives! To grant me

He lives! To guide me with his light

He lives! To comfort me when faint

He lives! To hear my souls complaint

He lives! To silence all my fears

He lives! To wipe away my tears

He lives! To calm my troubled heart

He lives! With blessings to impart

****HE LIVES I KNOW MY SAVIOR LIVES.....

I FEEL MY SAVIORS LOVE, THE LOVE HE FREELY GIVES ME!!!!!!

**I felt the spirit of the Lord with us during that trip, and pray that my testimony will grow stronger in time***

Thank you to all my friends who have always helped me along the way in reassuring me that Things happen in life for a reason, and its OK.

My Moms Finale..I thought i posted it but guess i just saved it. She was the QUEEN!!

Well...Last night was my moms Finale. Her yearly Talent Show. Only this year, she was literally the QUEEN of the show. We first started the day by all going to have lunch. The weather here is getting HOT, and what was suppose to be a nice air conditioned resturaunt we thought we would be in, ended up being a SAUNA. So, we couldnt wait to get to the Hart High School Auditorium to be in a air conditioned building. Unfortunetly they are remodeling and the air was out in the theatre. Yes that is correct, a theatre filled with people showing off there talent and NOOOO AIR, or ventilation. That was horrible. But enough said about that.

The theme of this years show was Ports of Calls..Different Cruises. They traveled to Hawaii, Mexico, Carribean, and back to New Orleans.

I am attaching clips of my moms dances from each Port of Call. They are each short but she had a great time up there. Of course, she was also the highlight of each dance.

HAWAII.......................................






My mom loves to dance and definetly you can tell in her performances. At the end of the show, they did a nice slide show for my mom, and all of us kids and grandkids were ALL there to celebrate with her. They invited our entire family up on stage and we were able to present her with a beautiful bouquet of flowers and my sister Heidi said a few words basically thanking everyone for supporting my mom, and she thanked them for finally giving US our mom back after 32 years.

Moms Shining Moment!!!

I have been blessed to have amazing parents in my life. They have worked hard FOREVER it seems and have always managed to find ways to provide for me and my siblings growing up. Although my Dad's life on earth was cut short and he didn't get to live til he reached Retirement, my mom took the load and continued on her journey. I am so proud of my mom for all that she has accomplished throughout her career, and the sacrifices she made constantly for all of us in our family. It is with HONOR for me to share with everyone that my mom has finally reached the end of her working journey. She will be officially retired as of June 30th, 2010. Since my mom doesn't read my blogs she has no idea what I am putting here. I don't know if any of you are aware of what my mom has done for all these years. Growing up as a kid we lived in Santa Clarita, CA and my mom worked part time for many years at Newhall School District as a ESL Teacher and then assistant. Being that I am the youngest as I got into middle school she took on a 2nd job as a teachers aid at Hart High School. So in the morning she worked at the elementary school and in the afternoon they had a program for Troubled Teens at the High School. She worked hard til 6pm everyday. When we moved to Palmdale in 1988 she still continued to work both jobs, and had to learn to drive the commute everyday. My mom has driven what is typically a 35 minute drive, that takes her 1.5 hours Everyday for over 22years. When my dad passed away in 1998 she was given an opportunity to get a full time position as the attendance lady and translator at the elementary school. Which was a true blessing as all these years as she would put it she was SICK of those high school HEATHENS...lol So she has been working at the elementary school full time since 1999. Tomorrow the school is having a Retirement party for her. She is not much of a HUGE BANG party gal, so she told them she just wants a luncheon at the school. So since it is minimum day for the kids, the luncheon will be after.

One of my brothers high school friends happens to be the mayor of Santa Clarita and on the state counsel has known my mom as long as he can remember. When he found out she was retiring with the school district he decided he wanted to do something great for her. So as a surprise she has no idea that he will be presenting her with a Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of the State of California. She will be so shocked for that. A farewell tribute will be taking place as well next weekend at the end of the schools annual talent show. My mom will be happy to see that ALL of her kids and Grand kids will ALL be attending this year, even my brother from Robert from Las Vegas. Usually Michael and I are the family that goes. I will post pics of the talent show next weekend.

Sooo Cheers to you mom...Thanks for all your hard work for over 30 years!!! I love ya.

How to Make Compost

I found this very interesting...And am going to attempt to do this. Lets see how well I succeed. At first Michael was like, WE ARE NOT MAKING our own compost. You have to use your kitchen waste. But not according to these directions. So, I think I can manage to try this. Let me know if anyone else wants to try it out and lets see how well it goes.

http://www.ehow.com/how_3541_begin-compost-pile.html

Your Path.

“If You Are On Your Own Path Things Are Going To Come To You. Since It Is Your Own Path & No One Has Ever Been On It Before, there’s No Precedent, So Everything That Happens Is A Surprise & Is Timely.”


Joseph Campbell