Getting ready for the show

Helping Dad with the show

Helena, MT

For those of you that don't know, Nathan has accepted a residency in Helena, MT. We will be moving there this summer. The residency is at the Archie Bray Foundation. If you want to visit the website it is (www.archiebray.org). They provide studio space for nathan to work, and connections in the art world for him to begin his amazing carer. It is so exciting to have direction. Nathan is such a hard worker and a great artist that these next few years in MT are going to be remarkable for our family. I am excited to see were his art will take us and the MONEY it will bring.

MAY 2008

I have been waiting for this month for two years. NATHAN GRATUATES. I am so proud of my Nathan, he has worked so hard to become the artist he is today.

This month is a busy one.
20th: Nathan's big show
23rd: Nathan's last day of school
24th: Linda comes into Town
26th-28th: Nathan's taking me to CapeCod with out Braxton
30th: Brent comes into town
31st: Nathan Graduates

I will do my best to keep you up on every thing. I am going to try harder to write in my blog more often. I actually have things to write about this month.

I'VE BEEN TAGED

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

10 years ago: February of 1998. I was a senior at Dixie Heights high school. I had just been accepted to EAC and Weber. At that time in my life choosing between those two collages was the biggest and most important decision I ever had to make. Only if I could go back to the simpler days.

5 things on my to-do list today:
clean the house
read scripture
workout
read my book
spent time with Braxton


Snacks I enjoy:
chips and salsa
crackers and cheese (which I can't eat any more)
any thing with sugar

Things I would do if I were a billionaire:
pay off our debts
give to charities
give to my family and Nathan's
buy a house and hire some one to decorate it
hire a cook
hire a maid
travel the world
build a log cabin big enough to hold my family reunions
buy a home for mom and dad at lest 3 hours away form their children and pay for them to go on as many missions they want to. And an RV for dad to travel.
*I have thought about this before*

3 of my bad habits:
Procrastination
comparing myself to others
leaving the sponge in the sink (according to Nathan)

5 places I have lived:
KY - Frankfort, Ft. Thomas, Erlanger
IN - Terre Haute
NE - Omaha
UT - Ogden
CT - Norwalk
NY - Bronx, Manhattan
RI - Providence

5 jobs I have had:
Daycare worker
Dental assistant
Sp. Ed. Teachers assistant
mother

5 things people don't know about me
I am stating school in the fall
I don't like to sleep in a bed thats been made
all my socks seem to have holes in them
Braxton and I do dance routines


I tag Jermey, Mark, Julie, Dona

Practicing the priesthood

Yesterday morning Nathan was going to give me a blessing, and so we talked with Braxton, so he would understand to be quite during the prayer. I was sitting on our bed with Braxton right beside me. As Nathan placed his hands on my head and began to pray, Braxton quietly stood up and placed his hands on my head next to Nathans. He was still and reverent through the whole blessing. Afterwards he gave me a big hug. The things our little children do, can amaze us. I pray that he will always have such a gentle spirit when it come time for him to hold the priesthood.

Moms visit

Being out here in RI all alone, it was so nice to have mom here for a week. We were able to go to Newport for a day. It is about 45 min. south of us and is a beautiful tourist town by the ocean. It was so cold that we mainly drove around ing the car. We saw some famous homes and places. We also too a drive on a road the goes along the coast. it is one of my favorite places in RI.
Thank you mom for coming it meant the world to me.

Mom & Braxton @ the ocean