Mark & Brandy's Wedding....

Yesterday my little sister Brandy and her Husband Mark were married in the Billings temple. We were all worried that it would rain during picture time, but it was pretty nice weather. Brandy looked very pretty and happy. I was able to be in the Brides room with her. It was fun to help her get ready. The sealing was very beautiful . They had president Flower perform their sealing. They had their Burlington reception last night as well. It turned out so good. Mark's sister made their cake, and it turned out so cute.  The decorations look really nice, the cake, mints, and punch were yummy. Also they had a super cute movie playing of pictures of them. We are very happy for Mark and Brandy and hope they have a happy marriage. Also hope they have fun on their cruise in Mexico. It was so great to see lots of people we hadn't seen for a long time at the wedding and reception.

2010 Lovell High School Graduation

Last night was Jared ( Matthew's little brother) graduation. We were all there to join him in his celebration as our nephew Carson would say. There were 39 graduates in Jared's class. The ceremony wasn't even that long. It was just perfect timing. It only lasted a little over an hour. I thought it was neat that they had some of the kids show their talent by playing the piano, guitar, and other musical instruments. We never got to do that at Burlington. It was great to to be able to be there and support Jared in his victory of finishing high school.

Also it has been raining like crazy here. It was a much needed rain, but today it is starting to warm up. Hopefully for Brandy's wedding it will be nice outside for her pictures this Saturday.

Look At These Cutie Pies....

Jill and the boys are in town for high school graduation. Her brother Jason graduated yesterday, and Jared graduated tonight. Last Thursday everyone came over to Stan & Jan's for dinner. Here are some pictures I snapped of our cute niece and nephews....

Trailing on Home...

Saturday we trailed the cows home back to the corrals for a few weeks. It went very well. I know that Matthew hates this day because there is always something wrong that happens. We started at about 10:30 and they had the cows in the corrals about two hours later. Stan, Kasi, and I walked pushing the cows. I had to take off after about an hour and half to go to my little sister's bridal shower, but it was a good little walk. The other guys rode their horses, and we had the family dog Angus. He does a great job and keeping the cows moving. It was a nice and warm day as well. So everyone came back with nice sunburns.

Here are some pictures from my sister Brandy's bridal shower in Burlington. She had lots of her high school friends that showed up. So she enjoyed catching up with them. She will be going through the temple for her endowments this Saturday, and then next Saturday is the big day.

So Long, Farwell Laramie, Wyoming.....

Sunday night Matthew and his Grandpa Monk traveled back to Laramie with a big nice trailer to load all our stuff in. Monday the cleaning and loading begun. Some of Matthew's old roommates came over and helped Matthew load up all the big heavy things. ( Thanks Guys) Tuesday we did lots of packing, and cleaning. We cleaned all the carpets. I never knew how dirty my carpets really were. Yuck! That night we slept in an empty house. I got our twin blow up mattress to sleep on, and Matthew slept on the floor. What a sweetheart for letting me sleep on the mattress. It snowed Tuesday night, so we didn't know if we were going to make it out of Laramie. We woke up the next morning, and checked out of our apartment, and then hung out with our friends the rest of the morning. They made us breakfast, than Andrea and I went and made bead watch bands. I headed off, and Andrea rode with me at  about 3 that afternoon. Matthew and his Grandpa were only about an hour behind me. We had the trailer packed full, and we bought a couple of lambs that were strapped to the back of Grandpa's flat bed. Thank goodness the roads were good. We only had a little bit of snow and rain mixed just before Shoshoni.  We sure did enjoy our time in Laramie, and we will miss all our friends, church callings, and jobs. We are excited to be moving on in our lives, and going to Vet school. We will be living with Matthew's parents for a few months. We are so thankful to them for letting us do so.

Happy Mothers Day To Our Wonderful Mothers...

Today and always should we be thankful for our Mothers. Matthew and I have lots of wonderful Mothers in our live. We have our mothers, our mother in-laws, and our grandmothers. They will always be very special ladies to us. We look up to them, we call them when we need their advice, we laugh with them, and we love them. Someday I know that I will get the chance to be a Mother, and I just hope that I can be as great of a Mother as the ones in our lives. We appreciate you very much, and love you. Hope you have a wonderful day!

"President David O. McKay said that motherhood is woman’s noblest calling. It is a sacred calling, a partnership with God in bringing his spirit children into the world. A mother’s most important responsibility is to bring children into the world and to care for and teach them. Bearing children is one of the greatest of all blessings."
"Women could have no greater honor than to assist in the divine plan to bring spirit children to earth, teaching them to “walk uprightly before the Lord.” A woman will find much satisfaction and joy by being a wise and worthy mother and raising good children. This is a greater contribution to mankind than any other career." (See N. Eldon Tanner, in Conference Report, Oct. 1973, 126; or Ensign, Jan. 1974, 10.)