Happy Birthday to this amazing daughter-in-law!!!
I am so blessed to have you in my life!!!
Your are- a good student, beautiful, sweet, a guinea pig lover, fun, a hard worker, talented, sometimes stressed, mostly happy, patient, motivated, spiritual, a good teacher, a perfect match for Alex, huggable, thoughtful, a fan of U. of U., adaptable, responsible, and a forever lover to Alex!!
I hope all your dreams come true!!!
Love you, darling girl!
Happy Birthday to a sweet and loving son!!!
I am so blessed to have you in my life.
You are- a hard worker, a good provider, a chef, a handyman, patient, sensitive, strong, easy going, handsome, a good friend, spiritual, a good teacher, smart, responsible, quotable, slow and steady, my third child, so much fun, a sleep anywhere guy, my second son, a fan of South Africa, a giant soul, a soda lover, and a soda maker, a family guy, and a forever lover to Amber!
I hope you have the best of everything!
Love you, sweetie!!!
It’s my blogiversary!!
So here’s a list of 7 things I’ve learned blogging for 7 years:
1-Always remember why you do it.
I don’t spend a lot of time on other peoples blogs. I am trying my best to get a grip in my life and sitting on the computer all day doesn’t help. So if I don’t have a lot of visitors, because I’m not commenting all the time on others blogs, I’m ok with that. I am leaving a journal with stories and what not for my family and anyone else who would like to visit. I love you all!
2-Put your best foot forward.
Emily and Anthony’s cute socks and shoes on their wedding day!
I struggle sometimes. I prefer to not focus on complaining. It’s really not me anyway. I am a joyful person! I am always looking for the blessings in life.
3-Have variety.
If I always focus on one topic, it’s like I’m talking in a monotone voice. That’s not very fun! So it’s good to mix it up.
4-Be totally honest.
I am, what I am. I love to share what I feel and the adventures I’m having. Sometimes, life is challenging. Maybe if I share how I’m working through a challenge it might help someone else. Who’s to say…;)
5-It takes a lot of effort sometimes, and that’s ok.
Remember Dory? Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming!
6-“If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.”
I am a firm believer that love conquers all. I don’t agree with everyone on the internet, and I know they don’t all agree with me, but we can be kind and show love for other humans when we communicate.
7-Sharing what matters most to me is fun!
Sunday’s really are Best! Family History is so fun! Missionaries make me happy! Beautiful Places are beautiful! My Darlin, First Born, Janet, Dream Come True, Most Quoted, Amber, Bonus Baby, Anthony, Grandbabies, and Tayzie mean the world to me! Someday this blog will be a treasure for the people I love, maybe it is already. Either way, it’s here and waiting for a visit from all!
Thank you for visiting! I hope you return often!
Love, Joy
This is my brother Brad! He’s giving a squish to his sweetie Cindy!
Today is his Birthday!!!!
When I was a little girl I remember him being so good to me. He was, and still is, a wonderful big brother.
He is one of the hardest workers I’ve ever met. He has been working since he was in his early teen years. He still works so hard to provide for his family!
He always had the beautiful cars when he was a teenager. This was the late 70’s and he had these beautiful muscle cars. He had a Chevelle, a Monte Carlo, and a LeMans. He always took such good care of his things. He has always been so responsible.
He is a good brother, dad, husband and son to our parents.
I love him and hope he has the most Happy Birthday Ever!!!
I am so blessed to have a big brother like him.
Alex and Amber
What a beautiful day! They are married and it was wonderful!
Love!
My son Alex and his sweetheart Amber. Engaged and ready to tie the knot! I’m so excited for them, and I love them! They are getting married this week and I know they will have a wonderful life! They will learn a lot from each other!
When Flexy was a little guy, he started preschool. He loved his teacher, and did very well. There was only one problem. He had a hard time pronouncing her name.
Her name was Roxanne!
He would tell us about meeting his teacher “Sand Rock” and how much fun she was. We would say,
“What is her name?”
asking him to repeat hoping that we would be able to tell what he said. It wasn’t until Roxanne came to visit our home that we realized what her name was. Flexy had mixed up the first part of her name “Rox”…with the last part of her name “Anne”. We all got a kick out of that, including “Sand Rock”!
What a cute little guy!
It’s been another year of blogging!!!
It’s been SIX years!!!
Let’s see…what has happened in this last year?
I became a Grandma for the second time to the cutest “Lil’ Dude.”
I got a new job,
welcomed home my sweet missionary and “Bonus Baby”,
and moved to a new home after 18 years in our old home.
It has been a very busy year!
I feel so blessed and life is full.
I haven’t been super good at posting:(, but I do love sharing fun stories and pictures and things about myself and my life. I hope you have enjoyed coming to visit and I hope you’ll come again! Leave a comment if you’d like, that way I’ll know you where here.
I keep blogging a long mainly so my family has a history of “US”. Here’s a great quote that explains how I feel:
“Every family has keepsakes. Families collect furniture, books, porcelain, and other valuable things, then pass them on to their posterity. Such beautiful keepsakes remind us of loved ones now gone and turn our minds to loved ones unborn. They form a bridge between family past and family future.
Every family has other, more valuable, keepsakes. These include genealogies, family stories, historical accounts, and traditions. These eternal keepsakes also form a bridge between past and future and bind generations together in ways that no other keepsake can.”-Dennis B. Neuenschwander
Please visit again!
Love, Joy
We recently moved.
We lived in our old home for 18 years. That means we collected a lot of stuff.
Most of it…we do not need! They are things. However, I am one of those sentimental people who collects things with memories and have a hard time letting them go.
“I can’t get rid of that_____(fill in blank), it was my_____(fill in blank, again).
I love them!”
or
“This _____(fill in blank) belonged to my great_____(fill in blank). It has got to be worth something.” So back in the box, closet, bag, or something else it goes, until next time you decide to clean out the box, closet, bag, or whatever.
Well, not this time. I mean it! We don’t have room to keep everything we had in our old house.
One of the ways I have found to ease the pain of parting with things is…pictures.
If I take a picture, it means the memory doesn’t have to fade, because I can still see it.
This darling little puppet was made in elementary school by Alex my “Most Quoted” son.
He was such a cute little boy!
In class he created his puppet using garbage type items. The stick poking out the bottom moves up and down making the monster “Mo” go in and out of the box, which is an old bandage box.
Can you stand it? How creative is he!
Well, I now have a picture, and a blog post, and I will never forget the creative, darling monster “Mo” that Flexy made in elementary school.
And I get to share all of that with you!
Tayzie has discovered that she can drink out of the fountain! It is the cutest thing to watch!
Another funny thing she does is that she barks for an ice cube whenever we get ice for a drink. What a cute dog.
When we come home after being gone for a while, she is always very noisy. Crying and barking. You would think we’d been gone for years. Flexy says she an “Emotional basket case!” Funny!
We sure love our furry friend!!!
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