The van Ormer View: Sunday Morning Smiles

Monday, May 18, 2009

Sunday Morning Smiles

I just got a new camera on Saturday from Costco (my old one had tape holding the battery in -- it was time!) :-) It is always so fun to get a new toy . . . just in time for our trip to Spokane, Alaska, and all sorts of summer fun! :-) Everyone in Alaska better get ready to say, "cheese!" I am a picture-taking fool! Thought I would share a few of my practice shots. (This is a normal camera -- not the deluxe.) :-)

A lovely Sunday morning.

Yup, they look the same.

William is about to pull on Sammi's braid. :-) He looks happy about it.

CHEESE!

You can see Bun-Bun's cage in the background. She is lounging out of the sun, with an umbrella. I freeze water bottles and put them in her cage with her, so she does not die! Too hot for a bunny!

Best Buddies. :-)

Sweet Sammi

Yes, he is getting a hair-cut, soon, very soon. :-)

Today is going to be 96 degrees! We spent the morning outside -- it was a glorious morning. We have our swamp cooler up and running! It is a record high day. . . it should normally be about 75. William enjoyed his apple and animal crackers, while basking in the beauty of the early morning. :-)

2 comments:

Uncle Lindy said...: Those cute kids are going to have to put up with a lot of hugs from Grandma.

Love from us; 4:15 PM
Cheryl said...: Very cute! They are sure growing up!!; 7:31 PM

Who am I?

I am a wife and a mother, my two favorite and most distinguished titles. I have four lovely children who keep me from being vain and selfish. I spent most of my life living in Anchorage, Alaska -- where I found my love, Charles. I enjoy a great many things, and I am good at a few things. I love to sing, run, have deep conversations, bake, do family history, blog, be with family, be with friends, have quiet time (whatever that is?), teach, rearrange furniture, watch movies, go for Sunday walks, attend the temple, observe people (Yes, I am watching YOU!), and I enjoy pondering the mysteries of the World. I love living on this beautiful Earth that God has created. I know who I am and I am grateful to know it. I am a child of God -- and so are you!

Mothers

God bless you, dear friends. Do not trade your birthright as a mother for some bauble of passing value. Let your first interest be in your home. The baby you hold in your arms will grow quickly as the sunrise and the sunset of the rushing days. I hope that when that occurs you will not be led to exclaim as did King Lear, “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!” (King Lear, I, iv, 312). Rather, I hope that you will have every reason to be proud concerning your children, to have love for them, to have faith in them, to see them grow in righteousness and virtue before the Lord, to see them become useful and productive members of society. If with all you have done there is an occasional failure, you can still say, “At least I did the very best of which I was capable. I tried as hard as I knew how. I let nothing stand in the way of my role as a mother.” Failures will be few under such circumstances.

-Gordon B. Hinckley