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Sunday, July 01, 2012

The River

The best things in life are free.

Throwing rocks in the river, as a family, is one of those things.

I love the height differences . . .

Love it!

Fun times!

Posted by Mari at 9:59 AM

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Maridyth

Name Meaning: Great, Splendid, Magnificent. :-)

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!

van Ormer Family EST: 1999

Married in the Anchorage, Alaska Temple

My View: On FAMILY

"There is some good in this world . . . and it's worth fighting for!" -Samwise Gamgee

van Ormer Family --Together Forever

Charles-Mari-Samantha-Daniel-William-Henry

Van Ormer Trek Family

I always wanted a big family. :-) I got one!

My Faith

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What I Believe

http://www.lds.org
http://www.new.familysearch.org

Where it all begins

There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained

-Winston Churchill

I LOVE BEING A MOMMY!!!

Sammi Sunshine

Dan the Man

William Turner -- (The Pirate)

Henry "Indiana" Jones

Fathers

“Fatherhood is leadership, the most important kind of leadership. It has always been so; it always will be so. Father, with the assistance and counsel and encouragement of your eternal companion, you preside in the home. It is not a matter of whether you are most worthy or best qualified, but it is a matter of [divine] appointment.”
-Elder L. Tom Perry

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

Children

“In the eternal perspective, children—not possessions, not position, not prestige—are our greatest jewels.”

-Ezra Taft Benson

Favorite Movies

A Knight's Tale
Ever After
First Knight
Horatio Hornblower series
Pirates of the Caribbean (All of them)
Pride and Prejudice (A&E series)
Sabrina (the new one)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Sleepless in Seattle
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Lord of the Rings (All of them)

Favorite Places I Have Been

Anchorage Alaska Temple
Chasing Waves (California Coast)
Comstock Park (Spokane, Washington)
Entrance of Disneyland
Grizzly Bear Cabins (Denali, Alaska)
Home
Manito Park (Spokane, Washington)
Pirates of the Caribbean Ride (Disneyland)
Riding the train (San Diego Zoo)
Riverfront Park (Spokane, Washington)
Salt Lake Temple
San Francisco Trolleys
The Coastal Trail (Anchorage, Alaska)
The Redwoods

Favorite Things to Do

Bake
Bike rides
Come home after Church
Eat dinner as a family
Family drives
Family History
Give Charles kisses ;-)
Give William kisses
Go to Costco
Go to parks
Go to resturants (rarely do)
Go to temple
Hear my children pray
Hear my children sing
Listen to music
Read to my children
Rearrange furniture
Relax
Run
Sing
Take Pictures/Photoshop
Teach
Watch movies
Write lyrics

Map

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