10 Things I love- #4

I need to give a shout out to my amazing little sister, Crystal- a labor and delivery nurse, a super babysitter, a great shoulder to cry on, a sweet marathon runner (just ran her first one today!) and an all around wonderful person. She does so many things for me and other people, it's inspiring.

In addition to my sister, my #4 thing I love is my family- my parents, Bret and Teresa, and my brothers and sisters (and their spouses)- Lance (Brittany), Tamara (Chris), Crystal, and David. They are all terrific people and I'm so glad to be part of their lives.

10 Things I Love- #3

Of course, my number three thing I love has got to be my Anita Teresa. She is a spitfire. I grew up knowing an Anita that I thought was sweet, kind, and mellow, and thought that my Anita might be the same, but I was wrong. She can be sweet, kind and mellow on occasion, but she loves being upbeat, excited, and crazy!
One of the things she loves best is sitting on momma's lap and getting hugs. It's the only time she sits still, and even then she head butts me more often than not. She absolutely loves making Abigail laugh and Abigail loves so laugh so they make a great team. She just recently got the knack of going potty in the toilet (yeah!) and she loves the independence. She is a great little sister and a wonderful daughter.

10 Things I love- #2

Another thing that I love is my dear, sweet Abigail Joan, or Abby-jo as my husband loves to call her. She is prim and proper, hates getting dirty and loves good, "clean" fun. She loves to pretend to be the mom, and tries to be Anita's mom as much as she can get away with. She is wise beyond her years and I love her so dearly. She loves to learn and can't wait to start school next year.

We were looking at pictures of her when she was little, and I had forgotten that she was a chunky little monkey! She has slimmed out a lot and she is going to be a beautiful woman someday.

10 Things I love- #1

To get back into posting, I am going to write about the top ten things I love. The first one, of course, is my husband, Michael Terry Wright. I just happened to find a fairly recent picture of him, which is quite the feat considering he would prefer to be on the other side of the camera. I thing I love most about him is his patience with me. These last few months have been very hard for me and he has put up with me through thick and thin. I also love his amazing creativity. He can make anything beautiful with his talented hands.

The Women in our Lives

I just watched this amazing video about women and I couldn't help but share it. I have read the blogs of my friends that include so many uplifting messages that I just want to include my own. I even learned how to put a Youtube video on my blog to share it with you. =)

I love seeing all the pictures of the beautiful women in the video. I noticed that there was not a woman there that wasn't beautiful, and then I realized that all women are beautiful. They are all beautiful creations of Heavenly Father and He loves each one of us.

Catching Up

Wow. It's after 8 AM and my girls are still asleep. I better take advantage and catch up on blogging about my summer activities. The third week in June I got to go to girl's camp with the young women in our ward. We went to Goblin Valley in southern Utah. I had never been there before. If you ever get the opportunity to go, take it (as long as it's not between July 1 and August 31)! It was very hot while we were there, except for a huge rain storm the last night that soaked everything.

We got there Tuesday afternoon and after setting up went to the Valley of the Goblins. It is a cool valley that is filled with mushroom shaped rock formations. If you have ever seen Galaxy Quest, the alien planet scene was filmed there. It looks more like Mars than Earth. It is a great place to play hide and seek.

Wednesday we went on a slot canyon hike called Little Wildhorse. I had never done that kind of hike before, and it was really cool. It was fun to creep through a tiny canyon and climb over boulders and such.

Thursday we went rafting on the Green River. We had three large rafts and three one-man inflatable kayaks. We were able to stop in the middle of the trip and hike a little ways to see an ancient indian sacred spot with pictoglyphs. It was cool. I was able to go on the kayak for the last third of the trip. It was an adrenaline rush for me! We went through some big rapids and I only tipped over once!

Friday we went home. It was such a great week and I was so happy to get to know the young women in our ward so much better.

My girls are now awake and begging for some breakfast, so it's time to go!

"You Can Touch Anything!"

Yes, I know that I have a month and a half's worth of blogging to do and I will get to it, but I have a cute little story to share in the meantime.

Whenever we are at the grocery store and my girls start grabbing at things they want, I ask them, "do you have money to buy that?" When they say no, I say, "then don't touch it!"

Well, last week was Anita's birthday, and we got a birthday card in the mail today from her Great-Grandma and Grandpa Wright with $5 in it. Abigail got so excited and told Anita, "Now you can put that money in your purse and when we go to the grocery store, you can touch anything!"