Probably my favorite thing about our new home is this view! We LOVE being so close to the temple! On this particular day the girls spotted a rainbow close to the temple. I tried to capture the beauty of it all, but my little dinky camera has it's limitations, but you get the idea.

Last week my Dad was over helping us install our cabinet hardware. We were getting ready to eat dinner and everyone was at the table but Rachel. I casually told Michelle to go find her, and when she returned without her I felt myself getting a little annoyed. So I told everyone to go ahead and eat and I would go get her. Well, I started on my search for her, calling her name and looking in her room, and then her sisters room, then my room, nothing. Then my search started to get a little more thorough, looking in closets, yelling her name a little louder, looking in showers and in the basement, nothing. By this time, no one was sitting at the dinner table, we were all searching for her, calling her name and starting to feel the adrenaline rush of losing a child. AT LAST, my Dad found her buried under this pile of laundry on my bed! Just one more reason not to procrastinate doing laundry, you may loose a kid under there!

Perhaps the biggest news of 2010 for us is that we bought a new home!! It's such a happy yellow house! We found this home by Richmond American up in Daybreak, South Jordan. The builders were offering swinging deals we just couldn't pass it up! When we found the house it was in the drywall stage so we got to pick everything, which was really fun! We spent a few hours, (Dave will say it felt like eternity!) in the design center making the home just the way we wanted it, on a budget of course. But honestly, we think it's dreamy! And it feels oh so good to have our own place to call home!

The end of the 2010 school year came way to quickly!

Michelle loved Ms. Schmidt and asked if she could have her phone number on the last day of school. She didn't give us her number, but she gave us her email address and Michelle is very excited about keeping in touch.

Kindergarten was a piece of cake for Michelle! She mastered scaring and chasing all the boys, making friends with all the girls and learning how to read, write and do some math. Phew, it was a busy year for her!

Madison really enjoyed 3rd grade with Ms. Elmer. She always said she was nice but strict. I think that is the perfect combo. With Madison's sweet temperament they got along just fine. Madison loves math, spelling and prides herself in earning her cursive "license."

Madison and Michelle both played soccer on a city league this year. Since it was Michelle's first year playing, she was able to have her Dad coach her team, the Red Dragons. Madison was on the Blue Razors. Both teams played well and the girls seemed to really enjoy it.

On May 14th all of my siblings, our spouses and my parents drove to Spokane WA for my little brother Steven's law school graduation. He survived three years of Law School at Gonzaga University! It was a long drive, and a short trip, but we soaked it up while we were there. Spokane is beautiful, but the real beauty lies in Coeur d'alene. We rented a lake house where we all stayed together. It was spectacular! After the graduation we packed Steve's entire life up and put it into his car and a little trailer and brought him home to Utah. We are proud of him for working so hard in law school and look forward to having him around more here at home.

May 2010
Newest Partner at Manning Curtis Bradshaw & Bednar

I can hardly believe we have been out of law school for 6 years! What a wonderful time of life that was! We soaked up the simplicity of college life living and loved every minute of it. Some memories seem just like yesterday, while others seem so long ago! After graduating from BYU Law School in 2004, Dave practiced law in Vegas for 3 years. We enjoyed that adventure but we have been happy to be back in Salt Lake for the past three years. The girls and I are so proud of Dave and look forward to more adventures and good memories.