Happy Birthday, our Angel Baby!

Dear Kerry Bear-y: Happy Birthday! We love you and think you are still our angel baby. We love that you were and are still our sweet one. We remember that you had a content and curious personality. You had a smile on your face constantly. You came to us a genius baby and we think you are still a genius. Congratulations on your diploma. We love that you research questions about life and spiritual love. We benefit from that research. We love how well you show love to your children as you raise them. We love that you have always been a hard worker.

A memory we have of your childhood was how much you loved to read at such a young age. We remember you were so engrossed in your book one day that you took a step right off the stairs of our third story apartment. Luckily dad realized what you were going to do and was a step ahead and was able to catch you. We thought at the time that books were going to be your friend and we think that has very much become a reality in this day and time.

We hope that this next year brings love and contentment and happiness and great health to you and your family.

We love you.

New Testament Reading Chart 2011

The good news for keeping up with the New Testament is it is only five chapters a week. The Old Testament was 18 chapters. I almost made it. The end of the year crunch got me. I made it to October's list. I think I'll keep reading just to say I finished because I'm so close and it's so hard to finish. Half-way a hundred times, but not so many all-the-way-throughs in this house.

Marty will add the link to our New Testament Reading Chart for 2011 tomorrow.

Please commit with me to finish the New Testament this year, it will help me stay motivated.

OK, it's been two months, but here is the link.  Marty
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DKa9LnUqcKQgzSEO8Hgjh5fWtvdHGy1tocAMLgBkdYU/edit?hl=en
Happy New Year!

Quote

“It is not possible to sin enough to be happy. It is not possible to buy enough to be happy, or to entertain or indulge yourself enough to be happy. Happiness and joy come only when you are living up to who you are.”

––Sheri L. Dew, BYU devotional address, December 9, 2003

Happy Birthday, Kristin!

Dear Kristin:

Happy 23rd birthday! Here is a picture of you:

This is a picture of you and dad at Jon's baptism. You were always glad to be near us. As long as you could be around your parents, you were happy. A story about you that we like (although we pretended not to) was how you would come into our room at bedtime and get in between us in our bed, making like you were going to be there all night and that was that. Sometimes it took us hours to convince you to go to sleep (you were never a good sleeper--sorry about that genetic mess-up!). When you were a baby you were easy to love because you would cuddle up close around our necks and just dwell there.

You are good to your friends and a good listener. You are a sweet person. We are very proud of you for getting your education. You wanted to be an archaeologist since you were very small and you got your degree!

We hope your birthday is a great one. We will be thinking about you all day. We love you.

Love, mom and dad

Friends

In September we traveled to see our longtime friend, Brenda. What can you say about a friendship that endures over time and distance? It's one of the tender mercies in life. Thanks, Brenda, for being there through thick and thin.

Grammar Tip

When you're writing an invitation, is it "your invited" or "you're invited"? A quick memory trick to try is to think about the word. Is it two words or one?

Two words, put in an apostrophe and an "re." You are becomes you're. (You're invited to a party.)
One word, don't use the apsotrophe. (The party is at your house.)

I was reading a professional manual today and this grammar error was in their book. Many people make this mistake. But just remember to think--one word or two?

Happy Birthday, Kathy!

Dear Kathy:

Happy xxth Birthday. As my mom would say, I was there when you were born. I could say that I was only one of four (you, me, dad and the doctor), but that was not true. We were at a teaching hospital in Houston and something was going wrong during your birth, so 20 students ran into the room to watch as they asked me to stop your birth (kind of like stopping the tide). You were half-way here. As we paused to fix the problem, you decided to put your thumb in your mouth for comfort. It stayed there for the next eight years. But thanks to Dr. Bosler, your teeth are beautiful, so no harm, no foul (as many of the relatives say).

Some things we like about you: How hard you try to take good care of your family, how craft-y you are, how you are good at decorating, playing the piano, cooking, running, planning fun adventures, and how good you are taking care of children from all over.

We hope you have a great birthday year.
We love you.