The Hearts of the Children

Today in primary, we sang the song "The Hearts of the Children". I had never heard it before, but it talks about the prophecy of Malaki about the hearts of the fathers turning to the children, and the children to their fathers, then the fulfilling of the prophecy by Elijah. Our leader was explaining it to the kids as a feeling of love towards those that have passed away before us, and a yearning to know them. I forgot that we were learning this song, and I had honestly never heard it before, but it was the perfect song for today.

Today is my Grandpa Stan's birthday. He would be 88. He passed away over 50 years ago. I never got to know him. I know I've talked about him a bit before, but it really hasn't been until the last few years that I've really started missing him and really wanting to know him. It's only been recently that I've really gotten into family history as well, so I think the Spirit of Elijah is really hitting me as of late.

I don't know what my Grandpa was like, but I like to think he was a good mix of my dad and my two uncles. Goofy, but warm and loving. I've seen pictures of him and I see my nephews in him. I've often wondered what it would have been like to have him at my sporting events, or my high school musical performances. I'm pretty sure that I would have been (and am) is favorite granddaughter, but I'll have to wait a  little while to know for sure.

I'm sad that I didn't get to grow up with him in my life, but I am grateful for him. I am grateful for the memories others have of him, and for pictures and videos that I only recently got to see. Happy birthday grandpa. I love you. 

Been a While

Hi friends!

It has been a very long time since my last blog post. A lot has happened in 8.5 years, and a lot is very much the same. I have been feeling the urge to blog again, mostly because it takes too long to type an instagram post on my phone, and I am super lazy, so here we go. Let's give this a shot. I may also go back and post some older stories from my Instagram to here as this blog was a good journal for a long time.

Hope you are all well. I know you're excited to be reading all my nonsense again.

Thursday Three | 12.22.16

Said goodbye to this beautiful girl today. We only had her for a short while, but I've never known a more beautiful person inside and out. I'm going to miss her so much. #pleasedontgo

Thursday Three was developed by Kristin from RUKristin. You can read more about it {here}, then play along over on Instagram and follow me @bre11414.

Thursday Three | 12.8.16

From last night. It was bright enough to take a selfie outside. Saw a new house that was beautiful, but "over priced". I'd pay what they're asking, but I don't get to make all the decisions...(WHAT???) Then i got thinking about building, Cache Valley peeps,have any of you worked with the building companies around here? Who was it, and what was your experience?

Thursday Three was developed by Kristin from RUKristin. You can read more about it {here}, then play along over on Instagram and follow me @bre11414.

Thanksgiving 2016

Our Thanksgiving was nice and peaceful. Fairly uneventful. The food was terribly delicious. Greg did a great job as he always does. We had turkey, potatoes, stuffing, mushrooms, shrimp, all that yummy stuff. And enjoyed it all while watching the Cowboys win their Thanksgiving Day game. 

 

Then we set up our tree and some of our lights.

Like I said, pretty low-key. We did take our new car out and drive around a little bit, so that was good fun as well. Then we went to bed.

I had to work the day after, so that is awesome! It was pretty slow, so that made it nice. Steve took the day off, so we decided to decorate his cubicle.

This is about all I contributed. One of us had o work! :)

It was fun, and Steve loved it. It was a good, fun Thanksgiving weekend.