6th Grade Band Concert

Alyssa and the 6th grade band came to the elementary school today to recruit future 6th graders. I was able to get a short clip of the trombones playing.

Spring Break

We drove out to Salt Lake City, Utah for Spring Break. We left late Thursday night, drove to Green River, UT and stayed in a hotel. The next day we drove to Springville and met up with some friends for lunch. Our kids played together while we shopped and ate. We then drove to Saratoga Springs to visit Paul's sister. We had a lot of fun and stayed up way too late talking. We had a big get together on Saturday with extended family. We visited Wheeler farm, the Clark Planetarium, and an indoor carnival called Jungle Jim's. As we were leaving to head back home on Wednesday we decided to take the kids to see Temple Square. We have a lot of great memories of Temple Square and of the beautiful lights there at Christmas time. Paul and I got engaged on December 7, 1994 at Temple Square while on a horse drawn carriage. We were later married in the Salt Lake City temple on May 5, 1995. We all had a great time.

Wheeler Farm






All the Crawford cousins hangin' out



My kiddos with Paul's Aunt Beverly



Paul with his dad, 3 of his sisters, and his brother



Temple Square




The Tabernacle at Temple Square

Tyler, the Inventor

Paul and I went to check on Tyler one night before we went to bed and we found this very creative contraption. He calls it "The Revolver".

Ryan's song

Ryan told me that he made up a song and then he sang it to me. I thought it was sweet. He is singing "pretty star".

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Make a Smilebox greeting

Happy Birthday, Alyssa!!!

Our Alyssa turned 12 on March 5th. She is such a beautiful girl, inside and out. I love that she is happy, helpful, faithful, kind, and a friend to everyone. I am very blessed to have such a wonderful daughter.

I am not a very "gushy" person, but for some reason as I wrote this post I got a little mushy over my sweet Alyssa. I really am so proud of her.


Growing a crystal garden for Science class


Wearing my old cheerleading outfit


She's always smiling


In her baptism dress


She loves to have fun


I love her curly hair


Wearing Papa's hat


So beautiful


Paul holding her for the first time


This is the first time that I held my baby girl. I remember the feelings of amazement and gratitude to my Heavenly Father. He gave us such a perfect and beautiful gift. I felt humbled and yet so happy and excited.

Fireplace Makeover

Okay, so I did it. I painted the fireplace. I primed the whole thing. Then I sponge painted each brick. I think I still want to add a little more dark brown. I wanted to make a mantle and have book shelves on eaither side of it, but I decided that I would feel too guilty spending too much money so I took the cheap way out and painted it. After sponging the bricks I white washed the whole thing. Then I filled the cracks on the inside and painted it all black, with a high heat paint. I do like it better than before, and I still have plans to add a big mantle and book shelves on the sides.