Never the Same

Do you ever wake up thinking that something will happen that day that will change your life forever?
Sometimes I do and I thought I knew the day it would happen and what it was.  I was right about the event (more or less) but not the date!
While Jennifer labored all day, it was not to be the day that she had her baby.  Baby Leah was not born until after midnight.
Due to medical things that I didn’t fully understand (with it being waaaaaay past my bedtime), we did not get to meet her for quite a while.
They took her off to a nursery where her daddy watched out for her.  And we waited.
Jennifer was transferred to another room so we all headed there. . .and waited.
We could wait no more and headed to the nursery to peak in. . . .

They told Samuel he could join her so he did. . .
They poked her, prodded her, foot printed her, gave her a bath and who knows what else. . .


and finally (at 4 AM) she was brought to her mom!

Allie waited it out with me . . .

Doesn’t this look just right?   (Look at all that hair!)
It was late (or early) and I was really tired.  I felt so lucky to be there, but I also hoped that I would be able to make it back to my bed without falling asleep.
This was the day I became a grandma. . . or a nana. . . or sometime that sounds older and wiser than I really am!

Starting the Year off with a Bang!

Jennifer and Samuel called us in early January to let us know they were engaged!  We were thrilled because they compliment each other really well.
However, the clock was ticking with much to do.
I took a trip out to Utah in February to help pick out a wedding dress among other things.
First I took them to register for gifts. . . the prospect of people giving things they wanted and needed was exciting!


And a dinner out with the happy couple

I scouted out the party stores for items fitting their color scheme. . .

And shopped for a wedding dress (with help from her future sister-in-law, her little sis and her aunt).  Everyone should be able to feel like a princess at least once in their life. . .










We only got distracted once in a while, but we had success which was a good thing because it takes a while to get a wedding dress fitted just so!

Just when you think things are calming down. . .

The day after we arrived home from our adventure to Canada, we got a phone call that made us very uncomfortable. . . some of us more than others.
The stake presidency wanted to meet with us the following Sunday.  That could NOT be a good thing.
Late that afternoon, Paul was extended a calling as bishop of our ward.  He was excited; I was distraught.  I knew that I would have to give up my calling as Relief Society president.  I felt like I had not accomplished the things I was supposed to while serving in that position. 
As week went by, Heavenly Father answered my prayers and helped me understand that it is His will and not mine that is important.  Paul is the one who is supposed to serve in this capacity at this time.
He was sustained and set apart on August 3, 2010.

We wonder how much he will change by the time he is released. .  how much grey hair, or how little hair might remain . . . will he still look like the stake president-proclaimed baby-faced bishop?