Fun Run

Holly and I ran together in her schools anual Fun Run. We had a blast!

Holly finished the race with her friend Alicia.

Mom

I have been thinking about my Mom lately and the things that she taught me. She taught me to serve those around me. We had two women on my block growing up that were older. My Mom served them everyday. She took them grocery shopping. She mowed their lawns and did yard work for them. She was there just to talk. When Sister Stienblick got very old my Mom was there to help her in and out of the bath at night.

My Mom taught me to stand up for myself. She was never one to back down when challenged. If she felt there was something that needed to be fought for she would do it.

My Mom taught me to work at the things that are hard. My Mom had a difficult time in school because of some undiagnosed learning disorders. She had a hard time learning to read. She decided she didn't want her children to have a hard time and so even when we were babies she read to us. By reading to us she improved her reading skills and to this day is an avid reader. She also had a huge influence on my own daughter's love for reading.

My Mom gave me the most important advice of my life. While growing up my Mom urged me stay close to my Heavenly Father. That advice has seen me through every major decision and has brought me the most happiness.

Cottleston Pie

Holly participated in her schools Oral language festival tonight. She did awesome!
 

Rob

Hooray! Rob is done!

Rob graduated on Friday and finished the Whitney awards on Saturday. We are both excited and relieved.

Last night was Rob's last night as President of the Whitney awards. They were fantastic. Better than last years awards. We are so excited to see how they grow now. Kerry Blair will be an incredible president.

Some of the highlights of the evening for me were Orson Scott Cards acceptance speech. Kerry Blair receiving her Lifetime achievement award (What an amazing woman!). Giving Rob a standing ovation for his hard work and vision. and listening to all of the nice things people had to say about Rob.
Click here to see the live blog feed of the awards.
Click here to read an article about the Whitneys in the Mormon Times.


Rob is such a good man. What an achievement.

Congratulations Sweetheart!

Max almost 3 months

Rob's mind

Rob makes me laugh. Here is his latest post for sixldswriters.

Spiders

My darling daughter has been obsessed with spiders lately. I thought she had a spider bite and as the sore got really gross and I caught what looked like a Hobo spider in my bathtub she began to talk about spiders all the time. She is ok. What looked like a Hobo spider was a close relative and her bite was actually a staff infection. But her obsession continues. A couple of days ago I found a note on my pillow. It said the names of a whole bunch of spiders and then said that the black widow spider bite is dangerous to humans and that a red kneed tarantula has a powerful bite but is not harmful to humans. I showed it to Rob. While I was running in the morning he asked Holly about it and she said she put it on my pillow to freak me out. Only 6 and the pranks are already starting.