Lacie's cool picture

She made the reindeer and Santa sleigh with her thumbprint. I thought that was pretty cool.

Putting the angel on the tree is always tricky

All of my girls want to be the one to put the angel on the tree, so we have to get creative. Lacie was the peacemaker and said that she would let the other girls do it.

They tried but the tree was too tall, so Lacie got to do the honors after all.

After the angel was up we all sat down around the tree with our hot chocolate; when suddenly half the tree went out. Apparently, we had too many strands of lights connected together.

Shopping is always a blast

Lacie just finished the book of Alma

She is doing awesome with reading the Book of Mormon. She just finished the book of Alma. I am so proud of her, and the best part is that she is understanding it and loving it.

Our huge Christmas tree

Can you believe that we got this big tree for only $30? We can't either, it is our biggest tree we have ever had.

Breakfast with Santa

The girls all sat on Santa's lap and told him what they wanted for Christmas. It was lots of fun and the food was delicious also.

My First Window Painting

I went out with my dad and helped him paint two windows, Aarons furniture and Moki's Hawaiian Grill. This morning I went out on my own and painted my first business. The business is called Hawaiian Sun BBQ located on the NW corner of Baseline and Higley. Here are a few pictures. Not too bad if I do say so myself.

Cessilee Addison Conover was born on 9/19/09 at 3:14 pm

I am so very proud of Kiera, because she went into labor all on her own for the first time. She did not even take any pain kllers or an epidural, she did it 100% natural. She always wanted to see how it would feel to have a natural birth and now she has been there, and done that.

She had beeen contracting all night and almost went in, but dcided to lay down and see how that goes and she fell asleep. Most likely because she was up till 5 am, because we were getting things all ready for the baby and she was exhausted.

We went into the hospital at 11 am and were running late for her 10 am appointment to get induced. They checked her and she was alreasy dialated to a 7 and was 100% efaced. The nurse was shocked and so she set up to break her water. We waited for about an hour or so before they broke her water. After that they monitored her for about an hour and then 15 mins of painful contractions. After that, Kiera said that she needed to push. The nurse came in and said that she needed to wait a little bit longer, but Kiera said no. The doctor came in and 15 mins later Cessilee was born. She is such a cutie. She weighed 7 lbs 10 oz and was 20 in long. Welcome to our family, now of 5 girls and 1 in heaven.

New Talk on LDS Talks: O Ye My Fair Ones

O Ye My Fair Ones

How is it that ye could have fallen!

The scriptures are full of analogies which at times can be hard to understand. The irony is that although they may be difficult to discern, their meanings are understood only as they are searched and pondered. For this purpose the Savior said, “I perceive that ye are weak, that ye cannot understand all my words which I am commanded of the Father to speak unto you at this time. Therefore, go ye unto your homes, and ponder upon the things which I have said, and ask of the Father, in my name, that ye may understand” (3 Nephi 17:2-3). I have been vividly taught by my seven year old daughter that something more is needed and that is a personal desire to do the thing. Often it is like pulling teeth to get her to do things, she is so determined to only do those things that are fun and that she wants to do. This is the very topic that I would like to discuss in my paper. I will use The Book of Mormon to uncover a set of keys that can be used to unlock our ability to identify, control and align our desires to those of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To accomplish this we must learn some of the ways and symbols that the scriptures use to teach the children of Christ how to develop a pure desire for righteousness. It is my humble prayer that the conclusion of this paper; will only be the beginning to the divine learning that every one of us will embark, with the Holy Ghost as our guide and exaltation our destiny. Click To Continue Reading

Crossed the Mississippi boarder about 10 mins ago. Look out Disney World, here we come!!!!!

We stopped to get gas in New Orleans and to go to the restroom. I got more than I bargained for, check out this urinal?

We are now in the sin city, New Orleans. Making great time. We should get to Orlando in 2 1/2 days

Now we are crossing the Mississippi River in Louisiana.

We are driving to Orlando, FL right now and I am testing out Blogger's text to blog feature.

New Talk Posted on LDS Talks!!

The Civil War: Fulfillment of Joseph Smith’s Prophecy

On September 1823 Moroni, an ancient Book of Mormon prophet, appeared to young Joseph Smith and gave him many instructions relative to events to come. Joseph quotes Moroni who said, “that God had a work for me to do; and that my name should be had for good and evil among all nations, kindreds, and tongues, or that it should be both good and evil spoken of among all people" (Joseph Smith History 1:30, 33). Partial fulfillment of Moroni’s words is clearly seen by Anti-Mormons who seek to somehow defraud Joseph Smith as a Prophet of God. Likewise, there are some who ignorantly disregard or equivocally discredit history in a failed attempt to disprove the revelation Joseph received on December 25, 1832. History is replete with explicit evidence of the fulfillment of this great prophecy. I will navigate the reader back through time, stopping just prior to December 25, 1832, and from there begin a detailed analysis of the prophecy with its fulfillment in the events that led up to and directly stemmed from the Civil War. From this analysis the reader can walk away with a witness of the literal fulfillment of this prophecy and look forward to the fulfillment of subsequent history majestically scribed, by the Lord himself. Click to Continue Reading