It is finally official. Malorie and Curtis are engaged! It happened last night at Mal's recital. As soon as she had finished singing and was walking off stage, Curtis came onstage. At first she thought she was hallucinating but he caught her and told her he loved her very much and then got down on one knee, and she went down too! It was pretty funny but she got her composure and stood up and he held the ring out and asked her to marry him. The crowd loved it of course and we parents were very happy for the both of them. I got it on video but you know I have to have help with stuff like that so hopefully someone can get it up on the blog for me. The date will be January 8th.

This is from the Reception over the weekend. Thank you Lauren, Malorie, Curtis and of course my wonderful husband!

Ashleigh and Alex are having another little boy, and I could'nt be happier!! I was thinking of what would be the most important things my sons and daughters could teach to my precious grandchildren and I opened my scriptures to Alma 37. "Preach unto them repentance, and faith on the Lord Jesus Christ; teach them to humble themselves and to be meek and lowly in heart; Teach them to withstand every temptation of the devil, with their faith on the Lord Jesus Christ.
Teach them to never be weary of good works, but to be meek and lowly in heart; for such shall find rest to their souls.
O, remember, my son, and learn wisdom in thy youth; yea learn in thy youth to keep the commandments of God.
Yea, and cry unto God for all thy support; yea, let all thy doings be unto the Lord, and whithersoever thou goest let it be in the Lord; yea, let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord; yea, let the affections of thy heart be placed upon the Lord forever.
Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day."

Some wonderful news!! Lauren is expecting! She just found out and Ryan told all of us to "think pink" because it would be fun to have a girl after 2 terrific boys (and all my boys are terrific!!!) Ashleigh will find out what she is having on the 22nd. I sure wish I could be there. Ive been there all of the other times. Some other good news. I got to hold Craigs book in my hands! It was very exciting and thanks to my supervisor, Craig Kelly, we are getting books in two of the AZ stores way ahead of schedule. I suppose the family will buy most of the first books on the shelf! My kids know they will be getting one for Christmas for sure. I'm doing a wedding this weekend. Hot pink and black. I'll post some pictures of it next week.

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