Diamonds in the Rough

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Temple Christus

...We always love getting to go see the Christus statue at temple square. The girls always find it so amazing and Lydia loved looking up at him...

Friday, July 17, 2009

...We saw this mural in Aunt Verna's neighborhood when we stayed with them. A father did the mural of his daughter harvesting the fields. When I have a big red barn someday I am going to have Dave do one of these for me...

Cherry Hill Water Park

...our next destination on this trip was Cherry Hill a little water park up next to the wasatch mountains and just right for the kids to enjoy. It was close to Aunt Verna Pearl's house so we went their before the reunion. Verna Pearl was so sweet to let us stay at her house. All three couples had a room and the kids slept on the basement floor. Friday morning she made a wonderful breakfast with quiche and homemade juices and fruit from her trees. Her husband is an amazing gardner. We were really spoiled their. We all loved the 3 bags of lettuce they gave us from the garden to use for the rest of our trip...

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

A Fun Filled Trip

Well Dave planned us a great trip for the Summer. I did all the packing and he researched and planned the details of the travel. With my Mom & Dad, Dallan & Bobbi and kids we headed to Utah for an extended Bevell family reunion. We wanted to make the most out of the long drive so we planned stops along the way there and back, not to mention both vehicles were stocked with snacks and ready food for our week long trip. We were so frugal! Our first stop was MOAB where we found a great huge park for the kids to runaround and eat lunch. Then we headed to Salt Lake and we all stayed with my Aunt Verna Pearl for the next 3 days. We really packed in the fun going to the Oquire Mountain Temple open house ( so special, expect Kambria stubbed her toe and almost bled on the temple floor. luckily I whipped out a bandaid), Cherry Hill water park (eveyone loved the lazy river), Temple Square (awesome flowers), and the Bevell Reunion (grandpa Bevell was beaming). It was fun hanging out at the Bennetts house and playing games. The girls loved cousin Sydneys jillions of Petshops. The only downside was Lydia threw-up and great Uncle Curtis helped clean it up. It was a bonding experience, haha. Aunt Kathy and Nana planned a cute cowboy skit that all the cousins did for the reunion. fun memories...

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Cooking Class with Auntie Nattie

It's always fun being an Aunt. This summer I have had fun giving cooking classes every Tuesday with Amy's kids, my kids, and Braelyn Brimhall. Somehow they all fit around the table. This time we made homemade cheese crackers. They were tasty. The dough was really easy to make and the kids loved cutting out all different shapes in addition to spreading the flour all over the place mat. Then we made Jello milkshakes and everyone got to mix their own. What fun and what a mess!

The Headless Chicken

This is catching one of those funny but sad moments when our poor old hen is at the tale end of her life. She decided to tuck her head way back under her wing for her last and final sleep. I guess she was tired of holding it up. Dave insisted on getting a picture of this because it was so funny looking. It took us a while to figure out where its head actually was and that it was dying standing up. Poor old Hen!

Tippy and Fanny

This is our not so little puppy anymore, Tippy, and we are trying to get him used to the new kitty "Fanny" (originally Phantom becuase she has a half black, half white face).

Our Adventure

Our adventure together started when a city boy met a country girl at heart (even though she grew up in the city). We are so glad that our paths crossed and that our destination was the same. Now after almost 8 years of marriage we continue to enjoy the adventure of our lives together. While I try to keep up the pace along the path, he makes sure I don't miss any of the scenery along the way. We want to appreciate each stage of our family journey together, by treasuring the moments that matter. With so much to be grateful for through ups and downs we like to carry on the phrase "never has life been better than this".

Describing Myself

So, I have always thought it challenging to describe myself. Maybe it’s a second child syndrome or maybe its because I am a melting pot of quircky traits. Luckily I am not alone in that, its genetic, haha!

So, here is my attempt at describing myself.
An Arizona native, though I was actually born in CA. I love Arizona and its diversity. The desert can be so beautiful. I come from a family of 4 kids. I am #2. I loved taking care of my sister Chelsey, who was 8 yrs younger than me and growing up I always loved babysitting, because I could just play with the kids. I have a lot of self-motivation and a challenge never stops me from trying. This trait was acquired at a young age when I wouldn’t let being the smallest and shortest be a disadvantage. I have always loved horses, since I can remember. It’s in my Randall blood, though I have never actually owned one. I love the outdoors and sometimes its hard to be doing the mundane house jobs when I would rather be outside. I really enjoy figuring out solutions to problems. I like gadgets (a trait from my father). Thus, when my Sunday School teacher hired me as his secretary, when I was a Junior in Highschool, I was in my element and thoroughly enjoyed getting his company out of the old and in to the new computer world. This job supported me through college. I truly love learning. School wasn’t easy, but I enjoyed what I learned and was able to go to BYU. In college I had a hard time deciding on a major because their was so many subjects I wanted to learn about. I took classes in Engineering, science, business, dance, recreation, and music. - so, I probably could be labeled as knowing a little bit about a lot of things. An experience I’ll never forget was living in Jerusalem and Egypt for 4 months doing a BYU study abroad. It gave me a bigger perspective. I am more of a listener than a talker. I love hearing about peoples experiences and I am good at keeping confindences. I remember as a youth sitting amongst my adult relatives, just listening to them talk. I am so grateful for a close extended family that loves to share ideas. I am a detail person and a planner, I am working on being more spontaneous. I am learning to appreciate the different stages in my life, and now that I am 32 I really wish time would slow down. I am so grateful to be married to Dave, a super wonderful husband and father. Above all, I love being a wife and a mom to 3 beautiful daughters, it gives purpose and meaning to my busy days. I enjoy music in my home - playing the piano, singing songs, and dancing with my kids. I especially love to dance with Dave, even though we don’t get to very often. I love doing projects with my kids and reading to them. I enjoy cooking healthy nummy foods and I have way too many cook books. Cleaning the bathrooms is my least favorite house chore and sweeping the floors (since they need it so often) is therapeutic. I will sweep and sweep with a million thoughts going through my head. I have always loved giving hugs (the big bear hugs), when I was young it was my pets, now it is my kids. So big hugs have become a tradition in our family. I love it when I can use my talents to serve others. I love the Gospel. I love that the Lord makes up the difference for our imperfections. I am so grateful to have a forever family.