Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Follow the yellow brick road and you just might find... your fellow friends, K-lyn and B-dell! We are off on an adventure of a most exuberant sort, finding treasures like scholarly books, fancy friends, and a season called fall... want to build a fort? This adventure for us is a wonderful journey, and this joy we wish to share with our friends and our family.

With holidays approaching right around the corner, we thought this the perfect time to tell you... We love you!! Keep up the good and incredible work that you do so constantly. We appreciate your examples of love, service, hard work, and SO much more!

All of our love,

-K&B

PS - Our Charlie Brown Christmas tree goes up this weekend!!! I don't know about you, but I think it's quite feasible to love both Thanksgiving and Christmas at the same time. "Let the turkey have his day" you might say. Well I think the turkey likes to share. After all he is giving of himself all day long. :)

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Grammy's Day

Today marks the day Grammy entered the world and started her journey through this world. She is loved by all and has provided so many memories for all her children, grandchildren, neices, nephews, siblings, and friends.  Everyone loves her company, playing rook or pounce or word wiz with her, helping her in the kitchen and enjoying her delicous soups, rolls, cookies, and everything else she decides to whip up. Happy Birthday Grammy! We love you so much!

Happy Mothers Day Grammy!

This is my all time favorite picture of her!  It's in front of the piano at the farm with such joy on her face!  

I always loved it and still do when Grammy comes for a visit.  She does my laundry perfectly.   She is the most amazing helper.  I know if I leave the house without doing my dishes she will have them all done when I get back.  She was such a great help when I had babies.  When they come for a visit their is always a treat they bring along.  It could be citrus, pecans, home made cookies, garden gems!

She loves, loves, loves her grandkids and will do anything for them!

This picture of Thanksgiving at the farm is priceless.

Grammy and Papa spent endless hours playing games, reading books, gardening, watching movies with our kids!

As Logan would say this picture is adjestive!

Cambridge Exams

oh my goodness. This is so stressful. My Cambridge Exams for history and English are in less than a week and I still have a ton to study! Ahhh!

Wedding Bells are Ringing

17 days!!! Seventeen! Sooo exciting! The awesome Austin Keith Heywood will be sealed to the superb Sierra Smith on the wonderful day of April 21, 2012. So exciting! They are such a cute couple. Can't wait to have another addition to our fabulous family!

Pictures!

Picnik.com is closing soon, so I've been editing pictures (for free!). These are some of them. Hope you enjoy them.

Aimee Sue 

Morgan and Aimee

Alina

Benson

My little boys! Brady had just said, "Benson doesn't like it!" Benson loved it!

Benson boy on the tracks at McCormick Park

Brady with Daddy's basketball

Papa and Morgan on our fall drive to Logan

Toothpick buds

Sweet Brady

Rachel 

Utah

Dear Utah,
Your weather has been stupendous the last week. I have much enjoyed being able to wear shorts and sandals. I cannot wait until that type of weather is here to stay (right now it's snowing)! This summer you and I will become best pals. You see, I'll be spending my summer in Utah as I have recently been hired by the Church Custodial Department. I'm excited that I finally have a real job, but I'm sad that I won't be with all my friends over the summer in your neighbor state, Arizona. But, I'll be able to make much needed money for fall semester as well as my summer vacation plans for summer of 2013. So, Utah, please be kind to me this summer!
Much love,
Morgan

Ward Splits ans School

Oh school, I do not know what to do with you. I am at your building 6 days a week not to mention the 4 hours there not during school hours the week days. Then my homework follows me home, when  I finally get a breathing moment the subject we are talking about pops up in a TV show, reminding me to finish my homework! It never leaves!

Okay, so this is my first time in all 14 1/2 years of my life that I am not in Chandler Heights Ward. I also do not have Sadie Deem, my BFF since pre-school. But all is well At least I still have most of my Besties :) I am now in a new ward called Centennial. the Bishop is Brother (now Bishop) Graph, 1st counselor- Doug Greer, 2nd Counselor- Widd Workman! It is such a great Bishopric! I am excited, but worried I will loose Sister Workman as my YW Leader. It will all be fine, I just need to embrace the change and say "I will" with a willing heart!

Cousins Date

Chalk drawing pictures...

The Iron Giant by Morgan and Jenson

I'm the 10% by Buffy and Dallin

Finding Nemo by Mary and Jonathon

Lochness Monster at the Park by Allie and Richard 

Bubble Man Cutting the Bonzi by Bryan and Carlie

And now for the bubble blowing pictures...

And the best for last...

This cousins date was a blast and everyone had a great time! Oh the joys of doing what some might call little kid activities. And the best part is...it's inexpensive fun : )

Somebody's Got To

This blog is sadly neglected. I admit, I use it mostly as a portal to get to other blogs that I've been too lazy to actually add to mine. So, I decided that somebody's got to post something. I didn't think any of you would mind getting a good look at our handsome boys. Above is Benson rockin' out at one end of the hallway. Below is Brady at the other end showing us his excellent summersault form.

And here is the little sweetie in his beautiful Sunday suit that we got from Aunt LeNell. Dashing, I know.

(and you gotta love the bare feet)

Oh, it is love!

This one fine weekend Mom,  Lyn, B-dell, Stokes, and M-face took a loooong drive to LA. Now, when I say loooooong I mean loooooooong as in L. O. N. G. long. Yes, it took 12 hours... lets just say that you should only go to LA if you have 20 maps of the place. Lyn was pretty ridiculous, yet B-dell still was able to make her laugh and smile...once we reached the condo. Even after seeing her be ridiculous, B-dell proposed. She said "yes." He said "really?" And so, White Christmas in Mesa? Pretty much. 

Photo taken in LA at the Morgan Car dealership 

Larry

I woke up this morning at about 9:30 and everybody was still asleep. I couldn't figure out what to do until they woke up. So I went and turned the TV on while I looked through my merit badges that I have mostly done. There wasn't anything on, so I ended up on a random show and I was looking through my merit badges. When I was done, I went through what channels we get about a million times. I was wondering why I wasn't hearing any noise. It was 11:40!!! Turns out, nobody was home. There was a note on the counter, but I didn't see it. I got very bored, so I started making a bird out of the play-doh I got for my birthday. If I am bored and you give me something constructive, it will be very detailed. Especially when I'm that bored. I haven't been that bored in forever. I gave him feathers. It's great. I had fun. I named him Larry. He's pretty great. I haven't had a chance to talk to him. We went to look at a house right as I finished. I know he's great, though. I mean, he's play-doh, how could he not be?

Caps Off to the Graduates

We had several Heywood graduates celebrating this year! Morgan and Bethany from high school, Bethany, Kristalyn, and Liz from college! Way to go everybody! (Liz may not be in the picture, but she certainly deserves celebration!!)

These caps are in celebration of the graduates:

• Teal & Black - Morgan's Hawk; doubles as Liz's blue for BYU
• Yellow & Black - Bethany's Wasp
• Maroon & Gold - Kristalyn's Sun Devil

Mom/Aunt Linda was a genius for creating these desserts! Not only were they absolutely adorable and so festive, but they tasted delicious, to boot!

Congrats grads! Best wishes as we proceed on to the next step!! :)

I {heart} naptime

There's this awesome blog i {heart} naptime that has an amazing giveaway! It's a Silhouette machine!!! Go enter for a chance to win it :)

My Excellent News

It's been a pretty good while since anybody has been on here! I wanted to get on and share some delightful news in the arena of... internship!!! Let me just start by saying that I am a very blessed woman.

There are 10 dietetic intern slots available in this wonderful valley of the sun (15 if you count the five slots requiring 2000 hours of related experience). I was lucky enough to be chosen for one of these 10 highly competitive slots. It is difficult to go to class and see so many who did not get an internship, but I do feel extremely blessed. So, I have officially accepted and begin the internship in August, finishing end of next April.

I am well on the road to becoming a registered dietitian. So many emotions! (I don't want to jinx myself by even saying that I am so close to finishing, but it's exciting and nerve-wrecking at the same time!)

Thank you so much for all of your love, support, and encouragement in my endeavors. I have the best family ever!!

Be excited!

Because our Thanksgiving Family Reunion is going to rock!!! I can't wait for all of us to be together again! It's been too long...

Smiles!

This picture makes me happy!

Utah...BYU

Who doesn't love a good Utah trip (to see those of you who live here already, of course)?

It's really the only place I watch football, thanks to Braithwaites! BYU vs. Utah. We all know how much Allie and Uncle Mike get into it. It's contagious and I find myself getting into it every once in awhile. Really into it...

The mountains. It's amazing to look out the window and see mountains! And it's great driving up the 15 past Lagoon, imaging yourself on The Rocket or the big, white, rickety roller coaster.

Soccer, kickball, and trampoline in Braithwaite's back yard. And who can resist a game of "spin really fast to get really dizzy then see who can walk the straightest line" with Rachel? (She was amazing at it. Seriously. It only took her one step to re-orient and walk straight, and that was after spinning for a looong time. When giving me tips on being better, she said, "I just look for something fuzzy that looks sorta like a human and I know it must be you." So then she starts walking towards me. She had other key tips for success as well.)

Pounce, Rook, word whiz, scum, and family dinners around the tables in Heber and Kaysville.

There are beautiful hikes of all levels of difficulty. The outdoors are lovely.

Thanks for always letting me come visit! I love being here!!

Happy birthday you hot mama of mine!!!

You are the best Mom I could ever ask for! Sure, there were times when I didn't make it seem like it was true, but I'm here to tell you that it is so true!!! 

You have so many qualities I'm trying to somehow inherit from you - I guess I'll actually have to work to get them though ;)

1. You are always doing research to find out pertinent information to our situation

2. You are so patient with me

3. You are constantly doing things for us kids/husband and never (sadly so it seems) do things for yourself

4- You're willing to do things with me even if you have a mound on your plate (like random photo shoots :D)

5. You are definitely wise when it comes to spending money and always look for the best deal on things.

There are so many more things that show your amazingness, but I don't think I'll ever be able to stop coming up with things!

Love you! And HapPY bIRthDaY!!!