So now for Tribe Happenings.

Emily is engaged to be engaged to her love Brian. They are planning their wedding for January 2nd. He gets home from his mission in a few months. She stays busy with her job as a nanny and working for Paul with the Farmer's Market and waiting for the few letters Brian seems to be able to take time to write. He has been so busy the last few months, working hard and loving it, which is of course what Em wants, but it is also hard to be the one waiting and needing that connection a letter can bring. But all is well of course and she is planning the details of the wedding until he gets home and he can help finalize it all with a official engagement! to hear more about her .... she has a blog lifeaccordingtoemily.blogspot.com

Taylor is still working at the MegaPlex theaters in Ogden. He is a supervisor now and is making pretty good money and is saving to buy a car. Not borrow from a bank and buy a car, but buy a car with cash. He stays busy with friends and his computer and video games and food runs(when him and his buddies, on a whim take off and get something to eat) He is in limbo about his future plans, like college and such....
I couldn't be prouder of him! He is a hard worker and responsible and an all around great person.

Elizabeth just started her Junior year in High School, can you believe it? She is doing well and has had a fun summer with girl's camp and youth conference. She is involved in Young Women's and loves going to mutual. She loves to read and watch movies and play video games. She is also kept busy working for Paul and involved with Farmer's Market.

Aaron just started his 8th grade year. He is at Canyon View School where he can get a little more one on one teaching and maybe he'll be able to take a few classes at Wahlquist this year, like choir or art and such. He had a great time at scout camp this summer and also had some swim lessons in hopes of passing the swim test at scout camp. Maybe next year. He is involved in Young Men's and scouting and has been making huge leaps of change in his behavior. He is really trying hard to make changes. Things are a bit calmer around here because of his effort.

Paul is still in the High Priests group leadership and with that and work and the garden and all that he does for the family in my stead... he keeps very busy. He is such a hard worker and he is so kind and considerate of me and my health. I couldn't ask for a better sweetheart than him. I feel very blessed that he is my forever hubby.

I have continued to love photography and feel blessed at being able to get on camera some of the beauty around me. I love red bubble (as you can see by the number of photographs on my bubblesite) I am learning and have noticed some improvement. I go from day to day with my health... taking each day as it comes. Though poor health is a constant challenge, I am so grateful for all the many little blessings in my life. My children, husband, parents, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, and their little ones. The beautiful world, the flowers, sunsets, mountains, I could keep going. The gospel keeps me filled with hope. I am so grateful for the Church in my life, for Jesus Christ and the atonement. Having that knowledge keeps me going on bad days and keeps me counting my blessings. A message my visiting teacher left has made me smile as I have repeated it when I'm having a bad day with my health or otherwise. She said when she was having bad days after her surgery and complications. She would go over the words to the Hymn. "We are all enlisted 'til the conflict is oér" you know how it goes....

1. We are all enlisted till the conflict is o’er;
Happy are we! Happy are we!
Soldiers in the army, there’s a bright crown in store;
We shall win and wear it by and by.
Haste to the battle, quick to the field;
Truth is our helmet, buckler, and shield.
Stand by our colors; proudly they wave!
We’re joyfully, joyfully marching to our home.

2. Hark! the sound of battle sounding loudly and clear;
Come join the ranks! Come join the ranks!
We are waiting now for soldiers; who’ll volunteer?
Rally round the standard of the cross.
Hark! ’tis our Captain calls you today;
Lose not a moment, make no delay!
Fight for our Savior; come, come away!
We’re joyfully, joyfully marching to our home.

3. Fighting for a kingdom, and the world is our foe;
Happy are we! Happy are we!
Glad to join the army, we will sing as we go;
We shall gain the vict’ry by and by.
Dangers may gather—why should we fear?
Jesus, our Leader, ever is near.
He will protect us, comfort, and cheer.
We’re joyfully, joyfully marching to our home

After singing that it is a lot easier to manage with my few little problems

So next time you are having a bad day.... start singing this hymn. Ü

What happened to Summer?

I can't believe it was May that I last posted. May, June, July, and almost August wow time is flying by! Summer went by with just a moment to think about doing something fun.

Now we are in the "Farmer's Market mode".... We have Farmer's market every Saturday in Ogden and sell all the produce that Paul has grown from the huge gardens he worked so hard on.

Early Spring with planting seeds in his greenhouse to get them an early start,

and then plant them in the gardens and keep them healthy and growing so that now

when everything is producing We've been doing Farmers Market since the 2nd to last week in July and for me it seems to be a weekly cycle of getting ready for Saturday.

Then from 8:00 to 1:00 usually really busy for the Market and then relief it is over,

(the only time I have a chance to get a picture is when it slows down so these pictures don't really show what it is like ha ha!)

Then Sunday and then Monday, Tuesday is recover time for me because of my CFS and FMS.

We have a chance to catch our breath and then it is back to getting ready for the next market. (Maybe that explains things a bit when I say Farmers Market Mode.....)

This year Paul grew flowers so we have been trying to sell "cut flowers"

We haven't had much luck at selling them at any price... we did sale a few this last week.

I have been learning and maybe one of these times we will sell more. People don't seem too interested in cut flowers, when they can go to walmart and for $5 get a little bouquet of professionally grown flowers. So last week I started calling them "Country Bouquets"and made the table around them "cute".... and we did sell some small bouquets.

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