At 11:17 on 11/17 my Erika Jo is now 24 years old. On Friday evening we went to Zupa's for dinner, then spent the night chatting in our over-sized hotel suite, slept in Saturday morning, and went to see Grandma Fullmer to surprise her for her belated birthday.
Also on Saturday morning we went to the Smith Marketplace near Oquirrh mountain. They gave us the largest (and free) birthday ice cream sundae served up by the sweetest gentleman manager we've ever met.
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LeRoy, our marriage is 27 years young! Eternity, here we come.
"What does tamed mean?"
"To create ties. If you tame me, we'll need each other. You'll be the only boy in the world for me. I'll be the only fox in the world for you . . ."
"To create ties. If you tame me, we'll need each other. You'll be the only boy in the world for me. I'll be the only fox in the world for you . . ."
As I recently re-read The Little Prince, I thought of this taming that we call marriage. It takes patience and persistence (just as the fox taught) but is so worth it! For truly, "one sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes."
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Our second annual Thankful Tree filled the pantry door with heart shaped leaves labeled with our gratitude for a variety of blessings in our lives: spiritual, physical, emotional, friends, family, stuff, struggles, and the simplest of things that all make up a big beautiful life!
Hyrum had a school assignment to disguise a turkey so that he wouldn't get eaten for Thanksgiving Dinner. With a bit of scrapbook paper, scissors and glue, his baseball playing turkey was created. No one would eat a sports legend!
Thanksgiving happened to fall on our Anniversary. It worked out perfect so that LeRoy and I could stop by "our temple" on our way to Thanksgiving Lunch at Kate and Mike's house.
Also on the way there we passed our boys while they were joy-riding in Derek's fancy new car.
Also on the way there we passed our boys while they were joy-riding in Derek's fancy new car.
What a handsome crew!
A highlight for the kids was playing Nine Square in the back yard with Grandpa Fullmer.
He is such a wonderful grandpa to all these hooligans!
Evan and Trudy Fullmer with nine of their eleven children.
Cami, Josh, Kimber, John, Kara, James, Joe, Jake, Jared
Mom and Dad
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