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I just found this pic and had to post it. It was from a few years ago from our friend Miranda's birthday party. Look how little she is......she will always be a poser.

My precious baby girl

Kass is really into American Girl dolls. She sleeps with Lanie every night. One night it was just the cutest thing how she fell asleep. I went in to take her pic, she caught me and woke up because of the noice my stupid camera makes. But then i went back and got a good one. So peaceful.

Halloween

Kassandra had a fun Halloween. Me, its not one of my favorite holidays. Actually i really just dont like it. But i do it for Kassandra. She loves it. She had a fun party at school. I did dress up for work, i was a tiger, and Kass was a black cat this year. We went Trick or Treating with some great friends. We did the Trunk or Treat or church. It was so much fun. After all the things that have been happening, it helped to stop and smell the candy!

First Day of Third Grade

I know i am a little late in posting these pictures. But i totally forgot about them and then i found them while i was uploading Halloween pictures! :)

I can not believe that my little girl is in the 3rd grade. She has a great teacher and she is doing a great job. She is a wonderful reader i am so impressed how well she is doing. She just finished reading Charoletts Web. She was so proud of herself for finishing the whole book. Anyway, my baby girl isnt such a baby anymore!

Goodbye Aunt Kathi- We will miss you

Last Wednesday probably started out like any other day for Kathi. She went to lunch with her husband and did her normal stuff. She was teaching seminary that afternoon and started getting a migraine and went to get a drink and never came back. The kids found her in the hallway passed out. They rushed her to the hospital only to find out that she had suffered from a brian hemorrhage that was the size of a softball. Kathi was then in a coma. They took her off life support that night and did not expect her to make it for very long, however, after a long and sad 24 hours, Kathi passed away Thursday night.

Kathi was a wonderful missionary and dedocated temple worker. She did a lot of genealogy and family history work. She is going to be missed. I know that she was welcomed into heaven by many greatful people including Grandma Orpha and Grandpa Austin. I am so thankful that i know that i will be able to see her again one day.

This has been a very sudden and sad thing for her husband and kids to go through. Our family has been so lucky to not really have to experience death like this until now. It has really made me think about the relationships with the people in my family. You never know when that day is going to be your last. Just like Kathi didnt wake up on Wednesday knowing that she was going to die.

We are going to miss you Kathi. We love you and we will see you one day soon.

God be with you till we meet again;

By his counsels guide, uphold you;

With his sheep securely fold you.

God be with you till we meet again.
God be with you till we meet again;

When life’s perils thick confound you,

Put his arms unfailing round you.

God be with you till we meet again.
God be with you till we meet again;

Keep love’s banner floating o’er you;

Smite death’s threat’ning wave before you.

God be with you till we meet again.
Till we meet, till we meet,

Till we meet at Jesus’ feet. …

God be with you till we meet again

Welcome to McDonalds, may i take your order?

Kassandra likes to sing in the shower. She is very creative and is always doing crazy stuff. One night when she was in the shower i heard her singing and jumping up and down but i couldnt figure out what she was says. I snuck in the bathroom and started to listen and she was singing "Welcome to McDonald's, may i take your order" It was the funnest thing ever. I love her so much! :)

Kassandra's first piano recital

She did great, she wasnt nervous, didnt miss any notes, i was so proud of her....I tried to me a great mom and record it and not being very smart i only got the last 10 seconds of it. I am waiting to get a copy from a friend of mine. She got an certificate for it being her first recital. She did great! :) I love her teacher, she is great with her. She says that Kassandra is picking it up so fast and is loving it. Although, she doesnt much like to practice. Oh well what can do you with kids.

8 WISHES

There was a movie that came out recently on Disney channel called 16 Wishes. I found out that Kassandra was keeping a wish list in her pillow case and it was 8 things she wanted to do before she turned 8. When i found this out it was the cutest thing ever. When i asked her if i could see the list, she told me that she had thrown it away. I said why? Because Mom, i had already done everything on my list. LOL....

It made me start thinking about my wish list. What i have been able to do in my life and what i still want to do in my life. Kassandra has so many things that she wants to do and so many dreams. I really wish i could of read the list. Im sure i would have gotten a laugh out of it.

Activity Day

I have a wonderful calling at church. I get to be the Activity Day leader. I love my girls. They are so much fun and they teach me so much about the gospel. We recently did a mother/daughter activity at the temple. These girls have such sweet spirits and they strive so hard to know the truth of the gospel. They know without a doubt that they are daughters of God. These are not all of the girls in my group. But i hope that each one of them know how much i love them and what a great example they are to me.

Recently, Kassandra got to officially be apart of Activity days. She is so excited. For the first week, every night she came and wanted to pass off an article of faith. I kept telling her she needed to wait until the activity. She is so excited she cant stand it. For the longest time she was just one of the girls, but now she is officially one of the girls! :) I am so excited to be her leader.

Need to vent.....

So about a week or two ago i had an interview at my job for a higher position. Honestly i was not really sure i really wanted to job. I was torn and had really iffy feelings about the whole thing. But i did it anyway. It was not the best interview i ever had, but i thought it was pretty good. There were two of us internaly that were going for this job. And then they interviewed like 7 people outside of the company. Anyway, on Friday i came back from lunch and found that my co-worker was in his second interview. A friend of mine came up to me and said that he was in the top three and that this was his second interview. I said what a good way for me to find out i am not in the running any longer.

I was so pissed. I am not pissed that i am not in the running any more. I am mad and upset that i have been with this company for almost 5 years and they did not have the respect to come to me before hand and say, Michelle I am sorry however, we have decided to go a different route. No that would be way too easy for them. No one has said anything to me as of yet. I am really upset by this. I am trying to be the bigger person and act like i could careless, but its hard.

Anyway, i needed to vent and get it out. Everything happens for a reason right. Something better with come along for me and it will be better for me and Kassandra. I just could really use the help right now. I keep praying that Heavenly Father will finally answer my prayer and give us what we need. But maybe i am not ready. I dont know what else to do to be ready?? Any suggestions?

My great family!

My family is great. We dont get to get together often, but when we do we have a great time. This gathering was a wonderful time. Everything went great. There was no fighting nothing. It was awesome. I wish every trip could be like that. Of course there were a few people that we would have loved to be there with us. But they were in our thoughts. I love my family and i hope each one of them know how much i love them. Its great to have two brothers that love me and look after me and my daughter. Also, i love having sister in laws. growing up being the only girls was a little difficult. And the babies, they are so freaking cute. LOVE IT!!! :)

Kassandra's Many Birthday's

Yes, Kassandra turned 8 and had a really fun birthday party. We went swimming and then had cake and presents. They had a lot of fun. And of course Kassandar has a lot of really great friends. She was really spoiled on her birthday. So much that she had two parties. One with her friends and other with her cousin Katelyn. They had a blast. My baby is getting so big.

She got a bed for Kit to sleep in.
She got a flute set for Kit.


Katelyn and Kassandra had a joint birthday part together when all of our family was together. They had a lot of fun sharing a birthday party. Their birthdays are really close together.

Katelyn and Kassandra waiting patiently to open presents.

Great Grandma made Kassandra a quilt for her birthday.

She got a Lanie Doll for her Birthday.

Kassandra got Baptized

We had a very emotional fun filled weekend as Kassandra got baptized on Saturday July 3rd. She was so excited she could hardly contain herself. She looked so pretty in her white clothes. The spirit was so strong and i know that Kassandra could feel that she was making the right decision. Now that she has received the Holy Ghost, she has to act a little different. We have talked a lot about the feeling of the Holy Ghost and she said that she is ready for all the wonderful feelings it will bring.

We had a wonderful time with most of our family in town. Both of my brothers and their families came to town. My wonderful brother Charley was the lucky one to baptize her. My grandparents also came to town. Then we had a wonderful suprise when we found out that Granny was coming to town. We loved spending time with all of them. We love them so much and are so lucky we got to spend this wonderful weekend with them.

We also got to go to the temple and do the work for my great grandma Jones and her husband and her inlaws. It was a wonderful spiritual feeling. I have never done work for a family member so closely related before. The spirit was running so high. I could feel that my grandma was near and happy that we were there doing the work. I think that my Granny was also happy that this was done.

The only bad thing about the weekend was that we missing the fireworks. But that is ok, the rest of the weekend was wonderful! :)


Kassandra, Katelyn and Danike before the baptizm.

Charley and Kassandra. Charley baptized Kassandra and gave her the holy ghost.

Kassandra and her Uncle Jake.

Kassandra right before she got baptized.

Charley and Kassandra.

Great Grandpa and Grandma and Kassandra

Uncle Jake and Aunt Amanda and Kassandra

Great Grandma, Grandma, Kassandra, Mommy and Granny

Grandma, and Kassandra and Mommy.

Kassandra and Mommy.

Granny with Kassandra, Katleyn and Danika