No More Braces...part Deux!!!

It's official! We are completely "braces-free" at our house! Doesn't Jackie look beautiful?!?!? Like she needed any help getting MORE lovely!

No More Brace Face...

It's official! The braces came off, today!

This is me, before braces...

This was my LAST picture with braces on...

...and my FIRST picture after they came off!

He Lives...

"He Lives, the Savior and Redeemer of all mankind, whose Atonement came as an act of grace for the entire world...He has done for us what we could not do for ourselves, He has brought meaning to our mortal existence. He has given us the gift of eternal life... God be thanked for the gift of His Son, the Redeemer of the world, the Savior of mankind, the Prince of Life and Peace, The Holy One."

*President Gordon B. Hinckley 2002*

Happy Easter...

Stop it!!!

I love General Conference weekend. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about... Twice a year, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gather together for a world-wide General Conference to listen to instruction and counsel from our Church leaders. This Conference consists of two 2-hour general sessions on Saturday with one session for the men on Saturday evening. It ends with two 2-hour general sessions on Sunday. These Conferences are held the first weekend in April and October. I look forward to them very much! I always come away from them feeling spiritually fed and renewed in my faith.

One of my favorite talks from this weekend's General Conference can be summed up in the following picture.

Definitely words to live by!