Change

What a difference a week makes. Last week our flowers started to pop out of the ground and everything was stretching toward the sun and sky with a smile. Yesterday it snowed on their parade and the flowers' little head drooped toward the ground. Kind of reminds me of us and how we go through ups and downs in our lives. Maybe the snowed on flowers will grow even stronger and more beautiful this year.

I WON!!!

When I went to "My Tiny Sweet Cheeks" Website, I signed up and won Bobbi's Friday give-away. She asked me what I liked and I wrote back that I loved old Victorian and she made me this little address book. Cute, huh? It was fun to win something and it's really cute. You should check it out.

Baby Website

I found the cutest website when I visited Jen Johnson's website called "My Tiny Sweet Cheeks". It is so cute and she has weekly giveaways. Next Friday she will be giving away the cutest one of a kind address book that she made. Please go to her website and see. You'll love it!

A TICKET???

OK so March is coming in fast and strong. I headed to my voice therapy session, Foothill Blvd off of Sunnyside and low and behold I got my FIRST ticket. I was going to ask the kind officer if I could take his picture for my blog BUT decided against it. I know, it would have made a nice picture but what d'ya do? I do have to admit that when Dave and I picked Juli up from her Mission in the Netherlands, I got a ticket there but never in the U.S. I've driven for 45 years without a ticket. Is this what March is bringing or my being 60 is bringing? Whatever, I think I'll take TRAX.

IT's THE NEW REED!!!

Reed cut his hair. Well, actually Tiffany did and he looks so great. Love it Reed! This is BEFORE


AFTER


YAY Reed!

Memories

This is December 1954, the Becker family's first Christmas in America. My sister Hildi on the left, Mama, Papa, Ingrid and then Gitti is just below Papa and I'm just below Ingrid. I know, we've changed. Since I don't have anything big and exciting to write about, I decided to find a picture from long ago. I remember the doll I'm holding as if it were yesterday. This doll had a particular new doll smell that I will never forget. It's happened that when I've held one of my girls' dolls or grand daughters dolls that same smell was there and it brought a smile to my face and this is the Christmas I remember.

Hi

I have no pictures and no magically funny post BUT I will write a few of my feelings anyway. I finished "Train to Potevka" two books ago and it is sooooo good. Mike Ramsdell, who wrote the book, is a member of the church who tells his story as an American intelligence agent from Utah who was working under cover in Russia. It just made me thankful to have a warm home, food and people that live close who I love and who love me. Also, I've been putting off going to the temple with the 2 names I asked for from the High Priest group in November because of my cough. Again my testimony has been strengthened by going anyway and not coughing through the entire session just to head home in a coughing fit. I'm so thankful for the gospel and the power of prayer.