Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow... the official 1st day of winter.

I've been dreaming of a snow storm like this for years...I love fresh fallen snow. This is a great curl up with a blanket and a good book day. Aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Mark might not agree since he has to work in it...well he probably spent more time at the office than in the snow.

This picture was taken at 4:45 this morning, there was 13" of snow on the table. Mark was out snow blowing at 4:30am, I'm sure the neighbors loved that, he was helping me out so I could get to work.

This was taken outside my work, my hand is almost touching the snow. Needless to say all school buses were canceled by 6:30am. School was canceled by 7:00am. We got to start our Christmas Vacation 1 day earlier. Only catch here, is that we'll have to make it up later. Driving was very interesting this morning. I got to come home early from work. I came home and shoveled snow, not too much, thanks to our nice neighbor and his tractor.

This picture was taken about 10:00am when I got home from work. This was over 18" of snow on the table. You can see the swing in the background (kinda).

This is the kind of snow storm I like, if it's going to snow then let it snow.

So much to be THANKFUL for...

In just a few days it will be Thanksgiving. I've been thinking of all the things I'm Thankful for. Lets see how many I can list in the next 10 minutes... I am Thankful for, A great Dad & Mom, a terrific husband, 8 great kids (this includes my children's spouses), 5 grandchildren (almost six). I'm thankful for 28 years of marriage, the good times and the rough times, that Jason and the boys have been able to move past the tragedy in their life to find Katie (she's a great girl), that Steffanie will graduate from nursing school this June, that Shadd will also graduate from school, that Ashlee and Ben are going to have a baby, that Emilee stays around to keep us company. I'm Thankful to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I'm thankful for good friends at work, that's why I stay at my job. I love life even when it's crazy. I'm thankful for my crafts, free time, being lazy, reading, watching the grandkids, playing games with the grandkids, playing games with anyone, talking to Ashlee everyday as she drives home from work, lounging around in my pj's, christmas lights, the holidays, Emilee even when she makes fun of my hair, watching the girl's so Steff can sleep after working Friday night, quiet, and even Mark when he can't stand the silence, SNOW (except its a little cold), seeing everyone happy, food, Coke (I do like a cold Coke), airplanes (takes just a couple of hours to go see Ashlee and Ben), Family.... These are a few things I'm thankful for, I could go on forever...but you get the idea. Life is great and I have everything to be grateful for. I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

My great investment...in more ways than one!

I bought this great picture about 6 weeks ago, I've been meaning to blog about it and just haven't done it... anyway I have been looking for this picture for a while in a smaller size of course, and without a frame, because it is a little pricey. Anyway they have a booth at the quilted bear that sales these pictures so every time I go in there I look to see if they have it, they have the square version but not the wide version like this one. So the end of September, Amy and I went to Deseret Book after the General Relief Society Meeting and we were just wandering around looking at quotes when I came across 4 of these pictures of different temples and they were in the clearance section, the front one was a different temple and I thought I'd just take a look to see what other ones were they had. Guess what they had this one of the Provo Temple, the exact one I had been looking for but in a much larger size. It was regularly $440 and marked down to $300. It had a 75% off sticker. I figured that was off the original price, but it was off the $300. I ended up paying $84 for this picture. I think the $84 was less than the smaller size I was looking at framed. What a steal, and I found a nice home for it. I did a little rearranging just for this picture. Doesn't it look great. This is the Temple Mark and I were Sealed in 28 years ago. We have been truly blessed by being sealed in the Temple, and having our Family sealed to us for Eternity.

Finally Updated.

Sorry, I've been a little slow updating my Blog. Hope you enjoy the new posts, there's 3 new ones.

Hopefully I get back here a little sooner next time to Update.

Remember to 'Take time to Enjoy the Journey'!

Kailee's Blessing Day

Kailee was Blessed on October 10, 2010.

Our Family is '50'

On October 1, 2010 Our Family turned 50 years old. We thought it would be fun to Celebrate and to honor our Parents who began our Family 50 years ago. On October 9 we had a surprise party for Mom... and we succeeded in surprising her. We had dinner and had a great time celebrating together. Below are a few of my favorite Family Pics...

October 1, 1960

1964

sorry, couldn't get this pic to rotate.

1971

1977

2004

2004 Our Last Family Pic with Dad.

Since this picture we have added 2 grandchildren, 6 Grandchildren Spouses, and 7 great grand children, so 15 people have joined our Family since 2004, and we have lost 2 family members Dad (Grandpa) and Annette. This coming year we hope to add a couple of more bodies to our Family.

Kansas City October 2010

We had a great time visiting with Ben, Ashlee and Emma. We went General Conference Weekend. We enjoyed watching General Conference together.
This was Grandpa's idea of shopping, he's a good sport but took every opportunity he could to play on his itouch, while he was waiting for us to shop.
Emilee and I got to go with Ben to pick up Emma for our weekend of fun, we had a great time in the car on the way back home.
Grandma and Emma, having a great time together.

Grandpa and Emma are having a Rootbeer float together (Emma is patiently waiting for Grandpa to finish making them).
The M & M girl's...Emma and Emilee (thus Em & Em) ha ha! I thought it was cute :)

Carl A. Pace Jr. 1939-2010

Today we said good-bye to Uncle Carl. Another life ended too soon. When I was growing up, I always thought you were suppose to live to be at least 85-90 years old. I guess that's not to be, some of our family is leaving us way too young. Cancer has now claimed 2 in our Family.The Funeral today was a great tribute to Uncle Carl. He will be greatly missed by all who had a chance to know him. I can only imagine the great reunion he is having with Grandpa & Grandma Pace, and my Dad. Our lives will continue here on earth and someday we will be part of a great reunion. We love you Uncle Carl. Goodbye for just a little while. We'll see you again soon.

Happy 'BIRTH'day Kailee!!!

August 13, 2010

Kailee Johnson was born at 3:10 am, weighing in at 8 lbs 7 oz., and 20 inches long.

She is such a cutie!!!

Kenidee...The big sister...aka, future photographer!

Mommy and her girl's...

Pace Family Reunion August 6-8, 2010

We had our annual Pace Reunion up at Sheep Creek in Spanish Fork Canyon.

Here are just a few random photos.

I like this picture of the 2 old guys working on the umbrella...

Katie and Emilee took Adam, Josh and Kenidee for rides on the 4-wheeler.

Emilee and I went on a couple of Bike rides.

We all had a great time!

Mark & Gwen Camping Trip, July 31 - Aug 5, 2010

Mark and I went Camping the first week of August to celebrate our 28th Wedding Anniversary. We have come a long way in 28 years, and we have gone through a lot. Everything we have gone through has made us who we are today. We have 4 great children, 4 son & daughter-in-laws & 5 grandchildren. We are a family of 15 now. Wow who would have thought, and I wouldn't trade any of them for anything. We are truly blessed.

We started our trip at Deer Creek ...

Then we went to Jordanelle...

This was the view from the motorhome door, isn't it awesome. This was lakeside camping.

Kenidee loved playing in the water

Shadd, Steff, Kenidee & Emilee came up for dinner on Sunday evening.

We spent the remainder of the week at Mirror Lake, in the High Uintah Mountains...

It was so beautiful!

We bought a little raft so I could go out on the Lake while Mark was float tubing, I had a great time.

Mark in all his glory...fishing...fishing...fishing.

You gotta love that hat...(from a dstance).

We were having so much fun we decided to stay at Mirror Lake for a third night, well guess what? It rained and rained and rained.

It even rained while we cooked our tinfoil dinners. We still had a good time, even in the rain.

Thursday morning I got up early and went down to the lake to watch the sunrise. It was absolutely breathe taking.

Check out the slideshow for more pictures from our camping trip. It's all scenery. The wildflowers were beautiful, I just couldn't take enough pictures. Enjoy!