Don't worry when they go on tour, you all will get free, front row tickets. On cold, snowy days, this is family bonding time. Dean guitar, Caden drums and Makenna vocals. You may have heard of them, 5mith5 or The Buff Little Guys. Sometimes we have substitute musicans, 
Takes lots of concentration getting those rhythms right.okay Wendy here you go.....
8 things I'm passionate about....
(in no particular order)
1. My Family
2. The Gospel
3. Scrapbooking
4. Watching Survior/American Idol and Lost
5. Photography
6. Talking with friends
7. Shopping(but I don't have enough money to do it as much as I would like)
8. Reading
8 things I want to do before I die
1. Go to Rome
2. Go to Disney World for a week, not just a day
3. See all my friends who are all over the world right now
4. See my sons go on a mission, maybe even Makenna
5. See all my children happily married in the temple
6. Enjoy my nieces and nephews more(it's hard not living close to them. There are so many of Dean's side as well as mine and we cherish the time we can spend with them.
7. Be skinny(I'm workin on it, Dean is a kick butt trainer)
8. Take my Mom to Nauvoo(the last time we were there, there was no
temple, now that it's rebuilt, I would love to take her and do a session)
8 things I say often
1. Great, Christmas is ruined(thanks Becky)
2. I am going to send you to public school
3. What does the For Strength of Youth book say? And, Don't make me go
all For Strength of Youth on you.
4. I'm going to the grocery(okay, I know it's a store, but I'm just trying to be specific)
5. Makenna, be nice to your brothers.
6. Did you practice piano yet?
7. Oh, crap. (trying really hard to stop that)
8. I'm going to email your Dad and tell him what you are doing
8 things I've recently read
1. The scriptures
2. YW manual
3. Ensign/New Era
4. Rhett Butler's People(Gone With the Wind, from Rhett's perspective. AWESOME)
5. Twillight, New Moon and Eclipse (Makenna wanted to read them, so
I read them first and loved them)
6. At First Sight (Nicholas Sparks)
7. Little Women (I love this book)
8. Right now I'm reading the entire Chronicles of Narnia
8 songs I could listen to over and over
1. Anything by my pretend boyfriend, Tim McGraw
2. Remember When (Alan Jackson)
3. Anything Maroon 5
4. Apologize by One Republic
5. I don't know much by Linda Ronstant and Aaron Neville (it was our
wedding song- 15 years in March)
6. Some Beach, Some where
7. 5 o'clock Somewhere, Alan Jackson
8. I love listening to the hymns, they can quite my soul
8 things I've leaned this past year
1. How to do Algebra again, thanks Makenna
2. How to crochet, thanks Shelly
3. To take time for me
4. How to make bread, alot of trial and error on this one
5. How to put in a wood floor
6. How my IPOD works
7. The Wii is alot of fun
8. Always say you love someone, you may never know if you'll get another chance.
Who I think should do this...
Adele
Aubrey
Shauna
Geri
Jessica
Chelsea
Kalli
Krista
Nichole
Kari(get a blog page girl!!!)
Gaylene(you too!!!)
Jackie(you 3!!!!!)
Allison(get off my space and do this!!!!)
Prophetic Passing
I imagine he's running to Marjorie now,
Yes, running, not waving his cane.
I see him embracing his father and mother
While they keep repeating his name.
I see him now meeting his forebears,
Brother Brigham and Joseph are there.
Sweet reunion of prophets, united by service
That only such noble men share.
I see him embraced by the Savior
While Father says, 'Good and well done.
So faithful in stalwart endurance, I welcome
My noble, most excellent son.'
I then hear the ripples of laughter
As he says the reception's just fine,
But he hopes that he'll get an assignment or two
Since there's no need to waste any time.
I can hear his clear voice in the stillness
At the close of this sweet Sabbath day,
Have faith and move forward — there's work to be done.
President Hinckley would want it that way.
Anna M. Molgard
January 27, 2008
Jill and Wendy racing. Wendy was faster, but I went farther.
Makenna (middle) The girls would pile on to a sled and come down all together. There were 6 girls total. Luckily no E.R. visits. With Makenna there, that is a miracle.
Caden has finally lost an upper tooth. It has been loose for weeks and he woudn't pull it. His gums were getting red and swollen and I was afraid the permanent tooth was getting damaged. 
Last night, Dean offered him $5.00 if he would let us pull it and it was a no go. So this morning, I convinced him to let me look at it and with one wiggle, out it came. He was screaming the entire time. Then one look in the mirror, he was convinced he was ugly. (Exact words-"Great Mom, now I'm ugly.") But Rhett and Makenna helped convince him that it was cool, he could stick his tongue through the hole, he now has a place for a straw!!! Oh the amazing things you can do with missing teeth. I was finally able to get a picture of the little booger!!! Tooth Fairy better come tonight!!!
On New Year's Eve, Shelly and I were taking the girls to a party, when we noticed a friend of ours had a blow-up Sponge Bob in their yard. So, we stole him. Okay, it was my idea. I wanted to see how hard it would be. Didn't know if he was tied down or not. Needless to say, it was easy. We left a ransom note, Shelly was positive someone was writing down my license plate #. Our ransom was 1 dozen cookies. A few hours later, as we were partying like rock stars at the Headman's, the owners of Sponge Bob found us. They had a dozen cookies and wanted him back. The next day, we took him back, they put us in handcuffs and took our mugshot. We all had a good laugh. Thanks Russ and Wendy!!!!
