#1 Baby getting MARRIED!

Guess what .......It's official!! Brandon and Marcy are getting married. Welcome to the Skinner Family Marcy - we are so happy. This is the only picture I have - This is just the start of many "girl's time out".

About 12 years ago I worked in the Stake Young Women Presidency with these wonderful ladies. The friendship/ times was so fun! I appreciated so much Carol's business knowledge (Secretary) and Karen's accomplishing personality / wit (Counselor). They taught me so much....Such great times! This weekend, after all these years, we finally got to meet up and enjoy the weekend, catching up on each other's lives; our "female heart moments". Carol and I drove to Bagdad Arizona and stayed with Thor and Karen. Friends / Sisters; we need each other!!!

Holidays

The holidays were a great opportunity to spend time together. Last Sunday, we all met in Casa Grande to have Christmas dinner, share gifts, time and share the Christmas spirit with each other. Brandon, Marcy, Brian and Janette, Rusten and Danae, Tanner and Porter, Alena and Kensey, Toby and I - we were all there to enjoy the season. Brandon needed to get back to Safford for work. Jet graciously gave her Christmas Eve and Day to working at St. Mary's Hospital. Brian spent those days studying for his CPA exam. Christmas Day, we (Grandpa, Nana, Aunt Lena and Aunt Kenz) went to Maricopa to Nae's and we got to watch Tanner and Porter's excitement. Tanner loved his "santa" gift, a pretty cool bike, Porter loved his bike and they both loved the many gifts that Tanner got to tear open. Tanner found outside a spring horse we named "scooter". He just knew Santa would bring a bike and a scooter. Well Nana and Papa had to supply a "Scooter". Poor thing will be confused with a real scooter and his horse named scooter. We loved Christmas morning with Nae's family. Santa was also good to Alena and Kenz providing a travel itinerary in their stockings...a trip to Utah. Alena has applied and Kensey would also love to attend a BYU school. We thought this would be an ideal time to visit and get prepared for the cold, the fun.... plus Dustin Skinner was married and we attended their reception. It was nice to spend the evening with Danny's family. Joey and Lisa invited the girls to Snow Basin - what an experience. It was so fun watching the girls ski. We had a great Christmas Week and look forward to 2008. A couple pictures from the trip - first night we went as far as Las Vegas and the other picture is in the Snow Basin Lodge. ENJOY.

Boys come to visit

A couple of pictures of the boys coming out to my work to visit!!

6 Things you may not know about Sandy

Sounds like Brynn challenged Danae to writing 6 things other's may not know about yourself. And of course Danae gave the challenge on to the rest of us...hum! I think a jabber so much that there may not be anything you don't know about me. I will try.

1) As a child growing up in Elfrida we were told to read a book or go out side to play. I could not sit still long enough to read, so I played outside. I don't know how in one grade I was rewarded with a book for reading the most books that year. It wasn't until the past few years that I don't think I have missed a day reading from something.

2) I like to swim the side stroke because I don't like water in my eyes. In fact I have only swam the side stroke for so long I think I might not know how to swim a regular stroke, not to mention the butterfly. I felt like a toad with that one.

3) I really enjoyed being around Grandma Mattie. I think I was either a little scared or intimidated by Gr. Nelson. She had so many grandchildren and was always so very busy doing things. I have always been proud of them both; Grandma Mattie for her bluntness and wit, Grandma Nelson for her strength. She was my first Primary President I remember. I remember listening to her stories and being so proud of her. Every Christmas she was asked to give a talk in Sacrament meeting (held at night back then). One special Christmas Sacrament meeting, grandma told her stories and mother was the special musical number. She sang Oh Holy Night.

4) One time Toby took me for a horse ride to work, find something or do something. Never rode for fun, it was always for a reason. To me it was just a fun ride. We stopped at a dry creek bed where water was just coming up out a small hole like a ant bed - just like a drinking fountain. I was SO facinated by such a thing, my horse got loose, then both horses ran away. We had to chase them down. I fell and cut my knee and have an ugly scar.

5) I could not have gotten through child birth without prayer. I thought if mother did this 6 times, I can too. I could not have gotten through many hard and/or lonely days/nights without prayer, I love to pray. (gives me someone to jabber to) As a small child, I would hold my hands very close to my eyes making it very dark. When applying pressure to your eyes you begin to see a lighter spot in the middle of the dark. I would pretend that light spot was Heavenly Father. I don't believe their has been a day go by in my whole life (since the night my mother taught us to say our prayers - I still remember that night)that I have not said at least one prayer if not many.

6) Oh goodness, this is my last one - as you have noticed I have dug deep into the barrel to find things that you may not know about me. I was in 8th grade before I shaved my legs - we used daddy's straight edge razor. He always knew. It wasn't an every day occurance - did not dare.

...a few of my favorite things!!

Birthday Girl!

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