Family, Hope your having a great week. Vanita has come up with an idea to help me with Grandma. She suggested that we write our memories down and tell them to her now, not at the funeral. Grandma has a hard time remembering the good in her life. On those down day I could read a letter to her and be able to let her see the better side. Its hard being old. What you think now stays with you- so family make your thoughts good. As you know, we all struggle with this. Our thoughts dictate what we do don't they and actually how we become who we are. Anyway, if you could think of things I would appreciate it. Love Mom

Happy Birthday Peter!

Happy Birthday Peter! We are glad to know you and your parents. Hope you had a great party. You are big stuff to all of us. We love you!

Congratulations Vic and Molly!

We are thrilled the concert turned out so well! Way to go! I guess Peggy didn't end up clogging (she told me she was helping out that night. When I asked her what she was going to do, she said taking tickets or something but if things got slow she would probably get up on stage and clog. Guess she didn't have to).

Seriously we are so so happy for you and proud of you and Vic and Lucy and Peter!

Now tell me, who was it really who commented about the concert that you had quoted on your blog? :)

12:20, not 12:40

The Actual Wedding is at 12:20pm. Just FYI

Yea for Molly Jenkins!

Molly we loved your too short interview! Minus the name whoops, did they do right by you? Hopefully your concert will sell out with all those conservative listeners. We would go if we could and wish you the best of luck on stage. We're lucky just to say we know you!

Didn't want to post this on MY blog, but...

The other day Thacks tooted.

It reaked.

I told him, "Thacks, you REALLY need to hold in your toots. That is totally disgusting." To which he answered, "But mom, if I do that, then my hand stinks sooo bad!"

Do you love that story?! I think it's my favorite Thacker moment yet.

And maybe we get too much of a kick out of potty humor.

Bridal Shower Outakes

Got to love Molly! She found out the colors that were being used in the decorations for the shower, then she went out and bought a matching outfit (so cute) and then she would NOT stop dancing around with the decorations in hand.
You'll notice Peter trying to get in on the dancing action. Not that kind of a party Peter! ;)

And then there is Vic. Caught red handed making out with a pot of melted chocolate.
Thad's mom and 2 of his sisters:

Girls Weekend

It sure was fun to be in Utah and see most of the fam! Paul and Kristyn- you were the only ones missing! As fun as it was, its sure nice to be back in my warm AZ with my honey!

Family Dinner and Hotel Deal

Dear Family,
We are having the family dinner at 6pm the night before the wedding (the 6th) at the Lion House. Nieces and Nephews are invited as well.
The Plaza Hotel right across the street from Temple Square is giving us a deal because of it, where we can get rooms for $65 a night. SO maybe instead of Staying at the Western Inn in SF that night, you can all stay closer to the actual wedding location.
(MOM and DAD, I will leave that up to you to book for everyone. Call Thad's Mom to get the info on how to do it)

Will Everyone Be Here the Eveing of May 6th?

We're thinking of having the family dinner the night before instead of the day of, so will everyone be here the evening before?

Happy Valentines Day!

Wendy sent me a message on facebook, which reminded me of the way you celebrate valentines day. In Holand it isn't a big thing. Kids may send each other cards, and the restaurant are packed, but other than that...

In senior year, I loved how we were called out of class to pick up balloons that Lee had sent us!

I loved that friends would give little valentines to each other!

Years later I appreciate the things that Lodewijk does for me every day (and that I try to do for him too), so I don't really need a special day anymore.

But back then it made me feel special and that's important in a teenagers life.

So to celebrate Valentines whith you, I'm posting a picture of Via del Amore! made in Tuscany this year!

Happy valentines day!

Love! Always!

Wendy, I found it!

Here's the pic! I found it finally. That was so cool to see you graduate after working so hard! Well done lady.

BYUtv Documentary

Hi family,

I'm sure most of you have seen the documentary that BYU produced about Lucy and our website. I think they did an amazing job. Like Vic said, it DOES feel good to be helping someone else. It is the cure for what ails me! We are currently working on paying for 4 or 5 different headstones for children and almost have all the money we need to do so.

Since the documentary "aired" (online...it is still yet to be shown on actual television ) we saw an increase in traffic AND donations, which is so, so wonderful.

I'm writing in the hopes that you will share the video link on your facebook pages, blogs, word of mouth, etc. It is so nice to have our story and our cause so concisely put together and I hope more donations will be coming in due to greater exposure.

No pressure. I won't be disappointed if you don't post it anywhere, but I have found that every little bit helps and leads to more and more people knowing about our foundation.

Love you much!
Molly

Here is the link to the video:

http://byutv.org/watch/2151-311

Once the video starts playing, you can scroll over the screen and the option to get the embedding code will appear. Copy and paste the code into your blog.

Temple Attendance

We just went to our Stake Conference. It was very good. They talked about hearing the Holy Ghost and how envolved he can be if we ask. Remined that we some time have to waite years for answers according to our understanding.
One thing I really was glad to hear-Pres. of the Provo Temple- that the temple ordiances were accepted by most of everyone. Very few were not accepting. So I was glad to know it was worth it.
We met Thad parents last week . They are nice people and yes, young. Peggy will have a great time in this new position . Thad is the oldest and Peggy is of course the youngest. So they get the best of both worlds.
Hope all is well. Love MOm

Temple Attendance