I Smiled This Morning

I wanted to post yesterday but was under the weather (ironic since it was our first day of brilliant sunshine in a month). This morning I was at my table pondering what to share. Looking up I smiled at my Willow Tree collection. My disclaimer is that I started collecting Willow Tree before you could find it at Deseret Book. I'm such a trend setter! The pieces I've picked all have personal meaning to me.



My sweet girls. How lucky that there is a twins figure, and one with two sisters approximately the same age? That Al and Em love each other is apparent every day. Allison is waiting for her new reading glasses. Last night Emily was sitting with Alli in the living room reading from "The Chronicles of Narnia" aloud to her, since reading gives Alli a headache right now.



My boys. I framed a shot from each of their senior photo shoots that were more personality skewed; Michael almost patiently putting up with my discussion with Denise on his poses and Christopher laughing heartily at our attempts to get him to smile naturally (not his strong point if you've looked over any of our family pictures).


My Momma. She always had (has) something in her hands to work on whether quilting or crocheting. Rarely do you see her sitting in her chair without a project in her hands. I thought this figurine particularly appropriate since she's sharing that love of handicrafts with daughter and granddaughter alike.


We are a BIG reading family. Have I mentioned there are ten bookcases, of various sizes, scattered around our house?


My honey, Steve. He adores me much more than I think I can ever deserve. I loved this figure since he's always coming up behind me to give me a "squdge." It sits next to a photo of the Provo Temple, where we were married. Next to it I sat a letter I received from him at camp this year. We always gather letters for the girls but this year my YW's president requested a letter for me and my asst. from our husbands. As I unfolded it I heard a huge round of laughter from the adults... it was on a legal sized paper that was an engineering schematic. I love him!


My loving sister, Marianne, gave me this figure. I'm tearing up. The only way to make it more perfect would be to have telephones you could put in our hands.


p.s. I'm adding a photo of my HP Photosmart C5250 All-in-One Printer/Scanner/Copier and my HPf1905 monitor (which is connected to my Dell computer. We have had a rocky relationship the last month or so. After spending a good part of two days this week coaxing he and the computer to communicate smoothly I thought I would mention how much I appreciate their cooperation. I may be superstitious, but, if they are "aware" of my gratitude for "other" things they may get offended. I'm hedging my bets!