Come What May and Love It.....

Come What May, and Love It...

This is going to be my theme for the Year! I absolutely love this talk. It was given by Elder Joseph B. Worthlin In the October 2008 General Conference. I remember this talk because it touched me so much at that time. It was only 2 months since we lost Val and I was still of course having a really hard time. I was pregnant with Bella at the time no one but me and Ben knew. Mark, Ben and I got to go to that saturday afternoon session and it was amazing. You could feel the spirit so much. I know that this talk and so many others were meant for me. This talk inspired me and has so many times since. This year I am deffinatly going to do exactly that Come What May, and Love it. Me and Ben have had to deal with so many trials in our life, but I have learned so much from each one of them. My testimony has grown from each one. I am grateful for all of them. I know that there are more trials to come, but I am going to fight and make the best out of what we have. Like Elder Worthlin said COME WHAT MAY, AND LOVE IT.............

New Years........

New Years eve was amazing this year!

Of course we had our annual New Years eve party!

We laughed so hard played so many fun games!

Got to know our Friends Really Really well!

We had a blast........

It was a great way to bring in the new year!

Which is going ot be amazing!

What more could I ask for....

I have an amazing husband who I love more and more every day!

I have a Beautiful Little Girl that Makes me the Happiest Mom ever!

I have an amazing calling in the church that I enjoy so much!

I have a great home with great neighbors that make all the difference!

I have a wonderful job that I absolutely Love!

I have an amazing Family who can make it through anything!

I am so Blessed and I truely appreciate all that I have and get to enjoy......

Christmas @ Home.......

Bella Ready for church the day after Christmas.

She couldn't wait to play with her kitchen that morning!!

Bella loved playing in her "Baby's" Pack and Play!

She would sit in it and Pretend to talk on her phone! It was the Cutest!


Bella's Christmas From Santa:)

Christmas was so much fun this year! We were able to stay Home and it was just Ben, Bella and me! We enjoyed every minute of it! Bella had a blast with all of her new toys!

I LOVE being a Mom and Wife! It definatly has its rewards! The little moments make it the Best! Like today I picked Bella up to help me with the laundry and she hugged me and put her head on my shoulder! And that is rare cause she is such a busy body. I loved it sooo much! It is little moments like that, that you have to stop and Cherish!

Christmas At The Imlay's

Christmas for the past two years have been bittersweet! Of course Christmas Eve is my Favorite Holiday! There is so much love people thinking of others! Bella has been so much fun. Ever Since Val died everything has been so different. Good and Bad. New and Old Traditions are starting and of course many Changes along the way. There have been many things happen this Christmas Season that have been really making me realize how Blessed I am.... First of all my Husband. He is the most Amazing Husband in the Entire World. Even typing this post just makes me smile. He makes me laugh and helps me relax when I get so stressed. He helps with Bella so much and the house. He is just Amazing and I love him so much. Oh and Bella......Bella is the light of our lives. She is so funny and her giggle her giggle is the cutest little thing ever. I just love to hear her laugh and she is so Happy. One thing that she does right now is every morning when she wakes up she playes in her crib and talks and talks. Then when she is ready to get out she yells "Mom, Mommy, Dad Daddy" until one of us comes to get her. Then when we get in there she gets the biggest smile on her face and then she will gather everything in her crib to hand to us. Her baby doll, Stuffed puppy, Blankets, Bink's, Bottles and everything else she can find. Once she is done gathering everything handing it to us arms full, she wants us to get her. I think it is the cutest thing. She is just so much fun and this Christmas with her was of course so much fun. We enjoyed every minute of it. I love the Holiday Season for a couple of reasons....Giving to others....Thinking of others....Remenising about loved ones.... Family.... Thinking of Christ and What he has done for us.... I love that we are so blessed to be able to share this wonderful time of year with the ones we love!! I love my family and I am so Blessed to have them in my life.

Temple Square

Temple Square is always an amazing place to visit. But during Christmas Time you feel such an amazing spirit. I really wanted to go up this year because Ben has never Been there during Christmas Time. So of course it wasn't easy it was bad weather and such a busy time of year but we made it! We had such an amazing time and a lot of my family got to come with us and share that great spirit that was felt. My Family is amazing to support my Crazy Ideas that I come up with. I know that it wasn't easy for all of them. But I had a wonderful time. Bella loved every minute of it she kept pointing and saying "light light" She loved it. Ben said of course that it was amazing and loved it. We definatly have to do this again every year! It is always good to take that time from our busy lives and remember really why we are here and why we celebrate this wonderful time of year!

My Mom is DONE!! She had her last dose of Chemo on Friday! It was so much fun.....I know that sounds funny but it was great me and my sisters got to go up to Provo and spend the day with her to celebrate! She does have a CT in 2 weeks and then another Colonoscopy a week later to make sure everything is clear but I really do think that it will be ok! My mom has been so strong through it all. Dr Bott told her that she is an amazing person that she is one of very very few that actually make it all the way through with the full dose the whole time. He said that usually he has to cut doses down cause people are not able to handle it! So for now we are going to pray that everything comes back great! And then really celebrate!! So we really had fun with all the sisters shopping talking eating.... It is amazing how much fun we have when we all get together! During my mom's chemo I think the nurses were getting a little annoyed cause we were laughing and joking around maybe even being a little too loud! It was great I hope that she had fun!! I love my mom and I am so Proud of her for being so strong!!

So I was reviewing my pictures I have been taking throughout the month of October. Ben just bought me Photoshop and I am trying so hard to even get use to it. I still don't know how to work it. Anyways I saw this picture from the night we did a FHE with our Friends and the kids were coloring their pumpkins while the adults were carving. Funniest thing Bella was more interested in Coloring herself then the Pumpkin. It was sooo Cute and I just had to post this picture cause I thought it was adorable.