Tribute to our dear Prophet President Hinckley

I received this email last night and was so touched by Glenn Beck's sweet and genuine words of tribute to our dear late Prophet, President Gordon B. Hinckley.

Our lovely lady!

About a week and a half ago we had our pictures taken by my friend Megan Lohrke's boyfriend Dustin Bradbury. He is an amazing photographer, you can see more pictures of Emma and our family here and more of his work at www.dustinbradbury.com
Emma did so good during the pictures and we are SO thrilled with how they turned out. Here are just a few that we wanted to post.

Our Beloved Prophet President Hinckley

"May a spirit of peace and love attend you wherever you may be. May there be harmony in your lives. As I've said to our youth in many areas, be smart, be clean, be true, be grateful, be humble, be prayerful. May you kneel in prayer before the Almighty with thanksgiving unto Him for His bounteous blessings. May you then stand on your feet and go forward as sons and daughters of God to bring to pass His eternal purposes, each in your own way, is my humble prayer as I leave my love and blessing with you."

PRESIDENT GORDON B. HINCKLEY

Oh the memories...

I was looking through some pictures from our Germany trip in August 2006 and wanted to share some pictures for those of you who may be interested :) Derek's Mom is from Frankfurt, Germany and was staying there to take care of her Aunt so we went and visited and Derek and I toured through all parts of beautiful Germany. It was the most amazing trip ever. Of course Derek has been to Germany numerous times growing up but I had never been to Europe. We are so grateful that we could go and experience the trip of a lifetime together. I was in heaven.

Emma Laughing

Tonight we were getting Emma ready for bed and we were having fun making her laugh. Watch and see......what a cutie!!

Ummm....

"Emma are you the Gerber baby?"
Enough said.

HAPPY 2 year ANNIVERSARY!!

HAPPY 2 year Anniversary to us is right. What a wonderful 2 years it's been for Derek and I. Derek and I met in Institute in Spring of 2005 and also had a health class together. We started dating May '05 and Oct. 21st '05 we were engaged and married January 12th 2006. Derek is truly my best friend and best thing that has ever happened to me. I thank Heavenly Father every day for sending Derek into my life and that we can be together for ALL Eternity....WOOHOO!!!

Derek and I had SUCH a blast celebrating our Anniversary. My sister and Mom were able to take shifts to babysit little Emma so we could have an all day outing. We went to the wonderful CHEESECAKE Factory...Oh my lands that was amazing food. It was about an hour and a half wait but worth every minute. Later that evening we went and saw the movie, "Enchanted." LOVED it. Those of you who haven't seen it, it's a good one. Derek even liked it which says a lot since he is very picky with his movies :) especially fairy tale ones like Enchanted. We had so much fun. It was REALLY good for us to go our with just us since we haven't been able to do that much since Emma has come into our lives. As you can see in the pictures below we were just being so goofy the whole time in the restaurant from Derek being challenged in the going cross eyed game, to me dancing in my chair to the music, my hiccuping SO entirely loud..it was out of control how bad they were, etc....
I love you sweetheart, you're the GREATEST!!

Emma is 4 months!

"Hello everyone, meet my new little pet monkey!"

These pictures of her bath time were taken last night. She was talking up a storm and being absolutely adorable.

Two things....1.)Emma turned 4 months on Saturday and 2.)exactly a year ago today we found out we were pregnant with Emma. It was on a Sunday morning (fast Sunday) and I woke up feeling impressed that I need to take a pregnancy test. I didn't think much of it but it wouldn't leave my mind and thoughts. Finally the impression dragged me out of bed to go take a test. Sure enough it came out positive. I had to keep looking at it to make sure I wasn't mistaking. Derek had been WAY sick that morning and I jumped on the bed and got his attention to tell him the exciting news. She is just SO much fun. She talks a WHOLE bunch. By talking I mean she coos and makes all sorts of sounds. It's like she wants to talk :) She squeals a whole lot as well whether she's just making noise or whining, we can't help but laugh at the adorable sounds. She uses her hands a whole lot by lifting her little Monkey that Grandma Frazier gave her for Christmas, it is her favorite toy. She loves hugging it and putting it in her mouth, she lifts her shirts and dresses up and chews on the material, her teething ring, pretty much anything that she gets her hands on. What a sweetheart. She's also getting so big. Yesterday morning Derek woke up and was playing with Emma and asked, "Emma, did you grow over night?" It really seems like she's grown a whole lot this week. She's precious and our little angel. We love you Emma girl!

Emma's first Christmas and New Years!!

It's been a while since we've posted anything. I guess we should bring you up to date of our holidays. What a fun and memorable Christmas and New Years it was for our little family. Emma was so much fun and it was so great celebrating her first Christmas. We hope you enjoy the slide show of pictures from our holidays. It was a wonderful time being with family and loved ones on this special time of the year.