Happy Fathers Day!

A father is someone that
holds your hand at the fair
makes sure you do what your mother says
holds back your hair when you are sick
brushes that hair when it is tangled because mother is too busy
lets you eat ice cream for breakfast
but only when mother is away
he walks you down the aisle
and tells you everything's gonna be ok
– Anonymous

I found this lil' quote and laughed because it is so true! Just today we were talking about how I always used to get stuff stuck in my hair or get it tangled up in something and my mom would always send me to my dad to fix it :]] I also remember having so much fun on Saturdays with my brother and dad, we would do all sorts of crazy stuff that might have consisted of eating ice cream for breakfast! My dad is the best most sweet and funny man around and I am one lucky girl to have him as my pa :]] Love you dad!

xoxo, Pres

Lagoon!

The wonderful Deidra and David Law took us to lagoon this week! We all went along with Brent and Carolyn and we had a blast! It was a perfect day to go, the weather was just right and it was a Tuesday so the crowd wasn't too bad.  Deidra and Dave have never been before so it was fun showing them around the park, it brought back lots of memories from when we used to have our family reunions there. The only down side was we didn't get to go on the new ride :[[ It was temporarily closed. Oh well everything else was fun. Here are some funny pictures. . . .

Train Ride :]]

waiting in line

haha we made Brent and David ride together!

 

Rattle Snake Rapids and the Log Ride were hilarious we got drenched and had so much fun! Gare was a party poop he "didn't wanna get wet" so he stayed behind and took these funny pictures for us :]] Thanks Deidra and David for the fun day!

xoxo, Pres

Finally!

 

"What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful."

--David Uglies

--Scott Westerfeld

So I finally finished this series, and I loved them! Basically they are about this future society and everyone gets this operation when they turn 16 to make them "pretty". It is basically just craziness I wonder what our world really will be like in a couple hundred/thousand years :]] Anywho I would highly recommend them they are fun easy reads. I think I am going to read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo next, any thoughts or suggestions?

xoxo, Pres

Down in the Dumps. . .

So I have been sorta down in the dumps lately and just all around a Negative Nancy. Yeah, not so good right? Now this could be because it is around that time of the month (girls you know how I feel right?). Anyway, the other day I stumbled upon this. . .

Now, I have seen this little quote before but it sure does make you think. I have got it pretty darn good! So whenever I am feelin' down or negative imma take a look at this blog post :]] I am truly blessed, I have a warm cozy bed a roof over my head and amasing family and friends by my side!

xoxo, Pres

Inspiration

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
~Anne Frank

We have two Moms now Dear.

"Mother, who willingly made that personal journey into the valley of the shadow of death to give us birth, deserves our undying gratitude. One writer summed up our love for mother when he declared, “God could not be everywhere, and so He gave us mothers.”

--President Thomas S. Monson

Moms really are awesome. It is hard for me to talk about them without tearing up. They work hard to raise us, keep us healthy and smack us around when we need it. Most moms work outside of the home these days on top of all of that.

My mom can do anything. She made us outfits growing up, blankets, birthday cakes, dinners. I was thinking the other day about cub scouts. When I was in cub scouts my mom was the leader and we made so much cool stuff.

The other day Presley and I were getting all out temple stuffs together and I needed some pants hemmed. Well my mom had begun tossing her salad in the bathroom and really not doing well but she was able to measure a pant leg before she had to run back to the bathroom and when I woke up the next morning my pants were hemmed.

Who wants to do that? A mom a guess. My mother in law is a pretty awesome lady too. Even though it wasn't possible for them to participate fully in our sealing they made sure that they were at the temple afterwords to greet us and if that was not enough she put together a huge feast for the 30 or so family that were there with us.

I have really enjoyed getting hitched and becoming a part of a new family. I laugh when I see this picture of me kissing my mom. How awkward. The Kofoed's don't jump out and start kissing each other when we are saying goodbye, you're lucky if you get a hug. My inlaws are all about kissing each other right on the lips. I still have a hard time with it. I remember the first time I was together with the whole family and everyone started saying goodbye and giving kisses, I was in shock. It was bad enough the shy guy that I am had to talk to these people now I have to give kisses? I made it out okay.

This week after mothers day festivities I gave great grandma a kiss and then freaked out and just ended up patting grandma green on the shoulder. HaHa I avoided the hug because I feared the kiss.

Moral of the story is I am awkward and have a lot of growing up to do and mothers need more than just a forced thanks on mothers day.

To My Mother

"A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie."

~Tenneva Jordan

Dear Mom,

Thank you for everything that you do. I hope one day I can be as good of a mom as you are. You have taught me so much and have always been there for me. You always put your family first and have taught me to do the same. I would not be the woman I am today without you. I love you :]]

<3 Presley Jane