“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.”

—George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

“Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes.”

—Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

“You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.”

—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)

“Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.”

—Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)

“There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.”

—Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273)

“Trust is the glue of life. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.”

—Stephen R. Covey (born 1932)

“The value of life is not based on how long we live, but how much we contribute to others in our society.” —Buddha “To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with. ” —Mark Twain (1835-1910)

“It is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble.”

—Helen Keller (1880-1968)

“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”

—Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”

—Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. ”

—Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

“It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.”

—Moliere (1622-1673)
French Playwright, Actor

“Happiness, not in another place, but this place not for another hour, but for this hour.”

—Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

Happiness for the hour

Paige and Rowan

Learned to skate.

Happiness for the next hour

when Paige and Rowan

Enjoyed the hot tub with the other cousins.

Happiness for the same hour

when Paige and Rowan

Stepped out of the bathroom

In red towels

And Paige announced

They had just taken a shower!!!

Happy for the

Innocense of babes!!

Fold

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”

—Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

“I don't dwell on my age. It might limit what I can do. As long as I have my mind and health, it's just a number.” —Nola Ochs (born 1911) World's Oldest College Graduate Fall in love with the problem-not the solution! “The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

“Caring about the happiness of others, we find our own.”

—Plato (428-348)

“Although the world is full of suffering, it's full also of the overcoming it.”

—Helen Keller (1880-1968)

“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. ” —Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) Naturalist, Author, Philosopher “The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.” —Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) “Happiness, not in another place, but this place not for another hour, but for this hour.” —Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

No beginning too small

It all begins with daring...

An Act of Kindness

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

—Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Shadow

“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”

—Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)

Money

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. ”

—Thomas Edison (1847-1931)

Colourful

“Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door. ”

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

Z is for...

ZOOM

Into a Happy Birthday

for Miles!

Love the smile of

being a BD boy!

R is for...

“We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”

—Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)
40th U.S. President

N....

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen. 

Ralph Waldo Emerson

M is for...

“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”

—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

H is for...

“If everyone helps to hold up the sky, then one person does not become tired.”

—Dr. Askhari Johnson Hodari 

G is for Geranium

F is for...

“Where there is unity there is always victory.”

—Publius Syrus 

There is always unity in 
FLOWERS!!!

Sunshine

“It seems the harder I work, the more luck I have.”

—Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)


Work=Luck

Quiet

“The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it, 

but what he becomes by it.”

—John Ruskin (1819-1900)

Delicious

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” —Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English Essayist, Poet, Playwright And Politician. Delicious reading of the temple sky.

Looking Up

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. 

The more that you learn, 

the more places you'll go.”

—Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991)

Reading is 
Looking UP
This is what I saw when
I looked UP

Vibrant

“Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye

 and a smile on your face, 

but with great purpose in heart.”

What gives greater purpose than

FAMILY!!!

—Gordon B. Hinckley (1910-2008)

“Let my soul smile through my heart and 

my heart smile through my eyes, 

that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.”

This connects with

TEMPLES!!!

—Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952)

What I Saw Today

Magnolia Bud

Something

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

—C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)

FLOWERS

Flowers

for the Prom!

Made By Me...

...but mostly by

Gabby.

I was the clean up crew!

One thing to check off

Her Bucket List!

First time making crepes!

Time

“A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.”

—James N. Watkins 

It takes time
to get a new hair cut
and to take care
of 
Cancer!

A Sign

“I don't know what your destiny will be, 

but one thing I do know: 

the only ones among you who will be really happy 

are those who have sought and found how 

to serve.”

Albert Schweitzer 

N is for...

“It takes courage to grow up and 

become who you really are.”

—e. e. cummings (1894-1962)

The Sky

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree, 

and I will spend the first four sharpening the ax.”

—Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Give me a tree to plant

and I will spend the first 5 years

cultivating and pruning.

Then I will be able

to see the sky

thru foliage and blooms.

Cut

These posies

are pretty enough to

CUT!

But 

just pretty if

left for all

to see.

Open

“I am only one, but still I am one. 

I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; 

and because I cannot do everything, 

I will not refuse to do something that I can do.”

—Helen Keller (1880-1968)
Look at the one thing

Mary and family are

Doing!!

It's definitely one thing!

And very fun!

A Logo

This needs to have a

LOGO

made:

“What lies behind us, 

and what lies before us are but tiny matters 

compared to what lies within us.”

—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)


This isn't a logo but an
amazing 
machine!

Fresh

Lots of rain today.

Made everything look

FRESH!

Card

Thisi was on the

CARD

Beside the painting.

Hole

These all began in a

bedding

HOLE....

Fragrant

“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. 

I am not bound to succeed, 

but I am bound to live up to what light I might have. ”

—Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Cool

Wonderful conference

this weekend.

Loved 

Jefferey R. Hollands talke!

Yellow

“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.”

—Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
Roman Emperor, Stoic Philosopher

Some yellow among the silk dye.

Happiness

“You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.”

—Deepak K. Chopra (born 1946)
Physician, Writer

Hands

“Nobody is superior, nobody is inferior, 

but nobody is equal either. 

People are simply unique, incomparable. 

You are you, I am I.”

—Osho (born 1931)

This is New

This is and old quote that 

Is New to me.

It describes March perfectly!!

It was one of those March days

when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold:

When it is summer in the light,

and winter in the shade.

Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

These 2 images are definitely
summer in the light.

Movement

Wonderful time to
Attend the Provo City Temple Dedication
And then top it of with
Jared receiving his Eagle Scout award!

Cooking

Cooking up
Time to remember
My dads Birthday
Happy Birthday Dad!

Big and Small

Big opportunity
For service at MTC
Small moment at
The temple.

Fruit

Fruit

For lunch today.
And also looked
At some books for
My next printing project.