I'm going to be a blogger too!
I have 500 pictures to choose from, so I'm starting with what is on the camera right now!


Cameron, Todd and I went to watch Kenzie play powder puff football. This is a cute picture but doesn't show that it was about 20 degrees and very foggy! We could hardly see each other and they hung in there for the whole game.



Kara and Nick came into town...so we pulled as many together as we could to meet Grandma Ned for her lunch at McDonald's! Pretty darn fun.














Thanksgiving 2007... was a bit of a challenge to take this picture. You can only imagine what we were going through to get everyone to stay in one place. Nick was trying pretty hard to set the camera and run back in place... this was as good as we could get, but it was pretty darn funny!



Baby Grant's 1st trip to the Christmas tree farm. Grandma Ned at her peek of happiness dragging everyone around singing "follow me, kids follow me....we're off to go and get our Christmas Tree!"
4 of the 5 grand kids having dinner...yes mac and cheese at Grandma's house on the kids table.

Happiness is wisdom and wisdom is the intelligence of all our being coming alive. If we try to make a decision with only our head, heart, or hormones, we are missing important data. Wise decisions come when we have a committee meeting of our heart, mind and intuition and the power of the Holy Ghost.

Happiness may seem illusive or fleeting, yet there is a path that we can walk that brings the delight passion and sweetness of the happiness into our lives, sweeping over us and making us feel worth the effort and trouble.

What path is this? The gospel of Jesus Christ.

Some of the barriers to happiness are pent up in grief, sorrow, anger, and jealousness. We can open ourselves to happiness but you cannot grab it, hold on to it, or force it to come.

What a wonderful wife, I love her so much . Isn't she the most beautiful thing you see?

Tyler all slicked up in his class A's

Prtv. Tyler Asay at Graduation.

Santa came to visit.

Most of us a christmas time.

The beach at Washington

The 4th of July with our friend John

Seven Peaks UT

The reason i love my wife.

Trial's

The Lord has blessed me with love and beauty here on earth. He gave me the opportunity to grow and prove my worth. For me he made the oceans and the mountains standing tall. He offers answers to our prayers, to help me through it all. My Savior eased the way for me, with hope for my success. He even suffered for my sins that I may suffered less. For these things I am thankful They uplift me and make me strong. But I am not so thankful when the paths I’ve take are wrong.Sometimes along the journey obstacles will stand in my way.My challenge is to over come without going astray.This challenge grows more difficult when I achieve a goal,defeating one great problem I just fell in a hole.Soon I can see that the trials are not ever going to end,and the tasks become more difficult the further I ascend.But the challenges are just building blocks that I can use to climb,They shape a simple soul into an edifice sublime.The lord gave me adversity to make my weakness strong. In life I gain endurance on the path as I press on.My "challenges" are also gifts deserving much respect ,for they are all rewards that the Lord gives to his elect.

Fishing

What a fun day we had fishing. Everyone caught a fish and played together.

Todd's Kids.

The gang.

Here we are at the cody country club.

Some wild horses we saw just outside of Cody. This is truly Gods country. Hart mountain in Cody.

Life is a long, long trudge

Life is a long, long trudge to strive for the three most cherished assets one could possibly attain during one's lifetime - success, happiness and love.
It is a struggle which all of us have to endure and also a challenge that everyone faces one way or another.
Life is certainly not a bed of roses. It has its ups and downs. Hence very often we falter and during distressful times,very often we just feel like saying "I give up.....".
But to give up would be foolish, for winners never quit and quitters never win. So never ever give up when you are weary but just stop for a while, take a break, regain your composure and try once more. In life one has to ascertain one's motive and ultimate goal. Survival in life means to have the will to surmount mountain-high obstructions, ocean-deep afflictions and to expect difficulties and yet force your way through them.
Remember that success lies within us, in our brains and to look upon our duties and work as opportunity to be seized with joy and to be made the most of. Be like the powerful eagle who does not fear heights but soars above all the smaller birds,gracefully gliding through the blue skies.
In a world of fantasy, the human mind is full of thoughts and imagination. More often than not, we yearn for things beyond our means to enhance existing conditions. These secret desires and dreams that fill our minds sometimes do not materialise.
The greatest crime one can commit against one's self and humanity is the unwillingness to pay the price of hard labour in honest effort to achieve one's goal. But for those who are willing to make sacrifices and lay down their comforts and pleasures, the day will come when success will be entirely theirs - when all the struggle is no more than just miles and miles of happiness,much longer than the initial struggle.
To reach the pinnacle of one's life brings a personal sense of satisfaction and inner fulfilment.
Life,in short,is striving for excellence,a desire which is synonymous in every human-being; irrespective of colour or creed. However,only those of strong willpower, determination and courage undoubtedly stand a better chance of realising their purpose for living.
But for those of weaker character, life is only a losing battle no matter what. So live and learn. Living is an experience and till the end of our days, life is a lesson imperfectly learned.

Christmas Morning

The echoing of laughter, children’s' voices clear When opening Christmas presents,
in the bygone years,Remembering all the happy looks, anticipating eyes Pulling paper off their gifts, revealing their surprise. The Christmas tree all lit up,
with decorations fine,

The candle's wick is burning, releasing fragrant pine.
Christmas is a wondrous time, As all of us know A time for friends and family And sledding in the snow.
The giggles and the clattering,Of children and their toys.Watch them run and play, my little girls and boys.

It seemed back then time would stand still,
forever it would be But here it is now days gone by,
just a memory.
The echoed laughter, smiling eyes,
sweet fragrance in the air.
'Now in my heart just memories,
forever, they'll be there.

Todd Asay