Faith in Adversity

"Living the gospel does not mean that we will everlastingly escape adversity. Rather, it means that we will be prepared to face and endure adversity more confidently." -Elder Rafael E. Pino

Jillian aka the Tooth Fairy

So I've had many nicknames and titles given to me. To most I am known as Jillian to some as Jilly-Bean or perhaps you remember me as Gorillian (my least favorite of all the nicknames) or Hillbillian, I know where do people come up with these things. I am also known as a wife, mother, daughter, you get the point. My newest title is Tooth Fairy, now no one has had a tooth come out in our house requiring that I leave a special treat under their pillow BUT Savannah did get her first tooth yesterday. Well to be more precise she cut her first tooth and it is coming in very nicely. Always something exciting going on in our house, and to think I didn't know if I'd have stuff to blog about.

For you Mary

My good friend Mary was kind enough to make Savannah a dress. She found this John Deere fabric and just couldn't resist, if you know Jacob at all you know why. I think the dress is just adorable and Savannah does look pretty cute in it. Mary I hope you enjoy seeing the pictures of the dress you made, everyone loves it.

Just a Few More...

Ok, so I had to add a few more because my mom sent my disk with all our pictures and there were just a few more I wanted to add. Picture 4 is actually a shot of my mom, Savannah, and I, I think its a fantastic picture of the 3 of us.

Because You Never Can Get Enough

I'm not quite sure how true this is for all of you, but for me, I truly can never get enough pictures taken of my little family. For those who know me, you know that I LOVE to get my picture taken so this little photo shoot we had with my mom was oh so fun for me. I've said it before but I'll say it again, I am so thankful for having photographers in my family and that they are willing to take pictures of us. These were all taken here in Boise by my mom during her last visit at the end of June. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do.

Faith

"There is no other thing in which we can have absolute assurance. There is no other foundation in life that can bring the same peace, joy, and hope. In uncertain and difficult times, faith is truly a spiritual gift worthy of our utmost efforts. We can give our children education, lessons, athletics, the arts, and material possessions, but if we do not give them faith in Christ, we have given little." -Elder Kevin W. Pearson

For you mom...better late then never right?

Ok so when Savannah was born my mom was going to embroider a birth announcement for Savannah. Its something that my brothers and I all got and she wanted to make one for Savannah too. So after she got started she remembered how much work it is to sew one of them and decided to be a bit creative and make a different kind of announcement. Well I loved what she ended up doing and all I needed was for Jacob to make me a frame so we could hang it up. Well here we are 9 months later and I finally have my frame and the name plauge hung up. I must say I'm quite pleased with how it all turned out and I love how it all looks together.

4th of July

So this 4th of July we did lots of fun things! This first slide show is from our Wards 4th of July breakfast. I really didn't take that many pictures, I think there are only like 4 but who cares. There was a super cute bike parade where all the kids decorated their bikes and rode around the parking lot. Also Jacob got to play a little bit of softball which he of course enjoyed even though he was only 1 of 4 adults who played with all the kids.

Then after breakfast we headed out to Oriana which is about an hour from our house to visit one of my old co-workers Lisa. I was so excited to be able to visit with her because we had become such good friends over the past 3 years of working together. She lives on a ranch and has lots of animals. Savannah got to meet all of Lisa's horses which she loved! And two of Lisa's seven dogs. She LOVED the dogs, they kept licking her and she would just go back in for more. We got to visit with Lisa and have lunch, it was just all around a great time.

Once we were done having lunch and visiting with Lisa we headed over to Silver City! It sounds exciting doesn't it? It wasn't necessarily exciting but it was fun. We were a little nervous about having enough gas to make this last part of our trip but we set out anyway and I'm glad we did. Silver City is an old mining town back in the Owyhee Mountains, the drive to the town was really pretty and the town itself was also a sight to see. My favorite part of the town was an old church that sat up on the mountain side. I just thought it was so pretty hence I put like 3 or 4 pictures of it in the slide show. My brother Jordan had fun taking some pictures with his camera and Jacob and Savannah had a good time playing in the stream.

Overall it has been a great 4th of July! We aren't going to watch fireworks but Savannah wouldn't really like them this year anyway so we'll go next year. It was just a fun day spent with family and friends seeing new places and having adventures. I really appreciate being able to live in a place where I get to do new things and see new places. I'm so greatful to live in such a beautiful country where I am free to live my life the way I see fit and I'm so greatful for the people who have made that possible.

Just for Lisseth

Ok Lisseth, I've finally taken a picture of Jacob's wake board. He ended up going this past week and as usual had a blast so I was able to get a picture for you. Hope you enjoy:)

Ask and Ye Shall Recieve

My little brother Jordan is visiting us for the 4th of July weekend. We were talking earlier today about how I wished Savannah would fall asleep on the floor one day. I explained how cute I thought it would look if I just walked in and there she was asleep. Well it happened! Just a few short hours later I gave Savannah a bottle while I was doing some dishes. I didn't hear Savannah so I walked around the corner and there she was, all cute and asleep. I think one of my favorite things is Savannah sleeps just like I do. I almost always put my hand over my face when I'm sleeping just like this. She's always done this and I love it!