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.