Sunday, April 24, 2011

Happy Easter!

I hope each of you had a great Easter Sunday. We don't have any major changes from last year but nothing's wrong with a little grandkid cuteness right?
Maybe we can get baby Rodriguez out here next year :) We so need another boy in this picture. Or two.

An Easter Hymn


I was thinking last night about how there are so many amazing Christmas songs there are and how it's not fair that there aren't as many great Easter Carols. Then it occurred to me that one of my favorites would work really well, with a few adjustments. I scribbled this out during sacrament today. If you try to sing it, you might have to play around with the timing a little, but I think it works.





O holy morn, one star still brightly shinning

When in the east the sun begins to rise.

Long lay the world in sin and error pinning,

But he laid down and heavens cried.

A thrill of hope, the weary world awakens

For this day is a new and glorious morn.

Stone rolled away. O, hear the angel’s voices,

Why seek ye him here?

He is not here for he is risen.


How dark the night before the lovely morning

How dark the day as the earth and heavens mourned

Brightly the sun shines on the empty tomb

Mary, she kneels and weeps, heartbroken.

A man stands by, she cannot see the wounds

“Where is he sir? You’ve ta'en my Lord away.”

“Mary” says he. She turns at last to face him.

“Rabboni, Lord.” Master is his holy name.


Truly he taught us to love one another.

His law is love and his gospel is peace.

Chains he did break, making everyone a brother.

And in his name all oppression will cease.

Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we

With all our hearts we praise his holy name:

Christ, risen Lord. Then ever, ever praise we

His power and glory ever more proclaim.

His power or’ death ever more proclaim.


I love you all, and am very grateful for this day to remember the gift of the atonement which will bind us together forever as an eternal family. 'O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is they victory?'



Friday, March 18, 2011

Sal's First Shower

When Amy and I went down to San Diego we got to see Eter and Sally's new place and also shower them with love and presents for their little guy. Well it was more of a dumptruck of love but I thought I'd share a couple pictures since most of you weren't there.
It was hard for Eter to curb his enthusiasm for all those baby goods.
We began to realize denim isn't quite as popular as it once was.
I think this is when Amy was trying to fix their ottoman she broke by falling off of.
And I paused long enough to take a picture as I devoured a big bag of Trader Joe's sweet potato chips they didn't care for. Anyone else have any? Because apparently I can polish one off in about 20 minutes.

Can't wait for sweet baby James :)

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Awkward...

Except Carrie that is. Although I think Miranda's heel clicking glee might be my personal fave.
seriously, Carrie puts us to such shame.
preggo-jump.
on the way back down.
not too shabby...
And the one toe leap :) Love you mom!

We Don't Need No Stinkin Photobooth :)

I just love the one where Carrie is the only one who listened to mom and did a crazy face.
Haha- so funny :)
Wait Sal- did you do one too?

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Jeffy a.k.a. Mini-Dad

I feel kind of bad that Jeff is getting left out of this weekend's fun. He's probably less sad than we are about him missing a Girls' Weekend (which was pretty much every weekend of his life for 18 years), but I thought now would be an appropriate time to show some uncanny likeness photos that I found when I stole the old photo albums for mom's party last fall. I wish I had Katie's or Carrie's fancy picture-collage skills. You'll just have to check these out the old-fashioned blog way.

Even asleep, Jeff looks like Dad. (Ignore the whipped cream prank occurring. Or laugh, hehe.)
It's a little further away, but check it out. Same position even.
Jeff, be glad you just LOOK like Dad when you sleep and didn't get Dad's crazy light-sleeper gene like I did. This morning I literally wanted to shoot an innocent bird that started singing away right outside my window when it was still dark out.

But back to the subjects at hand. I would literally think these pictures were the same person, if not for the aged-ness of Dad's graduation photo:


I have to say that Amy makes a similar face... but I'll save that for a post that is yet to come....

A Conversation

Campbell: Something, something something (I can't remember what)
Sadie: "Duh Campbell!"
Campbell: "You don't say 'duh' to me!"
Sadie: "Nooo. I was saying like "Da-da-da-da." (in a sing-songy way)
Campbell: "O-kaaaay"
Laughter
A little example of their hilarious conversations.
They love each other so much! We're so grateful for their family.