TIME TO UPDATE BLOG

Well a lot has happened since I last posted

- Tawnie and Mark had a beautiful little girl Christina Victoria Leal We call her Tori - she is 9months old now.

- Tanner enlisted in the ARMY

- Trey & Talon just finished up another year of FOOTBALL at Campo Verde High School

AND.............I got my real estate license!

Tanner is an Eagle Scout

Tanner with Randy Brice & Kevin Anderson his "Mentors"

We had a Wonderful Eagle Court of Honor for Tanner he was able to have several great men in his life help with the program

Ted Lines & Fernando Sanchez helped with prayers

Paul Trudeau his first Scout Master & Ammon Petersen his current leader each gave the Eagle Charge and Challenge

Uncle Dave Lamoreaux presented the Eagle along with Uncle Rex and Uncle Edwin singing and Presenting Tanner with his FIRST Rifle!!! "Tradition"

Bob Church from the Mormon Battalion presented his neckerchief and slide

Cousin Jack Welch and Friend Matt Bonura along with Brothers Trey & Talon participated in Retiring the Flag

To see MORE photos check out my facebook account a HUGE thank you to all who have helped Tanner achieve this Rank!

Happiness

Happiness in Family life

is most likely to be achieved

when founded upon the teachings

of the Lord Jesus Christ

"Proclamation to the Family paragraph 7"

Christmas Thoughts

And God Remembered……

Last year I went to the play “Camelot” there is one scene where Arthur & Merlin are looking over the valley as Guinevere and her court arrived to Camelot - Arthur was frustrated & upset that his Kingdom was so happy to meet Guinevere he said to Merlin “Don’t they know who I am?” to which Merlin replied “It is YOU that have forgotten who you are”.

Sometimes in our busy lives we forget who we are!

In the bible we read about Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. When Jacob was the appropriate age, his parents sent him to the household of Laban, where he would meet Laban’s two daughters, Leah and Rachel. Jacob told Laban, “I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. … And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; Laban tricked young Jacob into first marrying Leah and then Rachel. Leah bore Reuben, then Simeon, then Levi, and Judah. Meanwhile, Rachel remained childless - With ever-increasing envy and mounting desperation, one day Rachel explosively demanded of Jacob, “Give me children, or else I die” - Leah subsequently bore two more sons and a daughter.

In this age of one-hour dry cleaning and one-minute fast-food franchises, it may at times seem to us as though a loving Heavenly Father has misplaced our precious promises or He has put them on hold or filed them under the wrong name. Such were the feelings of Rachel. But with the passage of time, we encounter four of the most beautiful words in holy writ:

“And God remembered Rachel”

And just as God remembered Rachel, God will remember you.
- Claim the Exceeding Great and Precious Promises Elder Spencer J. Condie


We are all faced with unique challenges this year, some have lost material items, some have lost jobs, and others have pains we cannot understand! The important thing is that we all have a loving Heavenly Father that loves us and
REMEMBERS US!

May Heaven's Blessings be upon you & your Family this Christmas Season and may we all remember the reason for the season.

The Children have Changed.....The reason we celebrate has remained the SAME.........

Great Quote for the Day

Whether you realize it or not, you have the power to be successful by helping others succeed.

David Cottrell

Tawnie & Mark ♥

August 12th 2008
Mark Moses Leal & Tawnie Lamoreaux-Bates were sealed for Time & all Eternity in the
Mesa LDS Temple!

They met doing a play "Bye Bye Birdie" and were in High School together....One date in high school...but it was at the Mighty Eastern Arizona College that Mark Fell in Love with the Beauty!!!

We love Mark & Tawnie!!!

You can view MORE photos of the cuties at www.wilsonfoto.com click online viewing

Hanging with the Boyz

So it's fall break and we didn't plan anything!!!
SERIOUSLY nothing, zip, nadda, nothing planned!
Talon is working on his Civil war project
Trey is playing his Bass guitar
Tanner is what else WORKING
and so that leaves me to set up my Family Blog!

Hang with me it will be fabulous! I promise!
hugs to all
have a Groovy Day!