Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day

First some pictures of my Mom, Dora Swift.  She is a great mother and we love her from the bottom of our hearts.  Above is a picture of my mom as a young mother with her family, and below is a picture of Dora at her fiftieth wedding anniversary.  Thank's mom, for being such a great mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother to us all.

Next some pictures of another great mother, Jacquelyn's mother, Genevieve Rucker.  Above is a picture of her at Tianna's graduation.  Below is a picture of her with her mother in a five generation shot of daughters.  Thank's  for being such a great mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother to us all!

Now some pictures of Jacquelyn with her eight children.  Thanks for being such a wonderful mom.

 This is a family portrait with Jacquelyn.  Isaac is the baby.

 Jacquelyn loved to go camping with her family and we always went on lots of hikes and walks.

 This is a picture of Jacquelyn and family at Tianna's wedding.

 Here Jacquelyn is at a ball game with her family.

 Jacquelyn and one happy baby (Joshua maybe)?

 A family portrait of Jacquelyn and family outside our home. 

 Here she is at Yosemite National Park.

The last picture which finally has Caleb in it.

Scarlett's birthday

Scarlett turned one year old and we went to her birthday party.  She had a yellow cake and a yellow dress.

Doranda put a bunch of objects in front of her in a line.  The idea is to see which one she crawls to and picks up - and that predicts what she will like doing when she is grown up.  There were things like money, a race car, a hair pin, a tooth brush, etc .  She picked up the ruler.  So I guess Scarlett might want to be an engineer.  By the way, her dad is an engineer.  Both granddad's are engineers.  And one of her great-granddads is even an engineer.

Scarlett got lots of presents and lots of interested people wanting to see what she got.

Here is Scarlett with brother and sister, Tucker and Penelope.

Here is Scarlett with her own birthday cake.  As per the tradition she got to eat out of the cake first, without help.  I won't show the mess she made, but she sure enjoyed it.

Happy Birthday Scarlett.  Congratulations on turning one year old.  We love you.

Super Moon

Last night was a Super Moon.  The moon was full and it is low to the horizon and we heard it is closest to the Earth this time of year right now in it's orbit.  So it looks extremely large compared to normal.  Unfortunately my camera's not very good and gets a lot of glare and you can't see how pretty it really was.  All the background just came out black.  Maybe Doranda could take a much better picture with her camera.

Andrew the T-Ball Player

We got to go see one of Andrew's T-ball games.  He seemed to have a lot of fun.

 Andrew hitting the ball.

 Andrew running the bases.

 Andrew playing in the outfield.

Hard at work in Mesa

Grandpa Swift decided to put in new sprinklers at his house in Mesa.

 Main trench.

 Side trenches

 Pipes in place.

 Control box.

Finished.

Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Today we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  After his atonement for the sins of all people he allowed himself to be crucified on the cross and died for all people so that anyone that is willing could have the means to gain salvation and return to live with him and Heavenly Father in heaven.

He actually did rise up from the dead three days after his death.  He came back to life and stood up and came out of the tomb where he had been buried.  Now others can do this too thanks to his atonement for our sins.  We will all be resurrected too and if we believe in him and try our best to follow his example and commandments and are baptised in his name, then we can have our sins forgiven too.

Many other people saw him, for example Mary was the first to see him after he came back to life.  Their witness of his resurrection is recorded in the Bible.  I have read these accounts and prayed about it and would like to testify to everyone that I believe this to be true with all my heart.

Jesus Christ really does exist. He rose from the dead. He loves us all. He has provided a way for us to have salvation too.

Easter Familiy Celebration

On Friday and Saturday we celebrated Easter with the fun stuff so that left Sunday open for religious rememberance of Easter and the Resurrection.  We had lots of family over to visit and that was the best part.  We got to visit and spend some time together and do some fun things together.  We had a big Easter Dinner, and went on walks, played lots of games, and some went shopping, and several made visits to Talitha's hair salon to get hair done, and we went out to the Triplex to get a washer and dryer, and some went out to dinner or to a movie.  There was lots to do.

The big event was the Easter Egg hunt of course.  The first step was to get the younger grandchildren out of the house with a walk.

The next step was to hide the Easter Eggs.

Then the big Easter Egg hunt began.  It was fun to watch.