To my girls

Oh heavens. I just came to scope out the blog to see if Kate had said anything about her Mr. ShmootzyPoo (can I say that Kate?? You do know that's a term of endearment for Tony/Andrew, right? Wait... can I have terms of endearment for other peoples' fellas??? Oh goodness. Moving on...) and realized, to my horror, that I never posted anything about Blake.

Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for the epic-failer at keeping in touch and updating... (And the crowd goes wild.)

Oh bilge. Sorry girls! I did have some good phone chats though, (stickers for Kate's virtual star chart! Yay!) and thank goodness for that or we all would have woken up one day to find that I had a new last name!

Anyway, here's my apology and my thanks to you girls for being such gems to me now and forever. You girls are wonderful and I love you so much! I pray for your success and your happiness---the lyrics of Rascal Flatts' "My Wish" come to mind...

I hope the days come easy and the moments pass slow,
And each road leads you where you want to go,
And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose,
I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.
And if one door opens to another door closed,
I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window,
If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile,
But more than anything, more than anything,

My wish for you is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold;
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

I hope you never look back, but ya never forget,
All the ones who love you, in the place you left,
I hope you always forgive, and you never regret,
And you help somebody every chance you get,
Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake,
And you always give more than you take.
But more than anything, yeah, and more than anything,

My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,
Your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.


All my love, girls--
Love, Your Partner in Crime and Red High Heels

Trevor

I am going to introduce a new character to the blog. The past week and a half have been pretty "red-like". I am starting to date this new guy Trevor Searle. He is a farmer from Burley, Idaho. Served his mission in Argentina, and he also attends the temple every Friday evening to help out in the endowment sessions. Needless to say, with those facts alone, he is pretty much everything that I am supposed to look for in a guy. We went on a date last Thursday and have hung out everynight since. Another date is set for Tuesday. I am determined to do this the right way because so much went wrong last year and I don't need a repeat. Just want to let you girls that I am, for the first time in a long time, truly happy. I feel like my old self. Trevor makes me want to be a better me. And yes, it is kinda early to tell but I think this could be something great if I let it be. I have recently realized that I can be quite hesitant when putting myself out there. I don't want to be vunerable and get hurt in the end. I also believe though, that God has a plan for all of us and these moments, whether they are red, yellow, purple or orange, come when the time is right and when we need them the most. How grateful I am for my Savior and the blessings and comfort he has given me these past hard months. I am seeing a path being open up to me and I am taking it, for good or bad. I love you girls and promise to keep you all updated. You three mean the world to me and are definately my angels. Love from Logan.

The Lights

So once upon a time, basically several weeks ago I went on a date with a guy I knew from up at school. Our initial plan fell through so due that he was kind enough to humor me we just picked up some food and went toward Bountiful to go find some up high place to look at the city lights. What a kind guy right?

Anyway we drove around and ended up finding a neat park near Centerville. We started playing on this park toy and I thought I saw something in the distance so we decided to go check it out. It turned out to be a trail, and in the spirit of curiosity we followed it. As we were climbing I found myself looking back toward the lights and quite a few times feeling so good about what I could see that I just wanted to stop where I was and enjoy it from there. The farther we climbed the more amazing the sight became, till we were at the top and I was very anxious to be there. When we turned and looked at the valley it was so gorgeous, and I was really grateful we hadn't stopped half way. While I was looking at it I realized it was a lot like the gospel and how we start out and get pretty excited and continue on for a while till we reach a point where we feel like what we have is so amazing and that it couldn't really get better. When we keep going and not become complacent but continue and endure we find that we get more and more amazing knowledge and understanding till we finally reach the top. And I'm sure we'll find that what we have is better than anything we've had before and we are so grateful that we didn't stop when we thought it couldn't get better.

I just wanted to share that with my girls, because I love you.