Great opportunities to share in the Temple dedications.....

Draper Temple

Oquirrh Mt Temple



This was our second dedication this summer...how nice it was to be there with our kids to witness a beautiful dedication of another House of the Lord. I felt the spirit so strong today while listening to the spoken word and beautiful music...we are so grateful for the beautiful temples that surround us...within minutes or just a few hours we can spend time within the walls of eight Temples right here in Utah, 4 of which are here in the Salt Lake Valley.....I Love to be in the Temples and feel of His spirit.....I am so grateful for the blessings of Eternal Families and that if we live righteous lives and follow the covenants we make in the Temples we will have our families forever.......what is any more important than that....

Kristi .... on her own now in Logan.......

We will miss our daily dose of Kristi............
those crazy times with sisters...and believe me there were plenty!!

This is basically her all the time...fun and crazy!

Kristi is a "one of a kind" friend....very caring and thoughtful to all her friends...

Her love and caring for others...she just loved going to the hospital and holding Lucas...her cousins baby.............

Max doesn't understand why Kristi doesn't live here anymore....he LOVES his Kristi....she is a super fun Auntie!!!

Here is someone who is really going to miss Kristi...Mockey! This is our 17yr old dog who just loves his Kristi......

Then, believe it or not, Jack....Kristi's friend...(they have a love/hate relationship LOL)She loves that stinker!!!

Then...these are 4 of Kristi's FAVORITE kids!!! She loves them sooooo much!!!

Kristi's daily presence is going to be missed, but we know she is moving on to a great adventure and we wish her the very best.....


WE LOVE YOU KRISTI more than you'll ever know....have a great time!!!

Old Friends......Good Times.....

What a great day it was today!!! Thank heavens for Facebook.....after many many years of no contact, we got together to renew a long lost friendship and it was a TON of fun....something we are going to keep up in the future for sure. These are a couple of special people who were a huge part of my life growing up in Orem Utah...we were in the same Ward for many years (until a dreaded split) and went to school, went to activities and just enjoyed our friendships. Today as we got together, we told stories, laughed, reminded each other of things we did, laughed, talked about our families now, laughed etc etc etc....it was a wonderful 3 hours in the restaurant. As I sat there, I was amazed at the fact that here were 3 friends from forever ago...50 something AND LOOKING LIKE OUR MOTHERS!!!! How funny is that!!!

This is Diane Seely (Fisher) our sophomore year at Orem High School....

This is Diane Seely Fisher at the restaurant today!!! What a good day!!

This is Diana Brandenburg (Boschetti) our sophomore year at Orem High School...

This is Diana Brandenburg Boschetti at the Restaurant today!!! We laughed so hard!!!

This is "yours truly" our sophomore year at Orem High School....

And of course, me now....

You know, there really is something special about relationships...time goes on, you become divided by that time...you change, have a lot of experiences but the friendships stay alive....it's great to reunite and we plan to make this an annual thing...........honestly, thanks facebook!!!

Such a busy week/weekend at the Schroeders....

This has been a CRAZY week!!! We have spent the week preparing for several different things...Kristi's Girl's Camp director for our Young Women and they leave Monday...tons to do in preparation for that, Kristi is moving to Logan on the 15th and looking for a job...soooooo...I drove to Logan twice this week with her for 3 different job interviews, we had a Milden Ln/Milden Cir past and present neighbors BBQ in our backyard Friday night...What a wonderful night full of good food and good friends....we just really enjoyed the night. We had probably 40-50 people....just a really great night. Then this morning we had a baby shower for Angela Hansen...one of the girls whose family lived on Milden Ln for many years..such good friends......soooo....we then hosted anther party with good friends (some of the same as last night) and good food....Staci was the creator of this event....she did a really good job and Angela's little Savanah got some great gifts. We also tied her a quilt and signed onsies...(Schroeder's just don't like to do the lame games...I always loose and I don't like them just because of that) Then, after the party it was MORE shopping for girls camp!!! WE ARE FINALLY DONE!!! She is packed up and will leave early Monday morning........here we sit, relaxing at our computers watching some chick flick....now, that is the life.....once again, this is the reason we are Schroeders in a NUT shell!!!!! Fits. (stay tuned, there will be pictures...I'm just too tired to download them to the computer tonight)