my angel...

so this past week i've thought a lot about a certain angel. her name is shannon kathleen buckner hamblin. i ran across some pictures of her that i didn't know were on our computer.

"i would run my hands on my head and my hands would be covered with hair. i would sit in the shower and cry as i watched my hair go down the drain. before it fell out i decided i would just wear scarves and hats and that i wasn't so vain that i could handle it. losing my hair was one of the hardest things emotionally i've gone through."
-shannon hamblin

(that's her and her sisters/ girlfriends at the price is right, million dollar spectacular..)

(this is us at a timeshare in park city... i completely forgot about that trip before i saw this picture..)

(this is a picture of my sweet mother that is proudly framed everywhere in my house..)

(this is her holding my now eight year old cousin as a baby..)

(trip to disney land...?)

(two year old portrait... i guess now i know where i got my blond hair...:))

(silly baby..)

(such a cute baby..)

(that's us..)

(oh how she loved him..)

(that's her senior picture..)

(this is us in florida... josh's tank..:))

(this is my grandpa's stinkin awesome model A..)

my mother was a woman of many talents...

(basketball..)

(state champ in basketball..)

(cheer..)

(volleyball..)

(pageant girl..)

(and yes... she was prom queen..)

now onto my favorite...

(my parents were married in the provo utah temple..)

(courtship..:))

(their wedding announcement..)

i have had a hard time remembering a lot about my mom. for the last seven years i've sort of forgotten that she was my mom. i've prayed and prayed to be able to remember her and to know her like i used to, unfortunately i won't ever know her that well while i'm here on this earth. but i'm so happy that my family is a forever family and that i know that she's with our father in heaven watching over me right now. memories aren't forever, but my family is. and i am so grateful for that knowledge.

what's new...

so, i haven't written in a while... just wanted to catch you up on everything! so basically everything has pretty much been normal. for christmas we stayed home which was a first that i can remember for us. it was a little bitter sweet considering we always have a hectic household for christmas. i missed it, i do have to say, but i guess there are some new traditions to be made. elder josh

is coming home in less than two weeks from today! his date to come home is the twenty seventh of january and his homecoming talk will be just two days afterwards on the twenty ninth. this month has been going by pretty slowly i guess if i consider how much time i've had on my hands. i think it's just because good 'ol josha is on the very tail-end of the best two years! but, i do have a lot to do before he gets home. this upcoming saturday is preference! my first dance date and i asked an amazing guy named james itri

(he's the one that's not jimmer fredette...:) i guess he's pretty cool too..) anyways james and i met this year and he's become one of my really good friends. i'm way too excited for this date... (check back next week for more on the date.) hmmm, what else has been going on? well ohs is doing pretty well in men's and women's basketball. at g.w.s. our boys unfortunately didn't win the tournament but we did beat lone peak, which was kind of a big deal! and they've won all their games since. our girls had an awesome game against springville on friday which went into overtime... (mad i didn't see that...) but i'm so excited for the season and wish all the amazing girls an awesome season... and cross your fingers for no acl tears/ any injuries at all...:)

in honor of my very own elder...
st matthew 28: 19
"Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son, and of the Holy Ghost:"


...oh and p.s. i got an a- in physics for the term... not a c...!!