Really Jennifer, Really?

Really I can't believe that I have not blogged since Nov. of 2009. Really Jennifer,really?
so lets catch up:
Nov.:Thanksgiving-At home with Tim, Tannis, Tanya, Tori, Devin Jorge, Colin and Chloe-Check
Dec.-Christmas-At home with Tim and Tannis and Jayson and Erica-Check
Jan.-At home with snow and work and callings and at Casa Grande with Tanya, Devin and Ezra and Rylie for Rylie's first birthday-Check
Feb.-At home with Tim and his knee replacement surgery-Check
March-At home " "-check
April-At home, and at Salt Lake City for Gen. Conf. with YSA, Daneila surgery in North Carolina Tannis and Clayton in Phoenix because of motorcycle accident and back home-Check
May-(well as of tomorrow)...will try to do so much better at blogging:)-Check

Anyway, that is a quick overview of the Hine House. I haven't updated Ethan's in a long time. I will get on that too!
As I look back back thru these last few months, the one thing that comes to mind that is not just a Check, but PRICELESS is this-My Testimony of my Savior Jesus Christ. Through good, bad, hard times,happy times,I hold on tight to my Testimony that He lives and Loves me and knows me and is my Savior-Priceless!

We are Family....

This last week my mom fell and broke her shoulder...so off I go to the ranch to see if I can be of any help. Luckly for her, it didn't need surgery, but about 6 to 8 weeks to heal. so while I was down my sisters Joy and Jill came home and spent the night with us. Oh my goodness we had fun ! My sisters are so much fun. We don't get to be together as much as I would like, but when we do, my sides hurt from laughing so hard. My poor mom, kept saying don't make me laugh...but we couldn't help it.I am so thankful for familes and for the love and support that we give each other. I love when I get to see them, even if the circumstances are not the best, because We are Family!

The Colors of Fall

I got up this morning and the wind was blowing...just alittle, but it was blowing leaves everywhere! I thought to myself I had better get some pictures before there were no more leaves to take pitures of! I love the smell of Fall, the crisp mornings and cool evenings, with the promise of winter to come. It reminds me of the importance of being thankful. Thankful for the beauty of the earth. Thankful for all of God's creations. And thankful for all the many rich and bountiful blessings in my life. To everything there is a season, and for that I am thankful.

HAPPY # 2 EZRA!

Happy Happy Birthday Ezra dear, Happy days will come to you all year, if I had one wish that wish would be....a happy, happy ,birthday to you from me!
Okay so I am a day late on this, but Happy day all the same! Ezra is 2, and fun and busy and ALL boy! Gram's had the fun of Ezra coming to stay a few weeks ago, what fun! I am so glad that his mommy and daddy decided to move to the lower 48's, so we can see him more often! It is hard to believe that 2 years have past already, grand kids are the best:)

Happy birthday Shaun

Happy 30th Birthday Shaun! That is right my Shaun, the middle son, is 30!!!!!! Shaun is married to Daniela, and father to 3 kids...Julie, Zarah and Dylan. He is a Sargent-Staff or 1stclass-(I can't remember, and Yikes I should know this!) in the Army.
He just return from his third tour of duty in the middle East and is currently stationed in Ft. Bragg North Carolina. He was recently accepted to be attached to the 7th Group Special Forces. because of that, he returned home Aug.4th and left for training August 17th. That however is Army life and that is what he has chosn to do. He is very talented in music, he plays the gutiar very well, the drums the piano and sings amazingly. I am proud to call him my son, I always have been.This picture was taken just a couple of weeks ago with Tim in North Carolina. So a very Happy Birthday to a very good son!

Looking to the Future

I Love this picture...I know it has been awhile since a blog, it has been a very busy somewhat emotional summer. But I am looking to the future with and hope and joy!
In this picture my niece Chloe is looking to her Dad, who at the time this was taken was leaving for another dangerous deployment(Note his boots).
Each of us has the ability to look to the future with hope and joy. Things don't always go as we plan, but they do go and it is up to us to find hope and joy regardless of how it goes.
I have seen people I love take the difficult changes in their lives and come out on the other side full of hope and jopy. It has been a great reminder to me that each of us are the builders of our destiny. We cannot always choose what is going to come our way, but we can choose how we handle it...it is up to us:)
I HOPE that this blog finds those that I love, lives filled with hope and joy as we all look to the future.
My hope and prayer for Chloe in this picture is that her daddy will return safely home and that their family will look to the future with hope and joy.
I love this piture.

Colin and Chloe and a camera

My niece and her kids are visiting for a few days, she has beautiful children. So I got the camera out and took a few shoots. I had to bribe them with ice cream afterwards, but I like the end results! Thier dad has just deplyed to Afganistan for 12 months, we keep him and all he stands for in our prayers!