March 25th

Please pay note to the new addition of the ticker on the left side of our blog.

Thank you.

Only 27 days...

Until this Elder comes home!

We are so excited for him to finally meet Lily... 2 years later!

Attention:

Due to recent budget cuts, layoffs and the rising cost of electricity, gas and oil, "The Light at the End of the Tunnel" has been turned off. We apologize for any inconvenience.

It has been one of those weeks.

Jackson Hole!

Jackson Hole has always been a tradition in the Lefrandt Family... for as long as I can remember we have gone to Jackson Hole for the fourth of July or sometime around there. The trip usually includes Bubba's BBQ... I only go for the buttermilk pie, fly fishing (didn't catch anything this year... water levels too high in the rivers), White Water rafting, Running, eating lots of food, game nights, TEE PEES for breakfast, the parade, fire work shows... it is the most amazing little Norman Rockwell town. We love it and hope the tradition lives on! Here are some pictures of this year. Happy Fourth of July.

Bad bloggers...

Sorry you guys. We are horrible bloggers lately. We will try to be better. PROMISE. Here are some pictures to make up for it.

Happy Birthday Dad

Today is Dad's 47th Birthday. I guess it is true, only the good die young. We miss him everyday, but today is one of those days where you wish he could come if even for just one night. We miss you PaPa. Happy Birthday.

I heart Mothers

I got an email from my mom yesterday for Mothers day. She always knows just the right thing to say to uplift and inspire me. I am posting a couple little excerpts from her letter, and hopefully they will inspire you too. But more than anything she knows just how to love and cherish her children as a mother should. And I am so grateful for her example. I love you Mama!!

"To My Beautiful Daughters for Mother’s Day

With tears streaming down my face, I am writing to tell you that I feel I couldn’t be a more blessed Mother. I have 7 of the most beautiful daughters in all of the world. Many people have always commented on your outward beauty and that is a nice thing, and oh so true, but the beauty that melts my heart is the inward beauty that I see in each one of you. I could not be more proud as I watch and hear about the service and support you are all giving to each other.

I want you to know that I know how challenging and discouraging your job as wife, and mother can be. I have been there and remember so many times when I cried to my mother, “ I have no idea how you raised 8 children, I have had it and wonder if I can deal with some of these challenges even one more day.” She would smile and say, “ I know just how you feel, because I had those same thoughts and feelings along the way.” As I have said many times, “ I have come to realize that ANYTHING WORTHWHILE IN THIS LIFE TAKES WORK AND SACRIFICE.” Believe me when I tell you that you are engaged in the most worthwhile, significant, life altering , magnanimous work on this Earth. There is nothing you could be doing that would make more of a difference in this world than being a righteous Mother.


I feel that President Spencer Kimball’s statement pertains to each one of you.

To be a righteous woman is a glorious thing in any age. To be a righteous woman during the winding up scenes on this earth, before the second coming of our Savior, is an especially noble calling. The righteous woman’s strength and influence today can be tenfold what it might be in more tranquil times. She has been placed here to help enrich, to protect, and to guard the home – which is society’s basic and most noble institution. Other institutions may falter and even fail, but the righteous woman can help to save the home, which may be the last and only sanctuary some mortals know in the midst of storm and strife.”