Linderholm's

Girly Day!

2010-05-20T14:18:00.001-07:00

On May 8th at our community clubhouse they had a Mother/Daughter Girly Day! We made bows, body glitter, bracelets, and gave each other manicures. There was also a lunch and dessert served. It was a fun day to relish in the fact that I have two beautiful daughters that I love and adore. They are so sweet and fun and I can't imagine life without them... they truly make me so proud. I don't have any boys and so I don't know the joy of a mother/son relationship, although I am sure it is amazing. But I am a daughter of an amazing woman, I have two wonderful sister's, and I have been blessed to have two of my own precious daughter's. I feel blessed and I love my girls so much. I hope that as they grow we will grow closer and learn from one another. They make me want to be better, do better, and love better. My friend Jamie and her girls, Nikki and Kayli were there for the girly day! What a fun day!!
Making hair bows, not my specialty!!

They had lunch and dessert, it was great!

I love my girls!! They are so fun and we have a blast together!!

Sadie making body glitter(aloe vera and glitter...who knew)

More body glitter...

Making bracelets

This was one I could handle!

I can't believe she is almost 8, I just feel so lucky to be her mom!

Sadie is my sassy 5 year old. She is so girly girl, she wants her nails painted everyday, she was in heaven here!!

Snowbunnies!

2010-02-16T20:42:00.001-08:00

Here are a few pictures of us playing in the snow. I had not beeen sledding in years and it was so much fun!

Merry Christmas!!

2010-01-17T19:31:00.000-08:00

We went to Flagstaff this year and it was so great to be home. I will always consider Flag home and it feels so good to go back, especially during the holidays! There was a perfect amount of snow for us to play in, yet not freezing temperatures. My girls love to go to Flagstaff and always tell me how much they want to move there. Zoe tells me how good it feels to be back and we drive around town she points out all the places she remembers. I just laugh because we moved when she was 22 months old!!! My whole family came to my brother's house. This was his first time hosting everyone and luckily they just finished their basement, or else we would nothave all fit. There were 10 adults and 25 kids in a house with about 2000 sq feet. It was so much fun and I love it now that my kids are older because they hang out with their cousins and play and I may not see them for hours! I am grateful for my family and that we have each other tthrough the good and the ugly! David and I bought each other a camera for an early anniversary present but we had not yet figured out how to use, so some of these pictures are out of focus. Christmas Eve - I sure love my girls
Sadie with her horse Christmas morning

Zoe and Troy and Gabrielle

Tradition of opening one present Christmas Eve

Christmas morning hair and glasses for me-Zoe has wanted a Snuggie for so long, thanks Santa!

Finding their stockings!

Zoe, Brynn, Sadie, and Jack

Making cookies for Santa

Grandpa Conway exchanging gifts with the grandkids. I must say that since my mom passed away he has done an amazing job of remembering the grandkids and doing his best to do as she did!!! I love you dad, you are amazing.

My baby is 5!!!!!

2009-12-03T13:24:00.000-08:00

Sadie Mae Linderholm turned five on November 3, 2009. I am in utter unbelief that she is no longer a baby. I just can't believe she is 5, in kindergarten, and boy crazy!!! We woke up that morning and had her choice of breakfast(pancakes and eggs). Then opened a few presents(this white board was on the counter already). She opened up a new Hannah Montana scarf, picked out her favorite jeans, insisted that today she got to wear all her hair down, and then she was off to school. At school they called her name over the intercom and then she got a crown to wear. She told me she wore it all day and loved it. At the end of the day I was able to go in and take some cookies to share and her class sang to her. She was beaming and it was so fun to see her with all her friends. She is obsessed with school and this white board made her day. She goes to school all day and then comes home and plays school. She loves white boards and dry erase markers and really anything that Mrs. Alisa uses!Her new scarf and b-day pin she wore to school.

This is her crown she wore all day and all night, it was really tall.

Gum ball machine from the dollar store, good find dad and Zoe.

She sure loved to open presents and was sad it ended so soon!!!

Sadie in her class at school showing off her cookies I brought in.

Mrs. Alisa let her choose one at a time to come get a cookie and of course she picked a boy first. His name is Cade and she talks about him all the time, David and I are in so much trouble with her!!!

Why I love Sadie so much...

she always tells me how much she loves me

she has such a cute laugh

she can dance and loves music

she gives super hard, almost painful hugs

she says the cutest prayers

she loves babies

she prays for a baby for mom

she forgives so freely

she always holds my hand

she is tough

she tells me, "sure I'd be happy to mom"

she loves to go shopping

she sings primary songs so beautifully

she makes me want to be better, do better, and love better

Happy Halloween!!

2009-11-10T12:53:00.000-08:00

I love Halloween. I love the fall and the change in weather(well unless you live in the valley of the sun). But I mostly love seeing my girls get excited for their costumes. I must say though I am not a mom who can sew and make their costumes, so to the store we go!!! I also refuse to spend lots of money on a costume, I find deals. I found this Hannah Montana costume at Claire's on sale for $5 and said ok it will fit one of you and you both love HM so we'll see who gets to be her. It could have gone either way but while we were in there Zoe found the sash and crown for I think $3.99. I asked if she was sure and she thought about it for like a second. So one we went and the best part is that Sadie wants to be a beauty queen next year and the HM costume is now in their dress up box!! I just hope one day this thriftiness doesn't backfire on me and my girls betray me and tell me they really hated Halloween because they never got the RIGHT costume!

The Friday before Halloween our ward had a trunk or treat and I was trying to get my girls ready, as well as the chili, cornbread, cookies, and frosting. So getting the girls ready was going well, Sadie loved getting her hair done and anytime she can wear makeup she is thrilled. So no I was onto Zoe. My idea of getting Zoe ready for the night as a beauty queen and her idea were totally different. I wanted her hair up, makeup on, frilly dress, jewelry, you know the works. Well she wanted only lip gloss, hair down, plain dress and no jewelry. We fought so much and finally I told her to get ready herself and so she did, very reluctantly. I thought I might go insane before we made it there that night. When we got there and I saw Dave I pulled one of those, "She is yours for the night, have her stay away from me". Am I the only one who has muttered these words under her breathe? I hope not!!! :) So why am I telling you this? Well these pictures are on Halloween night, after her father suggested the same things I had. SERIOUSLY, her and I are going to have some more mother/daughter precious moments in the future, I just know it!!!! We had a fabulous time walking around with the Hutchings and met up with 1/2 of the Carpenters later. My kids got way too much candy and I am trying to convince them that we need to share it with children in the world who don't have any!!! Zoe-7 , Sadie-4
Sadie lost her vocals here! Dave told Zoe to hold her hands this way, what beauty pageant show is he watching!

Nikki Hutchings and Zoe

Sadie and Kayli Hutchings

Nikki, Zoe, Kayli, Sadie, and baby lion Colby Huthchings.

Grand Canyon

2009-08-21T16:20:00.001-07:00

We have fabulous friends and we feel so happy to have so many good people in our lives. Laura had been talking about a camping trip for sometime after the Grand Canyon or Bust blog was over. Not many girls wanted to got solo, so she invited the men. Thank you Laura for being the master planner behind this and so many other great events!!! She picked a date and sent it out inviting whoever could come. The Judd's, Carpenter's and Atkinson's went up on Thursday night, and us and the Garrett's came up on Friday. WE all came home on Saturday evening. We had so much fun being in the canyon. I grew up in Flag and went to the canyon as a child, but had not been back in years. I love it and want to go back and stay longer. I also need to take my girls, they have never been. We hiked a bit, the boys played baseball and the girls played a mellow game of cards, horsehoes, and eating!!!! It was so fun and I had a blast even if I got cheated playing cards, seriously I was NEVER president!! Love you all:) Stephanie, Laura, me, Neely, and Sarah
Jimmy and Rob (two of the funniest men ever)!
Austyn and David
Good swing Dave!!
I need to make sure my bat is perfect for the next one!

Jimmy being Jimmy (he jumped up and Sarah got a cool
picture with no feet on the ground)

Austyn, do you see what I see?

Good thing I love him.... Or else......

Jimmy, where are you?

In a lodge at the very top, huge original fire place-forgot the name.

We wanted the boys to pose like this, but you as see it was us instead!

Making our train!! We are so funny!!!

David took this romantic shot for Neely! What a cute couple!!

We love Sundays!!!

2009-08-12T22:31:00.000-07:00

So Sunday is such a great day for so many reasons. Church, meetings, sacrament, singing, lessons, RS, Primary, YW's, Home-teaching and visiting-teaching!!! You just feel good when you know your doing what you should and participating in all these activities. But we also love Sundays because of this, a little thing called sleep!!!!! This is what we look like almost every Sunday after church and lunch. We eat and then throw almost every pillow in the house down the stairs for quiet time! The girls get to pick one Disney movie and they always want to know if David and I want to watch it. We reply you bet for about the first minute and then somehow we never make it beyond that part!!! Sundays are a special day for our family and being together and making memories like these are what makes life grand!! Happy Sunday to you!!

My spot is the empty pink pillow. David and Sadie are always on the floor and Zoe and I are on the couch.

Hello, Again!!!

2009-08-12T21:55:00.000-07:00

Zoe is seven now and it is crazy! I am amazed at how wonderful each year gets with her, and yet miss her being small. I love her so much and am so grateful to be her mom and watch her grow, she is a special little girl who makes me better. These are a few pictures of a small party we had for her before we went to Utah for the 4th of July. Her birthday is July 2 and so it seems to always get combined with the 4th. She loved having a few friends to to Chuck E Chesse and play for the night. Happy 7th!!!
Sadie is my daredevil!

Zoe is not so sure!!!

Kayli, Nikki, Zoe, Madison, and Sadie

Scared but laughing!!

What a "cheesy" grin!!!! Gotta love it!

My Sweet Daughter

2008-09-17T23:14:00.000-07:00

Tonight after a really long day of life, I got a reminder of how amazing my daughter is and how much I love my kids. As I was cleaning and gathering things from upstairs to bring down, I overheard Zoe telling Sadie something about being seriously and sad. I paused on the stairs to listen for a moment, something I love to do. Zoe proceeded to talk about how she was singing a song for Grandma Conway in heaven. She very sternly told Sadie it was not funny and that she was seriously(or as we might say serious). Sadie then sang a very loud and goofy version of something like this, " Oh, Grandma Conway died and now she is in heaven." Zoe now tells Sadie ever so calmly, "I'm crying right now and I am seriously." During this brief exchange, I actually never heard the song Zoe said she was singing for my mom. She only kept relaying to Sadie how sad she was and how she wanted to see Grandma Conway. Both girls have been really doing well with my mom's passing and we talk about it often. I think tonight might have been brought on because Zoe took a baby blanket made by my mom to bed. I love my girls and hope that they may grow up with some memories of my mom. My mom loved and adored them and I know she is smiling down on them. I am learning that even with her death, we can still have her be a part of our days, sharing stories and history of her can help my children to know who she was. It's ok to miss her and be sad, but we can rejoice in the knowledge that we can see her again!!!

I Love My Dad

2008-09-15T18:32:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of my parents. This picture was taken two years ago tomorrow. We were hiking around Madera Canyon, which is in South Tucson where we lived for about three years. We had such a great day and my parents were so happy to be together. My dad had not seen my mom for almost six months before this trip reunited them. For those of you who may not know, my mom passed away December 1, 2007. She lost her courageous fight with cancer and returned to her Heavenly Father after years of being sick. She had been living with my family in Tucson undergoing chemo while my father remained in Utah working. His work kept him away for months and he had such a hard time being away from her. They were everything to each other, and more to me. My dad is my hero for many reasons, but mostly because he loved a woman for 41 years who battled insecurities, depression, and MANY health problems. He never left her or his children. I have no doubt that many men, even men of God, would have left their families had they gone through the struggles my father did. But he did not complain or blame. My father only loved more and worked harder. I thank my Father in Heaven for my dad and his example.

Life is full of ups and downs. We are going to face challenges in our lives and our character will be tested. My father I'm sure was not always happy to have a sick wife who couldn't be active with him. He wanted to travel around the world, she had a hard time making a trip four hours away from home. He loved the outdoors, she wanted air-conditioning. She passionately loved many sports, he wasn't as excited. He wanted to talk, she didn't. She loved QVC and shopping, he liked to save money. She loved to decorate and he didn't see a need. Their differences did not affect their love for one another. They learned to accept their differences and not try to change the other person.

Life is also full of happy times and laughter. We are supposed to enjoy life and each other. My parents did just that. They loved the Gospel more than anything. They each had and shared powerful testimonies of their Savior. They loved their children, even during many rebellious and difficult years. They respected and honored one another and their eternal covenants. They laughed, cried, prayed, and on occasion even disagreed. But no matter what obstacles they faced, they did it together. The did it together and with faith in Heavenly Father that they would not be given more than they could endure.

In D&C 58:4 it reads, "For after much tribulation come the blessings. Wherefore the day cometh that ye shall be crowned with much glory; the hour in not yet, but is nigh at hand."

Their love for one another, their children, and their Savior never wavered. Their life was a not a fairly tale, but their love was. I love my parents so much and express my appreciation for their commitment and strength. I strive to have a marriage built upon a rock, the rock of our Savior. If I can lovingly, graciously, happily, and faithfully endure life's challenges, I too can hope for those eternal blessings and glory.

I am so honored to have a father who taught by example. He never asked of us what he was not already doing himself. His desire to serve the Lord, his wife, his children, and his fellowman, was a great indicator of his value and conviction to do what is right. Thank you dad for loving my mom with all your heart and treating her with respect and kindness. You are a righteous man who loves the Lord and your family more than anything. I love you dad!!!

Sadie LOVES Babies!

2008-09-02T23:30:00.001-07:00

This is Sadie when she was 11 days old. She now talks about having one of these for herself almost every day. Some of you know that I have been unseccessful in staying pregnant recently. As you can imagine, my 3 year old who has literally cried in Wal-Mart because she wanted a baby so bad, is pulling on my heart strings. She told me she wants a baby so bad she could die. And her latest is that we should call the hosptial and get one next week. Cute huh, but almost not when I am trying my best!! Sadie is so soft and loving with little babies and would be a great big sister,(maybe a bit smothering) but she means well. She is praying for a baby in my tummy, in daddy's, in Zoe's, and in her's. So I was thinking maybe Heavenly Father wants David to be the second man to give birth to a baby!!!!

I Am Proud!!

2008-08-26T23:58:00.000-07:00

I posted a new page but I don't think I did it in the right spot. My good friend Laura pointed out that there was no comment option on my new post. I don't know what I did but I am learning. Thanks to Laura I now also have music now. This might be my favorite part. I am perhaps already really enjoying this and have been up past midnight the last two nights playing around. Watch out you all said, it's addicting!!!

I'm gonna try this!!!!

2008-04-11T18:31:00.000-07:00

So, I have been hearing about the blogging craze for a bit now and have not really checked into it until recently. Well I have looked at a few and have been amazed. They are fun and pretty and inspire me to want to try this. I am not good at scrapbooking, I have lots of stuff but just don't really want to do it. I am not great on the computer, I am glad I don't have to create a power point presentation to be a mom. So this adventure of blogging is like doing two things I am not great at,oh yeah, I don't know how to take great pictures either(having a sucky camera doesn't help). Why do I want to do this then? I want to be a better woman!!!!!! Ok, I really do want to be a better wife and mother. I want to keep a family history, journal and record of our life. I want a way to communicate my thoughts and feelings about our life and this journey we are on. I am hoping that doing these things through this blog will make me a better woman!