Knoxville, Tennessee

This is our group in Tennessee.  We have had the best time!  Everything about this trip has been about kids having fun!  This is everyone in our CA state shirts.  Our state had a hard rock Cafe theme. 
Carson and Kylie in their duck tape outfits, getting ready to go to the 3M Duck tape party.
This is the team in their Duck tape outfits.
One of the highlights of the trip was pin trading.  Each child came with 50 of our state pins and they were able to trade with kids from all over the country and the world.  We were able to get some amazing pins, because everyone wanted our CA pins.  There were eight different guitar pins.
Here are some of the moms getting into the pin action.  We were given the assignment of trading pins for the Garfield team that wasn't able to come.  We had so much fun!
Here is the group after their instant challenge.   This trip has been really fun!  All the families were fun and easy to be with.  I know that Kylie loved the whole experience.

I love being a mom!

It is mothers day and I thought I would make a post about being a mom. I feel that having the opportunity of being a mom is the greatest blessing of my life. It has helped me to grow in ways I never could have without being a mother. I have been blessed to be the mother of five wonderful, talented and amazing daughters. I love them with all my heart. They are such dear and special people to me. I thought I would write my feelings about each daughter.

Amy - Amy is smart and beautiful. she is very patient and kind. She has always been such a great example to her younger sisters. One of the qualities that I admire about her is her tenacity. When she sets her mind to something she is unstoppable. She is very determined. Amy has always had a strong testimony and is a strong daughter of God.


Kara - Kara has a a quiet strength about her. She is tender and very observant. She is very in tune with her surroundings and with people. She has a very sensitive side. Kara is a really good friend. She always has lots of friends that adore her. Kara has the best laugh, it is contagious and fun!

Heather - Heather is a very faithful and true person. She has been blessed with amazing leadership skills. She is organized and efficient. Heather has always been a very cheerful and happy person. She is very thoughtful and remembers people and takes care of everyone.

Lauren - Lauren is a fun and spunky girl. She has a strong and unwavering testimony. She is a leader and a trend setter with her friends. She has a strong sense of style. Lauren is an organizer and party planner. Her social calendar is always very busy. Lauren has a fun and vibrant personality.

Kylie - Kylie was born with an amazing faith. She turns to the Lord in all things and she knows with out a doubt that her prayers will be answered. She is very loving and tender. She cries easily when the spirit touches her. She is a great missionary and is not afraid to share the gospel. she is very thoughtful and loving daughter, sister and friend.

Kim Braun Senior pictures

I love taking pictures.  I have had a very busy and stressful past month.  It took a whole month to get together with Kim.  We shot these pictures on Tuesday.  I had the best time.  I have to say that it is pretty easy to take good pictures when you have such a cute model.
I have worked with Kim in our ward as Young women's president and as a senior this year in the stake.  She is the best!  I love her because she is fun and she always laughs at my jokes.  Don't we always love the people that think we are funny?





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Heathers Prom

This past weekend Heather attended Buchanan High School's prom with Wil Clason.  The boys planned a busy and fun night!  They had dinner on boats at Millerton Lake.  They attended the dance and then went played lazer tag.  They also had fun playing games late into the night.
This is some of the group.  Most of Heathers good friends are seniors and this is a lot of them.
Sarah, Heather, Jessica and Janet
These are a few of Heathers friends in our ward from her laurels class.  Kim and Danella.

Birthday Girl

Today is Kylies tenth birthday.  Yesterday she had a Birthday swim party!  We were a little worried about the weather, but, it ended up being a nice day!  Happy Birthday cute Ky!

Amy's Graduation

Last week we made a whirl wind trip to Utah to attend Amy's graduation from BYU, and to see my parents who recently returned from their mission.  Amy graduated with a degree in exercise science and she is working on a fast track program to receive her RN next January.  I am so proud of Amy.  She is an amazing daughter.
This is the family before the graduation.  We were a little sad to not have Kara in the picture.  We picked Kara up from the airport around midnight that night.
This is Amy with one of her dear friends Lauren.  It was just four years ago that I attended their high school graduation.  Way to go girls!
I couldn't pass up the opportunity to post a silly Reed picture.  This is Reed with our Cutie Pie niece, Ella Bella.  They are giving us their best pouty faces.

I had to add this picture of Kara.  This was the second day of the graduation programs and the only day that we spent with our cute June!  She left for BYU Idaho the next day and is busy catching up on the first week of school that she missed.  Kara had a wonderful time attending the BYU Jerusalem Center this past semester.
This is my mom and dad or Elder and Sister Winegar.  It was so nice to see them.  We all really missed them.  We were so grateful to them and what great parents and grandparents they are.  They set a wonderful example for all of us and we know our lives have all been blessed because of their sacrifice and service.
This is all the family that were able to attend the homecoming talk.  We definitely missed everyone else who couldn't attend.

Because We Believe...EFY 2009

I have been serving as a counselor in our Stake Young Women's for about a year and a half.  This is my second year helping to plan and run our Stakes EFY.  This year we had Kenneth Cope as our visiting performer/speaker.  He brought such as amazing spirit.

I have really enjoyed serving in this calling.  I have spent many years serving in Young women's but this calling is Unique because I get to serve with the Young men also.  Serving the youth in our stake is an incredibly busy calling, but one I wouldn't trade for the world.  I Love It!!

The Theme for EFY was Because we Believe...

The theme for the dance was fifties pep rally.  Jen made Stephanie and I these cute skirts.  This is me with my peeps.

Heather doing her group skit.  She is demonstrating a moose mating call.  Don't ask me how she knows this call.  I think she learned it from Kara.

Jen and I in our cute EFY Sweatshirts.  Jen and I were roomies and our late nights brought on some pretty silly laughing.  We had the best time.

Cute Heather in her group colored shirt.  Eric West and I took pictures for the slide show.  I had so much fun shooting.

Heather and one of her friends Nick Nelson.

Heather and her orange group.