Our Love Story!

We met years before we started dating.  We attended the same congregation.  After we were divorced, we were the "single" members at church.  We celebrated our first date this past weekend!  This summer we will have been married 10 years.  We've had our ups and downs.  Raising 6 kids hasn't been easy, our love has helped us through. Today we are celebrating our sealing.  In the lds church, this is an ordinance that is performed in the temple.  Typically, when young couples are married they are also sealed at the same time.  Because we have been married before, we had to be given special permission.  Feb. 19, 2011 was a wonderful snowy day just like today.  My parents came for the sealing as well a few close friends.  My brother, Glade, surprised us and bared the cold weather.  Today, we are heading to the temple to reflect on our time being married and the promises we have made to each other and to our God.  We are happy and love our love story!

 

I can't believe that it's been 7 years since my last post to our family blog.  WHOA!! I guess the saying is true: Times flies when you are having fun!  We are super excited for the upcoming year!

Alex is getting married!  They will be married in the Idaho Falls temple on December 28th.  We can't wait for Randee to join our family.

Nicole turned 21 this year!  She is working hard and looking at a promotion at her employment. 

Austin is a missionary in New Zealand and will be home next fall. He loves it there and enjoys his preparations days when he can visit different places. His photos are amazing.

Natalie is a full-time student at UVU and working full-time as a phlebotomist.  In her free time she's an RA for her housing.

Ben is a junior and thinking about his senior year!  He can't wait to be done with high school, but loves debate.

Lucy is getting used to her new middle school.  This has been an adjustment for her mom as well.

Randy and Teresa are settling into their new home.  They love working on projects and spending time out doors.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!

Love,

MZ Family

We made it thru the airport security! Now the wait for the plane begins! We leave at 10:50! The kids are so excited!

We have begun our family vacation. I thought it would be a good idea to share our happenings with every one!


Friday night
we left our clean house and headed to Manhatten, mt!
We spent the night and woke up to the smell of biscuits and gravy! Yummmmmmm!
After beakfast, we made our trek to Logan.

Saturday
After 6 hours in the suburban, we finally made to Brandon and Andrea's house!
The kids played for a few hours until they were hungry.
GNO
depending who you asked---Randy says guy night out!
The boys went for ribs, pizza, and wings! They played pool and pin ball!

Teresa says girls night out!
We went to Magical moon (toy store) ate Chinese and ate aggie ice cream!

Off to bed to dream of tomorrow's adventures!

Become as a little Child

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This was a picture my dad sent while the kids were visiting Utah. It makes me want to cry--children are soo Christ like.

Graduation Day!

Yesterday was a very big moment for me. I finished my Masters fall semester, but it didn't seem real until yesterday. I received my hood and honor medal on Friday. Saturday was the actual graduation ceremony. It was nice to see my family and friends there. Dave Allred also graduated. He's a good friend of the family. He actually is from Preston, Idaho. (That's where I was born.) We also said our "see ya later...because they are moving back to Idaho. I'll post pictures soon!

Easter

Our events started last Saturday, with an early morning Easter Egg Hunt. Lucy found one egg with Nicole's help. Later that day, we decided to have another hunt and die eggs. This was much more successful. The kids all got new clothes to wear for church.They all looked so nice, but with the rush to make 9am church I didn't get a photo. Isn't that typical.

Sunday we drove to Randy's aunt and uncle's house. We had a great time at Ed and Joyce's house for Easter. I am hoping my video of our hunt works. Enjoy.

I guess I've been busy!

I've been using facebook, so I haven't posted as much. Now, I just realized tonight, that I haven't post in a very LONG time. Sorry. We are doing fine, just busy. Tonight we attended Nicole's choir concert. It was a nice evening! I'll post video soon.

Good night! I'm going to bed.

Music Playlist

As a family we added our favorite songs for our blog. Enjoy the variety of music! You may even be able to guess who picked which songs. (Hint--Lucy Loves Barney!) You may even choose to shuffle to hear the variety of tastes we have within our family.

MZ URL Change!

Glad you found your way to our blog. I was finally able to change the URL to reflect our new family name. We hope you stop by often, post a comment, or email us. We love to hear from our family and friends.

The Economy Hits home!

Last night Randy and I were talking about how blessed we have been through these tough economic times.

Today, Randy's employer did partial layoffs. I think it sounds worse than it is. He basically has a three day weekend.

We have been so blessed from living by the council given to us by our prophet. We stay within our means, have food storage, and savings. We will be fine, it's just a shock--that things have hit our home. We hope all is well with our family and friends.

We love you!

New Layout

So, what do you think? I'm pimping my blog.

Getting Ready for New Beginnings

I am getting ready for the annual new beginnings program at church. The theme we have chosen is celebrating the light within. I thought about using this video. Tell me what you think?

Another Week is Over!

I just got back from Helena. It was the school library media division retreat. Mike Eisneberg was our guest speaker. We had over 80 librarians, teachers, and administrators from across the state. This was one of the many things I get to help plan at the state level. Sadly, my term will be over come June. Then I will have time for other things, like writing in my blog.


Alex is finished with Basketball. Their last game was on Thursday. Alex was the star player. In one a game alone, he scored 33 points for his team. He is an amazing athlete.

Natalie qualified for the district spelling bee. That will be held at Lockwood School on February 18. I have helped coach the 5th grade students for the past 3 years. This is a unique opportunity for both of us.

We are getting ready for Valentine’s day….We purchased our cards. This week we will be addressing them and putting candies inside. This is one of my favorite celebrations. I have decided to make a homemade card for Randy. Oh, it will be fun…..glitter, glue, and stickers—it will be fun.

Other happenings to look forward to…..


We registered Alex for EFY. It will be held in Logan. So, I will be traveling to Utah around the 20th of June. As you can see by our calendar, summer is filling up fast.

Hope all is going well. What are you getting your sweetie for Valentine’s Day?

I love igoogle

Ok, So I went to a class on google over the weekend. I love using igoogle. I have a calendar that I have posted to our blog. However, I will be emailing it to you as well. (It is a class assignment,) Anyhow, I am able to have a gadget on Igoogle for my blog, Hence, I can update my blog more often.

Before this class, I had an interesting expereince. It actually ended up in the Gazette. I am finally healing. My leg got pretty bruised. Randy actually took a picture of it, but it is too disgusting to add to this blog. Anyway, if you hadn't heard, try googling the armed robbery in the billings gazette paper.

I still can't believe that it happened. I am just glad that I had a great class that would distract me from the actual events. Just now, I am dealing with the emotional stuff. I think this is what they call post traumatic stress.

Any how...hope all is going well for everyone. What was your day like?

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New Calendar

We have created a google calendar to help others see what we are doing. Check it out!

Happy New Year!

We had a great time celebrating at three parties last night. We got up this morning and we took the tree and all the decorations down. Time flies! I found this cool video--enjoy!

Our Family Photo

I thought I had updated my blog before, but looks like I am further behind than I thought. I am finally done with Graduate School! Yippee. This is our family photo that we had taken. We are happy and having fun adjusting.

Summer is almost over!!

Dear Family,

We have had one busy summer! I can't believe I am just now adding wedding photos.

I have 4 and half weeks left of graduate school! I am so excited. So, let us recap what happened this summer.

We started off with Ben's Birthday. He's seven! Then Randy and I got married on June 21st. This was the highlight of our summer. We honeymooned in Red Lodge. We had an extra long time with out kids, so we traveled to pick them up. First we picked up the younger kids from Utah. We spent some time in Rexburg at Bear World. Then the next weekend we went to North Dakota to pick up the older kids.

July was spent teaching summer school. Nicole turned 12 and got to go to girl's camp. Two weeks later, Alex went to scout camp.

August started out celebrating Lucy's Birthday! Lucy is now 3 and is a big girl. We had a Barbie Cake and she loved being the center of attention!

This weekend we are headed to Big Splash to wind down our summer. We look forward to many happy memories to be posted here. Thanks for always checking to see how we are doing. We are happy and adjusting well to married and blended family life.

Love you all,

Teresa