Family By Divine Design:: October 2009

14 October 2009

Religious Freedom - LDS Newsroom

I am not into posting links, so know that because this is the rare occasion that I do it I feel it's REALLY important. Take a look. And be active in politics and exercise your right to vote in order to protect the freedoms we usually take for granted at this point in time.

Religious Freedom - LDS Newsroom

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09 October 2009

Pass it on . . .

Because I am posting the following links on my blog, a very generous man is donating $2 toward treatment of a little girl with cancer. Follow the links and get the whole story. It's bittersweet. Check them out!

http://adashofseason.blogspot.com
http://www.tayliebug.com/Index.html

Thanks!

08 October 2009

In the name of a good cause

Drink it in folks - for no other reason will you see David Allred ever wear pink. :D (no, pink are not the school's colors - this was cancer awareness week)

06 October 2009

October 5 in Hailey, ID

04 October 2009

Kate's birthday

She was fascinated by the flame, but didn't manage to put it out. And unfortunately, she didn't care for the cake. She eats almost everything so it didn't occur to me that she may not like it!

She completely enjoyed her cards . . . for several days afterwards. Isn't it funny how she looks like she's reading?

In her birthday outfit from her Aunt Angela.

She was kind of grumpy and in need of a nap at this time, but she made some really funny faces for me. If it weren't so pesky to post a million pictures you'd get them all . . .

Isn't my baby girl cute? Those curls and that grin . . . I can't stay mad at her long. (don't be fooled by that angelic face, she gives occasion to stir my anger :)

01 October 2009

Back online!

Hey folks! We're back on the internet. We decided we needed to in order to participate in Conference (plus we should be able to watch BYU football online!) and TV was a little more than we felt like we could pay for right now. Some day soon I'll post some pics - right now I've already got a very sad little girl waiting for me to get updated with my emails. I'm not sure why though. She isn't hungry . . .

David's Bio

I grew up in southeastern Idaho moving at age one from the center of our town to the outskirts. This home had approximately ten acres and much of my youth was spent outdoors both playing and working with my grandparents on their farms. I enjoyed sports throughout my life and was active in wrestling and football throughout junior high and high school. My junior and senior years at high school a sweet young girl even convinced me to join the ballroom dance team. I graduated from high school and attended BYU where I earned my Bachelors degree in Biology in April 2007. Having been raised in the gospel it has always been an influence in my life.

Rachael's Bio

I lived in south central Idaho on a two-acre property in a three-story home until the fourth grade. We moved to Idaho's capitol where we lived until I was in eighth grade when we moved to south eastern Idaho. This move affected my life greatly. It helped me to gain and solidify my testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ as well as helped me decide how accurately I was going to live the gospel. This is also where I met David who was to become my best friend and husband. After graduating from high school in 2001 I attended BYU for four and a half years and graduated with a B.A. in Modern Dance, shortly before giving birth to our first child. Through all of my experiences my faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ and my dedication to living His gospel with integrity has increased. My greatest desire is that I will be able to help my children live and love the gospel.

Our Love Story

Rachael and David met first in their ward after Rachael moved in at the age of fourteen. Rachael's family had just moved across town to a home more suited to their needs than the original duplex. Both of their families were active in the church and Rachael and David both served in leadership positions of their respective YM/YW groups. With that constant exposure to each other was added the fact that they went to the same high school and were in the same graduating class. They found each other to be attractive and dated each other quite a bit near the end of their senior year and the summer afterward. After his freshman year at BYU David went on a mission to Russia - Rachael wrote him about every month and a half, just as an "interested" friend. Rachael was at home working for the summer when David returned from his mission and immediately felt that she wanted to date him again, so she asked him to go see the Phantom of the Opera in Salt lake City; thereafter followed about six months of courtship before they were married in Logan, Utah. Now they're both "the luckiest."