Family By Divine Design:: In our mountain home . . .

28 January 2010

In our mountain home . . .

Sure it may be cold (not intolerable, mind you) in our neck of the woods, but I defy any one of my blog readers to find any sight so lovely as that in the first photo. And this hill which we tubed down was pretty much in our back yard. We would have walked there if we hadn't needed to get tubes and other gear before we embarked on our tubing outing. Yep -eat your hearts out with jealousy! :D hahaha
p.s. Pretty awesome photo of Dietrich's face plant, eh? Nice thing was it didn't upset him in the slightest. He just kept on going down the hill, and still solo. What a guy!

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Emily Judd28 January, 2010 18:26
Wow! It looks like a dream!
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April and Michael Maughan28 January, 2010 19:15
Cute photos! What a fun daddy! But, yeah, still don't miss the snow.
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April and Michael Maughan28 January, 2010 19:23
BTW Love the background. You always choose the cutest ones there and then I feel like I have to choose something else! Next time I'm going to try to update my blog first so HA!
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Perry's28 January, 2010 19:54
Awesome! We've had snow twice. It lasted for a couple days each time. I'd like to see it back at least once before spring and that will be about perfect for my taste. My kids don't think we've had near enough though.
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Melanie29 January, 2010 08:40
Beautiful! You mean there is somewhere in ID that still has snow? LOL! Lucky you!
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Mara Hinton29 January, 2010 13:07
So cute! I love the face plant! I want to go sledding now... :)
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Bethany29 January, 2010 13:09
The face-plant really is the best.
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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."