Missionary Moments! not many left!

This is Zac Companion he has been training him and will be with him until his Mission is finished

This is a couple that Zac just baptised and he said they were so ready and wanting to become members of the Church, I thought it was cute how he wore a "white" hat for before and after!

These are some Elders that are in Zac's Zone, grilling --something-- but I am sure it's good what ever it is....They are celebrating Mexican Independence Day!

Only Zac would do a picture like this, Loves, Loves his meat!!!!!! he didn't say what kind it was and I didn't ask...

Hum---don't really know if this is Legal for Missionaries, but he wanted to show me some cool looking Fireworks..I'm sure they are someone else's ...... probably belong to a family that they were with....

No Worms! But a Happy Day for Jaquelyn Prince...

So the story goes... Boyd and I and the kids headed up to the Rim this weekend to do some fishing at Bear Mountain, It started off to be a fun weekend we had Willie with us and once we got to Payson his friend Josh was there to pick him up so Willie could help him with his Elk hunt, we ate dinner spent the night in the "Bates Motel" okay not really but cheap hotel because this was going to be a fun cheap get away.. woke up Saturday morning went to the friendly Walmart to get some treats and of course some WORMS mind you for our fun day at the lake.. meanwhile my brother Robert and his family and my Brother in-law Ron and his family were all camping at Bear Mountain so the plan was to go by and visit them and then go do some family fun fishing.. we made it to the camp and enjoyed being with everyone and then it was time to go fishing..Sooooo Boyd looked all over in the back of the truck for the WORMS in fact took everything out, went through all the bags NO Worms looked to see if Oscar had put them inside the truck no Worms.. so I looked on my receipt to see if they even charged us for the Worms and yes there was the charge but no WORMS.. ugh.. I was so mad and all I could picture in my mind was this man at Walmart with this happy cheerie smile on his face who did not give us the bag with the WORMS in it.....needless to say Hallie and Oscar were bummed, but then something happen that was so exciting for all to see, we hear the quad coming and see that there is something on the front of it, and here came Jaquelyn, Preston, Jay and Ron all on one quad with the biggest smiles ever... SO Jaquelyn Shot her FIRST Bull ELK and I might say it was a nice one, she was grinning ear to ear with joy it was so fun for all the little cousin to see and for us too, so we got some good pictures of her.. if any of you know Jaquelyn she is the expert at Bass Pro and can help any one to learn how to tie fly's for fishing, they had a big article on her in the news paper a month ago, she is amazing young women with lots of ambition we are so proud of her, did I mention she shot it with her BOW and she is only 19. What ago Jaquelyn... And then here is my poor sister in-law Laura she is a trooper, broke her foot a couple of weeks ago in Payson on a Quad ride with her family but still continues to be there to support her family, all and all we had a great time and look forward to get some more worms and do some fishing... And maybe go back to Walmart and maybe I should give that happy gentelmen a Worm or too....

5 Surgries and the Finish Touch

Actually this post is for me! It might bore some of you that don't know me, and it might be to long for blog hoppers to read... It is time for me to express some of my feelings of things that has happen to me and my family, It will almost be four years since this event took place in our life's. There are are Six people I want to thank 1st my Father in Heaven for giving me the instinct that i needed to know there was something wrong with my Breast, I will admit I did put off those feelings for a few months and when they became stronger is when i needed to be checked, 2nd The Late Dr. Brinkerhoff for being so wise and telling me what needs to be done and the feelings that I was going to feel after a mastectomy, I was scared not just alittle but allot, 3rd My family for supporting me with all the prayers and fasting that a person could ask for, I truly felt everyone prayers and I knew that I was not alone, this was scary for everyone and some of my family members had to endure their faith that all would be well.. 4th Dr. Cavelcant my Oncologist who was there for me every minute and telling me that this is what i needed to do, from loosing all my hair from wearing a wig during the Hot summer for my children who had to see there mom with no hair and was not ashamed for a husband that loved me no matter what i looked like, and at one time this was fun for the both of us with Bald heads it was a site to see and then down to my eyebrows and eyelashes to having no body hair (this was nice, there was no shaving for quite awhile) and still today takes care of me with my check up every six months, sometimes it is hard for me to walk down that hall and into the office, the smell of Chemo does something to my head and it is not easy for me to walk into there, my blood work that still needs to be done and daily medicines i still need to take, but thankful that i am still here with my family. 5th Dr. Cassey at the Meyo Clinic and the absolutely best reconstructive Dr. around, he was the most caring person and wanted to make sure i was happy with all that would have to be done, that alone was a long recovery for me but a good one because, what was taken from me and something that you grow up with and is a part of your life and your children's nourishment was all of a sudden gone and i felt very ugly and i felt like what had happen to me was a constant reminder its hard to explain what one feels during all that time and how i hated to try to make shirts and my dresses look right with out the fear of something falling out that wasn't permanent, Dr. Cassey was great and made me feel and look great he did two surgeries on me to get it just right, I know that it can't look perfect but what he did was perfect in my eyes it amazes me that you can take something that was nothing and make it into what you use to have, he then did instruct me to finish the look of the breast when he was all done which had to be done at a later time which i let this lasp for longer then what i should of, but was so tired of all the surgeries and all the Dr. appts and really wanted to be done with this point of me so i did, i let it lasp for almost two years and this is the next person i need to thank a Sister in my Ward Holly is a permanent make- up artiest who is out of this world, and called me one day and said that she was finishing her last part of school to do finishing touches on women who have been through Breast Cancer and reconstructive surgery's and asked me if I had this procedure done and had heard that i haven't done the finishing touches and told me that her instructor would be in town and if she could do this for me, I was alittle surprised at first and at the same time was excited that she had asked me, it helped me put that bug in my head that i needed to get this breast finished up so it will all look how it is suppose to look, So I called her back and told her yes, well she was amazing and was so professional, she called it tattooing so this was actually a first for me! ha, I will have a few more follow up appt. with Holly and then this part of my life will be complete, thank you Holly for getting me to this point and making me feel like a women again.. It was fun to come home and know that i won't look in the mirror and feel different again, and was so excited get to show off my first tattoo to Boyd and hear him say "WOW", was all worth it, Thank you to all my Dr's, friends and Family for putting up with me these last 4 years and most of all thank you to a Father in Heaven who loves me and gives me certain trials to strengthen me each day..... I hope someday I can close this chapter in my life and be all done with Dr's....

All Grown Up!

There something about having one of your kids out of town and missing them and then you want to say something about them. Yesterday Hallie went camping with my Brother and his kids she loves to camp and have fun, but I was feeling a little sad because I didn't get back in time to give her a kiss good-bye and hug, to me that is important and I feel all sad inside when it doesn't happen, But this is where I am glad that cell phones come in handy, she called me and told me she was on her way and I got to tell her that I was sorry I wasn't home to tell her good-bye and to be careful and to wear her sit belt (everyone's worries, I hope) but we got to talk and say I love you in the end so it was all good for me.. I cannot believe how much this girl has grown up in the last year she has become quite the women she is the tallest of all my girls that would mean Hannah and myself and she has changed the most since Zac left, she is a very caring and creative and neat in appearance, good example to her friends and won't leave the house till everything is perfect kind of girl, she loves her niece and nephew and is the best babysitter around (thanks to her mom's teaching's) ha. We love her and will miss her this weekend

Missionary Moments! and Gottta love this boy!

I'm am feeling alittle sad that these Missionary Moments will be coming to an end soon, and Elder Shill will be home.. I have enjoyed these last two years it's been so fun to read his letters and watch him grow and how it has blessed our family, I will have a pretty big gap before I will be sending the next Shill Missionary out and I can honestly say that I will be looking forward to that day.. Zac has loves his Mission and has expressed how much he is going to miss the people of Mexico and the things that he has seen and the people that he has talked too. These are some of the pictures that he sent this week.. Okay the first one is a sweet little girl of a family that they were teaching and she would call Zac Uncle Shill, so cute.. second picture well that's alittle gross, this was his sink that was backed up in his new appt that he just moved into to, okay alittle gross i would say, and I absolutely love this picture i just think it sums up the whole emotional feelings that you have while your son is gone for two years..




Now for the love of my life! Don't get me wrong I love all my children but there is something about this kid that keeps are spirits lifted and keeps us shaking our heads! So Oscar has had some of the funniest ideas lately, On Sunday Willie and Camie brought there dog over and Oscar decided that Friz needs to have a friend so he proceeded to make himself into a dog and he was marked from head to toe, it was amazing and I am sorry I do not have a picture.. and I will have to leave out Willie's comment...So on Monday he comes home from school and gets the paper and markers and decided he is going to be a rabbit cause rabbit's like carrots and he loves carrots so this is his great imagination that i want to share with you all, Now for that water picture and again my clever little Oscar, I was sitting on the couch and Oscar comes in with TWO glasses of water I said "Oscar is there a reason that you need to bring in two glasses of water into the family room??? "Oscar" Mom I have to bring in TWO incase the other one RUNS OUT!! smart boy!!!!!!! I am so gald for this blogging things cause this is way for me to remember and express things for me and my family and someday to make into a journal for me, otherwise I don't think i would take the time to write each night about my events! I have a sister that has keeped a Journal forever I think since her Junior year when she sent her missionary off and has keep one ever since, I thought what a legacy she will have for her children to look back on and read.. feeling alittle guilty that i haven't done that myself, but maybe i can look back and think of things to write. about...

Birthday, Camping Oh what Fun!!

Happy Birthday Avree, Friday we had a great time celebrating Avree's 1st birthday there was great yummy food and homemade ice cream and lots of treats to go with..Avree was so funny with her cake as soon as Hannah let her taste the frosting with her finger she was off to go for the rest! it was everywhere and frosting covering her mouth to her nose.. She got quite the haul for gifts, the pictures below are from our camping trip the weekend before, I do have to admit Payson had such nice weather and then to have a drizzle of rain just makes everything smell so good it wouldn't be a bad place to live someday so relaxing and have all the amenities of enjoying life... Sometimes we just need to sit back and enjoy being with family and getting away from T.V and all the riff raf of life...

You leave to go grocery shopping and come home to this!!!!!!!!!!

Lets see where do I start! Well it started with a great weekend, Boyd and I and the kids headed to Payson to go visit Hannah and Billy where they were camping (pictures to come) and Boyd decided to get supplies to make some delious dutch oven cobbler while we were there, we spent the night and fished the next day and had a great time, we left Sunday Afternoon and drove through Roosevelt lake area and was so surprised how much water was in the Lake, stopped and ate at El Ray the best Mexican food place so good, yes i do feel alittle guilty because it was Sunday, but these situations don't happen to often in the Shill home! okay maybe sometimes when necessary ! We get home had a great weekend and wake up Monday morning Boyd mowing the Lawn (yes i was so surprised not his favorite thing to do) and I helped with weed eating, cause I know that all the women out there know that we are famous for our weed eating talents! So then it happens Boyd gets a phone call from Willie "hey Dad i need a huge favor" Boyd yes....Can you come up and help me I just shot a Deer, Well of course Boyd does not hesitate and quickly goes in and showers and is on his way! I did have to remind him that the reason we came home a day earlier was to avoid the traffic from this Holiday.. but that didn't change his mind.. he was off, I finished up the yard, got cleaned up and went grocery shopping.. came home and this was hanging from my back porch!!! I ask why didn't Willie take this to his house and cut it up there?.. But we all know its way better at your parents house and you have Dad there to help, thank goodness the garbage was coming the next morning.. Well Willie Mom is proud of you and your hunting skills and wiliness to hunt till you get your prize..now we will all have meat for the Winter!!!! you too Camie! ha I know that if my family was ever in a situation in our lives that we have to depend on the wilderness to survive that we would not go hungry!! Thanks Willie for making Oscar's day also he was so excited and so interested while watching Willie and his Dad.....