thechroniclesofcomstock

Update on my missionary

2012-02-12T18:06:00.000-08:00

Jordan wrote us a fun letter this week and sent some pictures. These are the first ones we have gotten since he has been gone. (I need to try to figure out how to get them on the blog) He still seems to be doing very well. He said he will be leaving the MTC on March 5th. I am hoping to get a phone call that morning but I am not positive it will happen. I loved what he said in his letter last week.

"Now that I am on the back 9 (for his time in the MTC) I will try not to count down the days but instead I will make the days count."

Isn't that a great attitude?

HURRAY, HURRAY FOR THE 100th DAY!!!!!

2012-02-06T16:50:00.000-08:00

Monday, January 30th was the 100th day of school. So yes, we dressed like we were 100 years old!

Missionary Moms

2012-01-30T19:17:00.000-08:00

While we were up North we went to meet Jordan's mission companions family! Crazy huh? I joined a missionary mom email group after Jordan got his call and met this lady Marilyn Oveson through it. She said her son was going to same mission as Jordan and going into the MTC the same day as Jordan. Her and I started emailing back and forth and low and behold her son and Jordan ended up being companions!!! Small world huh? They seem to be doing well together. I wish I had a picture of them together but he has not sent me any yet. Marilyn and I decided to snap a picture together to give to our sons. I know they will think we are absolutely CRAZY! Which maybe we are. As we (me and Whit) were driving to their home late Friday night Whitney said to me "Mom do you realize what you are doing? Didn't you say you met this lady online? And now you are going to her house on a dark late night! Isn't that the opposite of what you are supposed to do?" Well, she had a point! It turned out great. They are a great family and we had a nice visit. It was just fun to sit around and talk about our sons.

Legacy of Love

2012-01-30T19:10:00.000-08:00

Jodi went all out with the table settings.
Isn't it beautiful?

Aren't all my cousins, daughters, and aunts gorgeous?!?!?!?

We had such a great weekend. Whitney, Courtney, Mom, Julie, and I went up North. Jodi was hosting a brunch for all the cousins and aunts in honor of Grandma and Grandpa Felt. It would be both of their birthday's this week so we wanted to honor and remember them. It was son fun getting together with the girls and sharing memories of our wonderful grandparents. My cousin Stacey is getting married in March so we had a shower for her too, I just think it is so great that we all WANT to be together. And that when we get together we are so excited to see each other and hear all about what everyone and their families have been up to! It was fun to see Tammy and Kathleen and talk about "our missionaries". I can't believe our boys are all serving missions. I am truly blessed with such a great family and legacy of love left by my maternal grandparents. I miss grandma and grandpa so much. But I feel them near quite often and know they are smiling down from heaven on me and my family.

Precious Moments

2012-01-22T17:14:00.000-08:00

Last night we were at the SUU girls basketball game. Courtney's basketball team was asked to play another team during half time. After she played her friend told her that another friends mom was coming to pick them up to go to dinner. (They were trying to get one of her friends out of the house so they could put together a suprise party for her.) Courtney did not know that they were leaving directly from the game. She was still in her basketball clothes. Now to many people that may not be a big deal. But to a 13 year old girl not having the right outfit for dinner and the party afterwards WAS a big deal. Courtney was a little sad that they were going straight to dinner. Whitney looked at her and said, "You can wear my clothes. Do you want to go into the bathroom and change?" As I watched all 3 of my girls bounce up the stairs of the Centrum and then come back in a few mintues later, Courtney in a cute pair of jeans, a darling shirt, stylish flats, and a cool leather jacket, Whitney in shorts and a t-shirt. I thought to myself that I want to remember this moment, how happy they all are, how sweet and kind that was of Whitney and how fun it is to have sisters! So next time they are fighting over where the purple sweater is or who wore those jeans last I will remember them on Saturday night!

Charity Never Faileth

2012-01-15T18:23:00.000-08:00

Charity Never Faileth is the Relief Society theme. I have seen it in action over this past week and half by members of my church and by those who are members of other churches. I have been thinking allot about how kind people are this past week and half. The day we took Jordan to the MTC I got so many texts from so many kind women wishing me well and telling me they were thinking about me. When we got home that day I took a long hot bath and put my PJ's on (at like 6:00). That night as I lay on the couch totally depressed there was a knock on the door. It was a neighbor who I don't even know that well. She brought a plate of rolls and simply said, "I was just thinking about you today. You looked so sad on Sunday and I knew you took Jordan to the MTC today." The Sunday before we took Jordan a lady in the ward came to me and hugged me and told me she was so jealous of me! She has two sons that served missions and are now home. She told me how much she missed getting those letters each week. On Thursday night another lady came by with a gift and a card. She gave me the book I'll Love You Forever and a nice card. How thoughtful of her. I was thinking today how blessed I am and how nice it is to have friends and be surrounded by so many kind women. Thank you to all of you who are examples of Christlike service and love!

And he's off...

2012-01-09T19:35:00.000-08:00

Mark's parents came in from Denver on Tuesday. We all went to dinner at Wingers before Jordan was set apart. You may notice all the boxes on the table. No one could eat much, our stomachs were all in knots!!!!

Elder Comstock with his Grandpa and Grandma Jordan.

Elder Comstock with his Grandpa and Grandma Comstock.

Elder Comstock with the Jordan's.


These really aren't the greatest pictures of any of us. You can tell how hard we are all trying to smile. These were taken in the parking lot across the street from the MTC. I think we were all a bit apprehensive.

I LOVE these two pictures!!!

I have been seriously contemplating for sometime now just HOW to say goodbye to my first born child, my only son for 2 years. I will tell you this... It is NOT an easy thing. BUT the MTC is such a great place. As we drove up and saw ALL of those handsome Elders (more than 100 of them) standing outside waiting for MY son my heart was full. As Jordan opened the truck door before his feet even touched the ground he was greeted by 4 handsome Elders with warm smiles and they all said "Welcome to the MTC Elder." I was blessed with a feeling of calm and peace. I knew in my heart that Jordan would be fine. Of course I would miss him terribly, but I was at peace. As we drove away with our eyes full of tears Madee reminded us all that it is just CIAO (see ya later) not really goodbye! Words cannot describe how proud I am of my son. He will change lives and families in Honduras as he shares the good news of the gospel with all who will listen.

Merry Christmas 2011

2011-12-29T19:10:00.000-08:00

Santa was kind to Madee and Courtney.

Christmas clean up.

BINGO
We started a new tradition this year.
Thanks Aunt Kathleen!
It was really fun.
It must have been fun it
looks like we played a long time
in some pictures it is light outside
and others it is dark!

Julie made some fun Christmas BINGO cards and
the missionaries even joined us.

We had a great Christmas. We are very blessed. We had our Christmas "breakfast at our house around 2:30 (because of everyones various church times). I was so glad to have Jordan home with us. Everything he got were things he needs for his mission. (Except for the "HEAT" shersey.
I thought he should get at least ONE thing that was kind of fun. Whitney got her PINK sweats that she REALLY wanted. Mark got an Iphone he had been wanting and I got a Cuinsenart. Everyone was happy. The best thing about Christmas Eve and Christmas day was just being with family. It was also nice to go to church on Christmas day.

Christmas Eve 2011

2011-12-29T19:00:00.000-08:00

Whit and Court going to Grandmas and Grandpa's for Christmas Eve!

Whit and Me at the Christmas Eve Program.

Courtney and Dad

Madee singing "Away In A Manger."

Courtney playing a Christmas medley.

Christmas PJ's

Best gift of Christmas Eve.
We always open all our presents from
Grandma and Grandpa and David and Julie
on Christmas Eve. This was the best gift, it was from
David and Julie and Family.(Julie is always so thoughtful and creative.)
We each had our own box
wrapped and they told us to open them all together.
So we ripped through them all at the same time.
They were boxes of candy with movie tickets taped to
one side and each box had a word taped to the other
side. You can't read them in this picture. But we had to
figure out how to put the words together to make
a sentence. It said..."Make a memory with your missionary."

Whitney, Jordan and Dahlin.

Our Nativity

Farewell Sunday

2011-12-23T16:44:00.000-08:00

Whit and her friends. Many of whom have brothers Jordan's age who are
on missions or getting ready to go.

The girls of the class of 2011.
Jordan has been friends with these girls since middle school.

Dave arranged a piano piece for Jordan.
He combined Call To Serve, Army of Helaman, and
I Hope They Call Me On A Mission. He played
the piece for us all Sunday night.

The boys of the class of 2011.
One of them is going to Chile and one to Mexico.
And Zack who Jordan baptized a year and half ago is going to England!

I had to have a picture of all the desserts.
This is not even all of them!!!

Jordan gave his "farewell" talk on Sunday. I could not have been more proud of him. It was such a great meeting. His friend Chelsea spoke, then he spoke, then our neighbor the Stake Patriarch spoke. The musical number was a piano and flute number, O Holy Night. Jordan did such a great job on his talk. He spoke about waiting upon the Lord and accepting things on the Lord's time. He spoke of waiting SOO long to leave for his mission and the things he has learned. He spoke to each of his sister and his dad and me. He said he felt like Nephi because he knows he was "born of goodly parents". It was a TOTAL mom pay day!!! It was also VERY emotional. He is a great boy and his sisters and him love each other so much. It will be SOOOO hard to have him gone for so long but I know he will be blessed and protected and I know he will do a great work! The chapel, overflow, and gym were full. Mark said he couldn't help but think of Clarence and It's A Wonderful Life. Jordan is certainly NOT a failure. He has so many good friends. We fed 90-100 people at the house after the meeting. I could not have done it without help from good people and my family! We were also so excited to have Spencer here with us! Kate and Matt and kids also came out for the day too. We have such a great extended family.

FAMILY... Hold on to the things that last

2011-12-17T16:12:00.000-08:00

Who could ask for better kids?!?!

I love this boy soooo much!!!

AND I love this boy soooo much too!

We had a family photo shoot back in October.

I guess it will be our last one for about 2 years.

Mark and I are so blessed to have such great children.

My Elder

2011-12-04T18:51:00.001-08:00

So Jordan leaves one month from TODAY. Think about what you were doing 1 month ago...
Me, I was preparing to take Jordan to the temple. We went on Saturday, Nov. 5th. So ya, 1 month goes by in the blink of an eye. I guess I better not blink for a while. :0 )

My favorite one. The one I will put next to my plaque.
"A missionary leaves his family for 2 years
so that another family can be
together for eternity."

Jordan's favorite. This one will be on the plaque that
hangs in the Church by the Bishop's office.

I am sooooo proud of Jordan. He will be such a great missionary. Those people in Honduras are so lucky!!!!!!

It's A Wonderful Life

2011-12-02T10:20:00.001-08:00

Mark gathered the family together on Sunday night and we all watched the classic movie. It reminds me of my grandparents and just makes me feel good. I loved being able to watch it with my entire family. We watch it each year as a family as a kind of "kick off" to the Christmas season. I really love the thing that Clarence wrote to George.

"Remember no man is a failure who has friends."

Isn't it so true? Thank you to all who read this blog and keep up with our little family!!!!

It's nice to have friends, even when you are OLD!

2011-11-25T16:34:00.001-08:00

I did not take any pictures of my fun. (I guess I only carry the camera when the kids are involved.) I went with Whitney and a bunch of girlfriends to see The new Twilight movie on opening night. We sat outside wrapped up in blankets and were first in line at the 7 o'clock show. It was fun to be with friends and the best part about the movie was the "Hunger Games" premier.

CAN"T WAIT FOR THAT ONE!!!!

Then on Sunday me and 3 of my distinguished colleagues/friends went up to Salt Lake for a writing conference. We shared a room and had fun on Sunday night! We went to the class and hit a couple of malls and of course the BYU Creamery on the way home. I treated everyone to mint brownies. One of my friends had never been to Salt Lake. So we ate lunch at a cute deli right downtown and she had her first Chik-fil-a for dinner. I showed her the MTC and told her all about how Jordan would be living their soon. It was a really fun trip. And I got my Christmas shopping started. WOW! That NEVER happens. Mark and I usually start when the school break does!

Gotta love the game! (even if getting home is complicated)

2011-11-25T16:27:00.001-08:00

Jordan and K'Loni went to the BYU game last Saturday. All went well with the trip up but as they were in Provo getting something to eat they got in a fender bender. The car was not driveable so they had a problem getting home. Luckily, they had a friend up there with a nice grandma and grandpa so they had a place to lay their weary heads. And bonus "my Cassie" was there. ( It was her grandma) K'Loni's dad drove up and got them on Sunday morning. I was heading up there Sunday afternoon for a writing conference. And passed them on the interstate. I am just so glad they were safe.

Lucky Girl

2011-11-15T18:27:00.001-08:00

Yes, I am a lucky girl! Today during my prep period at school I walked into the teacher workroom and checked my "box". Usually there are a bunch of papers for me to pass out to the kids. However today there was a card addressed to:
Mrs. Becky Comstock
c/o North Elementary

The card had a stamp and everything on it. I recognized the handwriting immediately and the return address was ours here at the house. Mark wrote me the sweetest note. :) It totally MADE my day. Mark is definitely at the top of my "things I am thankful list".

I had the best day with you today...

2011-11-06T17:22:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Taylor Swift for the title of this post. We took Jordan to the temple yesterday. What a day! It was absolutely perfect. Jordan is so lucky to have such a great support system. He had both Mark and I there, and both sets of his grandparents and one aunt and uncle. I think that is pretty amazing! What a great feeling it was for all of us to be in the temple together. It is what life is all about. These small moments that come together and bring so much joy and happiness to our lives. We are an extremely blessed family.

It is just getting SO close!

2011-11-04T09:50:00.000-07:00


Last year Jordan and Kaden after having their heads shaved in an assembly.				They were student body president and vice president and they lived in a trophy case for 24 hours to raise money for the less fortunate at Christmas. They raised over $1200.00 and had to have their heads shaved in an assembly!

At Prom with their sisters! Jordan and Kaden are best friends and Whitney are Kyra are too!!

Jordan said "I am leaving 2 months from today."

We went to Kaden's farewell on Sunday. I bawled through the whole thing. I just kept thinking about how many of these things I had been too. And how I always sat there and thought about what great boys these were and how it was so nice Jordan had these good examples to look up to. On Sunday all I could think was "This is KADEN! Jordan's best friend. Kaden, who has been to our house a million times, Kaden is all grown up and leaving this week for his mission! Kaden gave such a GREAT talk. He is such a great kid. I am so blessed that my children have chosen such good friends. We are taking Jordan to the temple tomorrow. What a blessing. He will have ALL of his grandparents there, his parents and one aunt and uncle. I also know countless others that love Jordan will be there in spirit. I am hoping no one will mind if I walk in carrying an entire box of tissues!!!

P-A-R-T-Y

2011-10-30T18:10:00.002-07:00

I failed to get any pictures of just Whitney and her date. It was a little crazy
at the house. But there she and Tyler are on the left in the dark purple.
Tyler and Whitney have been friends for years. Tyler has a sister Kassidy
who is Jordan's age. They have been friends forever too. Kassidy and Jordan actually
went the Sadies Dance together their Junior year too! We are so blessed our children choose friends from such good families.

Sadies was last night and we (well mainly Mark) made dinner for Whitney and her group. The kids always travel in packs to the dances. This group had 10 girls from the soccer team and their dates. They decided to be dodge ball players. Whitney and her date Tyler were "Team Whitler" Kyra and her date Tyson were "Team KyTy". And so on and so on with the other girls and their dates. They all met at our house before the "day date". After a lesson on how cool indexing is and a couple of scriptures and quotes from Elder Bednar... from Mark. They had a fun day of pumpkin carving, picnics, and paint wars and then came to our house for dinner. Mark's famous Japanese Chicken and rice. I made the salad (opened the bag and poured it on the plates). Madee took their orders for salad dressing and drinks and she and Courtney served the plates and made sure everyone had enough to eat and drink. I also made some "Better than indexing cake" for dessert. This cake has another name in some circles but for this day we decided to call it that. :) It was fun having such a great group of kids at the house.

Yes, I do get paid for this!!!!

2011-10-30T18:10:00.000-07:00

Here I am with a few of my fellow educators and BFF's on
ROCK STAR day! Because being drug free ROCKS!
Red Ribbon week at school this week and Friday we all dressed
like ROCK STARS.

Me and rockin girls. Yes I only have 5 girls in my class this year!

Do you ever wish they didn't come EVERY year?!?!?!

2011-10-30T18:04:00.000-07:00

Well they do come EVERY year! It means you and I get one year older and that
the kids grow up way to fast. Sometimes I want to stop the clock.

New Birthday outfits!

Yes that is SNOW outside the window in this picture. We woke up
to a winter wonderland on Madee's birthday. Luckily by Friday when
we had her party it was a balmy 68 degrees!

Madee and her cute friends at her party. We had a birthday Olympics.
We had a soccer shoot, a basketball shoot, a football throw, a penny pull,
timed base run, egg carry race, a spelling bee, and a contest to
see how many words you could make out of the word
"trampoline". Did you know there are at least
29 words you can make with those letters in less than 4 minutes?

My Boy

2011-10-30T17:51:00.000-07:00

How proud am I of this boy?
Words cannot explain how much I
love him. My heart aches when I think
about him leaving and living
in Honduras for two years!
Have I done enough?
Is he prepared to even live on his own?
( Let alone in a foreign country)
I am really putting all the faith I have
in the Lord on this one. If not for
my faith and Jordan's desire to serve
a mission I know I could NOT let him go!

My beautiful girls

2011-10-24T20:11:00.000-07:00

How lucky am I? I am so proud of them.

Sadies

2011-10-23T19:58:00.000-07:00

Sadies is coming up this weekend. I will post pictures of the festivties because we will be feeding Whitney and all her friends. She asked her date by decorating his car totally pink with pink ballons, pink feather boas, pink bead necklaces, and a pink poster that said "I would be tickled pink if you would go to sadies with me." He answered her by "decorating her room with blue balloons, confetti, and silly string and this poster.

Suits and Birthdays

2011-10-23T19:51:00.000-07:00

We are having our fall break this weekend. No school on Thursday, Friday, or Monday. For many in Cedar City it symbolizes the start of the deer hunt. For us this year it means time to get started on missionary shopping, get ready for birthdays, get the cars worked on, the house cleaned, oh, and find some time to just RELAX!!!!

You just can't have enough purple ties.
According to Jordan.

Getting measured so everything fits just right!

Getting some good advice from his sister. :)

At the store where we got Jordan's missionary clothes there is a big map with missionaries pictures all over it.
Here is the one that Jordan took for the wall.
(Ya that sign should say Jan. 4th 12 NOT 11)

At Red Robin for the birthday lunch.
Courtney will be 13 on Tuesday.
Madelynn will be 10 on Wednesday.
We will have 3 teenagers!
And our "baby" is in double digits!!!!
Where does the time go?

Bakers

2011-10-13T19:30:00.000-07:00

Jordan and Madee made a cake on Saturday night. We thought we would have it for dessert on Sunday. But Jordan had his friends over later that night and they ate most of it! it was DELICIOUS!!!!

Learning from a child.

2011-10-13T19:27:00.001-07:00

In math this week Madelynn has been doing double digit multiplication. She is struggling with it a bit and on Monday and Tuesday night homework time was EXTREMELY difficult. She got SO frustrated!! Which translated into Mark and I getting frustrated too. Well, Wednesday night she came home with more of the same kind of homework. Mark sat down to try to help her and things went downhill fast. I tried to help and still things were NOT going well! I just told her to let her teacher know she did not understand it and do it with her teacher tomorrow. ( Because I knew she would not cry and scream at her teacher.) It was getting late and she was so frustrated there was not way it was getting done. She went into her room and came out about 20 minutes later. She was completely calm and said, "Mom I said a prayer and I asked Heavenly Father to help me be able to finish my homework and understand it and not be so frustrated. I did all the problems and dad checked it. I missed a few but not many and dad said he would help me fix them in the morning." How proud was I? What a great example of faith Madee is. She KNEW that if she asked her Father in Heaven to help her with her homework He would. Heavenly Father WANTS to help us with EVERYTHING. We just need to ASK! And KNOW that He hears us and will help us if we but have faith.

AWW SCARY!!!!!

2011-10-13T19:06:00.000-07:00

BEFORE AWFUL MAKE-UP...

AFTER...

Madelynn and her friend Jessica go to a singing group class called "IN TUNE" or as grandpa likes to call it ITUNES.
This week they learned how to do "monster make-up".

AWW CUTE!!!!

2011-10-13T19:03:00.000-07:00

Isn't she beautiful!?!?!?!?

I went through an ugly phase when I was in middle school. Courtney is so lucky that never happened to her!

General Conference Sunday

2011-10-10T17:44:00.000-07:00

Preparing our traditional "Conference Breakfast".
Eggs golden rod.

Watching conference with the missionaries. We were so excited to have the Elders spend the day with us eating breakfast, watching Conference, playing Conference BINGO, and a rousing game of spoons in between sessions.

Whit and Court enjoying the afternoon session. :)

Madee's own LIVE doll!

2011-10-10T17:40:00.000-07:00

This is Audrey and Madee. Audrey is our new neighbor and lives with 3 big brothers and a new born baby sister. So whenever she needs some girl time she comes to our house! Madee dresses her up, does her hair and nails and just does "girly stuff" with her.

Wisdom teeth and BYU...

2011-09-25T08:35:00.000-07:00

Jordan getting ready to "go under".
I got in trouble for taking this picture.
The lady told me I am not allowed to take pictures!

So I just got one of Courtney at home relaxing on the couch.

On Friday Jordan got all 4 of his impacted wisdom teeth pulled. It was a requirement for him to do so before he leaves on his mission. When Courtney got her braces put on this summer the orthodontist said she need two baby teeth and on permanent tooth that had not yet come in pulled also. I decided the best way to handle all of this was to just do it all together in the same day! So I took the day off on Friday and the three of us headed to the oral surgeon. Jordan was so funny coming out of the anesthesia He would NOT stop talking!!! And it was very difficult to understand anything he said because his mouth was full of gauze. He said he was cold so the nurse brought him a blanket. The blanket was SO old and bright pink with a Junior mint design on it. Jordan said, "Wow, this is a nice blanket! Thanks!" Then he started talking about one of the assistants in the room when he had his teeth removed and how she was such a "babe". When we were walking out to the car he asked if this is what it feels like to be drunk. The minute he got in the car he said, "Mom turn on the radio I need some music." I left him for 3 seconds to go get Courtney and he just kept talking!!!! Courtney reacted VERY differently to the anesthesia. She would not stop CRYING!!! I kept asking her why she was crying and she would not tell me. I stopped at the store to pick up their prescriptions and Jordan called me while I was in the store to remind me of all the things I needed to buy. He went on and on and finally I told him I had to go and get the things. He kept calling me back but I did not answer the phone. Today is Sunday and they are both doing much better.
That afternoon Mark and Madelynn and my dad left to go up the the BYU game. Yes we still support our Cougars even after last weeks game!!!!

HOMECOMING

2011-09-17T20:43:00.000-07:00

Whitney and Grandma. Grandma came over to see her in her dress.
Well I was sure glad she came. The dress was a little to big
and so thanks to Grandma's magical sewing skills it fit
just right. Grandma thought the scissors I gave
her to use were very funny. She kept calling them
"meat scissors". They are my kitchen scissors.
They are the only ones I can ever find!

Simply gorgeous!!

LOVE the shoes!!! We were so worried about finding
the right shoe to go with the dress. They look silver in the picture.
But they have gold and silver glitter on them. They were PERFECT. I found them at
Payless just a few hours before the dance!!!

My beautiful girls.

Whitney and her date Ivan. Whitney did not
know Ivan before today. So many people were
telling her how nice Ivan was but that
he doesn't speak much. Whitney said
that was ok because she talks allot!!!
She was so cute when he came over to get her.
He was painfully shy and she just was so
cute and fun. Trying to make him feel comfortable.
Even when he had to sign the bat!!!!
Mark and Jordan were up in Provo at the
BYU vs. Utah game so we got lots of pictures for them!!
Mark and I usually go to Homecoming and Prom to chaporone.
I was so not to be able to go this year.

I Love the 80ties!!!!

2011-09-17T20:27:00.000-07:00

I never would have imagined when I was 16 way back in 1985 that in the year 2011 I would have a 16 year old daughter who would want to "dress-up" to try to look like I did!!! It is Homecoming week and one of the theme days was 80ties. So here are Whit and her crazy friends in their adorable outfits.

Moving along

2011-09-11T17:04:00.000-07:00

Madee practicing her ref signals.

Oh my! Life is moving along at such a rapid rate!! Since my last post we have watched and played several soccer games and volleyball matches. We went to an SUU game and got to sit in our very own box. (Dad won it in a drawing.) We have been going to school and staying home being sick too. I took a trip to the ER with a freak eye problem that thankfully after 4 days is about better! We have watched a couple of BYU games. One that had a happy ending and one that did not! Jordan received the Melchizedek Priesthood and got his passport. And this week Whitney will be preparing for the Homecoming Dance which is on Saturday! WOW!! Time sure flies when you are having fun!!!!

Hairdo

2011-09-03T17:07:00.000-07:00

Madelynn went to a birthday party this week at our local beauty school. All the girls got their hair and nails done. Here is her finished product. It is good I got the picture when I did because RIGHT after I took these pictures she ripped her hair out of the 37 bobbypins that held it up and headed to soccer practice!!!

Elder Jordan Dale Comstock has been called to serve!

2011-08-27T16:03:00.000-07:00

Jordan got his mission call on Thursday!!!! He will be serving in the Honduras Tegucigalpa Mission. He will be speaking Spanish. He enters the Prove MTC on January 4, 2012 and will spend about 3 weeks there. Then he will go to the MTC in Guatemala for 6 more weeks. This is going to be such a wonderful opportunity for him. Our Bishop told us on Sunday the call had been mailed so we checked the mail faithfully each day. Everyone told us the calls always come on Thursdays but of course we thought we knew better. But alas, the call DID come on Thursday. Mark texted me about 11:00 saying. "It's here we couldn't wait to open it, South Korea." I called him in a panic and he and Jordan laughed at me. Jordan came to my school and we went to lunch. We went to Wendy's and ordered a bunch of food and then sat down and looked at it and decided we could not eat it! Our stomach's were in knots. Whitney soccer team played our cross town rivals at 4:00pm (and lost) :( Jordan had to work from 5-8. He had invited a few close friends over and my mom and dad and David and Julie and family over for the ceremonial opening of the call. We called Gma and Gpa Comstock and put them on speaker phone so they could be part of the action. He opened the envelope and read out loud his call. I was surprisingly calm. He was SOOOO happy and everyone else just cheered with excitement. We are so proud of the young man he has become and his willingness to serve the Lord.

Waiting for grandma and grandpa to arrive!!!

Way to go Elder Comstock!!!!!

GOOOAAAL!!!!!

2011-08-21T17:59:00.000-07:00

Half time drink break.

Soccer season has started again. Whitney has already played 4 games and Madee had her first game on Thursday. I don't have any pictures of Whit yet but here is Madee. Madee scored the first goal of the season and Whit scored in her game on Saturday. YOU GO GIRLS!!!!

Dave turns 40!

2011-08-21T17:56:00.000-07:00

Robbie, Mark, Thad, and Dave

Here they are trying one of their "GQ" poses.

My brother David turned 40 this week. A couple of his friends from High School who are living up North came down for the day. I got a couple of pictures of the Mark and Dave and them together. Mark and I were saying it was so weird that our son is the same age they all were when they were friends. It seems like not that long ago that they were getting mission calls. And now we have a son doing just that!! I guess time flies when your having fun!!!

First Day of School 2011

2011-08-21T17:49:00.000-07:00

Whitney and Mark.
Headed off the school together.

Whitney first day of Junior Year!!!!

Courtney headed off to 7th Grade!

Madee our beautiful 4th Grader!

Mom and Madee still going to school together.

So another summer has come and gone. And it is now time for the classic "back to school post." Where has the time gone? It was so weird getting pictures of everyone but Jordan! He spent the day golfing with his grandpa and working.

The switch has been flipped...

2011-08-14T18:22:00.000-07:00

Apparently that is what you say now adays. Back in the day we said;

"mission papers have been sent in."

Our Stake President said that now he just presses a button or "flips a switch." Jordan met with the Stake President this morning.

Now we wait.

It should take about 2 weeks.

I will post all about it when we get the letter from

The First Presidency.

I have so many different feelings about the whole thing. I was telling Mark's mom how I was feeling and that I am just going to miss Jordan SO MUCH!!!!

She said a really great thing to me.

She said, "Becky, Heavenly Father has given Jordan to you and Mark to raise and to be with forever. He just needs you to loan him back for 2 years."

Well... That is the least I can do for my Father in Heaven since he has blessed me and given me such a great boy!!!!
(But that doesn't mean I still won't cry occasionally and MISS him ALOT!!!)

Get your craft on!

2011-08-12T15:45:00.000-07:00

The girls and I got crafty this week.
We took ordinary composition notebooks to a whole new level!!!!

Madee wanted to have a Back to School Party. So we invited a few girls from the neighborhood and they all got crafty too!! I thought ALL the notebooks turned out so adorable! And to do this project all you need is a composition notebook, a couple of pieces of scrapbook paper, and some Elmer's glue!

Introducing...

2011-08-07T16:38:00.000-07:00

The new Laurel Class Secretary

and

The new Beehive Class President.

Back from Lake Powell

2011-08-01T15:02:00.000-07:00

Of course I have no pictures of the trip, because I did not go. But I did snap a picture of the girls yesterday to catch their golden tans. I gave a talk in church yesterday and had fun sitting on the stand and seeing all the beautiful tan Young Women coming into the chapel!

Aren't they beautiful!?!?!?!?

Note to self...

2011-07-29T12:34:00.000-07:00

Ya, note to self... When your children say they have cleaned the bathroom DON"T believe them!!!! Oh my word! I just spend 3 hours cleaning bathrooms today. And was I glad I had some good rubber gloves and lots of bathroom cleaner, a good scouring sponge, and lots of paper towels! WOW, the kids bathrooms were disgusting. Hopefully it is normal that they just "Surface" clean when I say "Did you clean your bathroom?" and they say "yes". Jordan moved in with some friend last week and Whitney and Courtney went to Lake Powell with the Young Women. So Madee is an only child this weekend. Yesterday Mark and I left the house to drop her off at a friends and then a we were driving home thought "Why are we going home?" We have total freedom! So we went to lunch at Pizza Factory and then went to see Captain America. Great movie and great company. The movie was over in just enough time to pick Madee up from her friends and for Mark to make it to his soccer practice. FUN AFTERNOON!!! Today we decided to be more practical. Lindsay and Megan are here and the girls are all playing so good. I decided to play maid and Mark is playing yard boy! Oh well, ya gotta do it sometime right?

Out of the mouth of babes...

2011-07-26T19:28:00.000-07:00

Tonight we were playing "Imagine If..." a fun family game. Madee read the question.
"Imagine if dad could discover the answer to a great mystery. Which mystery would he choose?"
1. Who killed JFK?
2. What are the Colonel's eleven secret herbs and spices?
3. Is there life in outer space?
4. What is the secret of eternal youth and good looks?
5. How come I pay more taxes than Donald Trump?
6. What happens after death?
Then she looked up at us and said, "Duh, everyone knows what happens after you die! You go to heaven and live with Jesus!" Gotta love the truth and innocence of children!

Wondering what Mark's answer was? "As much as I enjoy history and the JFK thing intrigues me, I would pick number 4."

Hailey

2011-07-24T17:39:00.000-07:00

We were so happy to have Hailey come to visit this week. She and Whitney had so much fun together. Whitney went to Denver with Aunt Kate while we were in Park City. Then on Monday Grandma and Kate came back to Utah. Hailey came with them and stayed with us until Saturday. It was fun having her with us. She is so sweet and kept telling Mark what a good dad he is. I am glad she noticed the obvious! : ) We hope to make Hailey's visit a summer tradition.

Just to see you smile.

2011-07-24T17:33:00.000-07:00

BEFORE

DURING

AFTER.. Not to happy : (

Courtney got braces on Thursday. She looks so adorable. I told her how great she looked with them on and she said, "You have to say that you are my mom." The next day Madee said, "You look good with braces Courtney." And Courtney said, "That is what mom said. You have to say that cuz you are my family!" Madee's reply was... "Courtney you know me, I would tell you if you didn't look good!" Which is totally true!!!!!! See for yourself how darling she is with her NEW smile!

Then Whala... Isn't she darling?!?!?!?

Part 2

2011-07-20T15:09:00.000-07:00

We saw this beautiful rainbow one evening.

Becky and Courtney getting ready to take off on the EXTREME ZIP LINE!!

Time for HARRY!!!!

Family talent show. The girls sang with grandma. Courtney, Madee, and Elysse did a rap.

Jodi and Becky. Loved being able to spend time with her.
We are more like sisters than cousins!!!!

Court and Syd. SO CUTE!!

Just a few of my darling cousins.
(Now you can see yourself when you blog stalk me Stacey!)

Mom and some of my aunts.

Madee and Ainsley our cousin from Kyrgyzstan.

Of course we had a stop at the BYU CREAMERY for ice cream and mint brownies.

We went to the BYU Museum of Art. Mark worked there when it very first opened.
This cool sculpture was there. Can you tell what it is made of?
Books from the floor to the ceiling!!!!

Family VAY-CAY Part 1

2011-07-19T16:51:00.000-07:00

We took our annual family vacation last week. We went back to Park City. We love Park City and staying at the Mountainside Marriott. Mom and Dad are so generous to share their timeshare with all of us. We spent alot of time at the pool and I failed to get any pictures there. I finished reading "The Help" by the pool and started "The Peacegiver". I could sit and read by the pool all summer!!!! On Friday and Saturday many members of the Felt Family joined us so I did much more talking than reading by the pool on those days!!! :) We spent a day at Olympic Park, had many yummy breakfasts together, went to see Harry Potter (loved it!!), worked out in the gym, took long walks, the boys went to a Utah Blaze arena football game, did some shopping, went to Tereasa's amazing home for some chicken and dumplings, had picnics in the park, and so much more!!!!

The adults at Red Rock eating dinner in Park City.

Lindsey and Whitney

Whitney and Courtney with their bracelets ready for some fun at Olympic Park.

Madee and Courtney "down hill racing" at Olympic Park.

Mark, Madee, Courtney, and Becky "down hill skiing"!!!!

Jordan, Dahlin, and Whitney got to ride the BOBSLED at Olympic Park.
They were going at speeds close to 70 mph!! Not many people
can say they have ridden a bobsled on an Olympic bobsled track!!!
They made it to the bottom in 1 minute and 2 seconds!!!!

Dahlin was in the back, then Whitney, then Jordan, and then their driver.

And then we were off to the slide.

Whitney and her "big me" Jenaca and Jenaca's darling baby Savannah.

Madee found this chipmunk and took this picture.

SURGERY

2011-07-08T18:58:00.000-07:00

Jordan had to have a little procedure done so he would be healthy and ready to serve his mission. He is healing well and we are so proud of all he does to prepare for this important thing he wants to do.

Independence Day

2011-07-08T18:57:00.000-07:00

Ashley's fiddle group

Dahlin in the drumline

Cute girls!! For some reason Madee did not want to be in the picture.

Dad grillin'!

Of course we started our day with the parade on Main Street. None of the kids were in it this year. But David, and Dahlin and Ashely were. After the parade we walked to the Main Street Park. As we were walking down the sidewalk Madelynn said, "This is like Vegas Mom!" The whole town comes out for the 4th of July so the sidewalks do get quite crowded! We hung out in the park and visited with friends and neighbors then went to Mom and Dad's for a bar-b-que! Then naps and after dark the FIREWORKS! It was a nice family day.

Cousins

2011-07-04T19:40:00.000-07:00

Jacob and Spencer are actually MY cousins, but they are Jordan's age. That is what happens when your mom has 11 brothers and sisters! Anyway they came for the weekend. They all just graduated in May. Jacob will leave for his mission to Oregon in August. Jordan will be turning his papers in this month. And Spencer will spend a semester at BYU Idaho and then go on his mission in the winter. They are great young men! It was good to see them having fun together. Jordan showed them a small town weekend. They went to "Brad's" , drove around collecting wood for a bonfire, and had a bonfire on Saturday night. They got up and left early Sunday morning to go to Lake Powell with their parents. We loved having them for a short time!

20 YEARS

2011-07-01T10:41:00.000-07:00

Mark and I have been married for 20 years. Our anniversary was on June 28th. It is hard to believe we are old enough to have been married for 20 years. We met 25 years ago back in 1986. I was leaving a Mutaul activity at the church and my mom said to me, "I want you to meet Mark Comstock he seems like a nice boy." (We had just moved to VA) So there in the dark of the parking lot I was introduced to my future husband! Mark says he still remembers what I was wearing. My black and white plaid jeans, a sweater and my red shoes. Oh, ya gotta love the eighties!!!! So Mark and I figured we have know each other for more than half our lives. We have been truly blessed in these last 20 years. We have a great life.

Happy Father's Day

2011-06-19T19:07:00.000-07:00

What do you buy for the dad who says he has everything he needs and insists he WANTS nothing?!?!?
The kids and I came up with an idea...
Things that they can do with their dad.

Madee got him a gift card to Subway so they can go to lunch.

Courtney got him a gift card to Krave so they can go get a good summer snack.

Whitney got a gift card to Chili's so they can have a nice sit down lunch or dinner.

Jordan got him a gift card to Sonny Boy's their new favorite Bar-B-Que joint.

So Mark can do lots of fun things with his children this summer. This is what we do for their grandparents (Jordan) every year for Christmas. It is a great idea for the person who really doesn't NEED anything! But would love to spend time with their loved ones. I am so lucky to have Mark be the father of my children. He is a wonderful dad. He takes time to listen and to do things with his children. He supports them in all of their activities from sports to band and everything in between. He honors his priesthood and shows the children his love for me. Thank you Mark, we LOVE you so much and are blessed to call you DAD!!!!

As for me for Mother's Day... I got this lovely patio set so I can spend long summer nights out on the patio with my family!!!! FUN!

Utah Summer Games!!!!

2011-06-19T18:59:00.000-07:00

It was Summer Games time this week in Cedar! Soccer was in full swing!!!! Whitney's team did pretty well. They made it to the bronze medal round but lost. :( We always have fun anyway. There is a big fireworks show on Thursday night we always attend and then lots and lots of soccer. We were glad to have good weather this year.

Batter Up!

2011-06-12T15:49:00.000-07:00

Softball season has come and go. We spend many games being BLASTED by the wind and wrapped tightly in a blanket. (It has been a COLD spring!) We did have 2 or 3 games that we actually got to sit and enjoy the sun while watching the game. :) Courtney and Madelynn both did well this year perfecting their swings and fielding of the ball. Courtney played 1st base for her team Century 21. Madee played many different places (this was REALLY her first year since last year her arm was in a cast most of the season). Her teams name was Ron's.

You say it's your birthday...It's my birthday too!!!

2011-06-10T18:36:00.000-07:00

We used to do posters for our birthdays. This year we tried something new for Mark!

Whitney and her BFF Kyra.

Whitney and her sisters and Cassie and Kyra and her chocolaty chocolate cake.

Both Mark and Whitney had birthday's this week. Mark 41 and Whit is the BIG 1-6!!!!! Wow! Where has the time gone? Mark and I are both officially in our 40ties.

Remember when you thought that was OLD!?!?!?
( If you are reading this and are thinking 'THAT IS OLD' shame on you!)

We do "compliments" for the birthday
person on their birthday. Whitney said a really nice one for Mark.
She said, "You were pretty much my best friend at school this year! You were ALWAYS there when I needed a friend."

No Mark did not hit his 40ties and go all gray. For Jordan's grad night Mark was the host of Minute to Win-It. Doesn't he look like Guy the host? :)

Here is my beautiful 16 year old daughter!!!
I am so blessed to have you call me mom Whitney. I remember the day you were born and how happy I was to have a daughter. I remember when you were a newborn baby dressing you from head to toe each day even though we never went anywhere (we did not have a car). I just enjoyed making you look so darling in all your girly clothes, shoes, and bows! You have turned into a caring, kind, sweet, senstive, smart, athletic, righteous daughter of your Heavenly Father. I am so glad you are a part of our family we are blessed to call you daughter and sister.

Graduation...He DID IT!!!!

2011-05-31T14:23:00.000-07:00

Jordan and his grandma and grandpa Jordan with the gold pocket watch they gave him.

The P.R.A.S
Kaden, Jordan, Daniel, and Zack

Jordan giving his speech. It is blurry because my zoom doesn't work so well.

What a proud mama I was on Friday afternoon. At approximately 4:02pm on Friday, May 27th, the Canyon View High School Graduating class of 2011 started to walk into the SUU Centrum. Jordan was the first one in followed by the Valedictorian and the rest of his classmates. He stood up and asked everyone to rise for the singing of our National Anthem and then he spoke. His speech was magnificent! He spoke of some great teachers, his dad included. He spoke of going great places, he spoke of happiness, his mother :), and being proud to be an American. (Getting ready for a really important political speech one day?) The sky is the limit for Jordan!!! We had a really nice dinner at the house with lots of family. Both sets of grandparents were there along with David and Julie and family and Kate and Matt and family. We had his favorite for dinner. (Costa Vida sweet pork burritos) Mom and Dad brought real Costa Vida tortillas, and enchilada sauce and ranch dressing. Mark and I went to Grad Night with Jordan later that night. Mark and I both decided we are far to old to be staying up all night. But a great time was had by all at the party. I did not even shed one tear at the Graduation. I was all smiles, I was just beaming with pride for my boy.

The Converting Power of Faith-Inspired Action

2011-05-22T18:04:00.000-07:00

It is our Stake challenge this year. It began in our ward about 2 years ago with our good Bishop, who is now our Stake President. President Rau will always hold a very special place in my heart. He was only our Bishop for a short time, and I did not know him at all before he became our Bishop. He was only our bishop for less than a year but in that short time he put a stamp on almost every heart in my family. He became a very special friend to Mark and now Mark serves with him on the High Council. He is a mentor, example, and friend to Jordan. All my girls KNOW he loves and cares for them. And me, well I can hardly speak about him without shedding a tear or two. He is an amazing person and leader. P-Rau, as our family lovingly calls him taught our ward of the Faith-Inspired Actions a few years ago and they have been life changing for me. I would like to share them with all my friends in the blogging world.

Small and simple faith-inspired actions

that indicate my desire to receive the

companionship of the Holy Ghost:

Personal Faith- Inspired Actions

Daily Prayer
Daily personal scripture study
Foster a reverent attitude
Explain, share and testify
Ponder, meditate and reflect
Record revelation (or thoughts)
Act on promptings
Thoughtfully partake of the sacrament
Regular temple attendance

Family Faith-Inspired Actions

Daily family prayer
Daily family scripture study
Weekly family home evening
"For Strength of Youth" discussions

There they are. PRau challenged us to choose one the personal faith-inspired actions to work on for the year and choose a family action too. Last year I choose to work on acting on promptings. I did so many things that year that I would have normally talked myself out of. You know how you feel like you should do something and you talk yourself out of it for some reason or another? Well, I tried really hard to NOT talk myself out of things I felt prompted to do. It literally changed my life in so many wonderful ways! This year I am working on daily prayer and scripture study. I felt like those two just went hand and in hand so working on both of them together would be a good idea. I have developed such a testimony of prayer this year. I love that I can talk to my Heavenly Father anytime I want to. I also love that He is willing to listen to me anytime I want to talk to Him. Do we sometimes tell others "hold on just a sec" when they are trying to talk to us? Well Heavenly Father never does that. He is ALWAYS willing and ready to listen. That is such a comfort to me. I would challenge all of you that read my little blog to pick a faith-inspired action and make it a part of your life. I promise it will make all the difference!!

Do your eyes light up?

2011-05-15T17:36:00.000-07:00

I have no pictures to go with this post simply because I have not slowed down long enough to take them. Sometimes I worry we are doing to much and not taking enough time just BE with the family. Time never stops and all the things we do sometimes make life a bit to crazy and don't leave us enough time to just enjoy each others company. This is one reason I am thankful for Sundays. Most Sundays we do have time to just BE together in the quiet of our home. I saw Toni Morrison on Oprah the other day. She said something that really hit me. She said, "Do you eyes light up when your children come into the room?" I would like to take it a step further and apply it to your spouse. Do you stop what you are doing and let everyone of your family members know how happy you are to see them? It is something I need to work on and it is a goal I am setting for myself.

Lasts...

2011-05-06T20:52:00.000-07:00

I have been spending alot of time in these past 6 months thinking of all the "LASTS" with Jordan. His last Christmas at home for a while, his last New Years Eve at home , his last football game came in the fall, his last Easter just passed, his last soccer game was last week, and tomorrow will be his last school dance. On Sunday he stood up and bore his testimony and said it was his last fast Sunday in our ward. Well, the water works started and it was bad for me! I had not thought of that yet. I just sat there bawling thinking that surely it was just last week he was a little Sunbeam singing in the Primary Program. He was standing there in the front row singing "Scripture Power" at the top of his lungs. We could hear him singing above everyone else in the entire Primary. And now he is standing up in church saying it is his last fast Sunday with us.

What happened?!?!?!?

He will graduate 3 weeks from today and I truly am not quite sure how I feel about it. I am been so blessed to be Jordan's mother. He is such a great young man and I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father for sending him to me. The day he was born my dream to be a mother came true. My goal to be a mother was finally realized when I held him for the first time.

Thank you Jordan for being my son.

I love you more than you will ever know, and am so proud of all of your accomplishments thus far. I know you will do so many more great things in your life.

Spring break in the city that never sleeps...

2011-04-23T19:41:00.000-07:00

We went with our friends the Huxford's. Here all are the kids ready for a night out on the town!

Jordan and Kru the true Jimmer fans!!

The adults ready to party!! Alex and Donna Huxford and Me and Mark.

LOVE this picture of Jordan and little Kru. We assigned each of the kids a "buddy" the night we went out on The Strip. Jordan and Kru were "buddies". They got separated from us on the way back to the Luxor and Jordan took Kru to M&M World. Kru told his mom and dad later that night that he had allot of fun with Jordan. Kru said, "Jordan is so cool we had so much fun together tonight. We probably said 2,000 sentences!" Jordan loved pretending to have a little brother!

So I fell on the street on The Strip. How EMBARASSING! I fell crossing the street and I just remember looking up at the cab coming towards me and hoping and praying that they saw me fall and would stop! I also twisted my ankle and really scraped up my knee good!

Madee at M&M World. Coolest place!!!

Jordan and Koy eating lunch. I just liked their Jerseys.

We did alot of this everyday while we were in Vegas. It was 80 degrees all week!!

We stayed at the Luxor. The elevators were so scary! They go up a little sideways and shaky because of the shape of the pyramid.

Say cheese Madee!!!

The girls getting ready for a night in VEGAS!!!

What Beauties

Annual Easter egg hunt

2011-04-23T13:50:00.000-07:00

Grandma and Grandpa always do the best Easter egg hunts! This year they did not disappoint. There was of course, the traditional plastic eggs filled with candy. Then there were the SPECIAL EGGS. Each grandchild found an egg with their initials on it. Inside that egg was a movie pass. Then the older kids found eggs with Subway gift cards in them. The younger children found eggs with "gift notes" in them and then they got to pick 2 or 3 gifts from the gift display. The gift display included full packages of candy, notebooks, fun paper, foam crafts, jewelry making kits etc. The hunt was a success for all!!!!

PROM

2011-04-10T18:04:00.000-07:00

Whit ready for her "day date". My beautiful daughter and handsome son.

Putting the finishing touches on her hair.

Trying out some new settings on my camera.

Madelynn and Courtney so proud of their big sister!!

Chelsea and Jordan

Dad, Whitney, Mom, and Jordan

Where has the time gone?

Austin, Whitney, Chelsea, and Jordan

Mark has been telling Whitney for years that when she starts dating he is going to buy a bat and make all the boys that take her out sign it. As a "gentle"reminder to take care of her while she is with them. :0) He will then present the bat to her husband at her wedding luncheon. Austin signing "the bat". He was such a good sport.

Whitney and Austin with "THE BAT".

Whitney and Austin

We look just as good as we did 23 years ago.

If I do say so myself.

Whitney and her Bestie Kyra.

Kaden and Kyra Keller and Whitney and Jordan.

Whitney and Kyra are BFF's and Jordan and Kaden are too.

(if you can say that about boys!)

Mark with his "Soccer Girls"

I really do feel like it was yesterday that it was 1988 and Mark and I were going to our Prom.

(I started falling in love with him that night. He looked so cute in his tux!)

But apparently 23 years have gone by.

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

So now it is 2011 and Mark and I have 2 children attending their prom. It was yesterday and it was great. It was Whitney's first dance and first date. It was Jordan's last formal dance. (There is one more girls choice dance this year.) Of course, Mark and I chaperoned and it was fun being there and seeing all the kids in there tuxedos and beautiful dresses. What a great blessing it is to be able to go to the dances and not have our children totally want to die because we are there.:0)

Watch out Farrah

2011-04-04T20:03:00.000-07:00

A picture Courtney took with her phone. Just wanted to show how cute her hair is. She is turning into a beautiful young lady! Oh they just grow up way to fast!!!!!!!

Spelling Bee

2011-04-04T19:38:00.000-07:00

Madelynn represented her class in the school Spelling Bee on Thursday. She did great until...

She heard, "The word is sketch." And she said "sketch, s-e-t-c-h, sketch"

We are proud of her just to be chosen to represent the class.

Zac Brown Band

2011-04-04T19:23:00.000-07:00

We love the Zac Brown Band!! And isn't it cool that our son looks just like Zac Brown?!?!

Just bare with me I am REALLY trying to look on the bright side of the beard!!!!!

It is important to be nice

2011-04-02T12:01:00.000-07:00

I remember when Whitney was little (around 5 or 6) one of the YW in our ward was voted Homecoming Queen. She was one of my Mia Maids a few years previous and Whitney just loved her. I remember telling Whitney that she (the Homecoming Queen) was probably not the very prettiest girl in the Senior class. (Although she was just adorable) But that she was probably the nicest girl in the Senior class and that is the reason she was voted Homecoming Queen. I have always told Whitney...

it is nice to be pretty but it is more important to be nice.

So the other day she was at golf practice and she was golfing with a girl who is a Sophomore at the other High School in town. They were talking and getting to know each other and they asked each other their last names. When Whitney told her that her last name was Comstock the girl's jaw about dropped to the ground and she said, "You are Whitney Comstock!! I have heard so many people talking about you. Everyone just LOVES you!!!" Whitney said she couldn't stop smiling the rest of the afternoon. What a great compliment that a reputation like that proceeds you.

I am proud of my girl!!!!!

BYU and Scholarships

2011-03-25T19:31:00.001-07:00

Yes I know I have played the proud mother card way to much lately but...

We just found out this week that Jordan not only got into BYU he also got a scholarship!!!

What a kid! He is a great son and Mark and I are so proud of him and all of his accomplishments thus far in his short 18 years.

WAY TO GO JORDAN!!!!!

The Brownies!!

2011-03-25T19:26:00.000-07:00

Do we look more alike now that we both have brown hair?

My friend Leslie left a great comment on my blog.

She said "Blondes may have more fun, but brunettes are more fun!!"

I know it is not the greatest picture but Jordan would not

get up off the couch to take it. :)

Great Day!

2011-03-23T15:24:00.001-07:00

We (David, Julie, Mom, Dad, Mark, and I) went to the temple on Saturday. We have been wanting to do it for Mom's birthday. We finally found a day we could all do it. We went to lunch at SmashBurger afterwards. Everyone got up and left the table before I could get a picture. Julie came back to pose with me. It was a really good day. How lucky are we to all be able to go to the temple together? I am blessed!!!!

I'm with the band!

2011-03-23T15:20:00.001-07:00

The teacher band. Everyone in the band teaches at the

High School. They used to call themselves

"The Educators". Now they are

"Daze 180" (for 180 days in school) :)

That is Dave on the drums.

Jordan joined a band on the morning of The Battle of the Bands.
He also learned how to play the bass that morning.

"idk if blondes have more fun..."

2011-03-23T15:18:00.001-07:00

But I will let you know!

Cousin Fun!!

2011-03-16T19:06:00.000-07:00

Here we are the "crafty cousins"

Jodi and I with our cute scarves.

The scarf

Jodi came with her kids this weekend. She had a speaking engagement in Enoch. She has done great things with her book. She has gone all over Utah, Idaho, and California speaking to Relief Society and Young Womens groups. She does an amazing job on her presentations. You can read more about her at http://jodimarierobinson.blogspot.com/. (She did tell me I would make a great publicist) I like to brag about her every chance I get:) We had lots of fun together. We went to her speaking engagement and dinner with her two girls and Courtney and Whitney and Chelsea and Ashlee. Then we went to Wal-Mart with Whitney and Jacqueline at 10:30pm. Then we came home and took Courtney and Sydney at 11:30pm. Who knew the girls loved Wal-Mart so much! We got up Saturday morning and went to Ashley's birthday party and then to St. George to hang out with Jodi's brother Mark and his family. We let the kids swim and did some shopping. Jodi stayed the night there and came back to Cedar around lunch time. We had lunch. (Mark's Japanese Chicken) We made some cute scarves out of t-shirts. Jodi got the idea from Studio5 on ksl. And then had dinner at David and Julie's. Jodi and I always have so much fun visiting with each other and the kids had a great time playing together. GREAT WEEKEND!!!!!

Mountain West Conference Championship

2011-03-16T18:48:00.000-07:00

#32 Jimmer!!! 50 points

SHOT!!!

This is the ONLY picture they took of themselves

Check out # 32's points!!

Mark and Jordan went to Vegas to the MWC Championship. They decided to do it for a father son Senior trip. They went with Mark's friend and Jordan's football coach and his son. They had a great time watching Jimmer score 52 points against New Mexico!!!! WoW!!! Mark said it was the best basketball game he had EVER been to. And Mark has been to ALOT of basketball games. They were sad to see BYU loose to San Diego State but were are all geared up for more March madness!! And BYU at "The Big Dance!" They made some great memories together.

Calling all my creative, crafty friends!!

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Jordan's high school does a big 'Grad Night' Celebration each year for all the Seniors. This year I am on the committee helping to plan it. I was put in charge of decorating the "Carnival. Themed" room. If any of you wonderful readers have any ideas for me would you please leave a comment? Thank you!

Band Concert

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There is Courtney's back, but it is a good shot of Ashey.

These are horrible pictures, but the music was great. We are so proud of Courtney and the effort she puts into the flute. It was fun to hear both her and Jordan perform at the concert.

Make-up Madness

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Who knew Jordan was a master baker? He made

Whitney her favortie. Homemade Oreos. YUM!!!

Chelsea (the make-up artist) Madee and Courtney.

We are in some REAL trouble here!!

Some may equate March with March Madness. But when you live in house with so many girls we call it Make-up Madness. Jordan's friend Chelsea was over at the house last night and she did some makeovers on Courtney and Madelynn. Jordan made cookies for Whitney who was busy with piles and piles of homework. (must be the end of the quarter) :-)

BYU basketball

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Here is Courtney at her "courtside seats".

The end of the game!!

Here comes Jimmer!

Courtney and my dad went to the BYU v. Wyoming game Saturday. They sat on the front row right behind the basket. (Thank you Grandpa Felt) :-) When Mark and I were at BYU we used to take Jordan and sit in those same seats. Courtney has been wanting to go see JIMMER play all year. Finally she got her chance. And wow what a game it was. It was a sold out crowd and it was the last home game so the crowd was ROWDY! She had so much fun. What a great memory she will have spending time with her grandpa.

The View

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How lucky am I? This is the view out my window.

This big window is what I see from my kitchen.

I am so blessed!

He did it!!!!

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I am so proud of my boy:)

I need to learn how to post scanned pictures

on the blog better. I will work on it. But in the mean time I had to post these pictures.

Jordan on his first day of first grade and

Jordan's first Christmas in his

BYU shirt!

This is a scrapbook page I made years ago.

A post about my first born child getting

into BYU would not be complete without

talking about my Grandpa Felt. Grandpa had

a few loves in his life.

1. His family

2. The Lord and the Gospel of Jesus Christ

3. BYU

When I was growing up he would always say, "When you come

go to BYU..." It was never WILL you go to BYU it was

always WHEN you go to BYU. Grandpa was

the Student Body President of BYU back

in the day and he taught religion

at BYU for years. I am sure he is looking down from

heaven smiling at the thought of

his first great-grandchild attending his

beloved BYU!!!

Jordan did it. He is that much closer to realizing his life long dream to attend BYU. He found out last night he has been accepted to BYU. We are so proud of him. BYU is getting harder and harder to get into these days. Jordan has planned his classes and extra curricular activities in high school with BYU in mind since his freshman year. What an accomplishment to be accepted to the school you have wanted to attend your whole life!

GO COUGARS!!!!

Yes, it was a happy Valentines Day.

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My flowers and Precious Moments.
The girls flowers and Precious Moments.

Mark said that this is the one time he is all on his own. HE is in charge of the gifts with no help from me. Well, he did good again this year.

I heart-attacked his truck and left him a few of his favorite treats. And got Jordan a treat or two and a pocket Book of Mormon. He has been wanting one since Christmas. They have been sold out all over. Jordan was sweet and got me a box of my favorite "mint fudge dipped oreos" and a dark chocolate carmels. Dad also showed up at my school with a huge fudge heart with my name on it. Wow!! I am truly blessed:)

It was a good day!!!

Introducing the Jr. Garbage Can Band!!!!

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The class played on cans, milk jugs, pots, homemade maracas, and garbage cans.
Playin with the CVHS band.

Jordan doin his thing.

Jordan playing the glass bottle.

I have had a fabulous student teacher in my class for the past 6 weeks. She was in David's band in high school and still plays her trumpet at SUU. She put together a Jr. Garbage Can Band with my 1st graders. And boy was it a hit!! The kids loved it, their parents loved it, her proffessor at SUU loved it, the CVHS Garbage Can Band loved it, all of North Elementary loved it. The high school band came and played for us and then our band performed in an assembly. David then asked my kids if they wanted to perform with his kids! Oh, it was so fun. My kids had the time of their life.

Little Miracles

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I got a new calling at church this week. One I NEVER expected!! I was asked to teach Gospel Doctrine. Yes, my jaw dropped to the floor too when I was asked. Well I was given two days to think of a good reason why I couldn't do it but every excuse I came up with was not good enough. I have faith that the Lord is calling me to this position, not my next door neighbor who is in the bishopric and asked me to do it. So I will do it. Oh yes, it will be HARD, but I am sure blessings will come through my study of the New Testament. I was talking to my mom about it today. (she and my dad teach gospel doctrine in their ward) We were talking about all the little miracles that happened in Christ's life that were not recorded or that we may not recognize as miracles. Our family had a "little miracle" happen this week:

My jeep stopped working about 2 weeks ago. It was the strangest thing. I drove it home from school and then went to get in it 20 minutes later to take Madee to her singing group and it would not start. When I turned the key NOTHING happened. It was COMPLETELY dead. We tried to charge the battery but nothing worked still. We just let the car sit in the garage because we were sure it was something major that was wrong and wanted to wait till payday to take it in. We had just paid our tithing that week. (A BIG tithing check for part of Dec. and the whole month of Jan.) I have to admit we did think for a split second... "it would be nice to have that money right now." Two weeks later payday came. Jordan went out to tow the car to the shop with at friend. He thought he would just try to start it just for fun. Which I had done a couple of times during the two week period. When Jordan tried to start it that night it started!!! He drove it to the shop anyway to have them check it out. $40 dollars later he picked up the car and brought it home! Now that is a "little miracle" for our family. And a testimony of paying a full tithe:)

Happy, happy birthday mother and sister dear.

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Courtney and Grandma. What a beautiful grandma my children have!!!
Me with the birthday girls.

It was mom and Julie's birthday this weekend. We had a party on Saturday for them. Julie and David and Mark and I gave mom a temple dress. Julie's mom makes and designs the most beautiful temple dresses. You can see them at http://gownsbypamela.com/. We gave mom a card and told her she could choose the dress she wanted. And we will plan a day we can all go to the temple and dinner together. It is great having family so close by.

Jimmer Fever!!!

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Well... idk why the picture came up sideways, but what

I do know is that we LOVE Jimmer at our house!!!

Jordan had this hat "custom made".

Mark tells the kids they need to name

their first born son Jimmer. Jordan had a pet

goldfish named Jimmer. But he has

left this world for a better place.

Fish heaven maybe?

Go BYU #7 Basketball team in the Nation!!!!

Super Bowl Sunday

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The aftermath of all the food!!!

Lisa and I the "official photographers" of the party.

The BIG winners of the game. And the board we used for the game. Everyone put in a dollar for each square they put their name on. Then at the end of each quarter we had a winner. For instance if the score was 10 to 14 at the end of the first quarter the person whose name landed on 0 and 4 on the chart won. Or in the second quarter if the score was 14 to 21 the person whose name intersected with 4 and 1 won the cash. There were 100 squares on the chart so we had $25 a quarter for the prizes. We filled in the names first and then drew cards with numbers on them randomly to fill the numbers on top and down so it was totally random. It was kind of fun cheering for a score and not necessarily a team.

We had a big party for the Super Bowl with a few friends. It was fun. We had LOTS of good food and good company. We played a fun game and had 4 big winners. (One for each quarter). I don't know to much about the game I missed most of it because I was talking or eating. But I did love the Darth Vader Volkswagon ad.

CVHS Trash Can Band

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Playing the glass bottles. This is brand new this year! Yes, he has had to drink quite a few sparkling ciders this month!

Jordan loves this picture. Pointing to the ladies:)
That is Dahlin, David's son on Jordan's right.

A few of the boys start out playing and sweeping the brooms.

My brother Dave is the band teacher at the high school. Dave started his love of music as a percussionist. So it is natural that as a band and orchestra teacher he still LOVES percussion. Well, he decided to start at "STOMP" type band at his school a few years ago. It has been so much fun to watch them play at half time at the basketball games. It is Jordan's favorite part of band!

Hurray, Hurray for the 100th Day!!!!

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Some of the student wore 100 things! Cereal necklaces, stamps on their shirt, braids in their hair, and stickers on their shirts. CUTE, CUTE, CUTE!!!

The 100 year old teachers. We wrote about what we would do if we were 100. Most of the kids wrote, "I would be dead!" I told them, "Look at me, I am 100 and I am NOT dead!"

Today is the 100th day of school. Me and Melissa (the other first grade teacher) dressed up like we were 100 years old. One of my sweet ESL students said I did not have enough stripes on my face to be 100 and that I needed to take out my teeth! Here are a few of the pictures of Melissa and I and some of my cute students who wore 100 things. FUN DAY!!!

It is time for BASKETBALL.

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Jordan and the "Garbage Can Band."

Whitney and Kyra our two favorite book keepers!

Doesn't the crowd look amazing in all their black!?!?

This one is blurry. Sorry, but I was trying to get Jordan and his friends on the front row. They spelled out FALCONS with their shirts. And on the back it said JIMMER. They have nicknamed a Sophomore starter Jimmer.

The student government kids covered the gym in black signs! It looked so good!

Basketball season is upon us. Courtney is playing in the Junior Jazz league, Mark is coaching the JV Boys at the High School, and Whitney does the book. Jordan being the Student Body Pres. attends all the games and tries to get the school full of spirit! We played our cross town rivals last week. (Cedar) Our girls won and our boys lost. But the school spirit at both games was INCREDIBLE!!! Jordan and the rest of the Student Government kids worked really hard to have a good crowd and good school spirit at the games. I had many people tell me to be sure and let Jordan know he did an amazing job getting the students out to the games and showing their Canyon View Pride!!

Sunday Evening with the Comstocks...

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Madee acting silly.

I guess if you ate oreos for dinner and banana pudding for dessert, oh and cupcakes for you evening snack you may act a little strange too!
Whitney and Keeley making a treat. This is on the Sunday night
favorite things to do list. This Sunday it was Chocolate Molten Cupcakes.
YUM!!!!
Courtney on GMail. The computer is also quite popular on
Sunday evenings!

We do always eat Sunday dinner together. Sometimes with Grandma and Grandpa and David an Julie and family. Some evenings we get together with them for dessert. Lately, there has been alot of football in the afternoon. Mark and Jordan have been spending time each Sunday evening on their latest project they call "52". (I will explain that later.)
Anyway, that is OUR typical Sunday evening. I would love to hear about YOURS!!

The Weekend

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You gotta love nerds and Jimmer!
Let's hear it for Purple Headbands!

Saturday was the "Cheap-O Dance" at the high school. Jordan's group spend the day playing board games, baking, hanging out and dining at Denny's. Of course they stopped by the house for pictures!

Great Quote

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I came across this quote when I was reading my BYU Almuni Magazine.
"Happiness is not having what you like,
it is liking what you have."
It was from a talk by Sister Samuelson, Cecil Samuelson is the current President of BYU. Isn't that a great way to look at like? Just a thought!!! Happy Monday everyone. :0)

Pictures?

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I guess I think that if I have no pictures to post I cannot post something on the blog. Then I started thinking... Why am I doing this blog anyway? My answer is simple.
FOR MY SELF AND MY FAMILY.

So why do I have to have pictures to write a post? I love to follow other people's blogs. It may be because I am a self admitted reality t.v. junkie. I guess following others blogs is kind of like a reality television show right? But I keep my blog so I will have a family history when it is all said and done. I try to keep a journal too. For things that are not for the blog. I love my gratitude journal. Although with my other New Year's Resolutions this year I have had a bit of trouble writing in it this past month. Since we moved, we have been attending a new ward. This has given me an interesting prospective on things. I love hearing new people's comments, talks, and lessons in church. I also love that a new ward is an opportunity for a whole new set of friends. It is hard to go to a new ward. Especially when you are leaving one you love so much. But have vowed to take this opportunity and make something great of it.

As for the family... We haven't taken many pictures because we really have been running in alot of different directions this month. Mark coaching the JV basketball team, Jordan going to work and school and starting soccer, Whitney is with Mark alot keeping stats for the basketball team, doing school work, and with friends. Courtney with school, and basketball, and friends. And Madee and me, we are constant companions. Together in the mornings after everyone else leaves, then going to school together, coming home and making dinner together and running errands. Madee is right there with me. I am happy I have her. Things are never dull OR quiet with her around!

Christmas Break is over! It was fun while it lasted.

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Sippin milkshakes and soda at Grandpa's favorite place "FUDRUCKERS".
Me and mom

Mark and Madee at "Mark's Place."
The Tabernacle

The family at Temple Square.

The Jazz Game!

Me and Whit at the Jazz game.

Whit, Court, and Mark.

Jordan and Daniel. Madee did not want to go so Daniel came instead.

I cannot believe the Christmas break is over. Another great thing about both Mark and I being teachers is the 2 week break at Christmas time. It is really fun being lazy together. Of course the week before Christmas is a blur since we went to Denver and we don't ever REALLY start our shopping until we get done with school. But the week after Christmas was good times full of staying up to late, sleeping in to long, and getting dressed after noon each day!

News Years Eve was spent with neighbors and friends. New Years Day the family came over and we had Chili, scones, and lots of good food. Jill and Jason were here and we played games and had a fabulous time together. I love having my family so close by. We were blesssed this Holiday Season to spend time with the Comstock family and the Jordan family. We count as one of our greatest blessing our extended family.

Christmas

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Grandpa reading "The Night Before Christmas"

on Christmas Eve. We always go to mom and dad's house

for Christmas Eve and have dinner and a Christmas

program. Silly me I failed to get any pictures of our wonderful

Nativity play the girls all put together. Courtney narrated it by reading from the bible,

and Madee, and Ashley played several different parts from Wisemen to sheep. Meagan was the angel and Whitney was Mary.

Jordan and Madelynn singing Christmas Carols.

Our "Night before Christmas PJ's"

Whitney made blankets for her sisters and for Jordan.

They turned out so cute!!!

Madelynn and Megan and their new dolls.

Mark and I making Christmas Breakfast.
Every year we make eggs with ham and cheese,

the Christmas "snail"(it is Mark's mom recipe

it is basically a big cinnamon roll wrapped

up to look like a snail.

And we top it all off with juice and french hot chocolate.

My mom and dad at our Christmas breakfast. :)

And this is what we all wanted to do after everyone left our Christmas Breakfast.

Jordan could not stay out of bed. This is what he got

for Christmas. New bedding!!

We had a great Christmas here at the Comstock home and hope all reading this had one too. I was happy to have a few Christmas decorations up. I did not blog about this but we moved over the Thanksgiving break. We love our new home and it was fun celebrating Christmas in it.

Behold my joy is full!

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Aren't they a BEAUTIFUL family?!?

Mom, me, Lauren, Kate, and Lisa at the lunch after the sealing.

Mark's sisters Lauren and Kate. Yes, Lauren is pregnant and NO

I am NOT. UGH!
I guess I better ask for a girdle for Christmas.

Or maybe do a few thousand sit ups!

I HATE this picture of me but I LOVE Kate and Lauren.

It is so fun to have them as my sisters.

Mark's sister Lauren and her husband and children were sealed in the Denver Temple on Saturday. What a great day. What a blessing it was for Mark and I to be able to be there. I have never attended a "family" sealing before. It was so wonderful. There were many family members in attendance, some were there physically, and MANY were there in spirit.

Back in Black

2010-12-23T14:01:00.001-08:00

Jordan and Kaden decided that since they were going

to have their heads shaved soon, they would die it black first!

I don't think it looks to bad.

Thanks Lindsey!

Hair today and gone tomorrrow...

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The boys awaiting their fate!!!
I guess I liked this one! Sorry I posted it twice. :(

This is how he left them at the assembly.
A bunch of moms that were there at the assembly

said "Is he going to take them to a barber to fix it?"

"Uh, no I think there is not a whole lot that can be done to "fix" that," :)
was my reply.

Then he "fixed" it later.