And the answer is....

WOW! My 4 year old William (aka. Spiderman, see above he is throwing his webs at you!) is FULL of questions, some of which I just don't know the answers to. Like:

-Why is a spoon called a spoon?

- Why do cars have tires?

- Why do I have 2 sisters and my friend Cache doesn't?

- Why does Dad have gray hair?

- How come Spiderman can fly and I can't?

-Why do people smoke?

-Why do we wear shoes?

- What would happen if we didn't have a mouth?

- Is Bob the Dog really an angel?

- When can I go to New York?

- Why is there dirt in everyone's yards?

- Why can't I have a magic wand like Harry Potter?

- Am I getting big?

- Are bee's fat?

- Why do we have feet?

- If you have your picture in the newspaper, does that mean you died?

- Why do we have to get old?

- If there are angels, why can't we see them?

I love the way his little mind thinks and I truly wish I had all the answers. Truth is, I'm still wondering some of this myself.

There is good in the world today....

I LOVED this and thought I would share this! Enjoy.

It took girls camp to remind me that......

This past week I had the amazing opportunity to go with our young women to girls camp up in Heber Valley Camp. The fact that I can say it was amazing is pretty amazing in and of itself. I will have to admit that I was not excited at first! I don't know why. I know when I was young, I was never excited for girls camp, but I always came home so glad that I went. BUT, it was going to be 5 days away from my family, home and reality. CAMPING. Not generally my favorite past time. I was so NOT excited that it took me until 11pm Sunday night to pack and that with a 7 am departure the next morning.

Well, it took girls camp to remind me that....

*We were continuously surrounded by God's beauty.
* It was Heaven without my cell phone! Cell phones, email, FB, blogging... can all wait. What is important is right in front of us. Just look around.

*Live now, Be Strong and of Good Courage. Joshua 1:9

* Never EVER give up!

* I am stronger than I thought I was. Really.

* We had an amazing group of young woman that inspired me and taught me something each day without them realizing it.

* Being with great women makes me a better person and hopefully adds to their well being too! We had a BLAST for 5 "old" woman! Thank you Jamie, Emily, Paige and Erica!

* Having the spirit of the Lord with us through all of the daily activities is up to us. Words cannot describe nor deny the power when used to it's full potential.

* Watching testimonies being born makes me speechless.

*Watching last friendships being born does my heart good!

* I wish I were more creative. i.e. crafts.....

*Miracles happen everyday, whether we realize it or not.

*The rainbow that we witnessed as an answer to our prayers was a true miracle that our prayers do get answered, just not in the way we may expect.

* We are ALL daughters of God. All of us!

* The Atonement is real and is one of the greatest gifts we have been given.

* Don't silence your voice to your Heavenly Father. Pray Pray Pray........ Talk with God.

* I LOVE my family! AND I have the most amazing husband! (ok, I already knew this, but being away for 5 days made me realize it even more!)

*Having hot showers everyday and a cabin with electricity is the ONLY way to CAMP!

Can I ask a favor?

It seems like this world is full of bad news and heartache right now. It really is hard to find the good. You have to look hard, but it's there. My prayers are with several friends right now who are dealing with illness, loss and unanswered questions. I know you don't know these people, and maybe you do, but PLEASE help me pray for these families (and people you may know too)... Heaven knows we could all use a little more help! I have felt prayers from others while we have been going through our own trials with health and want to give a little bit of that comfort back to those who truly need it at this time.

The Huckemeyer's

The Penington's

The Bradley's

The Brown's/ McQueen's

The Nelson's

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THANK YOU!

NERGGLE Family Reunion!

2010 NERGGLE (Elggren spelled backwards) in Island Park, ID and West Yellowstone! Here are picture galore! Big Springs

I scream you scream, we all scream for ice cream! and believe me there was screaming!

We played til we passed out!

Did I mention it was cold?!

Brandon and Will in the river in Yellowstone! I was none to thrilled!

Amazing Geysers, everywhere!

From Williams perspective...

Don't jump in!

Waiting for Old Faithful.... waiting, waiting....

There she blows!! (ok, we were all kind of disappointed!) It was pretty lame!

The best picture we could get with the waterfall in the background. It took 2 1/2 hours to get there! SMILE!!!

Me and the love of my life!

Tantrums a plenty!

And last but not least, Buffalo EVERYWHERE!!

Our country is amazing and so is our family! Love you all!

Pleasure, Pretty and Pyros

This 4th of July was celebrated at our 3rd Annual Elggren Family BBQ and Firework show! This BBQ has become a tradition and was bigger and better than ever this weekend! B right at home on the BBQ! I think he cooked for 60 plus people! Pure PLEASURE!
Will with a sparkler! FIRE!

Mara in her swimsuit on the slip N slide. PRETTY girl!

Anna pushing everyone down the roller coaster!

Me, Aly and Nicole.

There is a method to this madness!

LET THE SHOW BEGIN!

WAITING, WAITING, WAITING.....

This had to be the coolest one!

The Men behind the Fire! Gotta be able to play with fire sometime!

And they literally BURNED everything!

Few..... glad he put his back into it! The fire is officially out!

Movin on up...

SHE DID IT! KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION!

Ok, so I always knew she would do it, I just cant believe how fast this year flew and fast Mara is growing up. In just a couple of weeks, she will be a 1st grader! Ok, so I think I may cry. I didn't cry on her first day of kindergarten. Mostly because I knew I would be seeing her in 2 1/2 hours. BUT ALL DAY?! What's a mom to do?

Getting her dipolma from Mrs. Thayer!
Dad, Mom and Mara!
Mara and Mrs. Thayer! SHE IS WONDERFUL!

Mara and her little boy crush Gavin! These two are inseperable!

AND, if you are wondering why they are dressed so silly, they had a zoo day. They had to combine a mammal and insect and learn 3 things from each animal. CUTE, but I am just glad I convinced her NOT to dress like a kangaroo/ caterpiller!

Mara's kindergarten friends! Peyton and Halle!