Fall pictures

This was the only bush that still had leaves, so I did get my fall leaf picture. Aren't the leaves beautiful?

I love the look of the bare trees too. Rita has a great yard for taking pictures, they have lots of trees.

Rita was all about props. We thought the pumpkins would really add to the fall affect.

This is one of my favorite pictures. With the sun shining on us.

Another fun place for a picture.

Last Saturday we finally got some pictures taken. I've wanted some fall pictures for our Christmas cards this year. The weather in October was terrible (cold and rainy) although the leaves were bright and colorful. November so far has proven to be a very nice month. The past week and a half has been absolutely beautiful. I was so glad when Saturday proved to be one of the best days for pictures. We actually had time and the weather was great for once (very little wind). Jon thoroughly enjoyed having his picture taken. It is always his most favorite thing to do. He was a sport and he actually survived the 20 minutes it took us to get several pictures. Thanks to our friend Rita, she got some fun pictures, fun poses and it didn't take too long. I have been enjoying the nice weather so much. It truly has brightened my spirit the last week or so. I have been in such a happy mood lately and I just feel so full of life. The past two days I've been a little more tired than usual, but the sunshine continues to brighten my soul. I love it when I feel so happy and alive. While I was at church on Sunday, I realized that life is good. I may not be perfect but as long as I am trying that is all that matters. I am really trying to have a new outlook on life and about myself. I hope each of you is enjoying the ups and downs of your own life. Life isn't easy, but there sure is a lot of good!

Time Out For Women

This past weekend, I got to spend two whole days with four wonderful women. Deseret Books Time Out For Women was in Minneapolis this past weekend, so the five us headed up north for a fun filled weekend. We left early Friday morning, so that we could get several hours of shopping in at the Mall of America before attending the conference. We had a great time looking at shoes, especially watching Shannon try on a pair of $500 boots. She didn't buy them, although she was sorely tempted. We shopped until we dropped, at least I felt like I was going to drop. We had lunch at Kokomos, a fun restaurant that has a tropical feel to it. Carrie wanted to go to H & M, a store she used to shop at when she lived in New York. Once we were in the store, it didn't take me too long to find the cutest dress. It is a deep wine red color and it fits perfectly. I tried it on and wasn't quite sure, I felt like it might be a little too tight, but when I asked Carrie about it, she said it was too perfect a fit to not buy it, so I immediately took it to the register and bought the dress. I wore it to church on Sunday and it was very comfortable. Thanks Carrie for convincing me to buy the dress. After many hours of shopping, it was time to leave the mall, but not before making a stop at the Lindt store. I was tempted to buy some truffles, but Carrie bought 3 bags of truffles, and she was sweet enough to share. I ate my fair share of chocolate over the weekend, but I would have eaten more if I'd bought some to bring home. Thanks Carrie for buying the chocolates and sharing, so that I didn't have to buy any. I probably would have gained 10 pounds. The conference was a lot of fun. I didn't feel that it was as good as the one two years ago, but I was uplifted and inspired. After the Friday evening session, we went out to dinner at PF Changs at 10:40 that evening. We had such a great time laughing, talking and eating. Of course we all ordered lettuce wraps for our meal, because they are the absolute best thing on the menu. We also got to celebrate Shannon's birthday. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me, so I don't have a picture of these wonderful ladies. Thanks for such a fun weekend. I had a great time and it was fun just getting to know each of you even better. We will have to do this every year, just get away for the weekend and have fun. I highly recommend a girls weekend away for any woman that needs a break. You come home feeling rejuvinated and ready to deal with life once again.

My Sweet Sister

Nicole and Tara

Jon had a presidency meeting this evening at our house and so I thought I would read blogs while he was busy. It's been fun reading about all the fun things everyone has been up to. As I was reading my sister's blog, I thought I had read all of her posts and as I scrolled to the very end, I found this:

I want to introduce you all to my lovely sister Tara. I am so lucky to have such a great sister! Tara and I are 7 years apart however we have always been pretty close. Growing up Tara taught me a lot about life by her example. At age 15 Tara got very sick with ulcerative colitis and was in the hospital for months. At the time I was very young and didn't completely understand what she had to go through. I look back now and realize what a fighter she was. Her strength during that time still amazes me! As we got older Tara and I grew close and loved to spend time together shopping and just having fun together. One summer Tara invited my cousin and I to go to a FHE activity with her. We went and for the first time met Jon, the man who would later become the love of her life. Tara and Jon were married shortly after and have been happily married for nearly 8 years. After Tara completed school to become an x-ray technician their greatest dream was to start a family. Six years later they are still trying to fulfill that dream. A couple of months ago Jon and Tara were approved for adoption! We couldn't be happier for them and are anxiously awaiting the day that they welcome a beautiful baby into their loving arms! I know that they would be wonderful parents! Please keep them in mind if you know of anybody who is looking to place their baby for adoption. I have placed a link to their adoption profile on the sidebar of my blog.

Of course, I started to cry as I read the wonderful things my sweet sister had to say about me. I just want to thank her for thinking of Jon and I and putting a post about us and our wish to adopt. I also want to let all of you know what an amazing sister she is. I think she is the best, in fact I think she's almost perfect. Although she is 7 years younger than me, I look up to her a lot. She is such a great example to me. I miss our talks, shopping and hanging out. Happy belated Birthday, Lou!

Happy Birthday Jon!

The last piece of the German Chocolate Cake I made for him on Sunday. I didn't have the camera with me Sunday when he blew out his candles, so I had him do it again for the picture.
The birthday boy with all his birthday loot.

Yesterday was Jon's birthday. It was a pretty ordinary day because he still had to work all day. I wanted to make his day seem a little special, so I went to the store before Tanner came over, and I bought Jon some balloons and a small package of Reese's Peanutbutter Cups which are his favorite. I dropped them off at his office that morning, so he could enjoy the balloons and treat all day. We have been out to eat so much lately, so Jon requested his favorite dinner for me to make, meatballs and mashed potatoes (his mom's recipe). I made a nice dinner, and then of course he had to open his presents. He got lots of cards money, which is perfect because he can order a bunch of new games. Yay! After presents we had a few errands to run so we stopped at the mall and filled his popcorn bucket with Karmel Korn's cheese corn. This has become a tradition since we've lived here. My parent's bought him the bucket filled with cheese corn two years ago, when they were here for Jon's birthday, so I've tried to keep up the tradition. I would have surprised him with it that morning, but the mall wasn't open at 9:00 am. Happy Birthday Jon! I hope you had a wonderful day.

More fun with Tanner

Tanner's new creation. Thanks Rita, he sure likes playing with this toy. He loves to build all kinds of things even if you can't quite figure out what it is.

Today Tanner connected two of the pieces together to make a ring and when he realized that it fit around his waist, he decided to use it as a hoola-hoop. I wanted to get a video of him trying to hoola-hoop and then have him say the word. The video is so cute, and sorry it's sideways, I couldn't figure out how to rotate it.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

A view of the Gonda building.

There are statues everywhere. These statues are on the outside face of one of the buildings, next to the Gonda building.

The Mathews Heritage Dome in the courtyard outside the Gonda building.

You can look down on to the lower level through the dome.

One of the beautiful gardens.

There were gardens everywhere on the Mayo campus. I couldn't check in to our hotel, which was across the street, until 3 pm and we arrived at 8 am, so I walked around the shops and then spent much of the afternoon sitting on one of these wooden benches reading my book and enjoying the beautiful fall weather. The sun was shinning and there was a light breeze, it was pure bliss! I love it when I have a wonderful excuse to read, because there is nothing else for me to do.

Another statue, this one looks like a bunch of birds.

I really liked this statue, it is in the childrens garden.

The statue is a child riding on a dolphin.

The statue on the left is W. W. Mayo, the father of the two brothers (see next picture). He and this nun started the first Mayo hospital together. He provided the money and the doctors and she provided the nurses and facility.

The two brothers/doctors who started the Mayo Clinic.

William Mayo and Charlie Mayo

Last Monday was our 8th anniversary. We had a very busy week, so we just went out to dinner at the Olive Garden. Thursday and Friday, Jon had a conference in Rochester, MN so I decided to join him for a little getaway. It was wonderful! As I said above, we arrived at 8 am and I couldn't check in until 3 pm, so I wandered around the Mayo campus and the many shops nearby. I wandered around some of the buildings on the Mayo Campus taking pictures, and I spent almost an hour wandering through the Mayo Clinic Museum. It was so neat to learn about the history of the Mayo Clinic and how it was started. I loved the feeling I felt, just being on campus. I would love to work for Mayo, but I don't know that that will ever happen. What a great place the Mayo Clinic is.

The shops were all so expensive, which was probably fortunate, because I didn't end up spending any money. However, I did spend some money on food. I had breakfast at Brueggers Bagels, which I love and then I had lunch at this salad and soup shop. I had the yummiest salad, it was spring greens with strawberries and sliced almonds with a strawberry dressing. I loved it so much, I had the same thing for lunch the next day. I also had a cup of their wild rice soup the first day and a cup of clam chowder the second day. While I was wandering around, I discovered a European Chocolate shop that sold all sorts of fine chocolates as well as Gelatto. Of course, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to indulge, so I took Jon back to the shop when his conference was over and each of us picked out three yummy chocolates. Each one cost $1.50 unless you bought five or more, then you paid by the weight. Obviously that is a better deal, so we bought six and shared. What a wonderful treat to have before dinner. We ate at John Hardy's which is a local BBQ joint, recommended to us by Corey Johnson. The food was good, and we left stuffed. We spent the evening walking around at the mall and then relaxing in the hotel. The next day was rainy, so I stayed in our hotel room while Jon was at his conference. Luckily he was finished by 1:00, so we spent the afternoon just having fun. We went to a movie, did a little shopping and then went to dinner at Outback. Later that evening, after our food had settled, we walked back over to the Chocolate shop and had some delicious Gellato. We had a wonderful time in Rochester. I loved downtown Rochester. It's always fun to have a getaway and we sure enjoyed ours.

Fruits of our Labors

Salsa on the left, Spaghetti Sauce on the right

We have really enjoyed all the vegetables from our garden this summer. We got a lot of zucchini, cucumbers, green beans, but especially tomatoes. I planted one beef tomato plant, one Roma tomato and nine regular tomato plants for canning. Our tomatoes went crazy, and we had a lot. I made 10 pints of salsa with the Roma tomatoes and 19 pints of spaghetti sauce with regular tomatoes. We are still getting plenty of tomatoes, but I am now sharing the wealth. After two days of canning, I don't want to do anymore. I think we will be set on salsa and spaghetti sauce for a while. I just had to share, because this is the first time I've ever made anything like this, and I was quite pleased with how they turned out.

Anniversary

Monday September 21st was our 8th anniversary. I can't believe we have been married for eight years. Time has just flown by. It doesn't seem that long ago that these pictures were taken, but if you look closely you can tell it really has been a few years, we look a little older and have less hair. We have had our ups and downs, mostly ups and we have traveled, played, worked and enjoyed being married these past eight years. If you had asked us eight years ago, where we thought we would be today, living in Mankato with no kids isn't what I would have said. We long to have children, but we have truly enjoyed the journey that has brought us where we are today. We have had many fun adventures and we have made many wonderful friends along the way. We couldn't make it without our friends, they have become our family since we aren't able to live close to our families. Now we are waiting and hoping that someday soon we will be blessed with a beautiful baby to join our family.




I wanted to say a few things about my wonderful husband. First I wanted to tell him how much I love him. I have the best husband in the world. I know many of you think the same thing for yourselves, and that is how it should be. Jon is my best friend, my confidant, my companion, the love of my life, my shoulder to cry on and he is a great support to me. I'm sure that I'm not the easiest person to live with, but that doesn't stop Jon from loving me. He is patient and kind and he does his best to try and understand me. I appreciate all of his hard work and I am so grateful that he works so hard, so that even now while I don't have kids, I don't have to work. It will be wonderful someday, when I can be home with my own kids. Thanks for eight wonderful years. I look forward to spending the next eight years and eternity with you. I love you lots!

My sweetheart!

Watching Tanner

Tanner doing a puzzle

The past three weeks, I have been watching my friends little boy, Tanner. She is taking some classes this semester for the nursing program, so I offered to watch Tanner while she is at school. Tanner is my little buddy. He sits with us almost every Sunday during Sacrament Meeting and he is in nursery with me, as I am one of the nursery leaders. I watch Tanner Monday, Wednesday and Friday and we sure have fun together. The first thing he does when he gets here, after taking off his shoes, is turn on Jon's big TV while saying "watch". He loves to watch movies, so we watch a movie every morning. We go for walks, read stories, play with toys, have snack/lunch and of course take a nap. It's been a lot of fun having Tanner with me during the day. He's getting me prepared for what it will be like when we have a baby. Life will definitely be different. For now, I am content on spending time with my little buddy.

Pulling a big cheeser grin

My friend Rita let us borrow this cranium set for kids. The pieces are foamy, like the swim noodles. Tanner and I built a fort and he loved it until I left the room. I thought he would stay and play and not want to leave, but of course that wasn't the case. He likes to be wherever I am, or at least off exploring other things in our house, like the computer. Needless to say I don't get a lot accomplished while he is here, but I sure have fun with him. He is really good about taking naps, so I usually have an hour and a half to shower or get other things done.

Tanner in the fort

Labor Day

We had a fun but busy Labor Day. It started with breakfast at Seven Mile Park with our ward. Our bishopric makes breakfast for the ward every year and this year, we had french toast and sausage. It was rather yummy! We stayed and visited with everyone for a couple of hours while all the kids played and then we headed home for some more fun. Jon invited his two counselors (by the way Jon is the Elders Quorum President now) and their families over for the afternoon to play the Wii. Boy did they have a great time. They were yelling and cheering and acting just like little kids. It was sure fun to watch them play because they really get in to it. Around 4:30 Jon and I headed over to the Anderson's for dutch oven dinner. We had a great time, and they have the perfect yard for dutch oven cooking. We had excellent food and I ate more than I should. Now that the holiday is over, it is time to get in gear and stop eating so much food. We hope all of you had a fun filled holiday too. Once again, I forgot my camera so I didn't get any pictures.

Minnesota State Fair

We had a fun Labor Day weekend. Saturday morning, Jon and I got up and ventured up to the Minnesota State Fair. I have heard that Minnesota has a really good fair, so we decided to see for ourselves. I am the one who wanted to go, Jon hates big crowds, so he wasn't too anxious to go, but he knew that I really wanted to go. He was a great sport and went with me. The weather was beautiful and not very hot. We parked at a park and ride, which helped to spare Jon's nerves, so he could deal with the crowd. We walked through many of the exhibits where we watched some men harvest honey. We tried different fair food from pork chops on a stick to french fries, corn on the cob and all you can drink milk for a $1.00. The milk was by far the best deal. Once we had seen all we could handle, we went to the horse stables and walked around and then we waited in the arena for the horse show. Jon's favorite event was the horse drill team, and I would have to agree. I love horses though, so it was all fascinating to me. I enjoyed the fair, and I am so glad that we didn't have any kids with us. I don't think I will ever take kids to the fair, it's just too crazy. There were thousands of people everywhere you look. Thanks Jon for being so sweet and taking me. I didn't take my camera, so there are no pictures to share.

Crazy Kids!

I was just reading my sisters blog, and I saw this picture that she had posted. Just looking at it makes me laugh, and it makes me very homesick. I had such a wonderful time in Utah, and it is very hard to live so far from family. I miss them more than they will ever know. I love our friends here and I know I couldn't live here without them, but I still miss my family. This picture was taken on the 3rd of July, when I went to the North Salt Lake fireworks with my family. We were spending the week with Jon's family and all of his siblings were at his parent's house that day, but I really wanted to see the fireworks and spend the evening with my family, so I went up by myself. Nicole had her camera with her, so Scott (Nicole's husband) took several pictures of the three of us siblings. For some reason, our family tends to have a difficult time getting a good picture and Nicole said this was probably the best one. Let's just say, it's pretty typical of the three of us. Nick loves to squish us and we've just gotten used to it over time. He's also very good at being silly. I guess it kind of rubbed off on Nicole and I. I just want to let Nick and Nicole know how much I love them and miss them. I had so much fun with you while I was there. I can't wait to see you again in four months. I have the best siblings in the world, and I think that's what makes living so far away from them so hard. We sure have fun when we get together. I love you guys!!

Vegetable Garden

A family in our ward has been kind enough to let us use their garden this year to plant our own vegetables. When we left for Utah, the plants were all quite small and when we came home, it was a jungle. We couldn't believe how big everything had gotten. The above picture shows our tomato plants. They have gotten so big, they look like one big plant. We had to tie some of them up last Saturday, because they have gotten too big for the small tomato cages.
This is a picture of our huge zucchini plant. It may not look that big in the picture, but it's huge. It has been producing quite a few zucchinis too. We have grated quite a bit and put it in the freezer, so we can make zucchini muffins throughout the year. We are planning to freeze more for zucchini casserole too.

We are sharing the garden with another family in the ward, and we decided to share the same garden bed for corn. They went ahead and planted their corn and left half the bed for us. We couldn't tell which half they had planted in, so we went ahead and planted our corn too. It just happened, that both of us planted on the same half. We planted more corn on the other half, which by the time I left for Utah, had barely started poking through the dirt. Needless to say, we didn't get the chance to thin our corn, so we have quite a few stalks and as of Saturday, most of them have two husks of corn. I'm excited, but we don't need quite that much corn.

We've had lots of green beans too. We got quite a few beans on our first picking, but not enough to can, so we ate them fresh. It turns out, that with all of the beans we've picked, we could have canned most of the beans. We are still getting quite a few beans, so we've been more than willing to share. I love fresh green beans, but by the time summers over, I think we'll be glad to eat other vegetables.

Jon's picking zucchini. We haven't given zucchini away yet, but I'm sure we will before the summer is over. We have given away quite a few cucumbers though. I wish I knew how to make pickles. It's been so much fun to have a vegetable garden. We owe a lot to the Shanafelts for keeping it watered for us while we were gone for six weeks. This fall we'll have a few pumpkins to harvest. I'm excited, because I like carving pumpkins and I hate to pay the prices they charge for pumpkins. I'm sure I'll be posting pictures of our pumpkins later this year.

Jon's New Baby!!!

We are so excited to announce, that we have a new baby. Jon of course is the most excited, because he got to pick it out. We are now the proud owners of a, I'm almost embarrassed to say, 50 inch plasma TV. Jon has wanted a new TV for quite some time, and he has patiently waited until the right time to buy. He has done a lot of research, so he knew exactly what he wanted, which wasn't a 50 inch TV. After being in Utah and seeing his mom's TV, Jon decided he was ready to go find his TV. We went shopping last Thursday and Jon was focused on the 42 inch TVs and since I know nothing about TVs, I was wandering around watching movies. As I was watching someone came over and asked if I had any questions, so I started asking about what makes one picture better than another. Jon came over and sat with me while I was watching TV and he happened to notice that one of the TVs was on sale and it was the exact same TV he was thinking of buying, except that this one was 50 inches and it was only $100 more than the 42 inch he wanted to buy. It made much more sense to spend the extra $100 for 8 more inches and get the larger TV. I was feeling generous and I told Jon I was okay with it. Now that it is in my living room, I don't know what I was thinking. It is huge, but it is fun to watch. Jon is in heaven with his new toy. We broke in the new TV last night, with our friends the Andersons and we watched Fast and Furious. Not really the movie we ladies would have picked, but the guys sure enjoyed it.

Sibley Park

Flower gardens along the Rock Path.


Two of the water fountains along the Rock Path.

For our Family Home Evening activity last night, I thought it would be fun to walk around one of the parks here in Mankato. I went once last summer, but they were still doing quite a bit of work on the park, and I'd heard that they had finished, so I thought it would be fun to take Jon and see what had been done. The park has all kinds of beautiful flower gardens and it has a small petting zoo with cows, ponies, pigs, goats, llamas, ducks, chickens and peacocks. It was the perfect evening to go to the park. The weather has been wonderful since we've been back. It hasn't been too hot or humid. The park was beautiful! I loved being with my sweetheart enjoying the beauties around us. The Lord truly created all things.

We're Home!!!

We are finally home. We arrived at our house last Tuesday July 28th. We had such a wonderful time in Utah. It was a lot of fun spending so much time with our family and friends. The reunions were wonderful, we ate so much food that both of us gained a little bit of weight. We loved the movies, swimming, visiting, playing games, eating, and more eating. It's always hard for me to come home after being in Utah. I get pretty homesick for the first couple of days. We love living here in Mankato, but it is hard to live so far from family. We feel so blessed that our jobs allow us to go to Utah for several weeks at a time to visit. I was gone for six weeks, and that was just about right for me. By the last week, I was ready to be in my own house again. Traveling is wonderful, but it gets old living out of a suitcase. I am getting back in to the swing of things and I am glad to be home. I am looking forward to the next several months, and before I know it, we will be traveling back to Utah for the holidays. Time is just flying by, and I'm trying to enjoy every minute of it.

Go Carts

Scott and Nick

Jon was pulling them behind Nicole's car in these two pictures.

It really wasn't too dangerous.

Scott and Nick having a great time.

Scott, Nick and Jon

It's a little hard to see in this picture, but you can kind of see Jon's skinned up knee. It was his right knee and it skinned up his foot too. It looks worse than it really is. He is healing now, but he might have a few scars.

A year or so ago, my brother and brother-in-law built their own go carts out of wood. They used to take the go carts up on the hill and then ride them down the hill. Not too smart and very dangerous. Now that my parents don't live up on the hill, they've discovered a new way of riding the go carts, being pulled behind a car. In my parent's neighborhood going 10 mph in the car, it really isn't too dangerous. The morning of the 24th Nick and Scott thought it would be fun to get the go carts out and go for a ride. They invited Jon to play with them, so two could ride and the third person would drive. Jon was one of the first two to ride. Nick and Scott forgot to explain some of the features to Jon, most importantly where the break is and how to use it. Taking the second turn, Jon was going a little too fast and he tried to slow himself down by putting his foot down (he didn't know where the break was) and the toe of his flip-flop got caught and pulled his leg under the go cart. Jon was wearing shorts, so it skinned up his leg pretty good. Needless to say, that was Jon's first and last ride for the day. He did say that it was fun and he'll give it a try again another time, but he'll be sure to wear shoes and use the break, now that he knows where it is. I ended up driving Nick and Scott around the neighborhood a couple of times, so they could have a bit of excitement. What crazy guys they are. They act like they are five years old sometimes, but we still love them.

Bozeman

The Zetterquists

Jon and I with our seven kids.

Little Rebecca
She is the newest addition to the Bowden family.


Keith, what a happy little guy!

The girls just love Jon.

I was in heaven holding Rebecca.

I need a baby of my own.

Since we were so close to Bozeman, we decided to drive up after Jon's family reunion and see some of our good friends for a couple of days. We had a great time. We went to dinner at SantaFe Reds and I had my favorite fish tacos. We just don't have good Mexican in Mankato, so we had to take advantage of it while we were on vacation. We played lots of games, played with the kids, floated the river, had a BBQ and just enjoyed visiting with friends. Thanks Zetterquists and Bowdens for making our two days in Bozeman so much fun. It was so good to be in Bozeman again, but I told Jon, this time I really felt like a visitor. A year ago May, when we went back for Jon's graduation, it felt like we hadn't even left, and Bozeman felt like home, but not anymore. The longer we are in Mankato, the more this seems like home. We have been so blessed to have made so many wonderful friends everywhere we have lived. We love getting together with each of you whenever possible.

Sweet Angel Madalyn

Sweet little angel Madalyn

Mom & Dad saying goodbye

Her loving family saying goodbye

While our trip to Utah was filled with lots of fun and laughter, there was one event that caused us to shed a tear. Last summer while we were in Utah, my cousin's little girl, Madalyn was diagnosed with a rare type of brain cancer. She has been fighting this disease for the past year with monthly stays in the hospital for chemo and radiation. She has been such a brave little girl through all of her treatments. In June she had an MRI that showed the tumor was completely gone, and everyone was so happy. A week later, things just didn't seem to be going well and Madalyn ended up having a shunt put in. Unfortunately the shunt didn't make much of a difference and some tests showed that the cancer cells were all throughout her spinal fluid and brain. Madalyn was given a week to two weeks to live. On July 14th, Madalyn passed away in the arms of her mother surrounded by her loving family. The funeral was beautiful and there wasn't a dry eye in the chapel. Trish, Madalyn's mother gave a beautiful tribute to her sweet little girl. I was so grateful that I was able to attend the funeral. I had to leave Jon's family reunion and drive 3 1/2 hours each way to attend, but it was well worth it. The streets from their home to the church and then to the cemetary were lined with pink, purple and white balloons. Our hearts and prayers go out to Trish and Terell and their family during this tough time. They are at peace knowing that Madalyn is no longer in pain or suffering and with their knowledge of the gospel they know they will be with Madalyn again someday. I am truly grateful for the blessing of the gospel in my life, without it experiences like this would be so hard to accept and understand. I know that Madalyn will be with her family someday and until then, she is in heaven with her great grandparents watching over her family. She's their guardian angel now.