The Dermody Family: Shannon's 7th Birthday!

Journals/Blogs

President Kimball said, "People often use the excuse that their lives are uneventful and nobody would be interested in what they have done. But I promise you that if you will keep your journals and records, they will indeed be a source of great inspiration to your families, to your children, your grandchildren, and others, on through the generations. Each of us is important to those who are near and dear to us—and as our posterity read of our life's experiences, they, too, will come to know and love us. And in that glorious day when our families are together in the eternities, we will already be acquainted."

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you.
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you,
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might that His arrows might go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.

Kahlil Gibran

Build Wisely

A HOME IS MUCH MORE THAN A HOUSE BUILT OF LUMBER, BRICK, OR STONE. A HOME IS MADE OF LOVE, SACRIFICE, AND RESPECT. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOMES WE BUILD. WE MUST BUILD WISELY, FOR ETERNITY IS NOT A SHORT VOYAGE. THERE WILL BE CALM AND WIND, SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW, JOY AND SORROW. BUT IF WE REALLY TRY, OUR HOME CAN BE A BIT OF HEAVEN HERE ON EARTH. THE THOUGHTS WE THINK, THE DEEDS WE DO, THE LIVES WE LIVE NOT ONLY INFLUENCE THE SUCCESS OF OUR EARTHLY JOURNEY, THEY ALSO MARK THE WAY TO OUR ETERNAL GOALS.

--THOMAS S.MONSON

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Shannon's 7th Birthday!

What an absolutely wonderful day for our little Sissy! The big 7 today! She was very happy. The celebrating started at 12:30 AM when she woke up to check and see if it was her birthday yet! Too cute. She fell back to sleep with a HUGE smile on her face. The rest of the day was a blur of activity and celebrating with just our little family! Lots of fun, and lots of good memories in the making over here!
Happy Birthday to our little BIG girl! Shan adds spunk, drama, love, and a unique way of viewing everything to our lives! She has the most freckles or angel kisses in the family too! She acts like a tom boy, but loves to dress up like a princess....haven't figured that one out yet! Lately she talks with a cute little lisp of sorts since she is currently missing three teeth! She makes us laugh, and drives us batty sometimes, but we love her. Wouldn't trade her for anything or everything in the whole world! Happy Birthday!!!!

2 comments:

Barbara said...: What a fun birthday celebration! Shannon looks deliriously happy! I love the "Say cheese!" picture!

Thanks for posting this, Jenn, and so quickly! It's the next best thing to being there.; April 9, 2010 at 12:01 AM
Jenn said...: I love the "say cheese" pic too! It's my fav!!!! Wish you all could have been here! She loves the Barbie and movie you sent. The Barbie even went for a swim in the bath tonight....her hair turns pink in water! Fun times!; April 9, 2010 at 1:08 AM