Our 100th Post!

We've made it to post 100! Yeah, Spencer Family! Lets go for 1,000!

Mom is in the blog world

O.K. how long has the family had this great thing and I haven't taken the time to participate? One of my goals for this summer was to "blog" so here I am. I'm in Deans space because I came in from a presidency meeting and saw his computer up in the living room. I loved seeing everyones pictures and read the updates and said to myself, "Come on Margaret, nows the perfect time with the house to yourself and the computer all set up!" Here it goes....
My life is in a great place right now! This is the most quiet, restful, no stress summer I have had my whole life I think. I have no memory of not being in charge of some big event in the summer through church work of girls camp, scout camps or football camps and for that fact the craziness of having little children all home and keeping them happy and entertained some how. Carl is gone most of the time, I passed off Big Blue football club in January, and my church calling is steady and pleasent. I did my vacationing in May with going to see Delee, playing in Arizona with friends, and chior tour with Carl to Canada and San Francisco. With my girl friends we did this thing called twenty wishes. Not goals or dreams but wishes. One of my wishes was to get into blogging (now I've done it) another was to get my front tooth replaced and I get that done on Tuesday, another to read a classic which I'm reading Dickens "Great Expectations". I'm ejoying my garden more then ever before because I have time to tend it more instead of it being just another thing I'm not getting done. I haven't made any progress though on my wish for Darwin and I to take dance lessons. Maybe this fall.
I'm excited for all of my children to come home in August! I love you guys and love being together with everyone!
I'm now going to go eat left over wedding cake from my friends daughter wedding I helped with last night. I love you all. A word from the real mother Margaret

1 month from today!

So I will be reporting to the MTC one month from today! It is coming up really fast, and I feel like I have so much I want to do with so little time to do it in. I am excited most for seeing and having the entire family here for a couple days. It will be so great! The other day I came across this funny video I had from the trip to Utah. We went to go visit the new house Ter and Jer are living in now and we played in the yard for a bit. The boys ran through the sprinkler, Paul ran a little too fast, and Sam just stood there and let the water hit him in the face. It was funny even though it is short!

Pictures from the trip!

The beginning
It all looked the same for a while...
So we had to build and follow the cairns
The few. The proud. The Spencer's.
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Here are some of the pictures hope you enjoy! Sorry for being a blog hog, but i thought it would be okay to not make a slide show and just put them up. :)

It's been too long

I finally decided to just post a blog about what I'm up to. With limited internet at home its been a bummer...dial up just doesn't allow for much to happen. I have been meaning to put up some pictures from the trip to St. George we took a month ago, and i will do sometime when i get home because right now i am eating lunch at work...how cool is that?! I am eating a delicious PB & J if you were wondering. Anyway, speaking of work, i love it! it is a challenging job, with long hours from the commute, but i really enjoy it. It's so fun getting to work with the same people everyday because you really get to know them. I have had some interesting conversations about my mission, mormons, my scar on my arm and becoming a surgeon with people. And, another cool thing is that when im done for the day, I don't smell like a Porta-potty or blow dirt out of my nose (even though i loved working on your house last summer Aunt Kathy!).

Thank you to all of you for your support and excitement about my mission call. I can't wait to go be a Minnesotan for 2 years! And I am even more excited to see you for my farewell, which is coming up fast. I will be on the road to the MTC in 38 days. I am excited, nervous, happy, anxious, ready to just leave for there next week sometimes, other times i get sad thinking about leaving, but most of all i am feeling the spirit the most i have ever felt it in my life. It really is quite the experience!

Another great experience i had last week was going through the temple. I went with Mom and Dad and Aunt Karol and Uncle Joel were there too, and the Daybells. It was absolutely incredible and mom and i already went again on Tuesday. I love it and I can't wait for the chance to go with our whole family! We really are going to be together forever and that is so awesome. Hope you are all doing well. I hope to post some pictures SOON. Love you all so much!
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What's up you all!

Hey, Hey to everyone! This week I've been thinking a lot about how wonderful life really is. I think that as we go through life we can loose sight of all we have when we think so much about all that we don't. It is a great blessing to be ambitious and always want more, but I am realizing more the true joys in life lie in how we are able to enjoy what we are given in our current circumstances, instead of always wanting something else. I know my life has truly been blessed.

Here in Utah, things are going well. My internship is going pretty good. I'm learning more about what I want to do when I finish school. I also see that I have a lot more to learn as well. It's so great that I had this chance to be here this summer. The singles ward is good, but I going to start going to the new ward in Sandy. Partly because of gas prices, partly because of trying something new. My golf game is improving, but I'm still not that good. I don't think it matters how athletic you are in golf, it still won't make you any better when you start.

I'm excited to come home for a while and to have everyone home too. It's going to be sweet to see you all. Hope you all have a great week! Love you all and Word to you Mother.

Summer Jobs

we've been busy getting settled into our new place and enjoying the summertime

the boys helping Uncle Neil wash his car

having some watermelon after saving the day (yes, Sam is wearing a cape)...this is the walkway from the driveway to our basement

do you think Grandma would be proud of my muddy gardening gloves? it took me 3 days, but the garden is planted and weeded