FORTY......at least 40 pics from her time at home. WE MISS THOSE DAYS!

HER ONE YEAR OLD PICTURE FROM THE BEAVER PRESS...SR. PICS...SR. TEA

WITH HER FIRST COUSIN APRIL BY THEIR DISPLAY AT THE SR. TEA

MAKING THE PAPER.....MANY...MANY TIMES!

PENCIL SKETCH FROM SUSAN FOR GRADUATION

WITH HER BUDDY RHETT

PICTURE FROM STATE GAME FROM THE DESSERET NEWS

PICTURE FROM THE SPECTRUM....PLAYING CEDAR.....GOT THE W

HER BIGGEST FAN.....TANNER GALE

ME CALLING HER OVER FROM RECESS TO GIVE HER A MESSAGE

READY TO GO TO THE WARD CHRISTMAS PARTY

OUR CHAMPIONSHIP SOFTBALL TEAM IN OUR FRONT YARD.....WE MISS AMY OAKDEN

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL...THE WIZARD OF OZ

FREEZING AT JER'S FOOTBALL GAME

2 YEARS OLD...YOU ONLY GET ONE SHOT AT SCHOOL PICTURES

KINDERGARTEN PIC

FAMILY PIC....SHANNON 13 YEARS OLD

GIRLS CAMP

SHANNON WITH MYRA FROM TN.

RECEIVING THE JOHN WOODEN AWARD IN HIGH SCHOOL WITH FRANK LAYDON (JAZZ COACH) AND MARK EATEN (JAZZ PLAYER)

AFTER THE GRANTSVILLE SOFTBALL GAME

AT THE CENTRUM...HALFTIME OF STATE GAME GETTING HER ACADEMIC ALL STATE AWARD

BEING ANNOUNCED....ALWAYS FOCUSED

NATE HEADING BACK TO EPHRAIM...

SHANNON'S FRESH YEAR AND THE HOUSE IS TORN UP.

SHANNON AND VIC.....VOLLEYBALL WASN'T SERIOUS...JUST A NECESSITY

VOLLEY BALL AND HIP BRUISES

AT THE FOUL LINE...SHE WAS SO GOOD

DRIVING TO THE BUCKET

KNOWING WHERE EVERYONE IS.......

STATE (SOPH YR) AT UVU....RIGHT AFTER JUSTIN FINISHED AT DIXIE

FUN MEMORIES.....THEY GOT THE 4 PEAT HER SOPH YEAR.....

STATE..FRESHMAN...AT SUU  CHAMPS

MORE SL TRIB

CONSOLATION CHAMPS AT LAS VEGAS TOURNAMENT...FUN TIMES

KEEPING JUSTIN'S CAR NICE AND SHINNING WHILE SHE DROVE IT.

IN LAS VEGAS PLAYING BALL.....GOOGING AROUND

HELPING (OR MOCKING) THE CHEERLEADERS.....OH DID I WRITE THAT????

SHANNON AND VIC ....ALWAYS SOMETHING!

THERE YOU GO...WE'VE GOT HEIDI ...VIC...AND SHANNON AGAIN

LOVING THAT BEAVER

FUN TIMES IN VOLLEY BALL....JR YEAR

SHANNON RECEIVING THE MVP FOR REGION BASKETBALL......JR YEAR

GOT THAT HUG AND PICTURE

WINNING REGION JR YEAR

FLOWERS FROM JUSTIN WHILE HE WAS ON HIS MISSION (HER BIRTHDAY)

HOMECOMING ROYALITY CELEBRATION

HOMECOMING COURT

I DECIDED TO POST JUST PICTURES FROM WHEN SHE LIVED AT HOME WITH US BECAUSE IT SEEMED THAT THE TIME FLEW BY AND I FEEL LIKE I DIDN'T CHERISH IT ENOUGH. EVEN BEFORE SHE STARTED SCHOOL SHE DID NOT LIKE TO BE HOME ALONE (WHICH IS IRONICAL BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T GET MUCH ALONE TIME NOW).  IF SHE WAS HERE ALONE....SHE WOULD GO PLAY WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD FRIEND, AND SHE WOULD ASK ELIZABETH AND ERIN ALFORD TO COME OVER TO PLAY.  FOR A WHILE....BETH (THEIR MOM) AND I EVEN TRADED WITH HER DOING PRE-SCHOOL AND ME TEACHING THE GIRLS DANCE.THAT LAST YEAR BEFORE SHANNON WENT TO SCHOOL IT SEEMS LIKE WE EITHER HAD RHETT OR ERIN HERE A LOT.

SHANNON LOVED SCHOOL AND SHE LOVED RECESS MOST OF ALL.   I BELIEVE SHE WAS THE BEST QUARTERBACK IN THE CLASS AND SHE LOVED  PLAYING SPORTS WITH THE BOYS.  IT WAS ABOUT THAT TIME THAT SHE STARTED HATING DANCE AND TRYING AS HARD AS I COULD IN 4TH GRADE....SHE WON AND WAS NO LONGER IN DANCE.  SHE STARTED PLAYIN BASKETBALL IN 5TH GRADE AND WE COULD SEE IT WAS WHAT SHE REALLY LOVED....AND SHE WAS REALLY GOOD.  OF COURSE SHE HAD BEEN PLAYING WITH JER AND JUSTIN SO THAT GAVE HER A HUGE ADVANTAGE.

SHE GLIDED THROUGH ELEMENTRY SCHOOL WITH VERY LITTLE HOMEWORK.  SHE DIDN'T TAKE COLLEGE CLASSES IN HIGH SCHOOL SO IT WASN'T BAD EITHER.  HER SR. YEAR SHE ENDED UP BEING NAMED ALL STATE IN SOFTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL....AND MVP IN BASKETBALL (COACHES CHOICE).

SHANNON HAD A GREAT TIME GROWING UP.  SHE WENT ON A LOT OF DATES WITH DIFFERENT BOYS.  HER BEST FRIENDS ENDED UP BEING BOYS (KADE HENDRICKS AND DAVID NIGHBUR)....OH THE STORIES THEY COULD TELL.

AFTER HAVING 2 BOYS....MY DELIGHT WHEN I HAD A GIRLS WAS UNBELIABLE.  I WAS ACTUALLY SO EXCITED I DIDN'T SLEEP AT ALL THAT NIGHT.  I GOT UP AND 3 AM...WASHED MY HAIR...PUT ON MY MAKEUP...AND GOT DRESSED. I WAS TIRED BY 3 THAT AFTERNOON.

NOW I STAND AMAZED AT THE WONDERFUL PERSON SHE HAS BECOME.  SHE IS TIRED BUT SHE KEEPS DOING IT ALL AND I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT.  WE ARE ALL SO BLESSED TO HAVE HER.  I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE'S FORTY BUT SHE HAS PUT 80 YEARS OF LIVING INTO THAT 40 YEARS.  I AM MOSTLY PROUD OF HER STRONG TESTIMONY AND THE GOOD MOTHER SHE IS TO ALL 6 KIDS.  SHE ASTOUNDS ME AND I COULDN'T BE MORE BLESSED OR LOVE HER ANY MORE THAN I DO.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY FAVORITE DAUGHTER!  THEY DON'T COME ANY BETTER AND I LOVE YOU FOREVER!!!!!!