i have been blessed!

i have been given a lot of gifts in my life that i certainly take for granite. the first being my "mack daddy". he is everything and more than i could ever ask for. this picture was taken this past summer at the end of our trip to alaska. we had been fishing for 5 days and left soldotna where we were staying, to go up to denali to pick up jordan mower, (who had been working up there all summer, driving a bus). jordan got us hooked up in the 'sour dough cabins' in denali . they were just little one room cabins with a bathroom. they were great (anything 'free' is great! right?!), really the only thing wrong with them was the water! the smell was worse than sour dough, it smelled and tasted of sulfur. it was all we could do to brush our teeth and shower. if we could get done before we started to gag, we were doing great. the last night that we were there we went to this dinner show. he wasn't feeling that great, but was still a good sport. he is a big tease and it took a while for me to get use to it, i think now, i just blank him out. but he has a lot of great qualities. to name a few, he is a wonderful husband, a great dad to our kids, a super 'papa', (to the cutest grandkids around, might i add). he also has a big heart that is very tender. he is and always has been a hard worker and has always been able to meet our needs (and most of our wants). he has been in a bishopric 11 of the past 12 years - the past 3 years being the bishop of the young single adult heritage park ward in our stake. he doesn't think he is the one who should have been called to this calling, but the lord knows what he is doing, and donnie has been of great service to these young kids. he also has been of great service to his dad and mom, who are getting up there in their age and can't do a lot of things for themselves. when ever they need anything done, they call don, because they know it will get done, it will be done right and will be done the very best way it could be done. he also like to keep me happy! - and even helped me in my washroom yesterday, putting a new casing around the window, when he would have rather been out working on his barn. i love you 'mack daddy' and thank my heavenly father for blessing me with such a "wonderful gift"!