hurray for one of the most wonderful holidays of the year! may i just take a moment to express gratitude for the most significant man in my life currently-Douglas Walter Salmon, my father.  for those of you who may be reading this and don’t know this man, all i can say is that i hope one day you are blessed to cross paths with him.  he is a man of integrity, humor, compassion, work ethic, sensitivity, intelligence, GREAT talent, a desire to sacrifice, and above all, a spiritual giant. in my field of work, i see numerous examples of poor parenting, and men who don’t take their role as fathers seriously. i wonder why i was blessed to have a father that has presented me with a great example of how a man should be. i believe that my Father in Heaven weeps for joy when he watches my father in action.  THANK YOU to my daddy. i love you.

i also want to pay a wee tribute to my mother, Valerie Elizabeth Timmins Salmon, who without her example, neither my father nor i would be what we are today. she is a pillar of strength with compassion, talent, wisdom, creativity, mindfulness, independence, and beauty.  she has been an example of womanhood and motherhood to me. THANK YOU mom for being so wonderful to me, dad, and our family. love you.

every time i browse the incredible blogs of my family members, i am a little more motivated to add to my own blog. so here is my meager attempt to get my site up and running. after a 6 month absence. here goes.

yes, even in the winter i was able to find beauty, despite my incessant complaints about the cold season. 

these colourful leaves were in our backyard.

 these next two were taken up the canyon on a ride just prior to the first snow.

the whole family was together this year for christmas…first time in many, many years. loved every minute of it! our time was spent in St. George, UT.

this one’s for you mom 

maria and i for halloween…not really sure what we were. we just had fun dressing up.

this was probably the coolest room i have ever danced in my life. graffitti, black lights, all the best people…what else could a girl ask for?

way too much halloween fun this year. here are some of the roomies all decked out for the halloween party.

why are sleeping babies so cool? seriously, you could watch them for hours. sleeping adults? watching them for hours at a time would be weird and not so cool.

asher was just a few weeks old in this picture. he looks so different now! what if we were like babies and looked totally different every few weeks? i kind of like that idea…

this was taken the day felicty was due…i think she had just ridden her bike 14 kilometers or something that day…the little man was far too comfortable to come out and play for another two weeks.

grace looking oh-so-stylish in her auntie’s glasses

so great photo opp right? we thought so too until maffers gave us heck for being so close to the edge. little did we know he’s terrified of heights…how did we not know this about you brother??

the salmon siblings re-united for felicity’s 30th in zions.

jess, felicity, nathaniel, and matt in front of “the commune”- my house in provo

i love this picture of us…was this at my grad fliss? help me out…