Braxton discovered a second use for our toy baskets. Of course it wasn't long before Christian followed suit. All dad needs to do is install wheels, a pull chain, hook the two together, and OFF WE GO!!
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Rigby, Idaho
Theme of our receptions
Corey Beahm's Wedding
Christmas
BYU Graduation
Christmas
In April 2007, Travis & Katie graduated from BYU. Travis with a BS in Facilities Management. Katie in Russian & Home & Family Living, emphasis in Clothing Construction. Travis currently works for the LDS Church as an Assist. Facilities Manager at the Triad Center in Salt Lake. Katie is a Homemaker, spending her days with our two greatest investments.
Blogs of Family/Friends
Who are you?
Travis & Katie - Beginnings
Katie and I met in our singles ward at BYU. One week after our first date (1st was September 4, 2003) we were 'going out.' Two weeks later we were unofficially engaged and 1 week later it was official. We were married in the Idaho Falls Temple December 19, 2003.
Engaged
Wedding Reception
Rigby, Idaho
Fully Rely On God (FROG)
Theme of our receptions
The Family Grows, #1
Christian Vance was born October 21, 2004 at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, Utah. Katie and I were both going to school full-time. Surprisingly, she and I both got some of the best grades of our college careers that semester.
Christian, Then and Now
Gividen Family, April 2005
Corey Beahm's Wedding
Gividen Family, Dec. 2005
Christmas
The Family Grows, #2
Braxton Paul was born September 27, 2006 at Orem Community Hospital. Katie and I were still students at the time, although Katie had taken that semester off. Times were still tough, but we got through ok (As Braxton is proof).
Braxton Paul was born September 27, 2006 at Orem Community Hospital. Katie and I were still students at the time, although Katie had taken that semester off. Times were still tough, but we got through ok (As Braxton is proof).
Braxton, Then and Now
Gividen Family, April 2007
BYU Graduation
Gividen Family, Dec. 2007
Christmas
Blog Archive
Submitting to the Will of the Savior
“The submission of one’s will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God’s altar...the many other things we give to God, however nice they may be to us, are actually things He has already given us, and He has loaned them to us. But when we begin to submit ourselves by letting our wills be swallowed up in God’s will, then we are really giving something to Him. And that hard doctrine lies at the center of discipleship. There is a part of us that is ultimately sovereign, the mind and the heart, where we really do decide which way to go and what to do. And when we submit to His will, then we’ve really given Him the one final thing He asks of us. And the other things are not very, very important. It is the only possession we have that we can give, and there is no lessening of our agency as a result. Instead, what we see is a flowering of our talents and more and more surges of joy. Submission to Him is the only form of submission that is completely safe.”
- Elder Neal A. Maxwell
- Elder Neal A. Maxwell
Worth-mentioning Thoughts
"Do not suppose God willfully causes that which for His own purposes He permits."
"There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul."
"No man stands taller than the one on his knees."
"Repentence takes care of the past, faith the future, and the Holy Ghost helps us with today."
"When doing the work of the Lord, the force in front of you is never as great as the power behind you."
"The closest distance between a problem and solution is the distance between your knees and the floor."
"With God, nothing is impossible."
"My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure."
"Do not pray for a lighter burden - pray for a stronger back."
"Thank God for what you have; trust God for what you need."
(sources for these quotes are unknown to us)
"There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul."
"No man stands taller than the one on his knees."
"Repentence takes care of the past, faith the future, and the Holy Ghost helps us with today."
"When doing the work of the Lord, the force in front of you is never as great as the power behind you."
"The closest distance between a problem and solution is the distance between your knees and the floor."
"With God, nothing is impossible."
"My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure."
"Do not pray for a lighter burden - pray for a stronger back."
"Thank God for what you have; trust God for what you need."
(sources for these quotes are unknown to us)
Our Destiny
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
- Nelson Mandella
- Nelson Mandella
1 comment:
we love your blog! Your boys are so cute! I have to agree with you Travis about your wonderful wife Katie....she is a realy gem and I hope that my children have an opportunity to get to know both of you better. Our family has certainly been blessed to have Katie join us. Love you guys lots! Aunt Brenda
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