End of the Summer

It's been a wonderful summer together. We worked hard and played even harder. When we could find the time, we spent our twilight hours on the boat wakeboarding and thrashing the kids on their innertubes. After an unforgettable week on the island of Kauai, we returned to our home and the reality of school, work, life and death. Yesterday we welcomed our newest nephew Nolan Ryan Johnson to our family. This morning we say good-bye to our beloved grandmother and great-grandmother Emily Wright. She was 97 years old. And as I make preparations to attend her memorial service in Salt Lake, my husband is driving our daughter back to school. I am amazed at the momentum of our lives. I am grateful for every experience that makes me a more complete person. I am thankful for my family, the people who make everything worth it.

A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson

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, fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is 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.

The James Family

What makes us happy?
What makes us laugh?
What do we like to do for fun?
Anyone in the James family will tell you that what we like best is to be together.