Wednesday, November 14, 2018

General Conference and Ohio trip


Oh wow!! 😍 What a weekend!! Homecoming with the kids! And then 1800 mile road trip to Ohio and back to pick up horses! Loving this Amish country! So beautiful πŸ™‚ and ohhhh..... these sweet new babies being added to our family! Can’t wait for the kiddos to get to ride and love on these beauties 😍 Thank you kim and Richard for trusting us with these darling horses!🐴 So grateful for what Hippo Therapy “horse therapy “ does for my children, helps to build their core strength and boost their confidence.























Be a detective every day! Look for someone to serve!! Grateful for my sister and her example of looking to serve others! She ran this great fundraiser run 5k 10k today to help a family adopt a little boy from Brazil. Lucia Norris Satya Merrill








Thanks to Anna Pember Merrill and her awesome husband my mini me has become a beast at her swimming. She is overcoming her fear of the water bit by bit and slaying it!!! Her team did AMAZING at their competition and,she brought home 2 bronze medals!😎😍






Such an incredible day yesterday!! I feel so honored that I get to coach along with my husband our Unified Special Olympics team. Unifying typical kids with those with disabilities. I love the friendships it’s creating!! Thank you to all those who support it along with us!πŸ™ŒπŸ» Play Unified!! We got to watch Harrison swim his first race!! Then we got to go visit Aunt Rachelle and Uncle Gaither and see our sweet new little Cousin, Dallas!! Then the drive home up the mountain with part of our team was very eventful!!
Somebody up above was looking out for us when we broke down with a car full of kids from the Special Olympics team. Because the car completely just turned off in the middle of the highway and we were stuck there. Who knows what was down the road waiting for us if that didn't happen. We all feel like we were being protected. Even the mechanic. Because when the mechanic and tow truck finally came after a couple hours, they got it working again. And said that was a very fluke thing that happens to GMCs and it rarely happens. We pray for safety every day and so We feel we were being kept safe from something.πŸ’—πŸ™πŸ» fun ride in police cars getting us safely off the road. Proud of these kids and their pleasant attitudes going through moments of stress and looking for the blessings.πŸ€—πŸ§‘πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ» #playunified




Great Job to our Unified team!! Absolutely incredible!!! So proud of you all!!! Thank you parents and volunteers for all your support!!!





“Nothing like a night at the County Fair!” 🀑 🎈 🎑 especially with friends!! Vandee Flake @ Navajo County Fair and Rodeo




We are so grateful this week for our loved ones and the memories of those and 9/11 this week. Take the time to tell those around you how grateful you are because tomorrow is never promised. United We stand!! Red/white and Blue at the Navajo County Fair!!







September 9, 2018


Our Thankful Thursday Live evolved into “being grateful” Weekly! πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—Because sometimes pulling together as a family on a Thursday was tough going in all different directions! πŸ€—πŸ˜ƒThis week we’ve been spread out as a family, between Utah, Snowflake and Phoenix .... so I wanted to send a shout out this week and say how grateful I am for FRIENDSHIPS😍 πŸ™‹πŸΌ‍♀️πŸ’ƒπŸΌπŸšΆπŸΌ‍♀️πŸ‘¬πŸ‘­πŸ‘«Thankful for these two cuties and their example of kindness and always looking for ways to serve others-looking for a need and filling that need with love. ❤️πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ» @merrillbudz @vandeeflake @lorenmerrill #friends #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether — with Loren Lawlor Merrill and Vandee Flake.









Such a beautiful time up in the mountains with family!! An exciting adventurous hike to the waterfall πŸ’¦ #MountGraham






Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Birthday month and School Begins!!


I was so sad to miss our Thankful Thursday with my family this week!! We just can’t seem to be together in the same place! πŸ˜‚ I got home from Phoenix after midnight last night, switched kids and came back to Phoenix children’s for more procedures with Harrison! Love our kids! They keep us hopping! Thankful for my children and that they love to learn and go to school!!πŸ™ŒπŸ»πŸ’•πŸŽΆ




Back and forth between two hospitals today for tests and procedures!! What a trooper!! Love how he’s just chilling and acting so tough!! πŸ’ͺπŸ»πŸ€— He does love being able to stay at the Ronald Mcdonald House during these times. They help to make it a tad bit fun during tough times. Thank you!πŸ’— we took a bit of time off this summer from all the surgeries, dr. Appointments and therapies. It was nice, but back to business! So grateful to all the doctors, therapists and Biohacking that keep my kiddos’ little bodies in check! And way to go girls at home that helped pull off Charlotte’s School pictures while I was taking care of this little man!! I about died when they sent me this picture that confirmed my little Charlotte is officially a Freshman!! πŸ˜­πŸ€—πŸ’—πŸ‘πŸ» #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #biohackingyourbody #ronaldmcdonaldhouse #phoenixchildrenshospital @ Phoenix Children's Hospital #cerebralpalsy


This is so wild!! I couldn’t believe the day Charlotte went to junior high a couple years ago and got to have grandma as her math teacher....
Now, she’s in high school and she loves it!!! Grandma must have a great influence on her because her favorite subject is math!























We adopted twins!! πŸ’—πŸ’™ This was just as a BIG surprise to me as it will be to my husband when he gets home tonight. πŸ˜†πŸΆ He suggested we get a new puppy for our dog, Annatto, to train. But how could I choose?πŸ˜πŸ’” it would have been sad to break them up! The kids are excited πŸ˜† 😜 and Annatto is a proud Grandpa!!πŸ• #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #labboxer










Kind of silly, but so much fun!! πŸ™ŒπŸ»Three of my children have a rare disease that causes cerebral palsy. So I’m constantly trying to find ways to teach them to biohack their poor hijacked bodies, like most of us have hijacked bodies! 😬 But trying to explain it to kids, it was fun to have the teacher come out in me! 😜 We ate cells breakfast! We talked about the mitochondria and how it jumpstarts our engines and boosts our immune system. The chromosomes develop our eyes, hair and what we look like. But it is so great to know and understand that we can change ourselves and our DNA and make our bodies work better! πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»Only about 4 of our genes are hard coated. The rest can change by what we eat, put into our bodies and how we train our bodies. 🀸‍♀️🏊‍♂️🧘‍♀️πŸ…So I love that my kids are asking, “is this why we are able to walk and talk better?” πŸ’‘It’s fun to see their little minds go to work and to understand with all the cells and thousands of mitochondria we have in our bodies, that we actually have control of them!πŸ”¬ πŸ₯‘πŸ₯¦πŸ“
(Thank you Ms. Collett for letting me come help in your classroom with this fun activity. Loved the idea, so we ate it for breakfast!!) LolπŸ˜‚ #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #biohackingyourbody #teachersrock🍎





















This is a big year for us! πŸ™ŒπŸ»πŸŽΆ My children all made some major steps!!! All separate schools!! Charlotte went into the HIGH SCHOOL!!-Freshman!! Kalicia went into the JUNIOR HIGH!!!! Caroline moved up to the 5th grade and Harrison -ALL Day School!! -1st grade!! I sent my baby off!! They all came home with big smiles on their faces!! Thank you teachers for a great first day!!




Had a great lunch with my girls. Love our traditions.













So excited for our Aunt Rachelle! She’s going to be a beautiful mother! πŸ‘ΆπŸΌ πŸ’•Congrats! The girls had fun helping me put together our 🌢 vegetable πŸ… cabbage patch kids trayπŸ˜‚πŸ’™ Thank you to my friend, Lynette, helping me to find this cute doll! I guess I am dating myself but they were not easy to come by.





Happy 70th Birthday to this beautiful grandma!!! We sure love her!!πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸŽˆ














Annual Summer Block Party was a big hit!πŸ™ŒπŸ»πŸ€—Enjoyed everyone’s company and the food was yummy!! Awesome time!! Awesome neighbors!! Love our friends and family!!πŸ’—πŸŽˆπŸŽ‰πŸ˜€ #taylorFarms














Happy Birthday to this fun lovin’ good lookin’ man!!! 🎁We are so grateful to have him a part of our lives!! I can’t believe I have known him for 20 years, almost half of his life! He was an amazing young man then, but I have fallen in love even more with what an incredible man he is becoming! We are all so blessed to have him a part of us. We love you Daddy!!πŸ’—πŸŽ‚πŸŽˆπŸŽΆ


Happy Birthday Loren Lawlor Merrill!
I am so blessed to have you as a friend and business partner. Your values of integrity, honesty, work ethics are simply the highest.
Love you so dearly and love your incredible family. So blessed and so grateful.














Happy birthday to my big boy, Austin! πŸŽ‚πŸŽΆSo proud of this kid! πŸ€—πŸ’™I guess I should say man! Seriously can’t believe he’s 25 years old, about the age I was when I adopted him. πŸ’—Crazy to see things come full circle! He was the sweetest little spunky 13-year-old boy! I’ll never forget the first time I wrapped my arms around him. So proud of what a hard worker he has become! He has beaten the odds!!! He’s rocking it! πŸ™ŒπŸ»Congrats to living a successful life and happy birthday to you my son! 😘









 Happy Birthday to my beautiful mother!! So blessed to call her my friend πŸ’—