OUR FAMILY: Saturday, October 19, 2024: Genius Wave Express, meet Addy's friends, my new bottom teeth were a challenge to get in, more rain & snow, chili making, chili cookoff

Cochabamba, Bolivia

82nd operating temple

Dedicated: 30 Apr 2000

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 26

Come Follow Me

3 Nephi 25:5-6

The Lord sent Elijah to turn my heart to my ancestors.

October General Conference

'I Am He'

President Jeffrey R. Holland

"Christ's charity - evident ion complete loyalty to divine will - persisted and continues to persist."

My Genius Wave Express goes something like this:

Unlock the powers of your incredible mind.

Relax

You are enhancing the powers of your mind by giving it what it needs

Relax a little more, more deeply

Enjoy the peace this recording brings you

The powerful inner peace is helping you learn deep within

Your inner mind will bubble up great insights as they are needed

This is just a very minimal part of the recording along with sound waves. Sounds a little hokey doesn't it. I don't know if it's doing me any good but I actually enjoy listening to it, so I have made it a part of my morning routine.

We met Addy's friends this morning. There is Kayla, Addy's cousin, whom we already know, Belle, and Brandon. I guess Brandon was the protector, driver of Starla (Trina's car), and tent builder. I think he made the girls feel safe. He seemed like a really nice guy. Here is a picture of the four of them.

Brandon, Addy, Belle, and Kayla

They were eating bagels and fruit for breakfast when I left to go to Pierce's to get my teeth done. When I returned, about two hours later, they were getting ready to leave so I really didn't get to visit very much. I am glad they came though.

This was the hardest appointment so far. Those bottom teeth were difficult to get in and there was lots of grinding. Pierce said the teeth are made from zirconium and it is a very hard substance, second only to diamonds. I was so glad when it was over and I am so happy with the results!

After they left it started to rain and snow. I texted them to please drive carefully and to let me know when they get home. Addy texted back and said, "which way is safer to go?" This is what I said: "I say Payson, Grampa says Globe, even though rocks fall out of the sky that way." Addy: "Ok then."

They ended up going the Globe way and made it home safely.

My project this afternoon was to make chili for tonight's chili cookoff. I am using my favorite recipe, Wendy's restaurant chili.

It is yummy and colorful and the texture is great. The dicing of the vegetables is the longest most tedious part of the chili making process. I diced a large onion, a yellow bell pepper, and three stalks of celery. I browned the ground beef, added the veggies to the ground beef and all of the other ingredients. I made it in my cast iron saucepan and then put it in the crockpot to keep it warm.

I went in to take a nap and when I was finished I came back in to try some chili with the cornbread I bought at Walmart. Yummy and Delicous!

The dinner starts at five so we left a few minutes before with the sun glaring in our eyes most of the way. Oh my. This ward does love their chili cookoff. There was lots and lots of chili.

James said we were supposed to sit by someone we didn't know. This is a ward missionary activity and everyone in the community is invited. Collin DeWitt is the ward mission leader and a good friend of James's.

Catherine Halcomb was one of the first people I saw. She grabbed me and said she wanted to sit with me. Of course, I am her ministering sister and she is a dear friend. Catherine and I sat there for awhile at our table. James went walking around visiting. James went to get my dinner also. While he was gone Tamara came in and sat down on the other side of me. She just drove a van full of guys from Beacon Addiction Recovery center. I told her I would have liked to get a picture of that!

Collin asked everyone at each table to find out something about someone at their table that they didn't know before tonight and tell what they learned. He only asked one person at each table or we would have been there all night. He asked our table twice and we said we had nothing. I felt bad afterwards. Even though I knew both of the sisters at my table, I could have shared something about one of them. For instance, I could have shared that Catherine Halcomb, who is 90 years old, used to train Alaskan Huskies for dog sled races in northern California. I bet most people don't know that about her. She is a pretty interesting little lady.

It was fun to hear what the people at the other tables had to say. One of the guys from Beacon Recovery Center told something about everyone from the center. There were at least ten of them. I learned that Brother Lauritzen, who is a family and marriage counselor, was a helicopter pilot and a software engineer. Quite a well-rounded guy.

We had several sets of missionaries at the dinner and Collin asked them to be the judges for the chili. There were several prizes offered. Everyone who one a prize got a wooden spoon to take home. I won for best texture.