Tijuana, Mexico
149th operating temple
Dedicated: 13 Dec 2015
By: Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Book of Mormon
3 Nephi 1:4-22
Come Follow Me
Jesus Christ Was Born to be my Savior.
Matt. 1:18-25; Luke 2; 3 Nephi 1:4-22
October General Conference
'The Words of Christ and the Holy Ghost Will Lead Us to the Truth'
Elder Takashi Wada
" A particularly sacred experience was when the missionaries taught me to pray. I learned that we should address God by name. When we pray, we should speak from our hearts, express our gratitude, and share our hopes and desires."
Merry Christmas!
We slept in until after 8 o'clock. Joshua was anxious to go downstairs and open gifts so everyone got up, Stacy, Paul, Adam, and James and I. Oh yes, Jared Ammon was here too although he didn't spend the night.
Stacy gave the family prayer before Joshua started opening his gifts while the rest of us watched. His stocking was full and he emptied it then opened several shirts. Stacy also got him a jacket but it isn't here yet. She got Adam one gift to open but because of cash flow she and Paul weren't able to buy the other boys any gifts. Part of Joshua's gift is also coming to the cabin with Alayna on Christmas day.
After we were finished James and I went upstairs and began packing. We have the family breakfast at Sheri's at 10 and then we are leaving for home right afterwards. I have been thinking about Tom and wondering how he is doing. He is outside and Easton Crane, the boy James hired to feed the horses and the cats, has not seen either cat. He leaves food out and the food gets eaten, but he has not seen either Tom or Sammie.
At Sheri's James is making his famous venison gravy only instead of venison it's beef. Darrel and Trina brought the beef, several packages of stew meat. I was the sous chef and James and I both started cutting up meat. In the meantime Sheri was cooking bacon and scrambled eggs. Kim and Brian brought a huge container of biscuits and Paul brought orange juice. We brought the paper goods and flatware. Stacy didn't come. She doesn't eat in the morning and she thought it would be too hard to watch everyone else eat.
It was pretty chaotic with everyone talking and eating and the dogs barking, especially when Adam should up with Shipley, that really set Ollie and Ziggy. I'm wondering Adam, why?
People ate eggs and bacon and then they were waiting for the gravy and biscuits. James kept cooking and I kept cutting up meat. Finally we had everyone fed, even ourselves. I even got Trina to try some of the meat and gravy just as she was leaving. I'm not sure whether she liked it or not. Not only did James cook, but he cleaned up the kitchen too so I could visit with Kim and Sheri. The only people not here were Stacy, Dallin, and Alex, and of course Jared's family. I miss Alex. He won't come anywhere his dad is going to be. It is so sad.
It was a beautiful sunny day here in Chandler By the time we left for home, it was afternoon. We had to go back to Stacy's to get our ice chest and then we headed for the hills. We went the Globe way and stopped in Globe to get gas.
The higher we climbed, the cooler it got. When we got home the first thing that both James and I did was call for Tom. I was in the front and James was by the door on the deck by our bedroom. James yelled Tom a couple of times and Tom came running and ran right in the door. When I came in I fed him his treat, which he devoured. He followed me around meowing and talking to me. I imagined him tell me how much he missed me and how cold it was outside. Finally I spread his blanket on the recliner and he laid down and fell asleep. I finished putting our stuff away before Stacy, Paul, Joshua, and Alayna got here.
Before we got home Stacy called and said she had forgotten the parmesan cheese and the broccoli for dinner. Neither Stacy nor I want to cook so she asks if there are any Chinese restaurants that might be open. I told her the only one I could think of was the Asian Bistro in Lakeside. She, Paul, Joshua, and Alayna ate there and brought us back our dinner. I had orange chicken with lo mien noodles and James ordered the lettuce wraps. We love the lettuce wraps at Pei Wei and P.F. Changs. These lettuce wraps were too spicy hot for James and for me too. I told him he could have some of my food but he isn't really a fan of orange chicken.
Stacy started doing a puzzle on the high table. It's a puzzle that Alayna's mom gave her for Christmas. Paul, Joshua, and Alayna watched "Flapjack" on the TV. I said good night to everyone and went in to get ready for bed. James was in the bedroom with my phone, walking.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.
She can bring home the bacon....
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