Urdaneta, Philippines
190th operating temple
Dedicated: 28 Apr 2024
By: Dallin H. Oaks
Book of Mormon
2 Nephi 1:1-12
Come Follow Me
D&C 6, 8-9
Heavenly Father speaks to me through the Holy Ghost.
"Spiritually Defining Memories" Elder Neil L. Andersen
"Hear Him" Bonnie Cordon
October General Conference
'This Is My Gospel' - 'This Is My Church'
Elder Dale G. Renlund
" The access to God's covenantal power and His covenantal love is through His Church. The combination of the Savior's gospel and His Church transforms our lives."
Today is my brother Harold's 76th birthday. Happy Birthday Harold.
Dennis said he and Denise were taking Harold to El Rancho's in Pinetop for his birthday and asked if we would like to come. Of course I said yes!
We arrived at the same time, well they were going in when we drove up. When we got in the restaurant Dennis and Harold were seated in a booth. I asked where Denise and Vickie were. Vickie didn't come because she was sick, and Denise was in the bathroom. Too bad Vickie is sick because she is the one who loves El Rancho.
Harold and Dennis saved the ends of the booth, one for Harold and the other for Denise and James and I slide into the middle. This is the same booth we had many years ago when Amy Lamb was with us. I ordered a virgin pina colada and they brought me the real thing.
I asked Denise how her mom was and she said she just had a bad fall and broke her pelvis in three places. Denise's sister-in-law is staying with her. She has to use a walker. Peg is 88 years old but she looks and acts much younger.
Dennis, Denise and I all ordered the same thing. Harold ordered #8, a bean burro and I'm not sure what else, and James ordered a chicken enchilada with green sauce and a side of refried beans. Back to Dennis, Denise and I. We all ordered apollo asada enchiladas with red sauce and a shredded beef crispy taco. Denise and I both ordered a small side of guacamole. When our waitress brought the food I noticed the sauce on our enchiladas looked exactly like James's green sauce. I asked her if my enchilada had red sauce on it. She looked at it and said, no. Dennis and Denise both piped up and said they ordered red too. Not wanting to cause her any trouble I told the waitress I would keep mine as it was. She then said, "Oh, it's no trouble to change it." Off she went with three plates.
I really liked the chicken meat in my enchilada, it had a grilled flavor, but the red sauce was not as good as Eva's or La Casita's. James said his sauce nor his refried beans were as good as La Casita's or Eva's.
I saved my shredded beef taco for later when I got home. It tasted great with the guacamole on it.
We told our waitress that it was Harold's birthday so she brought him a fried ice cream sundae with five spoons.
doesn't smile. I also told him I
really liked his hat.
On the way home James and I passed the sign for Scott's Reservoir. Neither one of us have ever been there so we drove the short distance to the water. The water looked a little murky, but it's close to our house and would be a fun place to come if we had a little boat.
We stopped at the post office to pick up the mail. James went in and as he was carrying two packages out he stuck his tongue out at me. He didn't know that in the next car was a member of our ward. It was Sister Shanna Penrod. I told him and he was a little embarrassed. One of the packages was the fan lightbulbs we ordered and the other was a food chopper that I ordered. When I got home and unwrapped it I realized it requires me to watch a video before I use it.
As we were checking out at the restaurant I mentioned to Denise that I used to buy Beanie Babies here. There is a little closed off room and it was full of gifts you could buy. She said that she did too and then mentioned that tomorrow is Abbey's 3rd birthday. Abbey is Denise's granddaughter, Rachel's youngest.
Kacey & Jared wanted a copy of the Milky Ranch stories so I sent it to them. Kacey thinks I should share some of them on my blog since they are a part of our family history.
Autumn sent me some pictures of Charlie and Scarlett today. Thank you Autumn!
My right knee is still very painful and I am walking stiff legged most of the time. I took a nap when I got home and then cleaned a small area of my closet and organized my Valentine goodies. I decided to order some ring pops to round out my small gifts for the sisters I minister to and the MacArthur kids. This evening I blogged while James walked. He doesn't have to use my phone anymore because he is listening to volume one of Saints and it's on his Gospel Library app.
In closing here is a quote from Jeffrey R. Holland:
"The fundamental fact of the Restoration is the spirit of
revelation."
Scarlett & Charlie
Pretending these boxes are their ships
Making pizzas
Scarlett passed her level test in gymnastics!
Way to go Scarlett!
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