Wednesday, April 9th, 2025: Gorgeous weather in the 70's, another day of waiting, James's concrete pour, James broke a pipe, Home Depot, Culver's, Tractor Supply, Celeste gets lost for several hours, valley for James on Friday instead of tomorrow

Preston, England

52nd operating temple

Dedicated: 7 June 1998

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Book of Mormon

Mosiah 4:4-15

Come Follow Me

D&C 31:1-2, 5-6, 9, 13

The Lord can help me with my family relationships.

April General Conference

'Return Unto Me. . . That I May Heal You'

S. Mark Palmer

"There is rejoicing in heaven over those who return. It is not too late for you to come back."

The weather this week has been absolutely beautiful. There has been no wind and the temperatures are in the middle to upper 70's. Just about perfect for James's concrete pour at 12:30 this afternoon.

Another day of waiting for me. Waiting for the sewer line to be fixed so I can do laundry. . . waiting for propane to be delivered so I can use my oven and stove again. While I am waiting I am trying to accomplish a few things, although I am still fighting a cold. 

James has to go to the valley and tomorrow was going to be the day. He changed it until Friday so he could work on the sewer line tomorrow. I am very grateful. He is meeting with the owner of the burned out duplex. She wants to meet him.

Before we left for town James got a call from our neighbor Chuck Crane. He asked if we had seen Celeste, his 17 year old granddaughter who has downs syndrome. She has been missing for two and a half hours. This was right at dusk and it was starting to get dark. We saw Easton walking on the road with a flashlight and Colter Hunsaker riding his mini-bike out looking for her. 

On the way back from town I called Kathy, Chuck's wife to see if they had found Celeste. She said that Jeff found her up on the hill on the Green's peak road. As a family they had gone for a hike up that way on Monday. I guess Celeste wanted to go on her own.

James broke a pipe digging with the Cat and has to replace it. We went in to town where he got a new pipe and Home Depot. We got dinner at Culvers. I got a Butter burger and chicken strips. I saved the chicken strips for tomorrow. James got his regular cod fillet sandwich. We also stopped at Tractor Supply for horse feed.