Friday, December 19, 2025

Tuesday, December 16th, 2025: Happy Birthday Ben! Prayers are important! elk @ the Crane's, 13 pairs of socks, Stacy's call, Kacey's text, finished wrapping family gifts, OT, Family Proclamation, Organ Stop

 

Des Moines, Iowa
Planning and approval phase; site location announced; 
exterior rendering released; groundbreaking
not announced.


Book of Mormon
Ether 11:1-23
Come Follow Me
"The family is central to the Creator's plan."
October General Conference
'The Atoning Love of Jesus Christ'
Elder Neil L. Andersen
Lesson
"Lovest Thou Me?"
Elder Steven C. Barlow

James wrote this in my notebook under today's date:
Top of the list for today: Kiss my wonderful, amazing husband and give him a big hug. He is so in love with me!

One of the reasons I am still here, besides being a companion to James, is to pray for others and put names on the temple prayer roll, and to teach my RS lesson. 

James saw a bunch of elk over at the Crane's. He went upstairs out on Sheri & Ian's balcony to get a better view, but he said that too many trees were in the way.

James puts his dirty socks on a cubicle container at the end of my dresser so he can take them to the laundry room on his next trip down the hall. He has been complaining that his socks are disappearing and wondered if maybe the washer or dryer was eating them. The other day he happened to move the cubicle and was shocked at what he found. Thirteen pair of dirty socks! Today I washed all 13 pair.

I got a call from Stacy this afternoon to let me know that our deal would not go through before Christmas. She was pretty disappointed. I told her I may need my investment money back because we are running short on cash. Although James has two jobs but neither one of them is paying anything right now. 

I also got a text from Kacey with good news. Tanner went to rehab and the state will pay whatever their insurance doesn't pay.

I finished wrapping all of the family gifts today. Over 30 blankets wrapped and ready to go. We will take half of them down tomorrow to deliver. Of course, the Texas gifts have already been mailed. 

I am getting excited about studying the Old Testament in a couple of weeks. Right now, we are studying The Family: A Proclamation to the World this week in "Come Follow Me."

Tonight is Organ Stop Pizza on the family calendar. Here are some photos:

Happy Birthday Ben!

Organ Stop Pizza 








Ales with his friends Nick & Chelsea


No pictures of Kim & Brian, but they were there! 


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