Billings, Montana
Temple #66
Today we got rain! It was so beautiful, and exciting!
It's my brother Dennis's 72nd birthday today. Harold called and invited us to meet he and Vickie and Dennis & Denise for lunch at the El Rancho in Pinetop. It is our least favorite Mexican food restaurant up here, but it must be the Maxwell's favorite.
We met at 11:30. I ordered chicken and beef fajita's and when the waitress brought them out sizzling Harold said, "what is that"?
There were lots of onions and little meat but these fajita's were tasty. James ordered a green chili tomato burro. He didn't like it very well and said he hopes we don't have to come here again. Such an attitude. We paid for everyone as a gift for both of my sweet brothers' birthdays.
I love my brothers and their wives!
Here are some of the things we talked about while we were sitting around the table together:
* Maddie, Monte's daughter, is graduating from vet school and will be working in Sierra Vista, Az. This got us to talking about the Thanksgiving we spent there when Harold & Vickie lived there. This was before Denise was a part of our family. Vickie and I remembered waking up on Thanksgiving morning to find that our turkey was rotten. She, mom, and I went driving around Sierra Vista to find a store that would be open on Thanksgiving morning. Vickie remembers buying a turkey at 7-11. I remember it as Circle K. It doesn't matter. We found a turkey and we saved Thanksgiving.
* Harold & Vickie's anniversary is on June 7th. Dennis & Denise will be in Tennessee celebrating Denise's mom, Pegs, 90th birthday. I love Peg. She was my traveling buddy when we went to New York.
* We talked about Darrel moving to Farmington and how Dennis's boys all lived in Durango at one time or another. Durango is 50 minutes from Farmington. Darrel wanted to know if Tyler still lived there. He does not. He lives in Arizona with his mom.
After giving hugs and saying goodbyes, James and I headed for Walmart to pick up my Volsartan prescription. Humana paid for the prescription. We thought we were going to have to pay $55. I was most grateful.
After shopping we picked up drinks at Circle K and got gas at White Mountain Carwash because it's cheaper if I use my debit card.
At home I rested and watched the latest episode of "The Way Home." (Time-travel through a pond on the Landry farm).
I walked 12,000 steps, listened to my book, and listened to the conference talk I will be teaching in RS, "I Will Give Away All My Sins to Know Thee."
Jared Ammon wants to come up on the 18th with a friend. He wants to know if we will have a new Razr by then. I told him that we probably wouldn't. It is a stress right now until we sell that $3,000 engine.
Does Stacy have Covid? That is the question of the day. She told Carmen she thought she did and now Laura thinks she has it and is worried that she is coming to Scott's funeral on Saturday. Stacy - please don't use the "C" word when you are sick unless you are positive you have it!
"Build peacemaking in our homes by using the Lord's patter to influence our relationships with one another; persuasion, long-suffering, gentleness, kindness, meekness, and love unfeigned."
- Elder Gary E. Stevenson
Number 14:9
Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
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