Saturday, July 19, 2014

And when he had said these words, the Spirit of the Lord was upon him, and he said: Helam, I baptize thee, having authority from the Almighty God, as a testimony that ye have entered into a covenant to serve him until you are dead as to the mortal body; and may the Spirit of the Lord be poured out upon you; and may he grant unto you eternal life, through the redemption of Christ, whom he has prepared from the foundation of the world.

-Mosiah 18:13

 Today's sunrise

For breakfast I made a loaf of banana nut bread.  James loved it and told me that banana nut bread is his favorite sweet.  He may have enjoyed it too much because later he got quite a headache.

He left to go to town around 9am.  He went to get a new tire and wheel for his trailer, and a thermo-cuplar for the downstairs hot water heater.  On the way up here Thursday evening at one point the trailer James was pulling began to swerve and he had a difficult time getting it under control.  He didn't realize he had a flat tire and consequently he ruined the tire and the wheel.  

James also stopped at LaCasita and brought me home my favorite meal: green chili chicken enchilada and refried beans and their wonderful chips and salsa.  I just can't get enough!

Bad news.  James spent over an hour installing the new thermo-cuplar and the water heater still does not work.  Our only choice is to call a repairman who won't be able to come until next Friday when James returns.  Darrel & Trina are coming tonight and we will only have hot water in one shower.  

James is so frustrated with the water heater that he goes outside for some tractor therapy.  He makes a huge pile of branches and brush to burn.

I think this is a Bobcat, not a tractor.

 While I was outside taking this picture of James I noticed how beautiful the clouds in the sky were.

You would think with all of these clouds that we would have gotten some rain, but it wasn't meant to be.  As you can see it rained quite hard on Sierra Mentosa, but never got to us.

As we were reading on the porch in the early evening from our book Blackmoore, we heard a car drive up and thought it was Darrel and his family.  It was the missionaries, Elder Stott and Elder Knight.  They came to issue us a challenge.  They want us to look through our Facebook friends and find someone whose name we can give to them or use as a referral.  I told them I would do it and I think James will too.

Darrel and Trina and the kids arrived right after the elders left.  I got to hold Lola!

What a sweet baby!

 Addy and I started this puzzle.

We got the edge pieces put together.

Friday, June 27, 2014

While you cannot change the past,

you can change the future.

Today is the 170th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum.  It just so happens that the conference talk I was scheduled to read today was Elder Corbridge's entitled: "The Prophet Joseph Smith."

 A plane dropping slurry on the fire.

I watched the slurry come down but couldn't get a good picture.

 

The skies are still dark and ominous

There was an elk cow and calf in our yard this morning.  I wonder how many animals have been displaced because of this fire. 

James went to town this morning.  He had to tear himself away from the book Jared gave him for father's day about the Book of Mormon and Abraham Lincoln.  He went to get the oil changed in the car and to get us some lunch.  I was so frustrated because Walmart did not rotate my tires.  Next time I need an oil change I'm going to Center Tire.  James brought me back one of my favorite lunches from LaCasita: a chicken enchilada with green sauce and a side of refried beans.  Yummy!  

James took this picture on his way back from town.

The road to Vernon is closed and there are firetrucks

and other vehicles and activity in town.

I listened to a video clip by Sheri Dew this morning entitled: "What do women in the Church get?"  I wish every woman could listen to this clip.  Sheri Dew is a great ambassador for the Church.

Stacy called me with some distressing news.  Adam cashed his paycheck and then lost his wallet.  A police officer returned the wallet but of course all of the money was gone.  Adam is our oldest grandson and he has been working with James in Chandler.

We were scheduled to have a ward party tomorrow morning at the park but it has been cancelled.  The grade school and the park are filled with firefighters their equipment and tents.  

Sean Hunsaker was on the news this evening.  What a wonderful person to represent the people of Vernon.  It is so sad that our beautiful mountains of Vernon are on fire.  I feel like Sean, I am staying here and not moving anywhere.  

James and I started another Julianne Donaldson book since we finished her last book Edenbrooke.  This one is called Blackmoore.