Monday, January 21st, 2019

Halifax, Nova Scotia

64th operating temple

Dedicated: 14 Nov 1999

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

2 Nephi 31:ll

And the Father said: Repent ye repent ye, and be baptized in the name of my Beloved Son.

Book of Mormon

*How does Nephi show patience and understanding to his brothers?

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

BD: John, the Gospel of John

General Conference

The Role of the Book of Mormon in Conversion

Elder Shayne M. Bowen

"As we better understand who we are and the purposes of the Book of Mormon, our conversion deepens and becomes more certain. We are strengthened in our commitment to keep the covenants we have made with God. A principal purpose of the Book of Mormon is to gather scattered Israel."

Addy made plans to go to the mall with her friends today. She sat down on the couch and began counting her money. She has $330. II reminded her to pay her tithing and she said she would. Saturday night she earned $50 babysitting. I also said I thought she should open up a savings account so she wouldn't be tempted to spend her money. She said that was a good idea.

Ruby and Rowan each went to a friends house today. Lola went to dance class and then her friend Ivy came over to play. 

James took Jared this morning to Hertz to pick up the car they reserved. Because the credit card it was reserved under was in Kacey's name, she had to be the one picking up the car. James came back to the house and took Kacey to the car rental place on McQueen and Guadalupe. 

We met Jared and Kacey for lunch at the Zuppa's on Baseline and Val Vista. The weather was nice so we ate on the patio.

Grandpa was finished eating first so he

held Charlie so the rest of us could finish

our lunch.

After lunch we drove over to visit with James's mother and his sister Dawn. Dawn told us to hurry because she was leaving soon and she wanted to see the baby. 

Of course Lois had James's birthday gifts ready for him. A shirt, six pairs of socks, $40 cash, and a plaque that she made that said: "Escape the Indoors." Dawn gave him a $40 gift card for Joe's BBQ. He was quite happy.

This is one loved baby!

Back to Chandler and my appointment at Dr. Shah's. He says my incision is 70% healed and wants to see me back on Friday, Feb. 1st. I have instructions to brush with the mouthwash on the incision area, use a water pick, an electric toothbrush, and floss. It almost makes me wish I never had to eat...well, not really.

Back to Darrel and Trina's. James went upstairs to take a nap. I was going to walk but then decided to find a UPS store and mail our book boxes. I found one on Ellsworth and Baseline. After mailing the boxes I also found a Soda Rush and got myself a sugar cookie. 

Trina, Jared, Kacey, and I were sitting around the family room talking and playing with the baby when I got a text from Stacy asking if I had made reservations at Firebirds. We had made plans to meet there at 6:30. I said no, I didn't, would she. She said she didn't want to so Trina called for me.  The earliest they can get a party of 11 in is at 7:30. Stacy said that was too late for her, so we went a little early and they seated us before 7:30. It was a fun night and a great way to celebrate Jared and Kacey's second anniversary.

The food was good and so was the company!

Everyone here except Darrel who had to work and

Ian, who was tired from working all day. Sheri took

his dinner home to him.

Back at Darrel and Trina's I unloaded the dishwasher, and put the dirty dishes in. I also had to spot mop the floor because my shoes had something black on the bottom of them. I didn't go outside to walk because it was too cold. As a result I only got 5,927 steps today.

 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
That's why there was no school.

 This was last night in Arizona around 8:30 p.m. but we forgot
to check. The moon was gorgeous tonight when it came up.

This is what Charlie woke up to.

Lola eating peanut butter. She's all ready

for her dance class.

 There are advantages, at least for Ollie, in
keeping your tree up.

We love you Elder Wilhelm!

Beautiful!

Love this!

Rowan and Ruby went to Sheri's while we were at

Firebirds. We drove with Trina and she dropped them off.

This is afterwards. Rowan working on his homework.

I try.

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

I missed the blood moon this morning.

I heard it was quite awesome.

At 6:30 this morning I chased 16 cows off our property.  The kids wondered why I didn't wake them up.  I guess it just didn't seem appropriate.  Oh yes, Freckles was one of them but Manlady was no where to be seen.

It rained most of the day so the kids were sad that we couldn't go on a Razr ride. We played Five Crowns and played with the baby instead.  Oh yes, and we worked on Addy's puzzle.

I love this face!

Trina and the kids took dinner to Darrel instead of making him wait until 10:30 at night to eat dinner like I do.  Trina said on the way home she looked around at houses in Show Low and saw some really beautiful ones.  Hmmm, does that mean she is considering moving here?

 One more baby picture

James came home just before I had to leave for the church.  He brought Burger House burros.  On his way out of town he stopped at the Chandler Courts to pay a traffic ticket.  I guess while he was inside someone broke into his truck and took his c-pap machine. 

Tonight for Mutual we had a special program for the girls about virtue.  Bishop and Ann Miller were the speakers.  We also played a youtube video called "Virtue Makes You Beautiful."  Out of 14 girls we had 11 attend.  It was a great evening.

Part of the program included the Laurels doing a fashion show.

  Jordyn modeling school attire

with Stefani Hunsaker as the M.C.

 Trenda in her prom dress.

Shelly modeling an appropriate

and modest outfit to wear to church.

 Our three models.

Kilee getting some counsel  from the bishop.

Maddie and Shelly

Jordyn striking a pose.

Heaven, Hope, and Kelly

 Kyah

 LeeAnn

 Alice

 Millie Scott made our delicious cake!

Sister Wilhelm and Sister Lauritzen

served the refreshments.

 

Friday, June 13, 2014

I took this picture of the moon from our condo balcony.  It is what is called a blood moon.  It is the first full moon on Friday the 13th in 99 years.  

I got a text from Stacy at 5:30 this morning which is an unheard of time for her.  We have a water leak somewhere near the main bath in the house which has caused water damage under the bathroom floor and now in the bedroom closet that is adjacent to it.  Adam and James are there working and she is wondering why they have to be there so early.  Why she is asking me, I don't know.  James thinks the leak is coming from overwatering the outside planters.  Stacy thinks it is coming from the laundry and so the debate goes.

Just a pretty picture to add some color to my blog.

I do wish I lived close to this though. 

I did my gospel study this morning and then got ready and left for my appointment at the arthritis center.  My appointment is at 11 o'clock for a Remicade infusion.  About half way there I realized that I had forgotten my phone.  Oh well, I'm not going back. 

My infusion took a good two hours so it was almost 2 o'clock when I returned, starving.  I was ready to go to Pei Wei for some lunch.  When I entered the condo I saw James cooking eggs and potatoes.  He had already eaten and was offering a plate to me.  I couldn't be too upset because I was the one without a phone and no means of communication.  Pei Wei will have to wait until dinner.  
After helping James learn how to use his phone to find a concrete cutting company I headed out to do some shopping for Ruby's birthday.  Her birthday party is here tomorrow at the condo.  She likes dressup clothes and something called Calico Critters.  Trina says she likes the bunnies.  I found her a couple of dress-up outfits at Walmart but they did not have or had the girl ever heard of Calico Critters.  I texted Trina and she said they had them at Barnes & Noble so I left Walmart and headed down to the B&N on Shea Blvd.  I love Calico Critters.  Oh why didn't I take a picture.  They are the cutest little animal families and they even have houses for them.  My favorite were the squirrels but I got the bunnies for Ruby.  They were actually called the Hopscotch Rabbit family.  While I was there I went to the cafe and got the best brownie I have ever eaten!  Back to the condo.  It was almost time for our dinner date at Pei Wei.  James was complaining about his shoes so I gave him the new shoes I bought for him for father's day.  

Pei Wei was yummy again for the second time.  I shared lettuce wraps with James and this time we both got the Pei Wei spicy chicken salad.  On the way home we stopped at Sam's Club to get a case of water and bought the Jack Ryan movie starring Chris Pine and Kiera Knightly.

Back at the condo the first thing I did was try to use my computer which James brought back from Joe Johnston.  It was still not recognizing my phone.  I did learn something from the Apple Suport people today.  I went to Control Panel, Device Manager, USB and found Apple iphone.  I updated Apple iphone mobile device and then tried again.  This time the computer recognized my phone and I was able to download pictures.  Problem solved!  Thanks Joe!
I was also able to get all my contacts and restore my old phone as well as the new.

We watched the Jack Ryan movie.  It was a little violent but I liked the characters.  James liked it too.  It was a fun date night.  

Friday the 13th turned out to be my lucky day.  My mom always said it was hers, of course her birthday was on September 13th.

Eric and Ian Wanlass at Havasupai.

This is where Alex and Ben are too, only

they didn't take any pictures.

I guess they had a great time.