Friday, June 19, 2015

Thirteen years ago this Monster, the Rodeo-Chediski fire,

nearly wiped out the town of Show Low.  Over 400 families lost their homes, including our Pinedale cabin.  This is Highway 60 headed toward Vernon as people are evacuating.  Prayers were answered and the locals call it a miracle, that the wind shifted at the right time and sent the fire in another direction where it was soon contained and put out.

 

I love this picture of three "buddies" enjoying a cool refreshing

summertime treat.  Joshua, Evan, and Bryce.

 

Teresa, Darrin Johnson's wife, (Darrin is Paul's stepbrother), came to clean our house this morning.  Her co-worker Angie came with her. They worked for three hours and it cost $150.00.  Teresa broke the kitchen sink faucet.  Luckily James was able to get a part from Central Arizona Plumbing and fix it for under $10.  Dave says he knows of two women who do a great job and only charge $20 an hour.  I think I will be using them next time, although Teresa and Angie did a good job.

 

Jared took Emmy and Molly to a waterslide today.  James is on a high adventure and Anna is at girls camp. 

 

 

Stopping for something to eat on the way home.

Molly fell asleep as soon as they got home.

 

Stacy, Paul, and Joshua spent the night at the resort in Scottsdale.



Ready for the pool



Fun with Dad



Under the waterfall

Sheri and Ian bought a gazebo at Sam's Club to put in their new yard.  Sheri is so excited to finally be getting a yard.

 

I can hardly wait to see when it's finished!

 

James and I were home alone this evening except for Holly and Skittles.

 



 



 











Thursday, August 7, 2014

Molly got ready for our trip into town this morning by taking a bath.

 Molly and her "Barbies".  

She had to wash all of their hair too.

I found out that Molly likes apples.  She wanted some M&M's and I told her she needed to eat an apple first.  I sliced it in several wedges and she ate them all and wanted more.  

We had lunch at Pizza Hut.  We all ordered the buffet.  Afterwards we went to Walmart to get some things for Molly's birthday tomorrow.  We got donuts for breakfast, some princess balloons and an Olaf balloon.  The Olaf balloon made Molly happy.  She kept calling him her boyfriend.

Molly's boyfriend.

He makes her smile.

Since we couldn't ride the Razr today we had to find some other things to do.  

 We colored.

 Emmy gave Molly a piggyback ride.

Speaking of piggies:

  Molly and I took a nap.

I didn't take a picture so this one will have to do.

 The girls played with the Barbie's and the new Barbie clothes that grandmother Lambson made for them.

 Anna is the official Barbie hairdresser.

Grandpa James surprised us today by coming home from the valley.  We were all happy to see him.  I was sad that he forgot the cord to my computer because I haven't been able to use it since Monday.

 

I was excited to see that the official announcement for the open house of the Phoenix temple has been announced.

The open house will begin in October of this year.

 Tonight was Molly's dinner.  We had burgers, hot dogs, and at her request, macaroni and cheese.

Friday, May 2, 2014

Mosiah 5:2

"And they all cried with one voice, saying: Yea, we believe all the words which thou hast spoken unto us; and also, we know of their surety and truth, because of the Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent, which has wrought a mighty change in us, or in our hearts, that we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually."

We got up and packed the car this morning for our trip home.  We took a few pictures before we left.

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Even though Emmy is a bit of a tomboy she can be a

sweet young lady too.

 Look at this brown eyed beauty!

 One last hug from Molly before we leave.

Our trip home was pretty uneventful.  We stopped in Deming and got something to eat at Burger King.  James did all of the driving this time.  We gained an hour going home and arrived in Vernon around 1pm Arizona time.  

James took a nap and then went on a Razr ride. The weather was gorgeous!

 I watched Dancing with the Stars and finished my gospel study, and did some laundry.  We both did most of our packing for tomorrow since we are leaving at 5am.  

It was nice to sleep in our own bed even if it was for only one night.  

I texted Jared to tell him we got home safely.  He thanked me again and said he was at Emmy's school carnival with the girls.  Tricia and James will be home on Sunday.