Monday, December 7, 2015

I've only just begun!

"Our adoration of Jesus is best expressed by our emulation of Jesus." - Elder Russel M. Nelson

It was a gorgeous day here in Vernon, Arizona, with a high of 65 degrees.  

James fixed me the most delicious lunch ever!  Elk steaks and elk meat with gravy.  Yum!

 My own private chef!

No elk steak is complete without ketchup.

Believe me, it tastes better than it looks!

 

We started decorating our tree today.  It is so much bigger than our last one.  I think I am going to have to buy some more decorations.

 

For FHE tonight we watched the First Presidency Devotional.  I was a little disappointed that President Monson didn't speak.  We did hear from Linda Burton, David A. Bednar, and President Uchtdorf.

 

We also watched two Christmas movies that we really enjoyed; "Twelve Gifts of Christmas", and "The Christmas Note."

 I miss my doggies!

 

 

 

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Snow on the ground this morning.

James took my car to his 6am high council meeting in Show Low.  He was back by 8am.  

we got about two inches of snow, just enough to cover the ground.  Because of the wind some places it drifted deeper and in other places the ground was bare.  

Westin Hall was the youth speaker in sacrament meeting today.  He spoke on the importance of choosing good friends.  Sharma and Jim Taylor were the main speakers.  They are new in our ward.  They spoke on reactivation and fellowshipping.  

During Sunday School James and I both attended a stake training for the new youth curriculum for Sunday School and Young Men's and Young Women's.  It was really good.  The Young Women leaders were late for Young Women's but it was ok because the bishop took over.  He was asking each of the girls how they felt about last week's trip to the temple.  It was neat.  Sandra Wilhelm gave a lesson on spiritual gifts.  She used some of the techniques we learned in our training.  Kelly Reynolds, Trenda, Coty, Alex, Arizona and Hunter were missing.  Kilee used me as an example of someone who speaks words of wisdom.  I love that girl!

For lunch we had roast and potatoes and then we took a nap.  James tried to index an intermediate batch of names.  He worked over an hour and was only able to do 10 names.  

We watched the First Presidency Christmas Devotional.  For the first time that I can remember they had speakers other than the First Presidency speak.  President Monson was the only member of the First Presidency who spoke.  We also watched part two of "Love's Christmas Journey".

Facebook finds:

The Dowdle Family from Chandler

Ben holding his friend Benjamin Boles

Sunday, December 2, 2012

 Molly knocked on my door this morning around 7 o'clock to show me where Buddy the elf was hiding.  I had originally planned to leave after going to sacrament meeting and Sunday School, which would mean I would leave around 12 or 1.  I was worried about this because of my tendency to fall asleep when I am driving in the afternoon.  I decided to say a prayer.  After saying my prayer I felt like I should leave this morning, so I packed everything up and said my goodbyes.  When I said goodbye to James Hayden he helped me by carrying my suitcases to the car and loading them in.  Such a gentleman.  Tricia's flight home is scheduled for this evening.  I left around 8 am.  Today is fast Sunday so I didn't have anything to eat but I did take sugar free cough drops and diet Pepsi.  I am sorry that I will miss taking the sacrament and hearing Jared give his Sunday School lesson.

El Paso's radio station 99.9 plays Christmas music just like 99.9 in Phoenix, so that's what I listened to until I got to Silver City.  I love the 75 mph speed limit on the Texas part of interstate 10.

I never stopped once and was home before 1:30.  James was so happy to see me and I was happy to see him.

We had some sad news this afternoon.  Aaron, Tricia's brother took a turn for the worse.  He developed a blood clot that went to his brain and caused his death.  This all happened just before Tricia left for the airport, so she stayed with the family.  They are all devastated especially after thinking yesterday he was going to get better.

James and I watched the First Presidency Christmas Devotional this evening featuring President's Monson, Eyring and Uchtdorf.  We considered this our FHE.