Monday, April 6, 2015

Today is Jesus's birthday.

James's cousin Hayden Lambson

drew this portrait of the Savior.

Happy Birthday Jesus.

 

I started to "stress out" this morning when I looked around and saw all the things we need to do before the realtor comes tomorrow.  One of my main concerns was getting the southside of the house cleaned up.  I should have taken before and after pictures.  I solicited James's help and we went to work.  We got "rid" of all the junk, putting in the storage rooms.  James did some weed and grass eating and I did some sweeping.  I also swept and knocked down cobwebs off the front porch area.  We were tired and dirty by noon but had accomplished a great deal.  This afternoon James and Alex took a load of trash to the dump and James had a few more items to put away to be complete.







You really can't appreciate how good this looks if

you didn't see it before we started.



 As soon as Michael is finished sanding this door,

this will be my next project, re-staining it.

 

James took Alex over to Jerod Bowen's to do some work this afternoon.  Jared Ammon was here this afternoon looking a little forlorn.  I think he is struggling financially right now.  I feel sorry for him.

 



African daisies James planted by the mailbox.

 

Ben, Max, Evan and Joshua swimming in our pool.

I don't think Evan got in the picture.

 

When James got home this evening we went for a bite to eat at our favorite sub place, Jersey Mike's. 

Tonight is the college basketball championship game against Wisconsin and Duke with Duke coming out on top, 68-63.

 

For FHE we listened to President Eyring's conference talk:

"Is Not This the Fast That I Have Chosen?"

 

To bed early.  We still have lots to do tomorrow to get ready for Jen MacClay, the realtor.



 



 



Wednesday, April 1, 2015

There is something about water that is so refreshing!

 

Moroni 10:4

"And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, wit real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost."

 

Hopefully my children and grandchildren who have read the Book of Mormon are putting this promise to the test.  James and I started in 1 Nephi again today and will finish again in 90 days.  My lifelong quest is to learn all I can about Christ from the Book of Mormon.  I am also studying it on my own verse by verse and "finding" Christ.

 

James left for Jerod Bowen's this morning with Bob and was gone until early evening.  They are laying tile.  I worked on dusting and vacuuming around the fireplace today.  I was reminded how much I love my two Noah's Ark sets.

Most of the animals in this set are "shy"

and are hiding inside.

 

My visiting teacher, Laurie Jeppsen, brought me a pan of homemade cinnamon rolls last night while we were at Darrel's.  They are delicious, and dangerous, for someone who is trying to lose a little weight.

 

Dallin's performance at the Musical Instrument Museum is scheduled for April 23rd and 24th.  I really wanted to go but James says we can't afford it.  The cheap tickets are $35 a piece.  When I told Dallin he said it's because of the venue and the pianist they are performing with.

 

Stacy had bloodwork done this week and got a phone call today regarding the results.  Her sed-rate was high so she needs to go see a rheumatologist.  I feel so sad that my kids have inherited my health issues.

 

Joshua was hungry today....especially for pizza.

He ate all that by himself!

James and I started a new book today, by an author we have never read before.  Actually this is her first book.

And away we go on another adventure.











Saturday, March 21, 2015

 

"The very beauty of the word repentance is the promise of escaping old problems and old habits and old sorrows and old sins.  It is among the most hopeful and encouraging - and yes, most peaceful - words in the gospel vocabulary."

-Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

 

Today is the second day of my "diet", which is mainly keeping track of what I eat and limiting my calories. 

 

James asked me again today to go with him to Jared Bowen's office.  We read from our new book "A Lady's Honor" on the way there and back.  We are both excited about this new book and how it captured our interest right from the beginning.  It is interesting how you become familiar with an author's style of writing and start trying to predict who is going to do what based on the last book you read.

 

For lunch we went to the drive-thru Panda Express and I got my teriyaki chicken bowl only this time I also got a side of beef and broccoli.  James ate the beef and I ate the broccoli.  We also picked up an orange chicken bowl with noodles for Stacy per her request.

 

I needed to go shopping this afternoon and decided I would go to Winco instead of Walmart.  When I got home I realized the reason I needed to go to Walmart was to pick up my prescriptions.  Duh!  I guess I will have to wait until Monday. 



Winco has the finest display of Little Debbie cakes that

I have ever seen.  It reminds me of my good friend Kay who had Little Debbie cakes just about every day.

 

James picked up the new windows for the house today and realized that two of them were wrong so he had to take them back.  He was not happy either with himself or with the guy from Lowe's who he placed the order with.  They are low-e double insulated windows.

 

Dallin and his Harrison Fjiord band friends made a trip to California this weekend to practice with the piano player they are performing with at the instrument museum in Phoenix.

 

 

 

We missed Max's first tackle football game today.  He came home just as we were leaving for Michael's track meet to tell me he finished reading the Book of Mormon.  I gave him his $50 and told him he would need to come back tomorrow to share his favorite scripture with me.  He agreed. 

 

Chandler Rotary is the biggest track meet in all of Arizona.  With schools competing from all over the southwest.  Michael did very well in his event, which is the 800 race.  He got 11th out of 40-60 participants and was 2nd in Arizona.  Alexis got 5th, so we are confident they will both go to state. 

Two super nice and talented kids.

It was a beautiful night to be outside and was so fun to watch Michael run.  James and I took Joshua with us and brought him home so Stacy and Paul could stay a little longer.