Saturday, January 21, 2017

San Antonio Temple

1 Nephi 15:19-36

What does it mean when it says "whoso will hearken unto the word of God, and will hold fast unto it, they will never perish?"

2 Nephi 11:8-15:12

DC 10:44-53

How do you know that the Lord does keep His promises?

Talk: "Remembering the Lord's Love"

By: Kathleen H. Hughes

October 2006

GC:  "To Whom Shall We Go?" by Elder M. Russell Ballard

'Never abandon the great truths revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith.  Never stop reading, pondering, and 

applying the doctrine of Christ found in the 

Book of Mormon.'

Last night Jared and Kacey had pizza for everyone.  This morning it was breakfast tacos from Taco Cabana.  After breakfast Kacey, Molly and I went to the neighborhood Walgreens.  Kacey needed some clear nail polish and I needed a number of things.  Molly came along in hopes that Kacey would buy her some candy.  Kacey said no to the candy, but yes to this:

She named her Lollipop

Kacey said she didn't get much sleep last night because Emmy mumbled all night long. The morning passed quickly and it was time to get ready to go.  The sealing is at one but of course Jared and Kacey have to be there early.  

James did all of the dishes this morning and cleaned the kitchen.  

I hung out with Molly.  Molly and Emmy rode with us to the temple.  There were nine kids who stayed on the temple grounds while the adults went in.  Jenifer. my brother Dennis's daughter, was inside waiting with a friend when we got inside the temple.  They came from Del Rio which is about three hours south of San Antonio.

Brother Smith did the sealing.  He talked about the beautiful stained glass windows in the temple and gave Jared and Kacey a picture of the temple.  It was a beautiful experience to be there with them.  There were only eight of us in attendance.  It wasn't long before we were back outside with the kids.

 The happy couple

Anna and James congratulating their dad.

Here comes Molly

I love their smiles

One big happy family!

In Tanner's words:

"Hey James, we're brothers now!"

"Isn't Jared lucky to have me for a son!"

Kacey and her sisters

Congratulations!

Anna and Summer are good friends

The wedding party

Jenifer on the end next to me.

We all went back to Jared's and Kacey's for lunch.  The Relief Society had set out all the food that Jared had ordered from Rudy's. 

We had bbq meat, three kinds, potato salad, pickles, coleslaw, rolls, beans, and apple cobbler.  Everything was delicious!

After lunch we said goodbye to Jenifer and Candy, Albert, Macy, Michael, and McCoy.  Kacey's sisters are staying in town for a girl's retreat.  Soon they left and so did Jared and Kacey which just left James and I with James, Anna, Summer, Tanner, Emmy, and Molly.  The first thing we did was take orders for drinks at Bahama Bucks.  James, Molly, Emmy, Tanner, and I went to pick them up while James stayed home with Summer and Anna.  

Tanner really admires James.  He wanted to know what drink he ordered and he ordered the same thing.  

Molly is my sidekick when her dad or Kacey aren't here.  We played in the backyard.  The kids also hung out in the hot tub for awhile.  James and Tanner watched Jaws and Jaws 2.  

Molly went to bed pretty early.  The wind was blowing and I was afraid the tree outside Kacey's window was going to blow over.

We have 12 inches of snow in Vernon according to our neighbors the Cranes.

It was a wonderful day!  I am so happy for Jared and Kacey.  They are perfect for each other!

Monday, February 8, 2016

Happy Birthday Stacy!

Has it really been 44 years? 

I finally made the decision to go with James to the valley today instead of waiting until Wednesday.  

We left Vernon around 10 but had to wait almost an hour at the carwash.  It was almost 11:30 when we left Show Low.  

We went the Globe way.  We met Jared and his friend Kelli in front of Cathi and Terry's.  We gave him James's snowboard and Emmy's blanket.  Kelli seems nice but not nearly as friendly and outgoing as Cami.  She has three children and her six year old had juvenile diabetes.  We visited a few minutes before Jared had to leave for home.  He texted me later and said he had spent some time with Cami on this trip.  I am glad and hope they continue to be friends.

Also, before Jared left he told us that Alex bore his testimony in church yesterday which made us both happy.

James went with Dave and Terry to work on his mother's bathroom remodel for a couple of hours.  I went to Walgreen's to get a card and some candy for Stacy.  

This evening we took Paul, Stacy, Michael, Dallin and Joshua to dinner at Cheesecake Factory for Stacy's birthday.  Joshua made sure that the waitresses sang to her.

 

 

Monday, December 3, 2012

Today is Jared & Tricia's 13th anniversary, and they don't even get to spend it together.  Jared is in El Paso, and Tricia is in Phoenix helping to plan her brother's memorial service..  I guess they will have to celebrate at a later date. 

James and I read from 3 Nephi and from our book The Time Keeper this morning.  Afterwards James went out to do some work on his tractor.  While he was working one of the tires came off.  The lug nuts were gone.  This means a trip into town to the tire shop.  While we are there we might as well go to lunch, pick up some prescriptions and do a little shopping.  LaCasita is closed on Monday's so we drove all the way to Pinetop to go to El Rancho.  I had the beef stuffed sopapilla.  It was good. 

This evening we watched a Christmas movie, "A Christmas Wish", The Mentalist, and Person of Interest.