OUR FAMILY: pedicure with Sheri

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Friday, May 6, 2016

My "book of the month."

In conjunction with my calling as a teacher I am supposed to be reading this manual. Also we are suppose to have training meetings once a month during the block. Our ward hasn't started these training meetings yet. Here are some notes I took from today's study:

Sources of power and support:

The power of the Holy Ghost

"As you strive to live the gospel worthily the Holy Ghost will reveal God's will to you."

"When the Spirit is with you, you will teach with God's power and help bring about the miracle of conversion." (See John 3:2, 2 Nephi 33:1).

The promise of my calling and setting apart.

"Whom the Lord calls, the Lord qualifies."

This is going to be a great read!

Scripture study: Mosiah 24: 1-15. How has prayer helped ease your daily burdens?

12 - And Alma and his people did not raise their voices to the Lord their God, but did pour out their hearts to Him and He did know the thoughts of their hearts.

15 - . . . they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord.

At 10:00 I left for my infusion at the AARA office in Mesa. I was there a little over an hour. I felt very blessed as I saw some of the people who were so crippled that they could barely walk.

I went back home (Cathi's) and picked up James so we could go shopping at Walmart for the stuff to make the slingshot for my class. My lesson this week is on Ammon guarding King Lamoni's sheep and teaching King Lamoni the gospel.

I picked up Sheri from Sears where she left her car to be serviced and we met Kim for lunch at Firebirds. Sheri bought lunch for both of us with the $100 giftcard Dr. Carpenter gave her.

One of my favorite restaurants!

I had what I always have at Firebirds, coconut shrimp with coleslaw and mango chutney. Kim has never been to Firebirds before. She loved the sourdough bread and her club sandwich on jalapeno bread. Sheri had the delicious shrimp tacos. We shared a piece of creme brule cheesecake for dessert. It was a great experience.

The weather has really cooled down since Wednesday. The high was around 80 today whereas Wednesday it hit 102 and Thursday it was in the high 90's.
After lunch we said goodbye to Kim and Sheri took me to get a pedicure. I tried to get a lighter color this time for summer.

Sheri got a dark purple but I didn't get a

picture of her toes.

Back at Cathi's I went with James to take his truck to Erik and then I dropped James back off at Cathi's while I went to Staples to get notebooks and then to Sam's Club to get gas and to get my car washed.

When I got back to Cathi's she had picked up dinner for us at Panda so I ate dinner and then Dave and Laura came over for a visit. We all sat around the dining room table and visited. Cathi and Laura have a new game they like to play but Terry didn't want to play, so we just visited. The game is called Tenzi.

It's a dice and card game.

Trina, Darrel and the kids came over later to bring my mothers day gifts and Trina said she had played the game and that it was alot of fun.

Trina and Darrel brought a beautiful purple orchid, a gift card to Cheesecake Factory and one to Red Lobster. The kids absolutely loved the dogs, especially Rowan. He says he wants two dogs, one like Indy and one like Lady. He and Ruby went outside to see the tortoise, Scooter, but he was burrowed down in his hole.

Here is a picture of the orchid they gave me. It is so beautiful!

This picture was actually taken on Mother's Day

after I got cards from James, Brian, Sheri's family,

and Kim.

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Saturday, May 9, 2015

A surprise mother's day delivery from Brian.

It made me cry when I read his card.

Thank you Brian.

Brian, Kim, Joe, and Alex are at the cabin. Kim is totally happy. Not only are their elk camped in our backyard, but it snowed!

You can only see the elk's heads because they are all laying down.

I started out the day by going to Evan's and Joshua's soccer game. I got to sit by Sheri. When she asked me what I wanted for mother's day, I told her a pedicure, and she agreed. I love looking at my toes after I get a pedicure.

Well, at least the ones on my right foot anyway.

As he did last Saturday James worked all day on the house. This time he was replacing drywall in the laundry room. We had drywall dust throughout the house, but it's all in the name of progress. He had to do some remodeling when a water pipe stuck out beyond the drywall line. He stopped in time to get me flowers, pick up Adam, and go to Michael's state track meet.

Beautiful!

While James was at the state track meet I was at Addy and Ruby's dance recital at Williams Field High School in Gilbert. I was there with Trina, Darrel, Rowan, Lola, Tristan, Rhia, Susy and Bob Case and Bryce, Lexy, and Kylee. I don't know where Kreed. We loved watching the girls dance. Each of them performed in two numbers and then in the finale. Addy was in "Uptown Funk" and "Halo", and Ruby performed to "Workin' at the Carwash" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". Kayla was also in the same dances Addy was in. Ruby was on our side of the stage so I got some photos of her during her dances. Addy was on the other side of the stage and was in the second row so I couldn't get any pictures of her during her dances.