Wednesday, February 27, 2013

I got up early and made two large batches of brownies for our New Beginnings this evening.  James is here today for a doctor's appointment with his cardiologist, Dr. Memon, and he is going to make his famous punch. 
We left for town around 10 as James's appointment is at 10:30.  Denise came over from the hospital and we made a trade.  She gave me back season 1 and 2 of Downton Abbey and I gave her season 3.  She says she loves it and can hardly wait to watch it although Dennis is a little jealous of her time watching it.
We did some other errands and had lunch at LaCasita.  I had the green chili chicken enchilada as recommended by Kaeli Nicoll and it was delicious!  I think James had it too.
We got stuck in the mud on our own road going home.  There was so much mud in the wheel well that the tire could not go around.

There was only a few hours before I had to be at the church for New Beginnings.  I hiked up to the house (cabin), got a crowbar and began digging the mud out.  Man that stuff is sticky.  Soon James was helping me and we finally got it out.  I am not sure I could have done it without James. 
We went down early to setup and make punch.  Shelly and Brother Applegate came shortly after we got there.  Here is a picture of the refreshment/handout table.

Sock cupcakes.

I guess my picture of the "value" brownies didn't turn out.  I had mini M&M's on each brownie which made the very colorful.  Also we had ice cream and homemade hot fudge sauce.  Yes, Janis Willis finally gave me her recipe!

Shelly was in charge of New Beginning and did an outstanding job.  The program she chose was Personal Progress Airlines.  We moved from room to room and visited four holy places: the home, the temple, the church, and ourselves.  It was a great evening!  And all the girls did a great job with their parts on the program.

James's punch was a big hit but we had lots left over.  He sent the leftovers home with the Applegate's.  Brother Applegate said it was the best punch on the face of the planet.

 

Sunday, February 17, 2013

I was up early to finish preparing for my lesson on the plan of salvation.  I had quite a load to take to church.  The scale I borrowed from Dawn, my large cobalt blue vase with the silk flowers, one for each young woman, and a bag of cookies for each young woman.
James went to the singles branch and gave his talk based on Elder Christofferson's April 2009 address on covenants.  Jarom Tenney, Randy's son, was his companion.
Dallin and Cody sat by me during sacrament meeting but left right after.  Shelly gave a talk, and so did Brother and Sister Peeler.  The lesson in Sunday School was on the Holy Ghost and personal revelation.  Brother Virgil Cooper told an interesting story about driving an RV down the San Diego freeway and receiving a prompting to stop.  He pulled over and found that the door had opened and the baby had fallen out on to the freeway.  It seemed a little strange to me that the baby would be in the back of an RV but I guess the story had a happy ending.
My lesson went quite well.  We had two visitors in our class today, Cody Ianoli who's mom, Sandra Kuper lives in our ward, and a friend of Kilee's, Payton who is a nonmember.  I wonder what Payton thought about our discussion on the plan of salvation.
I went to BYC because Natalie wasn't here today.  Afterwards I drove home and got stuck in the mud on the road going up to the cabin.  Luckily James looked out the window and came to my rescue.  I was pretty upset and said I couldn't live here if we didn't do something about the mud.
Cody and Dallin took pictures on their way in to Show Low to visit friends who are up here to ski.

After lunch and a nap James, Dallin, Cody and I played a game of Five Crowns.  Dallin won, I lost.

James had a stake priesthood meeting this evening where he had to give a talk.  He rode with Church. 

While he was gone I watched the finale of Downton Abbey.  It was so sad.  My favorite character, Matthew dies in a car accident after his wife Mary has a baby boy.