Another early morning trip to the grocery store in north Scottsdale while the boys sleep in. James was gone early again, this time to help Alex Braddock with his Eagle Project. I washed towels and sheets before leaving the resort because Stacy and Paul and coming over to stay the rest of the week. The boys (Joe, Max, Alex, and Michael) got up and ate some breakfast and we left the resort a little after ten. I took everyone home and then headed for Sears to get my car lubed. I have never experienced such poor customer service in all my life. I know I am used to Lexus where they treat me like a queen but this was ridiculous. There were three guys in the place and I was the only customer and no one could seem to wait on me. A cute girl came in and one of the guys immediately waited on her. She came in way after I did and I complained and the guy waiting on her said: "Oh Phil (to the old guy who can't hear) could you wait on her, pointng to me." They wanted me to take a survey but I told them I was in a hurry and it wouldn't be favorable anyway so that was the end of that. I will only go there again because they are cheap.
While waiting for my car to be lubed I met Sheri, Ben, Evan, and James at the mall for lunch. I had the grilled shrimp tacos from Rubios and they were delicious! After the lube and lunch I went to Costco and picked up some steaks and I was on my way to Vernon. James called me before I got to Payson and said he had just left. He was pulling a trailer with his tractor on it. A few minutes later he called and said he had a blowout just outside of Apache Junction and he needed me to look up a nearby Discount Tire, which I did. (Thank goodness for my iphone).
Because I was falling asleep while driving I stopped at a Circle K and got a diet Dr. Pepper, Good and Plenty candies and some popcorn and I ate and drank my way up the mountain. The smoke from the fire near Young was so bad I had to stop on the Rim and take some pictures. I was so happy to finally arrive at Vernon around 5:30. James called again and said he got stopped in Show Low for not having lights on the trailer. He finally made it around 8:30. Sheri and the gang called and said they were finally leaving around 9pm. They arrived around 12:30. I waited up for them and didn't go to bed until 2 am. The gang: Sheri, Drea Boles, Adrienne Ellsworth, Robyn Rogers, and Christy Wanlass. They call themselves the Del Rio 2nd Besties. What a fun group!
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
James left early for a meeting with someone about some work at a golf course. I went out while the boys were still asleep to find a birthday cake for Ruby. I went to the Fry's Marketplace on north Hayden Rd., a very nice store I might add. James's sister Carmen sent the cutest Hello Kitty fondant cutouts for a 9" round cake. The cake I got was a little small but the finished product looked something like this:
Thanks so much Carmen for sharing your talents and making a little girl very happy.
The boys and I went to IHOP for lunch at Alex's request. I had a veggie omlet which was very tasty. The boys got a kick out of a group of older women next to us who were playing some kind of board game. They thought it was funny for them to be in a restaurant playing a game. Alex had biscuits, gravy, bacon and eggs and Michael had the grand slam breakfast with pancakes.
Ruby's party started a 3. Here is a picture of her staring at her cake, which she did for about 30 minutes.
More random pictures of Ruby's party. The most fun was had out in the pool. The following people attended: James and I, Stacy, Joshua, Michael, Kim, and Joe, Sheri, Alex, Ben, Max, and Evan, Darrel, Trina, Ruby, Addy, and Rowan, Trina's Mom Suzy, Lacy and baby Emma, Bryce, Alexus, Kylie, Kayla, and Kreed.
Ruby was very shy when everyone started singing to her.
After the party was over Michael, Alex, Joe, and Max spent the night with us.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
We had a high councilman and his daughter speak in sacrament meeting today. Her name was Brooklyn Brown and she spoke on infinite worth and overcoming adversity. From "Once upon a time to happily everafter" requires some adversity in between. Jesus Christ understands all that we are going through.
Morgan Brown of the high council reminded us of our challenge from the stake president to memorize the family proclomation. He also gave an outstanding talk on charity and used several examples from the Book of Mormon. He admonished us to read and study Moroni 7 where Moroni reminds us that charity is the pure love of Christ.
The lesson in Sunday school taught by Brother Wilhelm was taken from Alma 5-7 where Alma asks: "Have ye Received His Image in Your Countenance?"
The lesson in Relief Society was on missionary work and was taught by Tamara Applegate.
After our meetings we came home and had some lunch. James opened his father's day card from me and his gift, the two Robert Downey, Jr. Sherlock Holmes movies. We took a nap and then got ready and left for the valley. We stopped in Chandler so James could get his truck and to pick up Michael and then we headed for Sheraton Desert Oasis in Scottsdale where Alex was waiting for us. We have one week here in our timeshare and we are staying in rooms 1055 and 1056. Sheri's family stayed last night and we will stay tonight and tomorrow night. Tomorrow we will have Ruby's birthday party here.
Morgan Brown of the high council reminded us of our challenge from the stake president to memorize the family proclomation. He also gave an outstanding talk on charity and used several examples from the Book of Mormon. He admonished us to read and study Moroni 7 where Moroni reminds us that charity is the pure love of Christ.
The lesson in Sunday school taught by Brother Wilhelm was taken from Alma 5-7 where Alma asks: "Have ye Received His Image in Your Countenance?"
The lesson in Relief Society was on missionary work and was taught by Tamara Applegate.
After our meetings we came home and had some lunch. James opened his father's day card from me and his gift, the two Robert Downey, Jr. Sherlock Holmes movies. We took a nap and then got ready and left for the valley. We stopped in Chandler so James could get his truck and to pick up Michael and then we headed for Sheraton Desert Oasis in Scottsdale where Alex was waiting for us. We have one week here in our timeshare and we are staying in rooms 1055 and 1056. Sheri's family stayed last night and we will stay tonight and tomorrow night. Tomorrow we will have Ruby's birthday party here.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Today was a major work day. I changed the sheets on all of the beds today in preparation for next week's company. I cleaned the bathrooms and waxed the upstairs floor. I went to bed quite late. James was a little sad. I did read to him today though from our new Victoria Holt book "The Pride of the Peacock", and made him some chicken enchiladas in the crockpot.
I'm not sure I even went outside today but here is a picture from one of our Ranger rides earlier in the week.
I'm not sure I even went outside today but here is a picture from one of our Ranger rides earlier in the week.
Friday, June 15, 2012
It's official, the monsoon starts today. Hopefully that means we will be getting some rain up here pretty quick. Everything is so dry.
I finished waxing the wood floor in the living room and family room. I am very slow and easily distracted.
James got some good news today from Allied and from Britt Law. It looks like we will be collecting money from both of them. The city of Scottsdale signed a paper saying they never charged Norquay any liquidated damages which means Norquay can't charge us like they said they were going to.
Here is some haze from the Young fire.
I finished waxing the wood floor in the living room and family room. I am very slow and easily distracted.
James got some good news today from Allied and from Britt Law. It looks like we will be collecting money from both of them. The city of Scottsdale signed a paper saying they never charged Norquay any liquidated damages which means Norquay can't charge us like they said they were going to.
Here is some haze from the Young fire.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Happy Birthday Brian and Dallin, I hope you are having a great time in San Diego.
James and I went in to town today and ordered blinds for the two small windows by the front door. We stopped at KFC for dinner. I think I am supporting the Walmart in Show Low with the amount of stuff I buy there.
I gave Jared a call to see if he got one of the houses he was trying to rent. He got the one I liked. The kids and Tricia will be moving out the first week of July.
This evening James and I watched a show on the National Geographic channel called "Untamed Americas." The only problem is I only recorded half of it.
There is a new fire in Arizona 6 miles north of Young. We could see the smoke.
We actually had clouds in the sky today and some stormy like weather although it didn't rain.
James and I went in to town today and ordered blinds for the two small windows by the front door. We stopped at KFC for dinner. I think I am supporting the Walmart in Show Low with the amount of stuff I buy there.
I gave Jared a call to see if he got one of the houses he was trying to rent. He got the one I liked. The kids and Tricia will be moving out the first week of July.
This evening James and I watched a show on the National Geographic channel called "Untamed Americas." The only problem is I only recorded half of it.
There is a new fire in Arizona 6 miles north of Young. We could see the smoke.
We actually had clouds in the sky today and some stormy like weather although it didn't rain.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Kathy brought over the Beehive newspaper this morning. The front cover had pictures of the three Stake Relief Society Presidents in Chandler and the featured story was the Chandler Relief Society centennial celebration. It was fun to read about it and be reminded of what a wonderful evening it was.
Karen Schneider called me today. She had been at a luncheon at Judy Pargetter's and heard about James's heart problems. She called to see how he was doing and to say that next time she would like to be the first to hear about it instead of one of the last. I told her she could read my blog and see my life in a nutshell.
I worked outside today cleaning off the patio and moving some of the tables and chairs off the patio onto the deck because the view is so much better. I also set out some birdseed for the birds although James says most of the birds around here eat bugs, not seed. We shall see. I just remember going to my Nannie's house in Lakeside and she always had a bird feeder and we saw some beautiful birds, cardinals, jays, and orioles are a few I remember.
About six o'clock this evening James and I went on a Ranger ride. When Jared was here he said he saw a mama antelope and her baby up in Gillespie Flat so we headed up that way to see if we could find her. Sure enough the Mamma was sitting right next to the road. When we stopped she got up and walked away. James said she is walking in the opposite direction of where the baby is to throw us off. We started walking in the opposite direction but didn't seen anything. James walked around for awhile but I gave up and turned on Runkeeper and started taking a hike down the road. He came and picked me up after about 10 minutes. What a beautiful setting for a walk, up in the spruce and aspen trees.!
Another picture I took on our ride. It is quite dry right now but there are still some flowers blooming out in the wild. When the rains begin there will be sunflowers everywhere.
Karen Schneider called me today. She had been at a luncheon at Judy Pargetter's and heard about James's heart problems. She called to see how he was doing and to say that next time she would like to be the first to hear about it instead of one of the last. I told her she could read my blog and see my life in a nutshell.
I worked outside today cleaning off the patio and moving some of the tables and chairs off the patio onto the deck because the view is so much better. I also set out some birdseed for the birds although James says most of the birds around here eat bugs, not seed. We shall see. I just remember going to my Nannie's house in Lakeside and she always had a bird feeder and we saw some beautiful birds, cardinals, jays, and orioles are a few I remember.
Another picture I took on our ride. It is quite dry right now but there are still some flowers blooming out in the wild. When the rains begin there will be sunflowers everywhere.
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