Saturday, September 7, 2013

It started raining here in Vernon around 11 am and rained the rest of the day. 

Evan and Rowan had their first soccer game today.  Thank goodness for Facebook!

Go numbers 4 & 7!!

Joe and Michael had their first cross country meet today also.  Kim posted this picture of Joe on FB:

Go, go, go Joe!

Today I typed James's talk on Temple Blessings for him.  I also worked on stripping wax off our wood floor with of all things, Krud Kutter.  Kim used this stuff and so did I to get wallpaper off our walls in Chandler. It is amazing!

James and I spent a cozy day at home watching it rain.  I am so grateful for my blessings and a wonderful, loving husband to share them with.  We watched two of our favorite shows, Cedar Cove and The Waltons.

We finally finished off all the bbq beef this evening for dinner.  We also had snow peas and coleslaw.  For dessert James made some chocolate covered stawberries.  They are my favorite!

We got a group text from Jared today.  He also sent it to all of his siblings.  They will be in Gilbert, Chandler, next week for Brianna's baptism and he wants our family to get together next Friday night.  The plan is to go to Oregano's for dinner and then over to Sheri's for dessert.  We will be there!

Friday, September 6, 2013

James and I went to the temple today.  James forgot his temple clothes but now we do know that the Snowflake temple has clothes if you forget yours.  We left a little after 8 in hopes of making the 9am session.  Well, if there was a 9:30 session we would have made it but there is not one.  There is a session at 8:30 and one at 10:30.  I sat and read scriptures for awhile.  I met Jack Pearce's wife and her 90 year old mother and sat by them during the session.  James sat by an old friend from high school, Vern Turley.  As we were leaving we saw Stephen Reidhead at the desk checking recommends.  That's the fun thing about coming to this temple.

We stopped at El Cupido for lunch.  I had a Big Jake burro and James had a mexican pizza.  In Show Low we went to National Bank, the Book Barn and then home.  We were gone 7 hours.  When we left Snowflake it was 88 degrees and it was 77 degrees when we got to Vernon.  We have decided we want to go to the temp 2x a month to put family names on the prayer roll.

The rest of the day was spent in more leisurely activities: reading, napping, watching The Walton's and going on a Razr ride.  This is the most time we have spent together since we got married.  We love it and we love living in Vernon!

Here are some pictures I took off Facebook:

Mary and Joshua.  It was grandparents day at

Joshua's school.  Sorry I couldn't be there.

Joshua at Sweetie's.

He looks amazed, doesn't he!

Ruby in her ruby red dress.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Happy 35th birthday Darrel!!

Darrel and his sweet family.

There is a fire in Yosemite right now called the Rim fire which was started by a hunter on August 17th which has burned nearly 371 square miles.  It is one of the largest wildfires in California history and has cost 81 million dollars to fight.

James and I had our weekly lunch date at LaCasita today.  Afterwards we went to Home Depot to get some shelf brackets for our bookshelves and some Krud Kutter to remove the wax from our wood floor.  While walking in we saw James's Uncle Delbert and so we stopped and spoke with him.   Uncle Delbert is in his mid 90's.  He said he just returned from visiting with Curtis in Iowa. 

After shopping at Home Depot we went to Walmart.  James waited for me on a bench in the front of the store while I did my shopping.  Just outside the store we had seen a woman holding a homeless sign.  James had me get $10 to give to her.

This evening we went on a Ranger ride.  We saw a wild turkey, an owl and a large six point elk near home.  On the way home from town we saw some antelope in the field across from the post office.  James counted 9 does and 6 bucks.  We also saw some archery antelope hunters scoping them out.  Here's hoping the guy is a lousy shot.

Some pictures I took today:

Mary Johnson, Paul's mother posted this picture on Facebook today:

Paul is the youngest, just to Mary's left.

 

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

James got the money from Zaki's bank today, which is a big relief.  We thought maybe they would freeze the funds because of Zaki's and Ariana's divorce. 

I paid more bills today.  I also went to the dump and got rid of 8 bags of garbage. 

This evening at 5:30 I attended a Young Women's presidency meeting with Diana Curtis, Analee Hunsaker and Kaeli Nicoll.  We discussed, among other things, our fundraiser coming up on September 21st.  We are doing a pancake breakfast at the park.  Analee was just called to be a temple worker.  She is also our ward organist, so she now has three callings.  I guess it's a good thing she is older and all of her kids are grown. 

Tonight the young women made signs to advertise for our pancake breakfast.  Thos attending: Jordyn Applegate, Shelly Applegate, Maddie Carroll, Kilee and LeeAnn Hunsaker and Hope Lootans.  We missed Trenda.  She has several AP classes and school and sometimes has lots of home work.  I enjoy being with the girls and the other leaders.  Maddie told us a story about how they had a family roping and she won a pot of candy for being the best roper. 

 Maddie, Shelly, and LeeAnn

Hope, Shelly, Maddie, Diana Curtis, LeeAnn, Kaeli Nicoll

Kaeli Nicoll, Kilee, Hope

Shelly, Jordyn, Maddie

I wore blue nail polish to Mutual because I am working on Divine Nature as this month's value.

Came home and watched The Walton's with James.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

James has a speaking assignment in Cibecue next Sunday and needs a speaking companion and someone to drive him there.  He tried getting one of our home teachers, Chuck Crane and Collin Dewitt, but neither one of them could do it.  I told him to call Blaine Curtis and he did.  Blaine said he would be glad to do it.  Thank goodness!  He saved me from having to go.

We finally received the check for the work done on Desert Highlands golf course in July.  It came to our home in Chandler.  Sheri picked it up and deposited it for us.  Now we can pay some bills!

We started out to go to Buckelew Springs on the Razr but remembered we didn't have enough gas so we came back.  We made a trip to the post office to mail the Ft.McDowell concrete bill and then to get gas for the Razr at Midway station. 

I finished off the black walnut ice cream I bought for the Young Women and felt disgusting afterwards.

James is preparing a talk on the importance of temple attendance to give in Cibecue.  He has given several talks on the temple and will use some of the information he has given before.

Sherry Swansey, a convert of a little over a year, went through the temple today for her own endowments.  About twenty sisters from our ward went to be with her.

A flock of Canadian geese flew over this afternoon.  It was overcast all day with some rain but nothing like yesterday.

Monday, September 2, 2013

 Happy Labor Day!

Made biscuits for everyone before they left to go hom and played Five Crowns with Kim, Sheri, and James.  Ian took the boys on a Razr ride.  Kim, Brian, and Joe left around 9:45 and Sheri and Ian left at 10:30.  I gave everyone a hug before they left.  I had an overwhelming feeling of sadness and loneliness after Sheri and Ian left.  I started to cry while I was reading to James and he had to take over for me.  I miss my family.

James thinks we got 2 inches of rain.  We went on a Razr ride between downpours to check the Falls. (Thank goodness for the mud flaps!) They still aren't running.  There are no elk in our special palce so we head for home. As we were driving we had to stop and take a picture because we saw a strange object in the sky.  James said it looked like a UFO.  I guess other people saw it and it was declared to be a weather balloon.

 We also saw a red hawk as we were coming up our road.  I tried to take a picture but he flew away.  I did get this picture though.

 

When we get home we read from the Book of Mormon, The Guardian, and we also read Jeffrey R. Holland's last conference address.  We also watched a couple of episodes of The Walton's.  I miss Olivia, Grandpa and Gramma, and the old John Boy!

Sunday, September 1, 2013

I put two roasts in the crockpot with BBQ sauce this morning. 
Before we leave for church we have family prayer with everyone.  James and I sit in front by the Applegate's so James will have room for his walker and leg.  Sheri, Ian, Kim, Brian and the kids sit in the back.  James and I both bear our testimonies.  So do Shelly and Trenda.  James and I are fasting for Dallin today.

Brother John Wilhelm is called to the bishopric to fill the vacancy left by Wes Smith.  Wendy DeWitt gave the lesson again in Sunday School.  It was on the life and martyrdom of Joseph Smith.  I wish Kim and Sheri would have stayed.  Sandra Wilhelm taught about strengthening families in Young Women's. 

This afternoon James and I read our scriptures together and I read by myself.  I restarted the Book of Mormon for the 7th time this year.  We also took our nap.  After naptime Sheri, Evan and I start to go for a Razr ride but Sheri is too cold so we go back.  Evan wants to go to Greenspeak but when I tell him about the Falls he wants to go there.  James and I take a break from our Five Crowns game that we are playing with Kim and Sheri to take him.  The sad thing is that today the Falls were not running.  I think Evan was happy just to get to go on a ride.

This evening we had dual dinners.  Brian made honey line chicken and I made bbq beef.  We also had beans, macaroni and cheese, a salad, corn on the cob and watermelon.

We did not have FHE like James and I had talked about.

Some photos I took today of the gorgeous sky:

 

I should do a calendar.