Tuesday, August 5, 2014

"We cannot do the difficult things we have been asked to do without help.  Help comes through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, the guidance of the Holy Ghost, and the helping hands of others."

-Sister Linda K. Burton

 Elk moving across our yard.

Jared has a problem with his eye.  It's called an orbital pseudo tumor.  As I understand it, the doctors aren't sure what to do about it.  Right now he is on steroids.  Sometimes it causes him to have double vision.  

Before leaving to go back to El Paso Jared took the kids to the pit and the swing on the Razr.

James, Anna, and Emmy were all drivers this year.

Molly likes to ride shotgun but I guess it was James's turn.

Before Jared left for home I made Pawhuska (the Pioneer Woman's hometown) Cheesesteaks for lunch.  He took one for the road.

This afternoon the kids all went to the Boy Scout village.  Anna wanted to clean out one of the A-frames and use it just to "hang out" in.  When I texted grandpa to tell him his comment was: "That rat infest place?"  The kids were back within the hour.  I guess Anna picked up some debris to through it out and a rat jumped down and ran away.  Needless to say this place is no longer very desirable.

No, this isn't a rat.  It's a chinchilla named Roxy who just so happens to love Alexander.

 We had chocolate eclairs for a snack today.  Molly licked all the

chocolate off of hers and then asked me if I wanted it.

I didn't.

Before closing I want to post some more picture from our FHE on Sunday evening.  These are some pictures that Kim sent me.  If I wasn't so lazy I would go back and post them on Sunday.  Oh well.

Happy, worried and asleep.

Molly striking a pose with a look of

mischief in her eyes.

  Cousins James and Ben

got to spend a little time catching up.

 The Three Amigos

I wonder where Sheri learned this trick.

Yes, that's Adam in the background.

Oh yes, now I remember, it's a grandpa trick.

Anna really enjoyed Lola and her uncle Brian.

These two boys are very talented.

 

Monday, August 4, 2014

"Sadly enough, my young friends, it is a characteristic of our age le gods, that if people want any gods at all, they want them to be gods who do not demand much, comfortable gods, smooth gods who not only don't rock the boat but don't even row it, gods who pat us on the head, make us giggle, then tell us to run along and pick marigolds."

-Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

 Nice view!

Here are a couple of pictures from last night's FHE that I missed:

 Babies and girls love Brian.

 Nice smile Sheri!

Nice group picture.  Thanks Kim!

Sheri, Jared and I had a plan to meet at the plan this morning.  Sheri wanted to take Anna shopping and I wanted to take Molly shopping for her birthday.  Sheri, Anna, Emmy and Addy went clothes shopping while Molly, Ruby and I headed for the Disney Store.  Jared and James could do what they wanted with no girls to worry about.

 Anna and Sheri love clothes and shoes!

 Molly in her Sleeping Beauty dress and shoes.

Sheri got her the Sleeping Beauty doll.

No trip to the mall is complete without

going to the play area.  

After shopping Jared took his kids to a place you can't go to in El Paso, Chino Bandido's:

Molly and Ruby are best buddies!

I had lunch at In n Out Burger and took a couple of burgers to James and Adam before I left for Vernon.  Jared left and we met at the cabin.  He stopped at Burger House and I stopped at Safeway and Walmart to get groceries.  I asked the kids what their favorite foods were.  These are the answers I got: James - seafood, but we settled on ribs.  Anna, homemade chicken noodle soup.  She says her mom even makes homemade noodles.  I told her I would fix homemade soup but the noodles would be store bought.  Emmy loves pizza and Molly said macaroni and cheese.  

There was no rain in Vernon today but we had some beautiful clouds.  Of course the first thing everybody wanted to do was go on a Razr ride.  I let them ride while I put the groceries away.  Jared said they saw a herd of elk.  It was a beautiful evening.  I introduced them to Master Chef and told them it was one of Evan's favorite shows.  

 

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Today we attended Lola's baby blessing in Darrel and Trina's ward in Gilbert.  They belong to the Emerald Bay ward.  Darrel gave a very sweet blessing and mentioned the gift of discernment as a way of determining right from wrong.  

Darrel &Trina's family

All of our children and their spouses were there except for Tricia who is visiting her brother in California.  All of our grandchildren were present except for Jared Ammon.  We were so glad that Jared and his kids came from El Paso.  Aaron Lambson and his family were also there as were Trina's parents and her brother Bryce and his family.
James, Jared, Trina and Suzy all bore their testimonies.  Dale Johnson, a former seventy, was our gospel doctrine teacher.  Adam stayed for the entire block with James and I.  I enjoyed sitting by Trina and holding Lola during Relief Society.  The teacher gave a lesson entitled: "Know, Do, Be."  It was very good.  It's the first time I've been in Relief Society for quite awhile.  

Back at home we broke our fast and James fixed lunch.

Thanks to Fry's, James makes a mean lunch.

That's our favorite treat, cranberry celebration

in the plastic container. 

This evening we had a FHE at Darrel & Trina's.  It almost seemed like old times.  I gave a lesson on strong families and fortifying our families against Satan like Moroni did in Alma 48:7-10 against the Lamanites. Our strong walls were scriptures, prayer, FHE, faith, repentance, forgiveness, and kindness.  

 We also watched a video about a litttle girl named Hannah and her brother Hyrum who has autism.  I love church videos!  Stacy and Paul were a little late because they said it was raining so hard they had to pull over on the side of the road for a few minutes.  This time everyone was here except Tricia, Jared Ammon and Dallin.  Lola was definitely the center of attention with the girls.

  It was so noisy I don't know how she could sleep.

Molly and Ruby were best friends!

Love this picture of Darrel & Trina

We are still as loud as ever.

Molly loves to have her picture taken.

Playing dress up.

Princess Ruby

Anna spent about 3 hours holding Lola

last night and then here she is again today.

Bonding time for Brian with Lola and Anna.

Joe and Michael entertained us.

They are so good together, Joseph

on the guitar and Michael singing.

Joe is using James Hayden's guitar.

Emmy and Addy were good friends except

when it came to Lola.  Addy wants to hold her

but Emmy had to have her turn first because

she says Addy gets to hold her all the time.

Addy waiting her turn.  It looks like

Emmy may be getting tired.

Such a cute picture.

Finally it's Addy's turn!

Rowan loves his Harry Potter wand.

Expectro-petronus!

(I just made that up)

Saturday, August 2, 2014

This morning it was our privilege to go to the Gilbert temple with Kim and Sheri.  We attended the 7:45 session.  Sessions at this temple start every 45 minutes.  We saw some old Chandler friends while we were there.  Dale Willis checked our recommends as we went in.  Martin Kempton and Diane Lamb Davis were also there as temple workers.  What better feeling is there than to be sitting in the temple between two of your beautiful daughters.  The film we saw is brand new and has only been out a month.  We discussed various aspects of it on the way home.  I love the temple!

I also love these three!

After attending the temple James and I went shopping at J.C. Penney's where we bought James two new Sunday suits, two new pair of Sunday shoes, two purple ties, and a new white shirt.  He's going to be the best dressed high councilman in the Show Low stake.  We were so tired and hungry from shopping we had to go to Jersey Mike's for lunch.  Afterwards James went to work at the airport and I went shopping with Rowan for his birthday.  Before shopping I had to hold this cutie.

Lola Suzanne Lambson

Rowan and I went to the Lego Store in the Chandler mall to look for Harry Potter Legos.  We were told they no longer make them and we can't even order them online.  We looked around for awhile but the store was so crowded we decided to go to the Disney store and then to Barnes & Nobles.  Rowan had to make a decision between three Lego sets that he liked.  

Treehouse, Cabin, or Seaside.

He chose the cabin and mountain set!

As we were checking out Rowan saw a small box which contained a Harry Potter wand so we got it too.  

No visit to the mall is complete without a visit to the food court.

Sbarro's cheese pizza is big and delicious!

He ate every bite!