Thursday, October 9, 2014

"Some of the greatest battles

you will face will be fought

within the silent chambers

of your own soul."

-Ezra Taft Benson

#TBT

Such sweet faces!

Paul posted this picture of Michael on Facebook while they were in San Diego.  It's really not fair to take a picture of someone who is sleeping.

 Michael and his teddy bear.

I

I couldn't resist

 Grandpa and Ruby playing the match game.

This girl is good!

It rained all day today so we had to think of things to do inside.

Addy worked on her puzzle

Trina and I helped a little.

We played with Lola.

 Two sweet faces!

Grandpa and Lola admiring each other.

Lola's shirt says:

"Born to wear diamonds"

We played games

 and

did some crafts

The kids watched some of their favorite

TV shows, Jesse, and Dog with a Blog.

Yes, Lola loves TV!

I worked on my lesson for young women's and read to James and watched Sue Thomas with him.  He turned on the fire in the fireplace for me.  

Trina and the kids took Darrel his dinner and then went shopping at Walmart.  Ruby came back with a Frozen Halloween costume that lights up, and Lola got lots of toys!

Brian, Kim, Joe, and Alex arrived after James and I had gone to bed.

#TBT

Blanche Ryland's Sunbeam class, 1987

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

I missed the blood moon this morning.

I heard it was quite awesome.

At 6:30 this morning I chased 16 cows off our property.  The kids wondered why I didn't wake them up.  I guess it just didn't seem appropriate.  Oh yes, Freckles was one of them but Manlady was no where to be seen.

It rained most of the day so the kids were sad that we couldn't go on a Razr ride. We played Five Crowns and played with the baby instead.  Oh yes, and we worked on Addy's puzzle.

I love this face!

Trina and the kids took dinner to Darrel instead of making him wait until 10:30 at night to eat dinner like I do.  Trina said on the way home she looked around at houses in Show Low and saw some really beautiful ones.  Hmmm, does that mean she is considering moving here?

 One more baby picture

James came home just before I had to leave for the church.  He brought Burger House burros.  On his way out of town he stopped at the Chandler Courts to pay a traffic ticket.  I guess while he was inside someone broke into his truck and took his c-pap machine. 

Tonight for Mutual we had a special program for the girls about virtue.  Bishop and Ann Miller were the speakers.  We also played a youtube video called "Virtue Makes You Beautiful."  Out of 14 girls we had 11 attend.  It was a great evening.

Part of the program included the Laurels doing a fashion show.

  Jordyn modeling school attire

with Stefani Hunsaker as the M.C.

 Trenda in her prom dress.

Shelly modeling an appropriate

and modest outfit to wear to church.

 Our three models.

Kilee getting some counsel  from the bishop.

Maddie and Shelly

Jordyn striking a pose.

Heaven, Hope, and Kelly

 Kyah

 LeeAnn

 Alice

 Millie Scott made our delicious cake!

Sister Wilhelm and Sister Lauritzen

served the refreshments.

 

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

General Conference quote

I chased cows alone this morning before anyone else was up and then when the kids got up they chased them with me.

 Thanks to Addy for taking these pictures.

We named some of the cows.  There is:

Freckles because she has a white face with brown spots,

Brownie, and Manlady.  Manlady is a cow with horns.

Addy named her.

 Ready to herd cows and chase rabbits!

We were a little disappointed because we only saw one rabbit.

We went up to the clubhouse today.  The tarp needed some adjusting and grandpa needs to reset the support pole.  We did enjoy having the two benches that grandpa brought from Chandler.

Darrel, Trina and the three older kids went on a Razr ride while I stayed home with Lola.

Addy played a game of Five Crowns with Darrel before he had to go to work.

I'm not sure but I think Addy won.

This afternoon Trina made some delicious chocolate cupcakes and the kids and I made Twinkie minions to go on top.  Addy and I bought some candy mustaches to make them mustached minions.

Ruby getting ready to make her minion.

We had a great time.

I think Ruby took a bite of hers.

The minion lineup!

Stacy called me this evening to tell me about their trip to San Diego.  They went to Seaworld and stayed at the Embassy Suites in downtown San Diego.  Michael dared Joshua to run down the hallway in his underwear and stop and tell everyone he met: "Hi, I'm the Salsa King!"  Big brothers can be such a great example.

 

 

Monday, October 6, 2014

James, Adam, Alex, and Kyle left for home this morning.  Adam was supposed to start a job at Microsoft and needed to be there at noon.  He didn't end up getting the job.  

The kids love Lola so much.  They all want to hold her and play with her.  She is in such a good mood in the mornings.

 What a sweetie!

I love this baby!

The kids also enjoy playing with the cabin toys and going on Razr rides.

  Darrel took the kids for a ride.  He watched the kids while Trina went for a run.  After Trina's run and shower I went to town with her, Addy and Lola.  Addy saw this piece of gum in the parking lot and said it was a little Java the Hut.

  We were careful not to step on Java.

Addy shopped with me.  We got Twinkies so we could make minion cupcakes tomorrow.  Trina is making the cupcakes and then we will put Twinkies on top and make them look like minions.  The kids are very excited about it.

Darrel got a call from his boss at CVS today.  They offered him the job here in Show Low full time.  The guy they were going to hire just isn't going to work out.  The problem is that neither Trina n

or Darrel want to move.  Not only does Trina not want to live here, she doesn't want Darrel driving up here once it starts snowing.  If we could open a Peter Piper Pizza in Show Low I think she might consider it.  We will see what happens.  They will pay him $10 an hour more than he would make in the valley.

Tonight's sunset.