Friday, October 23, 2015

Sheri's quote:

"Sometimes progress in spiritual things can seem slow or intermediate.  Sometimes we may feel that we have lost ground, that we have made mistakes, or that our best efforts to find the Savior are not working.  If you feel this way please do not give up - ever.  Go right on believing in Him and in His gospel and in His Church.  Align your actions with that belief.  In those moments when the light of your faith has dimmed, let your hope for the Savior's love and grace, found in His gospel and in His Church, overcome your doubt.  I promise that He is ready to receive you."

-Elder Whitney Clayton

Breakfast at the Comfort Inn was not that great  I had a Belgian waffle that was not that good and James said the eggs were very rubbery.  To me the eggs looked like silver dollar pancakes.  

Paul had lots of help moving today.  He rented a U-Haul from Central Self Storage and Adam, Kristofor, and Adam's friend Kyle all came to help.  Paul bought them breakfast burritos from El Sol.  Adam always says he will work for food.  They moved all their big stuff our including the washer, dryer, and even the Christmas tree.  There are still some things left that Paul can take in the Montero.

We had Blue Sky Pest Control come today and spray for insects and scorpions.  

James and I picked up Alex from school and then took him to Jersey Mike's for lunch.

 

I am still working downstairs.  

 All of these cupboards had to be emptied.

Sheri came and carried all of the things I got out of these cupboards upstairs for me. James would have helped me but he was fixing the floor in Dallin's closet.  After we finished working Sheri and I went to Sonic for a drink.  

Later this afternoon James and I went back to the Comfort Inn for a little R&R.  I took a shower and even washed my hair.  We both took a nap.  We went back this evening and worked a little longer.  

Stacy and Paul bought us a pizza from Peter Piper.  Our favorite, thin crust veggie.  

Michael did well at his Cross Country meet today.  He got fourth.

 

 

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Food for Thought.

Sonic, scriptures, prayers and then most of the rest of the day in the basement. 

Alex and Ben came over and helped move furniture, including our bed.  Ben scared me when I was walking down the hall and he jumped out of my bedroom.  I certainly wasn't expecting that.  

For lunch we got sandwiches from Jimmy John's delivered to our house.  Dallin was there so we invited him to order a sandwich too. Dallin moved all of his things out today, except his mattress.  I guess he is going to live with Jared Ammon and another friend who came and helped him.  
After Dallin moved out Paul discovered buckled wood on his closet floor.  One more thing for James to do.  Plus, Dallin's room also needs to be painted which became apparent when all the furniture was moved out.  
I went with Stacy to her new place.  The bedrooms are all upstairs and are a good size.  The downstairs family room and kitchen are quite small.  There is no grass in the front or back which may be a problem for Holly and for Joshua.

The roofers came today and fixed the patio roof which was leaking like crazy on Sunday evening.

James and I spent the night at the Comfort Inn on Chandler Blvd. and the I-10.  We stayed in room 305.  The water pressure isn't very good on the 3rd floor.

One of the fun things about going through things in storage

is finding old pictures.  I love these five boys!

My obsession with Tiny Houses continues. 

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Sonic for breakfast.  On the way back we saw Cathi, Terry, Dave, and Laura getting ready to leave for their hunting trip to Kaibab.  James would love to go with them, but this just isn't the time.  

We read our scriptures and then read from our book, "Bonds of Loyalty".

James mowed the lawn and fixed things in Stacy's bathroom that needed to be fixed

 Upkeep is an ongoing affair.

I cleaned out the Christmas closet downstairs.  It took me most of the day.  I carried a few things up, but I need help carrying the rest.  James can't help right now because he's working on the storage room outside.  

We got lunch from Arby's and took a short nap.  I also picked up Alex at the seminary building at 11:45.  

I finished the Christmas closet and started on the downstairs cupboards.  Yikes!  So many things are in these cupboards.  

Stacy got the keys for her new place.  She started moving things over.  We had a little fun with Holly this afternoon amidst all the moving.

Pretty little Holly.

Joshua had soccer practice this evening along with Evan and Rowan.  Michael had a pasta party and then went to Mutual to hear a recording by The Piano Guys.  

Stacy and I got dinner at In-N-Out Burger.

Tuesday, October 20 2015

The Oakland temple

James filled all my tires with air before he left this morning for the valley.  Such service!  He left around 6am.  I got ready and left by 9:30am.  In Show Low I stopped for gas, and at Sonic for a burrito and a diet cherry coke.  I went the Payson way.  

It is a gorgeous day!  55 in Vernon when I left and 70 degrees in the valley.  

James and I had lunch at Cheesecake Factory because I still had some left on a couple of gift cards.  We had the fried zucchini, I had Baja tacos, and James had chicken marsala.  I took home a piece of lemon meringue cheesecake.

Yummy, but almost too rich for me this time.

Back at home I began packing up my Precious Moments statues and the animals from my big Noah's Ark.  

At 5 o'clock I went with Sheri to take Evan and Joshua to soccer practice.  I had ulterior motives.  I wanted to see Darrel and Trina's kids.  I was disappointed that Addy wasn't there but I got to spend some time with Ruby and Lola and Rowan gave me a hug.  Ruby was sick today with the stomach flu but she was feeling better this evening.  I took this picture of Lola.

 I have never seen a cuter little girl!

Sheri and Ian came down and took the living room furniture today.

One room empty and a few more to go!

Monday, October 19, 2015

Six jars of jalapeno jelly, one jar of

green salsa and one jar of red salsa

all made by Kathy Crane and Ruth Wallace.

The Crane's needed a potato peeler to help peel apples today.  They also used a drill which makes for fast peeling.  They used our potato peeler so we got a free jar of green salsa.

James picked some pinons today.  I think he loves the idea that he can go out and pick them anytime.  

For lunch we had sandwiches made at the Stanford Store.  I had ham and cheese and James had a Reuben.  I loved mine and he hated his.  He said he thought the meat was bad and threw half of it away.

Half of my sandwich and my drink

James gave a great FHE lesson using some ideas from his Sunday School lesson for this week.  Although this wasn't a quote from his lesson it was a quote from General Conference.

 I called my friend Charlotte Mattice today for her birthday.  She is 10 years and two months older than I am.  She said she had heard from friends but not from her family.  How sad.

James's sister Carmen makes some awesome cakes!  Everyone is so excited about the new Star Wars movie coming out in December.  (Everyone except me that is).  Here is a Yoda cake she made.

Amazing!

This evening I watched DWTS.  He was amazing dance songs night.  My favorite was Derek and Bindi dancing to "I've Had the Time of My Life" from "Dirty Dancing."  

James and I also watched "On the Air", a Hallmark movie

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Still a little elk fever going on here.

James got up early and after going out on the porch and blowing his elk call, he went in to study for his lesson.  I don't have a lesson today because we are practicing for the Primary program.

 We took separate cars to church because James wanted to get there early to see if there was a chalkboard in his room.

Ty Applegate was the youth speaker in sacrament meeting.  Gary Thompson from this bishopric spoke about stake conference, and Mel Wilhelm told a story for the Primary children.  Bishop Miller finished up the meeting.  The next two hours were spent practicing for the Primary program which is next week.

James said his lesson went well and he felt good about it.  As soon as he got home from church he started studying for next week's lesson.  

For lunch we had Kim and Brian's leftover spaghetti.  I made some lemon and some pistachio pudding for dessert.  We both took a nap and then while James was working on his lesson I worked on my blog.  

We watched the new Hallmark movie, "October Kiss."  It was really cute.

Back in the valley Jared made lots of visits with Molly and Ruby.  They went to see Lois and Dawn.  I am so glad!

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Molly and I went to Walmart this morning to get some cereal, milk, bagels, and cream cheese.  Molly insisted on pushing the cart and didn't like it when I tried to guide her a certain direction.  She chose coco puffs for her cereal and when we got home Jared said that was a no-no cereal.  Oh well.  I am only the grandma and I didn't know.

I watched Molly another couple of hours while Jared went on a date.  As soon as he returned he and Molly left to pick up Ruby and Cassie for their fun time together.

I had to say goodbye because James and I are returning to Vernon for Sunday responsibilities.

I think they went to Extreme Air and

then to a corn maize.

Cute cousins!

James went through Globe and I went through Payson.  I stopped at the Bashas in Payson for some snacks and a potty break.  I get home about 10 minutes after James.  After unloading he settles down to study his Sunday School lesson and I watch a Hallmark movie.

 Tucson temple

President Uchtdorf was in Tucson today for the groundbreaking of the Tucson temple,  which will be the sixth temple in Arizona.