Monday, February 8, 2016

Happy Birthday Stacy!

Has it really been 44 years? 

I finally made the decision to go with James to the valley today instead of waiting until Wednesday.  

We left Vernon around 10 but had to wait almost an hour at the carwash.  It was almost 11:30 when we left Show Low.  

We went the Globe way.  We met Jared and his friend Kelli in front of Cathi and Terry's.  We gave him James's snowboard and Emmy's blanket.  Kelli seems nice but not nearly as friendly and outgoing as Cami.  She has three children and her six year old had juvenile diabetes.  We visited a few minutes before Jared had to leave for home.  He texted me later and said he had spent some time with Cami on this trip.  I am glad and hope they continue to be friends.

Also, before Jared left he told us that Alex bore his testimony in church yesterday which made us both happy.

James went with Dave and Terry to work on his mother's bathroom remodel for a couple of hours.  I went to Walgreen's to get a card and some candy for Stacy.  

This evening we took Paul, Stacy, Michael, Dallin and Joshua to dinner at Cheesecake Factory for Stacy's birthday.  Joshua made sure that the waitresses sang to her.

 

 

Sunday, February 7, 2016

This isn't a tiny house, it's a castle.

I like castles too.

I missed sacrament meeting and Primary sharing time and only came to teach my class today.  The lesson was about Nephi building a ship so I brought my big Noah's ark as a visual aid.

 Zemira and Curtis were the only ones in class and they loved my ship!

After lunch and a nap I worked on my Primary lesson for next week and my handouts.  I am doing handouts for the inactive children too.

James and I made chicken tacos together for dinner and then watched a movie called, "Dad's Home", about a single dad who loses his job.  Everyone else in the world was watching the Super Bowl.  The Broncos beat the Panther's 24-10.  

Sheri and Ian had a Superbowl party at their house.  Jared and Kelly came and so did Darrel and Trina, and Brian and Kim.  Brian went outside and wouldn't watch the TV. He has made a commitment not to watch anymore sports on Sunday.  That is a pretty amazing promise for Brian who loves sports.  We are very proud of him!

Saturday, February 6, 2016

I like the porch on this Tiny House.

James fixed me one of my favorite breakfasts this morning, scrambled eggs, hashbrowns and bacon.  It was delicious.

  I guess we are celebrating because he is all caught up on his income taxes, including 2015!  Luckily we don't have to pay anything for 2015 because we had a sizable payment for 2014.  

I took a nice nap after my breakfast and then worked on my Primary lessons most of the afternoon.

Jared is meeting Kelly, the girl from Reno that he went to see, in the valley today.  Her mom lives in Chandler.  I wish we were going to be there to meet her.  

James made a beautiful salad for dinner in an effort to clean out some of the veggies in the frig.  After dinner we watched an Aurora Teagarden mystery starring Candace Cameron Bure.

This is a picture of our friend Carol Ray Decker and her five boys.  Carol is a friend of ours from Chandler.  She lost her husband Mario back in 1990 and has since remarried.  Our kids grew up with her kids.  Her son Peter is now Sheri and Trina's dentist and was Jared's best friend growing up.

Brennan, Matt, Tim, Carol, Peter, and Andy

Friday, February 5, 2016

Snow, Shiprock, New Mexico.

Friday, and I am still miserable.  I did manage to make a couple of blog posts.  James was going to fix me an omelet for breakfast but he got up late and I had already eaten.  I said he could fix me bacon, eggs and hashbrowns for lunch if he wanted. When lunch time came around we decided to go into town and get chinese food and look for Pero  We miss our nightly Pero drink  We checked Walmart and the Safeway in Show Low and Pinetop.  Still no luck.

I got orange chicken and angus beef at Panda.  The angus beef was James's suggestion and it was yummy!

Although it's been sunny since it snowed on Monday, the temperatures have been in the 20's and 30's so it's taking awhile for the snow to melt.  We do have mud though. 

Before we turned into Vernon we saw three large herds of elk in the fields just outside of town  When it's cold and snowy in the high country, they come down looking for feed.  Quite a few people were stopped taking pictures.  We didn't get any pictures but I stole this picture of some whitetail deer off Facebook.

A nice family portrait.

This is Elder Tyler Hunsaker who left for his mission to West Virginia from our ward in January.

Elder Hunsaker with his mission president and his wife.

I made banana nut muffins for dinner and James and I watched, "The Wishing Will", a Hallmark movie of course.

 

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Happy Birthday Harold!

This is my brother Harold. He is a year and a half younger than I am and turned 66 today.  Harold is a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend.  He is always there if you need him.

I love you Harold!  He also makes some awesome wood furniture!

James has had several job prospects come up in the last couple of days for work.  One is a building for Brian Lemmerman and another is a building for Marvel Masonry  He went from having no work to several good prospects and we are very grateful.

In honor of Harold's birthday James and I had chocolate cake for dinner.  I messaged Harold on Facebook and wished him a Happy Birthday and told him we would go to lunch as soon as I got over my cough and cold.

James went coyote hunting.  He has some new "toys" he wants to try out.  He bought them at Bass Pro Shop. Our friend, Ed Miller, says he can get anywhere from $40 to $70 for coyote hides.  Also James has declared war against the coyotes since he found a dead deer carcass and two baby elk carcasses. He had no luck tonight. Those coyotes are pretty smart.

I vegged out on the couch most of the day.  I had a Mystery Book Woman marathon.  I watched "Redemption", "At First Sight", "Wild West Mystery", and "In the Shadows."

I was supposed to have an appointment at the Arizona Arithritis and Rheumatology Center in Mesa on Monday morning for an infusion.  They don't want you to come in if you are sick, so I called and got an appointment set up for next Friday at 1:45.

Sunset in Vernon

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

This man is one of my heroes.  His wife died giving birth to these babies and he is raising them by himself.

This is our good friend Zaki with his twins.  He is fortunate to have his wife to help him raise his children.  He has waited to have children for a long time and is so grateful to have these two, although he says no one is getting much sleep.

 

James promised we would go get tacos today since we didn't go yesterday.  I am pretty miserable but I did manage to clean myself up enough to go to Alibertos for tacos.  They were yummy!  

 

After our tacos we looked at storage building across the street.  I just about have James talked into buying one for his tools, etc.  He could use it as a workshop and it would help us to clean up the garage.  I know he wants to build a large storage building, but we just can't afford it right now.  

 

The Wilhelm's had a baby calf born last night.  They were afraid he wouldn't be warm enough, so they brought him in their house.

 The newest member of the family.

 

This evening our Hallmark movies were: " A Country Wedding" starring my favorite, Autumn Reeser and another favorite, Jesse Metcalfe, and "A Perfect Match."

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

I love looking outside at the snow!

According to my weather app which forecasts for the next 15 days, there will be no more snow.  How sad.  

After our gospel study we went back into town to get James's overpriced prescription. 

I am feeling pretty lousy  I have a cough and a stuffy nose.  I guess I got whatever James had.  No ore cooking for me for awhile.  Later today I wanted to go into town to get tacos for dinner but two trips into town was just too much for James so we had a couple of the nitrate free hotdogs Kim and Brian left.  

We watched two movies tonight, "The Reckoning", and "So You Said Yes."  I love that my husband will watch chick flicks with me and actually enjoys them.  How lucky am I?

Does anyone remember this show from their childhood?