1 Test Passed…..1 Test Flunked….and Lott Christmas Party

A few weeks ago, Stacy took the horribly hard State Test for school. She is going into Elementary Ed….and has one more semester. She was freaking out about this test and if she failed she has to pay another 100 dollars. I got a text yesterday….I passed the test! A huge Whooooooo Hooooooooooooooooooo Congrats Mae!!! Love you you little smarty pants :}

A few days ago, I went to my doctor and told him I feel awful and that my blood pressure has been high. I hurt all over, and am very agitated. Not a good thing for the Christmas Season. I have also been very hot and irritable. In my head I was thinking of all the   things it could be, not liking some of them. He took 4 vials of blood, {I wonder if he watched New Moon} :}  Any hoo…….I guess on my chart, the other doctor had put some info about JP’s cancer, so that was 90 percent of our conversation. He actually printed out HIS test results and gave them to me. So funny. I was wondering who the appointment was for. Heee Heeee.

So….. the Doc called me yesterday and said everything was perfect except for my thyroid, it was off the charts hyper. No wonder!!!!!!!! Thus the irritability and heat and heart beating out of my chest!

We did our 2nd annual Lott party at Kent and Ingrid’s Theater. We set up the food in the lobby,  have all the DP and popcorn we can eat, and watch a Christmas Movie. We watched Muppett Christmas Carol. It was so fun. I love the LOTT family. I am so blessed.

David

And one more thing…….I am sending our Christmas cards and I need your address……email me at jkaypaz@aol.com

Okey dokey?

:0 SWEET MEMORY MONDAY ON TUESDAY

Have you guys seen this "new" discovery of the ONLY photo ever taken of the Prophet Joseph Smith

The Reorganized Church only recently uncovered it in their archives and asked our church to help authenticate it.

The church has stated that it is "Almost certainly authentic". All existing"photos" of the prophet are artist conceptions, most of which were taken from models made from the death mask after Joseph had died.

This photo is reportedly taken of him at the time of his incarceration in the Liberty Jail. The article in Meridian says the church has actually had the photo for a couple of years working on its authentication...

Whether it is him or not.....I love this man!

Oh and I am finally getting my California Trip that I canceled in June....... Leaving on

Sunday Whoooo Hoooo

Project Life and New Word Challenge

So back in March, the day before JP's surgery, I went to lunch with Lisa Bearnson. She gave me a 365 project to do this year. You take a picture every day and there is little cards to journal something about the day. It is fast and easy and it has quickly grown into one of my most cherished possessions. It is quite the book. It has been a journal of our year.....the one, you know, cancer, funerals, surgery's, hospitals, birthdays, aneurysms, and all the happy times. I has people, crafts, ideas, and pictures of the daily hum-drum. It is the most looked at book in our house. It has been a wonderful way for me to look at the beautiful things in my life and count my blessings. It is priceless.
I was kinda sad because it was coming to an end. But low and behold, Becky Higgins is doing another one called PROJECT LIFE! Oh! Whoooo Hoooo! I am so excited to be able to do this for 2010! You can check it out HERE
It is pretty reasonable for what you get. It makes great Christmas presents. I am totally sold on this product. Way to go Becky!

Ok one more thing........ As you all know the story.....I had a heavenly angel tell me last December that things were gonna get really bad, thus the YEAR WORD......SURVIVE.
Well, time is approching to pick a new year word and I want to have a contest. I want you to come up with my word, (or it can be a phrase) and I will pick my fav and you will win a wonderful prize. I have learned so much from my word! I am a survivor. I know I can do and survive hard things! So......put your thinking caps on, and come up with my new WORD FOR 2010! Good Luck! I will announce what the prize will be later.

The Reason for the Season

Let's take a few minutes to slow down, take a breath and remember what it's all about~

http://www.mormonbloggers.com/3216/kenneth-cope-liz-lemon-swindle-a-christmas-video

The Pasley Sneak Peak

We had our Family Pictures taken the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I am sooooooo excited and I love my tiny little family unit to pieces! You can jump over to Amber's blog to see them
Here

Happy 1 Year Anniversary! Ryan and Sydni!

Today is Ryan and Sydni’s 1 year Anniversary! They are just the cutest little couple. The two of them…….and Lucy! If you didn’t see their dance at their reception, you have to check it out.

Here

Watch the whole thing……it’s so cute.

We have had 2 wonderful days. It all started out with

Black Friday. I used to go at 4 or 5 every year to Fred Meyer. Judy Brammer and I would pick each other up and HIT THE SALES! We would drag all of our little kids. So fun. I haven’t done it for years. We woke up yesterday and I got the girls up and said…..lets go! It was 8:30. Did all my sock shopping at 50 percent off. We then all went to lunch at Papa Tom’s Pizza, then did some

more shopping, then to New Moon. I loved it. It was so fun, especially with the whole family. Whooo Hoooo.

I am sticking with TEAM EDWARD!

JP trying to get a Kermit!

 

We went to Best Buy and I ran into Jeannie….a friend from 100 years ago. We used to work together sewing snowmobiling coats at Robinsons.                                   

Derek and Mary came to the movie with us. Ryan and Sydni danced with Derek and Mary and Ryan and Derek are great friends. Derek is like my own kid!

We then played The GAME OF THINGS. It is such a fun game.

Then watched Boise State!

Today we got our family  pictures taken. I am so excited. Then went to mom and dad’s to help mom put up her tree.

   

Seriously, I feel like I’ve been pulled through a knot hole. But it is a fun feeling. I have had a blast.

Gobble Till You Wobble

What a wonderful Thanksgiving we had. We celebrated with Mom and Dad, Kent and Ingrid, Brian and Larry. ( a friend of Kent and Ingrid’s) It was so fun to all be together. It seems that the things we have endured this year has brought us all closer together. I am so thankful for my wonderful family………and please pass the turkey!

              

Happy Black Friday to you all!

What are you thankful for?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuwid8_O8dk&feature=player_embedded

.....and the winner is....Donny and Kim!

I knew it! I knew they would win. Donny has a huge fan base....... all those young girls in the 7o's that dreamed of being his wife!

I love Dancing with the stars. I love to watch it because Ryan and Syd dance, so I have such a love for all the different dances. This year was so amazing. I thought Mya should have win because of technique, but I knew Donny would because of the "FANS"

In June 2007 we went on a ballroom cruise with "Extreme Ballroom" It was so fun b/c Kent and Ingrids kids were on the team, so we took mom and dad. What a wonderful experience to do that as a family. Anywho, we were in the airport and guess who was there? Donny. Everyone was freaking out, So I went up to him and introduced myself and told him that there was a huge ballroom group from Idaho, (and then I threw in the plug......"most of them are LDS" and that we would love a picture with him. :} He was such a good sport.

(I know I put some of these pics on before, but that was before he was a CHAMPION :})

Mary, Donny and Derek

Stacy was on her mission, so she went on a stick, so he held her....(at arms length because she WAS a missionary) He was so funny about it!

On Monday we met Kent and Ingrid and their family at the Temple Visitor's Center to watch Joseph roe FHE. I had never seen it. It is so amazing, and a wonderful movie to watch this time of year. How can we not be Thankful? We are amazingly blessed. Just the fact that we are not driven from our homes and persecuted is a blessing in itself.

After the movie, we checked out the newly remodeled Visitors Center. We had one of the missionaries take our picture, but he cut of Christ's Head....sorry. But we had a blast!

I Seriously Love this Kid!!!!Have a WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING!!!!

Thank You Sarah Hale! :O Sweet Memory Monday

I was able to go to a friends Birthday Party on Saturday. She read us a Children’s book about Thanksgiving . The people at the time would just do random Thanksgiving feasts, and she felt it needed to be a NATIONAL HOLIDAY! It took her 40 years to accomplish this. She went through 4 Presidents until FINALLY President Lincoln listened!  In 1863 Thanksgiving was made a National Holiday!  I can’t wait to meet this woman on the other side and give her the biggest hug. Because of her, on Thursday, I get to meet with my family and give THANKS! I won the book playing a game……or they had pity for me and just gave it to me, but it is priceless and I am reading to all my STARVING guests before we eat.  This is the book. I have such a deep appreciation for this lady. 

Hale authored two dozen books and hundreds of poems, including the best known nursery rhyme in the English language: "Mary Had a Little Lamb." "Thanksgiving like the Fourth of July should be considered a national festival and observed by all our people." ---Sarah Hale "If every state would joinin Union Thanksgiving on the 24th of this month, would it not be a renewedpledge of love and loyalty to the Constitution of the United States?"---SarahHale

She Helped Give Us Thanksgiving Why do we Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday of November? Abraham Lincoln declared it a holiday in his famous Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863. But who put Lincoln up to it? The answer is Sarah Josepha Hale, arguably the most successful midlife woman in American history. In addition to moving President Lincoln to action, Sarah Hale was the first to urge equal education for American girls. She was the first to start day nurseries for working women, the first to suggest public playgrounds, and the first editor of the first woman's magazine in America. Hale authored two dozen books and hundreds of poems, including the best known nursery rhyme in the English language: "Mary Had a Little Lamb." And perhaps the most remarkable part is, she did it all after she turned 40. Widowed and penniless at 34, with five small children to raise, Hale supported herself with sewing and poetry. Then, at 39, her first novel, Northwood, was a huge success. A year later a British publisher asked her to serve as the first editor of The Ladies Magazine and the rest, as they say, is history. Nine years later she moved to Godey's Lady's Book in Philadelphia. Here her editorial skills helped the publication become the largest in America with a subscription list of 150,000 by the 1850s. Sarah Hale continued to write and edit until she was 89. She died at a robust 91. "The Lady Editor," as Hale was affectionately called, advocated a national celebration of Thanksgiving as early as 1827. "We have too few holidays," she wrote in Northwood. "Thanksgiving like the Fourth of July should be considered a national festival and observed by all our people." To Sarah Hale Thanksgiving would be a therapeutic holiday. "There is a deep moral influence in these periodical seasons of rejoicing, in which whole communities participate. They bring out . . . the best sympathies in our natures." Hale saw this spiritual dimension of Thanksgiving as a means for preventing the insanity of civil war in America. This is why, as hostilities heated up between North and South, she bombarded both national and state officials with requests for the national holiday. By 1863 when Lincoln issued his now famous Thanksgiving Proclamation, Sarah Hale had penned literally thousands of these letters in her own hand. "If every state would join in Union Thanksgiving on the 24th of this month, would it not be a renewed pledge of love and loyalty to the Constitution of the United States?" Hale wrote in a 1859 editorial. Of course, Sarah Hale was unable to avert those saddest years of American history, but in 1863, as civil war ravished the land, Abraham Lincoln did issue the proclamation Hale had spent nearly 40 years and thousands of letters to procure. Speaking of America's blessings, even in its darkest hour, Lincoln wrote, "No human counsel hath devised, nor hath any mortal hand worked out these things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered us in mercy." And so Americans celebrate Thanksgiving together on the fourth Thursday of November each year. And perhaps that celebration has helped as much as anything to keep us from the insanity of fighting against ourselves again.. If so, we have Lincoln's Most High God to thank for it, as well as a spunky midlifer named Sarah Josepha Hale

So as we eat our abundant meal on Thursday, surrounded by family and friends, may we remember the efforts Sarah made in our behalf. May we not only give thanks for our blessings, but for a women that could see countless years of families being together to “count our many blessings”

Whooooo Hoooooo Sarah!

Appreciation….

I have such a great appreciation for my family. After all the scares this year it is such a wonderful blessing to be together. On Saturday, we went to my brother Brian (and Tracy) for their Thanksgiving FEAST. It was so wonderful. They usually do it the Saturday before because then the kids can do other things, cause they have so many places to go. I love this family of mine. I feel so blessed. It is so nice to have a beautiful, peaceful day.

This is Jenna. She is my nephew’s daughter. Last summer she was in an accident with a Rino. (the big 4 wheeler that 2 people can fit in) It rolled and caught her arm under the roll bar. They rushed her to the hospital to learn they would probably have to take her arm. They said if they tried to save it, she wouldn’t have any use of her fingers. She is a trouper. She showed them!!!!! Not only were they able to keep her arm, ALL of her fingers work. She is a little miracle. We love you Jenna!  (She is holding the newest addition to the family, Braydon) (He is Amanda’s Baby}

 

My Brother Brian with Max

Stacy, Grandma, Grandpa and Derek.

Remington and Adyson

Sara with the great grandkids!

Yum

Stacy and Derek and baby Braydon

Grandma with Tayvian

Grandma with Braydon

Us…..The Lott Family

Out meetings were so good today. Evelyn gave her talk on teaching a family. It was so good. She used this story that Russel M Nelson told:

In June 1972, Sister Nelson and I decided to take our family on a rafting trip down the Colorado River. We thought it would be fun to be together for a week, and we were told the water level was low, so we believed it would be safe. We had no idea how dangerous the trip would turn out to be!

Our youngest child was only four months old then, so we left him with relatives and went with our nine daughters and one son-in-law. On the second day of the trip, as we started to go over the Horn Creek rapids, we suddenly saw a drop ahead that seemed to be the depth of a several-story building. These precious people in my family were about to drop down a waterfall in a small rubber raft, and I was frightened! By instinct I let go of the rope in the raft and protectively put one arm around my wife and the other around our youngest daughter, Marjorie, who was not quite seven years old.

I was sitting in the back of the raft, and as we hit the rapids, I was thrown into the air. I landed in the water, and each time I tried to reach the surface, I found myself trapped underneath the raft. I was tossed about by the water like an egg in an eggbeater, and I had no air and nearly drowned. My family couldn’t see me, but I could hear them shouting, “Daddy! Daddy! Where’s Daddy?”

I finally came to the surface, and my family was able to drag me, exhausted, out of the water. They were relieved to see me—and I was certainly glad to see them!

The next several days we went over rapids that were much calmer. Then toward the end of the trip, we approached rapids that were much more difficult than any we had previously gone through.

We decided to have a family council, so we stopped the raft by the side of the river. We knew we had to have a plan if we were going to live through this experience. I was so worried about the safety of my family that if there had been a way to end the trip right then, I would have done it. But there was no other way to get to our destination or to return to where we had started.

I said to my family, “The only way we can make it through these rapids is to understand that the raft will make it through no matter what, because it will float. So if we hold on to the rope on the raft with all our strength, we will make it through the rapids. Even if the raft flips over, we will make it.”

I turned to my littlest daughter. “Marjorie,” I told her, “you will need to hold on to your daddy. Get behind me and put your arms around me and hold on tight!”

We went through the terrifying experience of going down those steep, rough rapids where, as we later learned, people had lost their lives in the past—and we made it.

A lesson we all learned from that trip is that we need to learn as much as we can before we begin new experiences. If they are dangerous—even life-threatening, as ours was—we should avoid them if possible. If avoiding a dangerous situation is not possible, we can be sure that we are prepared.

Another lesson we learned is that there is a right way and a wrong way to go through the dangerous rapids of life. The wrong way is to react by instinct and do what immediately comes to mind, like when I let go of the rope and was flipped out of the raft. The right way is for parents to cling to the iron rod of the gospel and for children to cling to their parents and their leadership, like Marjorie clung to me. Then they will all make it through the rough water.

My wife and I have tried to cling to the iron rod of the gospel and have taught our children to cling to us as they, too, learn to hold on to the iron rod. If you will hang on to the gospel and to the counsel of your righteous parents, you will make it through any trouble in life.

I love it…….hang on with all your might!

Oh…. and one more thing I am super appreciative of…….6 weeks without hives. Yes! I hate to say anything for fear I will jinx my self, but I went off my prednisone 6 weeks ago and NO HIVES! Whoooo Hoooooo! Now if we can just get Lindsey HIVE FREE! :}

CTR=Choose the Right

Check this out…….it is so amazing. Just drag your mouse over it and it takes you for a ride……through temple square!

Click here 

So today I went Christmas Shopping at Seagull Book. I was talking to the clerk, and we got talking about  people  stealing stuff. He said the most “Stolen”  item in the store is the CTR Ring!!!!! I asked him if it meant Choose the Ring!  I laughed. Seriously! How could you ever wear a CTR ring if you stole it? :}   Funny Funny!

I did some pictures for Katie and Roger for their engagement. You can see them HERE

She is Jerry’s oldest Sister’s daughter and she is a cutie.

Ya gotta watch this……super cute. Make me laugh:} Thanks Gina!!!!

:O Sweet Memory Monday

I love New York! In August 2007 Nicole and I went to New York to move her there. When things didn’t work out, we spend 4 days playing…..super fun!

And I had such a great day on Saturday. I met Stacy and a (friend)  :} for lunch. We then went to my house and put up the tree. It was so fun. He is a super cute guy named Derek. They have been dating about a month. He was such a good sport to help me all day. It was a blast. I am so excited to get my tree up so I can just enjoy the Holiday week end next week. Can’t wait!

    

Don’t they look stinkin’ cute together? If you think so, leave me a comment and I will make sure Stacy reads them……..

…..A New Find!

First of all, we went to the cabin and it snowed 8 inches. It was so  Beautiful.

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I got an email from Maria Laura, a good friend of mine!

I love this!

One night I dreamed of walking along the shores of different lands.
I could tell that You were with me by the footprints in the sand.
As I gazed upon the heavens, I saw pages of my life.
It was then I realized that You remained there by my side.
When the clouds began to gather and the rains came falling down,
I looked to only find one set of footprints on the ground.
I said, "Lord, why did You leave me in the troubled times of life?
I believed that You would always walk beside me day and night." (Then I heard:)
"My precious child, I'd never leave you.
I have carved you on the hollow of My hand.
It's then I carried you in My arms,
When you see one set of footprints in the sand"
Dear Lord, will You be with me as I travel through the years?
Will You be there in the struggles? Will You wipe away the tears?
As my eyes turn toward the ocean and the shores of distant lands,
I'm still thinking of the single set of footprints in the sand. (I heard Him say:)
"My precious child, I'd never leave you.
I have carved you on the hollow of My hand.
It's then I carried you in My arms.

Ok, so my new find. I am so excited. I love to journal with my own hand writing, but I do a ton of digital pages. So, You can go

HERE

And create your own font. Yes! Super cool and super easy. You have to fill out a paper like this…..

Then scan it in, and upload…..is so easy. It walks you through it.

I don’t love my hand writing, but for posterity!

This is a sample I wrote with it. It is so amazing!

:) WADAYA KNOW........OR THINK THURSDAY

Prophets of the Last Dispensation. I love this. It is so beautiful. I Love these men!

WADAYA Think about this? I wanna hear about your thoughts on the Prophets.

Respect for Ourselves and Others
“Ask yourself these questions: Am I an example of respect in my home by the way I treat those I love the most? What is my demeanor during a sports event? If my child has a disagreement with a teacher, coach, or peer, do I listen to both sides of the issue? Do I show respect for the property of others as well as take care of my own? How do I respond to others with whom I disagree in matters of religion, lifestyle, or politics? “As parents and leaders exemplify and teach respect for others, we confirm in the hearts of our children that each of us is truly a child of God and all are brothers and sisters through eternity. We will focus on the things we have in common—on the qualities of heart that bind the family of God together, rather than on our differences.” Margaret S. Lifferth

This seriously makes me think about how I react to things...........

"COUNT" Your Blessings!

"COUNT" Your blessings.......ah, ah, ah!

Happy 40th Birthday Sesame Street! We go way back! Love you!

It is so easy to let my mind go crazy......to lose all sense of peace in my life. To live in fear. It is easy to let the chaos of life cloud my vision. To be angry and miserable. It is hard to see life go on when I am stuck in a memory. I guess that is kinda like post tramatic stress. You can't get past something that happened in your life, and suffer from the aftermath.

But.......It is also easy to push some of this stuff out of my head if I think about ALL that I am thankful for. It is easy to feel peace when I thank My Heavenly Father for the wonderful blessings. It is easy to see life go by when I think of the bright side and try to serve.

So, I will COUNT my blessings.....ah, ah, ah!

1. My family.......I mean my whole family! Hubby, kids, brothers, parents, in laws, nieces, nephews....the whole ball of wax!

2. My home. I soooooo love my new home. It is my dream home, my heaven on earth. I love to look at the river and watch the wildlife. I love being out in the country! I love the colors and smells of my home. Sooooooo love it!

3. My Friends! Since I have no sisters (blood) I am so blessed with friends. I have friends that I had when I was 3. I have lifelong friends, new friends, blog friends ward friends, and friends in Heaven! (love you Janatte and Teresa)

4. The callings I have had in this ward- I have loved them. I am looking forward to my new one!

5. My body and the ability to do the things I love to do. I love to scrapbook, work on my computer, take pictures, go snowmobiling and so many others. I am also grateful that I can do the things I hate....like the dishes!

6. My testimony and the Gospel. If you asked me one year ago if I had a testimony, I would have said yes! I did, but it has grown in leaps and bounds. It has grown in a way that one grows through a trial if you turn to Heavenly Father. It has grown more than I ever dreamed it would. I know that what I believe is true and good! Whooooo Hoooooo!

7. The faith of my hubby! It is amazing the faith of that man. I got a good one. He is such a good guy. I am here to tell you! I know that if it was me going through what he has gone through, I would be a pouty puddle! Love him for all eternity!

8. The Holidays! I am so excited to be with all my family. After what we have been through, It makes time together so priceless. We are doing Thanksgiving with my parents......and I am so grateful!

9. My worldly possessions. I know, I shouldn't say that, but I am. I love my car, my clothes, cameras and printers, and all my houseful of luxuries!

10. And yes, my trials. I know what is inside me and how I feel, and I know that I wouldn't be this way without what I have been through. I am a survivor! :} I can do hard things! I have faith. Not that this hasn't been super hard, but I know that I have had earthly and Heavenly angels to help me. I know that during the hardest times, I was carried.

Oh yea, I am Thankful!

Testing Your Courage to Endure

“Even when you feel the truth of [the] capacity and kindness of the Lord to deliver you in your trials, it may still test your courage and strength to endure. The Prophet Joseph Smith cried out in agony in a dungeon: “ ‘O God, where are thou? And where is the pavilion that covereth thy hiding place?’(D&C 121:1–2). . . .“The Lord’s reply has helped me and can encourage us all in times of darkness. Here it is: ‘My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes’ (D&C 121:7–8).”
Henry B. Eyring,

:O Sweet Memory Monday

Yellowstone 2000 with my friend Marla. We have been friends since my Junior year.

 

One Nation Under God

I thought you would find this painting very fascinating . Wherever you put your mouse, the description of that person is shown on the left.

Take some time and check it out. I am amazed at this.

Click on this link-

http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/artwork/view_zoom/?artpiece_id=353

I hope you had a great Sabbath. I did. We had a AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL, SPIRITUAL Sacrament meeting.

My Heart Goes Out…….

I was in a spa store in Utah when I heard the news about a shooting at Fort Hood. Thirteen men down…. I felt sick. I found out today that one was from West Jordan, Utah. My parents recognized  his name. It is the son of a neighbor that I grew up with. Nemelka’s lived about 1/2 of a mile from us. They were in my ward. We were all friends. My dad farmed their land.  They had several boys. This man was one of their boys. Their Son. Their Grandson.  I have been sick. Even though they moved away years ago, our family has great memories of them. My heart goes out to their family.

It is so hard to understand a tragedy like this. There are so many tragedy’s on the war front, but not likely to happen on American Soil. One act of violence affects so many lives.

To the Nemelka Family: You are in my thoughts and prayers.

Click Here to read the article

The community placed around 30 flags in the Nemelka’s yard.

And here to see tribute from his Uncle

A Little Catchin’ Up to do!

I got lots of stuff swimming around in this head of mine.  Gotta get some of it written down……you know……for posterity!

On Sunday we got released from the R.S. Presidency. Bawled like a baby. I have LOVED working with these girl friends of mine. I love them to pieces. Then just a few minutes later, through all the tears I was called to the 2nd counselor in the Y.W. I am so excited and we have the best girls in our ward. I love girls camp so I am so excited for that to come rollin’ around.

Sunday night we were just hanging out and the doorbell rang. It was Natalie and Kenzie, two of the girls in the YW. They brought me cookies and a sweet note welcoming me into YW! I was sooooo touched. I was seriously speechless…….that doesn’t happen very often. They are amazing! 

A few weeks ago, JP had a spot they wanted to biopsy (skin) so we patiently waited for the results for that. We went in on Monday and found out it was OK. Thank goodnes. 

Debbie (I worked with her in RS) came over and brought this. It explains her and my lives right now! So cute

I got my coasters that I won from here I LOVE them. They are beautiful. Thanks Livin’ Lousiana!

On Monday JP and I left for Utah. We headed to Provo to have dinner with Nicole. We went to a restaurant and we were headed to the rest room, and I saw this guy and thought…..Boy, does that guy look like my dad! I looked and it was my cousin, Craig. Wow! So fun to see them! (and he does look like my dad)

I took JP to the airport and have had 3 days with Nicole. Whoooo Hooooo!  We blew up an air mattress in her little room and had so much fun. So fun to hang out with her!   

We did tons of shopping, and made bead watches. Watched movies and ate. So dang  much fun!

On Wednesday, we met my Aunt Bonnie and Sandy, My cousin for lunch. It was so fun to see them.   

On Thursday I met Lisa Bearnson for Lunch. We went to the Zinn Bistro for lunch. She told me that it is a family owned  business and all the kids work there. She told me that it  is wonderful food but that the family is RUDE. Wow……were they RUDE, but it is is seriously in the top 3 meals of my life. The food was wonderful, but I have never been treated that RUDE at a restaurant. We laughed.  We actually got kicked out, because it closes at 2. It was 2:30 and we ordered at  10 minutes to 2, so we had like 30 minutes to eat. We asked them to take our pictures, and they WOULDN’T!  It was hilarious!   Quite the experience. We thought about calling an complaining, but……they don’t care!

So…..we went to a nearby cemetery to talk, since we got kicked out of a Restaurant!!!!!! Fun to see her.

I am so thankful for the wonderful week I have had! :}

I am now waiting to pick JP up at the airport. Sure did miss the man!

 

We Must Exercise Faith

“In Moroni we read that ‘without faith there cannot be any hope’ (Moroni 7:42). We must exercise faith to take on life’s challenges and changes. It is how we learn and progress.”

Steven E. Snow