tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67786667950585982492024-03-16T11:49:44.985-07:00Live Imperfectly with Great DelightMelwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.comBlogger1968125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-57940757425192968092024-03-12T10:32:00.008-07:002024-03-12T10:35:58.879-07:00Grandkid Game night for March<p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcu7e4dm0VFb3ViqB8Q-o23ABOjpxY9pDR_xswABYShQ1J1l9l1eUCKlsTfMjJLrusor5AGYHmZWAstVye6EOqhrgVaPt2kEg24CAH2AGtd7LE7xz44kIOVtbLmAITPVlNNa6eu3PhJCTOEMexftrXZ496WAtoQTUpcxPd3Uno5FRZbixEpCAKtSSoyF6M" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcu7e4dm0VFb3ViqB8Q-o23ABOjpxY9pDR_xswABYShQ1J1l9l1eUCKlsTfMjJLrusor5AGYHmZWAstVye6EOqhrgVaPt2kEg24CAH2AGtd7LE7xz44kIOVtbLmAITPVlNNa6eu3PhJCTOEMexftrXZ496WAtoQTUpcxPd3Uno5FRZbixEpCAKtSSoyF6M" width="180" /></a></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Grandkid Game night! This was our third try at this…and I just love it. We have them all come for 4 hours on a Friday night and we do a lot of things. This Month we focused on St. Patricks day and Green. We were sad that Sophia couldn’t join us… she had a rehearsal, but our other 7 came! </span><p></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> We gathered and had rainbow pages to color, while I made little hot glue pom-pom Leprechauns for the kids and talked about Lucky vs. Blessed…and what that means. We decided that we are both lucky and blessed.</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrhsB8sLzRtoAR32ZPM66QvC1TN7u1UfcUwTnQSeNftSb2VSTDyX44SvY_7Jw1i5MU8CbRj9QZQtcVFIwN2v__7GifaoRArUfd9ffgBNwrbcj88lslOZUpKbXcl1SDE4Nim597dCaHqCYuUDCVet6Ivwbb5d1R5hp2TdCvo5AAu230PDPVtKs6tzmZxlkh" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrhsB8sLzRtoAR32ZPM66QvC1TN7u1UfcUwTnQSeNftSb2VSTDyX44SvY_7Jw1i5MU8CbRj9QZQtcVFIwN2v__7GifaoRArUfd9ffgBNwrbcj88lslOZUpKbXcl1SDE4Nim597dCaHqCYuUDCVet6Ivwbb5d1R5hp2TdCvo5AAu230PDPVtKs6tzmZxlkh" width="180" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We had chicken nuggets and papa’s sour dough bread - as per usual- the kids all love these. Then we played bingo for candy. I ran the bingo game with a giant leprechaun hat on and then passed this on when Alfie ran it. </span></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuNEXlP3GVwPdjI_p0rKrijczmYxCnWru9QF6-FNehF_IvJgK3dViwdOo51NorQ1VGYkWV-OVvtmhHQKB7w_6mK3aCkY8bRlUb70xv0dGkl2p0ooOWEHCVSXT5YjKBdepFJOjaEqCUr9lhZpUvSUyR9eCI_fDunq0Zo_OxtOfzDj1IRw4AjSzZxDe5Z_Ow" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuNEXlP3GVwPdjI_p0rKrijczmYxCnWru9QF6-FNehF_IvJgK3dViwdOo51NorQ1VGYkWV-OVvtmhHQKB7w_6mK3aCkY8bRlUb70xv0dGkl2p0ooOWEHCVSXT5YjKBdepFJOjaEqCUr9lhZpUvSUyR9eCI_fDunq0Zo_OxtOfzDj1IRw4AjSzZxDe5Z_Ow" width="180" /></a></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />We went outside for roasted marshmallows around the pit. It's kind of a dangerous prospect to do this. Fire and kids aren't a great mix, but they are getting safer every time we try it. Alfie likes his marshmallows burned-- I think he likes blowing out the fire. George likes his marshmallows raw-- but he wants you to put them on a stick and then hand them back to him. Everyone else likes the golden brown melty marshmallow. Poppy got marshmallow all over Papa's pants. </span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjp2L7zmE4J_WlypvTSoyE6f4uD0dfU_vNbnpp7c4bQX5JzBDNpm9rKTQr8PAhi95cDpa2hpOnXVAnapXfR5JuDU_myyzbPxtLcODyGGwZEbGCJMCMFqDqRl7ChAr6wxSmM4RVEa0glCAjxCLdduugvGzup4nEbe3eT5GQKstetpigHApT3W3S9TK2k_Hjv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjp2L7zmE4J_WlypvTSoyE6f4uD0dfU_vNbnpp7c4bQX5JzBDNpm9rKTQr8PAhi95cDpa2hpOnXVAnapXfR5JuDU_myyzbPxtLcODyGGwZEbGCJMCMFqDqRl7ChAr6wxSmM4RVEa0glCAjxCLdduugvGzup4nEbe3eT5GQKstetpigHApT3W3S9TK2k_Hjv" width="180" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnMqYu5NxSbS-phaCveQWVrCEROQwXoKzcA4gwaTL5jhJe6AGrdhf4uhTwDFovmCht2T9AizhEASJ9Y7HQG0jjZwxC5tQuwFg1GvA0CjDVCVhsTbtuNhXjXT4pHn2K7cS7a_Z9_bq1DJwcOYOTp0HayhWpaUePJ5tNrjk7X1Ir-qIIIvUqW-W8G8pUmmaC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnMqYu5NxSbS-phaCveQWVrCEROQwXoKzcA4gwaTL5jhJe6AGrdhf4uhTwDFovmCht2T9AizhEASJ9Y7HQG0jjZwxC5tQuwFg1GvA0CjDVCVhsTbtuNhXjXT4pHn2K7cS7a_Z9_bq1DJwcOYOTp0HayhWpaUePJ5tNrjk7X1Ir-qIIIvUqW-W8G8pUmmaC" width="180" /></a></div><br />Then back inside for the hot and cold game hiding gold coins around the living room. They are so funny hiding and then finding the coins for each other.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGiTqYK_0QB6GFBDIS_r0m-XPWg06xZtjys58n9vevC6xtUmEV5LdZpK-43S57vi-F9EsTLuah-OXYsqO0m2xSOY-8xxDPoGyJZuc_B8L7d6jzzOR9AhZYMsJVH9XzyuQ_kQ7vb2GPjC2DaE7LoVxBcxLu7kejbaRd2f1C3Ykx3gajLNYuFH1FfXWRbfMH" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGiTqYK_0QB6GFBDIS_r0m-XPWg06xZtjys58n9vevC6xtUmEV5LdZpK-43S57vi-F9EsTLuah-OXYsqO0m2xSOY-8xxDPoGyJZuc_B8L7d6jzzOR9AhZYMsJVH9XzyuQ_kQ7vb2GPjC2DaE7LoVxBcxLu7kejbaRd2f1C3Ykx3gajLNYuFH1FfXWRbfMH" width="180" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzNvQ6leOS8kSX8nsnjGvkc2ghBOvMCSGcXpkaIAnfl306ummPIi9EEQaadqx_0FFN5Ug2y3e-aXV2QX_4yzZrqPEp-sqEDec0VT4zqTOssvcW4NWfBCFgGiSe4l-i0izyTJAF7AM6ORzmTiB0gAcnYGjKoqZTJeLTFQLQDZyKISsS-XScUDHMHAomWZJd" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxzNnoI0qf7EfidpvabRzZOHPun7dFGVT8toGB1ycYkbk6i8CH1uNW2v577cuOw5aSdWxJQvrVquVDYuFMkDiVcFe8_zNcrDvL6CJoDiZUT5x2dZDAKfGuqC2Z7z20d6NlI1Qc7pIalP3Z3tbskcOQRe-Y9gZr9FQ8LSr3H9ron_JCacqAzZZ0uXncOdYk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxzNnoI0qf7EfidpvabRzZOHPun7dFGVT8toGB1ycYkbk6i8CH1uNW2v577cuOw5aSdWxJQvrVquVDYuFMkDiVcFe8_zNcrDvL6CJoDiZUT5x2dZDAKfGuqC2Z7z20d6NlI1Qc7pIalP3Z3tbskcOQRe-Y9gZr9FQ8LSr3H9ron_JCacqAzZZ0uXncOdYk" width="180" /></a></div><br /><br />George was kept busy with papa’s remote car and playing with marbles. The rest of us played card games- Sleeping queens, Trash and Cards & Marbles… and then we put the Wonka movie on for those who were sleepy. It was a good time. I love spending time with my grandkids.</span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-44854327318950169042024-03-07T11:17:00.001-07:002024-03-12T10:20:46.926-07:00We got FROGGED!<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020;">We got "frogged" this week!</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020;">We came home from our New York trip and discovered little green frogs hidden all over our house. Our kids and grandkids had a riot hiding 200+ frogs.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW2KjPQyRij2-ec430BVOWZoDufxLVTI0t9ZOUu9vV9tG0iHiYU1IG0SmiuhQzLOS3mB5dXSSUcOLbcGT1d1nf9gkYZpDgqP-mxSMeUv01Og4lwLL7vOLaVXQmgwUtw9dk7A-e4EEnW_sKvWZQOftMquLdF2kAjoBT4GwjRiBruJLYCXe-YuYaEn_RUAR5" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW2KjPQyRij2-ec430BVOWZoDufxLVTI0t9ZOUu9vV9tG0iHiYU1IG0SmiuhQzLOS3mB5dXSSUcOLbcGT1d1nf9gkYZpDgqP-mxSMeUv01Og4lwLL7vOLaVXQmgwUtw9dk7A-e4EEnW_sKvWZQOftMquLdF2kAjoBT4GwjRiBruJLYCXe-YuYaEn_RUAR5" width="180" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; font-family: inherit;">We found the obvious ones easily... and counted up to 80 frogs, then the search had to really begin. We looked inside cupboards, under beds, in our bed, in pockets, in fridge and freezer, in plants, on top of shelves, picture and door frames. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020;">So many FROGS! </span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; font-family: inherit;">We found 100 more frogs after two days of searching, but we still had over 20 to find and we couldn't see any more. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020;">Then one by one they would come into view in places we had already searched. It was wild to notice another frog on the chandelier four days after I had taken a frog off of the chandelier, or a frog still snuggled on top of the Chinese dragon on our travel shelf after 3 other frogs had been found there. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7OE2YsLHRKjUft3DhBiR3J6RF1RFVDQHNaFS5eUFkVvK1wvPA4W395G8e8eUP8UKcI1kMzrAl2-qZ8S15KjPkwRzYfTvn62uHiHTtQGuM-dnQ5IRI1ydjDXKi4BvP2cXxn5yzA9dwoO0hI9YD5oXS4h3vJOqDcG77ESdaKzlW8DijtwuqauaowinKOEp1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7OE2YsLHRKjUft3DhBiR3J6RF1RFVDQHNaFS5eUFkVvK1wvPA4W395G8e8eUP8UKcI1kMzrAl2-qZ8S15KjPkwRzYfTvn62uHiHTtQGuM-dnQ5IRI1ydjDXKi4BvP2cXxn5yzA9dwoO0hI9YD5oXS4h3vJOqDcG77ESdaKzlW8DijtwuqauaowinKOEp1" width="180" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">We love our kids and grandkids and the fun, crazy things they do. Elsie went around and told us exactly where she hid all of her frogs. She's a hoot.<br /><br /></span><p></p>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-53550801267145226152024-03-05T11:38:00.002-07:002024-03-05T11:38:59.773-07:00NYC and BelWels<p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Wayne and I just got back from NYC for a teaching conference with Laura and Eric Belnap. We love these friends of ours so much. We have traveled a lot together, but this is the first for all of us in this city. Laura and I had an Innovative Shools Summit at the Marriott Marquis on Times Square that our school paid for so we invited our boyfriends to tag along. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Here is a rundown of what we did:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We got there Wednesday went to Joe’s Pizza for a late night snack, then to sleep for the Thursday conference. Thursday morning we went to the Edge which is a tall building with a view and an outdoor deck with a glass floor on some of it. Perfect view of the Hudson River and The Empire State Building. 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text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Then we Uber’d down to Chinatown. We had massages at Kimberly Spa. They were delightful. My Chinese grandpa worked me over GOOD! We ate lunch at Joe’s Shanghai- it was a recommendation and it was only fair food- so not going back. But then we had ice cream at the Chinese ice cream shop - so fun! The flavors are Asian…. Taro, black sesame, kochi, green seaweed, red bean, durian fruit etc..…. All really, surprisingly tasty– we would go back here. We walked the streets of Chinatown and went to see the start of the Manhattan Bridge. </span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynmglvz-UiE6AfVwyKGr3f4Jbvacmm16yPXfm4DYKXMDbRWdhDVMPhbq0J6ouV-zjsmx8VDK6p8MftSrZ6FINx5yJl25anLvNJJjrZ-jSujVdZvKuHHJ9b3UFD-80P9E5mRZdPr1OgsBibUq97Hwaa-RCcOYWgaCX16snSvdjK97kD14T4NPeC5OVC5uo/s4032/IMG_2394.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynmglvz-UiE6AfVwyKGr3f4Jbvacmm16yPXfm4DYKXMDbRWdhDVMPhbq0J6ouV-zjsmx8VDK6p8MftSrZ6FINx5yJl25anLvNJJjrZ-jSujVdZvKuHHJ9b3UFD-80P9E5mRZdPr1OgsBibUq97Hwaa-RCcOYWgaCX16snSvdjK97kD14T4NPeC5OVC5uo/s320/IMG_2394.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMAXoqBnS_dh99cX6B8rZPCnZJphX2-iAqpyFi1vg9-f_gVr397-5sVBzNlJZyQSsdAYwu_v50P80ffEV2XeLrZoBLbjSgSb2CgwfakpX96JS6_xx_qputbzVpEWJMV1k4RT2foP6Eg7i-4GyZqt-wCr4fsysv0tW8MjoNG7yBvG8CDqTfw7jQkZBVai9/s4032/IMG_2395.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMAXoqBnS_dh99cX6B8rZPCnZJphX2-iAqpyFi1vg9-f_gVr397-5sVBzNlJZyQSsdAYwu_v50P80ffEV2XeLrZoBLbjSgSb2CgwfakpX96JS6_xx_qputbzVpEWJMV1k4RT2foP6Eg7i-4GyZqt-wCr4fsysv0tW8MjoNG7yBvG8CDqTfw7jQkZBVai9/s320/IMG_2395.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsh2VjXOWXRDIh5Dt57vzzcSnV0u8YUsJzOGq4jODej0e3D4S1_iljwhFZ3NEcaHnNW_9LpZ6CjyLrLsh75Up9mesyPhy2m24gvN5QKpH-NZe7rNrLsjYvHN_Cn4AcBWEjkoiquX6JaQXJo1eNzWKiGB1K8X_hFnHin4bPLd_QUXyfD0TrR0IBo7zA67Y/s2986/IMG_2398.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2627" data-original-width="2986" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsh2VjXOWXRDIh5Dt57vzzcSnV0u8YUsJzOGq4jODej0e3D4S1_iljwhFZ3NEcaHnNW_9LpZ6CjyLrLsh75Up9mesyPhy2m24gvN5QKpH-NZe7rNrLsjYvHN_Cn4AcBWEjkoiquX6JaQXJo1eNzWKiGB1K8X_hFnHin4bPLd_QUXyfD0TrR0IBo7zA67Y/s320/IMG_2398.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigCDUR1HmhAZjVZrhpnEu6dTQNtMfzJb5GfW4gf17OwJeGvl5NviYmgJePcAkYayYSbk1aykvVCK35nEoElRzoffe0BiS3uYJU7xtiS8sCGBRp-D7qrA1O7JMyeijgr-YdCmnRcwN6q6YjB7DYCZu2J2jWk-XMIVeL4nlIK3GA_5jog7EBaU-gtLWSpVZU/s3088/IMG_2399.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigCDUR1HmhAZjVZrhpnEu6dTQNtMfzJb5GfW4gf17OwJeGvl5NviYmgJePcAkYayYSbk1aykvVCK35nEoElRzoffe0BiS3uYJU7xtiS8sCGBRp-D7qrA1O7JMyeijgr-YdCmnRcwN6q6YjB7DYCZu2J2jWk-XMIVeL4nlIK3GA_5jog7EBaU-gtLWSpVZU/s320/IMG_2399.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space-collapse: preserve;">Thursday night we saw The Notebook the Musical — it was really good. This is such a sweet story that had me sobbing by the end. Alzheimer's is a cruel fate. Interesting casting too –they play Noah and Ali as teens, in their late twenties, and then in 70’s— none of these couples looked alike in size, shape, or race. Fascinating.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfOcYAib8C-ZlZCaIERdqRV3Tkag4olhDbIoXoS2HmP4TcDjNz9Aj2emfCtBpnCrt7NUMapmuNAbNfXgp3JGTMqja6Anid5_OLf0PVOpOOkKAP6o8Jw6xfNBylfvDeDOd1ALio9SWoPhz-uNz0K_g67O2qFRiErDrJ5id_5MEC9CYbmGCF0nqd-v4F228/s3088/IMG_2410.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfOcYAib8C-ZlZCaIERdqRV3Tkag4olhDbIoXoS2HmP4TcDjNz9Aj2emfCtBpnCrt7NUMapmuNAbNfXgp3JGTMqja6Anid5_OLf0PVOpOOkKAP6o8Jw6xfNBylfvDeDOd1ALio9SWoPhz-uNz0K_g67O2qFRiErDrJ5id_5MEC9CYbmGCF0nqd-v4F228/s320/IMG_2410.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Got me some milk cake and a german chocolate brownie from the Cake Boss. Both incredible</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwtNzFMtBR7uyDMc1GL9K3Lvz8-GDryFs7JhFNYL-zI29fsJqQDrG6UaBJAeUoDdjTaGi9O8RlDUV6WLhnZj1aSyc5FKE22gCtGmdX5J5K4-ow8j-5kmdMWZLJK57bQwctf0r5JSTBF71iTsQ8WLGSkxfLu7_t8JyA0mgfOb6_6ZABJF4_WRsFHxBFKBD/s1345/IMG_2409.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="1345" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwtNzFMtBR7uyDMc1GL9K3Lvz8-GDryFs7JhFNYL-zI29fsJqQDrG6UaBJAeUoDdjTaGi9O8RlDUV6WLhnZj1aSyc5FKE22gCtGmdX5J5K4-ow8j-5kmdMWZLJK57bQwctf0r5JSTBF71iTsQ8WLGSkxfLu7_t8JyA0mgfOb6_6ZABJF4_WRsFHxBFKBD/s320/IMG_2409.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Naked cowboy is still in Times Square....weird</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0ji9HaVNAyYKN9iuzj7vKp-1GQgAwVHiKWNMUBrouY7I8gPd_ftoI6xjE3mWDex0xmJFk3txKVGcQTFwU7ojJdwmhpeEBTwCpo9H_SRbQf6brfU7tpJn-WcZvjIGlttz6eh3MAyN8e5b8En0Z5HPYqCE3vbv8jsos_1TvGpa_-s3G8I9cEXjvzXNa2Aq/s3088/IMG_6027.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0ji9HaVNAyYKN9iuzj7vKp-1GQgAwVHiKWNMUBrouY7I8gPd_ftoI6xjE3mWDex0xmJFk3txKVGcQTFwU7ojJdwmhpeEBTwCpo9H_SRbQf6brfU7tpJn-WcZvjIGlttz6eh3MAyN8e5b8En0Z5HPYqCE3vbv8jsos_1TvGpa_-s3G8I9cEXjvzXNa2Aq/s320/IMG_6027.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Friday we had our teacher conference all day. The boys went to the 911 museum then they went to Chelsea Market for lunch at Los Tacos. They rented bikes and went on the bike lane expressway along the Hudson River up to 72nd St., and they walked their bikes in towards Central Park and stopped at Levaine Cookies and bought a big thing of cookies. Then they biked back down Broadway to our hotel. We met them and had a delicious dinner at Carmine's a ton of Italian food - huge family-size portions. Then we played games in our hotel Suite. </span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMcseb6B67qgkuK5Inszz0WcmrHJ5H4Txv2W_RMkH9AnCUjJPFzQK3317fkFXSy9hj4VXw6JRcFS6KdZRihNQK9nO8cC9bgn_PWc2t6meRGag_H2jcBYgafI0ugGIHL6JBvnCMLm9p9tyXfqiAr7BIdFddf5NR5oARGMKrNjNTxTb93zZY9neSpRqALzC/s3088/IMG_2421.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMcseb6B67qgkuK5Inszz0WcmrHJ5H4Txv2W_RMkH9AnCUjJPFzQK3317fkFXSy9hj4VXw6JRcFS6KdZRihNQK9nO8cC9bgn_PWc2t6meRGag_H2jcBYgafI0ugGIHL6JBvnCMLm9p9tyXfqiAr7BIdFddf5NR5oARGMKrNjNTxTb93zZY9neSpRqALzC/s320/IMG_2421.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebYO-NLwgvz8dcT8RWEzQC9UeJppEvMkPaj2Ft_HSzvZqic1yA2vlRWEflRmrMFU7I5I55OEQGWY7CKIK9-Sn8jH84JGA2qOobueD7pXhGOiAVQjr8dKxOl4RKUpiqif8GY_DFzOWgFPomjufUOpfNS04sSAmlC9D9eUui28PkblqoTo4n7jt4MyZtPKH/s4032/IMG_4138.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebYO-NLwgvz8dcT8RWEzQC9UeJppEvMkPaj2Ft_HSzvZqic1yA2vlRWEflRmrMFU7I5I55OEQGWY7CKIK9-Sn8jH84JGA2qOobueD7pXhGOiAVQjr8dKxOl4RKUpiqif8GY_DFzOWgFPomjufUOpfNS04sSAmlC9D9eUui28PkblqoTo4n7jt4MyZtPKH/s320/IMG_4138.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Saturday: Such a rainy day. We attended more of the conference. We were done by 12:15. The boys went walking up to Central Park and back in the rain with umbrellas, and then we decided to get show tickets because it was so rainy. We couldn’t do anything else so we went to the Neil Diamond- A Beautiful NOise show at 2 o’clock. We loved it. There were times when the entire audience was singing along– I love these moments of community connection. Sweet Caroline was a riot. The head actor sounded just like Neil Diamond. Such an interesting story and the price of fame on family and mental health. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzw6p6gnEY6hiTBGnFG3z0hSWeK2zITEswUok4K4cz4TNhUtTC_a5PU6YO1O2tQzsWjvMheCKbAQgdSG5Zi2RGywGA3cZRwbiIEzD4f7SW9BCW1OkSB1wIECokNZaqjKUvyb80gT3rVI6RtGbJPKqXHgrUYWVFgdoAU2J4Lzh3oLDsLi1XyQZQo9Hfj0g/s4032/IMG_6041.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzw6p6gnEY6hiTBGnFG3z0hSWeK2zITEswUok4K4cz4TNhUtTC_a5PU6YO1O2tQzsWjvMheCKbAQgdSG5Zi2RGywGA3cZRwbiIEzD4f7SW9BCW1OkSB1wIECokNZaqjKUvyb80gT3rVI6RtGbJPKqXHgrUYWVFgdoAU2J4Lzh3oLDsLi1XyQZQo9Hfj0g/s320/IMG_6041.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgJnvO5vNyxaYv3Vgur20VJt3HB2iu_bl-TJFacMkYjZFPVcB7WNsnPoQyjUp_PAGicaEOeDNX_TQvvY86bMcY_z10YhPZk7pl3XddfuVQ_U6GcMx9DsoA4wUzok3UlQ_i4OE5L8GjXYR9x2Tnyrq0Chz76-tU5qYClrmhkao3WFEXM1I_NBh3C-2whmW/s3088/73109167365__FEF09B26-C44B-4419-B916-C4C1558734E4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgJnvO5vNyxaYv3Vgur20VJt3HB2iu_bl-TJFacMkYjZFPVcB7WNsnPoQyjUp_PAGicaEOeDNX_TQvvY86bMcY_z10YhPZk7pl3XddfuVQ_U6GcMx9DsoA4wUzok3UlQ_i4OE5L8GjXYR9x2Tnyrq0Chz76-tU5qYClrmhkao3WFEXM1I_NBh3C-2whmW/s320/73109167365__FEF09B26-C44B-4419-B916-C4C1558734E4.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWKvaPH5wUsoiyGQnsLXoSQZq7AI30IdajMI0zCC7xlzYAP1xa2RxWJFeqmy88FN58l61mJKTPPYqakVu3xrYb4E3hkOfYQwaFilU2QsPK_OJN4q8qZA2ryEY3gfn_LiwS29NBwSbuSNeNb-gIQ_8QwZbtd0hm7sF-VjwN4AxKlq_iZ5SB3Hr2736SqRb/s3088/IMG_6048.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWKvaPH5wUsoiyGQnsLXoSQZq7AI30IdajMI0zCC7xlzYAP1xa2RxWJFeqmy88FN58l61mJKTPPYqakVu3xrYb4E3hkOfYQwaFilU2QsPK_OJN4q8qZA2ryEY3gfn_LiwS29NBwSbuSNeNb-gIQ_8QwZbtd0hm7sF-VjwN4AxKlq_iZ5SB3Hr2736SqRb/s320/IMG_6048.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We went to Shake Shack for dinner - burgers and shakes then back to our hotel for games. (The boys keep beating the girls at Skipbo. We also play Yahtzee, and 10, 2, Oh Crap!) At 8 o’clock we walked across the street to see Kimberly Akimbo. A story about a 16-year-old girl who has an aging disease so she looks 64 (and is played on stage by a 64-year-old woman)…. and her dysfunctional family. We saw Victoria Clark play this part… she was amazing, and all of the original cast members. Then New York cheesecake from Juniors. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6BsiUAKVAB-r0QqFccgJDnFiACiv0JsX4m7aERGQLQOIAI3qc-KrQ1E-HB0ej1U27isEUD0HQw5gQrBiUVDXRmxxhNQn8of_OFzidDoJhkyZfytBeKc7gJRD-rXgAz5ZW943wddS28xdJMvDikYZJ1oKbF8c40oy7LDVn7ijRt92oWHBo-GXE9fCMjSi/s3088/IMG_6047.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6BsiUAKVAB-r0QqFccgJDnFiACiv0JsX4m7aERGQLQOIAI3qc-KrQ1E-HB0ej1U27isEUD0HQw5gQrBiUVDXRmxxhNQn8of_OFzidDoJhkyZfytBeKc7gJRD-rXgAz5ZW943wddS28xdJMvDikYZJ1oKbF8c40oy7LDVn7ijRt92oWHBo-GXE9fCMjSi/s320/IMG_6047.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sunday. Breakfast and a big walk to St Patrick’s Cathedral for Mass and a walk through Central Park. Laura’s body is killing her so she’s moving very slowly. She stayed at the hotel with her bad back and hips. She really is a trooper and never complains, but we know she is hurting. We spent the rest of the day traveling back home.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRZxMHnpE5QHp2l_fRNnCF40UagK12U4rMKvUI0VAz0GmUarAO7nONkVmFv9sedkjwbLP-nnfYgEooa1hOVIbZJ_sfuAiuMCh9b95VsoImGQkTwfzXOsvrfMQcQLcnGsx4-c2TxAfLw1kHzzN5Gj3qHgc6-pXaZYwP7J6gjSBsK-P0m_YFXtCxKkMkw_po/s3088/IMG_2437.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRZxMHnpE5QHp2l_fRNnCF40UagK12U4rMKvUI0VAz0GmUarAO7nONkVmFv9sedkjwbLP-nnfYgEooa1hOVIbZJ_sfuAiuMCh9b95VsoImGQkTwfzXOsvrfMQcQLcnGsx4-c2TxAfLw1kHzzN5Gj3qHgc6-pXaZYwP7J6gjSBsK-P0m_YFXtCxKkMkw_po/s320/IMG_2437.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsAmi523nW88CpwYa7ToVHfMjEtGhfpYPbSEHnf7zhP4ZdzsyBwxcU0i2iiTqY4DPkM62yEdjI9vXnGNDmWU_FIw2TRL9vDs4c4kixMjOAkbc6DmqM5OM_7gnJzCuKGNQ8KXjqKmwRAZt1CglC0C-NJ_605_4J8aUytwsodc5Qv1JfHUi7uIUQhOtwW-H/s4032/IMG_2438.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsAmi523nW88CpwYa7ToVHfMjEtGhfpYPbSEHnf7zhP4ZdzsyBwxcU0i2iiTqY4DPkM62yEdjI9vXnGNDmWU_FIw2TRL9vDs4c4kixMjOAkbc6DmqM5OM_7gnJzCuKGNQ8KXjqKmwRAZt1CglC0C-NJ_605_4J8aUytwsodc5Qv1JfHUi7uIUQhOtwW-H/s320/IMG_2438.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-5598413076668601592024-02-26T16:22:00.000-07:002024-02-26T16:22:25.322-07:00Temple Extravaganza<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space-collapse: preserve;">Saturday was a full day at the Temple. We call it our Temple Extravaganza day..and we did this twice in our YSA ward in 2019, and we loved it so much that we did it with some of our old YSA’s- the Edgars. We went to Jordan River temple for baptisms, Oquirrh Mountain for Initiatories, Saratoga Springs for an endowment session and Mt Timpanogos for Sealings. We had 6 of us and finished 140 ordinances. In between all of the temples we had good food and discussions. We tried to walk around a bit too at the temples to get our steps in. We left our house at 7 am and got back home at 8:30pm. I was exhausted but in a good way. I really like my temple time because it’s really the only time in my life where I’m disconnected. No phone, no media, just me and my thoughts and God. I go through each of my people and think on them, and pray over them, I breathe in peace and out love, I ask for guidance in different areas of my life, family, siblings, work, and primary. It’s a really good mental, emotional and spiritual time for me. </span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVY3aNP6KuD-k7OFaMO0Xil9mwqTae-tErmi01SmLj_ecJgbo30VV-o5cghfIwGD_Eg1jTzjHxVQRvzqs3XvQHa-a1DqRM4xIAOz3X-uv6uEWyT2ljSJ_60faz27aX1Ou1xHfpvIwpvC3V8i9xDSAnt1YgmHMRW2dK0mam7AqteNFJiYh96Jy7mEy7XCX5/s4032/IMG_9493.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVY3aNP6KuD-k7OFaMO0Xil9mwqTae-tErmi01SmLj_ecJgbo30VV-o5cghfIwGD_Eg1jTzjHxVQRvzqs3XvQHa-a1DqRM4xIAOz3X-uv6uEWyT2ljSJ_60faz27aX1Ou1xHfpvIwpvC3V8i9xDSAnt1YgmHMRW2dK0mam7AqteNFJiYh96Jy7mEy7XCX5/s320/IMG_9493.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">End of the night, Mt. Timp temple. Lora and Sammi Edgar joined us.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73dtZd8xRGPt9VAbffNeLIcru_z7Vo2yLb8_UmYe5ESR_K_-5F6F9JKvOxrpISWlBp7rxVWS-McSwuiv3jsUl_Fbwy39lmx1CAAezxYRoZAHZZHBJjEPOdyNy_WNuBrf1VE0RGoxZCbc8kqCzqmllGvn63_bd5BK4BrKdO1dY-opdsIqA1Pqg3Z_CsZQf/s4032/IMG_5984.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73dtZd8xRGPt9VAbffNeLIcru_z7Vo2yLb8_UmYe5ESR_K_-5F6F9JKvOxrpISWlBp7rxVWS-McSwuiv3jsUl_Fbwy39lmx1CAAezxYRoZAHZZHBJjEPOdyNy_WNuBrf1VE0RGoxZCbc8kqCzqmllGvn63_bd5BK4BrKdO1dY-opdsIqA1Pqg3Z_CsZQf/s320/IMG_5984.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqgeOoLWiuPuwpSBr8YZid3yT5h1-WMGICWtr1EoIMswYT1vWzKnl3lj1zkKE5EwnsWC9Fc-xFJHhkwdwbDo6WLKFNFAaqNQLn55wXb5hl3MXeXadNKxE6Z9eETvtaGNAX5w22vPdy9F-W2LMPqI9yfHyr3mr5NqGYkc8jowGXBjC4TeC13OBWwwkC3uv/s4032/IMG_5982.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqgeOoLWiuPuwpSBr8YZid3yT5h1-WMGICWtr1EoIMswYT1vWzKnl3lj1zkKE5EwnsWC9Fc-xFJHhkwdwbDo6WLKFNFAaqNQLn55wXb5hl3MXeXadNKxE6Z9eETvtaGNAX5w22vPdy9F-W2LMPqI9yfHyr3mr5NqGYkc8jowGXBjC4TeC13OBWwwkC3uv/s320/IMG_5982.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saratoga Springs..... for Endowments.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbr6hzMQUdVWMRUsUzU9F1n-MVPu35zuGjOe2EmOG2NRK94p6JKLPZ8e9qZJiA9Xb84WJQSjG0hfJYSYdnlTrRCXi2m2arpqkJ_JQl1mFxSvEPX8duDs28i_CpxPZuwuxo27j50XqyV7FmsffNaB6o2IyqCXu0auV_w_PUcmxwOCtyq7-xUeroh26F-TcT/s4032/IMG_5969.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbr6hzMQUdVWMRUsUzU9F1n-MVPu35zuGjOe2EmOG2NRK94p6JKLPZ8e9qZJiA9Xb84WJQSjG0hfJYSYdnlTrRCXi2m2arpqkJ_JQl1mFxSvEPX8duDs28i_CpxPZuwuxo27j50XqyV7FmsffNaB6o2IyqCXu0auV_w_PUcmxwOCtyq7-xUeroh26F-TcT/s320/IMG_5969.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oquirrh Mountain for Initiatories.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYWMLOhjw10UUAK1CTaPi0X66WytCDpWIM7aOhbAvP9kj9fqH3RJuC22ySOGAUoUTbx3sVMNgULccu2TBYlL1LBsPfKogrOeHIVL3GhgBBUJe8j9C2kwzF_tFaeixeU84Yagi0ZmYwpuPf7bC9yqCq1Ijrz2Uz-SWqY5qbt8DLxWsQre7WWI5u_37lmuq/s4032/IMG_2352.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYWMLOhjw10UUAK1CTaPi0X66WytCDpWIM7aOhbAvP9kj9fqH3RJuC22ySOGAUoUTbx3sVMNgULccu2TBYlL1LBsPfKogrOeHIVL3GhgBBUJe8j9C2kwzF_tFaeixeU84Yagi0ZmYwpuPf7bC9yqCq1Ijrz2Uz-SWqY5qbt8DLxWsQre7WWI5u_37lmuq/s320/IMG_2352.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch at Seven Brothers.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqE5MuLGQZql1AW9U9ipufW8qwCbWcWwH9TQiYPBwGwiP-tEF1SAuYzIepQwpS4cqxxC-Paz-KocdXVYO_x4JHgJlUVsW20E-u5CrhGlCxEm1WmvopEK_7Kf2bUkGShrXlpEznVDDzOcsDZWo0zYPh6Z18uAyK17D6I8plgr67ipt2fqMMnvETYBrOW5WY/s4032/IMG_2350.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqE5MuLGQZql1AW9U9ipufW8qwCbWcWwH9TQiYPBwGwiP-tEF1SAuYzIepQwpS4cqxxC-Paz-KocdXVYO_x4JHgJlUVsW20E-u5CrhGlCxEm1WmvopEK_7Kf2bUkGShrXlpEznVDDzOcsDZWo0zYPh6Z18uAyK17D6I8plgr67ipt2fqMMnvETYBrOW5WY/s320/IMG_2350.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I got everyone temple rings to celebrate.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-90239858666499389742024-02-26T16:14:00.003-07:002024-02-26T16:14:42.862-07:00Add and Bre family<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwKd7q1I27hxHOSql3li05aq6qTzMzd-WWOBErzWf8FZbAepv1azkGh9da5YNup82X_TNdrLjGfQ-HhgLrLDGiWF2LL-4gArF5jdKBmU_ghHPkCi5AG0LaQqr_KnKArdse2C5Wo5tUkU5uCxlBywUSq9rIKVEeUEkXaXJJzD2GEf6og5VO6XoEDagrO1k/s1377/IMG_2324.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1377" data-original-width="1284" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwKd7q1I27hxHOSql3li05aq6qTzMzd-WWOBErzWf8FZbAepv1azkGh9da5YNup82X_TNdrLjGfQ-HhgLrLDGiWF2LL-4gArF5jdKBmU_ghHPkCi5AG0LaQqr_KnKArdse2C5Wo5tUkU5uCxlBywUSq9rIKVEeUEkXaXJJzD2GEf6og5VO6XoEDagrO1k/w373-h400/IMG_2324.jpeg" width="373" /></a></div><br /> Addison and Bre's family are in a bunch of commercials. This is one for a special egg. These kids are so cute! <p></p>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-62322277758422784652024-02-23T16:24:00.023-07:002024-02-26T16:31:29.826-07:00Alphabet dating - A<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGqnwEK2DqgAZ5u7Bo2M0T3y3jUyQfT1U6-LJQ3ICm2clyMaoeqoHdpbh7WcbgyFVQydGIdMfJo2_-ChdxTCN7ScY72q06qT8Wrkv-aS4AtA7rvxSmd-yfIWnX0OXMSCoM9R3ydmmtQ2HLQ0KvgBSC9xZrc6nryvT5AQQEq-VIVPKiSNG9Y96StEBoR2cO" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGqnwEK2DqgAZ5u7Bo2M0T3y3jUyQfT1U6-LJQ3ICm2clyMaoeqoHdpbh7WcbgyFVQydGIdMfJo2_-ChdxTCN7ScY72q06qT8Wrkv-aS4AtA7rvxSmd-yfIWnX0OXMSCoM9R3ydmmtQ2HLQ0KvgBSC9xZrc6nryvT5AQQEq-VIVPKiSNG9Y96StEBoR2cO" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Friday night we went to see a movie with Tim and Linda Wangsgaard… <i>Ordinary Angels</i>– it’s a faith-based film and was really sweet. A true story from 1993 about a family who lost their mom and now the 5-year-old daughter is dying and a stranger steps in to help with bills and gets them to a hospital 6 hours away via helicopter and airplane. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This was the kick-off of our Alphabet dating that Wayne and I are doing this year to spice up our date nights. This was the letter "A" date– so we saw an Angles movie, we went out with A+ friends, had pitA’s- greek food for dinner, and brought Apples for snacks during the movie. It’s going to be fun and we are going to have to be creative.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWi17P3aFGhKJaWCSLjvAZxMIssoaNr_sBccL59y7qGcTiVOxYbQLrzv4Ei7X1dP0oe0Ph8LrRizBu4vYpLLqcNeVuO01zFizaywBGKGIJroggHI4ML4DwtBi56Xhp5EkHR2DysRzgq0q04Di60xu98is5DhLSm38gH3uNyds1Z9e2Hz__6RBSD5YG5FYp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWi17P3aFGhKJaWCSLjvAZxMIssoaNr_sBccL59y7qGcTiVOxYbQLrzv4Ei7X1dP0oe0Ph8LrRizBu4vYpLLqcNeVuO01zFizaywBGKGIJroggHI4ML4DwtBi56Xhp5EkHR2DysRzgq0q04Di60xu98is5DhLSm38gH3uNyds1Z9e2Hz__6RBSD5YG5FYp" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWi17P3aFGhKJaWCSLjvAZxMIssoaNr_sBccL59y7qGcTiVOxYbQLrzv4Ei7X1dP0oe0Ph8LrRizBu4vYpLLqcNeVuO01zFizaywBGKGIJroggHI4ML4DwtBi56Xhp5EkHR2DysRzgq0q04Di60xu98is5DhLSm38gH3uNyds1Z9e2Hz__6RBSD5YG5FYp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-86886297728277398042024-02-22T16:32:00.003-07:002024-02-23T13:27:46.517-07:00Valentines- band <p> Our Sidetracked band had a special Valentine's dinner. </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBl5TEEt8wq7cu0vrmdT1KUWxiHKYt_4FAxt68zdcHmk7laovhv6xiQ59dGzEkRF-XXdwjPUYI3JdNVyKbN0oLh_6usuNXj823Q21xCrqRT7kTk-YPBGdBjz_pTxyLVh9oIuOvQFCeMDnYbl5EXJoAQdMyumPasCzZrYHLekpMmq0uBEKq5zOUEadBh7gH/s4032/IMG_5895.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBl5TEEt8wq7cu0vrmdT1KUWxiHKYt_4FAxt68zdcHmk7laovhv6xiQ59dGzEkRF-XXdwjPUYI3JdNVyKbN0oLh_6usuNXj823Q21xCrqRT7kTk-YPBGdBjz_pTxyLVh9oIuOvQFCeMDnYbl5EXJoAQdMyumPasCzZrYHLekpMmq0uBEKq5zOUEadBh7gH/s320/IMG_5895.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garth and AnnMarie Oborn, Nick and Jo Cash, Rob Nisbett, Angie and Geoff Smith, Marin and Steve Thomasma, Bob and Kimi Farley, Wayne and Melinda Welch</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Garth and AnnMarie Oborn invited us all out with spouses to the Little America for a fun night. We all ordered the Valentine's special dinner for two. Garth had us all "ting" our glass throughout the meal and share a memory or two from singing at the rest homes, or from practice. I shared what a great ministry we are engaged in going to rest homes and hopefully bringing some fun and good times to their day. There's always a couple of old folks in the audience who know all of the words and sing with us. I love that. I also love when Garth taps me, or winks at me or says, "Wow" after I sing <i>Angel from Montgomery. </i> He's so cute about it. I love this group of eclectic personalities and talents.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsSurbu488CfRFIdXDAGWCb4L3tXHfnWt7xrNCGLSLE6hcVxWeq5jmfZiYsorTfldGCvT_iTHZFvofFbEobBxUtPyoOQORGaaH-yIILdgEdc6RQ3ttalG4Ke9uoXsJmg5cCWpUG3Y52xRUyW1ZEa2XGXyMYQGYZ-M1vszt6q4uedMwLjCjZ_Yzbe2AJIa/s4032/IMG_5888.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsSurbu488CfRFIdXDAGWCb4L3tXHfnWt7xrNCGLSLE6hcVxWeq5jmfZiYsorTfldGCvT_iTHZFvofFbEobBxUtPyoOQORGaaH-yIILdgEdc6RQ3ttalG4Ke9uoXsJmg5cCWpUG3Y52xRUyW1ZEa2XGXyMYQGYZ-M1vszt6q4uedMwLjCjZ_Yzbe2AJIa/s320/IMG_5888.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_tF80Zf7kkzYQIZm7qrj9-9xdh_GvGN6vDQmtXfaCserm3wY8Mps1ePcGRFy8Su5-8nqWCsjRi4j3pXypEexPzAKYZk6lkrvc00Jq9BCgP1igghplqOuUS2xi72-ZE8LY39B3eQ5LfcHS5x46HEF5169ZSv11CEuoaOHbXAQ2beSYDTV0jboxRXVRk-L/s4032/IMG_5889.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_tF80Zf7kkzYQIZm7qrj9-9xdh_GvGN6vDQmtXfaCserm3wY8Mps1ePcGRFy8Su5-8nqWCsjRi4j3pXypEexPzAKYZk6lkrvc00Jq9BCgP1igghplqOuUS2xi72-ZE8LY39B3eQ5LfcHS5x46HEF5169ZSv11CEuoaOHbXAQ2beSYDTV0jboxRXVRk-L/s320/IMG_5889.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>It was great to laugh together and remember. Then he had a rose for each couple and we had to talk about when we first met or first date.. and it was really special to hear everyone's story. We shared meeting in a scene from a play for a drama competition...and Wayne sitting in front of me in an English class and he had a big pink comb in his back pocket. We also shared about dating other people - a requirement from our parents, and our first kiss at midnight of my 18th birthday.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3UKX_pHgh13g43bvF69ey-82hzPtB6O0vFQUkGUGPgx9_YTXX550akHsg2tItpU2M9xZBfgUzzo7xMFpa2Bmy11I_AlbDlYLPKPs0zJ-fCIoSL5wbXqrLsmkSdsXrpZgelBTsKfQyz7fBlaI3SQxLlCubd2rj9HJqOHKlTlkybQb6d3WlJZdJDF-iteP/s4032/IMG_2292.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3UKX_pHgh13g43bvF69ey-82hzPtB6O0vFQUkGUGPgx9_YTXX550akHsg2tItpU2M9xZBfgUzzo7xMFpa2Bmy11I_AlbDlYLPKPs0zJ-fCIoSL5wbXqrLsmkSdsXrpZgelBTsKfQyz7fBlaI3SQxLlCubd2rj9HJqOHKlTlkybQb6d3WlJZdJDF-iteP/s320/IMG_2292.jpeg" width="240" /></a></p><p>I gave Wayne a "King of Sourdough" shirt for Valentine's. It matches his bread stickers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBLKc21fkTHfle2-uv_Wta78yUYCpn4-pqQKN4Up9P86h97pokCyB1xxnYlrpWAr5892Orr9_whsx8X593f3fD6OX_u8za1mcLyTMI_qvgj1TLp5yGTcpeaihmZXsGdGUZ5fZt8WfaAtEVFxOuVLTDEIKTGUYJ5v1v8KH1caGHLLTY4Ww-597qvs1qEo8/s3088/IMG_2314.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBLKc21fkTHfle2-uv_Wta78yUYCpn4-pqQKN4Up9P86h97pokCyB1xxnYlrpWAr5892Orr9_whsx8X593f3fD6OX_u8za1mcLyTMI_qvgj1TLp5yGTcpeaihmZXsGdGUZ5fZt8WfaAtEVFxOuVLTDEIKTGUYJ5v1v8KH1caGHLLTY4Ww-597qvs1qEo8/s320/IMG_2314.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Wayne's on our Sidetracked poster now....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgBCMPKtAybAGE-dkVi4xbDiM5G78vE7hT4G4_4RfkSko5PbbjixFpqZitdsmzBBX4QeFJuuzQvPfgI5rOQKECYyijx3FfsLJ4EhN4q8KiGqBf5UvBfeLCLsBR-3Ehv7FzRKZbfglbKSf8wRqj-AHcpWqdnOBct2d5q4PxCWStQRWjSPArMkP-I1dDslc/s2304/Sidetracked%20Febraury%2020(2).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="1728" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgBCMPKtAybAGE-dkVi4xbDiM5G78vE7hT4G4_4RfkSko5PbbjixFpqZitdsmzBBX4QeFJuuzQvPfgI5rOQKECYyijx3FfsLJ4EhN4q8KiGqBf5UvBfeLCLsBR-3Ehv7FzRKZbfglbKSf8wRqj-AHcpWqdnOBct2d5q4PxCWStQRWjSPArMkP-I1dDslc/s320/Sidetracked%20Febraury%2020(2).jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-12116913290906468622024-02-19T16:12:00.000-07:002024-02-26T16:31:55.698-07:00Wanee 88th<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJ9N0KcPtUttUJRz6YYgRZ-1Ot59H6BV7h7ereHVAfWnytV2oyAdbLoEyIAQNxbvfUdT8h6uHmSNPvOWKUkYG9PM8Euwpvx4C8IoKmSdtTZ1CA6A9u4SIEYfML-GG-wh09C7mdjhN8hE6RZpbwIcCxVkqahkZGU0HtR5wt9M8HMsomPbBHwXxWTIF4GXnF" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJ9N0KcPtUttUJRz6YYgRZ-1Ot59H6BV7h7ereHVAfWnytV2oyAdbLoEyIAQNxbvfUdT8h6uHmSNPvOWKUkYG9PM8Euwpvx4C8IoKmSdtTZ1CA6A9u4SIEYfML-GG-wh09C7mdjhN8hE6RZpbwIcCxVkqahkZGU0HtR5wt9M8HMsomPbBHwXxWTIF4GXnF" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wanee loves pumpkin pie much more than cake!</td></tr></tbody></table>Wanee turned 88 and some of the siblings celebrated at Terry and Cyrrena's in their new kitchen. It was an enjoyable night. We got Wanee new clothes to fit her shrinking frame and had a nice dinner. We played 2 truths and a lie and laughed a lot. <br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQK3QrXf-P_aa5LcyIRuDEx6G7c8JZ4Ldhw8EzHnm9hzk-hbwm-MNumgRxX7tHYqDXJFsooGtbDfZhniMUoiP_7N7qW2ba-rqBz5pkb7YA1zTeDYSlBJE2iEO0bqjObrGPuEHp6fT1RomwJVyRyU7qsAnORg-xNhz7rfgUKU1RhZ8FdNshCxS_SdEoysxa" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQK3QrXf-P_aa5LcyIRuDEx6G7c8JZ4Ldhw8EzHnm9hzk-hbwm-MNumgRxX7tHYqDXJFsooGtbDfZhniMUoiP_7N7qW2ba-rqBz5pkb7YA1zTeDYSlBJE2iEO0bqjObrGPuEHp6fT1RomwJVyRyU7qsAnORg-xNhz7rfgUKU1RhZ8FdNshCxS_SdEoysxa" width="318" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-6500306562929760002024-02-10T13:33:00.002-07:002024-02-10T13:33:45.848-07:00Grandkid Game night #2<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-fb251c6f-7fff-6e1f-9069-e62f7d1153d3"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Grandkid game night was awesome!</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We celebrated Chinese New Year and Valentines day all rolled into a night of fun.</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJcmSwj5v2mDsy2zeIIX8rCzvGAULwOUd2kvrevXM8jy1YfLNHwZ06XmvFesmc-ZXSocgddTapqAN3FaRFc5XkKTTB-eBB9pzq2AJxpV-BL3GLvOXYsF6LKWSZdiyIXuI3LGCWnYCDi1zSWzn6hIIh29iOE_lHYZWBBJK7_6ZkPnZQXbi6h9o8FUmYszrH/s4032/IMG_2258.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Played hide the heart with hot and cold direction, and taught the kids how to play Chinese Writing and Black magic– two old girls camp games that they loved. </span><p></p><p><span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4WA0z9dVW7wGcvtkrsxCY6QlpzgUVC_5lEtDgoBB1Oq2ITun5pMEafGkQlPG_ahz-2tQNbQzKEfmXqtpkeJ7ztdKu3vjtKDb1BmwEvKkx0QRbZMA12amKwmY4CeQ2cUjXYXq-MedevSWWbMZCYW-T4Lb6j2swXL0_HofFjhcnBS3RcOV2Nyjquq6j8-R/s4032/IMG_2256.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4WA0z9dVW7wGcvtkrsxCY6QlpzgUVC_5lEtDgoBB1Oq2ITun5pMEafGkQlPG_ahz-2tQNbQzKEfmXqtpkeJ7ztdKu3vjtKDb1BmwEvKkx0QRbZMA12amKwmY4CeQ2cUjXYXq-MedevSWWbMZCYW-T4Lb6j2swXL0_HofFjhcnBS3RcOV2Nyjquq6j8-R/s320/IMG_2256.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AXRD14DDUh8ruzNCUnbNgnWvt8Kpaf-_ru6lSGvK9VdhIPQhpMxKEoHyDyy1UW73UMUSPPlxGj4VT7Eu6PZOZrU3O9i6vFXKCZupfehyphenhyphen4lfI1Ao65SnsBzws-T3ZkcsoW-Czot7PyJdaopoZzKZYw0AParM3W_NRhlIrtBUg_fvR0dxDQT04hUOqmN-l/s4032/IMG_2274.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AXRD14DDUh8ruzNCUnbNgnWvt8Kpaf-_ru6lSGvK9VdhIPQhpMxKEoHyDyy1UW73UMUSPPlxGj4VT7Eu6PZOZrU3O9i6vFXKCZupfehyphenhyphen4lfI1Ao65SnsBzws-T3ZkcsoW-Czot7PyJdaopoZzKZYw0AParM3W_NRhlIrtBUg_fvR0dxDQT04hUOqmN-l/s320/IMG_2274.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Wayne got his solo firepit fired up for the first time and we roasted marshmallows in the cold on the back patio. The kids loved this as well. Wayne put a heart on his forehead and so George did the same.</span><p></p><p><span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNRozKjSrV4hGEfKPgdbb6Ks-llCPsGnR4iZQ1gELiROOUaA6kJZB4ol6bXHHcrOJ0wEwCOdamoLOl7gFX2yEouegZPIIKbtpr-N8yThmPeZNl9Ez4oYAn6ALiQCLGi8Yk8uvnwM9qr6F41TFZwz3XPOm7JCgt596Enynqv6HJoiH8wyJh5sq5x2LNARu/s4032/IMG_2268.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNRozKjSrV4hGEfKPgdbb6Ks-llCPsGnR4iZQ1gELiROOUaA6kJZB4ol6bXHHcrOJ0wEwCOdamoLOl7gFX2yEouegZPIIKbtpr-N8yThmPeZNl9Ez4oYAn6ALiQCLGi8Yk8uvnwM9qr6F41TFZwz3XPOm7JCgt596Enynqv6HJoiH8wyJh5sq5x2LNARu/s320/IMG_2268.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVJlkBhASecgODOUUG3xLWi13EpyZ-jdWyZhY-1zkm6F7t7ye7i7lknp9vcr_tQAlsze_C8dlh4ANw9ugZwgNGiXpL08d5zhFoolGfwLnSZ3WqXxiLsKsgm3JGzIZkWuiVbySPR3_YRnYCa6je1SgdBpCLtVn1UwEUaKlUaY8tyHX0sFjt5tAUkEd5Eie/s4032/IMG_2270.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVJlkBhASecgODOUUG3xLWi13EpyZ-jdWyZhY-1zkm6F7t7ye7i7lknp9vcr_tQAlsze_C8dlh4ANw9ugZwgNGiXpL08d5zhFoolGfwLnSZ3WqXxiLsKsgm3JGzIZkWuiVbySPR3_YRnYCa6je1SgdBpCLtVn1UwEUaKlUaY8tyHX0sFjt5tAUkEd5Eie/s320/IMG_2270.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3UH218RTycvOnsAhRecpE90JLefDWZZwvgUXsZrvwAZGoi42U4gxeYWaJS6jX6m74jXEfb01VfW0puVw1iuFigCHxnDpwBj2usSR05txnn_EDMJ80OiD1JZurpqzaT0w4PMrLiuXohyvZKu-huwTeaO8Jdfi8TVVLK-kDatr2k7wS0mQB-26npV9zYCO8/s4032/IMG_2272.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3UH218RTycvOnsAhRecpE90JLefDWZZwvgUXsZrvwAZGoi42U4gxeYWaJS6jX6m74jXEfb01VfW0puVw1iuFigCHxnDpwBj2usSR05txnn_EDMJ80OiD1JZurpqzaT0w4PMrLiuXohyvZKu-huwTeaO8Jdfi8TVVLK-kDatr2k7wS0mQB-26npV9zYCO8/s320/IMG_2272.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We watched family videos from my YouTube channel and played card games, played the piano and just played. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Grands from 17 down to 2 years old… and we make it all work somehow. </span><p></p>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-84175308315920483342024-02-08T14:39:00.005-07:002024-02-12T16:53:24.527-07:00Tale of two Moves<p>When Wayne and I moved out of our Bountiful home we had a ton of boxes dropped off at our door. We had many friends and family come by and put my kitchen away, or haul holiday boxes out of the basement. We paid for a piano mover to move our piano. We got a u-haul to load it all up. We had boxes and tape and helpers coming out of our ears! I remember Nan Bruske lovingly wrapping up each glass and each plate in foam so they wouldn't break... So many offering help and giving help. I had a broken foot at the time, so I got to my Layton house and basically stayed here while an army of people hauled boxes and furniture into the truck and came up to Layton to unload. I didn't even have to clean my old home-- ward members did it. I'm so grateful. We were truly blessed. </p><p>Cut to..... Tuesday night: </p><p>Wayne and I have been ministering to a Max- a transman - in our ward and their two kids- 8 and 4 years old. Max is moving to Farmington and then to North Salt Lake to live with their mom. Well, we got a text Tuesday night at 8:00 saying Max needs help moving a rocking chair and a chest freezer. That's all they told the Bishop they needed help with...but they needed to be moved out by midnight-- or have to pay more rent, which they did not have. We called Monson to get his truck and help and proceeded to Max's apartment. </p><p>We had been to Max's apartment before to meet and visit with them. Max gave me a beautiful star-shaped afghan since they love to crochet. Very sweet. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbNPzbvt6t88jVbw5v7zG8iruSV6kW_BiPWnIuCdO-_BjQvdyXtl09GBARgWr-h3xv5CAM2JgQ5JEzJr2gJwT98CVFDIBcxWg7nkDI4ykzwfRMxWQ3ttiRdPHxipmedUmAStT-_8XWH09T0nAP3EJcKchmWkbVSpFtkjjHyD3yr_u4DQOHliVcZSQMz3d/s4032/IMG_2076.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbNPzbvt6t88jVbw5v7zG8iruSV6kW_BiPWnIuCdO-_BjQvdyXtl09GBARgWr-h3xv5CAM2JgQ5JEzJr2gJwT98CVFDIBcxWg7nkDI4ykzwfRMxWQ3ttiRdPHxipmedUmAStT-_8XWH09T0nAP3EJcKchmWkbVSpFtkjjHyD3yr_u4DQOHliVcZSQMz3d/s320/IMG_2076.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> Well, the apartment is packed with stuff. No place to walk or sit. A bed in the living room where a couch should be, because that's where the heater works. Two cats and a dog roaming around, and things and stuff and garbage everywhere... no table in sight, cuz it's covered with stuff... and literally piled high and deep and the smell was BAD. <p></p><p>I was wondering why a rocking chair and freezer would be the only thing they needed help with? When we showed up Tuesday night to help with the move the beds and dressers had been moved to the mom's storage unit and the table and chairs... but nothing else! We drove up in Monson's truck and Max was piling things in their mom's minivan with the kids buckled in the seats, trying to be good sports. Max can't drive-- so the momma has to help with that. </p><p>Well...the beds were moved out, but everything else was there..and trying to get the rocking chair and full chest-sized freezer out meant stepping on and over a ton of stuff. Max was so gracious and appreciative that we came to help. Well.... we asked if there were any boxes-- no, only white kitchen garbage bags to pile stuff into..we shook our heads and tried not to say anything and we started scooping stuff into garbage bags and finished loading up Monson's truck and the white minivan and went over to the mom's apartment in Farmington to unload. </p><p>The mom's apartment was not easy to get into...in a building, up an elevator and down two long hallways. Yikes. The mom's apartment was just as full as Max's with zero room to put anything. We put the rocking chair in the middle of a squished living room and plugged the freezer in the middle of the messy kitchen...it's all just CRAZY. </p><p>At this point we knew we couldn't leave Max and momma to try and clear out the apartment by midnight with the little kids in tow..so we excused Monson since his eye was swelling shut because he is so allergic to cats..and said a prayer to decide who we could call to come and help us at 9:30 at night. Jay and Bonnie Benedict-- the one set of friends we have made in our new ward -- were in their jammies but got dressed and came over to help along with 3 bins and some heavy-duty garbage bags. We don't have boxes-- and Benedicts didn't have boxes so we continued with the garbage bag route-- filling them up with all sorts of miscellaneous stuff-- just scooping stuff off of the floor and filling a bag, putting it in a wagon and pulling out to the cars. Max and the momma were so gracious. So thankful and kind to us around all of this. Really sweet. </p><p>We had my car, the truck, the Benedict's car, and the minivan piled high and deep. It was just so much!! We had to empty the fridge into-- one of the wagons, and the rest into garbage bags, the silverware, knives, plates, cups-- all breakable things into, you guessed it, garbage bags. ( Nan was not there lovingly wrapping each individual item, that's for sure.) It was a crazy solution. Just stuff piled onto stuff. There were many things I considered garbage, but Max wouldn't/couldn't throw it away-- may need it in the future. We worked for hours-- bagging and cleaning, vacuuming, wiping down. Wayne was blessed to be able to work in and around all this cat hair and be able to keep going. </p><p>We went to get in our cars-- and now the rain was pouring down. I started to cry. Not this too. I prayed and begged the Lord to stop the rain and by the time we pulled into the apartment in Farmington-- no rain! Prayer was answered. Thank you, Lord! Seriously, I felt very seen by God and knew we were His hands on this night. We left the apartment in Layton just after 11:00pm and then we had to load all of this stuff upstairs to the mom's apartment where there was NO room. We ended up just leaving bags in the hallway that Max is going to have to go through and figure out what to do with everything. The bags extended easily 50 feet down the hallway. </p><p>We got home a little before 1am-- took showers and dropped into bed! And we get to do this all over again, moving the mom and Max into a section 8 home in NSL. Aye-yay-yay! But we should have more warning to get helpers and we will get some boxes to them in advance.</p><p>I'm so sad Max doesn't have "people." I'm sad they have to live like this. I'm sad about lack of executive functioning skills and life skills. I'm sad about no boxes. I'm glad we could minister to one of the least of these and to notice an answered prayer.</p>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-88854399448743633712024-02-07T11:28:00.002-07:002024-02-07T11:28:42.621-07:00SonSeekers<p>Just came home from a wonderful Girlfriend- SonSeekers- trip. We call ourselves Sonseekers because originally we always planned to get away somewhere that’s sunny.. So we were the Sun Seekers… then we found we talk of Jesus so much and we want to stay faithful and increase testimony so we are now the Son Seekers. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7di2eED8SVXaW8zCzeFqql65N7ATTmtpwF54G_QWOB93dye1UJhR4bQUPtt5RAkzWm7DiFWJw_9nLSYlDWZOBlQgSQH6e16v59-jr2ZG1zNP795k8k6pNBHSXNHxUzI7dVCpLGcJXjIpFtsYh3tLXsxhTcARU-nHeoHxTBdZLopjIgGlXnhSP1ETRw_cd/s4032/FullSizeRender.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7di2eED8SVXaW8zCzeFqql65N7ATTmtpwF54G_QWOB93dye1UJhR4bQUPtt5RAkzWm7DiFWJw_9nLSYlDWZOBlQgSQH6e16v59-jr2ZG1zNP795k8k6pNBHSXNHxUzI7dVCpLGcJXjIpFtsYh3tLXsxhTcARU-nHeoHxTBdZLopjIgGlXnhSP1ETRw_cd/s320/FullSizeRender.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_sjgJJ-KJFHB_Jvf84uTawj83ZzgLAQGh9SuDW0qBvB_ki6i4_UUs9ToUwrjuVjrTt85aBvqlj8gOCmoQu9ddYlNFUiQDOsLB3d9DIW-eGnBbXLC6zZsNk6Xq6Oe_iqhq135imGFu2DmrgB6_pkoW-rAwlVWvtBVghu1PeMLhfD6tgISqIMm3Ir2jgxP/s1677/IMG_2194.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1677" data-original-width="1638" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_sjgJJ-KJFHB_Jvf84uTawj83ZzgLAQGh9SuDW0qBvB_ki6i4_UUs9ToUwrjuVjrTt85aBvqlj8gOCmoQu9ddYlNFUiQDOsLB3d9DIW-eGnBbXLC6zZsNk6Xq6Oe_iqhq135imGFu2DmrgB6_pkoW-rAwlVWvtBVghu1PeMLhfD6tgISqIMm3Ir2jgxP/s320/IMG_2194.jpeg" width="313" /></a></div><p> Anyway, 8 of us gathered down in St. George at Kim Johnston’s home. We haven’t done this since 2019 because of Erin’s and Si’s Missions, and Eric Johnston’s cancer diagnosis and death… so it’s been a long time since all 8 of us were together. Si Foster, Laura Belnap, Erin Blake, Me, Kimi Farley, Heidi Bingham, Diane Lake and Kim Johnston. We all got to know each other in the same Mueller Park ward together and now only 2 still live in Bountiful. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSrqpZkx_Qc4sz2o-HrE4Qi88a-sn86vdUO1gy-fHQA281Iw3W7ddVaZyK2jJVbcYroHjeKZN1trhLoLNJ8dxEbf_i-K3Bj4K3njrqvMOXHxpyB00cv1R3RW5zmW92r7Y7gzsnDS31OQ-Z9f0efeBTXXfsKWbQQl5MXto899Rp04xL7hzszPnBNm3pQ-Z/s3088/IMG_2137.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSrqpZkx_Qc4sz2o-HrE4Qi88a-sn86vdUO1gy-fHQA281Iw3W7ddVaZyK2jJVbcYroHjeKZN1trhLoLNJ8dxEbf_i-K3Bj4K3njrqvMOXHxpyB00cv1R3RW5zmW92r7Y7gzsnDS31OQ-Z9f0efeBTXXfsKWbQQl5MXto899Rp04xL7hzszPnBNm3pQ-Z/s320/IMG_2137.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpsIgEckWixWGHAHumE8XNZ5Wb9SyFbvE5pNQAuvir-uwjuYtvABNmRXA8pQCuvc9rt_wGT4o9Qqc70-nG6kD61GEQYoDyKDYnxlERS6JWBasurP_6xovFTBypN74Uxp0L-rRJFmlHhTH7JaE7mbxgXbkvTwNSWjvjxQT7WVV44CRsvAu4DXGAxIzuIyP/s5712/IMG_2941.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpsIgEckWixWGHAHumE8XNZ5Wb9SyFbvE5pNQAuvir-uwjuYtvABNmRXA8pQCuvc9rt_wGT4o9Qqc70-nG6kD61GEQYoDyKDYnxlERS6JWBasurP_6xovFTBypN74Uxp0L-rRJFmlHhTH7JaE7mbxgXbkvTwNSWjvjxQT7WVV44CRsvAu4DXGAxIzuIyP/s320/IMG_2941.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlncIfzJe-4uFv99d6SC6JvzLz84WaG4yKjujlmta5nefIgJ2IwYp5FdLx3E080g7uX2Ven5sTwot1_0hnhbEvvVharrCYj5mrIhR9_psZH3dnEZoJOZT0aZq13VQKteQOSa4CS0kK3lh1i7NKfrQ2i5wPHmyG7JrCHVnDwTpn2GAOLtCGqR1Wnyhejwe/s5712/IMG_2942.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4284" data-original-width="5712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlncIfzJe-4uFv99d6SC6JvzLz84WaG4yKjujlmta5nefIgJ2IwYp5FdLx3E080g7uX2Ven5sTwot1_0hnhbEvvVharrCYj5mrIhR9_psZH3dnEZoJOZT0aZq13VQKteQOSa4CS0kK3lh1i7NKfrQ2i5wPHmyG7JrCHVnDwTpn2GAOLtCGqR1Wnyhejwe/s320/IMG_2942.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>We sat on couches and talked A LOT. We played games and went on walks, did a session at the St. George Temple, ate out and ate in, saw the movie- <i>The Boys in the Boat</i>, and did a white elephant exchange with funny WIGS! IT was a hoot. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmlajPiv9qSD3GCCc9UyA5RYgW7slCJEn1ov1_3QV38ljwkfSPRa5TgzdkztWKs5nx1_tIM4yu0THmWp21Jbyyp-rNkyZOS18-lwSAuLpPa4ujWq21maKGZKrL7ng2m_npd0rUlWJXRhpPb5L4e0cNhbOgVPBaonwEg-3D6JZS8XzRsabGxdX9aJmAqRi/s3088/IMG_8372.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmlajPiv9qSD3GCCc9UyA5RYgW7slCJEn1ov1_3QV38ljwkfSPRa5TgzdkztWKs5nx1_tIM4yu0THmWp21Jbyyp-rNkyZOS18-lwSAuLpPa4ujWq21maKGZKrL7ng2m_npd0rUlWJXRhpPb5L4e0cNhbOgVPBaonwEg-3D6JZS8XzRsabGxdX9aJmAqRi/s320/IMG_8372.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>We all started in a circle with a wig cap on, then anytime you opened a wig you had to put it on..then you could steal wigs and then put on a new one. We had some glam wigs, crazy wigs and a really ugly wig. It was so much fun! We all hadn’t laughed that hard in a very long time. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY894BDWq2RTzZNiWPauoKoNkwtmN8AphHZnKS7aEkuyoRFnx-NZiV4nTyvpCi814YA4HZUqtMAFsnMpqD4AyT6TATnMqz5ME7jRtsSCEpzc5twt4go5Pb_2hlG8OenEzI_V8xQwhlwtlJRn9nrr0Jz-NBA-t1S0539NWo6YWYsR6zIubRxeH0PsyHJFw4/s4032/IMG_2983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY894BDWq2RTzZNiWPauoKoNkwtmN8AphHZnKS7aEkuyoRFnx-NZiV4nTyvpCi814YA4HZUqtMAFsnMpqD4AyT6TATnMqz5ME7jRtsSCEpzc5twt4go5Pb_2hlG8OenEzI_V8xQwhlwtlJRn9nrr0Jz-NBA-t1S0539NWo6YWYsR6zIubRxeH0PsyHJFw4/s320/IMG_2983.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEqcUIQ79dWFwu2YoMspleGwj5HhttDKsdBO-zvnuQHdPdNTM1z4H17KWPdKhyphenhyphenx92gtvq9zbHsS566_MhoDzfCNnjZaTjgoTPCNXLwI5xMLv4dnR0ViG6LcveBSNDR0oqY17Kb1H-6I4UyKP9xfvFd6AaqgLQ0IWyCu6jz-o10L-BXJSQx2LSjXopgkexP/s4032/IMG_3005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEqcUIQ79dWFwu2YoMspleGwj5HhttDKsdBO-zvnuQHdPdNTM1z4H17KWPdKhyphenhyphenx92gtvq9zbHsS566_MhoDzfCNnjZaTjgoTPCNXLwI5xMLv4dnR0ViG6LcveBSNDR0oqY17Kb1H-6I4UyKP9xfvFd6AaqgLQ0IWyCu6jz-o10L-BXJSQx2LSjXopgkexP/s320/IMG_3005.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQV5Fnimse0kGktasUNtu_4x8cSOGxt5NGunDh8IlT6fMsO4HhLRxJ7uhv1vjA_HdHmKu8F7YAaZQH_X4kIDc_c6f_vM08XrX1OD2wPfjN7fyge8AqYWfzfHYH_1fCOS5_PMxZM3-6cdN6wcYdLANsgG8YaLth-NtHC4G4zw_ScPQ3Ecid0zOGGlZ7QVjN/s4032/IMG_3029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQV5Fnimse0kGktasUNtu_4x8cSOGxt5NGunDh8IlT6fMsO4HhLRxJ7uhv1vjA_HdHmKu8F7YAaZQH_X4kIDc_c6f_vM08XrX1OD2wPfjN7fyge8AqYWfzfHYH_1fCOS5_PMxZM3-6cdN6wcYdLANsgG8YaLth-NtHC4G4zw_ScPQ3Ecid0zOGGlZ7QVjN/s320/IMG_3029.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>We had a Raclette dinner– which is very Austrian– it’s a grill on top and a melty cheese individual chambers on the bottom, kind of like fondue. It takes a lot of time and allows for a lot of visiting. Wayne’s sourdough bread made this meal perfect. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQxCmDu7S12MJHo-DJo1wat8242p8Te9p_hMV_aY01bK-ZEKsfNK_v6C1rQDXJKJqwkXqoxz0mqpn7qAnsi7ALyRnBIUJNsvxFsxX1xGgp8z23stYtxCiA6hC0CJF03FmG-zh1gcjlohk8PEiStyCwvPpKl_8LYaVqeYE6mqCyAqk9-04fN_nxVCsjx8_/s4032/IMG_3966.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQxCmDu7S12MJHo-DJo1wat8242p8Te9p_hMV_aY01bK-ZEKsfNK_v6C1rQDXJKJqwkXqoxz0mqpn7qAnsi7ALyRnBIUJNsvxFsxX1xGgp8z23stYtxCiA6hC0CJF03FmG-zh1gcjlohk8PEiStyCwvPpKl_8LYaVqeYE6mqCyAqk9-04fN_nxVCsjx8_/s320/IMG_3966.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yFajDeNPmr516bpF9vS42kC0Q36MIZjlMJu9HIql-vkBBeiDedR5rmPeROTbFxIAEjyG38bAjFoA2iYhL59G3rDhq_HR84IwnbQKN5RVNIRzbkPDIx6avObdGmsvOf1HeElBlU_kjZNuYQDa70jD3e7ySOZ4m4uI02VfaPjr0SirBZc746xneZEyALZ_/s4032/IMG_3967.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5yFajDeNPmr516bpF9vS42kC0Q36MIZjlMJu9HIql-vkBBeiDedR5rmPeROTbFxIAEjyG38bAjFoA2iYhL59G3rDhq_HR84IwnbQKN5RVNIRzbkPDIx6avObdGmsvOf1HeElBlU_kjZNuYQDa70jD3e7ySOZ4m4uI02VfaPjr0SirBZc746xneZEyALZ_/s320/IMG_3967.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Kim gave us all her sister's book about going through cancer and losing her spouse. (Kim has had two other siblings lose their spouse at young ages.). I gave everyone a sweatshirt because what’s a girl trip without matching shirts…. that said “Love Like Jesus”… and coincidentally the E J and S letters were highlighted in this saying…so what does that mean? We decided in memory of Eric Johnston and Sonseekers. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvjRZPr-UmnjmEcppUJQE0py5Z3SWrFTXiUpeJ618ApcTSz7kdvwnUO-s6EC9KH0xgaY_UxTIpAM6_iW5roCs4-qP7MxX0u5vxhcvTi8-X73BePwCGflY9UglRzJESFypgRD3JjGsM0GTfN5dElnvTk4P62wja310POYiMwHn5zgExhapB8igHc6QyrQUu/s1843/IMG_2135.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1843" data-original-width="1637" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvjRZPr-UmnjmEcppUJQE0py5Z3SWrFTXiUpeJ618ApcTSz7kdvwnUO-s6EC9KH0xgaY_UxTIpAM6_iW5roCs4-qP7MxX0u5vxhcvTi8-X73BePwCGflY9UglRzJESFypgRD3JjGsM0GTfN5dElnvTk4P62wja310POYiMwHn5zgExhapB8igHc6QyrQUu/s320/IMG_2135.jpeg" width="284" /></a></div><p>Erin Blake lives in Arizona and returned from being Mission leader for the past three years in Denver Colorado and now Si Foster and hubby are going to be a mission leaders in the Phillipines starting in July for 3 years, so it could be a very long time again…before we can get together. I love these ladies so much. </p>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-75947665004924818362024-02-06T11:33:00.000-07:002024-02-06T11:33:02.372-07:00PRESENTATION: Doctrine of Charity in Book of Mormon<p>WAYNE:— When I was serving as a YSA Bishop I had an individual come to me and tell me he wanted to have his name removed from the records of the church. When I asked him why He expressed concerns with Joseph Smith, - polygamy, - and the translation of the Book of Mormon. I asked him if there was anything he still believed and/or felt like he had a testimony of. Without hesitation, he said he still had a strong testimony of Jesus Christ, that he was the Savior.. What a great thing to be able to testify of! I asked him if he would be willing to do one thing before we went ahead and requested the name removal. I told him it would only take one week and then we would go ahead and get everything in process. I asked him if he would write down everything about Jesus Christ that he believed and felt was part of his testimony. I told him I would do the same thing and then we would meet in a week to compare our lists.He returned the next week with a beautiful and extensive list of his testimony of Jesus Christ. We compared our lists and then I told him I would like to go over the list and put a mark next to each thing that we knew about the Savior because of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon and also things that we have a greater understanding of because of that. This was a very spiritual experience for me.</p><p>At the end of doing this and discussing the characteristics of Jesus Christ and how much clearer our understanding is of His attributes and his divine mission because of the Prophet Joseph and the Book of Mormon, he told me he didn’t feel like he needed to have his name removed right now. That is the power of the Book of Mormon and an example of how it fulfills one of it’s stated purposes -to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile (or in other words - everyone) that JESUS is the CHRIST, the ETERNAL GOD,</p><p>One of the attributes of The Savior (and indeed one of our doctrines) that is clarified beautifully in the Book of Mormon is that of Charity..</p><p>MELINDA____What is Charity? Dictionary definition. <i>Feed the poor….Voluntary giving of help, typically in the form of money to those in need. Kindness and Tolerance in judging others. Archaic: love of human kind, typically in a christian context. </i></p><p>Because of the Book of Mormon we know it as Christlike LOVE..</p><p>Moroni 7: 44-47– <i>And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.</i></p><p><i>Wherefore, my beloved brethren, if ye have not charity, ye are nothing, for charity never faileth. Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail—</i></p><p><i> But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him</i></p><p>WAYNE_______In Lehi’s vision of the tree of life, Lehi tells us how beautiful and desirable the tree and its fruit are. It is in Nephi’s asking for the meaning of the dream when we find out what the tree represents. The angel asks Nephi - </p><p>Knowest thou the meaning of the tree which thy father saw? Nephi 11: <i>22. And I answered him, saying: yea, it is the love of God, which sheddeth itself abroad in the hearts of the children of men; wherefore, it is the most desirable above all things </i><i>23. And he spake unto me, saying: Yea, and the most joyous to the soul.</i></p><p>The Tree of Life represents the Love of God - Jesus Christ - Charity and it is the most desirable above all things. The fruit of the tree is Eternal Life. That is our goal. How do we achieve that? We come to the tree so we can truly understand and live the Love of God. Eternal life, God’s life, the life we are seeking, is rooted in two commandments. The scriptures say that “on these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets” Love God and love your neighbor. The two work together; they are inseparable. In the highest sense, they may be considered as synonymous. </p><p>In ancient times, one test of the purity of gold was performed with a smooth, black, siliceous stone called a touchstone. When rubbed across the touchstone, the gold produced a streak or mark on its surface. The goldsmith matched this mark to a color on his chart of graded colors. The mark was more red as the amount of copper or alloy increased or more yellow as the percentage of gold increased. This process showed quite accurately the purity of the gold.</p><p>President Howard W Hunter said that <i>Charity is the Lord’s touchstone, or how we will be measured</i>.</p><p>On one occasion while Jesus was teaching the people, a certain lawyer approached him and posed this question: <i>“Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”</i></p><p>Jesus, the master teacher, replied to the man, who obviously was well-versed in the law, with a counter-question, “<i>What is written in the law? how readest thou?”</i></p><p>The man replied with resolute summary the two great commandments: <i>“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.”</i></p><p>With approval, Christ responded, “<i>This do, and thou shalt live” </i> That is what Moroni meant in verse 47 when he said, and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him</p><p>The answer of Jesus to the lawyer, which is to all of us, <i>Love God and Love our neighbor </i>- that is the Lord’s touchstone.. </p><p><b>#1. Attributes of Charity. </b>The attributes of Charity are actually just a description of Jesus Christ.</p><p>Suffereth Long - Think of Christ’s atonement in Gethsemane and suffering on the cross</p><p>Is Kind - Healed the ear of the Centurian after Peter cut it off</p><p>Envieth not - He said “Here am I, send me and the glory be Thine</p><p>Seeketh not her own - Jesus sought out those that were considered sinners and outcasts, the lepers, the tax collectors, the woman taken in adultery</p><p>Is not easily provoked - They mocked him and smote him- blindfolded him and struck him on the face saying “prophesy - who is it that smote thee?</p><p>And so it continues with all of the attributes - because Jesus IS the pure love of God. The greatest thing we learn from the Book of Mormon about the definition of charity which was not included in Paul’s teachings is -Charity is the PURE LOVE of CHRIST. We only have time to discuss in some detail a few of the descriptions of Charity</p><p><b>Charity seeketh not her own.</b> It is so easy for us to associate with people that are like us and share our interests. It’s very easy to seek “our own.” One of the tests of Charity is getting outside our comfort zone and seeking those who may be different from us - those we may not naturally associate with or be around. One issue I noticed when I first arrived in our YSA ward was how many people would come in to the chapel and sit by themselves. I mentioned this to the ward council as we reviewed Moroni 7:45, and we discussed what we might do to help everyone feel the love of Christ. From that meeting forward, the assignment for every member of the ward council, which soon just became the culture of the ward, was to introduce themselves to 3 people every Sunday, and find out one thing about those individuals. The second assignment was to make sure that no one sat alone. It was inspiring to watch as they all took this to heart. It was very humbling to watch as one council member in particular, Lexi who is not outgoing by nature, but is filled with the Pure Love of Christ, magnified this assignment until it was no longer an assignment for her. It was simply who she had become. She portrays beautifully this thought by Craig Merrill who was the director of the MBA program at BYU. </p><p>He said <i>“ Callings are much like training wheels on a bicycle. The </i><i>training wheels allow a child to learn how to balance and ride with </i><i>confidence. A calling puts people in a position to learn how </i><i>to love, be patient, and persuade through pure knowledge and kindness. </i><i>After our release, we will find out if we have grown and learned while in our calling. Have we learned to love and serve others without the calling being the impetus? Have we learned to serve with power as an influence for good simply because of who we have become? </i><i>When we learn how to be an influence for good in the Lord¹s way, we will become people who lift others simply because that is who we are.”</i></p><p>MELINDA_____Or as Moroni said in chapter 7 verse <i>48 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this hope; that we may be purified even as he is pure. Amen (Moroni 7:45-48).</i></p><p>Lexi is now a YW leader in her family ward. We spoke with her this last week and she told us she has a reminder in her phone that pops up every Sunday to speak to 3 people she doesn’t know. It is no longer a calling or assignment - it is who she has become - she is becoming purified even as he is pure. She has moved out of being transactional into transformational. We too must move from a transactional discipleship to a transformational one. </p><p>We have a Checkbox gospel: Visit a neighbor, Go to church, Pay tithing, Attend the temple, and Sign up to take dinner to the new couple who just had a baby. All good things…. But there’s more. Becoming like CHRIST is the goal we reach for one attribute at a time, one act of charity at a time. We need to get out of our Natural Man/Natural Woman tendencies — we do this through the atonement of Christ. </p><p><i>Mosiah. 3:19. For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.</i></p><p><i>Alma 7 23-24 And now I would that ye should be humble, and be submissive and gentle; easy to be entreated; full of patience and long-suffering; being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping the commandments of God at all times; asking for whatsoever things ye stand in need, both spiritual and temporal; always returning thanks unto God for whatsoever things ye do receive. </i><i>24 And see that ye have faith, hope, and charity and then you will always abound in good works. </i></p><p>Notice that Alma doesn’t say have a calling and a checklist and then you will always abound in good works - those are good ways to get started on the right path, but he says have faith, hope and charity, let those characteristics define who you are and then you will ALWAYS abound in good works.</p><p><b>#2. Charity never faileth </b></p><p> Another aspect of Charity is that it never faileth……..because Christ never faileth. In my youth I remember thinking… oh yeah? That can’t be true…and I would go about doing assigned service projects with a bad attitude to prove it wrong. I was failing, but not the Charity– my begrudging service was still providing something for the receiver.</p><p>Pres. Hunter quote: <i>Charity encompasses all other godly virtues. It distinguishes both the beginning and the end of the plan of salvation. When all else fails, charity — Christ’s love — will not fail. It is the greatest of all divine attributes.</i></p><p>WAYNE_____A great example of charity never faileth is the experience of Ammon in the book of Alma. We all know the story- Ammon was a Nephite, whose people were enemies of the Lamanites. The Lamanites despised the Nephites, and the two groups constantly fought bloody wars. After his conversion, Ammon decided he wanted to go teach the Lamanites about Christ. He determined the best way to do that would be to serve them, despite their feelings toward him and his people. Ammon is most well-known for becoming a servant to the king of the Lamanites. One day as he and other servants were watching the king’s flock, some Lamanites came and scattered the sheep. The other servants were afraid and upset, knowing the king would be angry with them. But Ammon had a different reaction, We find out how excited he was about this opportunity to teach the other servants about the power of God, and then we read: <i>“And now, these were the thoughts of Ammon, when he saw the afflictions of those whom he termed to be his brethren” </i>These servants were Lamanites, belonging to the same people who had attacked and killed many Nephites—and yet, in Ammon’s mind, they were “his brethren.”</p><p>This is a great lesson during this time of so much divisiveness in our world. What a better world it would be if we could esteem everyone as “our brethren,” regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, political party, or any other grounds for potential segregation or discrimination. We should follow Ammon’s example and, even more importantly, Christ’s teaching to “love one another” This commandment has no conditions. We aren’t commanded to love only those of our same race, nationality, or religion.</p><p>The Savior taught: <i> “For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? </i></p><p>And to the people in the land Bountiful He taught-<i> But behold I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them who despitefully use you and persecute you; 3Nephi 12:44 </i></p><p>Expressing racism, nationalism, or any other prejudice or discrimination is not loving one another. Christ truly is no “respecter of persons,” and “all are alike unto God” (2 Nephi 26:33). Ammon showed this by loving and serving the Lamanites. We can show it by proactively reaching out in love to everyone, regardless of whether or not they are like us. Serving others opens our hearts to feel the pure love from Christ and the pure love of Christ for them.</p><p>When I was around 16 years old I was assigned as a home-teaching companion with an older brother in the ward - Brother Turner. One of the people we were assigned to home teach was Sister Tuckfield, in this home, you see on the screen, an elderly widow in the ward. When we arrived at the house she opened the door and invited us in. I remember thinking it smelled funny and could not miss the annoying fact that not only was the television on but the volume was up as loud as it would go. We sat down and attempted to have a conversation. Finally, Brother Turner asked, “Sister Tuckfield, would it be ok if we turned off the television?” Her response was immediate -” Oh, would you please? It has been on for several days and I can’t figure out how to turn it off.” It took us a moment to figure out her remote control. The way you turned off the television was to hold the volume down button until the volume went all the way down and then the power to the tv would turn off. It was such a relief to have it turned off! It was my turn to teach the lesson so I gave the lesson and then Brother Turner added some thoughts and aksed if we could have a closing prayer. Sister Tuckfield replied, “aren’t you going to give me a lesson?” I looked on in disbelief. I had just finished giving the lesson. Brother Turner responded by slapping me on the knee and saying, “Wayne, were you going to let us get out of here without leaving a message? Go ahead and give the lesson you prepared.” I grudgingly gave the lesson again and we had a prayer.</p><p>As we left her home, Brother Turner said, “Wayne I have an assignment for you. I would like you to go to Sister Tuckfield’s home every night and turn off her television for her.” That sounded like the craziest thing I had ever heard. And then Brother Turner asked me if I would commit to do that. My brain screamed no so I couldn’t believe it when I heard my voice respond that yes, I would. The first couple of weeks I kept my commitment but was not very happy about it. And then I noticed that my feelings started to change. It didn’t seem to be such a burden anymore. There may have even been evenings when I kind of looked forward to doing it. It was amazing! My heart had been changed - I actually loved it when we went to visit Sister Tuckfied, and I could feel God’s love for her. It was my privilege to turn off her television for nearly three months. bI am so grateful to Brother Turner for being inspired to commit me to that service - though I didn’t realize it at the time he knew it would teach me charity, the pure love of Christ. It forever changed my perspective of ministering and service and helped me view others through a lens of love.</p><p>Elder Joseph b. Wirthlin: <i> “ the gospel of Jesus Christ is a gospel of transformation. It takes us as men and women of the earth and refines us into men and women for the eternities. The means of this refinement is our Christ like love. There is no pain it cannot soften, no bitterness it cannot remove no hatred it cannot alter. The greek playwright Sophocles wrote…one word frees us from all the weight and pain of life - that word is love.”</i></p><p><b>#3. Pure love of Christ / Pure Love FROM Christ</b></p><p>Charity being the pure love of Christ has two meanings. Pure love from Christ that he gives freely and abundantly to us and Pure Love of Christ that we develop as we serve him, and as King Benjamin taught the way we serve Him is by serving those around us.</p><p>The pure love that Christ has for all of us was one of the first lessons I learned as a new Bishop. When I was called, I kept the two counselors from the previous bishopric. That first Tuesday evening we met to go visit ward members. I asked my counselors whom we should visit. They informed me that typically the Bishop had a list of members he wanted to visit. Trying to mask my sudden panic at not being prepared for this I suggested we should pray and ask for guidance and then take a look at the ward list. One of the people we felt we should visit was a sister named Flor. We arrived at her house and knocked on the door. It took her several minutes to answer, and when she opened the door it was obvious from her expression that she was not very thrilled to see us. We introduced ourselves and asked if we could come in for just a moment to share a message. She reluctantly allowed us in. After a few minutes of attempting to get to know her, we could tell that she was anxious for us to leave, so we left a brief spiritual message, invited her to our activities and our Sunday meetings, had a prayer, and left. </p><p><span style="white-space: normal; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><p>On our drive back to the church one of my counselors remarked that we would probably never see her again. She was not at our activity that week nor in our meetings on Sunday. So when I sat down for interviews, I was surprised to see the name Flor Rodriguez on my interview list. As we sat together in the office, she asked me why we had gone to visit her that particular evening. I told her that I was a new Bishop of one week and didn’t know anyone in the ward. I shared our experience of kneeling and praying and asking for guidance regarding what visits we should make.</p><p><span style="white-space: normal; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><p>With tears in her eyes, she told me that the morning of the day we visited her she had told God she was never going back. She was away from her home in California, taking care of the home of an older couple who were family friends and were serving a mission. No one knew her here. She would not be missed. She had questions she couldn’t answer, felt she did not measure up, and it would be easier to just be done with the church for good. Then that evening we knocked on her door. She wanted to know how we knew. I assured her that we did not know, but that her Heavenly Father, and his Son Jesus Christ who is the good shepherd, and who both know her and love her perfectly, they knew. And they inspired a new Bishopric to visit her that day as an indication of their love for her - so that she would know that they know her personally. Flor became a beloved member of the ward and radiated love, light, and joy to all she was around. She had been filled with Charity and was soon bringing individuals to church with her who had not attended in many years. There is no question in my mind or Flor’s mind that the pure love of Jesus Christ from Jesus rescued her that day. It really struck Flor that God knew her, loved her, and placed individuals in her life to remind her of that love.” We had the opportunity this past June to be in the San Diego temple with Flor as she was married and sealed to her husband.</p><p>I love the scripture in <i>Psalm 147:4 that says - He telleth the number of the stars; he calls them all by their names.” If God knows the names of all the stars, he certainly knows my name and your name.</i></p><p>Neil Maxwell said it this way <i>“The same God that placed that star in a precise orbit millennia before it appeared over Bethlehem has given at least equal attention to placement of each of us in precise human orbits so that we may, if we will, illuminate the landscape of our individual lives, so that our light may not only lead others but warm them as well.”</i></p><p>And President Kimball said, <i>“God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs.”</i></p><p>To be filled with Charity is actually to be endowed with power from on high. Look at this description of how influence and power are maintained <i>Doctrine and Covenants 121: 41 No power or influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue of the priesthood, only by persuasion, by long-suffering, by gentleness and meekness, and by love unfeigned;</i></p><p><i>42 By kindness, and pure knowledge, ….</i></p><p>This sounds an awful lot like the words Mormon and Moroni use to describe Charity - and there is that word 3 verses later-</p><p><i>45 Let thy bowels also be full of charity towards all men, and to the household of faith… </i>Who does verse 45 say we should have charity towards? ALL men and women - who does that exclude? NO ONE - so why is the next word AND to the household of faith. I believe this is the Lord reminding us to show love and kindness to everyone, and with an extra reminder that that includes our own household - our own family. Sometimes we work hard to be kind to acquaintances but need an extra reminder to be long-suffering, kind, and gentle to those we are around the most.</p><p>MELINDA____We are called on to share the Love of God ALL THE TIME and Especially in our own homes. Let's talk about our daughter, Laila. We longed for and prayed for Laila and adopted her when we were 40 years old and she was 4 months old. Laila was a gorgeous baby and a “perfect” child! Everybody loved Laila and she loved everyone, and she especially loved Jesus. Then….she became a teenager and everything changed. In Jr. High Laila— destroyed her room. I wish I would have taken a picture of it- it was unbelievable. Along with this, she had mess-ups, bad grades, questionable friends, disliked church, she was mad at the world. We spent so much time on our knees worrying over her. I prayed, “Heavenly Father, What is up? - What happened to our perfect little girl? Change her back please!” I prayed she would be transformed. At the same time, Wayne got called to be a YSA bishop. This turned out to be a great blessing for our family. Laila could attend our YSA ward which she was okay with. I continued to beg the Lord to change her…to fix her…and in the middle of my pleading and pouring out my heart to God…a vision opened up to me and I saw Laila as God sees her. A beautiful daughter of God with promise and purpose. This made all the difference in our relationship. Laila didn’t change- she was still doing all the things. I changed. I could feel God’s pure love for her. He loved my Laila more than I could possibly fathom. Because of this insight, I had more compassion towards her and thoughts like, “It would be hard to be adopted. I have no idea what that would be like. It could be difficult to be a person of color in a very white family and in Bountiful, Utah.” I changed through the pure love FROM Christ.</p><p>We have a beloved family friend- George Sharkey, who we met through my parent’s mission to Scotland. He has an amazing story but in a nutshell, he was a spy and assassin for the British government…. Our very own James Bond– He has many stories that would make you cringe and shake your head in unbelief. After all his grisly experiences working for his government, he felt like he was unredeemable, and that there was no saving of George Sharkey. When he was at his lowest he picked up the Bible and read in the New Testament about Jesus Christ. He was changed….eventually, George found the church. He had to get special permission from the First Presidency to be baptized. George sees his membership in this church as one of the greatest blessings of his life. It gave him, “a perfect brightness of hope.” He understands the atonement and love of Jesus Christ. Now he not only talks the Jesus talk in a gorgeous Scottish accent, but walks the Jesus walk…He is pure love. He is magical. He knows he is a Child of God and recognizes that everyone else is a Child of God too. When you greet him and go to shake his hand, he will stand up from his chair and say, “I always stand for royalty” </p><p>Like Alma the Younger- George changed. He became a new creature in Christ. He partook of God’s pure LOVE.</p><p>Remembering we are all God’s children helps us to reach out to each other better. We would like to add one more verse to I am a Child of God– 4th vs Wayne wrote – as a reminder of this.</p><p>SONG: I am a child of God, And so is everyone. This truth helps me to love and serve Just as His firstborn son</p><p> Steve Young in his book Law of Love..shares <i>Over time, loving as God loves becomes less a choice and more just who we are. We love because we ARE love, just as “God is love”. As we choose again and again to live the law of love, it causes us to fundamentally change WHO we are … becoming, in Christ a new creature , so that loving the way that God loves is simply part of our being.</i></p><p> Marvin J.Ashton said…<i>. The best and most clear indicator that we are progressing spiritually and coming unto Christ is the way we treat other people. </i></p><p>My Grandpa Butters…. Was wonderful. He was a lifter of people. He gave a great compliment. When he passed away my grandma received a phone call from a lady in her ward saying how sorry she was Grant had passed away. She said, “You lost your sweetheart and I lost the only person who ever made me feel beautiful. “ He Called himself the Wonderful Committee– ( he was the whole committee) – he had a goal to walk in a room and greet everyone individually and help them to feel wonderful. He shared God’s love. We can all “call” ourselves to this very same committee and share the Pure love OF Christ.</p><p>We are all familiar with the story from Les Miserables about Jean Valjean. Valjean stole some silver from a priest and was caught. When the officer brought Valjean back to the priest to return the silver, the priest being filled with the love of Christ, and knowing the power of Christ’s pure love, told Valjean - “You left in such a hurry you forgot these silver candlesticks that I had also given you.” That one act of Charity changed Valjean as he then wanted to share that love with others.</p><p>What if we expand Pres. Nelson’s recent counsel of Think Celestial to….. Love Celestial - Love with the pure love of Christ.</p><p>WAYNE____<b>#4. So How do we Become like Christ?</b> It starts with what Moroni says in verse 48 <i> pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ;</i></p><p>But it doesn’t end there. Pray to become changed and then go and do… try, try, try. It’s not enough to simply pray. The Savior says to go and do the things we have seen him do. In Alma 34, Amulek teaches about this. He lists all of the things we should<i> cry to God for - Our fields and our flock, our houses and household, against the power of the devil - He tells us to pour out our souls and to let our hearts be drawn out in prayer continually for our welfare and the welfare of those around us. </i>Then he gives us this warning: <i>Alma 34: 28-29 And now behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you, do not suppose that this is all; for after ye have done all these things, if ye turn away the needy, and the naked, and visit not the sick and afflicted, and impart of your substance, if ye have, to those who stand in need- I say unto you, if ye do not any of these things, behold, your prayer is vain, and availeth you nothing, and ye are as hypocrites who do deny the faith.</i></p><p><i>29 therefore, if ye do not to remember to be charitable,(Or as we now know, to have the pure love of Christ) ye are as dross, which the refiners do cast out, (it being of no worth) and is trodden under foot of men.</i></p><p>Neil Anderson quote:<i> “As followers of Jesus Christ, we must genuinely love and care for all of God’s children—just as He does—without isolating ourselves from others who believe differently. Jesus lovingly washed the feet of His Apostles, knowing what would occur soon after. Although “he was troubled in spirit” (John 13:21) as He thought about one He loved preparing to betray Him, Jesus interestingly spoke no more about His “troubled” feelings, instead choosing to speak to His Apostles about love: “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you. …“By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if ye have love one to another” (John 13:34–35).</i></p><p>We recently came across a saying that really caused us to pause and take a personal inventory. <i>“When you learn how to sit at the table with your Judas, you’ll understand the pure love of Christ.”</i></p><p>MELINDA__Song: Lord I would follow thee lyrics:</p><p>Savior may I learn to love thee. Walk the path that thou hath shown, pause to help and lift another finding strength beyond my own…</p><p>Who am I to judge another when I walk imperfectly? In the quiet heart is hidden sorrow that the eye can’t see…</p><p>I would be my brother’s keeper; I would learn the healer’s art. To the wounded and the weary I would show a gentle heart. I would be my brother’s keeper — Lord, I would follow thee.</p><p>WAYNE____Eyring Quote: <i>“We must notice the tribulation of others and try to help. That will be especially hard when we are being sorely tested ourselves. But we will discover as we lift another’s burden, even a little, that our backs are strengthened and we sense a light in the darkness.”</i></p><p>One way to lean into this Christ-like love is through curiosity and compassion. We have lived in a few neighborhoods. One time we had a neighbor that from the beginning we sensed did not like us, and didn’t appreciate us being neighbors. We had our own ideas of what this grumpy neighbor was like. We reached out with baked goods to introduce ourselves and noticed when this person opened the door a lot was going on in this home. We shared how happy we were to have them in the neighborhood and asked if there was anything we could do for them. This person opened up about some very personal things and hardships which instantly filled us with compassion and changed our minds and attitudes toward them. It was in an instant that we felt Christ-like love for them. Curiosity and Compassion were key.</p><p>MELINDA—----But how do you have love, and have compassion for someone who has really wronged you? Who is truly your enemy? Someone who has literally destroyed your family? Our friend…Mac Christensen – the clothing store Mr. Mac, he was in my ward growing up and Wayne actually worked for him when we were first married. It was a horrible time in the 1980s when his son Steve Christensen was murdered in a bomb blast by Mark Hoffman. The family was devastated. It was an unbelievable, horrible thing that happened. This man was their enemy. At the trial, Mr. Mac did something unfathomable…..He publicly forgave Mark Hoffman and later actually helped Mark Hoffman’s son get out on a mission by outfitting him with clothing and luggage and money. There’s that saying, <i>“Not forgiving is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. “</i> Mac forgave Mark Hoffman because to love felt so much better than to hate. Mac also showed an increased measure of love to Mark Hoffman’s son. </p><p>We don’t have to wait for people to become lovable to love them….</p><p>If we don’t love our neighbor that’s a reflection on us, not them.</p><p>If we don’t love our parents, that’s a reflection on us, not them.</p><p>If we don’t love our kids that’s a reflection on us, not them.</p><p>Loving people says so much about us, not about them.</p><p>How easy is it to love people who are like us and what a challenge it is to love people who are different from us, who go down different paths in life- even our own children. Then we see how important the first and second commandments truly are. </p><p> Joseph B. WIRTHLIN: <i> When we are filled with kindness, we are not judgmental. The Savior taught, “Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.”He also taught that “with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.” “But,” you ask, “what if people are rude?”Love them. “If they are obnoxious?”Love them. “But what if they offend? Surely I must do something then?”Love them. “Wayward?”The answer is the same. Be kind. Love them.</i></p><p> So what do we do then to practice this in real life —when you have a grouchy person at the grocery store or your three-year-olds having a tantrum or your mother-in-law is making you crazy or your child just comes out to you or your teenager is not following family rules, or someone cuts you off in traffic, or you have political differences.....what do you do then? Can we love? </p><p>But what about Trump and Biden? Or someone who supports this person? Can we love now?</p><p>What helps me around all of this, is to move into curiosity and compassion towards people– because I don’t want to feel this “ughhh “ feeling. I want to feel love and peace. I think to myself AND sometimes say out loud…. <i>“ Fascinating. That’s so interesting they think like that. They are having different life experiences than me. If they had my life they would talk and act like me. If I had there life experiences I would probably do exactly what they are doing. We are all flawed humans, I’m just going to love.” </i></p><p>We are all Natural man and Natural woman Judgey! We believe we know how others should behave. How good mothers/fathers should behave. How good sons and daughters should behave. How good neighbors should behave. How good in-laws, ward members, teachers, and politicians should behave. We become fixated on how others are doing it wrong and we know how they should do it right. Here’s the reality, People get to be whoever they want to be, and do whatever they want to do…and we are commanded to love them.</p><p>Sis Denis said in this past Conference: <i>We are called to Love not judge. Let’s lay down that heavy burden. It isn’t ours to carry. </i></p><p>What? we can love people even if they misbehave?….what exactly does that look like? ( woman in adultery slide) Well it looks exactly like Jesus Christ. This is how Christ lived and loved when he was on the earth. He demonstrated it for us then. The Savior taught us to meet people where they are as they are.</p><p>Quote: Christoph G. Giraud- Carrier, a new general authority 70: <i>I pray that, like Him we may love others because that is the right thing to do, not because they are doing the ‘right’ thing or fitting the ‘right’ mold.</i></p><p>This is our family. We are a diverse family. We differ in race, religion, politics and sexual orientation. We are united in love. We have 5 children, 4 inlaws - we call them bonus children and 8 grandkids. We had 4 sons- all two years apart- Addison, Landon, Truman and Monson, and then almost 10 years later we added our gorgeous daughter, Laila. Two of our sons are gay. 18 years ago our son Landon came out to us with a suicide attempt. It was all so dramatic, sad and devastating for us as stalwart, down-the-line, black-and-white church members who relied on the promises that if you have family prayer and read scriptures daily, do Family home evening, and go to church and do all the other church things your family will “turn out.” (Whatever that means). When Landon came out…. We prayed and we struggled and we learned a lot about loving our son as God loves him. We learned that God loves him more than we could possibly imagine. Just when we had moved a little farther down this road and realized it was not a choice to be gay, but the choice was ours to love our son and support him on his life’s journey whatever that looked like, our son Truman came out after returning home from his Manchester England mission- in 2013. We were blindsided. This was all so hard. So we prayed and learned more and we leaned on the first two commandments: <i> Love God and Love people. </i> Having gay children has refined us more than we ever thought possible. It has been a blessing. It has opened our hearts. It has helped us to try to see others as Christ does. This is why we fly a rainbow flag at our house. </p><p> I believe LGBTQ+ souls were sent to us very intentionally, exactly as they are, to teach the rest of us lessons we wouldn’t learn any other way. To teach us to love without a full understanding, to support without all the answers, to learn and grow amidst opposition, and to have compassion without having the same personal experiences ourselves. If we are true Latter-day Saints, we need to realize that being LGBTQ is among the most difficult challenges a person and their family can face in our church and that they need our love, kindness, and inclusion even more. </p><p>President Oaks said,<i> "Each member of Christ’s church has a clear-cut doctrinal responsibility to show forth love and to extend help and understanding… All should understand that persons (and their family members) struggling with the burden of same-sex attraction are in special need of the love and encouragement that is a clear responsibility of Church members, who have signified by covenant their willingness 'to bear one another’s burdens' (Mosiah 18:8) ‘and so fulfill the law of Christ’ (Gal. 6:2).'”</i></p><p>I have been taught all of my life to try to be like Jesus. Jesus loved and ministered to those who were not always understood or valued in society. Those who are on the margins are here on earth to help all of us examine our own prejudices. And see if we can truly LOVE. Perhaps they were willing to have a more difficult earthly path to guide us all into a more loving space. </p><p>Elder Cook said: <i> "As a Church nobody should be more loving and compassionate. No family who has anybody who has a same-gender issue should exclude them from the family circle. They need to be part of the family circle. . . . We have a plan of salvation. And having children come into our lives is part of Heavenly Father’s plan. But let us be at the forefront in terms of expressing love, compassion, and outreach to those and let’s not have families exclude or be disrespectful of those who choose a different lifestyle as a result of their feelings about their own gender. . . . I feel very strongly about this… It’s a very important principle."</i></p><p>WAYNE___I hope we can reconsider our actions and love toward all marginalized groups. Pres. Nelson quote; <i>The Creator of us all calls on each of us to abandon attitudes of prejudice against any group of God’s children. Any of us who has prejudice toward another race needs to repent!</i></p><p>Elder Christofferson quote: <i> The bottom line is that God commands us to love Him because of what He knows it will do for us. He commands us to love one another for the same reason. Love of God transforms us. Love of God transforms our love for each other. This love is requisite for our coming to know Him, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent. It is the key to our becoming like Him.</i></p><p>Moroni’s verses on charity talk about becoming like him. They say, <i>that ye may be filled with this love</i><i>that when He shall appear we shall be like Him…</i>We become like him by doing the things he did - and what did he do? The document “The Living Christ” says He walked the roads of Palestine, healing the sick, causing the blind to see, and raising the dead.</p><p>How do we do that? Walking the roads of Palestine - He went out and looked for opportunities to serve - We can do that - we can walk the roads of the Layton Valley View Stake and pay attention wherever we are for opportunities to serve and love others - especially those who may be different than us.</p><p>Healing the sick - we can do this – maybe not always literally, but by following the promptings of the spirit we can be the words, the presence and hands of He who is the master healer. We can bring His presence with us into the lives of those who are struggling and suffering.</p><p>Causing the blind to see - We may not have the opportunity to give literal sight to the blind, but we can help others see Christ through our example, love and service</p><p>H. David Burton quote: <i>Live in such a way that people who know you but don’t know Christ will want to know Christ because they know you.</i></p><p>C.S. Lewis — <i>'I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.'</i></p><p>And raising the dead - We cannot universally overcome death, but we can make our relationships and our families live. We can give life to our church callings, to our wards and to our neighborhood. </p><p>In Lehi’s vision of the tree of life, there are two things that Nephi told us represent the Love of God - The Fountain of Living Waters or the Tree of Life - our charge is to bring others to those waters - to the Love of God - which is Jesus Christ and then he has already shown us what he will do when we bring others to him. </p><p>3 Nephi 17: 7-9<i>Have ye any that are sick among you? Bring them hither. Have ye any that are lame, or blind, or halt, or maimed, or leprous, or that are withered, or that are deaf, or that are afflicted in any manner? Bring them hither and I will heal them, for I have compassion upon you; my bowels are filled with mercy.</i></p><p>And it came to pass that when he had thus spoken, all the multitude, with one accord, did go forth with their sick and their afflicted, and their lame, and with their blind, and with their dumb, and with all them that were afflicted in any manner; and he did heal them every one as they were brought forth unto him.</p><p>As our newest called apostle Elder Patrick Kearon put it, <i>Jesus specializes in the seemingly impossible. He came here to make the impossible possible, the irredeemable redeemable, to heal the unhealable, to right the unrightable, to promise the unpromisable. And He’s really good at it. In fact, He’s perfect at it.</i></p><p>Jesus Christ - who is the fountain and the tree- He is with us as we strive to come to the tree, and he is the one who makes us whole when we get there. </p><p>The new youth theme for the year is found in 3 Nephi 5:13 - I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. How will people know we are true disciples of Jesus Christ? Only if we have love one to another.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></p><p>All sing: Love one another. </p><div><br /></div>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-42578473564297237602024-01-29T16:35:00.002-07:002024-01-29T16:35:34.920-07:00Laila's Golden birthday<p> Wayne and I went down to Oceanside for 4 days to celebrate Laila's golden birthday! She turned 22 on January 22nd! It was great to be with her and Markus. </p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKuFcO8dVUAwPmtKkFSQDKDT7cw-6Nt1QYIbnhdZFj1Qs-g7eAVn_YcIahyphenhyphenSfg3wM2mWHlzzO0nkKxlSaBUHP0dxRNjF34RAbrNQigh8-88_5rhNcVihUMD_uxLTv0bWXE9sZ3axXhOYVr3auA2T_RN3H6hKWSnf-yfIdUFuBz2HvmRJ3uc6xBx-GMX91C/s4032/IMG_5819.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKuFcO8dVUAwPmtKkFSQDKDT7cw-6Nt1QYIbnhdZFj1Qs-g7eAVn_YcIahyphenhyphenSfg3wM2mWHlzzO0nkKxlSaBUHP0dxRNjF34RAbrNQigh8-88_5rhNcVihUMD_uxLTv0bWXE9sZ3axXhOYVr3auA2T_RN3H6hKWSnf-yfIdUFuBz2HvmRJ3uc6xBx-GMX91C/s320/IMG_5819.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmngyJLw3QS_-YSGbxQczMWZ8aUpyyEeyTrb11e50Sni05uzF6u7snu7OBrM-ln4uu0TWs1M0_oGKZ3C6NiqwsF7_QCEMDJVb29JeqUVV436Gh4RkmJO9-RhrNMVtrRg7m6HR1iHVXdejZvhHe7B19R7tfLLKUipDmsptNdtar_oeFedYm5A_OU_QxhtfA/s4032/IMG_5815.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmngyJLw3QS_-YSGbxQczMWZ8aUpyyEeyTrb11e50Sni05uzF6u7snu7OBrM-ln4uu0TWs1M0_oGKZ3C6NiqwsF7_QCEMDJVb29JeqUVV436Gh4RkmJO9-RhrNMVtrRg7m6HR1iHVXdejZvhHe7B19R7tfLLKUipDmsptNdtar_oeFedYm5A_OU_QxhtfA/s320/IMG_5815.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">We got Laila a new iphone– surprise – her phone was so broken she could only take phone calls and hear people when it was on speaker phone– so she didn’t answer her phone much or talk to her mother… ( there was an ulterior motive– wink, wink). We also ate at a lot of great restaurants including our favorite - Din Tai Fung , got Jet groomed, had Salt and straw ice cream and amazing gelato, also Parlor donuts every morning, worked on Markus’ truck, and did a lot of shopping. We stay at a Marriott in Oceanside and walk the beach every morning.</span></div></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgXCZCeiNBmSSVh7navHJb2Nyqkr9X6WsK9yJCbI9jBYQ5zhay4o9QehRxtWplpcN9UwOz50t6-nOUqh_NceWIrv9-gmA0da2RBlklZfTXNl8AMn9cEPjFGvuAU2PPGjQHY4psK_EhjsPJyYZ4vKrEFOCUBvO50buBejnlZZMBF777gYbRRo3tXA9QC-E/s3120/IMG_2088.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="2533" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgXCZCeiNBmSSVh7navHJb2Nyqkr9X6WsK9yJCbI9jBYQ5zhay4o9QehRxtWplpcN9UwOz50t6-nOUqh_NceWIrv9-gmA0da2RBlklZfTXNl8AMn9cEPjFGvuAU2PPGjQHY4psK_EhjsPJyYZ4vKrEFOCUBvO50buBejnlZZMBF777gYbRRo3tXA9QC-E/s320/IMG_2088.jpeg" style="cursor: move;" width="260" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A funny notice going into a grocery store.</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkh7CT93AhZD2V2RYe-LuMvYjxrpJSVCpw_OUtXC-jYvXsKdZFNh1MomeLOdBPd4HWCL6yrWPWxZ8eGU8oBa8Y0wLBBYwmwj0J69y5e6lIx9Ez-RuCh_gv-jHpwoS-J0tFvbQ7scqOROoMyemzoXURpaVNw5__XHkNOC4F7G4H6R1Glbf9y-vdeEtbajb/s4032/IMG_2091.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkh7CT93AhZD2V2RYe-LuMvYjxrpJSVCpw_OUtXC-jYvXsKdZFNh1MomeLOdBPd4HWCL6yrWPWxZ8eGU8oBa8Y0wLBBYwmwj0J69y5e6lIx9Ez-RuCh_gv-jHpwoS-J0tFvbQ7scqOROoMyemzoXURpaVNw5__XHkNOC4F7G4H6R1Glbf9y-vdeEtbajb/s320/IMG_2091.jpeg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Birthday girl</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJj2hsaLOrvp3lBMBF5O_xSc79J77KUMSp8zy76V-nYM57Xbur9q7Am2Qp4qHlGlaC8L6PECoEIOq23MzjkVNENAYNuE1piAA7JA-fpHjFuy4MlSRs-PfaS6WOgj4S6rrvkF1145p5XuxzYgwVGYXfBvl1gK34YIVNTxA5zSs-c3oq_t4OiCFbPuqC5DHT/s4032/IMG_2092.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJj2hsaLOrvp3lBMBF5O_xSc79J77KUMSp8zy76V-nYM57Xbur9q7Am2Qp4qHlGlaC8L6PECoEIOq23MzjkVNENAYNuE1piAA7JA-fpHjFuy4MlSRs-PfaS6WOgj4S6rrvkF1145p5XuxzYgwVGYXfBvl1gK34YIVNTxA5zSs-c3oq_t4OiCFbPuqC5DHT/s320/IMG_2092.jpeg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Din tai Fung...and the napkin bra trick that Grandma Butters taught all of us. </td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-gxGfc9zxIcv5MwJHXwxurmL0NMnTyTxMmq9cu0sOBlnd7VznIdH5uPCs5c2hWyKXS_tO49WZDiGxonBb6rLVYUfM-lS6cqiI27Q6PyxXeuqMER0W2L4BRh9Yr2Yn0RTUB51b9bvCiJZkEzv5dJ8Q6UDuqJxpbpv2j5tCtFglzq4vEw0sZcfMVyxMJfk/s3088/IMG_2100.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-gxGfc9zxIcv5MwJHXwxurmL0NMnTyTxMmq9cu0sOBlnd7VznIdH5uPCs5c2hWyKXS_tO49WZDiGxonBb6rLVYUfM-lS6cqiI27Q6PyxXeuqMER0W2L4BRh9Yr2Yn0RTUB51b9bvCiJZkEzv5dJ8Q6UDuqJxpbpv2j5tCtFglzq4vEw0sZcfMVyxMJfk/s320/IMG_2100.jpeg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Morning beach walks</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_mpDWjSUlCnOsUjglPrddIPRrv4QlN77vWev-8SqqWeo3VLRRRKSP5L_9XuVCOI_E43rYXpN-4brwAln6TS1KtojJzfWkCPDvlTSnm3JVMpHkgnKX27ofEEqKv5yJmCw-KKBxjOOWFbjTx33acyG6WPr3uqIEdxmOHjvaELVk3yJXHogFKMSn0AHSzOE/s4032/IMG_2101.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_mpDWjSUlCnOsUjglPrddIPRrv4QlN77vWev-8SqqWeo3VLRRRKSP5L_9XuVCOI_E43rYXpN-4brwAln6TS1KtojJzfWkCPDvlTSnm3JVMpHkgnKX27ofEEqKv5yJmCw-KKBxjOOWFbjTx33acyG6WPr3uqIEdxmOHjvaELVk3yJXHogFKMSn0AHSzOE/s320/IMG_2101.jpeg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parlor Doughnut</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMzCfzGITglfY7UlCD9h3tjy7i1z5Qa_9RNZyTd2n-o-MgR49a-xJeAFviE10V5BModnk9vGSOJy8hyP1kGiYIXPIcciDaNc1pVMdfnfFFKKqYdOIrlz3QYfbNH0-ub5yD_AP8caHvLRLysj0DrJMF9zIZ8IGY6W836tX0D5zootjQh2qi8tOiOSmPl-3h/s4032/IMG_5825.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMzCfzGITglfY7UlCD9h3tjy7i1z5Qa_9RNZyTd2n-o-MgR49a-xJeAFviE10V5BModnk9vGSOJy8hyP1kGiYIXPIcciDaNc1pVMdfnfFFKKqYdOIrlz3QYfbNH0-ub5yD_AP8caHvLRLysj0DrJMF9zIZ8IGY6W836tX0D5zootjQh2qi8tOiOSmPl-3h/s320/IMG_5825.jpeg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying the sun with my girl.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVIS8TvzyKVkjqhCin-gwfb1KfDPuKr8B2D33KSFZDXhWlD5pwLf1rZfG6enuTx6bQoZG7mI4hFQgYwYj_ylvLcm5gT5WBHxc_891wta-cQH3yzmP8PdIRCi5Q_vud4fN8fWMsVMESVnPrwwLf_J8wmbp43-4tJUJVLfDO_RSaB3XY4v87cA7FvVH3NaL/s4032/IMG_0009.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVIS8TvzyKVkjqhCin-gwfb1KfDPuKr8B2D33KSFZDXhWlD5pwLf1rZfG6enuTx6bQoZG7mI4hFQgYwYj_ylvLcm5gT5WBHxc_891wta-cQH3yzmP8PdIRCi5Q_vud4fN8fWMsVMESVnPrwwLf_J8wmbp43-4tJUJVLfDO_RSaB3XY4v87cA7FvVH3NaL/s320/IMG_0009.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Salt and Straw deliciousness</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-56469060428202404412024-01-13T13:34:00.001-07:002024-02-10T13:41:43.436-07:00Grand kid Game night #1<p>Our first Grandkid Game night was a success. We are going to gather the 2nd friday of each month. We had everyone except Poppy and George. </p><p>We ate nuggets, quesadillas, apples and papa’s bread– and candy all night. We made family chain people and talked about being connected and loving each other.</p><p>We played 4 games- Sleeping Queens, Uno Flip, trash and cards and marbles. In between all the games, Sophia totally entertained us by taping on a paper mustache and doing commercials for a card holder. She’s a hoot. We were all in stitches. Andrew just eggs her on. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNeZQe9fuAr2tiliWrIJNUMKOjbiWt5hSXI7VsNEVpqF50RXaAsbhnqv_zN7Or49rQPqfdB6a0tUu4DSVrIYCMxLe3KuVYpPaqbtQgNP5T1aA1TsASV9AjBQxBLBf69oMeIggfzKeCvE5wWEWTmSlS0nMMcgUPsps6GCw7l_sHO3_oGe86zXOxEc91yEMp/s4032/IMG_5766.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNeZQe9fuAr2tiliWrIJNUMKOjbiWt5hSXI7VsNEVpqF50RXaAsbhnqv_zN7Or49rQPqfdB6a0tUu4DSVrIYCMxLe3KuVYpPaqbtQgNP5T1aA1TsASV9AjBQxBLBf69oMeIggfzKeCvE5wWEWTmSlS0nMMcgUPsps6GCw7l_sHO3_oGe86zXOxEc91yEMp/s320/IMG_5766.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheacpHfiHGSMVXol4IVrYH1LKE88gMVp83eaUUAcYPA_BtKCM4VRKSq-EYUY8s4oBBtTYee-HlYd074mH-Ys92JmKAMaXrIhcJU7h1QA4CmJh8rpd1kwjFCRmN4ic1H8ZeO8H-4rNeR8ysKroU7xNye0uMtVwmYVSqaR87YK2hZVk5FQ4k-3p7rT8FB3Mb/s4032/IMG_5764.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheacpHfiHGSMVXol4IVrYH1LKE88gMVp83eaUUAcYPA_BtKCM4VRKSq-EYUY8s4oBBtTYee-HlYd074mH-Ys92JmKAMaXrIhcJU7h1QA4CmJh8rpd1kwjFCRmN4ic1H8ZeO8H-4rNeR8ysKroU7xNye0uMtVwmYVSqaR87YK2hZVk5FQ4k-3p7rT8FB3Mb/s320/IMG_5764.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3bQc2OCW77Z83-4-85N_u0YexSJPW-DLbRgPLK_z4inqJxT4mPxdliksU1biiku7IaH9Ucq2HPi-JQVLEC4hQLf8QZPqTEaLq3AUKJfjcxLj3u0a34xqKZnCenizogfmq8A4JnG4g-CmUJW07xkg1KbLD6G16ruafTbjwW8ptVQKs5n3xHnfluQ-qMLt/s4032/IMG_2009.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3bQc2OCW77Z83-4-85N_u0YexSJPW-DLbRgPLK_z4inqJxT4mPxdliksU1biiku7IaH9Ucq2HPi-JQVLEC4hQLf8QZPqTEaLq3AUKJfjcxLj3u0a34xqKZnCenizogfmq8A4JnG4g-CmUJW07xkg1KbLD6G16ruafTbjwW8ptVQKs5n3xHnfluQ-qMLt/s320/IMG_2009.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5rtspcCV9VqztM8L1id_81mRmQyh5ihyjlupV1i65d_z5CbQuJxeguPkti3Az4Blt05vzuqJwgQJ-WyZmXDlEd_KWDTyVa3WhB4RZ0bIZoaqjiP6p9p9gHUl1pIQ84uzgkB-k8aPz3dx8M4_UC5f4FRhUw_c3wfo5u96a21bv3iqTHtrwwqhXz7HptVkt/s4032/IMG_2005.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5rtspcCV9VqztM8L1id_81mRmQyh5ihyjlupV1i65d_z5CbQuJxeguPkti3Az4Blt05vzuqJwgQJ-WyZmXDlEd_KWDTyVa3WhB4RZ0bIZoaqjiP6p9p9gHUl1pIQ84uzgkB-k8aPz3dx8M4_UC5f4FRhUw_c3wfo5u96a21bv3iqTHtrwwqhXz7HptVkt/s320/IMG_2005.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjqU9sJckfTRDTQu3vppLohs-jQv4Sw7H-Opk5VbOk6UD8iurZJclATQ3UdFzK-Pv_oOMxHjEdKMzX0vBxMctDOB4EyNXXfDMmxbghzncxzl7PWf13PyWIOwPiu1W6UX2QI6SS_eeurvmgnXUXS0MxlXUmRZZJq-STno14WJoUawEtU2Ej8gp-MLUmqaMx/s4032/IMG_2004.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjqU9sJckfTRDTQu3vppLohs-jQv4Sw7H-Opk5VbOk6UD8iurZJclATQ3UdFzK-Pv_oOMxHjEdKMzX0vBxMctDOB4EyNXXfDMmxbghzncxzl7PWf13PyWIOwPiu1W6UX2QI6SS_eeurvmgnXUXS0MxlXUmRZZJq-STno14WJoUawEtU2Ej8gp-MLUmqaMx/s320/IMG_2004.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-54480093807003964362024-01-12T12:49:00.004-07:002024-01-16T16:15:29.488-07:00January happenings<p> New Year same me... except I got heavy bangs! I'm always in a constant cycle of cutting bangs in and then growing my bangs out. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSklxTyYshIzWbF8-5S1EpT41yc4hic1FvKl2DnGShYXOwiS558RxLRw3UIuMaIYyATFzP3dAu6cQj9mjhVizp2NJP2IAHae3EXVsW3r4jBvKHbF6gVyPzIjx1xmGmIjv1aKZrMrkVHCJxtVI52yYN3nc1o-OPn1G5u3uwY9MBXtNBpT8m25U0iP6JMpqC/s3088/IMG_1992.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSklxTyYshIzWbF8-5S1EpT41yc4hic1FvKl2DnGShYXOwiS558RxLRw3UIuMaIYyATFzP3dAu6cQj9mjhVizp2NJP2IAHae3EXVsW3r4jBvKHbF6gVyPzIjx1xmGmIjv1aKZrMrkVHCJxtVI52yYN3nc1o-OPn1G5u3uwY9MBXtNBpT8m25U0iP6JMpqC/s320/IMG_1992.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>We celebrated January and some December birthdays on Wayne's Jan.7th birthday. We had a family dinner with the usual suspects ( minus the Buzellis and our California kids). It's great to live so close. Lady came in the door and announced," I don't care if everyone forgot my presents, I just want to hear how much they love me." We go around the table and tell what we love about each person...it's a beautiful exercise. Laila Facetimed in and she shared what she loved about our birthday people with tears in her eyes and in her voice-- about Wayne she said, "You are the most Christ-like person I know." <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVawEudEjyENeevTsXxa11PwaeZh_y5NSfap5gzAVcPs7N7-5fWTaGfnLyuX1WGImp4zVuQg7sibRy9ooOHQQQXEztLbaOd8p7OCa8xb85McoT2Sm8Z0yxb-2QSfCZj1SFlD9kNtFbhPtEtIHNBLkhxhgMTVWRQNoVWO6YyNtjICwg3xTAQN2goJsoYdV9/s2976/IMG_1984.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2976" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVawEudEjyENeevTsXxa11PwaeZh_y5NSfap5gzAVcPs7N7-5fWTaGfnLyuX1WGImp4zVuQg7sibRy9ooOHQQQXEztLbaOd8p7OCa8xb85McoT2Sm8Z0yxb-2QSfCZj1SFlD9kNtFbhPtEtIHNBLkhxhgMTVWRQNoVWO6YyNtjICwg3xTAQN2goJsoYdV9/s320/IMG_1984.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFxMySWgidR4c2VlUCByaAzdwTNp7BRffRfmHUFJAjlCGVlGt6RWyrl-ibMXaP6zRByu4UZ4evLd_rMzeopZM8dBtyI5aD8Szm7m23Evna4Ck5wk-dkwn1OfaSBHZnd6SGBexXjbmas7le_GXqOUJhTeh5rKEkgHGf1L2KCsrSHZYVdvj8VcsVTH17ASP/s4032/IMG_2050.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFxMySWgidR4c2VlUCByaAzdwTNp7BRffRfmHUFJAjlCGVlGt6RWyrl-ibMXaP6zRByu4UZ4evLd_rMzeopZM8dBtyI5aD8Szm7m23Evna4Ck5wk-dkwn1OfaSBHZnd6SGBexXjbmas7le_GXqOUJhTeh5rKEkgHGf1L2KCsrSHZYVdvj8VcsVTH17ASP/s320/IMG_2050.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our Sidetracked band gave Wayne this t-shirt for his birthday and celebrated with maple bars-- Wayne's favorite.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We kicked off our Primary year with "Bee- like Jesus", hence the bee shirts and me dressing up as a BEE to explain it all. The kids were shocked and loved it. <p></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As we study the Book of Mormon this year, we will focus on BEE-coming better disciples of Jesus.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>BEE-lieving the scriptures, BEE-longing in primary and Bee- aring<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>testimony.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As you can tell we are all in on a BEE theme and it’s going to BEE a sweet year.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We are also working on random acts of kindness this year— just like Bees pollenate flowers to help them grow, so these RAOK will help us to grow and become more like Jesus. </span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">We will have a honey jar to fill up with pom-pom pollen that represent a kind thing that a child did each week.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRl1SlCdysQHsPCJcKW5bnQJ9MJUcQYfx7AuNb3Z4bkw9QziZVenyVypeWLr0PDMNC6bCTa993lKSkRS-vwTh2k00UMrmmsXEWIATnFbWzc2SmXeqFU1jdnYQCwp8x9mlnZXJfAOL-mZt-qw-KBofJCTrwbXYjWJYpJAyC4SmtYFPc72Qj1DuWOwQ65j4h/s4032/IMG_1980.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRl1SlCdysQHsPCJcKW5bnQJ9MJUcQYfx7AuNb3Z4bkw9QziZVenyVypeWLr0PDMNC6bCTa993lKSkRS-vwTh2k00UMrmmsXEWIATnFbWzc2SmXeqFU1jdnYQCwp8x9mlnZXJfAOL-mZt-qw-KBofJCTrwbXYjWJYpJAyC4SmtYFPc72Qj1DuWOwQ65j4h/s320/IMG_1980.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><p>I was having a kind of sad week, taking down my Christmas decorations, getting sick and looking outside and realizing I'm in Layton and not Bountiful. I kept my fall and early winter really busy so I wouldn't have to sit with these thoughts so much. then out of the blue Alfie gave me this card. He got a new wax seal and wanted to try it out. It was just what I needed. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXP7_SOehddJxn2RPRoRQLqOKoDe1Bxaib1a-QkbZBW_bpYyg3bkQ-ZWlPDIT0tn_R7MbaG53XVF_qWsuQ4cN0yMWkKnYBZaopPwLOZdgA835BYIJYmhdKj2dlg8Q8Fw_jR-FN8DWSDPy0NEa7IsQjLf5NQEqasCZ86gCr0QWO-32z0NebcweSOUbr3pw4/s4032/IMG_1973.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXP7_SOehddJxn2RPRoRQLqOKoDe1Bxaib1a-QkbZBW_bpYyg3bkQ-ZWlPDIT0tn_R7MbaG53XVF_qWsuQ4cN0yMWkKnYBZaopPwLOZdgA835BYIJYmhdKj2dlg8Q8Fw_jR-FN8DWSDPy0NEa7IsQjLf5NQEqasCZ86gCr0QWO-32z0NebcweSOUbr3pw4/s320/IMG_1973.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div>It's been so cold outside- so me and my new walking partner, Bonnie Benedict are trying to find warm way s of doing it. We tried to get into the Layton Hills Mall-- but we go too early. So our next option..we walk the aisles at Super Target... at 7:30 in the morning. It's awesome<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipt90l15klNt9__NHQwWeP6G4VW5vNGCHsb4rPgLjyuitGyAis8PnUbm7UagG-RIa8UArHzoCs3cBfV3oG_IuOnbgiYVQ8J_3iUEbMXabocbEQSpbbOwBw51UnVmtYfSS2NTgmUFT4fw9EnK-4Nun8z2QidGE8aJALvkFwTPJPum9MlylytrWPCo8SjQuU/s3088/IMG_2048.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipt90l15klNt9__NHQwWeP6G4VW5vNGCHsb4rPgLjyuitGyAis8PnUbm7UagG-RIa8UArHzoCs3cBfV3oG_IuOnbgiYVQ8J_3iUEbMXabocbEQSpbbOwBw51UnVmtYfSS2NTgmUFT4fw9EnK-4Nun8z2QidGE8aJALvkFwTPJPum9MlylytrWPCo8SjQuU/s320/IMG_2048.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br />!</div>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-4499644456963930802024-01-12T12:39:00.005-07:002024-01-12T12:39:58.816-07:00Life of Faith<p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>What does it look like to live a life of faith?</b></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Allow for growth and change in my faith and looking forward to the transitions.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> Knowing my faith w</span>on’t be black and white forever if I have things that don’t “fit” then I will move into a nuanced faith. And knowing this I also realize there are some black and white faith people who will always be there. The world works for them-- nothing to fit or fix. And I need to have love for them as well, and not be frustrated by them. </p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Gather people of faith to discuss things. Share podcasts and talks and insights. Ponder on spiritual things.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Have questions and doubts and move forward anyway within the church, because I choose to have a life of faith. </p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Want to be in the scriptures.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> I do this daily with Book of Mormon chapter, a Come Follow Me podcast about it and a chapter in the New Testament- which keeps me close to Jesus. </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Want to be interested in what the Prophet says at General Conference.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Want to serve in the church. This is a blessing for me and helps in my growth.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Living a life of faith means I sit in uncomfortable feelings. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Be completely honest with myself and with God when I struggle. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> Know that I</span> can have difficult conversations- (I actually look forward to these.)</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Jesus Christ served and loved and physically went to the outsiders, the marginalized.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> Do as he did and challenge my self</span> to seve the ones on the edges; the ones not like me.</p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">My life is a Love story. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> God </span>loves my people more than I ever could.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> I do</span> what I can to preserve relationships whether in or out of the church.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I can rest in the fact that GOD - the all powerful, all knowing eternal God in heaven is far more interested in the soul of my child than I ever could. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p3" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-49917493012191862882024-01-05T10:13:00.001-07:002024-01-05T10:13:30.808-07:00Prayer<p> Wayne and I tried something different this past year. We posted a board in our room entitled Prayer 2023-- and we wrote on it what we were praying for. It's nothing fancy. It lives on the back of our bedroom door. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUgp_PcUyr7dFvkEYwWruLYsAfUaaoSFyHyKE2dEciDXtGb-i6VfwffBI8Gs15WtA9ZulJ09p0qSre0hygRQHxLOpOiH7ddVd2ApkND_ATsLagsld2qxWG6zEKnIDpvR-IEjHCATQs2So1oA28uyqMOVVVoCnXNdsunZDxEjnnHZmfE-ioCvFdMMIN_ws/s4032/IMG_1958.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUgp_PcUyr7dFvkEYwWruLYsAfUaaoSFyHyKE2dEciDXtGb-i6VfwffBI8Gs15WtA9ZulJ09p0qSre0hygRQHxLOpOiH7ddVd2ApkND_ATsLagsld2qxWG6zEKnIDpvR-IEjHCATQs2So1oA28uyqMOVVVoCnXNdsunZDxEjnnHZmfE-ioCvFdMMIN_ws/s320/IMG_1958.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p> This was a good exercise. It kept things and people top of mind in our prayers and throughout our day in our hearts. We saw many miracles around people and circumstances. We prayed about moving and then having everything fall into place this year-- including actually selling our home--which many thought would never happen, but the Lord said would happen the end of June was so faith-promoting and testimony-building for us. We prayed for Monson's jaw tumor to stay away-- and it has. Praying for our children's struggles and our work and figuring out how to get on a mission sooner rather than later is all on our prayer board. </p><p>I'm taking this down today and starting with a fresh clean board for 2024.</p>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-88007325553483463152024-01-02T10:22:00.006-07:002024-01-12T12:42:28.484-07:00Happy 2024<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a low-key New Year's Eve with Wayne and I visitng Wanee and Holly and our Bob and Diane Lake friends. Wayne made some more of his Sour Dough Bread. He's made over 100 loaves in the last 2 months-- he's amazing. And I made a coconut cake. We watched Reacher on Amazon Prime and went to bed by 11:30-- Happy New Year. I love to party, but I was. a little bit partied out by the time New Year's Eve rolled around. It was weird having it on a Sunday. And the past 2 years we were at the Rose Bowl over New Year's, so we didn't have to have plans. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">New Year's Day-- we got up and walked in the gorgeous sunshine. Had our Seafood lunch and Addison's and Monson's families. This is a fun BRE tradition--and if you aren't wearing a bib and cracking crab on New Year's day then are you even living? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSQI8ggcOKj735e7t3PExNb3EKlolB6586dPRFWPuwTYt6Nrz9E4c6-9sMcU60Un0Jur9dDfqfRaXjmucL1rOGn8Majeaj5unHdyUzLpkSL35UZlptXwgpa9p5A1pXrzTAqCAvpC39l0LyLhSqLQKd3DUsOA2CFGxLbdqwAXy1ZXPzCjkVV8Trpb-b-ck/s4032/IMG_1949.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSQI8ggcOKj735e7t3PExNb3EKlolB6586dPRFWPuwTYt6Nrz9E4c6-9sMcU60Un0Jur9dDfqfRaXjmucL1rOGn8Majeaj5unHdyUzLpkSL35UZlptXwgpa9p5A1pXrzTAqCAvpC39l0LyLhSqLQKd3DUsOA2CFGxLbdqwAXy1ZXPzCjkVV8Trpb-b-ck/s320/IMG_1949.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFp2Qnz96zilnVkL6oLt92kLjaS_2Wsd0kckpgjEqhq5vHngDBl3jFuNRwM9s94JJcaEDHjbwXwWnIMi530e3nrK53zhLx49cInb98vnTyqd8G_Yz9J-ykTvpxt5Fp-F4_58g8r2FlHrtE2w_FpGrhi4eO-oLlhgy7BJceWu2Flsa1RStQf3FtpRMG6Fgi/s4032/IMG_1950.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFp2Qnz96zilnVkL6oLt92kLjaS_2Wsd0kckpgjEqhq5vHngDBl3jFuNRwM9s94JJcaEDHjbwXwWnIMi530e3nrK53zhLx49cInb98vnTyqd8G_Yz9J-ykTvpxt5Fp-F4_58g8r2FlHrtE2w_FpGrhi4eO-oLlhgy7BJceWu2Flsa1RStQf3FtpRMG6Fgi/s320/IMG_1950.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We watched the Rose Bowl with Michigan winning with our big Michigan fans Monson and Lexi's family. We cheered and screamed when they won!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-- Wayne made the best ribs of his life-- they cooked extra long which was the key -- and his amazing sourdough bread. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAt0AzzGKxkdSoZZyf0FsBL2Rkmas3nz3iNfY9_Rvo3fVQ0RNUsLnF-UzE1NJ96YeMU7WG88j_GpcB3zNZjSExz0hVl7nve2H5ysZtt0jKU82sA0aH3I7WUGoLxUTJcceoNKajxpdI3LJhFqnBCPpBJ7GAl0s1kG5bVbcR5nmheJGtsEW0z6PqP36bpCz/s4032/IMG_1954.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAt0AzzGKxkdSoZZyf0FsBL2Rkmas3nz3iNfY9_Rvo3fVQ0RNUsLnF-UzE1NJ96YeMU7WG88j_GpcB3zNZjSExz0hVl7nve2H5ysZtt0jKU82sA0aH3I7WUGoLxUTJcceoNKajxpdI3LJhFqnBCPpBJ7GAl0s1kG5bVbcR5nmheJGtsEW0z6PqP36bpCz/s320/IMG_1954.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Looking forward to this new year and to see what it will bring! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdHjpoLu-s1r69QUJbN_1WsHDo-7GunjKpIx8m5CuEkiUU4RDMHNpbZ9e8OMJz78i8XD5bZu5Mmq5o8QI9eJBOVPT4ZmSFvnWuUz_TKw3ALGuBbvdOvHpqQOwgOLRssq3lHTdwXl3PztEMo1zyqTK7Dpq__JBR54_thTpzS_IBphuye6b-EGhkoMRJtcj_/s1261/IMG_1947.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1231" data-original-width="1261" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdHjpoLu-s1r69QUJbN_1WsHDo-7GunjKpIx8m5CuEkiUU4RDMHNpbZ9e8OMJz78i8XD5bZu5Mmq5o8QI9eJBOVPT4ZmSFvnWuUz_TKw3ALGuBbvdOvHpqQOwgOLRssq3lHTdwXl3PztEMo1zyqTK7Dpq__JBR54_thTpzS_IBphuye6b-EGhkoMRJtcj_/s320/IMG_1947.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Landon, Alex and Matt were in San Diego for New Years...so was Truman, so they took Laila nd Markus out to dinnner! I love when my kids love on each other. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBRIYHi69gqk3VdKi-8bXLkWQGfPjPGYoBiGa8Lkh6La_9NAadGGjhXcBX8AByH6lM2hEJBkbdWmDIM9Lj1VsJVBMkRqXd7RMzoPkrkx5AfwVZ8-88hOtlv2XIDp6dJChKtMT_oidtwUa1zDQeEuotzxT0d4x43HwRdyfmpB1v6FLof6X-CCJBWREZmWh/s469/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-02%20at%202.51.27%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="469" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBRIYHi69gqk3VdKi-8bXLkWQGfPjPGYoBiGa8Lkh6La_9NAadGGjhXcBX8AByH6lM2hEJBkbdWmDIM9Lj1VsJVBMkRqXd7RMzoPkrkx5AfwVZ8-88hOtlv2XIDp6dJChKtMT_oidtwUa1zDQeEuotzxT0d4x43HwRdyfmpB1v6FLof6X-CCJBWREZmWh/s320/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-02%20at%202.51.27%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-47109665959200682452023-12-31T10:05:00.000-07:002024-01-02T10:06:13.875-07:002023 reflection<p><b>Last year I wrote down 23 things I wanted to do in 2023, and here's how I did.....</b></p><p>I wanted to host at least 6 dinners at my home -- and I did.</p><p>I wanted to read at least a book a month. I did much more than that: </p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><ol class="ol1"><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our missing<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Hearts</span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lessons in Chemistry</span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Verity</span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Covenant of Water</span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Girl who drank the moon</span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Summer before the War</span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Boys from Biloxi</span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Remarkably beautiful creatures</span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mad Honey</span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A time for Mercy</span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello Beautiful<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Carrie Soto is back</span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">River Sing Me Home</span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Book of Delights</span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeyset</span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tom Lake</span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Homecoming<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Better than Happy by Jody Moore</span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Who is Maud Dixon</span></li><li class="li1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Faith after Doubt</span></li></ol><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit one new country✔️ Austria</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Follow through on kids book with Addison. I didn't do this...but it's still on my list for this year. I want to get on it now so it's ready for Christmas<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Be in a show. ✔️. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">A Christmas Carol on Ogden</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Redo stools✔️ and chairs ✔️</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Go to temple once a week.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> I didn't get in once a week, but more like twice amonth. I will work on this.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reach out to Gary more.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>All my siblings connect on phone weekly<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Once a month sibling lunches / dinners ✔️</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lunch date every week with someone</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Figure out all of my thousands of pics - hmmmm</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Duolingo. Practice Spanish out loud daily✔️. I'm at a 420 day streak at this point</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read the Gospels over and over. I read Matthew, Mark, Luke and John 12 times this year ✔️</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Love my body✔️</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bear my testimony 6 times ✔️</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Create a fun file. Schedule deliberately with grands<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Workout/ walk<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>5 times a week.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Meditation 5 minutes<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>a day.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Learn school programs ✔️</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Get rid of one bag of stuff to DI a month- de clutter organize spaces ✔️ moving took care of this.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Spend more time outside.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Volunteer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Directed SNAP program <span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✔️</span>. In charge of Girls camp <span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✔️</span> helped Rosalinda<span class="s1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">✔️</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>WOW-- this year was a year of change. </div><p>Last year at this time the thought of moving our of my beloved Bountiful hadn't even entered our heads or hearts, yet here we are in Layton.</p><p>This was a big life-changing decision, and mostly, I'm glad we did it. I do miss my big tub, and sunset views. </p><p>In our RAINBOW home, we have added more cement and put in a basement door and will finish that space in the next few months. We will rent out half of the basement and keep the other half for a downstairs family room/playroom. </p><p>We have made some new acquaintances-- hopefully, we can call them friends soon as well. I now walk with Bonnie Benedict twice a week. She has lived in this ward for over 20 years and we walk the streets and she points out where people live , tells me old ward stories and fills me in on different aspects of her neighborhood. She lives in the upper third of our ward, I live in the lower third and then we also have a lot of apartments and townhomes. This ward feels very "mission fieldy." Lots of need. It's like we called ourselves on a mission to Layton.</p><p>Wayne and I are on a Layton Temple committee now..this would never have happened had we stayed in Bountiful. </p><p>We have new church callings with Wayne over the priests and me over the Primary. I have been blessed with the counselors and secretary that help me. Marilee Ellsworth, Jayne Merrill and Jill Swenson are all dedicated, awesome and fun to work with. Wayne has 17 priests he's over with only 4 active ones...it's a challenge, but he's up for it. </p><p>We are closer to Monson's and Addison's homes so we do help with and see our grands more.</p><p>It's been a year of loss as well. Preston Brown's suicide was devastating. AND our dear friend Eric Johnston's death was impactful as well. </p><p>It's always amazing to me how the years just keep rolling along and everything changes and everything stays the same. </p><p>It will be interesting to see what 2024 brings.</p>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-67954417873501484702023-12-29T12:30:00.002-07:002024-01-04T09:59:56.226-07:00Christmas Day 2023<p> Wow... the day is finally here. I love the holiday season and I love to fill it up with parties and gatherings with friends and family. This year we did a lot! It was good since I'm in this new house in Layton Utah to keep some things the same. This was the first year we didn't wake up to people in our house on Christmas eve-- or being at someone else's home. It was a bit weird, but we woke early to put the meat on and get the rolls started, then went over to Monson and Lexi's home to watch the girls open presents and see their newly decorated rooms. It was sweet. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8yWj55Q_wjdAr9QvZXh93-aGVY6_whIZQIMTZbWB9qUNXmeIJKjRusGIANgntjmlCUOrCiymArjQVzHnkeSHTwVpkVyD6Cc3P141Lp7VFw_HB-me79ahqzg5Kaz84zmwYmAbfI69XOJW2c_FxraRv3K_vG8k4rLpWAKLuzVWqOzLCjEhW2XLnUQ3iyt9/s4032/IMG_1888.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8yWj55Q_wjdAr9QvZXh93-aGVY6_whIZQIMTZbWB9qUNXmeIJKjRusGIANgntjmlCUOrCiymArjQVzHnkeSHTwVpkVyD6Cc3P141Lp7VFw_HB-me79ahqzg5Kaz84zmwYmAbfI69XOJW2c_FxraRv3K_vG8k4rLpWAKLuzVWqOzLCjEhW2XLnUQ3iyt9/s320/IMG_1888.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>Landon and Alex and the kids had a relaxing morning and Addison's home was SICK... Bre and Alfie up all night in a bad way. So their Christmas day was a bit different than usual.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ktAydVXbKMUj6Ja9k29K1-xaIF4eOSkNBuOK2FsTFe57fiPABkpm-ZLFZXMNAggYdnR6Of0tI8sl3dF_hZuY7LViR6gKrjO4AmhOO08wwJBrQIjGU2Qd6X0T07ltJfa3aPEQ7ixW2pIMlmV5d2CeK56V8m82xj_BztOpDPu70jYi8rE_os0QpM1Tsv91/s4032/IMG_2817.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ktAydVXbKMUj6Ja9k29K1-xaIF4eOSkNBuOK2FsTFe57fiPABkpm-ZLFZXMNAggYdnR6Of0tI8sl3dF_hZuY7LViR6gKrjO4AmhOO08wwJBrQIjGU2Qd6X0T07ltJfa3aPEQ7ixW2pIMlmV5d2CeK56V8m82xj_BztOpDPu70jYi8rE_os0QpM1Tsv91/s320/IMG_2817.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We facetimed Laila and Markus to watch them open presents </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPKddsiAM7NGWexqKd296wz3WyGGHucvuXR3P7Gf2-MJJFgkIGqNEyUz2G5nK4qKwPlta8kvNzZW9UAoi7zWpbXOp_U-RZG35JVksYtURJp7jXD_veuzTw6Uf0lqJyJ6i8oGrUC9-fUE3cAZ2LDzprEcHxj9f2XtFfMCfy9DYzx604l_ee7XUssSfje09/s2778/IMG_1894.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2778" data-original-width="1284" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPKddsiAM7NGWexqKd296wz3WyGGHucvuXR3P7Gf2-MJJFgkIGqNEyUz2G5nK4qKwPlta8kvNzZW9UAoi7zWpbXOp_U-RZG35JVksYtURJp7jXD_veuzTw6Uf0lqJyJ6i8oGrUC9-fUE3cAZ2LDzprEcHxj9f2XtFfMCfy9DYzx604l_ee7XUssSfje09/s320/IMG_1894.PNG" width="148" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We had our traditional Christmas dinner with Grandma Butters China settings, and gold flatware and gold goblets. I'm so blessed to have so much of my family right here to participate with me. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9m0-f14fFxNHZWKcH3rAExOdtpkoukSmp6g4LBsPX-wAXODvvvWm1-5uBrpNPbqRofoGBkkPJbz87L_11L89y9QFNm8p4oNfxTcHSdGdcmcRhD-e9xLrl_50HGJ-4rFhmK27A9Nhp_Qkv9-iY_NGnzuj1EEJDzG0FNOfOnu-c2-v8UlVBnZOSec_30JzB/s4032/IMG_1899.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9m0-f14fFxNHZWKcH3rAExOdtpkoukSmp6g4LBsPX-wAXODvvvWm1-5uBrpNPbqRofoGBkkPJbz87L_11L89y9QFNm8p4oNfxTcHSdGdcmcRhD-e9xLrl_50HGJ-4rFhmK27A9Nhp_Qkv9-iY_NGnzuj1EEJDzG0FNOfOnu-c2-v8UlVBnZOSec_30JzB/s320/IMG_1899.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>YOu can see the TV on in the background. It was a football game...that's on with no sound, in honor of my dad who ALWAYS had sports on at his home and always with NO sound. It's really the perfect way.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7u8S6mmonaXrZGJReBZ3Ht99sZPwC87Yw6QgFUZ3hIunsMO7tGmtCQOeRBRbyb3vPcYZ-ZXDoQVP2OwaSGAToM5G7x3ClZOP7seNpNdTdSyznEvBGQjA0bYU6Aezm5UKm7JFJuuQ4_A3KSjjBsJ6bL0QDXKnIAINcT7cYyL8c66O_vGFEtag1KcS6AmiF/s4032/IMG_1901.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7u8S6mmonaXrZGJReBZ3Ht99sZPwC87Yw6QgFUZ3hIunsMO7tGmtCQOeRBRbyb3vPcYZ-ZXDoQVP2OwaSGAToM5G7x3ClZOP7seNpNdTdSyznEvBGQjA0bYU6Aezm5UKm7JFJuuQ4_A3KSjjBsJ6bL0QDXKnIAINcT7cYyL8c66O_vGFEtag1KcS6AmiF/s320/IMG_1901.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>We gave our kids tickets to Tuacahn's FROZEN this summer. We will be down for our family vacay the end of May and we are treating everyone to a Tuacahn show. We also set up a grandkid game night the second Friday of each month... I'm really looking forward to this, and my marrieds can have a date night. </p><p>Wayne was gifted some personalized stickers for his sourdough bread....they are so cute. "King of Sourdough.. homemade by Brother Wayne"</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3YRj2RbVcvgRjhs14yUaPG8iKcWFcFRy_OmSQtz4Z_NGiA0UB04XC4A7F2gn_SBH1j6sE5ezKo-efugoISc5biSKLPXIwLbN8y_Y3KvsS_u2cORacwavWFliEt65eXxP7Y7RPIkoFFeGnUG1VvjQgs-Mu7hDXj0AvYJ5utC9Xmt43d8LuxwHrCbB0Vie/s4032/IMG_1905.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3YRj2RbVcvgRjhs14yUaPG8iKcWFcFRy_OmSQtz4Z_NGiA0UB04XC4A7F2gn_SBH1j6sE5ezKo-efugoISc5biSKLPXIwLbN8y_Y3KvsS_u2cORacwavWFliEt65eXxP7Y7RPIkoFFeGnUG1VvjQgs-Mu7hDXj0AvYJ5utC9Xmt43d8LuxwHrCbB0Vie/s320/IMG_1905.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p></div>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-36463908520730856162023-12-29T12:15:00.000-07:002023-12-29T12:15:20.298-07:00Christmas Around the World: Brazil<p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZacIHkdJ1XuVCO_esKBSR7iE2FFHeut5wflhY2hwPiTpkaOxuVeueUsgcIJosUwleiP6tpXkCQ-K_abZrK5XrmEfe5wmsCSRz_2UPXSEU-H5BBCHAVPqgBiDV5qXLEAbD7ClVlFA5N62q7pT45NeyzdTbHexCz_ASBHt7UF5WxyoDAa8HmhXUaorv8fUx/s320/IMG_1845.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Christmas Eve– Brazilian style was phenomenal. The Buzzelli’s really outdid themselves and spoiled us all with amazing food… and fun. Alex, Sonia, his friend Paula, and Alan doing the dishes - started cooking on Saturday and made everything just right for all of us. Dish after dish of traditional food…and then so many desserts to choose from. </span><p></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdtlgkW4MPBX1eTpc4K59hdPRo3JTxxy8JIvg7u3NMuWW3aw_pIgKbFX4zjJUULTiVocBxH0Lt7hAy0iq4IfkAy5y8HhfYTjpeKA-PybxKPNCybtlB2lOVgUeAyemg38TqVd_T76KJWy2fz5Hbs9Ib330oGNBurtvjjrZSx5jhOaTeBazlsoPcOOOvuEl/s4032/IMG_0456.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdtlgkW4MPBX1eTpc4K59hdPRo3JTxxy8JIvg7u3NMuWW3aw_pIgKbFX4zjJUULTiVocBxH0Lt7hAy0iq4IfkAy5y8HhfYTjpeKA-PybxKPNCybtlB2lOVgUeAyemg38TqVd_T76KJWy2fz5Hbs9Ib330oGNBurtvjjrZSx5jhOaTeBazlsoPcOOOvuEl/s320/IMG_0456.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8niUAJfOgWI_wSETwIo4qyBiQRlSlE3Jha0_k5IfKLapJYiVcgDutci1fa8g5uXbV_cu6wjfivoK1RXZCBQjjG95Dl6XoE0pCCD-DGyBwW2OLBFpszJXwBXGm9avjqZbG9PWoqzgZql6X-IaR_eJpqmAmaYitF90AeBPpr7O84VYUgx8GQDbp53nQe2_/s4032/IMG_0460.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8niUAJfOgWI_wSETwIo4qyBiQRlSlE3Jha0_k5IfKLapJYiVcgDutci1fa8g5uXbV_cu6wjfivoK1RXZCBQjjG95Dl6XoE0pCCD-DGyBwW2OLBFpszJXwBXGm9avjqZbG9PWoqzgZql6X-IaR_eJpqmAmaYitF90AeBPpr7O84VYUgx8GQDbp53nQe2_/s320/IMG_0460.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitD_-SEEbo2kbJ8w5ujxpLMGhuDdz9fz9kORfR16NRVY8CxlzdZAhyphenhyphenPRWinlJ-cRWtc7D3TNvIqE5AvvGx-K96FtB9MjuKEAPBHLyv1H80Ys0sKuneoR8wrRfBX05j2X07m8s0EL9jsHDHpmd7rZa97KjWfy0a6ywRzL72zexiR0ju3E7oxmfJpmLY3HnS/s4032/IMG_0517.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitD_-SEEbo2kbJ8w5ujxpLMGhuDdz9fz9kORfR16NRVY8CxlzdZAhyphenhyphenPRWinlJ-cRWtc7D3TNvIqE5AvvGx-K96FtB9MjuKEAPBHLyv1H80Ys0sKuneoR8wrRfBX05j2X07m8s0EL9jsHDHpmd7rZa97KjWfy0a6ywRzL72zexiR0ju3E7oxmfJpmLY3HnS/s320/IMG_0517.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbkeMzhoDNlLnqpYy47G6TnwguxIgLJimga8QtYAr-zmOR5tp3GCDoN7Dem4XL6l1BL0gdBmybaeoRGsFANYFUG7O06VvD_QGWH0-PGyjjHEfyeThMH7MDKcWNPUImvsU2tEOrmoOHdF_41MGCgqx3rf1pGm8Y34dVMI3uQD0ohnFHnwqafAftpID-ldK/s4032/IMG_0518.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbkeMzhoDNlLnqpYy47G6TnwguxIgLJimga8QtYAr-zmOR5tp3GCDoN7Dem4XL6l1BL0gdBmybaeoRGsFANYFUG7O06VvD_QGWH0-PGyjjHEfyeThMH7MDKcWNPUImvsU2tEOrmoOHdF_41MGCgqx3rf1pGm8Y34dVMI3uQD0ohnFHnwqafAftpID-ldK/s320/IMG_0518.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0c160derXbcjkfJO-JhZZdglDJ1y6lmaJT-_5mCUnCS7clKt04bNYIk69K45k6b0iEK3PZ0UGupHvVQ9N_HRGbndAtQm7E-SsvCXWd-R5zppHDfYrXZOXidfa09TW8_ST1_yEhS2HxBrwhF0N3EvEAPBf91BlxHe65Fx2br9-jnWwcClykUYw7K7WyfT/s4032/IMG_0523.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0c160derXbcjkfJO-JhZZdglDJ1y6lmaJT-_5mCUnCS7clKt04bNYIk69K45k6b0iEK3PZ0UGupHvVQ9N_HRGbndAtQm7E-SsvCXWd-R5zppHDfYrXZOXidfa09TW8_ST1_yEhS2HxBrwhF0N3EvEAPBf91BlxHe65Fx2br9-jnWwcClykUYw7K7WyfT/s320/IMG_0523.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They had at each place setting a little card to fill out about the person to your left about what you have learned about them, what you love about them and what you wish for them in the new year. They had the kids put one shoe out on the windowsill and they filled them with Brazillian treats. They hosted 29 people and made one long table to fit everyone since that’s how they would do it in Brazil. They wanted to start at 9 and finish at midnight– like in Brazil but we had to alter those ideas… we started at 6. We did traditional Brazillian Karaoke– and then my littles exchanged presents. Monson’s and Addison’s families left to get their kids in bed…the rest of us stayed and played Left Right center… and I WON $$$. We had my kids and grands all there, minus our Markus and Laila, The Brazillian people, and Tru’s two friends, Sal and Van. Paula Carlson, Tim and Linda Wangsgaard, and Tami, Rob and Madi Madsen.</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vsSu_Xd7lEQ1lfRGv6IropmVBkKqJa5iO2FEvOPZrIWha4Xq-ATqKMC6MHUSBLR5Kwztkgo_BH1zA7dJcouD4OYj6nPQsWUgB0ROEuQoV9YIF7jOe0wPlcwfQXTNm0tBjaRrVsXHnUf5Q9XFn73wZxFVQ0AX7_6wwjr2VKnUfxMC98OrtCYQ3DvgM-Oa/s3088/IMG_0526.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vsSu_Xd7lEQ1lfRGv6IropmVBkKqJa5iO2FEvOPZrIWha4Xq-ATqKMC6MHUSBLR5Kwztkgo_BH1zA7dJcouD4OYj6nPQsWUgB0ROEuQoV9YIF7jOe0wPlcwfQXTNm0tBjaRrVsXHnUf5Q9XFn73wZxFVQ0AX7_6wwjr2VKnUfxMC98OrtCYQ3DvgM-Oa/s320/IMG_0526.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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( I love it when Christmas Eve is on a Sunday...). Megan and Rachel <span style="font-family: inherit;">and Becca decorated the space at Centerpoint Theatre with balloons and it looked great. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg23pgsHKvJAnI5NwI6cu1J19srOwAnvaRLonljGZ4t4V6KBflZxPnC7i7zrAei0cQABw_E0Bv_9nLPOBKJpNmBaQJK2LbupA0t0nzloyeo9sfn7S135Ne5v8W0KlNjqdiES2f6S6oFWERDYlc23h4xu7FMuZ2h5PAFxvCuo9pSVNrOGDZ5waGeGov78Lq/s1024/imagejpeg_0%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg23pgsHKvJAnI5NwI6cu1J19srOwAnvaRLonljGZ4t4V6KBflZxPnC7i7zrAei0cQABw_E0Bv_9nLPOBKJpNmBaQJK2LbupA0t0nzloyeo9sfn7S135Ne5v8W0KlNjqdiES2f6S6oFWERDYlc23h4xu7FMuZ2h5PAFxvCuo9pSVNrOGDZ5waGeGov78Lq/s320/imagejpeg_0%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rachel, baby Sofi, Nano and Jenna</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1MDZh0CUFjIr7pPdRwGZQx1917DHpHUryAakTlu4aSamyvTIE95jMCphJ4gfgqhJKaZ1W7DnIHY_Jot-DDCBwSTC48MT6YflIibq9lRKv9bH0ind2nHXCGcK568dW7Be7v2Yo8M_QM09yaOsCTOj-1P62aLi5p8iZKmUHZXElmD6_TaoNGKCEYZVMWoE/s1024/imagejpeg_0%20(4).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1MDZh0CUFjIr7pPdRwGZQx1917DHpHUryAakTlu4aSamyvTIE95jMCphJ4gfgqhJKaZ1W7DnIHY_Jot-DDCBwSTC48MT6YflIibq9lRKv9bH0ind2nHXCGcK568dW7Be7v2Yo8M_QM09yaOsCTOj-1P62aLi5p8iZKmUHZXElmD6_TaoNGKCEYZVMWoE/s320/imagejpeg_0%20(4).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ryan, Drew, Jordan and Laurie Call</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OI0JaeUH_07_yueEuh8WgPNJxsY3HGzgut5CNc2AGSEqQ26Fq-bhhGhDTR0RibCiIEbrQyFnLr-PCXutby3pjxuCSJoKx14UZ3B-DaKnBpMvMofaaioi5FRAfi30h_ctv6UKpFvQvGNc2fooJydeABU7wwFYFdLACjmp_Hk2Xrli5fMiwmst8pS9tkhx/s1024/imagejpeg_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OI0JaeUH_07_yueEuh8WgPNJxsY3HGzgut5CNc2AGSEqQ26Fq-bhhGhDTR0RibCiIEbrQyFnLr-PCXutby3pjxuCSJoKx14UZ3B-DaKnBpMvMofaaioi5FRAfi30h_ctv6UKpFvQvGNc2fooJydeABU7wwFYFdLACjmp_Hk2Xrli5fMiwmst8pS9tkhx/s320/imagejpeg_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Casey, baby Si, Becca, Adam and Christine</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> So many of us came dressed up either as a famous ADAM or as my brother Adam or in Christmas attire. <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Jordan and Laurie as Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus… I’m sure it was disturbing to the littles when he took off his beard and hat, Oh well. We had Becca there as Michael Caine in Muppet Christmas carols, Casey as Adam Sandler, Nano as Adam Driver, and Rachel as her dad– she went and took some of his clothes out of his closet. Wayne and I wore our light-up Christmas suits… it was just fun. The white elephants worked out great this year too. We did the draw name and play the game for the person way…it’s a fun twist. So at the end once everything is unwrapped and exchanged…there is one more exchange and you take the present to the person whose name you drew. We had Christmas Eve and Christmas Adam sweaters in play, “nasty” christmas t-shirts, lots of golf balls, and U or U stuff… some legos, funky pops, soda pop, Addison drew up a Christmas Vacation sweatshirt– “the Shitters Full” and he drew up a funny "Christmas Eve and Christmas Adam" graphic. The littles did their own white elephant swap and had a movie to watch. </span>It was a hoot. </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSZ2-ZaEwhQxdpmHSWS5sZmWMzL5BwZSof531-nlBnOn0YjUGuaG6vL0b8Wxot9qduRPLmjWzZP1evMsc3zUOq06nPBGm_5DQBku87JcaL0jQONU2y8Gx-EumnIXc__6k4z1PGYqEN4_yRf3_PQEnQ7F1bJPV5Sc2EIFQB1PEIT_Aq6hE0SRawARIjuRO/s1024/imagejpeg_0%20(6).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSZ2-ZaEwhQxdpmHSWS5sZmWMzL5BwZSof531-nlBnOn0YjUGuaG6vL0b8Wxot9qduRPLmjWzZP1evMsc3zUOq06nPBGm_5DQBku87JcaL0jQONU2y8Gx-EumnIXc__6k4z1PGYqEN4_yRf3_PQEnQ7F1bJPV5Sc2EIFQB1PEIT_Aq6hE0SRawARIjuRO/s320/imagejpeg_0%20(6).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andrew, Sohpia, Elsie, Lexi and Monson</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Liz loved it.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWVxHrM1WJIMwpEuiAo-4BNwPNQsYdQwd5tyjI7I-seg8-30xHjN2IoRm-TNV9eY-UgWt0NZqPv8cvJ3xxgLUeGyBrrcXey4nA_IXPDm7mKbh5pEJpVxZseIRZKq8rZKIMtl8zVgsxNSD_zGQJ2-NxeCmroaIFZX9wf5mBOeoi1ddvHy-jaY6dzw8Rms-K/s4032/IMG_1811.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWVxHrM1WJIMwpEuiAo-4BNwPNQsYdQwd5tyjI7I-seg8-30xHjN2IoRm-TNV9eY-UgWt0NZqPv8cvJ3xxgLUeGyBrrcXey4nA_IXPDm7mKbh5pEJpVxZseIRZKq8rZKIMtl8zVgsxNSD_zGQJ2-NxeCmroaIFZX9wf5mBOeoi1ddvHy-jaY6dzw8Rms-K/s320/IMG_1811.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandpa Gary with baby Maggie</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfYOZBe1-cNFw7IVGOqbrKS05zYPUoD4fL0jY3LX7Q4qqYBsTewpTO7XLV15WhsiIL126jzLnltW-NoiYAqeuXov4u0Ep-km3qomNULvSnauJc2QlIqemk4p4p6OkLctlQ7NWvrimu6HMTdGF-_eWfFoaEyJ1KhyWtnC2luy7_Ze54iBvEeBeV-oblwrC/s4032/IMG_1816.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfYOZBe1-cNFw7IVGOqbrKS05zYPUoD4fL0jY3LX7Q4qqYBsTewpTO7XLV15WhsiIL126jzLnltW-NoiYAqeuXov4u0Ep-km3qomNULvSnauJc2QlIqemk4p4p6OkLctlQ7NWvrimu6HMTdGF-_eWfFoaEyJ1KhyWtnC2luy7_Ze54iBvEeBeV-oblwrC/s320/IMG_1816.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monson family</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3gEmYOs0hp48chGz0Y4hGyyEBBdoXtXyc4Zd0cwP0PYoYXyqJxgNud9Co6J43-gmP7B3RcNEt0ZPrMq5eX48BypESHnVnhL7h76FZzfg2-fUhhvLckyHfV-IdqyzsNNPApU-0XASFVbi9uahCVGr-NMyGV4Y3dYYJ1PLds_-ptZ9UGR6eWYvOCOVsXx4/s4032/IMG_1819.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3gEmYOs0hp48chGz0Y4hGyyEBBdoXtXyc4Zd0cwP0PYoYXyqJxgNud9Co6J43-gmP7B3RcNEt0ZPrMq5eX48BypESHnVnhL7h76FZzfg2-fUhhvLckyHfV-IdqyzsNNPApU-0XASFVbi9uahCVGr-NMyGV4Y3dYYJ1PLds_-ptZ9UGR6eWYvOCOVsXx4/s320/IMG_1819.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andrew and Sophia</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-34948580854389952542023-12-22T10:38:00.001-07:002023-12-22T10:38:26.023-07:00Sibling party<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnvytLg7Ljpl5FD6BzMTHlH6Bh_R_3bGjcssNOUxPW61N7S4e-1MOmEotfjDs5-U3sFslrmOw51DAE3QukimJJRPN9XGsSoZB2cMBp-SLM2axNO7lSGLOqrJ5WSdSI697NNEg96rDYX7lHpj_smUGGTX7KPn2FC6uOjNKYLZET9JDtuyb4-ZHBTZfHw3o/s4032/IMG_5687.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnvytLg7Ljpl5FD6BzMTHlH6Bh_R_3bGjcssNOUxPW61N7S4e-1MOmEotfjDs5-U3sFslrmOw51DAE3QukimJJRPN9XGsSoZB2cMBp-SLM2axNO7lSGLOqrJ5WSdSI697NNEg96rDYX7lHpj_smUGGTX7KPn2FC6uOjNKYLZET9JDtuyb4-ZHBTZfHw3o/w300-h400/IMG_5687.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My sibling party was awesome. Angela and Guy hosted. Angela has decorated their home gorgeously-- with 3 Christmas trees. She is really good at decorating. We met for food- apps - in their spotlessly clean garage. Played "reindeer games" and laughed a lot. Reindeer games included bouncing ping pong balls into a cupcake holder for prizes, shooting through a Mistle Toad to get a kiss, flip the cup tic tac to teams.... blind folded bow in a bowl and a Boomwhaker concert. I wore my SANTA Elf shirt of Wayne and I. 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Tuesday we sang at Barton Creek in Bountiful. We brought Wanee and Holly over to hear us sing. ANd on Saturday morning we played the our old Mueller Park 7th ward. Showed off a little. We basically played back ground music while the kids ran around and people visited. They really could have cared less about us. It was fun to talk to old ward members that we miss so much.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_OX7t_JZMRSAUbFn0ggoAoud_DG6nmO3pnjf3Ecln3OtiBiztQI0QnspjNN9uCEQxFvDTiczjQHFim-VBtN5QoAn3T_QRi4k9_hDWlkmxRqMkHNbOYVzBxamZvQPaHaLiOBbdlSP_ncr-8KuY7KCTjSUu2goBBrqaJiFaI8BtgVORZKrqkGG23bI8MBHz" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_OX7t_JZMRSAUbFn0ggoAoud_DG6nmO3pnjf3Ecln3OtiBiztQI0QnspjNN9uCEQxFvDTiczjQHFim-VBtN5QoAn3T_QRi4k9_hDWlkmxRqMkHNbOYVzBxamZvQPaHaLiOBbdlSP_ncr-8KuY7KCTjSUu2goBBrqaJiFaI8BtgVORZKrqkGG23bI8MBHz" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> I think we should change our name from Sidetracked to “Geri and the Atrics” Since we are all old and play for mainly old people. Garth Oborn bought all of the men in he group including Wayne our sound guy flannel shirts from Duluth Trading company. No cheap shirts for them. It’s really funny the things that he cares about. We sing this Tuesday then one more time after Christmas then we put our Christmas songs away and go back to our most excellent rock and roll from teh 60’s and 70’s play list. I wear my funky Santa top to all of the performances. It looks like ZZ top as Santa claus.</span></div>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778666795058598249.post-70240059529561130422023-12-18T11:32:00.002-07:002023-12-18T11:32:42.185-07:00More parties<div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We had two other parties this week. We met up with Wayne’s old YSA bishopric at our home on Tuesday night. We had a potluck with soups and then everyone had to come prepared to share a Christmas memory– good, bad or ugly. We laughed a lot. We gave them all a loaf of Wayne’s delicious sourdough bread!</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh944-344LjBz8GcXKfE8tUGBSGqeYTFOyyNo5ZiWBg5mrszMuU6OcKl-ijOxExJ7pCnoWww5NxS76DCkoSeennwYtEsun0F7-3MOea6-I7nKnQ5xH03-SqbkIFnIYlES7nDvZDiD1wszFrXUVeMliR0vu1t7LzTQhZzkyVwsPApltItl0q8nKKbKS2N8QW" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh944-344LjBz8GcXKfE8tUGBSGqeYTFOyyNo5ZiWBg5mrszMuU6OcKl-ijOxExJ7pCnoWww5NxS76DCkoSeennwYtEsun0F7-3MOea6-I7nKnQ5xH03-SqbkIFnIYlES7nDvZDiD1wszFrXUVeMliR0vu1t7LzTQhZzkyVwsPApltItl0q8nKKbKS2N8QW" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Friday night we had another group in our home– our old West Bountiful friends– Legers, Websters and Wangsgaards. We have been around each other for 38 years. We just picked up where we left off. IT was all so comfortable and nice. We potlucked pasta and salad this time. Everyone brought 3 bucks and we played Left, Center, Right..and I ended up with 24 dollars! It was a hoot. More card playing and good times. Janet brought a charcuterie that was just darling with a Snowman dip and a reindeer dip. We also gave them all a loaf of Wayne’s bread. He has been baking up a storm. There is a haze of flour constantly floating over our kitchen</span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzEy2eMZkJ-It0d4wNygUQz4coW8IqVv6Hj5rQFGAQSnIT_0AVzDKSv4w70JilVhoClvnwhkuaBFMvbSEiL5gcTuWE66cc8DORIECrR6ZkSbDUyFJlXJWfp2H6kxwz5x0l8g3mP9Y3r4QVwTC52-yAohyphenhyphenqvf72zg6-DBV7USBejq0oV5E8shlbbCUcltEK/s4032/IMG_0389.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzEy2eMZkJ-It0d4wNygUQz4coW8IqVv6Hj5rQFGAQSnIT_0AVzDKSv4w70JilVhoClvnwhkuaBFMvbSEiL5gcTuWE66cc8DORIECrR6ZkSbDUyFJlXJWfp2H6kxwz5x0l8g3mP9Y3r4QVwTC52-yAohyphenhyphenqvf72zg6-DBV7USBejq0oV5E8shlbbCUcltEK/s320/IMG_0389.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqCid08IuNaZk156SNlp2aF6TTK3fbM9IK1iAQ-grWAHPp6-TvQeKMkqGjF0zpKFgYYfeYwyF2n7KrrR2dHI5MVoW5uBdbtsBR1j72K4ehvS2VPXIPr-VKHkyc9_rg67IWxov5GAk732AWwuVxXl4729rOUSxiIdF_MEh7bi5glpRahdY5AqpU9wmJcrs/s4032/IMG_1604.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqCid08IuNaZk156SNlp2aF6TTK3fbM9IK1iAQ-grWAHPp6-TvQeKMkqGjF0zpKFgYYfeYwyF2n7KrrR2dHI5MVoW5uBdbtsBR1j72K4ehvS2VPXIPr-VKHkyc9_rg67IWxov5GAk732AWwuVxXl4729rOUSxiIdF_MEh7bi5glpRahdY5AqpU9wmJcrs/s320/IMG_1604.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZKYcAeKRUHAbHVsCacJpFljC6LiTo8NnbQzCQ7KQBDfjB5zBVuYN8QZuPXkOmEciQ_F83qz8imSmc4QDTdz45q5LyCwjMkd0pUfZ9m36hACvsJRkLGLpqYaemhH2SZ2Bp4gcwEIKLXHroALeUAPwUaZoOAo7IptAJimdYsqe7Msob5HDtYV6Xa-0YFsY/s2969/IMG_5654.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2685" data-original-width="2969" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZKYcAeKRUHAbHVsCacJpFljC6LiTo8NnbQzCQ7KQBDfjB5zBVuYN8QZuPXkOmEciQ_F83qz8imSmc4QDTdz45q5LyCwjMkd0pUfZ9m36hACvsJRkLGLpqYaemhH2SZ2Bp4gcwEIKLXHroALeUAPwUaZoOAo7IptAJimdYsqe7Msob5HDtYV6Xa-0YFsY/s320/IMG_5654.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div>Melwelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626080878499758914noreply@blogger.com0