Priesthood

Clark received the Melchizedek Priesthood on Sunday. His grandad came up from Casa Grand and gave a good prayer. Because it was REALLY short he was able to remember everything he said and wrote it down for Clark to keep, which was really thoughtful.

If you're wondering about the picture, I googled Melchizedek Priesthood and this was the first picture to show up. (the strange man is supposed to be J.S.) Enjoy!

My Life

I find I have nothing to blog about lately. My computer died and so my mom gave me an old laptop which died from a virus 2 days later. Then my sister gave me her old computer and my sanity has returned! So far so good. I'm so lucky to have family give me free computers! Right now I'm not working. People always ask, "What do you do all day!?" Well, not much. Here's a run down of my relaxing life: 1. Wake up and take Roxy to work. 2. Come home and eat breakfast, usually oatmeal with fresh peaches, fresh butter, fresh milk, and eggs from Sunny's farm. (I love my connections!) 3. A morning bike ride around my block which is almost exactly 1 mile around. I usually go about 6 or 7 miles. (I find riding a bike is easier than walking) 4. Then I come home and turn up the music while I do the dishes! For those of you who haven't seen my place, it is sans dishwasher! 5. I then get out the old notebook and watch some french educational videos from good old PBS. I write down anything new I learn and then use them all in sentences. I usually watch 3 videos. About 1 1/2 hours. Then I read a chapter in Paroles de Poilus. It's pretty difficult reading but very interesting-a must. It's letters french soldiers in the front wrote during WWI. Very touching. Sophie gave me the book as a present before I left Le Vesinet. I'm only sorry I'm just now taking the time to read it. 6. Then I clean our apartment. It gets very messy very fast. It's a tiny place crammed with all of my stuff (I have a lot) and with 3 people living in it....It's scary. By the way, my sister-in-law Roxy lives with us. She does a lot of the deep cleaning (things that are hard for me to do). 7. Then I start cooking dinner. I usually cook at 3 or 4 o'clock because I have to go pick up Roxy. She is without a vehicle since just returning home from a mission. She's been saving though and hopefully soon she'll get a car! 8. Then Clark and Roxy come home and are either studying for their G.E.D., exercising, or reading. Clark is reading Brisingr, Roxy is reading These Is My Words, and I am reading The Phantom of The Opera. Not the most exciting book, but strangely enough I still like it. I am also reading Les Miserables. Actually, I was reading it about 5 years ago and the book mysteriously disappeared....Sorry Mom (I was borrowing it and I still never replaced it) I was about 3/4 of the way done. So I went to the library and I'm picking up where I left off. I'm reading the unabridged version so there's no way I'm going to start from the beginning to refresh my memory. This is my daily routine. I've sent my resume out to plenty of companies but I haven't had any luck. I signed up with an employment agency and they said right now no company is hiring in the HR department. I'm not too keen on taking a receptionist position because it would be a drastic pay cut. (and who likes answering phones anyway?) I really want to go back to school next semester so I'm studying hard on my own to get my french back where it used to be. I have about a year and a half to graduate if I went full time. I'm crossing my fingers about finding a job so I can enroll.

Another Benefit Concert

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HOPE CONCERT

This is a flyer for a fundraiser for Christian & Stephanie Nielson. It's going to be a fun, entertaining night! Next Wednesday, September 10th! (Click on flyer to see it enlarged) Mark your calendars now!!!

AHHHHHHH!!!!!!

I love the weather we've been having, don't get me wrong, but on Tuesday we had a really strong storm and it zapped our computer in the middle of the night. So I will be gone from the online world for a while. In the meantime I'll just keep on enjoying the weather!

It's a boy!

Annabell finally had her calf!!! Yay! It's a bull and they named him Brownie!

I can't wait to see the original!

Balloon Launch

Yesterday Clark & I went to the temple and launched balloons with our wishes attached for our cousins Christian and Stephanie Nielson. They were in a plane crash a week ago, leaving them with severe burns. Their family has a tradition of releasing balloons with their wishes attached and so Stephanie's sister proposed that everyone launch a balloon with a wish attached at the same time all over the world. Crazy that someone could know so many people, but so far there's been launches is Australia, Germany, Spain, Oregon, Texas, Illinois, Utah, California, Washington, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Arizona etc. I didn't know anyone at the temple, but it was amazing to see the huge turn out of friends and family there to support Christian and Stephanie. My prayers are with that family.

Clark and I waiting for the launch (in 110 degree weather)