let me explain

The pix of Michelangelo is me trying to figure out how to add a picture to my blog--and I did it. Didn't think it would work, but it did. Yahoo--The picture did not have anything to do with the blog post, but I didn't have a picture of a barnacle. However, the soap beard could be considered something like that.

barnacle on the blog

I guess you will just to check on the Mommie Dairies to see what I have to say these days. Well, I guess I do have more to say--surprising isn't it? We look like a green house--just bought 3 flats of geranimums. Since it snowed today, we are hoping we can plant them by July.
I am really looking forward to General Conference this weekend---Yes, it is a nice break from WestRidge, and we don't have to be up at 6 a.m., but best of all, it is going to be a spiritual feast Sat, and Sun. I am sure.

Sunday

Today in Sacrament meeting, our speakers were two of the house parents. I was really touched with their talks. The first gal spoke about being Christ-like and she said that those people she regarded as such were those who took Gospel knowledge and then really did something with it--really used in in their lives. Knowing it is one thing, implementing it is quite another. The guy who spoke told a story of his friend who in elementary school was getting bullied. And one morning he was given an orange for breakfast, and this particular morning he peeled the orange in one long peel and then put it on his arm for a bracelet, and for whatever reason he decided that the orange bracelet gave him special powers, and would protect him from the bullies. He prayed that this would be so, and all the way to school he told himself it would be so, and that he would be protected.
Before he got in the school door, a couple of bullies started advancing on him and he just knew that with his orange bracelet and his prayer he would be OK. As the boys got quite close to him, he held up his bracleted arm, and just screamed : A-A-R-R-GHGHG and waved his arm in the air.
For whatever reason, the boys retreated and never bothered him again. He asked us if we had that kind of faith in the Gospel and if we knew that it was that powerful for us with prayer and faith.

And now I would like you all to remember my brother Larry with your power of prayer, as he recovers from his first radiation treatment for his prostate cancer. He is feeling quite weak, and naeuseated, and a bit sad. He is a kind, unassuming person and the prospect of these treatments not working is a heavy weight. So your prayers of faith in his behalf for recovery, and peace of mind would be appreciated. Thank you.

What a life

See--here I am again. Yesterday, I was with Laura getting my hair all beautiful, and she asked me about how I met Ron, etc. Well, I gave her the shortened version of meeting by accident on the phone, and how he told me on the 2nd date we would marry, but a mission would come first, and the interesting way in which he purposed to me, and then all our adventures for 20 years in the air force--all the traveling--the babies--his operations. And, it struck me just what a fantastic life Dad and I have lived. I mean it really has been so full of so many wonderful adventures--some scarry, some sad, some challenging--and I guess I wouldn't change a day of it. While I was recounting it all, it just struck me that WOW what a life we have lived. We are so blessed. And the past 19 years in Utah--yes, 19 years--almost as long as our time in the Air Force--have been filled with so many milestones: Marriages of all our children, grandchildren, careers, and the building of another entire chapter of our life. And we aren't finished yet !!!!!

Getting the hang of this blogg'en stuff

Sooner or later, I will get good at doing this--or at least be more consistent. I am grateful today, that Mike was safe while in the tornado in Atlanta, Georgia, and that Zeke has managed to be a wonderful kiddo with all these allergies, and that I got to spend some time with James--he can talk as much as Sunni when she isn't around. And, that we will soon be on our way to Oregon, and that Camron is willing to give his talents to people in Mexico (April 7 through 19th) However, that is such a long time that I don't blame Missy if she has a new husband by the time he returns. And that Vynessa's pregnancy is going well, and that Anne of Green Gables was on TV again--it just always restores my faith is the goodness of good people. And that Spring will be here before too long, and that I have such an interesting and challenging career at Utah State Prison, and that I don't need any huge and expensive items to feel this kind of gratitude.