GONE FROM DAYBREAK TILL DUSK

The rec center is closed till Monday so we met Pat on the outside track today.  Got there at 7:30 and it was cool outside. I LOVED IT! We walked our 10,000 steps and  quit. We came home and got ready to go to Meridian for the Electrician's luncheon.  We had to wear our church clothes because we serve at the temple on Thursday evenings now and didn't have time to go back home to change.  It was held at CASA MEXICO. There were around 20 of us there today.

I'm  not all that fond of going to them because I really don't know any of the ladies very well.

But, I visited with 3 of the ladies that sat close to us so it wasn't too bad. They asked us why we were  We left by dressed up so we told them. It brought up some conversation about the temple so that was nice. We left after eating and the meeting part of the luncheon. We  drove to the temple and as we were passing by Danbury Estates, I mentioned to Tony  that Brother and Sister Hawkes lived there. He has passed and I wondered if she was still alive. 

The sky was so pretty . I loved the clouds.

They were so feathery and wispy. We arrived at the temple around 2:40. Our prayer meeting is at 3:15 so we had plenty of time to change and relax a bit before our shift started. It went well and my 2nd to last post was in the baptistry. AND guess who was there?? Travis Hawkes!! It was so cool! He is a Bishop now and he told me that his mother asked just recently if he knew how I was doing. I am amazed that there are no coincidences at the temple. The Lord is aware of us and He makes it know in little ways like this!! 

We left around 8:30 after the last veil. It was such a lovely temperature outside and it just reminded me of some beautiful summer nights I've had. It was a busy day but a great day.

GOD IS GOOD!

JUST TRYING TO HELP

Yesterday, we walked at the rec center inside. The next 4 days, we will be outside due to the center being closed for cleaning and some new equipment being put in in the weight room. However, we will only walk Thursday, Friday and Saturday, outside. Anyways, afterwards, we came home and I ate a quick bite of cereal and then rushed off to a Primary meeting. It was from 10 to 11 and I thought I'd be going over to Jill's to help clean right after. I did plan on it but Jill sent me a text asking me to come a bit later because she had a man laying some sod and some decorative rock in the flower beds. Tony had an appointment at 1 with his doctor so I told her we'd be over after that. I got home from my meeting and immediately went to work on my assignments for church. I got all the music printed off for our Primary program so each teacher will have the music and able to sing with the children. I also got birthdays for the next 3 months printed off on calendars for the Presidency.

Then, I went up to my craft room and put together 10 of these cute gift boxes. I haven't added tags to 9 of them but will do so as I use them.  Tony left for his appointment so I sat down to read.

We are reading this book for book club which will be on the 16th so I've got to hurry. Only 1/3 of the way through.  Tony called me around 2 and said he was on his way home but was stopping at his mothers to check on the mail and the garden. I made us a bagel sandwich for lunch. We ate quickly when he got home and them we headed over to Scott and Jill's home.

Tony tried to help with the fireplace, as the fan quit turning on. It was quite a process and a bit of a conundrum but they got it working.  

I started in the kitchen washing windows and the shutters. I also did the back door and then moved onto the downstairs bedroom and then over to Jills office.  While I did the inside, Jill washed the outside on  4 of the windows. I was able to do the inside and outside on the doors. The shutters are what was difficult.

I guess that's why mine are so dirty. lol  I want the new type that Lynn has so I can just vacuum them but so far I haven't talked Tony into them. He says he will get them for me BUT 1st, he wants to get the house painted and the sprinklers blown out. I told him he'd better get a hold of a painter quick or soon it will be too late to do it this year. I think he's trying to avoid my shade issue. lol

We were at Jill's a little over three hours. I told her I could come back over next week to help. We have an electricians luncheon today and then the new temple shift. She has a big community garage sale on Saturday and Scott will be home for the BSU game.

It was a great day.

GOD IS GOOD!~

A GOOD DAY!!

Today, we picked up the Browns and went to the temple. 

WHAT A GORGEOUS DAY! 

I love Fall. 

The temperature was so mild and we enjoy the Browns going with us when they can. Appreciate them.

We each did an endowment and then 2 hours of sealings. We were able to get 76 ordinances done today. It was great! We came home and ate the remainder of the chicken salad and rested till it was time to pick up the Poulsen's for the movie.

We went to the new SPIDERMAN movie. Tony and I had seen it once before and glad we went a 2nd time. We actually enjoyed it more the 2nd time than we did the 1st time. 

And it could have been because of the company too. We love hanging out with Kevin and Jan. They are such good friends and we love going out with them. 

It was a good day! GOD IS GOOD!~

MONDAY, GOODBYES AND YARD WORK

Monday morning, Tony and I went to the rec center to walk and then we went to Lynn's to say goodbye to Colby, Cindy and Lehi.

They were pretty much ready to take off when we got there but I asked Colby if he could help me hook my phone up to my photo frame. Since I got a new phone, I couldn't download any pictures. They came over to our house and it didn't take Colby any time at all to fix it. So grateful for his mad computer skills. lol

We took a selfie of the five of us and off they went to Utah. 

I started mowing the lawn and Tony edged and weeded. Once we finished, Tony trimmed the tree and bushes in the front lawn.  Shawn came over and nearly talked my leg off.  I told him 3 times I needed to get in the house and start my laundry but he kept talking. 

Luckily, Patrick pulled up and got Violet out and brought her over to see me. He handed her to me and I was thrilled.

She is so cute and has a lot of hair for her 6 months. She is sure a cutie. She loves her binky. We visited a bit and then Patrick took her and Shawn left.  I finally got in and started my laundry. lol It was a good end to our Labor Day weekend. 

GOD IS GOOD!~

SUNDAY, LABOR DAY WEEKEND!

Sunday was one exhausting day!!  The Adamson's are out of town on a fishing trip to Alaska. They always bring their little granddaughters to church. When I dropped off the program to Mary Ann last week, she mentioned that they  were going to Alaska and really wanted the girls to be able to go to church. BUT, her daughter doesn't go anymore and her son in law is not a member. I told her I would pick them up the next two weeks. She was so appreciative. SO, Sunday morning, Tony and I stopped and picked up the 3 little girls. They were all ready and excited to go!! They were non stop chatter for the whole time we were at church. We sat in the very back of the church and Joann House was subbing in Mary Ann's class so I asked her if she would sit with me, and help me with the girls. She was happy to do it. I was very popular with the little girls and they kept telling me they loved me and wanted to sit on my lap. I had to ask them to take turns. They all tried to talk me into letting them come to our house after church but I explained to them that we had company. 

After Primary, we took them home. They are the cutest little girls but wow, what a handful!! I really don't know Mary Ann does it. I know she's a little bit younger than me but I couldn't do what she does on a daily basis. The little girls exhausted me. lol

After church, I made a batch of cinnamon rolls to take over so we would have something to eat before Tammy and Chris got out of church. Boy, they were good. When the kids came over, I got a picture of Tony with 2 of his kids.

Then I took one of Anna and Katie. Pretty girls!

I made chicken salad and brought crescent rolls and chips. Tammy brought watermelon and cookies. We sat around and ate dinner together. Cindy visited with the girls in the kitchen.

Colby, Chris, Tony, Tammy and I ate in the dining room.

The little kids spent most of their time in the basement watching tv. We all visited around the table until 5:30 and then the kids went to see their mom in Meridian. She was moved from Utah to a care home here in Idaho. The kids were gone a couple of hours and while they were gone it started to rain. Pretty hard actually. It was nice. I crocheted and Tony relaxed while they were gone. Chris had gone home with Corbin, and the girls left as well. Colby and Cindy and Tammy were the only ones who went to visit Marsha but the girls came back a short time before the other three. 

We all played GOLF for an hour and a half.

Cindy was multi tasking as she worked on her lesson for Gospel Doctrine class as well as playing  cards. 

Tony and I were the winner and loser of the game. YEAH, from left to right! lol  That means he was the winner and I was the loser. lol 

Anna was our official card shuffler. She's darn good at it. We played until 9 and then I told Tony we needed to go home to bed. We avery l went our separate ways. It was a very busy day and exhausting.

GOD IS GOOD!

A BUSY LABOR DAY WEEKEND

We started the weekend off by meeting up with Stillman and Michelle and the kids, as well as Michelle's mother, her sister and her 2 boys, and her brother and his wife and 4 kids. Tony and I got to I HOP 1st so we reserved tables for 18!!  The girl looked at me and said, "is he serious?"  I said yes he is.  lol  We waited for a bit for them all to get there and then we waited a good hour for us all to be seated. It was incredibly busy because of the holiday weekend. 

We were finally seated at 11 or so and the waitress immediately started bringing drinks to everyone.  It took awhile for her to get around to taking our orders and Stillman asked if they could put a rush on Tony's and mine because I had a doctor appointment.

I took pictures from each end of the tables while we waited.

Then Tony took a couple so I'd be in the picture. 

It wouldn't have mattered.  Can hardly see me anyway. lol

Tony and I got our meal 1st and had to eat quickly. It was a bit embarrassing eating in front of all them but had to do it. When they all got their food, it was time for us to leave for Caldwell to see my nefrologist. My appointment went really well. My blood pressure was the best I've ever seen it. 117/64 !!  I was surprised it was so good! Dr. Keller said he wants to keep me on the rituximab for one more year and then take me off completely and see if my body will stay in remission. So, two more infusions in 2027 and I'll be done. He said at that point he'll check me every couple of months by having me do labs and seeing if all stays good.  After my appointment, we came home and got some things and then went to Lynn's to watch the BSU vs the DUCKS game. It was a good game really. We didn't expect the Bronco's to win but they gave them a run for their money and didn't make it easy for them. We were proud. 

Colby and Cindy and Lehi showed up around 5 or 5:50.  After bringing in their things and getting settled, we visited for a while. They wanted to go to the new SpiderMan movie but it didn't start till 9:30 and that was just too late. We tried to get it on Lynn's TV but couldn't so we went to our house.

 Colby brought it up on Disney channel (which we don't have) but he does and he put in his code. We watched the 1st Spiderman with Andrew Garfield. It got over at 10:30 and we were getting tired so we called it a night. Lehi wanted to watch the 2nd one with Garfield and Tony discovered we have them all (but two) on DVD so I'll bring it to Lynn's this afternoon after church  just in case.

Colby warmed up a Calzone for Lehi and we all watched the movie. 

Went to bed late after they left to stay at Lynn's house. We are having dinner with Chris and Tammy's family tomorrow as well but they don't get outta church till 4 and it's fast sunday ! I don't think we can wait till 4:30 to eat so I'm making cinnamon rolls to take to eat before they get there. It was a good day.

I visited with Chris and Scott both yesterday via a phone call.  Chris is in West Virginia for awhile for training. I had no idea. Miss ALL my boys and girls so much. It's hard. But hopefully in time, I'll get to see them again.  I called Jill as well and plan to go over next week to help her clean house for the listing. 

GOD IS GOOD!~

A WET FRIDAY

I told Pat that we'd go to the gym late today but then I woke up at 6:45 and couldn't go back to sleep....SO, I text Pat and told her we'd be there at 7:30. Since she wakes up regularly around 4 am (don't know how she does it) so we met and did our walking.  On the way home, we stopped at Lynn's to look for her temple packet. We couldn't find it so said we'd go to the temple to see if it was in the lost and found. We went home, changed clothes and Tony printed some temple cards off for me and then we relaxed for a bit before leaving. I finished my John Grisham book and started on the book "CRISIS" for book club. At 2 o'clock, we eft for Meridian.

It had been sprinkling in Nampa but was really wet in Meridian. 

We had to rush in and went to the laundry to check for her packet. They had so many but her's is lacy. However, I looked at all the lace ones and I didn't see hers. We called her on our way to Boise and told her. She said she'd just buy a new set.  We had a gift card that Scott and Jill gave us quite a while ago and still hadn't used. We just don't go to Boise all that much and this place was downtown on 8th street. It was pouring by then so we got out the umbrella and walked a bit to R&R BBQ.

It's a pretty cool spot and since it was only 3 o'clock, there wasn't anyone in the place.

I ordered the Buddy Bowl and Tony got pulled pork, hush puppies and sweet potato fries. 

It was really good. Too much food for the both of us so we had to take some home. lol BUT, it was so good! Tony loves leftovers, so there's that! 

They had cute signs and we really got a kick outta this one.

PITA wouldn't but we did! lol

We filled up our drinks and when we walked back to the car, the rain had stopped. We got on the freeway and it was backed up

 BIG TIME!!

It took us forever to get to here and they were  running all the traffic to the right hand lane..... 

With the amount of cop cars and two fire trucks, we figured it was a bad accident, and sure enough.....

The pickup truck on the left was turned around going the wrong direction and then there were three more cars messed up.

The white car, the black and the blue plus the truck. Not sure if anyone was injured but it was a big mess. Once we finally got past this, the traffic went pretty smoothly until after Meridian but it was still moving so we got home by 5. I took a shower, did my blog and now I'm gonna start on my book. This weekend is gonna be busy but we don't have to go to bed at 7am so I have time to make my chicken salad for Sunday. Colby and Cindy will be here sometime around 2 or 3 tomorrow. Stillman and Michelle are coming tonight and we are going to breakfast with them tomorrow morning before they head to Rexburg to drop off Alex and Jaden. I have a doctor appointment right after breakfast and then we'll watch the BSU game. 

It's gonna be a great weekend.