Missionary Surprises!

So two times in the past couple of months I have been
surprised that my husband has been entertaining the
missionaries.

The first time, I was out of town and came home to find
out that my husband had invited the young male missionaries
in to our home and sat and talked with them for a bit. This was
a shock because my husband hasn't been active since I have
known him and I would have never thought he would be
entertaining the missionaries without me around.

The second time was about a month ago, I was sitting on the
couch chillin' after just getting home from work, a little tuckered
out, thinking to myself that I hoped my husband would take me
out to dinner cuz I hadn't planned ahead for anything.

Bruce walks in and says "Hi, dear! I just met some new
missionaries and I hope you don't mind that I invited them
to dinner tonight-is that okay?" Well, first off I was a little
shocked and then embarrassed cuz I hadn't made any dinner,
so I told him I was hoping he would take me out. He then replied
that we would just take the missionaries out for a nice dinner!
He invited them in and introduced me to Bro. & Sis. Bingham
from Idaho, currently serving a mission at Temple Square, but
had recently been assinged to branch out to our stake.

Apparently, they had been driving down the street looking
as if they might be lost so Bruce flagged them down to help
and struck a conversation and invited them for dinner.

I am still not sure if they were actually looking for our house,
since Bruce is inactive he was probably their intended target!
Anyhow, we have been associating with them several times since
then. They spoke in our ward and invited Bruce and he actually
went. Then Bruce and Matt actually went bird hunting with Bro.
Bingham on his farm in Idaho.( What missionary gets to go hunting
on their mission?) We have also gone bowling and for ice cream.
They are a real down-to-earth couple and are very nice and easy
to talk to and get along with. I am so glad that Bruce is receptive
to at least befriending them at this point and who knows what it
will lead to.

Birdie Pic

Took this pic at Sundance. If you look really close you can see a bird on the edge of the wood plank. I love the message- the bird seems to have no clue that one swift move of the plank could send him into the tumbling water. He seems at peace!

A New Season

Well, it has been awhile since I have posted. There has been so much going on. This may not have any pics attached , but oh well, it's a post!!

Warning, this may be a long one!!!!

Our lives have seasons, I am not sure which season I am in, but I know I am in a new season.
I have quit my two part-time jobs(as preschool teacher and CNA) to work full-time 8-4, M-F.
I am working as the administrative assistant for a new Legacy facility that was just built and opened 5 minutes from my house!

I started on Sept. 21st. In a temporary office. The business was supposed to open the 1st of October, but three days before that there was a major flood in the basement(faulty sprinkler system it seems) that damaged all of the electrical control boxes. Therefore, it delayed the opening to October 26th.
We were told it would be a perfect time to take a vacation, but we could still come to work if we wanted to. I took a few days off and went to Cedar/St.Geo. None of my family could really take time off at this point, so I didn't really want to vacation alone!!! So the days that I did go into work, were somewhat boring. BAsically all I did was answer phones(that rarely rang), and write up an office supply order for when we opened up.

One day, they sent some of us to volunteer to serve at a luncheon at another LEgacy facility that was hosting Richard Paul Evans as a guest speaker(he wrote the Christmas Box, etc.). The luncheon was for over 100 people. I ended up setting all the tables, filling all glasses with ice and water, serving for a 3 course meal(in shifts, not all courses at once), refilling glasses when people ran out, and clearing the tables afterward, oh, also setting up all the chairs!! I was there from 10:30 til just after 2, smelling all the wonderful food, walking my legs off back and forth from the kitchen to the banquet room and working up quite a sweat. I really didn't mind doing this in the beginning-it was something to do besides sit behind a desk and be bored!! What really upset me was that the people at the facility we were helping didn't ever once say "thank you", or offer to let us eat some of this yummy food we had been smelling and serving. We worked right thru what should have been our lunch! Not one "thank-you" or token of appreciation. It has certainly made me look at waitress/servers with more appreciation. If someone does a good job when I am out to eat, I will let them know, either by generous tip or verbal acknowledgement!

Well, anyway, we moved over to our facility on October 23rd or 24th and officially opened for business on the 26th! Well, things are still very slow. It takes awhile to fill a 40-bed facility(that is just my side of the bldg., 37 more beds on the alzheimer's side!) Anyway, so most days while I sit and wait for the phone to ring, I am trying to find things to do to keep busy and not go BORED CRAZY!! Can't wait til things pick up!! But I am not liking the full-time thing! Wow! I never seem to get any quiet time or time to get errands done. This is gonna take awhile to get used to!!

That is what I mean by seasons-I am in a new season of life, one I haven't seen for over 20 years!! I am trying to adjust. It not only is hard to work full-time again, but it has been hard to come to the realization that I am no longer needed at home by my kids as I used to be. They are all graduated from HS, either attending college, or to their little family, They have moved out (most of them) and on with establishing their new lives-as it should be, but it is so hard to go from a busy life dedicated to being Carpool-mom, Cheer-mom, Dance-Mom, Sports-mom,
Getting everyone up, and where they need to be and then waking up one day to realize that I am not needed for those things anymore. I feel empty and useless-What am I if not a busy mom???

So, I must start out on a new season in my life and adjust to many new things at once and find out just who I am now!!

Mandi and Jordan's quality time together!

Enjoying a little quality computer time together!!! I thought this was so funny!

oops!

Oviously, I am not good at adding pictures and text in the right order!
Sorry!! And the pic of Jen, Hayley, and Daniel sleeping was not the same
night as Hayley's sleepover without her mom and dad!!haha

HAYLEY'S BIG SLEEPOVER

Jenny, Hayley and Daniel sleeping. Comfy?












Bathtime, Naptime-with "Uncle Bear"(matt)
and doing puzzles with him too!

Me and Hayley-TWINS

Me and Hayley wearing dresses. After we had
them on we realized they were near perfect matches!!
So FUN!!

EVEN MORE FUN IN THE SUN!!

Kip and Michelle stopped by for just a quick visit.

Me and then Lisa on the tube

Cutest pic of Hayley!


Jenny, Hayley and Daniel.

We had so much fun, but sure

were drained of all energy when

we got home!!

MORE FUN IN THE SUN!!

Mandi & Stef

Daniel

Jenny(It was her birthday!)

Stef, Todd and Hayley

Me, Lisa, my mother

Luckily we had pretty good weather for

our outing @ Jordanelle Res. We stayed

at a cabin in Heber. We had fun boating

but the 4-wheelin' wasn't as great as we

were led to believe. More random pics!

FAMILY SUMMER FUN

Whole dang family(actually, Matt is missing. He had to work

Jenny, Daniel and Hayley on deck of cabin

Jenny and Daniel on tube

HAYLEY AWAKE ON BOAT

Funny pic of Hayley asleep on boat!

Grandma Great(my mom), Hayley, Lisa

Stef on Boogie Board and with her beau, Todd Mandi and her beau, Jordan

Mandi on the knee board

Hayley & Puzzle

I went down to Cedar City to tend Hayley so

Jenny and Daniel could celebrate their 7th anniversay. I took Hayley to St. Geo and stayed at my mom's a couple days. My mom found a

puzzle with Baby Bop and Hayley did it over and over again for one whole hour!! It was so funny that she was so enthralled with doing it again, and again. My mom was helping and then her husband, Vern took a turn. It sure kept her busy for a long time!

My baby graduates HS!

The Graduate!!!

We are so proud of him.

He'll be going off to the U!! It was such an exciting and emotional day. We went to dinner and then took a tour of the Oquirrh Temple. It felt so wonderful to have my whole family in the sealing room. I wanted to stay there forever!!!

Twins!!

Mandi and Jordan

being dressed alike!!

Skyler Graduates

My nephew, Skyler graduated from his
program at Job Corp. He is now a CNA!
I am so proud of him. He has overcome a
challenging life and has a bright outlook
on life. Keep up the good work, bud!!

TULIP FESTIVAL/APRIL 2009

Okay, so I am very slow getting these on here, but enjoy!!!