Michelle, Gabbi, and Jaron came to town to attend the wedding and festivities for Lizzy Hinton and Damon Hinton. It was a big family reunion!
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| The sealing took place in the Red Cliffs Utah temple and Don (Damon's grandpa and Ken's brother) performed the sealing. |
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In the afternoon there was a nice dinner, then a ring ceremony, then a reception.  |
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| Ring Ceremony |
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| Gabbi and Jaron catching some sun. |
Non-Fiction Physical book
Being a Pooh
fan, I really wanted to love this book.
I have always felt that Winnie-the-Pooh was written for adults and has
so much simple wisdom in it. But I felt
this book was more about explaining Taoism than Poohism. 2 ½ stars .
Physical book Historical
Fiction
Not since Cee Cee Honeycutt have we had such a delightful,
lovable young narrator to tell the story.
This is Daisy Fay’s coming of age story and it could not be told in a
better way. Though Daisy Fay has a very difficult life and circumstances, she powers
through with humor, courage, and aplomb.
As soon as I finished, I looked if there was a sequel, but there is
not. But I have several other Fannie
Flagg books to read. This was my first,
but will not be my last! 5 shiny stars!
Ken and I went to a new frozen yogurt place near our home. We each filled our cups and I had mine weighed, then headed outside while Ken had his weighed and paid. It was taking a long time, so I looked back inside. The cashier was taking his picture. What? Evidently, they were running a promotion that if your yogurt weighed exactly 12.5 ounces, then you got it free. Ken's was right on the money. Free frozen yogurt! Pretty sweet deal!
Our house is getting old and was in need of some repairs. One evening we went to Lowe's and chose a new faucet for our bathroom and three new light fixtures for our living room and entry. A couple of days later, Ken tried to install the new faucet. He got it almost done, but had some trouble, so we had to call a plumber.
A few days later, he installed the three lights. He did a great job and we loved them. So he went back to Lowe's and bought five more of the same model, completely cleaning out their stock. He came home and installed them. He replaced all of the upstairs lights and one downstairs. When they get more in stock, he will get a couple more to finish the downstairs.
General Conference was again, a magnificent, uplifting experience. It started with a solemn assembly where we sustained our new prophet and leaders.
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| The apostles sustaining. |
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| Our newest apostle gave his first speech as an apostle. |
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| Landmark day. |
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| Love Elder Kearon and loved this talk. He just exudes joy. |
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| Our delicious Easter dinner after conference. |
WHEW!
Did you hear that great sigh of relief on Palm Sunday? I'm pretty sure it was heard around the world!
As Choir director, I am in charge of the Easter and Christmas programs in our ward. It is a lot of work, taking many, many hours. From writing or deciding the script, listening and looking at a lot of music, choosing the music, deciding solos and special musical numbers, asking them and getting them the music, asking narrators, scheduling the final Saturday rehearsal, setting up the mics, etc, etc. It is such a beautiful relief when it's all over and feels a success. This year, I used "The Living Christ" as the script, inserting music between sections of the document. Choir members served as narrators.
Kristen and kids left Friday morning and the Camerons came Friday night. It was also their spring break and they were headed to California for the week. It was fun to have them here overnight and for a few hours in the morning. How we love the Cameron family.
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| I went in the living room and found this sweet scene. |
We so enjoyed having Kristen and her four youngest kids come for a few days during their spring break.
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| Since we all served missions in Japan, we love to go to our local Japanese restaurant- Sakura. We so enjoyed visiting two on one with Kristen. We talk to her at least weekly on the phone, but it's just not the same as in person. |
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| I enjoyed listening to Lisi read each night. She is a very good reader. |
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| One day, Ken, Kristen, Jake and I went to Utah Tech University for Jake to have a campus visit. They treated him very well and gave him a good tour of the campus. He was very impressed and loves the weather here. I told him coming here includes Sunday dinners at our house! |
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| The little ones enjoyed doing crafts and drawing. |
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| Is she just the cutest? She is such a delightful, happy child. |
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| One evening, they went up and hiked the Dragon's tail stairs. This is a very popular hike consisting of 333 stairs. We had frozen lemonade and milkshakes afterward. |
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| It is fun to do at night because is beautifully lighted. |
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| Pictures of it during the day. |
Each day at his school Gabe goes to visit his last years' teacher. She keeps candy for her former students' visits. She allows them to choose one piece of candy from the jar each day. Gabe knew we were coming on Wednesday, so on his visit to his teacher that day, he chose a taffy he knew I would like- a licorice one. He remembered that it was my favorite. He kept it safe for me all day. He sacrificed his candy for me. When we arrived, he ran to me and gave it to me. What a sweet, loving gift.
We love our monthly google chat book club discussions with our daughters. We always start with everyone reporting on what is happening in their lives.
At our Thanksgiving gathering, I gave each of them a copy of my new favorite book: Theo of Golden. They all usually only listen to audiobooks. At that time Theo wasn't available on audio, so I bought them each a copy and challenged them to read it. They all did and loved it. All five of us loved it. I have read hundreds of books in my life. Right now, I would say this is my favorite book ever. We had such a good discussion. Ken had just finished it and shared many excellent quotes from the book. Everyone provided amazing insights. We love discussing books with our daughters.
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| If you haven't read or listened (it is available on audio now), we highly recommend it! |
