Utah-Part 2

After conference was over, Melchor and I decided to walk around temple square before heading back to the car to eat dinner. While walking, we saw a nice looking returned missionary holding up a sign the read "looking for a wife". We laughed and I thought, why don't I make up a sign that says "son needs a wife"---for Jeremy....people started to read the sign and laugh. Even got another Mom to hold it so that she can send it to her son. I then proceeded to grab a few single ladies and took another picture with them and me holding the sign--so funny!!! Later on, a couple of days after we returned home, one of Jeremy's missionary buddies fbkd the pic and said that he knew a couple of the girls in the picture--small world. Stay tuned for part 3......

Utah Trip--Part I

For the past three conferences, Melchor and I have traveled to Salt Lake to visit friends and to attend General Conference. We are usually gone for four days. This time Melchor came up with the idea to go up and stay for a week so we could have plenty of time to visit our friends. Good idea. The boys especially thought so. We left on the 26th and headed up to Logan. We stayed with our dear friends the Hugies. Brett was my zone leader and Julie lived with us for a while before they got married. Logan was beautiful. We hiked, did sealings in the Logan Temple, shopped, walked, ate and ate and ate..for those of you that are wondering, yes, I did manage to get excercise in. We love Logan--until we thought of the snow, then we quickly forgot about liking it so much.

After being with the Hugies for four days, we went down south to Draper to stay with our other friends the Parsons. The visit was full of partying, shopping, eating, eating and more eating and getting to go and see the last session of General Conference and going to attend the Filippino Fireside. A dear friend of the family who used to be in our ward growing up, Tad Callister, had been but into the quorum of the seventy and had given a magnificent talk on the Book of Mormon. After conference was over, we just hung around until the crowd died down. I took a walk to get closer and found out that the section I wanted to get to was blocked off for the general authorities and their families and in no way were the bodygards going to let me thru. I just happended to look to the left and there was Tad with his wife Cathy talking to people, so I ran over to the rope, and when they were through talking, I yelled "Tad"--they looked up and saw me and came walking over and we greeted each other and took pics.

This was just the cupcake coming out of the oven on this special day....

Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning?

It was 10 years ago--I was 43--working at PCH and my shift was just about over when we got a phone call from a fellow nurse who was coming in to work that morning and told us that we had just gotten attacked and to turn on the tv. We immediately got to the tv and watched in horror as the twin towers were burning, dust everywhere and people running for safety. It was so awful and so very sad. I was really touched about flight 93--how they over took the terrorists and caused the plane to crash in a PA field. I have watched the anniverary segments this past week on the Today Show, the local news and on the internet..America has changed...People have changed...for the better. It has been a week of service. A time of reflection for us all. Life has gone on. Life will go on. "Let's Roll"

Pioneer Day

One of my goals is that someday I can be in Salt Lake on the 24th of July and be a part of all of the festivities. By going on our stake trek a couple of years ago, I was able to experience what it must have been like for the pioneers to make their way west. Last Monday night for family home evening, Melchor and I went with Patty and Tim Cox and Rhea and Sam Dahl to go see the film "17 Miracles". It was about the Willy/Martin handcart companies as they traveled to Salt Lake and told various stories about the people who were a part of that company. It was an excellent movie. Of course, some of the stories I have heard and read about many times, but there were other neat, spiritual events that happened that I had never known about--after all, there were 17 miracles--and yes, we did count them...

Harry Potter

For the past 11 years, I have enjoyed watching all of the Harry Potter movies. My boys have read the books, gone to the midnight showings of each of the movies when thsy came out. The very last movie came out yesterday, so naturally, Jeremy and Ryan attended the midnight showings with their various friends. I texted Jeremy to ask him how he liked the movie. He texted back: I feel like a part of my childhood is gone.......and so it is...after seven novels and eight movies, Harry Potter is now gone. However, because of the books and the movies being on dvds, Harry will live on and without a doubt, will become part of my boys boys childhood. Thank you J.K. Rowling for such a wonderful, imaginative series of funfilled stories..I wonder what is next for her???????

Graduation

The graduation festivities have officially begun....and so have the tears. Last night was Ryan's graduation from seminary. After four years of learning from the Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants, he received his certificate. I am so proud of him. Next on the agenda...his graduation from high school this Wednesday. More tears.

General Conference

I remember the days way back when we would have to go to our stake center to watch general conference via satelite. Then we got to watch it on tv. Now we watch it on the internet. This past conference, Melchor and I drove up to Utah to attend conference, visit and stay with friends and just plain party. We left Thursday morning (the boys stayed at home by themselves) and got to Draper at dinner time. Friday we ran errands and had friends over for a filipino dinner. Sat. we listened and watched the first two sessions as we drove up to Park City to help our friends clean up their condo. We played tourists and saw the town. Came home, watched the second session of conference and then went to a party before heading out to see the play "Anne Frank"..which by the way was pretty good. On the way home from SLC, it rained...up til then, the weather was very nice. When we woke up on Sunday morning, we found out that it had snowed over night..about a couple of feet. It was great and very cold. We watched the morning session of conference and then headed out to SLC for the final session. It was great to be in the presence of prophets. We had a picnic in the car and then we went to a filipino fireside. It was very good. We came home Monday afternoon safe and sound and that the boys did not kill each other. With in 30 min. it was back to reality with doing the laundry, what to fix for dinner and work calling me to see if I could work that night. The end to a fun and spritual weekend. I have lots of pics on facebook...check it out!!!