chocolate chip dip
1.package cream cheese softened
1/2 cup butter softened
1/4 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup powdered sugar
2 T brown sugar
3/4 cup mini chocolate chips
graham crackers to dip in it
beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla until fluffy, add in sugars until just mixed then stir in chocolate chips. store in fridge.
I made this way back when in Provo for a break the fast and I made it into a ball, I remember calling Ryan Combs and begging him for more cream cheese because I wanted to double it... and then I had to get Elaine to help me make it into a ball ... but when I got it there Matt Gee and lots of other people LOVED IT!
Last night Matt DeFriez and I made this and just made it into a dip.
It is really easy and sooooo delicious!
Thursday, August 27, 2009
recipe
Jan's Artichoke Dip Spread
I have made this sooooo many times BUT Jan gave me the idea to put it on BREAD! if you have not made it yet or have not tried it PLEASE DO!
1 cup mayonaisse
1 cup parmesan cheese ( the real thing not the powdered)
1 can artichoke hearts
I always double this because one batch is NEVER enough
for dip mix then bake at 350 until it is bubbley
for bread spread on french bread and bake in oven until bread starts to brown and it is bubbley
take out and enjoy!
I have made this sooooo many times BUT Jan gave me the idea to put it on BREAD! if you have not made it yet or have not tried it PLEASE DO!
1 cup mayonaisse
1 cup parmesan cheese ( the real thing not the powdered)
1 can artichoke hearts
I always double this because one batch is NEVER enough
for dip mix then bake at 350 until it is bubbley
for bread spread on french bread and bake in oven until bread starts to brown and it is bubbley
take out and enjoy!
storytime
After I went to the pool with Rachael the other day I realized that I did not own a beach towel! So I called my accountant and she put towels in my budget! I went to Bed Bath and Beyond and got kitchen towels, I got ones to scrub with ones to dry with, some microfiber ones, pretty ones all sorts of towels. Most of the clientele in Bed Bath and Beyond are young couples registering or young couples that just got married and they are buying stuff with their gift cards. I went to quite a few stores to look for towels and I noticed that yes I can get towels for a lot cheaper than I can at Bed Bath and Beyond but will they be as cute NO! they wont... for some reason only the cute patterns are sold to the nicer store, I went to Kmart next and sure Kmart had some nice towels but not as cute of prints for the kitchen. Kmart had clearence on all their back to dorm stuff I got WAY good prices on bath towels and hand towels and wash clothes that are cute because they are a solid cute color. I also got some super cute beach towels on sale and even a laundry basket that is pink for only ONE DOLLAR! On a side note most of Kmarts clientele is WAY DIFFERENT than Bed Bath and Beyond it is like wait am I still in the same town?? When I got home it was so fun to take all the tags off my towels and I just had to set them up and take a picture. I felt like I had just got married and got a bunch of new stuff! I bought brand bath towels for myself once back in Provo, but never kitchen and never so many. I have just had what other people gave me or left behind....and there is nothing like having YOUR OWN STUFF YOU PICKED OUT!!............... next up blinds and curtains!.....when I can afford it:) Until then maybe I need to use my new towels to clean up that spot on the carpet......
storytime
Jeff Nebeker and I found this in the house across the street that he is buying... we were going to take it over to my house and dump it in the dumpster behind my house, we started walking across the street and Jeff was carrying a large bottle of Jim Bean and I was carrying a big bottle of something and Jeff had the rest in a box under his arm.............. he said wait a minute this does not look to good, I said no probably not, married man walking across the street with a single woman and lots of alcohal. I dumped it out in the back yard at Jeff's house........... and took this picture. Then I threw all the bottles in the dumpster.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
storytime
My friend Rachael and I took her kids, Taylor age 4 Johnny age 2 and Zachary almost 7 months swimming the other day. While Rachael and I were eating lunch with Zach and Johnny, Taylor wandered over the pool and threw her and Johnny's shoes in and said "look mom they float!" "me and Johnny's shoes float!" that was fine for Taylor's because they were crocs but Johnny's were cowboy boots! Rachael and I said "take those out of there Taylor!!!!!" She did and I said "well now we know... cowboy boots float" ........and I am glad they were not mine!:)
Monday, August 24, 2009
gospel
Some quotes I got from my morning study:
" we believe that it is necessary to live our religion every day in the week, every hour in the day, and every moment. Believing and acting thuse, we become strengthened in our faith, the Spirit of God increases within us, we advance in knowledge, and we are better able to defend the cause that we are engaged in."
"so every Latter-day Saint should have a deep-rooted conviction of the justice of God and an implicit confidence and faith of his mercy. To rightfully understand the gospel and to be able to keep his commandments such knowledge is absolutely necessary."
These are both from Joseph F. Smith's book gospel doctrine.
" we believe that it is necessary to live our religion every day in the week, every hour in the day, and every moment. Believing and acting thuse, we become strengthened in our faith, the Spirit of God increases within us, we advance in knowledge, and we are better able to defend the cause that we are engaged in."
"so every Latter-day Saint should have a deep-rooted conviction of the justice of God and an implicit confidence and faith of his mercy. To rightfully understand the gospel and to be able to keep his commandments such knowledge is absolutely necessary."
These are both from Joseph F. Smith's book gospel doctrine.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
movie
I went and saw this movie at the Lewiston $ theater the other night. I thought I was going by myself but saw Jaci and Melissa there who told me that they had save me a "great seat" which was front row, corner......... enough said. Regardless of that, I want to say that I really enjoyed this movie AND I was so grateful that Jaci and Melissa saved me a seat no matter where it was and wanted to sit with me sooo sweet.Thursday, August 20, 2009
storytime
This is a story I came across on my mission I wanted to post it here because I like it so much and every time I read it it makes me cry :)
The old fisherman
Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to out-patients at the clinic.
One summer evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful looking man. "Why, he's hardly taller than my eight-year-old," I thought as I stared at the stooped, shriveled body. But the appalling thing was his face ... lopsided from swelling, red and raw. Yet his voice was pleasant as he said, "Good evening. I've come to see if you've a room for just one night. I came for a treatment this morning from the eastern shore, and there's no bus 'til morning."
He told me he'd been hunting for a room since noon but with no success. No one seemed to have a room. "I guess it's my face ... I know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments..."
For a moment I hesitated, but his next words convinced me. "I could sleep in this rocking chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning."
I told him we would find him a bed, but to rest on the porch. I went inside and finished getting supper. When we were ready, I asked the old man if he would join us. "No thank you. I have plenty." And he held up a brown paper bag.
When I had finished the dishes, I went out on the porch to talk with him for a few minutes. It didn't take long time to see that this old man had an oversized heart crowded into that tiny body. He told me he fished for a living to support his daughter, her five children, and her husband, who was hopelessly crippled from a back injury.
He didn't tell it by way of complaint. In fact, every other sentence was preface with a thanks to God for a blessing. He was grateful that no pain accompanied his disease, which was apparently a form of skin cancer. He thanked God for giving him the strength to keep going.
At bedtime, we put a camp cot in the children's room for him. When I got up in the morning, the bed linens were neatly folded and the little man was out on the porch. He refused breakfast. But just before he left for his bus, haltingly, as if asking a great favor, he said, "Could I please come back and stay the next time I have a treatment? I won't put you out a bit. I can sleep fine in a chair."
He paused a moment and then added, "Your children made me feel at home. Grownups are bothered by my face, but children don't seem to mind."
I told him he was welcome to come again.
On his next trip he arrived a little after seven in the morning. As a gift, he brought a big fish and a quart of the largest oysters I had ever seen. He said he had shucked them that morning before he left so that they'd be nice and fresh. I knew his bus left at 4:00 a.m. and I wondered what time he had to get up in order to do this for us.
During the years he came to stay overnight with us, there was never a time that he did not bring us fish or oysters or vegetables from his garden. Other times we received packages in the mail, always by special delivery ... fish and oysters packed in a box with fresh young spinach or kale ... every leaf carefully washed. Knowing that he must walk three miles to mail these, and knowing how little money he had made the gifts doubly precious.
When I received these little remembrances, I often thought of a comment our next-door neighbor made after he left that first morning. "Did you keep that awful looking man last night? I turned him away! You can lose roomers by putting up such people!"
Maybe we did lose roomers once or twice. But oh! If only they could have known him, perhaps their illness' would have been easier to bear. I know our family will always be grateful to have known him. From him, we learned what it was to accept the bad without complaint and the good with gratitude to God.
Recently I was visiting a friend who has a greenhouse. As she showed me her flowers, we came to the most beautiful one of all ... a golden chrysanthemum, bursting with blooms. But to my great surprise, it was growing in an old dented, rusty bucket.
I thought to myself, "If this were my plant, I'd put it in the loveliest container I had!" My friend changed my mind.
"I ran short of pots," she explained," and knowing how beautiful this one would be, I thought it wouldn't mind starting out in this old pail. It's just for a little while, until I can put it out in the garden."
She must have wondered why I laughed so delightedly, but I was imagining such a scene in heaven. "Here's an especially beautiful one," God might have said when he came to the soul of the sweet old fisherman. "He won't mind starting in this small body."
All this happened long ago ... and now, in God's garden, how tall this lovely soul must stand.
Mary Bartels Bray
The old fisherman
Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to out-patients at the clinic.
One summer evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful looking man. "Why, he's hardly taller than my eight-year-old," I thought as I stared at the stooped, shriveled body. But the appalling thing was his face ... lopsided from swelling, red and raw. Yet his voice was pleasant as he said, "Good evening. I've come to see if you've a room for just one night. I came for a treatment this morning from the eastern shore, and there's no bus 'til morning."
He told me he'd been hunting for a room since noon but with no success. No one seemed to have a room. "I guess it's my face ... I know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments..."
For a moment I hesitated, but his next words convinced me. "I could sleep in this rocking chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning."
I told him we would find him a bed, but to rest on the porch. I went inside and finished getting supper. When we were ready, I asked the old man if he would join us. "No thank you. I have plenty." And he held up a brown paper bag.
When I had finished the dishes, I went out on the porch to talk with him for a few minutes. It didn't take long time to see that this old man had an oversized heart crowded into that tiny body. He told me he fished for a living to support his daughter, her five children, and her husband, who was hopelessly crippled from a back injury.
He didn't tell it by way of complaint. In fact, every other sentence was preface with a thanks to God for a blessing. He was grateful that no pain accompanied his disease, which was apparently a form of skin cancer. He thanked God for giving him the strength to keep going.
At bedtime, we put a camp cot in the children's room for him. When I got up in the morning, the bed linens were neatly folded and the little man was out on the porch. He refused breakfast. But just before he left for his bus, haltingly, as if asking a great favor, he said, "Could I please come back and stay the next time I have a treatment? I won't put you out a bit. I can sleep fine in a chair."
He paused a moment and then added, "Your children made me feel at home. Grownups are bothered by my face, but children don't seem to mind."
I told him he was welcome to come again.
On his next trip he arrived a little after seven in the morning. As a gift, he brought a big fish and a quart of the largest oysters I had ever seen. He said he had shucked them that morning before he left so that they'd be nice and fresh. I knew his bus left at 4:00 a.m. and I wondered what time he had to get up in order to do this for us.
During the years he came to stay overnight with us, there was never a time that he did not bring us fish or oysters or vegetables from his garden. Other times we received packages in the mail, always by special delivery ... fish and oysters packed in a box with fresh young spinach or kale ... every leaf carefully washed. Knowing that he must walk three miles to mail these, and knowing how little money he had made the gifts doubly precious.
When I received these little remembrances, I often thought of a comment our next-door neighbor made after he left that first morning. "Did you keep that awful looking man last night? I turned him away! You can lose roomers by putting up such people!"
Maybe we did lose roomers once or twice. But oh! If only they could have known him, perhaps their illness' would have been easier to bear. I know our family will always be grateful to have known him. From him, we learned what it was to accept the bad without complaint and the good with gratitude to God.
Recently I was visiting a friend who has a greenhouse. As she showed me her flowers, we came to the most beautiful one of all ... a golden chrysanthemum, bursting with blooms. But to my great surprise, it was growing in an old dented, rusty bucket.
I thought to myself, "If this were my plant, I'd put it in the loveliest container I had!" My friend changed my mind.
"I ran short of pots," she explained," and knowing how beautiful this one would be, I thought it wouldn't mind starting out in this old pail. It's just for a little while, until I can put it out in the garden."
She must have wondered why I laughed so delightedly, but I was imagining such a scene in heaven. "Here's an especially beautiful one," God might have said when he came to the soul of the sweet old fisherman. "He won't mind starting in this small body."
All this happened long ago ... and now, in God's garden, how tall this lovely soul must stand.
Mary Bartels Bray
movie
Cindy, Kathy and I went and saw The Time Travelers Wife last night. I don't want to give to much away because I really liked this movie and think you should go and see it:) I wanted to see this movie before it even existed from the moment I put the book down I wanted to see it. I think that they did a really great job on the movie and I cryed twice ( Cindy and Kathy cryed one time each...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
recipe
HOMEMADE SNICKERS
Ingredients
1/4 c. of evaporated milk
1 1/2 c. of marshmallow creme
1 tsp. of vanilla
1 1/2 c. of salted peanuts, chopped
1 (14 oz) package of caramels
1/4 c. of whipping cream
2 c. of milk chocolate chips
1/2 c. of butterscotch chips
3/4 c. of creamy peanut butter
1/4 c. of butter
1 c. of sugar
Directions
First you want to melt 1 c. of the milk chocolate chips, 1/4 c. of butterscotch chips, and 1/4 c. of creamy peanut butter.
Next spread on bottom of cake pan.
Then put in refridgerator or freezer to set up while next layer is prepared.
Next you want to boil 1/4 c. of butter, 1 c. of sugar, and 1/4 c. of evaporated milk together for approx. 5 minutes.
Now take off stove and add 1 1/2 c. of marshmallow creme, 1/4 c. of creamy peanut butter, 1 tsp. of vanilla, and 1 1/2 c. of salted and chopped peanuts.
Then you can pour over first layer that was chilling then place back in freezer.
Then you are going to want to melt 14 oz of the caramels with 1/4 c. of the whipping creme until smooth then pour over second layer that is chilling- place back in freezer.
Next you will want to melt together 1 c. of milk chocolate chips, 1/4 c. of butterscotch chips, and 1/4 c. of creamy peanut butter then spread on the top of of third layer in the pan.
Chill.
Keep in refrigerator.
Yummy!
I made this the other night with Shelli
Field Trip
MAC :)
For about a year now I have been telling Mac that I would take him on a long walk
1. "clear to Theurers to buy a soda out of the 25 cent machine" we did that :)
2. "to Caspers to get some ice cream"
So on Mon. I went and got him to begin the LONG walk to Caspers, Mac said he did not really want to walk that instead we should ride bikes and I could ride his dad's bike. I thought well.... OK why not:)
So I am biking in this beautiful weather with this daredevil eight year old who is popping back and front wheelies, riding with out hands, with out feet, and putting his feet on the handlebars and saying that "if his mom let him he would do stunts like flip" when I realize that when I have a kid that old I will be like ALMOST 50! I thought WOW I need to exersice DAILY to keep in shape so I can do this with my kids :)
we biked down the huge hill... I was a little scared............. I kept my hand on the brake Mac went down so fast.............. but then when I was almost at the bottom realized that it was not so bad and that it would be fun to do again and maybe I would not have my hand on the brake...... as much :)
We got to Caspers and called Angie, she came down with Jakoby, and Kai and met us there. Mac got a kids dip with bubblegum flavored coating and nerds topping DOESNT THAT SOUND DELICIOUS! I got a brownie sundae that I could not finish by myself
Angie, Jakoby and Kai left and Mac and I started home. We stopped at the Cub River I thought we might be able to get some pictures but it would have been a hard walk down so ... we did not, I did get a picture of Mac standing on a post with a beautiful backround.
Then Mac and I rode/walked our bikes up an even bigger hill to a farm I did not even realize was in our ward boundries called Dragongoose Farm. I had read about this farm in the paper, I just had no idea it was in OUR WARD BOUNDRIES... they had really pretty flowers and cool little statues and path's to walk on and they had cider for sale. Mac bought a half gallon of cider for 4$ which Mac said was a GREAT DEAL! because he had 5$ on him and if he got that he would have ONE DOLLAR LEFT!
So we left and I am happy to say I MADE IT ALL THE WAY UP THAT HILL!!!!!! wooohoo if you live around here you know how amazing that is!!!!!
I am even more happy to say MAC MADE IT ALL THE WAY UP THE HILL CARRYING A HALF GALLON OF FROZEN CIDER!!!!!!!
he INSISTED that he carry HIS CIDER!
We got back to Mac's house, and we all had glasses of some of the BEST CIDER I HAVE EVER TASTED!!
............... next time I am wearing exersise clothes though:)
Monday, August 17, 2009
movie
Kathy and I watched the movie 17 again on demand last night, since no one that I asked wanted to go with me to see it. I really liked this movie and I think if I was a person that bought movies or if I started to buy movies or if I saw this movie at the thrift store for sale, then I would buy it... I really liked that except for some of the names that people called each other this movie was for the most part clean. I also liked how this kid could go to HS and be moral and stand up for what is right and still be popular ( of course being hot helped that) anyway it is cheesy and all of that... BUT I liked it!................... and I might need to watch HS musical now..... cause Zac Efron is HOT!............... my favorite parts are when he was like "what is wrong with this outfit, I saw Kevin Federline wearing this SAME OUTFIT in a picture" and when he is in the health class and he started talking about how you should not have sex until you are in love and married....... PRICELESS!
recipe
Just wanted to share this recipe for white chili that I got from Elizabeth and Ryan Combs years ago... :) I made it for Kathy yesterday.
In Crock-pot, combine: 48 oz. can Great Northern Beans
4 cloves minced garlic
1 4 oz. can chopped or diced mild green chilies
2 tsp ground cumin
1 ½ tsp dried oregano
¼ tsp cayenne pepper
6 cups chicken broth
5 large chicken breasts
3 cups grated Monterey Jack cheese
Cook for three hours on low heat, remove chicken, shred into small pieces and return to crock-pot. Cook for one more hour. Add cheese the last half hour for thicker chili.
To serve: Lay corn tortilla chips in bowl, and then chili over chips. Top with Monterey Jack cheese, avocados, tomatoes, cilantro, and lime juice. If yo u don’t care if the chili stays white, use your favorite salsa too.
Note: To make this dish in a hurry, use 2-3 cans of chicken breast meat. Do not drain. Break up the meat before adding to the pan. Heat the chili on the stove top on medium heat. It can be ready in an hour since all of the ingredients are cooked already. This recipe will serve 6-8. ( or just Keli and Kathy with lots of left overs)
I did chicken tenders, it came out so good! so easy and so good! and I think it will impress who ever you serve it too
In Crock-pot, combine: 48 oz. can Great Northern Beans
4 cloves minced garlic
1 4 oz. can chopped or diced mild green chilies
2 tsp ground cumin
1 ½ tsp dried oregano
¼ tsp cayenne pepper
6 cups chicken broth
5 large chicken breasts
3 cups grated Monterey Jack cheese
Cook for three hours on low heat, remove chicken, shred into small pieces and return to crock-pot. Cook for one more hour. Add cheese the last half hour for thicker chili.
To serve: Lay corn tortilla chips in bowl, and then chili over chips. Top with Monterey Jack cheese, avocados, tomatoes, cilantro, and lime juice. If yo u don’t care if the chili stays white, use your favorite salsa too.
Note: To make this dish in a hurry, use 2-3 cans of chicken breast meat. Do not drain. Break up the meat before adding to the pan. Heat the chili on the stove top on medium heat. It can be ready in an hour since all of the ingredients are cooked already. This recipe will serve 6-8. ( or just Keli and Kathy with lots of left overs)
I did chicken tenders, it came out so good! so easy and so good! and I think it will impress who ever you serve it too
Friday, August 14, 2009
Field Trip
Here I am by President Benson's grave Aug 2009
Kate and I drove up to Whitney,ID last night which is about 8 minutes from here. Whitney, ID is famous for being the birthplace of Ezra Taft Benson 13th President,prophet, seer and revelator of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints :)
If you look really close you can see me by this sign. you can also see how busy this town is...
Ezra Taft Benson was prophet from when I was 11 -20,I did not join the church until I was 25 though. It is just interesting to me, that IF I had been a member of the church then, I would have know President Benson as well as I know President Hinckley and President Monson.
I also want to mention that President Benson, married a lady that went on a mission to HI :)... he WAITED for HER!...
I found so many cool President Benson quotes that I did list on my FB:)
Thursday, August 13, 2009
gospel
here are some quotes I liked from my morning study:
1. " Now is a time to do what is right, regardless of the consequences that might follow. It is a time to be found keeping the commandments. It is a season to reach out in kindness and love to those who need help. It is a time to be considerate and good and decent and courteous to one another. In other words to become more Christlike" Gordon B. Hinckley
2. "First fill your mind with truth; second fill your life with service; third, fill your heart with love" Thomas S. Monson
I know we have all seen quotes like these before but I just thought that I needed to see them again and hear them again
This story also touched me out of the Joseph F. Smith manual
" I pray that you will know how to approach God in prayer, It is not such a difficult thing to learn how to pray. It is not the words we use particulary that constitute prayer. Prayer does not consist of words, altogether. True, faithful, earnest prayer consists more in the feeling that rises from the heart and from the inward desire of our spirits to supplicate to the the Lord in humility and in faith, that we may receive his blessings. It matters not how simple the words may be, if our desires are genuine and we come before the Lord with a broken heart and a contrite spirit to ask for that which we need"
Joseph F. Smith, that is from his gospel doctrine book
that really touched me, I am really working on my prayers and what I say and how I say it and when I say it and if I really mean it or need it and this quote really pierced my heart.
TODAY I AM GOING TO PRAY THAT I PAY ALL MY BILLS
GET MY HOUSE CLEANER
GET CINDY's BDAY GIFT DONE!
1. " Now is a time to do what is right, regardless of the consequences that might follow. It is a time to be found keeping the commandments. It is a season to reach out in kindness and love to those who need help. It is a time to be considerate and good and decent and courteous to one another. In other words to become more Christlike" Gordon B. Hinckley
2. "First fill your mind with truth; second fill your life with service; third, fill your heart with love" Thomas S. Monson
I know we have all seen quotes like these before but I just thought that I needed to see them again and hear them again
This story also touched me out of the Joseph F. Smith manual
" I pray that you will know how to approach God in prayer, It is not such a difficult thing to learn how to pray. It is not the words we use particulary that constitute prayer. Prayer does not consist of words, altogether. True, faithful, earnest prayer consists more in the feeling that rises from the heart and from the inward desire of our spirits to supplicate to the the Lord in humility and in faith, that we may receive his blessings. It matters not how simple the words may be, if our desires are genuine and we come before the Lord with a broken heart and a contrite spirit to ask for that which we need"
Joseph F. Smith, that is from his gospel doctrine book
that really touched me, I am really working on my prayers and what I say and how I say it and when I say it and if I really mean it or need it and this quote really pierced my heart.
TODAY I AM GOING TO PRAY THAT I PAY ALL MY BILLS
GET MY HOUSE CLEANER
GET CINDY's BDAY GIFT DONE!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
gospel
This morning when I had my morning study I found these quotes that I really liked:
"believe me when I say each of us is doing better than we think. We need to recognize and celebrate what we are doing right" ~ Bonnie D. Parkin
"We must not let things that matter most be at the mercy of things that matter least"~ President Harold B. Lee
I also read a story in the Joseph F. Smith manual about how when he was nine and they were camped on the banks of the MO river, they woke up and could not find their oxen and him and his uncle looked EVERYWHERE... so they went back to camp and Mary Fielding Smith his mom was kneeling praying and she prayed that God would help her to find those oxen and that she would be able to get to SLC etc... she told them to go ahead and eat breakfast, they told her that they had all ready looked for the oxen, she just smiled, then she went and asked a local person, he told her that he thought they were in one direction Mary walked in the other direction and shortly found the oxen in some willows
Joseph F. Smith said that this gave him a testimony of sincere prayer...
about a month ago I got up and Spike was GONE which I found wierd because every other time that Spike has gotten loose he has just waited by the front door. so I started driving on the route that Spike and I walk I saw some city workers and they said they had seen a boy between the ages of 11-14 walking with a dog like Spike with a cable wrapped around his waist... so I started driving on the route Spike and I walk on he had no collor on or anything... I got to a four way stop and prayed, Spike and I had been left and right but NEVER straight... I felt like I should go straight which was really wierd for me because we had never been that way I went straight and ONE block later found Spike in someones front yard with a cable wrapped around his waist and a young man and his parents, they said "oh is this your dog" "we thought he might belong to someone".... so for better or for worse depending on how you look at lil boy Spike I took him home...
It gave me another witness of prayer though to know that Heavenly Father DOES HEAR AND ANSWER OUR PRAYERS!
"believe me when I say each of us is doing better than we think. We need to recognize and celebrate what we are doing right" ~ Bonnie D. Parkin
"We must not let things that matter most be at the mercy of things that matter least"~ President Harold B. Lee
I also read a story in the Joseph F. Smith manual about how when he was nine and they were camped on the banks of the MO river, they woke up and could not find their oxen and him and his uncle looked EVERYWHERE... so they went back to camp and Mary Fielding Smith his mom was kneeling praying and she prayed that God would help her to find those oxen and that she would be able to get to SLC etc... she told them to go ahead and eat breakfast, they told her that they had all ready looked for the oxen, she just smiled, then she went and asked a local person, he told her that he thought they were in one direction Mary walked in the other direction and shortly found the oxen in some willows
Joseph F. Smith said that this gave him a testimony of sincere prayer...
about a month ago I got up and Spike was GONE which I found wierd because every other time that Spike has gotten loose he has just waited by the front door. so I started driving on the route that Spike and I walk I saw some city workers and they said they had seen a boy between the ages of 11-14 walking with a dog like Spike with a cable wrapped around his waist... so I started driving on the route Spike and I walk on he had no collor on or anything... I got to a four way stop and prayed, Spike and I had been left and right but NEVER straight... I felt like I should go straight which was really wierd for me because we had never been that way I went straight and ONE block later found Spike in someones front yard with a cable wrapped around his waist and a young man and his parents, they said "oh is this your dog" "we thought he might belong to someone".... so for better or for worse depending on how you look at lil boy Spike I took him home...
It gave me another witness of prayer though to know that Heavenly Father DOES HEAR AND ANSWER OUR PRAYERS!
book
OK guess what I LOVE CELEBRITY BIOS! I just do OK, so Danielle got me Mommywood for my birthday! it was a quick read and I have LOVED watching Tori and Dean this season. I did not miss an episode. I think Liam and Stella are DARLING and would love to dress my little girl as cute as she dresses Stella:) I really identify with how Tori wants to just be Tori but has to realize that she is not like everyone else, and I want to be like everyone else but I am just not and realizing that is a huge step for me and Tori..... and on a side note... Dean is hot!
book
I read Tatum O'Neal's bio. I will admit I knew nothing about Tatum before I read this book, I did enjoy it and have a respect for this woman and think that she is doing GREAT considering all that she has been through... and I think she was telling the truth about John McEnroe and her dad...( I think I need to also admit that I am into celebrity bio's:))
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
field trip
I climbed in this sheep pen to get a pic
Cowgirl Keli!Cache County Fair and Rodeo 2009!~
Cindy and I in front of a fake
horse
Cindy and I went to the Cache County Fair and Rodeo last night. I want to take this time to say I really like fairs and I like rodeos, if I had someone to go with I would go to things like this more often.
Cindy and I got to the fair and walked around the booths, there was a booth selling big flowers and headbands and caps that you can put on your baby or little girl. Cindy and I both stated that we hope that these things are still in style when we have little girls. They are just SO CUTE! we stopped at a few booths, Cindy bought two large rings and two different booths. I always wonder about those people that sit there in those booths, I hope that they make enough money to cover there costs of being there.
For dinner we looked at all the booths selling food and decieded on the gyro booth, Cindy got a gyro and I got a DELICIOUS philly cheese steak. A couple booths down I got a limeaide that some kids made right in front of me fresh, it was SO GOOD! that Cindy got two:) ( one then and one later) we met up with Cindy's family. ( mother, father, sister, and two nephews) We all shared a yummy funnel cake and chatted.
Cindy and I then went over and looked at the stuff that people had entered, I had a goal last year of entering SOMETHING in the fair, I did not make that goal. I have changed a lot since last year and I really hope to achieve that goal of entering SOMETHING in the fair. It will probably be baked goods but I would really like to achieve this. We went over to the 4H area. I think that 4H is AMAZING, those kids work so hard to make all those things, I look so forward to being a mom and having children and having them involved with 4H! We went and looked at the animals, That is another part of 4H that I look forward to my kids raising animals. I think that will be a really neat thing to do with my children. I saw someone in my ward who has kids involved in 4H and he told me to go and look at his daughters cookies that she won grand champion for. I did not I had all ready been in there and well a cookie is a cookie from the looks of it... Cindy and I went over to the rodeo grounds and waited for her family. The rodeo was great, we saw bareback riding, bronco riding, bull riding, team roping, BARREL RACING ( l like that one) steer wrestling, calf roping, and MUTTON BUSTIN! the only thing I don't like about the rodeo is the CLOWN... I can't stand that kind of humor... I also want to have my little kids involved in mutton bustin and all that stuff, Cindy said that one day in the future it would be a busy day for me at the fair, I would have kids raising animals for 4H and kids baking and making things for 4H. I know that I will be a much prouder parent than that guy in my ward, so I would probably MAKE someone go see my daughters cookies hahahaha... and I would have my daughter in rodeo royalty and kids team ropin and kids mutton bustin. I think that sounds like a GREAT DAY! so a great time was had by all at the Cache County Fair
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