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:)

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

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:)

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!

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!

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!