Wednesday, May 31, 2017
11 months old
Memorial day-Honoring our Ancestor's
Micheal
I can't believe He's 🎓graduating so surreal 🤔 doesn't feel like I'm old enough to have an eighteen year-old an adult this is crazy weird!! Ryan and I are so proud of the young man he is today and look forward to watching him chooses his path in life !! We love ❤️ You Michael 😭😭👨🎓❤️❤️proud Mamma moment 👌👍🏻
Saturday, May 27, 2017
Our New Water Deck
Memorial Weekend
Summer is here the beginning is just begun, the Burbidge family is spending memorial weekend with us and we brought Jackson and Landon back up with us after we were down for Michael's graduation Alec wanted to come but he has soccer tryouts on Monday so hopefully him and Michael can come up sometime this next week the weather should be warming up, it's still been on the cool side, rainy and cloudy today, but the sun is out now and it's starting to warm up, it feels so good. I went and got some flowers to plant in my pots today. That will be a fun to have flower pots this year at Bear Lake. Trisha and Buck drove back down to Salt Lake to look at a house they're trying to decide what to do, they have mixed emotions about building up in Heber now, so they're weighing out their options, were watching the five kids while they're gone.
Annie Fell
Michael's High School Graduation
Our oldest grandson Michael Chaudhry graduated from high school on May 19, 2017 we are so proud of him, it has been a fun journey to watch him grow up from a little baby to now a full grown young man at 18 years of age, we enjoyed attending the graduation, hard to believe we have a grandson graduated from high school, The years have gone by all too fast!!
Monday, May 22, 2017
Burbidge Family Arrived
Today is Monday, 22nd of May, the month is going by so quickly, today was a beautiful sunny day and the weather is warming up, it should be a beautiful memorial weekend coming up each day is supposed to be getting more and more warmer, hopefully in the high 70s by the end of the week. Craig and I spent the day working out in the yard, he had me cutting the Tullies in the lake with the Weedwhacker we worked hard. we were beat by 3 PM today, Burbidge family arrive tonight, the kids are out of school now so summer vacation has begun, they are spending the week with us.
Sabbath Day
We attended our stake conference this weekend brother and sister Menlove's picked us up Saturday morning to attend the Sunday session, fun to visit with them and get to know them better they served a mission in Russia and just got home in February. They are now living in our Bear Lake Ward. They sold their home before they went on their mission and living at their summer home The theme of our conference is being a disciple of Jesus Christ and how we can be better at sharing the gospel with others and strengthening their testimonies the greatest force is that of Love.
Playing Soccer
This is what my Saturdays are looking like lately ⚽️🏈 lots of sports.
I can't handle how cute these two brothers are that fight like crazy! 🙄 It's a love hate thing.
Saturday, May 20, 2017
Saturday-Bike Ride Around The Lake
Craig and I woke up fairly early this morning by 7 AM, I have spent the morning cleaning and dusting the blinds, they are really dirty, changed the bedding on our bed and three loads of laundry, I still need to vacuum the entire house, Craig just left for another bike ride around the lake with Richard Hughes, Richard and Cyndi came up last night and stop by to visit, Craig and Richard have been best friends since they were very young, this will be his third time riding around the lake this year it is 50 miles around. I can only make about 30 miles. My legs just give out on me. Glad he has friends to ride with.
High Priest Dinner
Craig and I attended the high priest dinner hosted at the church last night in our Bear Lake Ward, we had a yummy dinner, we then watched Ken Wallace a famous painter paint an oil painting for us, it was really fun to watch it take place from the start to the end, he is a very talented painter, I could've bought the paining last night for $2,200 at a discount, too rich for my blood that was a half-price discount.
Ashton In The Garbage
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Baptisms For The Dead
Saturday we drove to Logan to attend the temple with our older grandkids and perform baptisms for for several of the ancestors that I've been working on, it was so special to see Cole baptized for Jonathan James Dicky who is my fifth great grandfather from Ireland, this is where our Irish line connects into our family tree. I have lots of work on this family line to research and find out more about.
Our Trip To Salt Lake
We drove to Salt Lake yesterday and slept over at Natasha's house. Craig took me to the movie last night to see then new Beauty and the Beast, I love the new movie they did a very good job on it. Reminds me of when I sing in the musical Beauty and the Beast, in my early 30's. Craig had his last underwriters sell's Congress today saying, goodbye to his work associates, I stayed at Tasha,s house for the day, this afternoon I went and got a pedicure and it felt so good, she washed and trimmed my hair today, I really needed it. It has been a very cool day it snowed last night so we all woke up to snow, surprise!! We are heading back up to the lake tonight. Nice to be pampered today.
Cole’s Track Meet
Craig went to Cole's track meet today it was really cold it snowed last night. Cole is quite the athlete in our family. Finished the Davis District Track Meet with 2nd🥈 3rd🥉and 4th🏅Place Medals!
Also finished the 200m with a PR of 24.95
(9th place).
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| Our Cole Noriega 15 yrs old. |
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother's Day sweetheart. I want you to know that you are the love of my life. Always have been, always will be. Thank you for being such a wonderful wife and mother to our beautiful girls. I love you with all my ❤️
Love forever your Husband
Craig
Happy Mother's Day to my sweet, selfless, courageous and thoughtful Mother who is always cheering me on!! I love you so much! And I am so grateful for all that you do for me and our family always! I am lucky to have you as my Mom! 😘 love Stacy
So grateful they choose me!! 👦🏼👦🏼👧🏼 @ Bear Lake
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Mother’s Day Weekend
Mother's Day is this coming week. Our family is coming up to share Mother's Day with me, we are meeting in Logan on Saturday at noon for lunch and then doing baptisms for the dead with the older grandkids. I ordered flowers for Craig's mom and my mom for Mother's Day, mother just got her flowers toda, they look so pretty you never know when you're ordering on the phone
"Just got these beautiful flowers from my beautiful family in Utah .. thank you so very much they are beautiful ...Happy Mother's Day to all my mothers up there I know you all will have a great day together"
Monday, May 8, 2017
Monday Morning
Craig got up early this morning about 6 AM to head to Ogden, he had some appointments to hand out some awards with the Health Association this year, he is sleeping over because he has a board meeting tomorrow afternoon and then he'll be heading back to the lake. I wanted to stay home. It was a quick trip and I didn't want to be sitting in the car waiting on him, I have plenty to do here at the lake, just living the good life, feels nice to relax and have a little bit of time to myself, those days are few and far apart, I've taken the time to update my blog this morning and read my Facebook page.
Jake Wallace
My favorite nephew Jake Wallace just turned 26 years old on June 7, 2017 he is a handsome young man he's really close to his mother, we miss seeing him, wish him the best that life has to offer.
Dave Noriega
This is a handsome picture of our son-in-law Dave,he works at KSL five channel news, is the sports news director, he writes all the sports show and puts them together for the nightly showings and has a radio show on Saturdays afternoon for the Sports Beat show, we're proud of him and his hard-working efforts.
Alec is 16 yrs Old
Friday, May 5, 2017
Beautiful Day
We had such a beautiful day today at the lake the warmest day we've had so far this year. It got up to about 65°, the lake was just calm and beautiful all day, it was warm enough that we wash the windows on the Lakeside, it feels so nice to have them all nice and clean and shiny. Craig and I worked hard today spring cleaning the cabin, my back is killing me when I stand a lot by the end of the day I can hardly walk. Jim Greene and Peter Underline arrived tonight they are riding around the lake with Craig tomorrow morning it will be a 50 mile bike ride for them. I'm staying home.
Relief Society
We had a nice relief society activity last night at the church, it was a pamper night soaking our feet, a pedicure which really was just soaking our feet in hot water and Epson salt, picking out our nail polish and flip-flops, we had to do our own feet, I can't bend over to touch my toes it too hard for me now, it did feel good just to soak my feet and visit with the sisters and get to know more of them in my new ward. Sister Hassee the Relief Society president was struggling when I first got there, I could tell trying to get everything ready to go, so I jumped in and got pitchers of hot water and started filling the tubs individually for the sisters as they came in to help get things started, felt good to be serving and helping out and socializing with the sisters in the ward. After relief society I stop by Café Sabor and order take out for dinner, Thursday is the special night it's only $5.50 for a meal including a drink which is really cheap. Craig and I can share a meal, which make it only $2.7 for each of us. We had a full day yesterday, I was really tired, It felt good to eat our yummy dinner and crawl into bed for the night.
Family history class
Wednesday I worked in the yard half-day, Craig has been working on our flotation for a dock, I had to help him drag them back from the dump yard and help unload them all. I was beat from our hard work. It felt nice to clean up and rest the rest of the day, I drive to Montpelier to work my three hour shift at the family history Library, it was our monthly staff meeting for May. They asked me to teach a class on how to work on ancestry.com, I was able to show my presentation up on the wall and show them how the computer works on ancestry.com. It was a great class, I joy teaching so much, I love this great work of family history. I'm planning a temple outing on Mother's Day weekend with the older cousins to do baptisms for the dad on Saturday May 13th, I'm looking forward to it, hope that they can all come. I have been working hard in finding family names for the grandkids to perform at the temple.
Warmer Weather
Spring is finally coming to Bear Lake it's warming up here supposed to be in the high 60s low 70s today which It feels so nice Craig and I have been working out in the yard and went to the dump yesterday and got some flotations from the old marina and we are making a new dock to put on the lake we are using the old trecks from our decking and trying to get that all cleaned up, I've been waiting and trying to clean things up in the yard excited to plant a garden this year, I'm going to use some of the flotation plastic boxes as grow boxes, they just getting rid of them, it feels so good to have some warmer weather.
Monday, May 1, 2017
Conference Review Gathering the Family of God
By President Henry B. Eyring
First Counselor in the First Presidency
God the Father wants His children home again, in families and in glory.
10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in heaven Ephesians One verse 10
You see, the names “brother” and “sister” are not just friendly greetings or terms of endearment for us. They are an expression of an eternal truth: God is the literal Father of all mankind; we are each part of His eternal family. But we were not sent here completely in the dark. Each of us was given a portion of God’s light, called the “Light of Christ,” to help us distinguish between good and evil, right and wrong. This is why even those who live with little or no knowledge of the Father’s plan can still sense, in their hearts, that certain actions are just and moral while others are not.
Today is April 1. Two days from now, April 3, marks 181 years from the day when Malachi’s prophecy was fulfilled. On that day, Elijah did come, and he gave to Joseph Smith the priesthood power to seal families eternally (see D&C 110:13–16).
From that day to this, interest in exploring one’s family history has grown exponentially. At ever-increasing rates, people seem drawn to their ancestry with more than just casual curiosity. Genealogical libraries, associations, and technologies have emerged around the world to support this interest. The internet’s power to enhance communications has enabled families to work together to do family history research with a speed and thoroughness never before possible.
Many of your ancestors did not receive those ordinances. But in the providence of God, you did. And God knew that you would feel drawn to your ancestors in love and that you would have the technology necessary to identify them. He also knew that you would live in a time when access to holy temples, where the ordinances can be performed, would be greater than ever in history. And He knew that He could trust you to accomplish this work in behalf of your ancestors.
I testify that God the Father wants His children home again, in families and in glory. The Savior lives. He directs and blesses this work, and He watches over and guides us. He thanks you for your faithful service in gathering His Father’s family, and I promise you the inspired help that you seek and need. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Sabbath Day Study, Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy
9 And that thou mayest more fully keep thyself unspotted from the world, thou shalt go to the house of prayer and offer up thy sacraments upon my holy day;
10 For verily this is a day appointed unto you to rest from your labors, and to pay thy devotions unto the Most High;
3. Pay devotions to God by partaking of the sacrament.
Display the picture of Jesus praying in Gethsemane.
The Lord has commanded us to partake of the sacrament on the Sabbath (D&C 59:9, 12). Why is it important to partake of the sacrament each week? (See D&C 59:9; 3 Nephi 18:6–7; and the following quotation.)
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve said: “Windows must be washed regularly to clean away dust and dirt. … Just as earthly windows need consistent, thorough cleaning, so do the windows of our spirituality. … By partaking of the sacrament worthily to renew our baptismal covenants, we clarify our view of life’s eternal purpose and divine priorities. The sacrament prayers invite personal introspection, repentance, and rededication as we pledge our willingness to remember our Savior, Jesus the Christ” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1995, 103; or Ensign, Nov. 1995, 77).
How has partaking of the sacrament been a blessing in your life?
How can we prepare ourselves to partake of the sacrament? How can parents help their children prepare for this ordinance? (You may want to discuss how to help children of different age-groups.) How does singing the sacrament hymn help you prepare? How do the sacrament prayers help you prepare? (See D&C 20:77, 79.)
Why must we be worthy when we partake of the sacrament? (See 1 Corinthians 11:28–29; 3 Nephi 18:29; Mormon 9:29.)
How can we keep our minds and hearts focused on Jesus as we partake of the sacrament?
How can we make the ordinance of the sacrament more meaningful in our lives? (Emphasize that this ordinance should not become merely habitual or routine.) How can partaking of the sacrament strengthen our commitment to the Savior on other days of the week?
On the Sabbath we not only partake of the sacrament, but we also should offer our own sacraments and oblations to the Lord (D&C 59:9, 12). This means we should make offerings or sacrifices that show our devotion to Him. What sacrifices should we offer? (See D&C 59:8; footnote b for D&C 59:12; 64:34; 97:8; and the following quotation.)
Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve said:
“After His mortal ministry, … Jesus told his Nephite Apostles that He would no longer accept burnt offerings but that His disciples should offer ‘a broken heart and a contrite spirit’ (3 Ne. 9:19–20; see also D&C 59:8, 12). Instead of the Lord requiring our animals or grain, now He wants us to give up all that is ungodly. This higher practice of the law of sacrifice reaches into the inner soul of a person. …
“… When we overcome our own selfish desires and put God first in our lives and covenant to serve Him regardless of the cost, we are then living the law of sacrifice” (“The Law of Sacrifice,” Ensign, Oct. 1998, 10–11).
Monday- Working on Family History
Today is May 1st, a new month, the sun is shining and the weather is warming up, the snow is all melted from our storm it feels good to have the sunshine out today. I need to do a few chores I think I'll start dusting our blinds they are all really dusty with the sunshine shinning in I can see the dust on them. I have been working on my Sparks Family History files, I've been going through my files and scanning pictures and loading what I can on ancestry and family search.org my grandpa Alonzo Milton sparks & Elizabeth Jane Hicks they had 12 children. I'm slowly going through each child to make sure I have them connected to their spouse and who their children are which would be my second cousins, I'm working on the second oldest child Dayton Sparks he married an Easel Bacchus they lived in Cleveland Ohio, They only had one child. My mother went and lived with them Uncle Dayton and Aunt Ethel, this is how I ended up being born in Cleveland Ohio, my mother went to visit and lived with them, this is where she met my birth father.