Wow this happened fast. A relator called us on Wednesday morning while we were at Alec's High School graduation. We previewed the home at 1:30 pm and loved it. We spent several hours going over things with her that afternoon. We wanted to sleep on it but felt it was a good home for us. We sent the offer over in the morning, they countered our offer and we countered again by 5pm they had accepted our offer! So exciting we are going to have a new home in Draper. I’m so thankful to my Heavenly Father!! Everything has worked on so smoothly and quick, I knew when we found the right home things would more fast. The owner liked that they could rent back for the summer from us so we won't take possession until August 31st which is great for us we have our summer at the lake and by fall when the weather cools off we can start moving our things in our new home!!
Friday, May 31, 2019
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Made An Offer On Home
Yes we made an offer on a home in Draper Today. Things have happened fast so far. While at the graduation yesterday morning a realtor texted us a photo of a new listing that just came up that day with pictures. It was in the Sunset ridge new senior development that I have been watching for something to come up. They have all sold in the past 4 years. So something coming up has been rare with it a new development. I loved the pictures and wanting to preview it. We told the realtor 1:30 pm would work for us. They had already had 4 showings. It was all happening fast and I knew we would have to make an offer that day or lose out. I knew when Previewing the home this was was something that could work for us. I have looked at so many homes I was discouraged and just last week I had given up looking for now. We would have missed this opportunity if the realator had not texted us the listing. So wow the timing was prefect for us we were actually in town on the very day of the new listing. So what do we do ? Craig and I both felt good about it and meet with Christine the realator to go over things. They already had and offer for full pice which added even more pressure on our offer and if they would even consider. We wanted to sleep on it and see how we feel in the morning. It had been a very long day. We got up at 4am to drive to the graduation and little did we know by the end of the day we would be considering making an offer on a new home for us!!
Monday, May 27, 2019
Sabbath Day / The Sun Is Shining
Beautiful testimony meeting today In sacrament. Our meeting time is 1pm for the summer months. It is very crowded today for the cool holiday weekend, a time to show reverence for our love ones that have past away. Memorial Day a special day to reflect upon our love ones. The savior’s atonement and his love is for us all and he will comfort us In Our times of need and forgives us when we make mistakes. The Savior will give us comfort in our challenges. Our love ones are here as Guardian Angels to help us along the way. Grateful the gospel in our lives, and to know there is a plan for us. We can repent and return to our Heavenly home. Nourish the seed of the gospel will give us strength in our journey. The Lord is my light. So very touch by the testimonies shared. The testimonies have really reinforced my love for the Savior and the great blessings of the atonement for each of us. It has gone right long with my thinking the past few days as I have been practicing the song I’m singing this Saturday evening for the Adult stake conference session.. I was asked to sing a special number. I chose a song called “in the arm of his Love by Janis Kapp Parry. It is a beautiful song with the message about our Saviors love for each of us. I have go to get practicing I want to do a great job singing. We had a busy day at church yesterday. I’m just looking at My Phone today. It is raining again, lots of rain, it has rained for a week and now forecast all this week too!! None of the kids came up this holiday - to cold and rainy. Our church meetings are at 1pm for the summer months. We have to host three sacrament meetings for all the visitors -even with the weather bad we had 900 1st sacrament meeting -700 2nd meeting and our ward -1pm 500, it feels like stake conference every Sunday all summer long. It was fast Sunday for us because we have our stake conference next week at the Paris Tabernacle. We got home about 4pm and then the missionaries came over before I knew it was 7pm - a full day for us. I was asked to sing a special number Saturday evening for the Adult session, so I have got to started practicing a song this week. I keep trying to sing my voice has changed, but still blessed to shared my talent in singing.
Saturday, May 25, 2019
Memorial Day Weekend
This is the first weekend in many years that we do not have family up at the cabin. The weather has been so cold and rainy all week long and going to be a very cool weekend. Tasha and her family went to St George where it will be warmer, Trisha is busy working on their new home. It is coming along nicely. They have to keep a close watch on things. Alec wanted to come up with friends but we said to wait until the weather is better. Noriega’s are busy working on their back yard and the many activities with their kids this weekend. We will all get together when there is warmer weather. I’m enjoying my time with my hubby. Thursday it rained and snowed. We just stayed inside. I spent time doing laundry and unpacking from our trip and putting things away. I have the family history bug too so I have spent time working on my family records. It helps to give me something to do and feel like I’m helping others. Prefect thing to do on raining days. I’m anxious to get back out in the yard when the weather clears. Friday morning we played Pickleball, Dale taught us all attending new skills to be a better player. A lot to think about that I have not been clued into, watching the ball better, learning to hit different shots and learning how your competitors play. We had a fun time. I spent the rest of the day finishing up some chores and working on family history the rest of the Day. Craig attended the Rich county High School graduation with Bishop England last night , I stayed home working on my George Washington Bailes family file. Loading sources and compiling all the records for this family on family search and ancestry. It is a lot of work for me but I do enjoy it. Finding the missing clues and filling in the life story of these past ancestors, getting to know a little about them and the life they lived here on earth. I know this is my life mission on earth to gather the records and thank goodness I like doing it. I sat in the chair working on it until my butt was killing me. I had to make myself stop for the night and spend some time with my hubby. It was too cold to be outside yesterday. The sun is out today !!! It is going to be a little warmer today about 59 degrees. I fixed us a good breakfast. We are going to work in the yard. I want to try finishing weeding the Raspberry patch hope to get some raspberries this year and finish mowing the upper highway side, spray round up to keep the weeds down from all my weeding. It will feel good to be outside, we are planning on attending the Bear lake parade of homes later today. Enjoy this day while the sun is out !! Start warming things up for us we are ready for summer to arrive !
Wednesday/ A Rainy Day
Back to Salt Lake again for Craig’s doctor appointment and we attended the funeral of Gordon Sims who died at 97 years old. He live just 3 cabins up from us. He grew up here at Bear lake and moved back to live his latter years. He was a very sweet old man. The funeral was short and sweet- how he wanted. Very touching to learn about hi life. Craig and I then looked at some condo home in Fairway Hollow by the temple and village on the green. We have ruled it out again. They are just packed in the area to tight. We get claustrophobia- we would have a hard time going to a two car garage with no parking for our family to visit. It has rained all day. The weather is so cool a very wet spring. We headed back to the cabin. Down and back in one day. We are tired of driving, hope to stay home for a week before we have to drive back to Salt Lake again- house hunting is not fun! I'm so frustrated!
Monday, May 20, 2019
Monday/Friend Game Night
We woke up early to play pickleball this morning. It is cloudy and raining today so we played inside at ideal beach gym. I didn’t play very well, frustrating for me. Came home and starting cleaning and putting things away from our trip. I started washing the outdoor deck cushions that darn cat has gotten hair all over them. The weather cleared up just enough for us to get the lawn mowed. I mowed the upper flower bed off the highway and all the way down to Flint’s entryway. It is a big area. It kicked my butt. It was hard pushing the lawn mower up the hill. It does look better. I only got about half of it complete and had to rest. Finish another day. I took a nap to rest up. We had game night with our friends tonight fun to spend time with friends.
Sabbath Day/ Feeling Uncomfortable
We woke up early. Craig was dressed and out the door for his Bishopric & Ward counsel meetings by 8:30 am. I enjoyed walking around the yard checking on the areas I had weeded two weeks ago. I sprayed round up in all the weed growing areas that I have wanted to contain this year. Wow I can’t believe how many weeds are popping up. I need to spray another round of weed killer again. It is raining and raining so I’ve got to wait until the rain stops. It feels so good in the clean crisp air. The lake is coming up! It has been a very cool spring this year, so the snow melt run off has been slow coming which is good for not flooding. I’ve got to get myself ready for church. I’m having a hard time emotionally getting myself out the door. Negative thoughts about ward members and not wanting to be apart of the ward. This whole experience with young women’s has really shook me up and caused such pain for me. I don’t like not feeling unity from the ward members. The new counselor in the Bishopric is brother Ben Negus. He Is thick with the Wallentine’s. I know that they have all been so critical of me. It is hard to go forward and not able to build any unity in the relationships, I just still feel like an outsider. They just don’t like me which I can feel and is very hard for me. Nothing said just avoiding them, and they are avoiding me. It is so awkward for me. It makes me not want to be there. I had to make myself get ready and get there by myself with Craig leaving early and then I have to sit by my self in Sacrament, it is not a comfortable feeling for me. I just want to stay home yet I know I need to go to church. I need to support my dear hubby in his calling. I managed to get myself ready and out the door late. It was a full chapel when I arrived. Lots of visitors, a missionary farewell for Drew Moldenhauer. I didn’t want to walk in late and sit on the hard chairs, so I found a soft chair in the Mother’s nursing area where I can hear the speakers. Our Sacrament is only 1 hour long. I already missed half of it. The speakers were good. I made myself mingle with the members afterwards. I so wanted to just go home and miss Sunday school, I didn’t feel like talking to anyone. Mingling with the Members was good for me. Forgetting myself. Showing joy and love to others by greeting them with a smile. I do have many friends in the ward. Elise my secretary from young women’s was visiting this week they just moved to Wyoming. She is very pregnant now and popping out. Fun to give her a hug. I was greeted by Dennise that is the KOA manager for Moldenhauer’s. She is not a member but came to support Drew, very sweet of her. Dale & Dennise Brower are back in town for the summer months. I noticed sister Spencer was sitting alone in Sunday school. Her husband past away two weeks ago, I’m sure she is having a hard time missing her husband of over 6o years. Looking outside of myself Brings joy to my heart and helps to get rid of the negative thoughts creeping in. I did study for Sunday school which was good for me. I meet a young single man that lives up swan creek. Brother ByWater. He was very friendly and wanted to visit. I could tell he was lonely and reaching out too. Giving of myself is the key to getting over this awkwardness. I’m so proud of my husband and the service he gives to others.
Home Sweet Home/ Story of Jude
It feels so good to be home from our trip. We were gone two weeks. I’m so tired of driving. We put 2,200 miles on our car. I want to just stay home for a while. We did have an eventful trip. It was packed full of adventures. Funny Story to tell: We all had a great time at Sea World. Jude was wanting a fish, he was fascinated with the mini fish in the pond, that had hundreds of them swimming. We put our hands and feet in the water and the mini fish would eat the dead skin off. It was so funny to watch and feel the little fish sucking on our hands and feet. Jude was sneaky- he capture two of them in his water bottle and brought them home not telling anyone. He then put them in bowel behind his toilet. Stacy could here the boys just laughing in the bathroom and wondering what was going on- she walks in to see they are being entertained my the fish Jude had brought home from Sea World. Oh my!!! he had stolen fish from sea world! What kind of lesson do we need to teach him about stealing, does she make him take them back, call sea world? It could end up being a felony in taking these little mini fish. Jude just getting baptized and now he needs to learn to repent in stealing something. It was fun to see how Stacy handle things. She talked to Jude and stressed while we were in church Sunday he needed to repent for what he had done. They kept the two mini fish for a while he then wanted to flush them down the toilet - his was starting to feel bad for what he had done. We were all so surprised that he wanted the fish so badly that he was sneaky enough to capture them in his water bottle with no one knowing. It was funny- yet a lesson that could not be over looked.
Coles BYU State Track Meet
Cole did well at the state track meet we are so proud of him and the work he has put in to train. He is a hard harder and it shows. He placed 6th in two events and 7th in another. It is another cool and rainy day. We had a break in the weather so we could watch him compete. I left at noon to go to some open houses in Draper. Trying to find is a place to buy. It seems to be a waste of my time. I’m just not finding what we want, I went to 5 homes and just didn’t like them, they need to much remodeling work for me. I really want to stay in Draper and it seems like home to me. I’m getting so tired of looking I have looked at 100’s of homes on line previewing what our options are. Time will tell where we finally land. It put me in a really bad mood. I want our own place in Salt lake valley again so bad and it is just not happening. It is very frustrating. We drove back and I went straight to bed. I was beat from our trip and the long drive home from California. We put 2200 miles on our car round trip drive to California and our time there. Feels good to be home !!
Baby Sitting Towner Grandkids
Stacy and Chad took a few days off while we were there visiting for a little get away. We had one on one time with the kids. Farrah loves her Papa. she loved to brush his hair and give he the treatment she called it. She would get a wet wash cloth and place it on top of his head. She was so funny to watch. She was my little buddy. She loved to watch me put my make-up on and then want me to put some on her. We enjoyed having three days to spend with the Towner grandkids.
Sunday, May 12, 2019
Mother’s Day
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Sea World/ Baptism Day, At the Ball Park/ Family Time
We went to Sea World and had a great time. We sat in the top ten rows for the Killer Whale show. We got soaked with sea water when the whale splashed us with its tail. They are so powerful. It was quite a surprise. I loved the dolphin show too. We all had a fun day. I was beat, we got up early & out the door by 7:30am and arrived home by 7:00pm. I had to take a shower to get all the saltwater off. I was so tired I went to bed early. I woke up at 5am this morning. Excited for another busy day we have Yael’s softball game at 9am, Jude’s baptism at noon and then another softball game in the afternoon for Jude.
Thursday, May 9, 2019
My Baptism Talk
Jude asked me to speak at his baptism. I’m working on my talk on the drive there: Jude this is a very special day. A day to always remember and reflect upon your entire life. You have chosen to follow our elder brother and Savior Jesus Christ’s example by being baptized by immersion by your Farher today. Being baptized is a commandment. It is the beggining of following the covenant path that you have chosen to follow this day. You will make covenants to take upon you the name of Jesus Christ, to obey His commandments, and to Always remember Jesus. After your baptism you can keeps these promises weekly by partaking of the sacrament, to repent when we make mistakes, ask forgiveness and try to do better by always Remembering Jesus. This is a great blessing in our lives. Through baptism and confirmation by priesthood authority to receive the Holy Ghost today you became a member of the true Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. By being baptized, you showed your willingness to follow the Savior’s example. When you are baptized today you entered into a covenant with God. That You promised to take upon yourself the name of Jesus Christ, keep His commandments, and always serve Him to the end of your moral life. Your baptismal covenant is a commitment to come into God’s kingdom, separating yourself from the world and standing as a witness of God “at all times and in all things, and in all places” (Mosiah 18:9). Your efforts to stand as a witness of God include everything you do and say. Strive always to remember and keep the Lord’s commandments. Keep your thoughts, language, and actions pure. be careful to watch, listen to, and read only those things that are uplifting. Your baptismal covenant is a commitment to come into God’s kingdom, it is important that you Choose friends who encourage you to reach your eternal goals. Stay away from unclean things and Keep yourself worthy to enter the temple when you are 11years old.
. Part of the baptismal covenant is to serve the Lord, and you serve Him best when you serve your fellow men. we should be “willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light” and “willing to mourn with those that mourn … and comfort those that stand in need of comfort” (Mosiah 18:8–9). Be kind and respectful to all people, following the example of Jesus Christ, in the way you treat others
President Nelson our Prophet has called upon “every young woman and every young man … to enlist in the youth battalion of the Lord to help gather Israel.” And all of us are grateful to take up the prophetic call to profess the name of His restored Church as revealed by the Savior Himself: as a member of the true Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we follow this divinely designed covenant path, our commitment and efforts to take upon us the name of Jesus Christ will give you the strength “to retain [His] name written always in [our] hearts.” We will love God and our neighbors and feel a desire to minister to them. And help others. I’m so happy that you have chosen to be Baptized. Remember the special feeling you have this day to always remember Jesus Christ to have his spirit with you by always striving to choosing the right.
Arriving At Stacy’s Home/Going Sailing
I talked to little Enzo on our way. He is so sweet and loves to listen to his voice on the phone. He was fighting with his mother to let him talk to me on the phone. So excited to see the Towner Grandkids. It feels so good to be in Sunny California. Chad & Stacy took us on their new sailboat. It was so fun to be on the ocean. We had a great afternoon with their family.
On Our Way to California
We drove to Salt lake on Tuesday spent the day there. I had my new hormone pellet surgically replaced. By late afternoon I had really bad cramps. I haven’t hurt like that for many years. I don’t know why other than the hormones were kicking in from my new pellet of estrogen. We slept over at Tasha home. I was so tired and sleepy. Craig had his past president luncheon at noon. I had an hour and a half to wait so I went shopping at my favorite store TJmax's Home Goods. I enjoyed looking around, I spent my fun money I’ve had in my wallet since March. Craig gave me $300. I spent a $100 caring for my mother while in Texas. I had hung on to $200. I found some fun planter pots for this summer to plant summer flowers. Three of them will hang over on the upper railing. It will be fun to plant flowers when I get home from our trip. Summer is slowly coming. We have had lots of rain. It was pouring rain when I had to leave to pick up Craig. I got soaked putting my things in the car. I also bought two graduation gifts for two of the bear lake girls graduating from High school this year and me a pretty pair of new 18 cartel gold earrings. I found some coconut massaging oil and large bottle of lotion. It will be nice to give us a good massage with it. And my favorite lemon citrus smell of hand soap for the summer months. I gave my last $20 bill to Craig’s mother for Mother’s Day. My fun money is gone.
Monday, May 6, 2019
Tasha Is Having A Baby
Yeah number 20 is in its way. Natasha called and announced tonight that they are having another baby we are so thrilled this will make our 20th grandchild- that will be four children in their family. I look forward to a new baby in the family clan.
Monday Morning/ T Girls 38th Birthday
I woke up first thing this morning feeling a little melancholy. I miss being close to my kids it’s just a feeling of being further away from them all. We will be heading to Salt Lake tomorrow so I’m excited to see some of them and heading to California this week to spend time with Stacy and her little family. Life is busy for us all. I’ve enjoyed looking at Facebook pictures and the many things that we’re doing in our lives. Today’s going to be a beautiful day and would like to get out and do some weeding. I’ve got to finish hemming the missionaries pants that I started last night he wanted me to make them skinny pants- his pants are black, I'm having a hard time sewing last night I couldn't see very well- so I had to quit, I’ll finish up today with better lighting. I’ve Got to pack up today heading to California for the next week, we’re heading to Salt Lake tomorrow for doctors appointments and then on to big California!! I have lots to do today. I finally got two pairs of pants altered they were a Challenge for me, I don’t like sewing any more, it is hard to see and my sewing machine was not stitching correctly which doesn’t make sewing fun. Glad that’s done it took me till 2pm to finish up!! ... May 8th Today is our third daughter Trisha Lynn’s 38th birthday. We are so very proud of her and the special daughter she is. We meet her and Buck for breakfast at the Black Bear diner. We had a nice time visiting. From there we headed over to see how their new home is coming. It is sheet rocked now. Things are coming along. They hope to be in by July. It is going to be a beautiful home for their family. We drove to St George and meet Lavon for dinner. We had a nice time visiting with Craig’s mother. We then went over to Chris & Terry’s home and visited for a couple of hours. We slept over at Scott & Jan's new home just across the street. It was nice to have a place to lay our heads down and rest from our full day. Scott & Jan have built a nice home at St George. The weather is really nice in the winter months. We have thought about buying a home there I just don’t want to be that far away from our children and grandkids. We had a good rest and now we are heading to California, arrive late this afternoon it is a 7 hour drive from St George.
Sweet Note From My Mother
As usual I love showing my FB friends my rose garden wish I could bring all of you here for a cold glass of lemonade and talk about all the fun we’ve had over the years but since we can’t do that , this is the next best thing ... I enjoy my flowers because they help me stay close to my Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ and it’s a bit of Heaven for me here on Earth .. it’s play for me to work in my yard but as I age it gets harder to keep up and I’m so grateful for my Daughter Debbie she flew in from Utah and weeded my flower beds for me , what a blessing and I’m so grateful for wonderful friends and neighbors that are always willing to give me a helping hand ... I’m richly blessed so hoping each of you are enjoying your days as I am and take time to smell the Roses ❤️Love You All ... she loves her flowers 🌺. That is why I took the time to weed for her while I was visiting her in Texas. It took me all week working on it. I told her this was my gift of love for Mother's Day this year.
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Sabbath Day/ Fast Day/ Craig Set Apart as 1st Counselor
My dear husband was sustained as the 1st counselor in the Bishopric today. They called Brother Ben Negus as the second counselor. Onto a new journey in our lives, Craig is really enjoying serving in the Garden City first ward.
Friday, May 3, 2019
Friday The Sun Is Out / A Full Day
We have had a busy week. The weather has been much cooler this week- it even snowed a little on Monday. We got up early Tuesday morning to play Pickleball in Montpellier. I had to run by the grocery store afterwards to pick up a few items feeding the missionary that evening. I really enjoyed my time playing pickleball. It is good exercise for me. I have got to lose weight. I really want to lose 10 pounds the month of May before Summer hits. It is not coming off I tried the month of April watching what I eat. And have only lost 4 pounds. I really want to get below the 170 mark and it has being really hard to move past that. Raising my exercise level should help me. It feels good to be out and about. I love the warmer weather coming. I have had the family history bug this week. Sunday I worked over four hours and every chance I have had I have been working on cleaning up my family history files. Focusing on the Bailes family line and working my way down the Bailes family tree from 1750 down to now. I keep finding cousins that need temple work down. After Pickleball I meet with sister Lindsey Thompson for 2 and half hours to help her in her personal family history. She is our relief society president. I enjoyed helping her get started. I then came home and work on my family history for a few hours and then fixed a yummy dinner for the missionaries. Tuesday was a very busy day. Wednesday was a very cool day outside so I spent the day working on my family history. Thursday I woke up at 3am couldn’t sleep, spent 4 hours working on research. Trying to figure out the puzzle pieces of our Bailes family tree. Still stuck in our Thomas Bailes in 1750. Craig And I started our 30 day challenge, working out everyday for 30 days. We have both got to lose weight. Wednesday was May 1st. We have done good the past three days keep going. By the time we worked out and I did my come follow me study time and cleaned up it was 2:30 already. We stopped by to wish Kathy Hislop happy birthday. She is a dear friend in our ward and in our monthly game night group. I have visited taught her this past year. We have made great friends while living at the lake. I had a few hours to work on my history. We then meet Wadley’s for dinner at Café Sabor for the Thursday special. They moved here last fall and are now moving to Denver by the end of May. Such a darling family, we have enjoyed getting to know them the short time they have been here, going to miss their family. Craig and I stayed up late watching a new series on Netflix. I talk to Shannon for two hours on the phone last night. She has had amazing stories to share with me. The Lord is healing her and teaching her how to help heal others, the heavens are open to her, she is daily experiencing small miracles in her life. The power of the Lord has blessed her with special gifts and she is learning how to use these gifts. It has been an amazing journey. She had so much to share with me last night. We had a full day again. Today I woke up early even after we stayed up late. Fixed us a nice breakfast. The missionaries stopped by for me to fix a couple pairs of his pants. He wants me to make them more straight legged. I’m going to try to do a good job for him. We enjoy having the missionaries in our home. Looking in my emails last night a home has come up for sale in our old ward that we split from in 2009 the 8th Ward. It is the size rambler 2400 square feet on the main level I have have been looking for- which is hard to find on the east side of Draper and is in the price range we want to be. It was built 1998 and it does need to be up dated. Just hope I like the layout. Online it looks like something we have been looking for. They are having an open house this Saturday so I really want to go see it. Time will tell. The weather is a little warmer today so I do want to get out in the yard and get the Raspberry patch weeded. I have a lot I want to do today. We need to go to the Menlove’s funeral viewing tonight- Rhonda’s mother died this past week. Wednesday brother Spencer died. He was 83 years old sweet older man in our ward. He is going to be greatly missed. They have been be coming to the lake for many years and have lake front property like us. Yvonne has been such a sweet sister to me and I have enjoyed visiting teacher her the past 2 years. This reminds me- my mother only has a short time here left on earth- she is the same age as brother Spencer. I need to get to work - I have lots to do today!!