Our Sabbath Day

It feels good to be in Church this week.  I missed last week not feeling well and baby sitting the Thomas grandkids.  Lincoln was running 103 fever for several days and the baby was sick with a cough.  I worried about her all week long and kept a close watch on her.  I did enjoy spending time with her -newborn's are so special.  I survived my weeks babysitting.  I spent most of the day yesterday recovering from my week of baby sitting.  Baby Cora was waking up every two hours for her feeding time.  The nights were tiring.  It is a beautiful sunny day at the lake but very cold.  

High counselors are speaking today. Thoughts from brother Ken Hansen from the 2nd Ward - We feel joy when we are spiritually connected to the Lord and to others as we share in the gospel of Jesus Christ.  In the premortal life we were excited to gain a mortal body-  our bodies are very special.   Our Savior presented the plan for us to return-  book of Job -  laid the foundation of the earth in the premortal life our first estate-  the Savior would become our mediator

Moses 5:10-12 -  Adam & Eve our first parents blessed us with the gift of life

2 Nephi-  22-25 :  father Lehi talking to his family about the fall-  Men are that they might have joy-to become like God- who is the source of all joy-  many examples in the Book of Mormon of joy-  joy in the gospel of Jesus Christ- when our focus our lives on the Savior we can feel joy in any circumstance we may be in- 

Brother Nyman-  How can we have joy and rejoice in Christ?  What is the greatest need in the world today?   It is an ongoing personal relationship with the Savior-   It is a process to come closer to Christ -come follow me we have the power to unlock in our families the light of Christ D&C 88- 17th chapter in John to become one with God -  

Light is 3 phases - light of Christ in each of us -  gift of the Holy Ghost and the sure word of God -  with Christ in our lives -  Darkness can not succeed.  The temple brings more light into our lives-  the temple is where heaven and earth intersect-  pray continually morning and night as we reach out to God and thank him for our many blessing-  the important thing is we get back up and keep trying-  acknowledge we have sinned and prayer for strength and guidance and love in our hearts -  

My Third Day

Today had been a better day.  I felt like a truck had run over me this morning when I crawled out of bed. Cora was up and down most of the night so only 2 hour pockets of time to sleep uninterrupted.  She is such a sweet baby.  Lincoln felt better today but stayed home one more day.   Trisha colored my hair and dyed my eyebrows.  It felt good to be pamper and get out of the house today.  I’m slowly feeling better myself.  I took Annie to dance lessons after school today and now waiting in the car for her.  I went shopping for an hour while I waited for her.  Tasha sent me a fun article that was posted today about her and her business gives her great advertisement.   

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Tuesday/ Linc Sick

Poor Lincoln and Cora Rose are both still sick.  I’m slowly feeling better.  Lincoln has ran a fever since Sunday.  He threw up this morning  and his fever is back up.  I got him in the shower to try to get his fever down.  This is such a bad flu bug, it hit me hard and now prior Lincoln.  Shannon’s birthday was Sunday and she had been sick too.  No fun birthday for her.  I talked to Sharlena and she is also sick.  Pray my hubby doesn’t get this terrible bug.  He watched the kids for me a couple hours so I could take a bath and just rest a bit.  It felt good to go to our place and have a little break.   I slept on the couch last night with baby Cora.  She has a terrible cough, she did good sleeping by me all night.   Just getting Winn and Annie out the door for school.   This is going to be a long day for us.   I need to take the time to tidy things up.  It falls apart fast in the evenings.   Sure hope Lincoln gets to feeling better today.  I might need to take him and the baby to the doctor.   Pray for the energy I need to care for these darling grandkids.  

Baby Sitting Thomas Grandkids

I started my babysitting Shift Sunday morning.  Amanda, Bridger’s assistant had been watching the kids since Friday morning early since I was sick.  She came and picked me up and I took over at 10:30am. As the day progressed Lincoln became sick running a high fever all night long.  He threw up several times-  he was in and out of the shower from body aches and trying to get his fever  down.  It got up to 103 degrees.  It was a rough night for him.  Baby Cora is running a fever too about 100. Degrees.  I was up and down all night and in the wee morning hours caring for them both.  I got Annie and Winn and off to school this morning.  We have been resting most of the day. Lincoln is still not feeling better I kept him home from school.  Craig drove down back this morning to help me out with the kids.  I’m still not feeling the best either.  My head has hurt too and I have just tried to rest and tidy things up a little.  The day has gone by fast.  The kids will be home from school soon.  I did call the doctor and talked to them this morning in how to care for the baby and Linc.   This week caring for these sweet grandkids  I’m enjoying my time with baby Cora Rose. She is now 6 weeks old.  The time goes by all to fast.  Hard to be believe my baby girl has four kids now.  I have been looking at her pictures when she was young and living at home.  She has been married for 10 years now.  She is such a good mother and her business is thriving.   She has been a joy in my life to raise and now see her as a mother caring for her own children which are so precious.  

Tash with her baby girl just before she left on her cruise.  They are having a great time.  I need a warm trip myself soon!  

Valentines Day

We just watched  a darling video from Stacy and the grandkids in California.  They are so darling, brings cheer to my day.  I’m so sick can hardly get out of bed.  I have been struggling with a sore throat and plugged ears for a couple weeks.  Super Bowel Sunday I was not feeling well and did not want to be around anyone.  I stayed in my room all day.  I started feeling a little better mid week and then this last Tuesday afternoon I felt myself going down fast with body aches and a really bad sore throat.  I have felt horrible since.  In and out of the bath tub all Wednesday and Thursday.  Today I feel I’m over the worst of it just lots of congestion.  Craig got up early 5:30 am and drove to Idaho state college to see Cole complete in a state track meet.  Craig is a great grandfather to drive two hours to support  him in less than a minute race.  He had two different runs.   Craig was back by early afternoon He was ready to drive to Salt lake Valley to deliver our Valentine treats we ordered boxes of chocolate raspberries for each family.  They are so yummy- I loved the frozen raspberry's with the Chocolate,  Il like sucking on it slowly and let the chocolate melt in my mouth, the frozen raspberry felt so good on my throat.  I just threw on a hat and warm clothes and out the door we went.  Craig drove the vet down with the roads clear from snow other than we had lots of snow drift to cross from high winds.  I was nervous coming down in the vet.  We arrived safely.  We dropped our raspberry treats off at the Thomas family first.  I’m suppose to be baby sitting today but not feeling well enough.  Tasha and Bridger left for a week cruise early this morning.  Not good timing to be sick.  She has been able to get Bridger’s assistant to watch the kids until I feel well enough.  I don’t want to get bay Cora sick.  This is a terrible flu bug of some kind.  It has been hard on me,  Craig and I just watched a movie.  It got me all emotional and I started to cry.  I had a huge cloud of darkness come over me emotionally.  I had to say a pray that the clouds of discouragement would pass.   Satan creeps in when I’m week.  I know this will pass.  I’m not healthy enough to do anything  right now but get feeling better.  I’m grateful for my husband and the love we share.   Moving three years has been a huge adjustment for me and now adjusting to our new place in draper.   It has been emotionally hard for me too. Can’t really explain my emotions.  Retirement years have been a huge adjustment for me  more than I have realized.  Craig is just so tight over our money and it drives me crazy at times he is very controlling our entire marriage  has been a challenge with how to balance it with him.  I know we need to be smart in how we spent our money and I have always been frugal by nature.  He has been so involved with my shopping I have had to take lots of things back.  It s not really his fault in that- I bring it home and to see if it works.  Things have just not came together easily for me working with the old things I still love and have collected and adding the new.  It should be fun but has just been a struggle .  I shopped for few days and then Craig comes in town and helps me take it all back or most of it.  We have got the basic in now with kings beds downstairs and a couch.  I have been working on a family tree wall with all our old family photos that have been in storage for years.  Trying to figure out a nice display.  It is a working project for now.  Getting sick I have had to just take a break from it all.  Now I need to get feeling better so I can enjoy my grandkids this next week babysitting them  their parents are out of town.  I pray I will chipper up and get feeling better fast.  It has been long enough !!! 

Teaching This Coming Sunday

 I’m teaching gospel doctrine this Sunday so I have got to immerse myself in my scriptures and gain the insight I need to prepare for teaching.  We have a blessed lesson about the atonement of our Savior Jesus Christ and the blessing it is for all our lives.  A message we are learning in the Book of Mormon this week - in our Come Follow Me study material.  I’m grateful for this time to study and prepare.  I actually woke up early this morning 6:30am I’m excited to get out of bed and study this morning.  In Relief Society yesterday we discussed this conference talk-By Mark L. Pace-Sunday School General President Oct 2019 Saturday afternoon ”The Lord prepares His people against the attacks of the adversary.  Come, Follow Me is the Lord’s counterstrategy and proactive plan.” It literally a war for our souls and Satan is working overtime to gain all he can.  He has been working on me with discouragement and negative thoughts, I need to counterattack this week by immersing my self in my come follow me study material.

“As Latter-day Saints, we seek a similar firm and sure foundation in our lives—a spiritual foundation needed for our journey through mortality and back to our heavenly home. That foundation is established on the bedrock of our conversion to the Lord Jesus Christ.” Gratefully, we live in a time when prophets and apostles teach us of the Savior Jesus Christ. Following their counsel helps us establish a firm foundation in Christ.- A year ago, in his opening remarks of the October 2018 general conference, President Russell M. Nelson provided this declaration and warning: “The long-standing objective of the Church is to assist all members to increase their faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and in His Atonement, to assist them in making and keeping their covenants with God and to strengthen and seal their families- in this complex world today, this is not easy. The adversary is increasing his attacks on faith and upon us and our families at an exponential rate. To survive spiritually, we need counterstrategies and proactive plans” (“Opening Remarks,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2018, 7; emphasis added).

My dear brothers and sisters, I know that God lives! Jesus is the Christ! This is His Church that He directs by prophecy and revelation to His humble servants. I so testify in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.  Staying close to the Savior and gospel living in my counterstrategy, immersing myself in my daily scripture study, will keep me on my course.    

Ward Conference

We are back at the Lake this weekend for Ward Conference.   I’ve got to get myself up and dressed- I haven’t made it to church the past two weeks.  Two weeks ago I stayed in Draper and last week I did not feel well, I stayed in bed all day.  So this week I’ve got to get there.  Our new meeting schedule is 9am which is early getting ready and out the door on time.  Craig has to get up at 5:30 am this morning for early meetings.  I’ve had a hard time getting up early in the mornings lately it is  7:30am and I need to get moving.  We are down to one car.  Craig sold our Lexis to Scott in December and we left our Acadia in Draper for an extra car.  I need to find a ride so Craig doesn’t have to come back for me. Shar sent us a darling picture of Aubrey last night going on her first date.  She turned 16 Jan. 20th last month.  So exciting for her!  She looks so pretty..

Wearing one of Natasha's Ivy City dresses.  

Heading To St George

It’s Wednesday afternoon- we are leaving to drive to St George today.  Craig wanted to visit his mother. We haven’t seen her since August when she came to the Lake for his birthday.   We are going to stay a couple of days.  The weather is suppose to be warmer which will be nice in the high 50’s.   Yesterday we went to the sport Mall and worked out.  It felt good I haven’t been there for over three years. Craig singed us up again so we can go when we are in town.  I came home cleaned up after our workout.  I tinkered in our new home for a few hours working on my family tree wall.  I ordered a fun family tree sticker to place on the my family tree wall. Working on painting picture frames gold to coordinate the look.   I was so tired by early afternoon I had to lay down and take a nap.  I’m still fighting a sore throat and my energy level is not up to speed yet.  Austin was sick when we were there for Cole's Eagle Scout award.  I sat by him at dinner and now I have the same flu bug.  We went to Tuesday night movie night and saw the movie 1917 it was about world war 1-  sad the challenges of young men giving their lives for the cause of War.  Fun to go on movie date night.  We arrived to St George in time to meet Lavon for dinner at Chilies we had a nice visit. We slept over at Scott & Jan’s place for the night. After dinner we stopped by Chris and Terry that live across the street from Scott. We were there for a couple of hours visiting.  Craig picked up a prescription for Chris before we drove down.  She couldn’t fill it anywhere but this one pharmacy in Sandy so we were able to pick it up for her.  They wanted to show us their home they had subcontracted and have sold. So we planned to meet up in the morning.  We didn’t leave until after midnight. It has been a full day. I was tired after our 4 hour drive and and visiting with family.

Visiting Baby Cora Rose

We drove to Salt lake today to get out of the snow.  Well to our surprise the Salt lake valley was dumped on today with over 2ft of snow.  They closed school today.  It is still winter !! This is the biggest snow storm of the year for the Salr lake valley.  I was slow getting out the door today.  I stayed in bed all day yesterday,  I have a sore throat and a head sinus cold.  Not feeling well.  Craig had the Stokes family over to watch the Super bowl game.  I hid out in my bedroom.  I didn’t feel well enough to socialize.  I fell asleep early for the night and slept till 9am this morning.  Guess I needed the rest. When we arrived in the valley we stopped by to see our newest grandbaby Cora Rose.  She is so precious ! 

Cheered me up to see our new little grandbaby.  

Friday

Well the day hasn’t started off well.  A cloud of gloom hanging over us.  I’m fighting myself inside what to do with my self.  I’m so done living here fultime.  I’m done with the people here.   Which is really hard because Craig is not and seems to really like it here.  I’m having a hard time adjusting.   They are just not the kind of people I want to spend any more time with.  There are those few friends but most are just so different.  I have really tried to adjust.  In talking to Craig- I somewhat told him how I feel and I know he is not happy hearing my feelings he just closes off.  So I’m backed in the corner again emotionally.  I have been screaming inside all along.  I said I would give it a try because it seems he wants to be at the lake all the time .   I’m just tired of the battle inside me.  I just don’t know what to do. This retirement has been really hard for me giving up our life in Salt lake and starting over. It has been three years and I’m still struggling inside.  Pray for the compromise we need.  I’m trying really hard to support Craig. Get ready for the cold shoulder with me saying anything. Well to my surprise he turned things around by looking at missionary options online.  We marked 5 possibilities.   

And said a prayer together.   I know we want to still serve a mission together.  We are there.  Craig turns 65 this year.  The season is upon us.   I have felt like I’ve been on a mission already at the Bear lake for the past three years going on four now.   But I know going on a mission we need to do.  It is just hard leaving our kids.  I have already missed being close to them over the past three years.  The change is really hard.  Time will tell