Inspiration

Look at this food storage. I can't even imagine the amount of work that went into this awesome display.

This was my Great Grandma. My Mom loves to tell us about how wonderful her pickles were and she only gave them out to those who would help her can food.

We are working on food storage and this is my INSPIRATION!

I made my first batch of canned salsa. It turned out wonderful, probably due to the tomatoes coming fresh from the garden. (not my garden) Soon...

Coming out of the Twiligt Zone.

So do you ever feel like you have been in the "twilight zone"? I do and I have been there for about 3 months.


I know that I have a lot of apologizing to do, so here goes. Sorry to all my friends who kept checking on me, sorry to all those who I have let down in different ways and sorry to my family for not being all there the last few months. Hopefully I am through this rough time. I appreciate the love and understanding that all have given me.

I decided instead of catching up...I am just going to start fresh from here. So here goes...

LDS Chapel Burns to the ground

We learned yesterday that the LDS church that I was blessed in, baptised, attended 3 weddings of my siblings in and many other life building experiences in, burned to the ground. Its a very sad thing for me.

I also feel so bad for my sister. Her daughter is getting married next week, the 13th, and was scheduled to have her wedding at this chapel.

As I reflect on the sad feelings that I have about the event, it made me realize how much I take for granted the special events we have in our lives that change who we are as people. Being blessed and given a name, no I don't remember that, of course, but that started my life as a member of the LDS faith. Being baptised, definitely remember that, I wish I could have that experience again and again. Going through the Temple, AWESOME!

But in each of these experiences the church building I was in and the beauty around me escaped me at the time. We are really blessed in our faith to have such beautiful buildings to worship in and be able to have those special events in our life that help us make those choices to live our gospel to the fullest.

LOGANDALE, Nev. -- A fire official says federal investigators are joining the probe of a pre-dawn blaze Wednesday that destroyed an LDS Church stake center in a small Nevada farming town northeast of Las Vegas.Clark County fire spokesman Scott Allison says there's no immediate indication of foul play in the 4 a.m. fire that engulfed The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Logandale.But he said the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating because it's a church fire.Allison said firefighters from Clark County, North Las Vegas and Mesquite were able to save an office building and church records, but the chapel was a total loss.No injuries are reported.Allison said the church is the first and oldest Mormon congregation in the Moapa Valley town about 55 miles from Las Vegas. The building, at 3245 Moapa Valley Blvd., was dedicated in 1951.

December 2008

What a crazy month. December, of course, is all about getting ready for Christmas.

We had an added excitement in our home for the Holidays. My Brother "Jeff" and his family came to be with us for the holiday. It was one of the best Christmas's that we have had. Jeff and his wife Betsy have 5 children. 2 boys and 3 girls. We had so much fun shopping, cooking and spending time with them. Our home was filled with laughter and joy for the whole Christmas week. Everyone opened presents with gusto and I think, got what they had asked for. My own personal "Santa", did so awesome. He is very good to me.

This is an old picture, but this is Jeff and his family.

November 2008

In November the Curves that I was working at closed. Due to the economy. I was very sad for the owner. She was awesome to work for and a super nice lady. Also because I lost my place to work out. sad...

For Thanksgiving we went to Nevada to spend the week with my family. It is always fun seeing everyone and being together. Eating too much good food and giving my bro's a hard time for how old they are becoming.

As you can see there is a lot of us.

Believe it or not in this picture we are missing 29 members of our family that couldn't be there. YIKES!

We always seem to find a way to play a game of Basketball while we are there. It's a girls against the boys kind of thing. This year we only had 5 girls and the men had 8. We had so much fun playing, but man are we all getting old or what. The men beat us women by a slim margin. As you see we are all exhausted and feeling our age.

This is my bro James showing his pain for his "mommy". He is the family's mama's boy. He is 2 years older than me. We continually give each other grief about being mom & dads babies.