So we had a blast going to Arizona. I had a ton of fun being w/ my family and hopefully/maybe (but we all know it will happen) soon to be sister in law. She is perfect for my brother, I'm so glad he picked her. The kids went to her and loved her so much and by that you know she is meant to be in the family. It was sad to say goodbye to everyone because I didn't want to leave but then I was ready to sleep in my own bed.
The weather in Wyoming is hot!!! No not even close to Arizona, its been in the 90's and 80's. I know its nothing like we experienced and I should be grateful and I am. Justin and I got back and got some things taken care of, he went to work on Friday and things didn't work as well as he had hoped and so he had to make a trip to Worland Saturday so we didn't make it up to the Ward thingy. Well that night we had a visiter from the bishopric, the last time one came over we had to talk, so I wasn't to thrilled about this visit. We were standing in the laundry room/back door (which we use for the front door) when he said that the bishop had sent him. We offered him to come in and sit down. We started talking about the trip, my family, and J's work. He finally got down to the point. When he said that he isn't giving me a new calling or taking away I was confused. He told me that I'd been called to be the secritary in Primary, I was like "aw I don't get to teach no more?" and he goes "is that bad?" I was like "I loved my class, but I'll do it." When he left I felt bad, I felt like I had gotten fired from a job I loved doing. I felt like I got demoted. J tried so hard to tell me it was me moving up a ladder not moving down, I tried so hard to think of it that way.
I wondered why I had been taken out of my calling to do something else, while I was getting ready to go to church I kept thinking to myself "why" and just trying to be ok w/ it. When I remembered something that I've been told "accept the callings given to you, serve diligently and the Lord will bless you with even bigger callings." When I was in Sharing time Sister Jones came up to me and said "We didn't want to lose you." I replied, "I didn't want to leave I love primary." I didn't realize at the time that it was an answer to my prayer. I had made Mock Beef Stroganoff and when J and I were eating we were talking about our day and then I told him what Sis Jones had said and then I realized that it was an answer to my prayer. Yeah I'm still disapointed that I'm not teaching anymore, but I'm glad I did get an answer. Later that night J and I were talking about somethings when he told me "the Lord won't give you anything you can't handle." Of course this was about the things/ppl we were talking about but I know he also meant it for me. Justin is now teaching the 5-6 year olds and they love him.
We are thinking of getting a dog, we aren't sure when we will or how much they will cost but we are hoping we can in the next lil bit. We know it will be alot of work and we are willing to work for it. We want a pet that will love us when we want it haha, Cali is a great cat and we love her so much but she only wants attention when she is ready for it.
Well thats all for not, till next time!!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
A Wonderful and Special Vacation!!
Since I had been wanting to go on a road trip for awhile we had thought going to Thatcher and helping my dad out on the 4th of July would be a good trip and fun trip to do. We had thought of leaving on the 30th, but decided to leave on the 29th instead. We know without a doubt that we had been blessed this whole trip!!
Monday, June 29th:
We weren't sure if we would have been able to go on this day or not we just had to wait it out to see if we had money in our account. We both felt we should leave on Monday so we did we also wanted to leave that day so that way we could get there earlier then we wanted. We went to go get gas and a few drinks and snacks for the way down to Arizona, the card said that there wasn't enough money in the account for the transaction, we knew we had alot of money in it so we just wrote a check. We got the point where we needed to fill up w/ gas again and we were only about 5-6 hrs into our trip. We got to a gas station and thanked Jesus and our Heavenly Father for the safety which we have had so far and prayed that the money in our account would have been updated. We put the card in and the screen froze for about 5 min, we go to another gas station and another car pulls up as well, Justin slid the card in and it wouldn't work. We waited for a lil bit and even the other person's card didn't work. So we drove off and was about to pass the first gas station that we had tried when I told J to try it again. We said another thank you prayer and asked that it would work. J put the card in and it worked. We both knew w/out a doubt that the Lord had a hand in it. There was a time driving when we were about to pass a semi and our front bumper was at the very end of the truck, there was no other cars around and nothing in the road when he turned on his turning signal and started moving into the the other lane. We had to slam on our breaks and he finally saw us and moved over. We knew that we had been blessed with that as well.
Tuesday, June 30th:
We told everyone we'd get to Thatcher about midnight, we had totally forgot about the time change haha, we then changed it to 10:30-11pm. We finally arrived at my parents house a lil before 10. Boy it was so good to be out of the car and not have to drive anymore. We went and saw Gma and Gpa Robinson and everyone that was helping them put in the wooden floor.
Wednesday, July 1st:
My parents took J and I to El Charro!! YIPPY!! I was so excited, I've missed having really good mexican food. After we went there we went to go see Gma and Gpa Martin, it was a really good visit. I was so glad we went.
Thursday, July 2nd:
We went and saw Gpa Herbert, it was really hard to do it because he wanted us to stay longer and he kept crying and telling us that he didn't want us to go. We stayed as long as we good, I told him I'd visit as much as I could when I could and he goes "From Wyoming?" I go yeah and he goes "I won't make it that long." I told him he would because he has a strong heart. We say our goodbyes and go get our stuff from my parents house and drive up to Phx. We get there and wow the kids have grown up so much!! It was so fun to be able to see them. Kristen and Buffy walked in and was putting things away, while Trevon and Zack needed some entertainment Justin and I helped w/ that. We had a ton of fun!! While playing w/ them Kristen and Buffy made dinner and was very happy that they weren't screaming. We were told that that is all they did for 2 days. We were glad to help.
We finally met Jordan's gf. We all liked her and the kids loved her, you know when someone is good for the family when the younger kids love the person makes a connection w/ them. She was great!! I am so glad he is dating her!!
Friday June 3rd:
We all decide we are gonna go swimming. It was a ton of fun. We had all put a lot of sunscreen on. I put a ton on my face even and I got burnt to a crisp!! But we were so glad we were in the pool that it really didn't matter how bad I got burnt.
Saturday June 4th:
We all go and set up for the fireworks and that is when the party actually began!! We finally got to see Melissa and her cute family. We were all excited, there were happy tears all over. It truely was a special day! Lil Zack loved Melissa's boy Kyle he followed him around all over, it was so cute!! I was so glad that Mav helped shoot off the fireworks, he hadn't been feeling good at all this whole weekend and so I was glad he got to have some fun in it. The day went by way to fast and when we were done cleaning up we said our goodbyes to Melissa and her lovely family. I wouldn't trade this vacation for any!!
Sunday June 5th:
We still hadn't gone to seafood and I wasn't sure if we would have. I told my dad and he said that Stacey can't stand the smell of it and so we'd go while they were at church. While Ten and I were getting ready in the bathroom we both convinced Mav to come and that we'd wait for him. I was glad he decided to come, we went to Joes Crab Shack. I was having 2nd thoughts when they brought the food to us. Justin and I shared crab, shrimp, corn, and potatoes. I had 3 legs of the crab and 3 shrimp and I LOVED IT!! The moment I remembered what I was eating I started feeling ehh and I had to stop. After we got done we went back to buffy's house and waited for an hour or so and then all the family went to Olive Garden. It was so good and fun. I'm glad we went.
Monday June 6th:
Was really hard for me. I wanted to leave to come back home to get out of the really bad heat, but I didn't wanna leave a few of the people, but I knew we would be back really really soon!! =). We were blessed the whole way up to home too.
I'm so thankful that Justin could have kept awake the whole time we were driving, he truely is an amazing guy!! We got back on Tuesday just a lil before 5pm. Which wasn't bad at all =).
Monday, June 29th:
We weren't sure if we would have been able to go on this day or not we just had to wait it out to see if we had money in our account. We both felt we should leave on Monday so we did we also wanted to leave that day so that way we could get there earlier then we wanted. We went to go get gas and a few drinks and snacks for the way down to Arizona, the card said that there wasn't enough money in the account for the transaction, we knew we had alot of money in it so we just wrote a check. We got the point where we needed to fill up w/ gas again and we were only about 5-6 hrs into our trip. We got to a gas station and thanked Jesus and our Heavenly Father for the safety which we have had so far and prayed that the money in our account would have been updated. We put the card in and the screen froze for about 5 min, we go to another gas station and another car pulls up as well, Justin slid the card in and it wouldn't work. We waited for a lil bit and even the other person's card didn't work. So we drove off and was about to pass the first gas station that we had tried when I told J to try it again. We said another thank you prayer and asked that it would work. J put the card in and it worked. We both knew w/out a doubt that the Lord had a hand in it. There was a time driving when we were about to pass a semi and our front bumper was at the very end of the truck, there was no other cars around and nothing in the road when he turned on his turning signal and started moving into the the other lane. We had to slam on our breaks and he finally saw us and moved over. We knew that we had been blessed with that as well.
Tuesday, June 30th:
We told everyone we'd get to Thatcher about midnight, we had totally forgot about the time change haha, we then changed it to 10:30-11pm. We finally arrived at my parents house a lil before 10. Boy it was so good to be out of the car and not have to drive anymore. We went and saw Gma and Gpa Robinson and everyone that was helping them put in the wooden floor.
Wednesday, July 1st:
My parents took J and I to El Charro!! YIPPY!! I was so excited, I've missed having really good mexican food. After we went there we went to go see Gma and Gpa Martin, it was a really good visit. I was so glad we went.
Thursday, July 2nd:
We went and saw Gpa Herbert, it was really hard to do it because he wanted us to stay longer and he kept crying and telling us that he didn't want us to go. We stayed as long as we good, I told him I'd visit as much as I could when I could and he goes "From Wyoming?" I go yeah and he goes "I won't make it that long." I told him he would because he has a strong heart. We say our goodbyes and go get our stuff from my parents house and drive up to Phx. We get there and wow the kids have grown up so much!! It was so fun to be able to see them. Kristen and Buffy walked in and was putting things away, while Trevon and Zack needed some entertainment Justin and I helped w/ that. We had a ton of fun!! While playing w/ them Kristen and Buffy made dinner and was very happy that they weren't screaming. We were told that that is all they did for 2 days. We were glad to help.
We finally met Jordan's gf. We all liked her and the kids loved her, you know when someone is good for the family when the younger kids love the person makes a connection w/ them. She was great!! I am so glad he is dating her!!
Friday June 3rd:
We all decide we are gonna go swimming. It was a ton of fun. We had all put a lot of sunscreen on. I put a ton on my face even and I got burnt to a crisp!! But we were so glad we were in the pool that it really didn't matter how bad I got burnt.
Saturday June 4th:
We all go and set up for the fireworks and that is when the party actually began!! We finally got to see Melissa and her cute family. We were all excited, there were happy tears all over. It truely was a special day! Lil Zack loved Melissa's boy Kyle he followed him around all over, it was so cute!! I was so glad that Mav helped shoot off the fireworks, he hadn't been feeling good at all this whole weekend and so I was glad he got to have some fun in it. The day went by way to fast and when we were done cleaning up we said our goodbyes to Melissa and her lovely family. I wouldn't trade this vacation for any!!
Sunday June 5th:
We still hadn't gone to seafood and I wasn't sure if we would have. I told my dad and he said that Stacey can't stand the smell of it and so we'd go while they were at church. While Ten and I were getting ready in the bathroom we both convinced Mav to come and that we'd wait for him. I was glad he decided to come, we went to Joes Crab Shack. I was having 2nd thoughts when they brought the food to us. Justin and I shared crab, shrimp, corn, and potatoes. I had 3 legs of the crab and 3 shrimp and I LOVED IT!! The moment I remembered what I was eating I started feeling ehh and I had to stop. After we got done we went back to buffy's house and waited for an hour or so and then all the family went to Olive Garden. It was so good and fun. I'm glad we went.
Monday June 6th:
Was really hard for me. I wanted to leave to come back home to get out of the really bad heat, but I didn't wanna leave a few of the people, but I knew we would be back really really soon!! =). We were blessed the whole way up to home too.
I'm so thankful that Justin could have kept awake the whole time we were driving, he truely is an amazing guy!! We got back on Tuesday just a lil before 5pm. Which wasn't bad at all =).
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