Happy Easter!

We had a nice Easter day. Becca didn't feel great but other than that we had a nice dinner, and visit. Aiden gave the prayer all by himself. He told me that Easter is about Jesus and that Jesus loves you. We got a new Bishop, Bishop Rhead and terry was released. I had mixed feelings. I loved the blessings that came from his being in the bishopric but we were both feeling very sure that the Lord blessed us with this new bishric.

I found this video on LDS.org that I LOVED. Here is that text for it. It meant a lot to me.

Jeffery R Holland
My other plea at Easter time is that these scenes of Christ’s lonely sacrifice, laced with moments of denial and abandonment and, at least once, outright betrayal, must never be reenacted by us. He has walked alone once. Now, may I ask that never again will He have to confront sin without our aid and assistance, that never again will He find only unresponsive onlookers when He sees you and me along His Via Dolorosa in our present day. As we approach this holy week—Passover Thursday with its Paschal Lamb, atoning Friday with its cross, Resurrection Sunday with its empty tomb—may we declare ourselves to be more fully disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, not in word only and not only in the flush of comfortable times but in deed and in courage and in faith, including when the path is lonely and when our cross is difficult to bear. This Easter week and always, may we stand by Jesus Christ “at all times and in all things, and in all places that [we] may be in, even until death,”21 for surely that is how He stood by us when it was unto death and when He had to stand entirely and utterly alone. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

I visited Sister Johns yesterday and she had this plaque up which she had me copy because it has helped her so much. I remember when President Hinckley said this and I have said it to the girls quite often. I really am thankful for him and for his wisdom.

It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is
It all works out
Don't worry
I say that to myself every morning
It will all work out
Put your trust in God and move forward with faith and confidence in the future
The Lord will not forsake us
He will not forsake us.
If we put our trust in Him
If we will live worthy of His blessings
He will hear our prayers.

President Gordon B. Hinckley

 

 

 

 

 

I just found a countdown site that says I still have 245 days until Kyle gets home. That seems so long. It started out so slow then summer came and went by so quickly all of the sudden he had been gone over a year, Now it has slowed down and I feel like I haven't seen him forever. Will a count down reminding me of the big number of days make time feel slower or will it be the same. He sounds like he is doing well, working hard, learning tons and serving well. I do miss him but I am so glad he chose to serve and had that opportunity.

Terry, Chris, Debbie, Marlene, Ken at the Fiesta Ranch

Ensenada, Mexico

Debbie holds her towel froggy in Cruise room at Sea

Formal Dining at Sea

Debbie, Chris and Ken enjoy the Mexican Ranch

Fiesta Ensenada, Mexico

Chris, Terry and the Panda San Diego Zoo

Ken, Marlene, Terry and Chris on a pipe on the beach Oceanside, California

Terry and Debbie Oceanside, California

Chris in Mexican Wrestling mask in Ensenada, Mexico

Chris in Old Town, San Diego

Terry and Debbie at the Mormon Battlion monument in SanDiego

Spring break 2009 - Short Summery

Day 1- We drove to Ogden so we could get the cheaper Salt Lake to San Diego flight.

Day 2 - Salt Lake to San Diego where we wandered around "Old Town" We hiked up to a Mormon Battalion monument on a hill where we enjoyed a view of the city and ocean.

Day 3 - We boarded the Carnival Cruise Ship Elation. We enjoyed the food, the shows and some friends that Chris met from Black Foot, Idaho area. Chris ended up sick with a fever.

Day 4 - We couldn't stop at Catalina because the water was too choppy with too much wind. It was too cold to enjoy the outside ship activities so we ate, exercised, ate, watched movies, ate, attended musical reviews, ate and explored the ship.

Day 5- The weather calmed down so we went into Catalina. My mom and dad took the garden tour and went on the semi sub ride. Chris, Terry and I rented bikes and rode up a hill near the Wrigley mansion where we enjoyed the great view. After lunch, (a very small snack since we weren't on the ship) we took a diving ship around the island a bit where we looked for sea life to see snorkeling. The water was very cold even with wet suits on so we only stayed in a water for only about a half hour. We saw some fish and a cool shark egg that spiraled around like a cork screw. Back on the ship, we sat in the hot tub for awhile to warm up, attended a show and went to the formal dining room. At the dining room, I got some kind of cramp in my leg behind my knee. OUCH! It didn't help to point my toe so I tried to stand up which didn't help either but did cause me to pass out. Next thing I knew, there was a wheel chair and a nurse and Terry telling me I needed to go get checked out. I felt quite puzzled that they had time to get a wheel chair and nurse to my table just because I had a cramp in my leg. I had no idea I had lost conciseness for almost 9 minutes. I kept saying "that was weird." I guess I scared everyone quite a bit. I felt sure they would find I had diabetes and all the food we ate put me into a seizure but my blood glucose, blood pressure, and pulse were all fine. Terry and the Dr. decided I had experienced dehydration. WEIRD and EMBARRASSING!

Day 6- We took a bus tour to see La Boufadora (an ocean blow hole) in Ensenada, Mexico. I found the countryside very interesting. We passed by slums, nice houses, American shopping and restaurants, farms and an Army base just on a half hour trip. The tourist shops tried very hard to get our business and I did buy some silver jewelry and a doll and Chris bought some wrestling masks. We spent the afternoon at a Mexican heritage fiesta on a ranch. We ate, saw a mariachi band, traditional dancers, a lasso trick dancer and a pinata. The excellent lasso dancer twirled, jumped and amazed us even before we found out he was 72 years old. WOW he was great.

Day 7 - We left the ship and stayed on the beach at Oceanside. Beautiful and nice.

Day 8 - Fun San Diego zoo and body works museum. Wonderful warm weather.

Day 9 - Home to Salt Lake and SNOW!!!! Boo Hoo

Terry, Debbie, Chris, Marlene and Ken getting
on the ship to go to Catalina and Ensenada, Mexico

We got back to Utah to find SNOW!!!!

Yuck. We missed the 70s in California.