Well, I can't really say why I haven't written or posted in quite sometime. I always keep Stetson's blog updated faithfully. As well as, the Biggest Loser blog competition that run, so I guess when it comes to this one I sometimes am burned out and this is the last one to get finished. So, today I am going to at least get the pictures on here of a few of the things that are worth mentioning in mine or our lives in the last little while.
Hard to believe that Caleb is old enough to be asked to the Sadie Hawkins dance at WX. But, he did. This is Jessieann who is a good friend of ours daughter and Caleb has gotten to know her quite well, she is also a senior. Crazy, right? He was excited to go and they dressed as lifeguards and sharks. Friday night they went to a Haunted House and movie and then Saturday was dinner at California Pizza Kitchen, the dance and then rootbeer floats afterwards. He had a good time and already thinking about who he might ask to the Christmas dance. What, when did he grow up?
In July 2015 Caleb will be going to the World Wide Jamboree held in Japan. He is excited but along with this comes a pretty hefty price tag. So, he has been doing fund raisers with the other boys that will be going, like a carwash at Dick's market one Saturday and then selling Dominos pizza cards. These have been a really good deal actually. We bought them for .20 each and sell them for $10 it's a buy one get one pizza with 16 pizza coupons on the cards. He is working hard and so far on track for where he should be at this point.
This is cute Gavin who I used to watch when he was just a little baby. We ran into him and took a picture awhile back. He is such a handsome young man and it is sure fun to see these kids now that I was able to have in our home which kept me home with ours. It was one of those things that I felt was a blessing for us and hopefully they felt the same. These kids became a part of our family and we sure loved them as brothers.
This was such a fun experience. The church was due for another full length film for the Legacy theater for the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and this time they discussed how many times so many of the members and others not of our faith are unable to come to Salt Lake and see what is there playing in that theater. So, they decided to do a different film. This time they would show what life is like for some of the members of the church and some of their stories. In watching the documentary of how it all came to be, it was if they people were most definitely the ones who needed their stories to be told for the world to hear. The one that we were lucky enough to meet is the one in the pictures. This is Dawn Armstrong, the missionary mom. Go figure I would feel close to her story of sending her boy on a mission, but it was her conversion story that was the real story. She was a single mom who had him so very young and on her own started this journey, then had another baby and still unmarried, the father of this baby could not handle all of this and left. This second baby suddenly somehow passed away and this young single mom was alone and in a convenience store and the clerk asked her if she was okay. It was there that she broke down and then the rest of the story is told. How Dawn felt as if our Father in Heaven knew exactly who she was and is and the missionary that baptized her is a friend of mine from the same gym I go to each morning. He arranged that many of us were there to meet her and I had no idea her son, Anthony was already home from his mission. It truly is such a great film and one that all should see to let the world know that the LDS or Mormon people are normal people, trying to live as their elder brother, even Jesus Christ did. Loving their neighbor, trying to be kind and helping one another. Then she tells how she feels that everyone has appointments and that hopefully people will keep theirs when they see these missionaries. I couldn't hold back the tears several times, especially as I knew that I had already had one of my own and another still out there looking for those who had appointments to keep. Thank you so much for making such a wonderful film for all to see the loving ways of our Father in Heaven. Truly loved every minute of it!
One thing that has been so fun this year has been to go to the WX football home games. They are doing so great. They are 8-1 and are going to state, which I really think this may be the best they have ever done in all the years the school has been there. It's fun to know a lot of the players being Caleb's buddies, or patients and to know the parents. It really is like a good ole' fashion hometown football game. Go Cats!!!
This is just a picture of where I am today. I am still trying, hard as it is to finish this darn battle that I started almost exactly three years ago. I am no longer worried about the number on that scale, although I wish it would change faster than it does. I have had my blood work done, and have gotten the reports back which the numbers are fabulous. I am probably in the best shape of my life. I feel great and in just a couple of months I will turn 50. It's crazy, but I am not so worried about being at a number that I am not sure will ever appear as much as I know that I can go into the regular store and buy something that I have never been able to do. For this, I will keep going and continue. I am grateful for the healthy body I have been given, it is not perfect, but it gets up in the morning and moves some are not lucky enough to say that. What do I have to complain about.
Lots of our patients had parts in the production held at Legacy Prep Academy of the Wizard of Oz.
