Wednesday, June 10, 2015
It has been a month since my last letter. We in now in our 3rd week of
summer and we only have 6 weeks of summer left since our school has moved to
the year round schedule now. I am kind
of bummed we don’t get much summer, but I am really looking forward to having
two weeks for fall and spring breaks though.
We will be able to go and do fun outdoor activities in the nice
weather.
I won’t be able to catch up on everything that has
gone on in the last month, but I’ll write about a few of the highlights. My nephew Levi finished his 2 year mission in
Guatemala. His flight plan home changed
at the last minute due to some elders sleeping through their alarms (not Levi)
so instead of flying into Show Low he ended up flying into Phoenix Sky Harbor
on Thursday May 14th. We were
hosting an end of the season basketball party for Bryant and his Wham team that
night in our back yard so we didn’t get to go see him come off the plane. I was really sad about that because watching
a returned missionary greet his family is one of my favorite things to witness.
May 15th Chad and I went out to dinner
with our friends Chani and Josh. It was
fun to catch up with them again. I sure
am grateful for their friendship. We can
go for a long time without seeing each other, but still pick up like no time
has passed.
May 16th we went on a group date with
several of Chad’s siblings. We got to
meet Hayley’s fiancé Nick. Anna and her
fiancé Tyler were there too. I like both
Nick and Tyler. I still don’t know Tyler
that well, but I’ve noticed he makes Anna happy. Nick was really funny and seems like a great
match for Hayley. Hayley will be getting
married on July 25th and Anna will be getting married on Aug. 1st. I’m a little bummed to miss part of the
Snowflake pioneer day celebrations, but being able to attend Hayley’s wedding
is worth it. I love that girl. We will get to attend the Virgil and Gerda
reunion on Thursday July 23rd at Tom’s pond and the Flake rodeo,
luncheon and program on the 24th though. So we won’t miss out on everything that
weekend.
May 21st was the last day of
school. Marlee graduated from
kindergarten. She will be going to
school all day now. I’m pretty sad about
that. We drove up to Snowflake that
evening and stayed until Memorial Day.
It was a wonderful trip to Snowflake.
I love Snowflake. It’s good for
my soul to go back to that town filled with so much of my heritage and to be
surrounded by siblings, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins who know and
love me. The highlights of that trip
were:
- Going to the temple with my niece Molly as she received her endowments—Chad and I got asked to be the witness couple which was really a great honor on such a special occasion.
- Listening to Levi give a wonderful report of his mission. He gave a wonderful report. He is a great speaker. He grew to become better man on his mission. I noticed wonderful changes in him. He had a lot of rough experiences and last chance companions that humbled him and strengthened him and helped him grow.
- Visiting with family
- Attending Leah’s and Katie’s graduation
- Helping clean out the sun porch and my dad’s office and coming across some cool old pictures of the ranch families that I had never seen before.
- Branding calves – I didn’t help. I just watched. My kids were also content just to watch.
- Family luncheons
- Going out to eat with Chad, Crystal, Darrell, Doug, Kari and Alden.
- Walking around my old neighborhood for my daily exercise—having Bob’s dog walk beside me, stopping to say hello to Aunt Nerita and Uncle Dean, Uncle Steve (Aunt Sharla was gone) and Levi and the rest of Shon and Pam’s family.
Spencer got sick again as school let out. (He was sick at spring break and at Christmas
break too.) He got a double ear
infection. Poor guy. I hope he doesn’t get sick next school year
every time he gets a break from school. He’s
doing better now and is away at Camp Raymond for scout camp this week. He was really looking forward to it. I can’t wait to hear about his
experiences. We sure miss him around
here.
June 1st we were invited to have FHE
with our friends the Washburn’s. We went
to the splash pad in their neighborhood and played water games. Our friends the Snell’s were there too.
Thursday night June 4th Spencer met
with Trever to pass off his Personal Management and Citizenship in the
Community merit badges and to pass of two parts of his Emergency Preparedness
merit badge that were prerequisites for scout camp. When Spencer gets back from scout camp all he
will lack for his Eagle is to do the communication, camping and personal
fitness merit badges, and to do his Eagle project. He’s mostly done with camping and personal
fitness. He’s almost there!
Amy and David and their family have stayed with us
for the last few days. They got here
Friday and will leave this evening. It
has been really fun having them here.
They recently moved up to Snowflake, but came down for a wedding
reception last weekend and David had work down here two days this week so rather
than have them drive two cars down I invited them to stay the whole time. Yesterday Amy and I and our kids went
swimming at the Lamoreaux’s. By the time
we were done Josh and Mary got more comfortable swimming and remembered how fun
it could be.
Last night around 1:00am I am afraid I miscarried
my baby. I’m still not 100% sure but the
doctor’s office said since I’m only 5 ½ weeks along all I can do is wait and
see. I found out a few weeks ago that I
was pregnant. I had similar
miscarriages between Joseph and Bryant and Karalee and Marlee. Chad and I planned this pregnancy and were
really excited to have another baby. A
miscarriage is hard to deal with. I am
very sad, I am sure Chad is too, but after losing Joseph when I get pregnant I
pray that if there is anything wrong that I’ll miscarry before having to go
through a whole pregnancy and then lose the baby. This was my 9th pregnancy.
My quote for today is from Elder Uchtdorf’s talk The
Infinite Power of Hope.
“The adversary uses despair to bind hearts
and minds in suffocating darkness. Despair drains from us all that is vibrant
and joyful and leaves behind the empty remnants of what life was meant to be.
Despair kills ambition, advances sickness, pollutes the soul, and deadens the
heart. Despair can seem like a staircase that leads only and forever downward.
“Hope, on the other hand, is like the beam
of sunlight rising up and above the horizon of our present circumstances. It
pierces the darkness with a brilliant dawn. It encourages and inspires us to
place our trust in the loving care of an eternal Heavenly Father, who has
prepared a way for those who seek for eternal truth in a world of relativism,
confusion, and of fear.”
I am not in despair. I have hope and I trust Heavenly Father. He has blessed me so much.
Love,
Mindy
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