tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20126104915373273032024-03-14T07:16:32.808-07:00OTHERSOTHERS...because that's who this newsletter is aboutjenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10099481783948048970noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012610491537327303.post-85765197877462420862013-12-05T17:00:00.000-08:002013-12-17T13:42:52.747-08:00OTHERS December 2013<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Daily Duran</b></span><br />
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Amy has all of the Christmas decorations up. She put the lights up on the house before thanksgiving.<br />
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Bella and Clare have been talking about Tansa Clause and know that he is watching them. It still hasn’t kept Clare from writing on the doors with marker and crayons, coloring the grout on the floor with a black sharpie, or pumping out all of the peppermint hand soap. Bella has been doing her tap dance to Christmas music for a while so the girls are very familiar with the concept. Bella had a stone soup feast at preschool before Thanksgiving and then had the whole week off for Thanksgiving.<br />
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Thomas made a nice turkey in the smoker for Thanksgiving with some new flavors like lemon bay leaf.<br />
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Merry Christmas Everyone.jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10099481783948048970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012610491537327303.post-5506264082027121132013-11-05T17:00:00.000-08:002013-11-10T22:22:12.037-08:00OTHERS November 2013<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Daily Duran</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The last few days of October were packed and tons of fun. Clare</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">goes twice a week with a friend for preschool. One outing they went to Target</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">and bought nail polish. Now Clare walks around the house sometimes saying, “I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">got my nail polish.” Thank goodness the glass is thick and the lid is practically</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">glued on. She was a kitty for Halloween.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Bella loves going to preschool everyday. Her teacher said</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">she is already at the desired level of the students for the end of the year. She</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">comes home and sings her songs she learns in class and teaches them to Clare. Bella</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">was also a kitty for Halloween.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Amy teaches preschool to a handful of three and four year</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">olds in our house twice a week. She had a fun birthday party with a better than</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Blackbeard’s Treasure Hunt. She was very disappointed she did not find the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Blackbeard’s Treasure (see here)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">so we made one up for her. She helped with the trunk or treating at our ward</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Halloween party and it didn’t really go as she had planned, but the signs</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">looked incredible nice.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Thomas had a grand opening at work. He was assigned to give</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">tours as people came to his work. He spends a lot of time working on the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">bathroom that is never going to be finished. Right now he is looking for a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">three way bullnose cap for drywall that is no longer carried at Lowes and Home</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Depot only sells in a 50 pack.</span>jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10099481783948048970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012610491537327303.post-29584784255669396362013-10-05T17:00:00.000-07:002013-10-08T09:28:26.627-07:00OTHERS October 2013<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mott Quad (formally known as Motschiedler Madness)</span></b></span><br />
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Harry started army crawling all around the house. He has 2 teeth and is sleeping all night long. He's a happy little guy and loves to follow his big brother around. He thinks his big brother is the funniest thing ever and will laugh and laugh at anything Deshy does. Harry joined me on a trip to Oregon to meet his newest cousin Rose, and her big sister Macy. The Garzas, Ryan and my parents all came too, so we had a fun time hanging out and chatting for a weekend. Harry did great, most of the time. </div>
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Desh is loving school and his teachers. He goes 2 mornings a week. He is completely potty trained now- woo hoo!! He got to stay home with Ken when I went to Oregon. They had a fun 3 days by going to McDonalds for milkshakes, the zoo and the Cat Haven to visit lions, tigers, jaguars and cheetahs. </div>
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Allyson had fun in Oregon visiting with the Original Six and their spouses and kids. It was a whirlwind of a trip but totally worth it. I'm working 2 days at the school as an administrator while Deshy attends. We're working on some fun projects with PBS (look for our TV spot in November & December) and getting ready for all the upcoming holiday parties, charity events and school-wide activities. </div>
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<pre id="yui_3_7_2_1_1381159000046_10208" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1381159000046_10207">Making sure that we account to ourselves at the end of each week and at the end of most days. It has been good. I feel like
we are moving in the right direction. ...Even if those we are
teaching are struggling. But we are doing our best and so even though
the outcomes of our work are not super positive, I feel great still.
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</span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1381159000046_10212">working hard to do our best and help this area progress. :) It is a</span></span></span></pre>
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if we miss our families and why we are here and such. I tell them I
don't miss you at all!! ......hehe. Just kidding! :) I say of
course I miss you all. But two years really isn't that long. And I
know why I am here. I know that this work is super important. And I
find tons of joy helping people learn. And..... like I noticed
yesterday, when you learn to love the people here that you are
teaching, that is the time when you feel the best. That is when you
know you are doing what you are supposed to be doing.</span></span></span></pre>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">NOTE FROM SISTER DEEANN LOVELAND</span></b></span></pre>
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: monospace; white-space: pre;">I am here in the Los Angeles Family History Library. I am enjoying the people I work with and the people that come in to do family history work.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545;"><pre id="yui_3_7_2_1_1381159000046_10215" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; white-space: pre;">I am learning about the many resources on line now and some of the ways to research. I am working to keep learning--there is so much to learn. Today
I worked with our supervisor today, and we were helping a patron, find their ancestor in Peru. She used google maps, to check where we were and what
other little towns were around. We did find one of the people's death certificate. It was neat.
Hope you are all doing well and watching out for each other--maybe I can come there for Thanksgiving? </pre>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jennifer, Lizzie, and Grandma Elizabeth got to attend the Selma Sound of Music production - starring our very own Michael Scott at Captain Von Trapp!! It was a great show in a brand new beautiful state of the art theater. We decided that we need to have Michael lead us in some campfire songs at Pismo from now on... and throw in a few solos for him as well! :)</span><br />
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So one thing to let you know about the Philippines and religion here. It blew my mind for a long time but now I am used to it. People ask us what our religion is. We tell them LDS and our nick-name being Mormons. They say, "oh ok. ....so are you Baptist??" We say no, We're Mormons. "7th day adventist?" No. Mormons. "Iglesia Ni Cristo?" No. We are our own independent church. "Oh..... so.... Roman Catholic!" No!!! We are different. We are the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints. At that point they realize that we are our own seperate religion. Following which they say, "Oh. But you Believe in Jesus Christ. Well as long as you have faith in Christ, that is all that matters. All religions are good." Haha. It has been so hard for me to adjust to! The reason behind all the questions is that there are a lot of break-offs from the Catholic Church. And they have their own different names. So then when people are a different religion, the people here just think it is a break-off from the Catholic church. It has been a weird adjustment for me to make. But it has been interesting. It is kinda sad. But I read verses like Jacob 3:9 and it reminds me that I can't really judge them because of it. It is what they have been taught their whole life. And If I was in their situation, I would probably be the exact same. :P So, we just try to show people why it is so important and try to help people be less confused. :) The gospel is a wonderful thing. ...Especially when we follow it. :) Anyways, that is my week. Love you all. Now to personals.</div>
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Mom- I love you. Yeah, seems like love really is the key. After all, the scriptures say if we have not charity we are nothing and can do nothing. And it is true. If we don't love the people we can never know what they need and how to help them. And they will never accept what we have unless they feel our love. So that is something I need to work on. It is not really part of my personality. But definitely something I need to change. :) Thanks for the love and support.</div>
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Dad- Sounds like things were busy. But hopefully everything went alright. That is cool that Luz gets to go to Mexico. Seems like you are just vacationing all over the place right now! Crazy. :) And nice story about the Contenedor. Haha. Poor kid. Love ya.</div>
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Grandma Boggs- Being a missionary is definitely exciting and keeps you on your toes. It is definitely a big responsibility. :) But it is fun. Wow.... Cow Gut Soup huh? You ate that every day for lunch? That sounds delicious... I bet you don't miss that. :) Thanks for the updates and the letters and the love. Love you lots.</div>
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Mike and Rabilin- Sorry I didn't respond last week. But that is awesome that I am famous and that you got to watch me in the video clip of the Payson Temple. :) Sounds like things are going good with you all and that you are staying busy as always. Crazy to me that Charly is already 6! I swear that Quinten is only 6. :P Crazy. Love you. Thanks for the prayers. :) I need them! </div>
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Brandon and Julie- Thanks for the letter last week. You were up really late writing it. And then I didn't even respond. :P That is nice that you don't have to commute so far anymore and that you can kinda get settled down in the office. I bet that is a lot nicer. Hopefully things are going good in the neighborhood and that the kids are still healthy and having fun. :) Love ya lots. </div>
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John and Tiana- Wow. Still waiting. ....ok. by now you could not be. Who knows. :P Not me! haha. But glad everything is still going well. That is sweet that you got to have Pancit! That is the second most popular food here. ...most popular is rice. haha. But Pancit is one of my favorites. :) I could eat it all day. :) Haha. Good work in school John. I bet those grades were great to see! That is impressive! And having a religion class again should be fun. Even if it is crazy. :) Thanks for the e-mails and support. Love ya.</div>
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Tomorrow the Senior Missionaries will be having a potluck dinner with our Mission President and his wife. It will be nice to meet them for a few minutes.</div>
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two weeks ago i lost my comp. haha it's kind of funny =). we were separated for a whole hour. We were on the bus and we came to our stop and i got off and my comp walks over to get out and then the doors close right in her face! it was SOOOO funny. i smiled and waved goodbye to her and then i started following on foot thinking i'd see her at the next stop. she wasn't there. i ended up calling my district and zone leaders and of course they didn't answer. i called my sister training leaders and they told me to go back to the original stop and to call President. I just about messed my skirt. President didn't answer the first two times i called him, but he did call me back. Seeing Presidents name on the phone screen stresses me out, sabes? but i'm getting ahead of myself. i decided to go back to terminal and wait for her there, but in order to get there i needed to take another bus. so i waited at a different bus stop and just as i was about to get on the bus i see sister ornano getting off! it was a christmas miracle! God knows best. wow it was SO funny! we were having a laughing fit for like 10 min and President called. I told him what happened and then he laughed and said, "Sister Duran, you know it's not a good idea to lose your companion, right?" haha he's a funny guy. Well everything worked out fine and nothing horrible happened.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">My companion is fixing dinner, it smells really good, I am not looking, so it will be a surprise. We had been invited out, but were uninvited because something came up for the other people. My comp, Sis. Bertha Cook, gets home before I do, because she attends a ward close by and I go to the branch about 45 minutes away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">I can't quite believe it but I have to keep reminding myself I am in the United States, because my brain thinks because I am on a mission, I am "foreign." I catch myself being surprised when we drive around and see familiar things, like Sizzler. And once and a while I get to try to help someone in Spanish and then because of the branch, it just feels foreign I guess. Oh well, I will figure it out. It makes me laugh though, it seems so silly. :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">My desktop tells me it is 75 degrees in LA, (but my thermometer says, 79), 78 in Payson with chance of rain, and 78 in the Philippines with clouds. I need to add Washington, (where Brandon moved) and then I will have to look at temps for the rest of you, BUT it is fun because at least we seem similar. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">One day the branch had an activity, oh yes, it was Father's day and they prepared a meal for the Fathers and we all got to eat. I really liked it, tasted so good. Our branch is almost all; Black, Polynesian, or Hispanic--anyway the food was really, really good. It is fun getting to know them--the branch, so many of them are working hard and doing wonderful. It is different and it is very nice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">I was just thinking, Sis Cook and I need to invite Mary, who works in the Family History Center and has for 30 years, to come eat dinner with us. I wonder if she would come, I think she might. She is a busy person, serving in the library, just came back from a trip where she photographed 200 gravestones and will enter them into the computer so they can be found with their information at <a href="http://findagrave.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #2862c5; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1375908312_6">findagrave.com</span></a> and Fridays, she makes rounds to several (old folks) care centers and picks up packages they want mailed and takes them to the post office. She collects and recycles plastic bottles and cans, and calls me, mi <span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1375908276351_5194" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">hija (and I think everyone else?). She is just a sweetie. I am sure she would give you the shirt off her back and does not want to take any charity.!!!! She is also a fighter. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1375908276351_5194" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1375908276351_5045" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Well to end with, I have been thinking about how I would be 'devastated' if someone did not read or pray about the things we were teaching and the Book of Mormon, and I decided I would want to ask a question like --- what if this is the only way you can be really happy?, and live with your family even after you die? It would be worth the effort to find out wouldn't it? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First
off, thank you all for the letters and the love and support and advice. I
really am one of the luckiest people in the world cuz I have the best family
and friends in the world. Really. So thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
week was pretty decent. We got to have some good lessons and got to meet some
new people. We have one investigator-- Marilyn-- who is super cool and solid.
The first time we met her we just kinda chatted and then left her the pamphlet.
When we came back, she had read part of the pamphlet and had questions for us. Wow.
That is actually way amazing here. Then we tried to go back about 5 times and
she was always there. But either there weren't other people there so she
wouldn't let us teach her or she was busy right then or whatever. Well this
week we finally got another lesson with her and talked a lot about prophets and
priesthood and authority and it was cool cuz we could see that she was grasping
those concepts. Understanding and thinking about them. Not just hearing it. But
it was actually kinda hitting home. She is way cool like that. Very good at
listening and thinking and studying on her own as well. I hope we can continue
to visit her and that the spirit will continue to enlighten her mind as we
teach.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
also taught the Castor family a couple times. Like always. :) They are easily
my favorite family I have met on my mission. I love teaching them and I love
seeing them grow. The second youngest kid of their's gave the prayer this last
time which was sweet. His name is Julius. Jonathan (his older brother and the
one that got baptized) always prays and is super good. So we decided it was
time to get Julius praying. He is 7 and turns 8 in October. So with the help of
his mom, he prayed. And that was kinda a cool spiritual experience for me and I
think for them too. Cuz I think it helped the mom see that she can help
practice with the kids and help them grow and learn. So hopefully we can keep
continuing there. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
same lesson we also talked about Temples and Eternal families and stuff. AH! You
all have no clue how much I hope they can go to the temple one day. I told them
that when they go I will attend. And I mean it. I would do anything I can to
see that happen. :) They are such a cool family. I hope we can keep helping
them and that they will keep progressing. ...Oh! And one of their daughters
just decided she is going to go on a mission. She is only 18 right now. But she
has started to prepare. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Same
with another girl in our area. Cute. Yes, that is her name. ...ok. well her
nickname but that is what she goes by. Anyways, she is also getting ready to go
on a mission. She is 19 now and is really wanting to go as soon as she can. :) Today
she is gonna be working on her application so that is sweet. I am excited for
her. She will be a way good missionary. :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
yeah....Idk. It was a good week. We got to work with less-actives in our area a
little. There are of course many problems. But hey, that is alright. We are
here to help people and we know that the gospel is the way. :) I know that is
true. If we get as close to God as we can then I know he will help us in all of
our trials. :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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feel like you are foreign even though you are still in the states. Haha. There
are a ton of flowers here yes. And yes, we eat a TON of Mangos. :) Yummy. And
there are tons of fruits as well. I don't eat as many as I want or should. But
there are lots. We have a few fruit trees in our yard and eat the fruit off of
it all the time. The main one is an atis tree. But we don't have that fruit in
the states. There is also Eba. Again, not ins the states. Also, we eat lots of
coconut. That is everywhere and lots of members give that to you or let you
drink the juice and what not. :) Yeah. Good stuff. Love the food here. Members
rarely feed us. Especially cuz all of the members in my area are way poor. But
one of them will give us a mango or so if we visit. But yeah. Usually here in
Calinog we eat Lunch out of the apartment. There is a small Calenderia next
door. (Calenderias just have a bunch of different types of food to put on
rice.) But it is WAY cheap. So we eat there a bit. But yeah. :) Anyways, Love
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landing and such. :) Sounds like the fireworks were fun as always. And visiting
family is always good. ...especially when you get a huge party and meal out of
it. haha. Sounds fun. I am glad that you are able to see some of the tender
mercies of the Lord. :) That is good. And thanks for your sharing about our
agency and following the Lord. It helped me see a couple areas I can definitely
improve on. ....it is kinda hard to do. Haha. But I guess that is part of life.
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time all the time! haha. That is good. I bet it is a welcome change. :) Seems
like that is definitely one of the benefits of that job. :) Wow....Kamrie is
walking now eh? Crazy..... weird to think about for sure. :P Despicable Me 2
was way good huh? That is good. Cuz I was afraid it would ruin the first one. But
sounds like they did a decent job following it up...? Sweet. :) Howard to Rockets.....
Should be interesting. Probably will just be kinda like when Yao MIng was
there. :P Thanks for the reminder about people's agency and choices and such. It
is definitely one of the struggles of missionary work. So it is good to
remember that we just have to do our part and make sure we just do what the
Lord would do. And if we do that, even if they reject it, we are not in bad
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way beautiful. :) And so is your new baby. ...tho kinda hairy. :P Hehe. jk jk. But
it is cute. :) It is definitely amazing how America was prepared for the
restoration. It really wasn't a coincidence. Amazing to see God's plan. Sorry
you are getting kinda uncomfortable sometimes sis. But......who knows. Haha. Sometime
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WE WENT TO PENICHE TODAY. THEY HAVE THE OCEAN THERE. IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SMELL THE SALTY AIR AGAIN. I MISS BEING SURROUNDED BY NATURE. IT'S INCREDIBLY PEACEFUL.</div>
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WE'VE BEEN BLESSED THIS WEEK WITH MANY REFERENCES FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE. WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING FINDING NEW INVESTIGATORS AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE LESSONS WE DID HAVE THIS WEEK. WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH QUITE A FEW MEMBERS.....ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE PROBLEMS AND NEED SOME SUPPORT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING PRETTY CLOSELY WITH THE RS PRES...SHE DOESN'T HAVE AND COUNSELORS. THIS BRANCH IS A BIT UNDEVELOPED AND THERE'S JUST A LOT OF POINTING FINGERS AT THE OTHER. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS CAN HAPPEN IN THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. WE'RE HERE TO HELP THESE PEOPLE GAIN A STRONGER TESTIMONY OF THE GOSPEL PRINCIPLES AND TO HELP THEM HAVE MORE TRUST IN ONE ANOTHER. ANY TIPS?</div>
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THINGS ARE GOING OKAY BETWEEN ME AND MY COMP. I'M AWARE THAT IRMA BAER SENT OUT AN EMAIL ABOUT THIS. JUST PRAY FOR THE BOTH OF US AND THAT WE CAN PUT OUR DIFFERENCES ASIDE AND DO THE LORD'S WORK. IT'S DEFINITELY A REALLY GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE GIFT OF PRAYER AND FASTING AND THE ATONEMENT. THE LORDS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT.</div>
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IT'S BEEN STARTING TO GET WARM HERE. I'M NOT A FAN, SABES? I SWEAT LIKE I'M DYING....WELL, NOT YET. THAT'S NOT TRUE, I HAVEN'T BEEN SWEATING SUPER BAD, BUT ENOUGH TO MAKE GO...."YUCK."</div>
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LOOK I HAVE TO GO. I LOVE YOU ALL! THANKS FOR THE BDAY WISHES. 23. YIKES. SORRY THIS EMAIL IS KINDA LAME.</div>
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Hello, President. We had a really great turn out of people at church yesterday. We went and visited a few less actives and they came to church! We were SO happy to see them there and receive the blessings of the Lord. We've yet to talk to Presidente Cristof about his goal for people in church. We'll do that this week. We've been doing the training faithfully, but it's been difficult with the practices, because we haven't had many investigators to "role play with." This week we're studying ch 6 in PMG together during our comp studies, it should be good.<br /><br />-Sister Duran</div>
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jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10099481783948048970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012610491537327303.post-74838200059211291822013-05-05T17:00:00.000-07:002013-05-14T09:25:03.929-07:00OTHERS May 2013<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Jordan, Stephanie, and Baby Ryan</span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We are all doing really well. We bought a house at the end of last year and moved in early February before Jordan got home from his military training. Jordan is back at Savemart and working on the airforce base one weekend a month. Stephanie went back to work when Ryan turned 8 weeks old. It gets hard being away from the little guy but we get through it. Our Baby Ryan is growing so fast almost not a baby anymore. He is 10 weeks old now, wears size 3-6 months, and learned how to smile 2 weeks ago but he rarely lets us get a picture of it lol. </span></div>
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So this week has been pretty decent. Saturday, Elder Christian and Elder Banang (the other elders in our area) had 5 baptisms! Woo! It was really cool. We tried to get our investigators to come but none of them did. :P Oh well. But it was a good addition to our branch which is growing.</div>
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As for our work, we found a bunch new people this week to keep teaching. We are cycling through people pretty decently. Trying to find people that are actually interested and willing to keep commitments. One of these is Sis. Mila Grajo. She is very cool and is one of the people that actually listens, thinks about what we say, and tries to see if she believes it or not. Well, we gave her the Book of Mormon a few weeks ago and asked her to read and pray about it. One week she read but didn't pray. The next time she prayed but said she didn't feel anything about it. So both times we just kinda kept teaching about it and the Holy Ghost and how she can come to know if it is true. She seems very skeptical all the time. ....but I don't think that is necessarily a bad thing. At least she is thinking about it and wants it to be real before she says it is true. Unlike lots of other people here who just say everything is true. :) So this last visit, we committed her to read and pray. We told her if she didn't get an answer, we would leave it at that and stop bothering her. (Not in those words but I can't think of how to phrase it right now.) Then we left. We go back tomorrow. I fasted earlier this week and I am fasting a now. Just hoping she will feel it and recognize it and accept it. I will let ya know.</div>
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As for her neighbors, May and Madeline, we gave them a baptismal date yesterday. It is for June because they have to go to church 4 times before they can get baptized. But hopefully that will work. It has been interesting to see the change that has come over them in the past week or so. ....They used to just talk with us and laugh and listen and have fun. But they weren't really applying anything or studying. They were just there. Then this past week, May asked a bunch of questions about the plan of salvation. Last week, both of them read from the Book of Mormon! And...they are just...changing and showing potential. So we are gonna keep focusing on helping them. </div>
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Mom- I am glad you didn't faint while giving your talk. :) I am also glad that you got to spend a lot of time with family and everyone. :) Family is a wonderful thing. No wonder it is the central organization of the church huh? :) And you get to go help people find out more about their families. :) Cool stuff. :) I am excited for you. Keep smiling.</div>
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Dad- Glad that you are used to the grind and business of the end of the school-year. :P Working on testing stuff eh? That is interesting. Sorry about your computer and the wonderful customer service they have there! :P Ha. That is rough. As for Baptisms, what I heard when coming into the Philippines was that it was a super easy area to get baptisms. Much harder to have retention. So far, What I have discovered is that teaching people goes a little slower than I expected. But maybe that is because that is how I have been trained. And follow-up'd. So....maybe I need to change. I have told myself I don't care how many baptisms I get while I am here. But maybe I need to change that mindset. Not base my successfulness off of baptisms, but try to baptize everyone I meet. That is something Elder Monson said in his October Conference talk in Priesthood session I think. That a missionary had the most success as he looked to baptize everyone he met. I will try to figure out what the Lord is expecting here...</div>
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Brandon- ....yeah! You are right. Not expecting that one! CONGRATULATIONS ON GRADUATING!!! Wow. Can't believe you actually did it! ;) Jk. But that is sweet. Good work. Thanks for the update on that draft thing.....tho the news you gave wasn't cool at all. Lacy to the packers....sigh!!! I love the pic. And the irony. And the fact that Brian has no clue how funny all of it is. Graduate from BYU. Buy a Utah hat to celebrate. And yell "Roll Tide" as you wear the Utah hat...wow. Awesome stuff right there. :) Thanks for the letter. I will definitely be expecting more now. No excuses. :) ...Good luck with work man. I miss you all too. :) But Yes, I know I am where I should be as well.</div>
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Tiana- Thanks for the letter and for the information on everyone else. :) Haha. Sounds like fun that you got to spend some more time in Utah. ....seems like you are always down there! Sheesh. Haha. But I am glad and I bet they are all glad to see you. :) Hope you all figure out Punjab... haha. :) Good luck!</div>
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So, I've found out that we are the only Sisters out on the Açores. HA! Our Coordinating Sisters were supposed to come out and do a division with us, but they live on Madeira and flights from there to Terceira only happen every 4 days....so that's not happening. You should look up where Madeira and Terceira are to see the difference. The Coordinating Sisters from Lisboa are coming out instead. That means I'll get to see Irmã Wilde! I'm SO excited to see her. We live out on the middle of the ocean and we don't have any idea what's happening on the main land. It'll be good to get some news on the other irmãs =).<br />
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We've been having the Bull Runs for the past few days. Huge cannon like fireworks go off every time someone gets hit by a bull. We aren't allowed to go watch, of course. Some Elders went to them a few years/transfers ago and decided to run up and hit the bull on the head. Dumb...he got gored in the butt and had to go home...I think. Ridiculous Elders, haha.<br />
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I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with all the changes that'll be happening in the next two week. i feel very unprepared to train and especially in such a NEW area. Please pray for me.<br />
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We're working with a man named Sergio and actually marked him to be baptized in the first lesson. He's a reference from one of the members and incredibly humble. He has been SO prepared to receive our message. We haven't met anyone like him on this island. He's going through divorce problems right now and all he wants is to feel peace. Please pray for him to be able to recognize the peace that we're offering him.<br />
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Jackson was the "Star Student" in his class last month. He wanted to show the class his FAVORITE place to eat - so we stopped in front of Me N Ed's and took a picture to mount onto his poster. Love that toothless grin ;) He also turned 7 years old last month!</div>
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Ken is busy at work. He was asked to learn a new software program that his company is preparing to implement and train his coworkers. He is also busy with our business, still looking for more apartment complex to purchase or land to build on, and getting ready to sell our current complex. Its been a real eye opener but also interesting and exciting. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Holy crow. Conference was AMAZING!!!!! It was a little weird not having mom's potatoe salad inbetween the sessions but i still really enjoyed it! watching it and being able to think "i'm one of those" every time they mentioned the number of serving missionaries really cool! Of the 20,00 with calls, 19 are coming to the MBM at the end of April, 26 in June and last i heard 20 in July. This mission is getting HUGE!!!! there are going to be soooooooo many new missionaries!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">One of my favorite quotes from Conference is from Boyd K. Packer. "There are few things more powerful than the prayers of a rightous mother." I couldn't agree more. The faith of a mother when she prays for her children is more powerful than any other force in the universe. It's amazing to think of being loved by such an amazing and strong woman. Love you mom!!!!!!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The talks were amazing! It seems as if the General Authorities are getting more and more blunt. It is amazing to be able to listen to the Apostles and Prophet! It would be cool if the entire world were to watch General Conference. So much good would happen if everyone would just live by the standards that were talked about this past weekend! I cant wait for the May Ensign to come out!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">guess what i did last monday? I ran into a parked car. never slam your face into a car. it hurts. a lot. I was unable to open my left eye and could hardly move them and i was slightly out of it so we had to head home for the night. It made for an interesting bike riding recovery this week. but i am well and fully functioning! I love being a missionary!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This week has been good. Slightly exhausting. It’s kind of surprising how much General Conference can wear you out. I can’t tell you off the top of my head what my favorite talk was but they were all good. I know one of my favorites was Saturday morning. I don’t think I have ever heard Elder Perry that gruff before and elder Packers talk sounded to all of us missionaries in oak ridge like a farewell testimony. All though we are hoping it wasn’t. It is so cool to think that I am one of those thousands of missionaries out in the field that they report on. Being a missionary is an awesome thing. I took notes the whole way through, I didn’t color and I stayed awake! I have to say I missed watching conference at home though. Sis Connelly, one of the ward missionaries fed us both days, in between sessions. We had hamburgers and hotdogs on Saturday and grilled chicken and funeral potatoes on Sunday. She also fed us Sunday before conference. We had scones! They were soooo good. They taste really good with fresh lemon juice and powdered sugar on top. We had an investigator at all four sessions of conference, and he came to Sis. Connelly’s for food too. Bill came to conference. He soooo is ready for baptism, I just wish he would realize it. He is a dry Mormon. He does everything. He is even better at reading the BoM than some members!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I got my first taste of deer this week, it’s really good. David F. fed us this week on his birthday. I personally think he wanted to spend his birthday with someone. Man he can cook. Have you ever had mashed potatoes made with cream cheese? It is heaven. Anyway so he fed us dinner, we brought dessert. We made him a birthday cake and sang to him. We had a lesson afterwards so it was a good evening.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Anyways sorry for the short email this week. All the other missionaries in the District are coming to hang out with us. The weather is perfect outside so we are taking advantage of it. And we still have to go get haircuts and do shopping.</span></span></div>
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Violet is growing and talking more than we ever imagined. She's very active and surprisingly coordinated too! You should see this tiny 3 year old ride a razor scooter!</div>
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Lucas can read now and can count to one hundred all by himself. Kindergarten really agrees with him! He's happiest around his close group of school friends and is eating currently us out of house and home. We hope its just a growth spurt. </div>
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Caralee is growing too! Out, that is. She's almost 4 months pregnant now and is due in August. Hope to find out the gender of the baby in a few weeks. She's still in school full time, happily trucking her way along. </div>
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It's been a great week! We had an awesome zone conference and got the help we needed through the training. We were asked to read a talk from <span style="font-size: small; text-align: right;">Tad R. Calister</span> about being a consecrated missionary. It talks about putting everything you have on the alter and doing your best no matter how you feel. It's pretty cool, you should read it =). Yesterday was a great day. We found 9 novos and marked 1 person for baptism! I'm so undeserving of such success. People were just falling into our path. I'm so grateful and every miracle makes it so much more real that this is the same church that Christ organized when he was on the earth. I have no doubt that he still leads his church through his leaders. What a privilege it is to help others know the same thing. I'm incredibly blessed. </div>
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Now that the holidays are over, we are busy getting ready for the arrival of the next little Motschiedler boy due January 30th (although this mama is hoping for a week early arrival). This month will be a busy one for us with the baby coming, along with some visits from some of our favorite people: Ken's best friend and business partner who lives in Australia will be here for a few weeks with his fiancee and their combined children, along with my favorite sister Shelley who will be here for the baby and McKay, Amanda and Macy will make an appearance at the end of the month. We're so excited to see everyone and can't wait to party!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This week has been a emotional roller coaster. We will start with the good first. We had 3 convert baptisms and 1 child of record baptism on Wed, confirmed Sunday. Nate, Joy and Josh were baptized. It was an amazing event, even though the water was not quite knee deep (on Pres Riner). There was quite the turn out too, 50+ people and a lot were less actives/non members.We have talked with Pres Riner and they are going to see about starting a YM program by the first of the year. We will be starting the new member lessons this week.</span></span></div>
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On Christmas day we gathered at Jennifer and Jeremy's house to skype with Mica who is serving a mission in Portugal. She gets one 40 minute phone call home at Christmas and one phone call on Mother's Day. It was so great to see her looking so well. It took about an hour to troubleshoot her computer issues, we were all worried that it might not work out - skype can be tricky sometimes! And Portugal is one the entire other side of the world! But it all worked out in the end. Jeremy had a great set up for us - surround sound speakers, projector, and laptop. It was sweet. This was the first time our entire family has been "together" since moving Marcos and Melody into their new house last summer!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">We can’t really recall anything until Thanksgiving for the month of November. Thomas had his hardest time in the month and Amy was busy taking care of everything else. We know stuff happened, but it was all a blur until Thanksgiving. We had a nice time visiting with everyone at the Turkey Bowl with all of the Boggs family. We spent Thanksgiving at the Wards family celebration and called it an early night when Thomas had had enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-weight: normal;">Family!<br /> Heya! I am here in the mission! Woooooo! Made it safe and sound and am doing well. Glad to be here that is for sure! So, I am in a city called Sebalum. It is a small little town and very nice. I actually love it here already. It is in the zone of Antique. And guess what! They don't speak Ilonggo! So I really CAN say that when I got to the mission field they weren't speaking the same language as I learned in the MTC. haha. The language is Kinaray-a. Haha. But in all reality, it is very close to Ilonggo and if you speak either one everyone can understand you anyway. Really they just change the pronouns, and then have a few different vocab words. But it is not too different.<br /> My companion/trainer/dad is Elder Baldwin. This is his 5th transfer I think. He has spent all of his time here in Sebalum. He is really cool and we get along just fine. I am also in the same house as one of the elders in my batch whose name is Elder Buchanan. And then (This is for you Myley) Elder Hidalgo is Elder Buchanan's trainer! So it is us four in the appartment. I really love this area though. The philippines are so pretty. So green and sooooo picturesque. It is so cool. And the area I am in is really picturesque. Less city and more spread out. I like it.<br /> Traveling was crazy and of course we never got any sleep. Got about 12 hours of sleep in 3 days if we were lucky. But two of those days were one hour sleeps during the night. So it was crazy. But now I am settling in. The water here is not safe for us to drink so we have purified bottled water in our house. Our house in unfinished and apparently they just moved in about a week or two ago so it is pretty un-put-together so far. Haha. We sleep in one room and live out of our suitcases. Yuck. I Hate living out of a suitcase. It makes me feel sloppy.<br /> Transportation here is great. Tons of public transportation mainly consisting of Jeepneys and Tricicabs. Jeepneys are loooooong vans pretty much with two long benches inside and you just all pile in and pay the driver and go. You pretty much fit about 30 people in each one. Tricicabs are just motorcycles with a little cart on the side that four of us can sit in. So pretty great. You can ALWAYS get a ride along the main roads and it is super nice. I also LOVE the style of diving here. In some ways it reminds me of Korea dad. People just kinda pull into traffic and just weave around. It is sweet. But then it is a TON less crowded than Korea. Everyone just takes public transportation. Pretty much you go as fast as you want. You drive pretty much wherever you want. And you just get to where you are going with as many passengers as you can. Haha. But it is super safe too. Everyone is super careful and let each other into the traffic without problem. In all honesty it reminds me of how I walk. Just weaving around people and getting where I have to without running into people. Haha. I like it.<br /> So yeah. Any other questions or anything? Lemme know!<br /><br />Love you all family. Thank you for everything you do and for the blessing you are to me. You are the best family in the world. I mean it. Thanks for your love. I am doing well and will do all I can to be the best missionary I can be. Love you.<br /><br />until next week,<br /><br />-Elder Boggs.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">JACKSON just wants his 2 front teeth for Christmas! What a fun thing for our boy to lose his teeth at just the right time of year! He also looked very handsome all dressed up for his winter program performance. He knew every word to every song and loved practicing at home for weeks before the show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Our family is making an extra effort this year to focus on the true meaning of Christmas. It has been fun to provide small acts of service to others and remember what is most important in our lives. Family, Faith, and Friends. We wish you all much love and a Merry Christmas!</span></div>
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I am still working at the Therapist's office and have added additional office staff allowing me more flexibility in my schedule. I was recently called to be Young Women's president. I love serving in the church and am happy to serve wherever I am called. It's nice to be able to work with the girls. We are planning our YW in Excellence program, which is the evening when the girls show their parents what they have accomplished during the year. (It's like Back to School Night.)</div>
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We recently had our local family over for the traditional "Mutilating Gourds" party. (That's what Ryan named our pumpkin carving event.) I was impressed with everyone's artistic abilities. We had pumpkins that looked like Elmo, Tinkerbell, Monsters Inc., and others had very scary faces. They were great. </div>
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We are looking forward to the Very Busy Holidays. Hope to see you all at the BCB or at the TURKEY BOWL. The TURKEY BOWL will be on Thanksgiving day at 9:00 a.m. at the church on Armstrong just south of Shaw. Hope to see you there! And be sure to plan on coming back to our house for cinnamon rolls and whatever else people bring to snack on. The trophy is dusted off and ready to hand to a losing Boggs Dog!</div>
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JEREMY has been working hard as the scoutmaster in our ward. He takes the boys on an outing every month and takes great care in planning mutual/scout nights to get the boys to progress as fast as possible towards that Eagle Scout award.</div>
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JENNIFER started work in the preschool on-site at the kids' elementary school. She is an aide in the special ed class. It has been fun to work in a super structured classroom with lots of energetic students!</div>
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TREVOR finished off his water polo season with a 4 game tournament. He is looking forward to winter polo and swimming in the spring. He has grown so much physically and in his knowledge of the game. He's almost as tall as Jennifer these days!</div>
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LOGAN finished off his football season and is happy to have his afternoons open again. He had a great time playing varsity and winning all but one game. </div>
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LIZZIE is our shining star! She is in the school production of the all new children's musical - The Grunch. This is her first show and Lizzie is LOVING it! She sings all the words to every song all day and all night.</div>
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learning shapes, colors, how to write letters and read her name. She really got
into the Halloween spirit this year; one day when we were all in the car she
was scaring everyone with her loud “Boo!” Realizing she wanted to be scared she
said, “mom, Boo me.” She was Belle from Beauty and the Beast for Halloween and
got too much candy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Halloween party. She decorated the house and made crafts for the kids to put
together. She made mummy hot dogs wrapped in crescent rolls for lunch. She had
her primary program in October. It was a very good program with really good
singing. She is still running several days a week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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round of the whole treatment he has been much more exhausted. He starts off most days okay feeling well, but will be out of energy before lunch or little later
depending on what he has been up to. In three weeks he starts the 5 year
monitoring process with a CAT scan, labs, and a doctor visit. All should look
well and life will resume as close to normal sometime between Thanksgiving and
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We tried the best we could to share with her that she was loved by her family and they needed her, especially Tyler and Summer. We told her that she was loved by God and that she was a special daughter. I dont remember exactly all that was said but I know the spirit was strong. Just as we were getting ready to say a closing prayer Mandy and Brian and Tyler got home (they had left Summer at home so Jeanie wouldnt do anything stupid while they were gone). Jeanie tried to run off to give Summer a bath but we called her back and told her she couldnt leave without prayer. So we said the prayer...that was I think the longest prayer I have ever said in public before. She tried to run off without saying good bye letting give her a hug but we called her back and gave her a hug. When she left we talked to Mandy and Brian about what had been going on. Apparently her husband died a few years back in Oct and she gets really depressed this time of year and has tried to kill herself before. She has medication that she is supposed to be taking but she doesnt really take it cause the dr has her taking like 1600mg and according to the paperwork that could be fatal and she doesnt like how it makes her feel. But before we left we made her promise that she would be here on Sat so she could come to an activity with us. She said she would. Then on Sat we invited her to church to come listen to me speak. She said she would. She came to the activity and church on Sunday. She liked both and felt good. She even cried a little at church. Apparently everyone in the family was already for church on Sunday but Mandy (she didnt want to come and she is the member in the family), and since Mandy is the only one who can drive, they didnt come. We ended calling Jeanie and sent a ride for her, so we got her there. Jeanie is doing better now, we saw her this morning. She is now trying to find a better solution than killing herself. She is looking for a new psych dr and a new place to live (she doesnt like the environment at Mandy's house.) She has started reading and praying more. We gave her Mosiah 24 to read.<br /><br />We have a set weekly appointment with Megan, a LA every Wed. She has come to church all but the first Sunday since we have been here. We are going through PMG with her and teaching her the lessons. So not only does it help her, we get to practice teaching together. She has some pretty good questions, questions I have never thought to ask.<br /><br />The lesson in Sudnay School was The Lords Law of Health and both Ken and Jeanie were there. We were able to go over the first part of the WOW with them. President Riner was there with us which was nice cause he had to deal with that before he was baptized. We talked about the Addiction Recovery Program the church has and it was perfect because Elder and Sister Smith were there in Sacrament Meeting. Ken and Jeanie both expressed a desire to go. Ken had a long talk with Pres Riner after church.<br /><br />There was a RS activity on Sat. It was amazing. There were more less actives and nonmembers there than there were active members. We got to talk to a lot of people and get to know the sisters in the branch better. No one went away with a frownie face or grumpy attitude. We had jewelery making, I made 4 sets of earrings; there were gifts from the kitchen and we got a bunch of recipes, I sent a copy of them home; and there were the board things (see picture). Most everyone elses said like "families forever" or "Grandkids make life grand" but we got to do "Serve the Lord"<br /><br />We got to teach Rex on Thurs at the church, we taught the Plan of Salvation. We used Sis Miner's visuals. He is a really, really smart kid. We gave him a BoM story book, the one one with pictures and he started to read it before he left. He has such a wonderful spirit and is literally eating up all the information we give him and is eager to learn more.<br /><br />I had the oppertunity to speak yesterday at church...I miss not being able to use a computer to type up my talks. My topic was on the atonement and I think it went very well. We also got to sing in Sacrament. Bro Carroll came up to us just before and said "Im gonna ask you gals to sing during my talk. I hope thats ok" So we got to sing "How Great Thou Art".</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Yes after 7 years together we are finally having a baby. We found out on Sept 24<sup>th</sup> that we are having ourselves a little boy. No names picked out yet. He is due somewhere between Feb. 26<sup>th</sup> and March 1st</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">He is currently in Ventura, CA doing some more military training. He is training to be a mechanic who works on Fire Trucks. He loves it so far and is meeting a lot of new people. He should be home no later than Jan 31<sup>st</sup>. So yes he should be here for the baby to be born.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">He doesn’t move much yet. He kicked Stephanie’s organs the other day after eating In-N-Out, we think he liked it lol. At the ultrasound he was asleep at first but then woke up and kept moving. We noticed he is pretty long already. So far he is fine and healthy with a very healthy appetite. Stephanie has not eaten this much ever! But it’s what he wants!</span></div>
jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10099481783948048970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012610491537327303.post-73183300520092387682012-09-05T17:00:00.000-07:002012-09-05T21:45:27.910-07:00OTHERS September 2012<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Sister Chelsy Boggs' latest email to Claudia:</b></span><br />
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What a busy time it has been. We meant to go to Pismo and ended up at
the Hospital. John is doing well now. We tried to go to the water park
and it rained and rained with lightning and thunder. We tried to go
again and Issac hurricane threatened us and we stayed home...that
means Issac the hurricane did not land at Vidor. What a blessing! So
other then that --we have moved to North Vidor into a house and are
loving it! We are still unpacking and cleaning. Our address is the
same. Cat is a Junior this year and school has started. She is
excited about it. She and her family really loved Pismo.... Seminary
starts this week. Cat got her permit and is driving often. Not doing
too bad either! She so enjoys that too!<br />
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We love and miss you all and look forward to hearing about you all.<br />
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We said goodbye to Mica on August 22n. She reported to the MTC the very same day Chelsy left the MTC for Tennessee. It was an early morning, but Mica was READY to go! She was greeted in Utah by some good friends and Samuel. What a treat for her to be surrounded by so many loved ones all the way to the curb at the MTC.<br />
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JEREMY is back into the swing of school life as a principal. He's finished up teacher training days, the first 2 weeks of school, and participated in messy chocolate syrup marshmallow lunch time relays. He has been working hard in his calling also, trying very hard to stay organized with the hundreds of merit badges the boys have earned over the summer and is just about ready for a HUGE court of honor - happening tonight!<br />
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JENNIFER is learning how to find a balance between carpooling, housework, starting a new job, piano lessons, homework time, finding time to eat dinner as a family, soccer practice, church events, school events, helping Jeremy at work, etc. It's amazing to feel the difference between lazy summer days and ultra scheduled life.<br />
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TREVOR has big news! He is a starter on his water polo team at school. He is the sprinter and the hole set. This is a huge responsibility on a water polo team. He also began his 8th grade year, grew about 4 inches this summer, dropped a few octaves in his voice, and is happily surrounded by a great group of friends. <br />
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LOGAN is #1! That's what his football jersey tells us anyway ;) He will be playing an offensive position when the games begin. Logan is the big man on campus this year - 6th grade. He is excited to have a cool teacher who is also his football coach. Logan is looking forward to his 6th grade Sonora field trip where all the students go up to the dorms and spend 2 nights away from home.<br />
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LIZZIE also has big news! She tried out for her first drama production ever and got a call back! She will have a speaking part in this year's production of "The Grunch" (an all new children's musical written by Uncle Samuel's old high school buddy - Denver Casado). Lizzie started her 4th season of soccer last week and can't wait for the games to begin!<br />
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JACKSON got 2 wart frozen off last week. He laughed his head off during the first freezing...then cried like a baby through the second. He must've thought Dr. Jones was joking when he said, "Jackson, this is really going to hurt." Now the warts are gone and we are treating the wounds from the burns. Jackson also started soccer practice and loves his team already.<br />
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Here are some of the photos from Marcy. You should have received these photos in your email inbox. If not, please email Jennifer.<br />
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Jonathan said this was the last time all the Boggs siblings were gathered together. What a great moment captured forever. <br />
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already planned for bunkbeds and have been busy converting our
office/guest room into a <i>No Girlz Allowed</i> playroom (we're willing
to make exceptions, of course). I made the decision this month to spend
a little more time at the school and I now go in for a full day once a
week while Deshy goes to his Grammy's. Its great for both of us to get a
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Ken is busy working on
purchasing another apartment complex for our business, this one twice
the size as our current one. Its a little scary but very exciting to
watch our business grow. Ken loves rough housing with Desh and playing
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Wow what a month July was. We got back from the Berry Family Reunion and have been busy ever since. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Clare
has finally started going to nursery on Sundays and mom and dad are
glad. She loves to wrestle with Bella and will often be the one
instigate the situations by pulling hair or biting. She is definitely
much more of a handful than Bella. When shopping in the store with her
she says hi to everyone she passes by while sitting in her perch in the
shopping cart. If you take her too close to the shelves at the store she
will start pulling whatever she can get her hands on into the cart.</span>
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has become an astronomer. She looks for the moon and stars all day
long. Sometimes the moon is out early and she loves to point it out
first. She has names for all the different moons like the ‘nana (banana)
moon or the O moon. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Amy
has been a good sport going to doctor appointments, filling odd food
orders, and handling the kids by herself aside from the lots of help we
have been so thankful for. She has been working on a baby shower for a
friend, taking the girls out to the water park, keeping the house up all
including picking up after Clare who just reaches up to any counter or
table and knocks over whatever she can. </span>
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is in good spirits and has recovered well from his surgery so far. He
has gone back to work and is okay to do anything he wants as long as it
is not to strenuous like doing dishes or changing diapers. Lots of tests
and maybe chemo still to come. We have not decided if we want to keep
watching and testing or do chemo. There are a few scans and tests that
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">(Jeremy & Trevor spent a week at Boy Scout Camp the week before July - we like to include that week in with all of the July/summer madness as well.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">We celebrated the 4th of July at our house (the first time in YEARS!) with Jennifer's dad's side of the family. It was fun to see relatives that had traveled all the way from Texas to be there with us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Thomas made his announcement about his diagnosis and surgery. We hoped to help with his recovery and taking care of the kids. Our helpful plan did not work out so well (see next paragraph)...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">The next week we had planned to help Thomas & Amy and/or go to Pismo, but got sidetracked and went to Reno, Nevada instead. Jeremy's brother and his family were in a horrible rollover car accident - everyone survived, thank heavens. We spent the week there as they were admitted, had surgery, and were released from the hospital. Mom (Aimee) will be doing rehab at home to learn how to maneuver with her broken hip and both mom and daughter (Emma) will be in a neck brace for 6 months. Everyone is home now and is recovering nicely. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Marcos and Melody had their baby! We are so excited to have new baby Max join the family and can't wait to meet him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">We got some news about Jennifer's Grandma Dee Dee (Louie's mom) - Grandma fell at home and was taken to the hospital. She is in rehab now and will be learning how to use a walker to prevent any falls in the future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">We are home now and have done some fun things with the kids since they were such good troopers living at a hotel and hospital for a week ... Skywalk trampoline arena, Brazilian Buffet, $3 movie to see Men in Black 3, Wild Water Adventure Park, and Jeremy took ALL the kids camping for one night at Millerton Lake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Whew! It has been a month of fun times and scary times, including much fasting and prayer. We will do our best to enjoy the last 2 weeks of summer vacation before the routine of life sets in.</span></div>
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</div>jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10099481783948048970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012610491537327303.post-69507229229975163782012-07-05T17:00:00.000-07:002012-07-12T18:02:32.060-07:00OTHERS July 2012<div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">Aside from the usual chaotic schedule, we are doing well! Life is good! We will be camping at Pismo the first weekend and can't wait to see you all there. Make sure you welcome My Nick and Timmy's Nicole to the family (coincidental name similarity, ha ha), as they will both be at Pismo too. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">By: Katelin McCrary<br /><br />For the past month it has been a really hot summer. We went to a motocross race with our neighbors. Dallin got his tonsils out. Ella started swimming lessons. Me, Jacob, and Dad went to the planetarium while Mom, Ella, and Dallin went to the treehouse. Mom went on a business trip with dad for three days and we had an awesome babysitter come over at night while I babysat during the day. While they were gone Jacob got stung by a bee and his hand swelled up really big. Luckily it went down by the time mom and dad got home. Ella went to the treehouse again with her friend Ella. On the 4th of July we all went outside and lit our fireworks. Then the big fireworks began. We went up onto our neighbors roof and watched the fireworks. We watched them for at least an hour. They were all over the valley and we could see at least 10 firework shows around the valley all at once. The closest one was in the Weber High parking lot across the street. Then we watched the ones from behind our house and they were amazing too. What a fun summer it has been!</span><br />
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Nick is the proud new owner of a '65 VW bug. He
sold everything but the kitchen sink to make this purchase a reality.
It's such a cute car and extremely fuel efficient! </div>
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Caralee
starts summer school three days after Timmy and Nicole's wedding. The
wedding part is great, but the school part stinks!</div>
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Lucas is sad to be done with preschool this month. He's looking forward to camping and swimming a lot this summer though. </div>
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Violet is a talker. It's. Never ending and she is mostly a broken record, for the record.<br />
<br />jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10099481783948048970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012610491537327303.post-37342213540233523592012-04-05T17:00:00.000-07:002012-04-05T17:00:03.254-07:00OTHERS April 2012<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The McKandas:</b> </span><br />
We had a very exciting month with <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1333666781_0" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;">Macy</span>
celebrating her first birthday! We had an Under the Sea party with lots
of fun decorations (McKay is preparing a birthday video to be completed
soon!) Macy decided that cake is overrated but ice cream is where it's
at. <br />
<br />McKay is beginning his 8th month as a freelancing motion graphics
artist/director and is loving the ability to set his own hours and work
from home most of the time. He is wrapping up a big project with Nike
and Footlocker, and then it's on to a project with Red Box. <br />
<br />Amanda is busy with all that comes with chasing a toddler, as well
as a few photography projects here and there. She is planning her first
overnight girls trip with a few friends for later this month and looking
forward to sleeping in and shopping without a stroller!!<br />
<br />We are looking forward to a fun spring and summer! Lots of traveling and time with family- can't wait! <br /><br />Lots of love to all,<br />McKay, Amanda and Macy<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Clare
is working really hard to surpass Bella is everything the two of them
do. So far she can eat and drink more, poop more, make bigger messes,
and sleep a lot longer. Sometimes Clare will sleep in so long we have to
wake her up so she can eat lunch. She really is a ball of energy. She
loves to play with bouncy balls and squeals in delight when you roll one
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has a great time playing with all her friends and Clare every day. They
go to different parks and each other’s houses almost daily. She loves
to wear her Cinderella dress that her Grammy Berry helped make for her.
Whenever we tell her to get dressed so we can leave she runs and puts it
on. She is a good big sister playing and dancing all the time with
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is always busy with the girls, church, and her friends. She got to go
to a movie one night with her friends. She had fun being without anyone
to take care, but she probably still had a full change of clothes for an
army in her purse. She decorated for St. Patrick’s Day for one day then
took it all down the next to put up the Easter decorations. She did a
lot of work for Thomas designing multiple flyers, name badges, and
business cards. She has kept up with running too. She goes a few times a
week and will do up to four miles!</span>
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started the month off with an emergency management conference in
Oakland. It was a one day there and back not too fun. He has been slowly
getting the backyard in shape by putting in a few more fruit trees and
prepping the ground for some sod. He spent a lot of time setting up the
play set for the girls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">TREVOR's sport this season is swimming. He swam in his first few meets last month and did well. He has always been a strong swimmer - a natural fish :) Trevor's Destination Imagination team (The Return of the Super Smart Alakazoo Airhead of Doom) took 3rd place at the Regional competition and then competed at the State Finals last month. They did not win a medal, but had great teamwork and a great experience.</span><br />
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this season is volleyball. He got to play on the varsity team even though this is his first season of volleyball ever! He is our natural athlete - good at everything. :) Logan's Destination Imagination team (The Return of the 7 DIwarfs) took FIRST place at the Regional competition and
then competed at the State Finals last month. They were SOOO close to getting a medal - 4th place - only 4 points difference from the 3rd place team! They did really well this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">LIZZIE also got to do Destination Imagination this year. Her team name was The Super Slimey Gummy Bear Luchador Explorers. (Yes, the kids get to make up their own team names - hence the silly quirkiness.) Lizzie's team took 2nd place at the Regional competition and then competed at the State Finals last month. Their entire skit was performed in the dark. They had to create their own light source - it was very cool. Her team did not get a medal either, but had so much fun working together. She can't wait for next year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">JACKSON got to go skiing for the first time this season. He went only twice up to Badger Pass in Yosemite. On his second trip he was skiing down the mountain completely on his own! No assistance required! He worked really well with Jeremy and learned how to control his skis without using any poles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">JEREMY & JENNIFER are recovering from a super busy month. We coached Logan's DI team - practices on Friday nights (sometimes Thursdays as well) with the competition ALL DAY on Saturday. Throw in Scouts and evening meetings at work for Jeremy, Stake Musical practice and Relief Society meetings for Jennifer, swim meets, volleyball games, </span><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">carpooling, teaching piano lessons - it was a whirlwind of a month! It was a special treat to have General Conference land at the end of this month. It was a perfect day of rejuvenation - just what we needed. :)</span><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span>jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10099481783948048970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012610491537327303.post-63088516281157411822012-03-05T17:00:00.000-08:002012-03-08T17:38:09.453-08:00OTHERS March 2012<div>
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<b>DESH</b> turned
ONE!!!! Wow! So exciting. We had a fun little party for him and he got
to eat his first piece of real cake. And of course, he LOVED it. He's a
happy little guy! He's starting to walk and getting braver every day.
He's now pointing at things when he wants something. He loves pulling
and dropping all of his books off of his shelf every chance he gets. He
loves driving around remote controls, tupperware, books, blocks and the
occasional toy car. He LOVES music and sort of goes into a "bopping"
trance anytime he hears it. We are starting weekly swim lessons today in
hopes that he will overcome his fear of wet hair.</div>
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<b>ALLYSON</b>
is busy busy! They always say being a stay at home mom is a lot of
work, but I never really knew how much it until now! I'm loving it. When
Deshy is happily playing by himself or sleeping, I am creating a
website for a friend who represents fashion and jewelry designers in
Australia. I am also busy doing the bookkeeping and overseeing the
management of our apartment complex. I had so much fun planning and
throwing a party for Deshy last month. I went a little crazy. But your
first born only turns '1' once, right??? Check out pictures on our blog:
<a href="http://madmott.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1331256997_0">madmott.blogspot.com</span></a>.
AND if one blog isn't enough, I've taken on the challenge of a 365 blog
for 2012, which is a picture a day. Check that out here: <a href="http://mottproject365.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1331256997_1">mottproject365.blogspot.com</span></a>. </div>
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<b>KEN</b>
is busy working and playing with Deshy. He took us to the Cat Haven up
in Dunlap last weekend and we got to see lions and tigers
and...cheetahs! They had leopards and jaguars and some other pretty
amazing kitties. We were standing about 5 feet away from the tiger when
he decided he didn't want the tour guide talking to him and he jumped up
on his hind legs and let out a loud scary roar! I jumped behind Ken and
Deshy broke into tears. It was so cool! If you haven't been, you need
to check it out. Ken is also busy overseeing the work being done at our
apartment complex. We are improving its beauty in hopes of enticing new
tenants! We are also ready for another project and Ken is meeting with
our broker to stat the search all over again for another complex. Can
you say....double the work? Yowzers.</div>
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I think that about covers it. See you in April!</div>
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This month was AWESOME! We got married and that's all that really needs to be said! :)</div>
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Hello Everyone! This message is from the <span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Boggs/Loveland clan</b></span>.
Mathias is a busy high school senior. He is still taking college credit
classes and working hard. He plays football whenever he gets the
chance, snow or not. He recently was award the Sterling Scholar Foreign
Language for his school and he is taking a cooking class (at least he
will know how to cook a few things). He has started working on his
mission papers and we are excited.</div>
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DeeAnn (mom) is working and
beginning to look for more work as hours have been cut for everyone at
the grocery store where she works. She is also trying to figure out if
she can manage to go to school some more and finish a degree! She is
still learning and also enjoying the grand-children (five now). THey
are so cute! Any ideas out there of work DeeAnn could do from home???
Sure do love you all and enjoy hearing news about your lives, sorry to
be so bad at writing myself.</div>jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10099481783948048970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012610491537327303.post-23185459838803638852012-02-05T17:00:00.000-08:002012-02-07T10:39:27.511-08:00OTHERS February 2012<div>
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Well... Caralee and Nick are engaged! It's been
over a month since our engagement and we are very happy and planning
planning planning! Life is busy here in Sacramento, but its great to
actually see each other every day Finally! Caralee is in school full
time, the kids are happy with play groups and parks near by and Nick,
our newest addition, is assimilating nicely into the swing of life with
us. (super run on sentence just there). We see Samuel here and there
and hope you all come up for short visits in the future too! Happy
February everyone!</div>
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Scott, Marcy, and Dylan Peters are very excited to announce the birth of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1328568735_0" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;">Macy</span>
Leann Peters on January 25th. Macy was 6 .1 lbs, and 19 1/2 inches.
Macy is perfect, and being spoiled already! Look us up on Facebook. </div>
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Jeremy got to go on a two day ski adventure with his best buddy/his brother as one of his Christmas gifts. They went to Mammoth, skied hard for 2 days, and came back sore sore sore after all that fun!</div>
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Jennifer planned and carried out another Relief Society meeting in January. These events are like planning a party for 100 people every month or so. Flyers, mailers, announcements, organizing program, music, food, decor, babysitting, etc. It's a lot of work! It is satisfying when the event goes well - like this one did - and so many women come to enjoy the evening.</div>
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Trevor prayed all month for rain - rain for one specific purpose... skiing! It has been a long dry winter here in the valley, but finally his prayers were answered! Trevor got to go skiing in January for the first time this season with his boy scout troop.</div>
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Logan ran in the Break the Barriers 5K race. He trained the 2 days before the race - running 2 miles one day and 3 the next. That training helped him take 2nd place! Logan crossed the finish line without even breaking a sweat. We love cheering on our running boy.</div>
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Lizzie hit a huge milestone last month - she turned 8 years old! She celebrated several times with friends and family, but was most excited about getting baptized. She looked beautiful on her big day and was so ready to take this most important step in her life. She is also looking forward to joining the Activity Day girls on Tuesday nights :) </div>
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Jackson is doing well in kindergarten. He is working hard at passing off his sight words and gets a cool certificate every time he does! We have quite a stack of successes piling up on our pantry door. Yay Jackson!</div>
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</div>jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10099481783948048970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012610491537327303.post-45648314489660306682012-01-05T17:00:00.000-08:002012-01-05T18:29:29.317-08:00OTHERS January 2012<div>
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We have uprooted and now have planted ourselves in Sacramento. Lucas <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1325816931_0" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;">misses</span>
school, Violet misses Nicole and Caralee misses knowing her way around
town... And Caralee misses her family a whole lot too!! It's a good
thing that Samuel is here to play with us or we'd be miserable!
Everyone come up and visit please :)<br /><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Westbroeks</span></b> (if you don't know who we are... keep reading!)<br />
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Well,
Tiana and John have just passed their 4 months of marriage mark, and
started another semester of college at BYU~Idaho! It is Tiana's last
semester -- woo-hoo! She is set to graduate (as a Child Development
major) in April! And then she just has her internship! Right now she is
also on the hunt for a job. John is taking a full load of online
classes, and working 40+ hours a week. He works as a transcriber on
campus - in other words he types up classes for deaf and hard of hearing
students- so he is their ears!<br />
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Other than that, we are
busy reading the Eragon series, playing with our new sewing machine -
making a quilt, and working on a 1000 piece, ridiculous grayscale puzzle
(John bought it- and brought it home excitedly telling me he got me a
puzzle of horses! Then I saw the picture on the box...) We had a great
Christmas in Utah, bouncing between both of our parents houses, and
enjoyed spending time with our family! Well, that's about it! We hope
that all of you are doing well!<br />
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Love,<br />
John and Tianajenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10099481783948048970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012610491537327303.post-56580475325526407152011-12-05T17:00:00.000-08:002011-12-05T17:24:47.458-08:00OTHERS December 2011<div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">We
are getting ready for Christmas at our house and are excited for
Deshy's first Holiday Season! The stockings were hung by the chimney
with care...and Deshy hasn't figured out how to reach them quite yet.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Desh</b> now
has a third tooth in his top front. He has mastered waiving "bye, bye"
and pushing around his toy walker. He has good days and bad days when it
comes to eating solids and taking baths so his momma tries not to
stress too much. He loves bubbles, chasing after balls and playing with
anything that makes noise. We go to the Little Gym <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1323116501_0" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;">on Fridays</span>
and he loves all the other babies and the fun activities. He had his
first visit to the zoo last weekend and loved seeing all of the sights!
He especially loved the elephants and giraffes and about broke his neck
trying to get a good look at them. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Allyson</b>
is loving being a stay at home mom. She is still visiting the school
once a month to help with a few things, but other than that, she stays
busy chasing after, feeding, cleaning, rocking and playing with Desh.
Ken and I closed escrow on some apartments in November so she is also
busy with them. She has decorated the house for Christmas (sans tree)
and has just about finished her Christmas shopping. Now for the
wrapping! Her excitement this month is that she is getting braces
(again!). Yay! </span></div>
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is also busy with the new apartment complex and being a landlord. We
are preparing to tent the 4 buildings to get rid of termites and then
will do work on the exteriors and finish up with new paint and some
landscaping. We hope to create a beautiful environment for our tenants.
Anyone know of someone that needs an apartment? Check out our website: <a href="http://www.bengstonvillage.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1323116501_1">www.bengstonvillage.com</span></a>.
Ken is also still enjoying his work with Quiring General. We will be
attending their Christmas party this evening and Ken is looking forward
to winning the trivia game they have planned. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Merry Christmas, everyone! See you at the BCB.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Lots of Love,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">The Wards have been preparing for and enjoying the Christmas Season since mid November. We decided that Christmastime last year was much too stressful and the only way to enjoy the season is to get ready early! Thanksgiving break we put up all of our decorations, outdoor lights, and 2 Christmas trees (one real, one 12 foot artificial). So far this year we've done many of our favorite seasonal traditions:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">- Made 50 gingerbread ornaments for our Christmas Tree</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">- Letters to Santa </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">- watched the latest family Christmas movie at the theater: Arthur Christmas </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">- Picked out a Christmas Tree</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">- opened the first gift of Christmas (new ornaments for each kid) </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">- Started our 25 days of Christmas Advent Calendar</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">- Relief Society Community Christmas Concert</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">- Took our annual Christmas Card photo </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">- Community Band Concert at the Tower Theater - how fun!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">- Made Gingerbread Houses</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">- Clovis Electric Christmas Parade</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">- Hot Chocolate, Christmas Movies, Cranking up the Christmas music</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">It has been a busy season so far, but very calm and enjoyable :) We look forward to celebrating our Savior's birth all month. Merry Christmas from our home to yours.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div>jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10099481783948048970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012610491537327303.post-5097254530980766862011-11-05T17:00:00.000-07:002011-11-05T17:00:00.193-07:00OTHERS November 2011<div><span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; font-weight: bold;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320460661_0">MARSHALL</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> NOOSE</span></span>: By Suzanne</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Happy November everyone! John and I are doing well. He is working in <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320460661_1">Spokane</span> now and is appreciating being able to do his commute on the west coast for a change. I am still working at Roubicek & Thacker Counseling. We have been very busy there and I finally have an assistant to boss around - I mean - to help. Along with the regular family counseling, our office has started a couple of addiction related programs that has increased our clientele tremendously. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div>At church John is serving as a counselor in the High Priest Quorum, and I am the MiaMaid counselor. I love serving anywhere in the church and am enjoying being with the teenagers again. </div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>This year John and I will be traveling to <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320460661_2">Oregon</span> for Thanksgiving. We are looking forward to visiting our Oregonion children and their families. Because of that, there will be NO TURKEY BOWL THIS YEAR. We will continue the tradition next year. Gooooooooo Marshalls!</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Happy Thanksgiving everyone!</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;">Daily Duran</span> </p><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span> </p><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Clare is doing such a great job getting up on her feet. Sometimes she will take a step or two and we expect her to be walking any day now, following Bella into all sorts of mischievousness. Clare was a cute Tinkerbelle for Halloween. She loved going trick or treating, pulling out the candy every time one was dropped into her bucket only to have to taken away and put in Dad’s pocket.</span> </p><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span> </p><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Bella is a wonderful ball of energy or maybe a ball of enthalpy would be a better way to put it. That is to say that Mom spends a lot of time picking up after Bella. She loves to sing her ABC’s and will randomly point out letters like the “A” in Target™. For Halloween she was Wendy Darling from Peter Pan. She could not believe how easy it was to get candy. You just walk up to a house, ring the doorbell and hold out your pumpkin. </span> </p><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span> </p><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Amy has been busy with her calling at church and the primary program. This year the day of the program happened to fall on her birthday. She held a practice the <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320460455_0">Friday evening</span> before the program, celebrated her birthday <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320460455_1">on Saturday evening</span> going out to eat and watching the BYU Dance program, had the program <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320460455_2">Sunday morning</span>, then was finally able to relax and eat some cake <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320460455_3">Sunday evening</span>, and got to sleep in <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320460455_4">on Monday</span>.</span> </p><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"> </span> </p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;">Thomas started working at Valley Health Team last month as a clinic manager out in <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1320460455_5">San Joaquin</span> . They serve mostly the people in the community of migrant farm workers which he finds to be very rewarding. He also started working on his last assignment for the MPH program and is ever closer to finishing his project for the MBA program. </span>jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10099481783948048970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012610491537327303.post-1731499269781460132011-10-05T17:00:00.000-07:002011-10-05T17:00:06.127-07:00OTHERS October 2011<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" class="Apple-style-span" >Motschiedler Madness</span><div><br /></div><div>Ahhh, Autumn is here! And we have been busy enjoying it! </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Desh</b> is on the move! He's crawling and climbing and kicking and grabbing and in.to.ever.y.thing! He finds a new place to explore everyday, which keeps his momma on her toes! His two front bottom teeth popped up last week resulting in an even cuter smile than before. <i>No'ne possibile!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Allyson </b>has decided that October will be her last month working at the Preschool so that she can spend her days playing with 'D' rather than coming up with distractions for him while she works. She and Deshy will miss our friends and the kids at Bluff View, but she's excited to be a stay at home mommy. She's thinking about taking a couple online classes, doing some projects around the house and maybe even another little mad mott to join the family...hmmmmm....</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Ken</b> has been enjoying his work at Quiring General. He loves working for a company that appreciates its employees and is family oriented. </div><div>Last year, he and his bestie decided to start a business and we are now in escrow for an apartment complex in NW Fresno. If everything goes well we will close at the beginning of November and we will become slumlords. Check out our website: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://theschussing.com/">theschussing.com</a> (created by his wonderful wife).</div><div><br /></div><div>For pictures and more on our happy life, check out our family blog: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://madmott.blogspot.com/">madmott.blogspot.com</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lots of love, </div><div>The Motschiedler Trio<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span><div><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wadds</span></span><br /><br /></div><div>We are in school, in church or running around town all week. That pretty much sums our month up.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">WARD WIDE WEB</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jeremy</span> was released as Ward Mission Leader and called as the Scout Master over Trevor's age group. He is excited to work with the scouts again - especially since his son will be participating. He is busy planning camp outs and fun activities to get these boys on track to earn their merit badges. He also installed a new radiator in our van - which was much needed and much appreciated :) What a mutli-talented guy!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jennifer</span> is busy with being a mama. She has learned to appreciate the bus (that we no longer have at our convenience). Driving to and from school several times a day is more time consuming than you'd think! She attends many sporting events, cooks delicious crock pot meals, teaches a few piano lessons, and folds a mean load of laundry in her spare time :)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trevor</span> is enjoying junior high. He is on the 7th grade water polo team and is doing really good! He gets lots of play time and plays hard when he's out there. He has scored 2 goals for his team so far this season. Trevor turned 12 last month and received the priesthood. This Sunday will be his first time passing the sacrament.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Logan</span> is our football star. This is his first year playing football and he made the varsity team. He looks good in his pads and helmet. Logan is also our soccer star. He is a busy busy boy. Logan plays forward for his team. He got a great head bump the first game, "It didn't feel very good," he said. But it looked really cool!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lizzie</span> is our bubbly 7 year old girl. She is playing soccer this season and is a star player on her team! She also participates in a weekly dance club after school. Lizzie practices her dance moves any chance she gets - especially in the evening - she likes to crank up the music in the kitchen and get us all groovin'. She loves any social experience. Meeting new girls and having fun are Lizzie's specialty.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jackson</span> is our kindergarten boy. He is in afternoon kindergarten and is finally getting used to his new schedule. It was a rough start for our Jackson. After the 2nd week of school his teacher tells us, "He did really good today... he was only in time out a few times." She was so proud of him for making progress, but how many times was the kid in time out the first week of school?! Jackson is enjoying his first season of soccer and having his daddy for a coach. Go Jackson!<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jordan and Stephanie</span></span><br /><br />The only thing that has happened to us is that Jordan joined the Air Force National Guard! We are so proud of him to have made this decision. He will go to basic training sometime next year which will be hard but we can do it. 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