Columbus Day Off

Tom had Columbus Day off so we ate a nice sushi lunch then walked it off up at the lighthouse.  Perfect weather here lately, not too cool, not too hot.  

I love it!

Front of lighthouse

Back

 The colors of this foliage are beautiful-so many shades of greens and browns.

Nice walking with Tom and Emi

USS Theodore Roosevelt off in the distance

Believe the sign, we've seen 'em!

Shadow and light

I always draw faces on my sushi pics to send to Kimo.

These boots have been sitting on a curb on base for a couple of months now.  I think they're hoping the person who lost them will pick them up!
Every week when we go to the base, we look out for them to see if they are still there.

Tom was nice enough to model the hat I crocheted while
watching general conference.  

 

Thankful for the Missionaries

Hurricane Helene and Willing Volunteers

Hurricane Helene has devastated many families, displacing many from their homes and leaving whole communities in need of urgent assistance.  

My stepdad is one of the luckier ones.  Yes, his power/water have both been cut, but no trees hit his house nor has it received any flood water damage.   

Still, volunteers have stepped up to help him, offering food, water, cell phone charging and help cleaning up debris. I reached out to the Facebook page of the Mission closest to my step-dad's place, asking for help for him and the Stake President's wife and two of their kids answered the call! Wow! 

Thank you Sister Jones and family!

A few of the downed trees

All cleared!
Wonderful!
So grateful!

Flat

Got a flat tire (obviously)!  I haven't changed a flat tire in a loooooog time, so I thought it would be good to see if I could still do it. So, with a quick read thru of the car manual, a couple of phone calls to Tom and some help from Emi, the tire got changed. The hardest part was lifting the tire back up and lining it up with the studs-Heavy!  Should've taken a picture of our dirty hands, Emi and I got dirty!

Update: Nail minus its head found as the likely cause of flat tire.

Needed new tires, so this flat prompted us to get 'em!

 

Change

After serving three years as Stake Primary President, I got released this past Sunday.  Initially, I had very mixed feelings about being released, but with just a little bit of time, I found that I could look back on this calling with happiness and gratitude to Heavenly Father for allowing me to serve!

(I like being creative and this calling gave me the chance to exercise my creativity to benefit the children.)

I now look forward to serving with Tom and Emi in a new calling out at the FamilySearch Center for the next couple of years!

 

Goodbye Kimo, Goodbye Hornets

Once again, Kimo is off to college---It's his senior year!  

He called when he got to Rexburg and said that some hornets had 

made a small nest on the tailgate of his truck.

Tom told him to put the tailgate down, hit the nest with a shovel then 

jump in the car and drive away, so that's what he did-Success!

This from someone who was seriously afraid of bees as a child-Go, Kimo!

 

Happy 100th!

Happy 100th Birthday, Pres. Nelson!

After watching the program of birthday tributes and music to 

celebrate Pres. Nelson's 100th birthday, I was struck that when it was his turn to speak, he talked to us about God's Plan of Salvation.  On a day to celebrate his life, Pres. Nelson instead testified about God's plan.

I just loved that!

I have never met Pres. Nelson, but did have the privilege of 

being in the Stake Choir at our Stake Conference, where he presided.  

This was when he was part of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles, 

before he was called to be the Prophet. 

 

To preface this choice experience, I know how to listen to the other voice parts in a choir and can tell if they are singing their parts correctly or not.  

As we were singing the concluding song, I noticed that there were 

some voices around me singing parts that were not written in the music! 

I wondered about it, but since these additional parts sounded good, 

I didn't worry about it too much and just enjoyed the big sound we made and the good spirit that I felt while we sang.  

After the closing prayer, I heard members of the choir asking each other, "Did you hear the angels singing with us?"

"Oh!  That's what that was!" I said.

It seems very fitting that angels were present with the future Prophet of God.

It was an experience that I will never forget

(Tom had an even more choice experience during the Priesthood session, so it was an exceptional day all around!)