A year ago TODAY....

Well exactly one year ago today I drove up to the Salt Lake area, my son was the chaperone and had my first date with Brent....It was a Thursday night and we went to a Mexican restaurant in Bountiful Utah. This was to be our introduction kinda date...the next night was what he invited me up to. You see at the time he was a high councilman (his church calling) and once a year they had a Stake High Council Social (fish fry). Well this time there where going to be 29 guests, 30 if I decided to be his date. With that kind of invite how could I say no!!! Before I could except going he felt he needed to ask his Stake President to see if it was okay (of course it was). So more on our introduction date well...funny thing, there was this lady he use to serve with. It was when he was still married and he was serving over the singles. Well she was going out to that same restaurant (Mexican Food), and she saw the two of us there. She was extremely nervous and a bit disturbed, destressed, as I noticed her pacing back and forth as we waited to be seated. We later found out she had no idea that Brent was divorced and she thought he was messing up so that very night she called that same Stake President. He was very nice about it and of course when she told him Brent was dating he said, " Good for him it's about time." Needless to say it all was a innocent mistake and bless her for her concerns!!! We need more people like her...This goes to show that our example we set in life matters, people do watch us!!! That same Stake President attended our Wedding sealing in the Bountiful Temple...
What did we do to celebrate??? We had a quiet dinner for two...steaks off the grill, sweet potatoes, salad and watermelon...We watched a funny but romantic movie and the rest I won't share!!!

Happy Birthday to Me!!!...

Well Saturday was my birthday and Friday Brent and I drove to Ely to spend sometime with Grandpa and Grandma Bell. Grandpa took us to the Jail House casino for a steak dinner. It was cool because years ago it was really a jail, the booths are individual jail cells. It was really fun and the food was pretty good. Then the next day we went to breakfast and ate way too much…then did some sight seeing in Ely. We went up to the lake, it was small but the setting was nice. Then I played on the computer while Dad, Mildred and Brent watched the BYU game. BYU lost by ten points…sad game, they made some big errors. We headed home afterwards, stopping to eat again at the Buffet. I will surly have to walk everyday all week…perhaps even jog to get all this food gone!!! Guess what my birthday present from Brent was? It is six weeks of Dance Lessons (him and I) the two step, swing, basic line dance movements, ect. I think it will be great for the two of us. When I got home there was two packages waiting for me to open, one being another gift from Brent which was a cute number music box. It is more like a jewelry holder or maybe trinket of my choosing. Then a card with the girls handprints and cute pictures of me and them from a recent visit to the park. I also got ten dollars from Grandma Raelene and fifty dollars from Max and Margeret. I got sung to by Shelley, Lila and Avery Mae. I would say I did okay!!! I forgot Jean also took me to lunch one day last week. Hearing from my son who is serving a mission in Fiji was a tearful, joyful moment of my week...he sent plenty of pictures and shared lots of details. It was great to hear from him. I feel pretty loved...

Shelley Belly

Happy Birthday...to my sweet daughter!!!

Native Wisdom

I read this on Grandma and Grandpa Clarke's blog....hey we are never to old to share in the fun of Blogging. Anyway there is so much truth in this native story!!!

Two Wolves

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a
battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between 2
"wolves" inside us all.

One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret,
greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false
pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility,
kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather:
"Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."