Update - September Mom & Dad

Hello My Dear Family,
    Well, lets see a month was skipped and now to get back to seeing whats up with life in general with all of us. First off lets go to my spiritual thought....I seem to have become aware of a fact that I had taken for granted...let me start off with a scripture that you are all aware off..D&C 4:2  "Therefore, O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve Him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day"....I then ask myself how do I serve with all my heart, might mind and strength when I do not do the simple gospel principles that help us to grow closer to the Lord...such as do we do DAILY scripture study....do I have personal and family prayer DAILY? Do I hold a WEEKLY family home evening with my spouse or family? Am I striving to Go FREQUENTLY to the Temple? (at least once a month?) Am I STRIVING to become Christlike in thought, actions, and words on a daily basis? If I can not do the simple things that we hear repeatedly how can I really progress in this life? So, I am thinking that I need to take these simple basic requests a little more seriously...actually I need to take them a lot more serious. How about you? Care to change the thought that when hearing a talk that gives these basic helps that "phooey...this is the same old stuff we keep hearing." I am guessing that there are a lot of us who need to hear it and get with the program before more can be added. We need to prioritize our daily lives so that we can allow ourselves the time to do these small and simple things that will help us get through this life/trials...I can see that each of us in our families need to do what we can do to help us through the daily trials that come to us. The blessings will come as we strive to serve with all our hearts, might, mind, and strength. We actually start this serving right with ourselves in our own personal lives, then we add more service to church callings and outside the home living. Just know that the Lord loves you...stay strong and you will feel His love and you will be strengthened in times of trial and despair. The gospel of Jesus Christ is true. It is a good way to live.............lets stay with it into the eternities....... Not sure if this makes much sense to you, but I feel that we need the basics in our daily lives. Reach for the higher goal.......
    Well, I have been into trying to get rid of zucchini.......it is getting so that no one in the family wants to see me anymore...they are afraid that it might end up with them finding a zucchini in their possession. Yes, I have tried several ways to get rid of them...presents, drops into the cars, foods made with zucchini in them. You can have this if you will pay the price...what is the price? Please take a zucchini! I think next year I will try and grow a banana  squash plant and see what happens. I canned peaches last week, and this week coming up I will be canning pears. Grapes are coming up real fast too. Busy, busy. Lots of standing. I have had to go and see a foot doctor and have gotten a shot in the heel. The pain was getting really bad. We shall see if the shot helps any. I am still swimming 5 mornings a week, and still working at the temple. No word has come through as to when they will close down for the repair work that will be done. I love working there. It has got to be the best calling ever!! So far my sisters, mom and myself have done four quilts and are working on more. I still do the house work and most of the yard work since dad has taken on a newspaper route. I go with him right after we get out of the temple on Saturday evening and help him get the big middle papers put together and then he comes back at 2:30am and puts that into the Sunday newspapers. His hours are terrible and of course we have a deal going on with the security system going off and on whenever he comes and goes. Who sleeps around here...oh well, who needs sleep? I am not sure how long dad will keep doing it but, it does help in paying some bills down. Dad has been able to get in some golfing all this spring and summer. He is up and down in his playing, but even though at times he swears it off, the first person who calls to go golfing has him ready in seconds. He has won some points towards getting some kind of merchandise at the golf shop there at the golf course. Actually with all our aches and pains, we still seem to be alive and moving so that is good. I am hoping that the shot in the foot will ease my problems of pain and then I can be on the run again...that would be so sweet! Grandma is doing pretty well. She is up and about and out pulling weeds and puttering around like someone much younger that her 92 years. In all, I guess that we are all doing well at this time. I hope that all of you come through with your thoughts and letters. I love hearing from you. We are all so far away from each other and this e-mail newsletter lets me know you are alive and well. Our birthdays for this month have been Tami, Tess, and Dylan's is coming up. No one that I know of has a birthday in October so that makes November our next group of birthdays...MacKenzie, Allen, Shelli, and a brand new great grand daughter from Clara and KC. This is fun and exciting to look forward to! This novel is done........I am out of here. We have a family home evening over at Barb and Roys....lets hear from all of you. Please know that dad and I love each of you dearly. You are all a wonderful blessing to us and we are so grateful that we have the eternities as a family unit to look forward to.   Love  Mom and dad........big hugs and lots of kisses....!
P/S A quilt that Jo, Barb and myself made was entered at the Weber County fair and won the prize of "Best of Show" and a 1st place blue ribbon. It then was entered down at the Salt Lake County Fair and it won 1st place blue ribbon. We think we are so wonderful!!! It was fun to do and it was fun to see the outcome of the work!