Christmas Traditions

What fun it is when you learn that you started a tradition in a family's life. Many years ago we traveled to visit our good friends. While there we suggested to see the movie "Monsters Inc". This was also the year that we started a tradition of our very own. We chose names and started to make a gift for that person. I remember what I got. My wife made me a wallet and I made her a doll; she collect's dolls. We have done that each year since. This year, we decided that we would make all our family members a gift. That was quite a project, let me tell you. Each gift was to be well thought out. If we need to buy supplies, than it needed to be of practical use. Otherwise, if we had the supplies on hand, the sky was the limit. Though my wife picked out everything for her present, (a man just doesn't go out and get the supplies without council) I assembled it. She picked out the material, pattern, and all the accessories to go with the dress that was made by my youngest son and I. Not a bad job, if I do say so myself. Well, enough of that. When our friends came out to visit us after Christmas, they informed us that we needed to go see a movie. Apparently, each year after that first movie, it has been a tradition for them to go view a flicker show. Nice to know we started something good.

The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright

My review

rating: 5 of 5 stars
Opps I did it again. I am not becoming a book worm, I am not becoming a book worm, I am... if I say it enough I might belive it. This is the second book that I have read from cover-to-cover in one setting Wow!!! Thanks Debbie I was up till like 4:30 in the morning. This book will make you want to get up and do something


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Brithday TAG

I have Been Tag from my Friend John
A) Go to Wikipedia

B) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.
June 11

C) List five events that happened on your birthday:

1. 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to the calculations of Eratosthenes.
2. 1788 - Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
3. 1962 - Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin become the only prisoners to successfully escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
4. 2001 - Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
5. 2002 - Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.

D) The Birth of 1917 - Joseph B. Wirthlin, LDS apostle

E) One holiday or observance (if any): Kamehameha Day, official state holiday of Hawaii, United States, in honor of its first monarch, celebrated with floral parades, hula competition, and festivals

F) Tag 5 other bloggers to complete... Debbie, Stephen, Sandy, Lea, Kim.

Good Book

The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck

The Christmas Sweater is an amazing book it is full of emotions. I was amazed at how Brother Beck was able to capture what I have tried to for years. Thanks Gleen I am not a reader. However when I pick up a book and read it cover to cover in one sitting that is saying something for that book. BTW it has only happened once

Communism

This was sent to me from my wife's Aunt and Uncle chilling. Part of a Talk from Ezra Taft Benson. We are so close to that their now. Click here to hear it.

Blessings from the Lord

We have been told several times that we need to have a cash reserve at home. Well let me tell you my experience. This summer we were able to put aside a few hundred dollars. We knew that we would need it at some point. Two weeks ago we ran into a problem with my van, our rear axle broke. We were not sure what to do. We looked around and found a guy that Reg knew and he had a complete axle rear end (etc.) for my van. When he told us what the price was it just happened to be the exact amount that we had saved. Bingo the Lord loves me for some reason. On top of that in just two weeks we have been able to replace the amount and more.

P.S. I have a note to self when taking out the drive line it is a good idea to block the wheels. This was a funny thing. Stephen was taking off the drive line. He disconnected the bolts and pounded of the drive line. Then the van started to roll backwards. Down the hill into the trees. Thus the note to self.

I saw this on my friend Debbie's blog and decided to do the same. It's a lot of fun to go back down memory lane :) Here are the instructions.

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. (you can still leave a comment on my blog without starting a post on yours)