New Bishop and . . . . .

August 17, 2009

On Aug. 9th we got a new Bishop. Our new Bishop is Jeff Cox, 1st Counselor Thomas Yearsley and 2nd Counselor Jim Cotterell. It's always exciting to get a new bishop, but we really feel for the old bishop and his wife, Curtis and Torri Burtenshaw (who are good friends of ours). It's so hard to be released from a calling like that. You feel kind of empty and it's hard to stop worrying about all the people who've meant so much to you for the last 5 years. Change always comes with a new bishop. I'm looking forward to what is to come.

The last few weeks have been spent reorganizing my house. We have moved Advon out of the basement. I now have my whole family room back. It is so nice! The office upstairs now holds what is left of Advon. The Junk room is becoming the guest/sewing room. I'm making a scrapbook area in the family room. The area is all set up I just have to move the scrapbook stuff down there. I'm so excited, I hope to get it done soon so I can use it. After that I will start on the kitchen. Hopefully I'll be able to work on it a little each day. I just don't have enough energy to do too much at one time. I'm so grateful Kirsti came and helped us with the family room. She was only here one day, but I was amazed at how much she got done. She worked 10 hours straight. We had the little trailer overflowing with stuff for the dump. And my garage is full of stuff for a garage sale or DI. I'm also grateful for Torri Burtenshaw who came over and helped me clean out the Junk room. I would of never been able to do it without them.


The last 2 weekends we've helped a little bit cleaning out Rick's Moms house. It has sold and will be closing Aug. 21st. Daniel and Denett have worked so hard in not only getting to sold, but cleaning it. They have done a great job. The house looks really good. We were able to bring the rest of the things Rick gets from his Moms house. It took us two trips with the trailer to our house and one trip to the dump. I'm so glad that is done!!

Lineberry's House Aug. 6 - 8, 2009

We spent a couple days in Boise. We wanted to see Tommy's new apartment plus spend some time with my sister. We had a really fun time even though the weather was the coldest in has ever been in Boise in August. It rained most of the time. The high was 54 degrees all day at Becky's house on Friday the 7th.

We arrived just in time for dinner on Thursday the 6th. My sister is a really good cook and I love eating her food. We visited and watched a movie til bed time.

On Friday the day started out with a family breakfast. Clark, Todd and his girlfriend, Derrek and his girlfriend, Tommy and Sam, Rick and I, plus Becky and Scott were all there. It was fun meeting everyone's girlfriends and just being together as a family. Unfortunately the photo's I took of the breakfast didn't turn out so you can't see everyone. Darn! But the food was delisious and we had fun visiting.

Next we took Tom and Sam to Wahooz (a family fun center). We played arcade games for a few hours. We were hoping it would quit raining so we could play some miniture golf, but it just didn't happen. I think lazer tag was played a couple of times, plus Rick and Tommy played on the bumper boats once and yes it was raining. We grabbed some lunch and went to see Tommy and Derek's new apartment. Wow is it big!! They live in a duplex near downtown Boise. It was a nice apartment close to BSU and it cost less a month then they were paying before. I was glad to see where he lives, but he really needs to spend some time cleaning and oraganizing. I know I taught him how to clean. I don't know how Derek can stand having a messy roommate. At least Derek's cleaning was done.

We went out to Iggy's for dinner with Becky and Scott. They had never been there before. It was good food and better company and of course lots of visiting. Never too much visiting.

On Saturday we went to Emmet to a flea market. The drive was beautiful. I'd never been there before. After the flea market we went to find apricots for Becky and then got a snack. We did a lot more visiting. I love being with my sister!! I wish she lived closer. We had a early dinner so we could leave to come home. We wanted to be home by Sunday, because we are getting a new bishop.

Our drive home seemed long. We went through 2 really bad rain storms. It wasn't raining when we got home, but the weather was cool. I'm so grateful to my Mom for staying at our house and watching the dog and cats so we can go away every once and a while.

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The Rest of July...

This month a couple in our ward that went on a mission to Russia, the Carlson's, had a lady they baptized and now call their adopted daughter from Russia, Julia Kotsubchik and her 10 year old son Mark, come and spend the month with them. On the 19Th they both spoke in sacrament meeting. Julia speaks excellent English. She teaches English in Russia. First her son bore his testimony, while she translated so we could understand. Wow what an amazing young man!! Then Julia spoke and told us of her conversion and baptism. What a strong testimony she has. She is a very special person. I was amazed by them both. They are the only members in their city of about a half a million people. They had never been in a ward or even seen a ward before. It has been so fun watching them each week in the different class. My heart just went out to them. They were so overwhelmed seeing so many people in one place at the same time that have the same beliefs as they have. On Fast Sunday Aug. 2 (The last Sunday they would be here.) Julia bore her testimony in Relief Society. She said "Giving makes living more loving". I loved that statement so much I had to write it down. I don't want to forget it. She was so grateful for the sisterhood she felt in our RS meetings and just being with us each week. She was grateful for the strength she felt from each of us. She said she could now go home and know she had her Shelley 7Th Ward sisters. Then she said she would be praying for us. I was amazed by that statement, yet very grateful. I just had to go up to her afterwards and let her know I would never forget her and would be praying for her. I know she is raising one of the future church leaders of Russia. I think of her often and hope I'll be able to see her again someday.

On the 25Th I was able to go to the "Preparedness Store" in Idaho Falls and take a wheat class. I learned to make whole wheat bread (got amazing recipes), cinnamon rolls, pizza crust, bread sticks and pancakes. Everything was made with the Boshe Mixer and the pancakes were made with the blender attachment. I was amazed at how fast and easy it was. I can hardly wait to get my kitchen dejunked and reorganized so I can bring the Boshe Mixer I got from Ricks Mom. It's going to be so fun to use!!

Shared Birthday 2009

July 10 - 12, 2009

I had a really fun weekend at Kirsti and Blake's house. I was "surprised" when Tommy and his girl friend Sam showed up too. (Let's just say Kirsti isn't too good at keeping secrets.) We had a wonderful weekend together. The Izatt's got to meet Sam and Tommy got to see Kirsti's new house. Plus I got to be with them all, all weekend. It was so nice to have my whole family together. I loved it. It was the best birthday present I could of ever had!!

On Friday the 10Th we all enjoyed a great dinner. We had Hawaiian Haystacks. Kenzie chose that meal for her birthday dinner. It was so good. I have been having some problems with my stomach and that just hit the spot. It tasted so good.

On Saturday we celebrated my birthday (July 8th) and McKenzie's birthday (July 14th). I made Kenzie a big birthday cake. She wanted a pink cake and that is what she got. We sang Happy Birthday to her right after lunch and watched her open her presents. (I got some presents too!!) Then everyone, except Kirsti and I, took off to go see Kennecott Copper Mine. Thomas and Sam had never seen it. And since we had gone to see it the last time we were at the Izatt's, Kirsti and I stayed at her house and enjoyed our books and some quite time. Everyone had fun. Then at 5:00 pm we met it Salt Lake at Benihanan's. That is one of my favorite restaurants. They cook your food right at your table and make a great show of it. It was absolutely wonderful. The food was delious and it was fun watching everyone try to use chop sticks. We discovered Ashley loves shrimp and onions. Tommy and Sam were the best at it. Even Ashley and Kenzie tried. Then they sang happy birthday to both Kenzie and I, and we blew out our candle on our ice cream and cake they brought us. Everyone enjoyed ice cream for desert. Then back to Kirsti's for the kids bath and bedtime. After watching some TV we all headed to bed. It was a perfect day!

Sunday morning we said good bye to Thomas and Sam as we headed to Church and they went to Lagoon. Sam had never been to Utah before, so Tom wanted to take her to Lagoon. I really hate the good byes, but love the hugs. Church was nice. Blake was made the 2nd Counselor in the Elders Quorum Presidency. We were glad we could be there for that. Then back to the Izatt's for a quick lunch and more good byes. I miss them all so much already. I hope we can plan more times when we are all together.

We arrived home at 4:30 pm. At around 9:30 pm we had an amazing lightening show with lots of thunder. It lasted at least 2 hours. I really loved it. My poor dog didn't though.

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Empty Nesters FHE Group

July 7, 2009

We have a Family Home Evening Group we meet with the first Monday of each month. Sometimes we have a lesson, sometimes we have a discussion group and sometimes we just play games. The group is made of people from our ward who no longer have the children living at home. Thus the name Empty Nester's. Twice a year we have a dinner; in July and in December. It's so much fun getting together each month. We have about as much fun just visiting as anything else.

This month we had it in our back yard. Rick gave the lesson on the U S Constitution. He is such a good teacher. Then we gave everyone a copy of the Constitution to keep with their scriptures so they will always know where it is and so they will be able to read and study it. I sure do love this wonderful group of friends. It's so fun to be with them each month.

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Happy B' Day America

July 4, 2009

I love Independence Day!! I have been thinking the last few weeks how lucky I am to live here in the United States of America. I am so grateful for the freedoms I enjoy! I'm also worried that we are slowly loosing those freedoms. We need to read and study the Constitution often, so we will know when our government is doing things that are unconstitutional. We need to call, write to, or e-mail our Senators and Congressmen so they know how we, the people, feel about what they are doing. We need to be a moral people and elect honest moral people to represent us. If we don't we will loose our freedoms.

Today was a busy day. We started out by going to the parade in Idaho Falls. I love parades. I've included photos of my favorite parts of the parade. Then we came home and did yard work. The weather was odd today. The morning was sunny and beautiful. Then when we got home (to do the yard work), we had a really big thunder and rain storm. I was starting to think maybe it wouldn't stop in time for the fireworks. And yes we did the yard work in the rain. We did stop for the lightening though. At about 7:30 we headed to Idaho Falls and had dinner at the Outback. At about 9:00 we got our chairs out of the car and found a great place to see the fireworks. I have never been that close to the fireworks. This was the first year I've actually seen the ground ones they set off. At 10:00 pm we cranked up the radio and enjoyed the show. It was absolutely amazing! I can hardly wait to see it next year. I've included some photos of the fireworks. I was just messing around with my camera to see what would happen. They would of been better if I would of had a tripod. But I included them anyway.

Afternoon with my girls!

Monday June 29, 2009

Today was soooo... much fun! Kirsti, Kenzie, and Ashley were spending a few days in Star Valley before their family reunion on the 4th and decided to meet me in Idaho Falls for lunch and a movie. We went to Garcia's for lunch. Ashley just cracked me up when the waitress came by and said "Hi Ladies can I get you anything to drink." Ashley piped right up and said "I'll have a lemonade". I can remember Kenzie doing the same thing at that age. As a matter of fact I can remember Kenzie calling the waitress over to our table and asking her where her macaroni and cheese was. She was only two and a half when she did that. I guess we go out to eat too much, but I always enjoy it.

After lunch we went to see the movie UP in 3D digital. We all loved it. It was a great movie and I couldn't believe how far 3D has come since I was young. Ashley only kept her 3D glasses on half the time. They were way too big for her and it was hard for her to keep them on. We enjoyed popcorn and chocolate covered raisins during the movie.

All to soon it was time to say good-bye. But I'll be with them again the weekend of July 11 -12th. We are going to there house for a visit and to celebrate Kenzie's birthday.



Quick up date on my PH. I called Dr. Shrader and since my headaches aren't constant on the half dose of Tracleer I will be staying on it for now. The headaches so far are manageable with Tylenol. I'm still trying to figure out how much I will be able to exercise on just the half dose. Dr. Shrader said I might have to just ride my exercise bike or go for walks for now. One of these days when I have some energy I'll go down and ride my bike while watching my pulse close. I might not be able to go back to curves.