Barry Pie: March 2010

Thursday, March 25, 2010

15th year in St George

We Red Hots had another fun trip to St George. In a spontaneous minute, we decided to go to Salt Lake first thing and to get a VIP tour of the Governor's mansion. Since Connie is the Gov's sister, she pulled some strings to get us in! It is a lovely and historic building. We then went to the State Capital and toured the Governor's private offices and had lunch in the cafeteria. After stopping at a fun store in Provo and seeing one of the girl's new house to-be, we finally headed south and got to St George about 9:30 PM.
View of the Salt Lake Temple as we were coming over a hill.

After having such a big day, we stayed in our p.j.'s all day the next day. Heaven! We also enjoyed a session at the St George temple and a little shopping. We watched two movies and ate delicious food that we made for each other.

Georgous staircase in the Governor's mansion.

Here we are in the living room of the mansion.

I was watching Charlee, Oaklee and Jaxson one day and Charlee said she wanted to make cupcakes. Next thing we know, she was cracking the eggs and putting in the oil! All three of them licked the bowl and frosted the most beautifully decorated (which they also did) cupcakes ever!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Meridian Magazine:: Photoessay: A Morning Visit to Adam-ondi-Ahman, Part 1

This article gave me chills to read and learn more about what happened here and what will happen here!
Meridian Magazine:: Photoessay: A Morning Visit to Adam-ondi-Ahman, Part 1

Meridian Magazine:: Photoessay: A Morning Visit to Adam-ondi-Ahman, Part 2

Meridian Magazine:: Photoessay: A Morning Visit to Adam-ondi-Ahman, Part 3

Meridian Magazine:: Photoessay: A Morning Visit to Adam-ondi-Ahman, Part 4

Friday, March 5, 2010

Hospice

Last week I went through a three-day training so that I can be a Hospice volunteer. The training opened my eyes to some wonderful new vistas! It renewed my faith in my fellowman for one thing. The people I met who are already volunteers are the epitome of goodness! They do for the sake of serving and love. I experienced the amazing fact that outside my world, things are done in a much more extended amount of time. I tend to do whatever has to be done as quickly as I can in order to get on to the next thing! But out there, things are accomplished and enjoyed in a slow-mo process!

I have been given such abundant blessings and people have been there for me in many ways so I want to give back. My service in the community has been limited to being a room-mother at school. Everything in it's time and season... I look forward to this new adventure and hope that I can be used by God to help those individuals and families who are facing separation to feel hope and the love that God has for them.

My Happiness Producers

1. Being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints It brings joy-pure and simple! 2. John 3. Greg, Bastian and Ande 4. Brian, Scottee, Charlee, Oaklee, Jaxson 5. Adam, Anya, John, Ella 6. Rich, Treslee, Nina, Elle and Camilla 7. Mindy, Ryan, Ashlyn and Carter 8. Devin, Allison, Sam and Mollie 9. Brooklynn 10. My parents 11. My siblings 12. Herbie 13. My Red Hots :) 14. John's family 15. My heritage 16. My Young Women 17. My YaYa's 18. Not cooking 19. A good book 20. Getting in bed early to read 21. Surprises 22. Giving gifts 23. Helping others feel happy 24. A clean kitchen 25. Family photographs 26. Memories 27. Traveling-seeing new places 28. Keeping track of memories-Blogging-people leaving comments on my blog 29. The Utah Mountains-Timpanogus 30. Waking up and seeing that I get to stay in bed awhile longer. 31. Seeing wildlife in the wilds! 32. Sunday afternoon naps-any nap! 33. John's one-liners 34. Adam's laugh 35. Seeing spiritual growth/happiness in my children 36. Feeling Heavenly Father's love 37. Staying in my jammies all day! 38. Getting my workout overwith! 39. Taking a long drive when I am not driving 40. Playing Scrabble, Upwords, Balderdash 41. New clothes-a size smaller is even better! 42. Hugs from my grandchildren and hearing them yell "GoGo" when they arrive! 43. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, (anytime) dates with John 44. Organizing 45. Dancing with John 46. A good joke 47. Music-oldies, hymns, Primary songs 48. Learning a new skill 49. Having the ironing done 50. Relaxing to a movie with John or the kids 51. Singing 52. Beautiful flowers, birds, rainbows 53. Being able to breath deeply-asthma-less! 54. Donny :) 55. Pedicures 56. Winters in Phoenix 57. Homemade cookies 58. The night sky when you can see millions of stars and shooting stars 59. Devin's 'goof-ballness' 60. Computers, cell phones 61. Choices 62. Chocolate Expreme-DQ 63. Feeling the Holy Ghost 64. Teaching the gospel 65. Having uplifting conversations 66. Not wearing panty hose or closed in shoes 67. Rain 68. Laughing 69. Writing my personal history 70. American Idol 71. Greg's smile 72. Heart to heart talks 73. The daily crossword puzzle 74. Shoes that don't pinch 75. My bed 76. My healthy body 77. Beautiful sunsets 78. Serving at the temple 79. The blessings that come from doing my best to live the way Jesus Christ did. (Have a long way to go, but He still blesses me!) 80. Knowing my life is in the hands of our Savior. 81. Talking to my mom on the phone for at least 45 minutes at a time! 82. Our i-Pad!! 83. THe lazy, crazy, hazy days of summer! 84. When John dresses up like Santa for our annual Christmas party 85. Spending time with Mindy 86. Responsible and dependable people 87. Finding answers in the scriptures 88. Reading the Ensign-Latter-day Voices 89. Peace in my soul 90. Digital cameras 91. Videos of grandchildren 92. Talking with LaBelle 93. Rich's quick wit! 94. Blasts from the past (visits from long-time friends) 95. Cruising-everything about it-eating when and whatever I want, mints on my pillow, new sights, relaxing, learning about the places we see... 96. My grandchildren's laughter 97. Keeping in touch with my siblings and extended family 98. Brian's thoughtfulness 99. Knowing I can depend on the words of our prophet 100.Spending time with Brooklynn