HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYDON (ON WEDNESDAY)

TYDON MAKES A HANDSOME COWBOY!
HE MAKES EVERYONE LAUGH!
HE COULD NOT WAIT TO JUMP OFF THE RAILING AT THE CABIN.  HE WAS DOING FLIPS OFF THE LEDGE AND HIS FEET GOT STUCK.
I WAS BORN TO ICE SKATE! (that is what he told me)  HIS FAVORITE PICTURE WAS TO HANG UPSIDE DOWN IN THIS TREE.(picture below)

TYDON IS TURNING SEVEN ON WEDNESDAY.  I AM LEAVING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING TO GO CELEBRATE WITH HIM.  (hence posting Tuesday)

7 COOL THINGS ABOUT TYDON~~~

1- HE IS VERY POLITE!

2- HE IS AN AWESOME SOCCER PLAYER!

3- HE LOVES TO PLAY LEGO'S AND IS VERY GOOD AT CONSTRUCTING THEM!

4- HE IS VERY SENSITIVE!

5- HE LOVES MOTORCYCLES!

6- HE IS A GOOD BROTHER!

7- HE BELONGS TO OUR FAMILY AND WE LOVE HIM SOOOOOO MUCH!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TY-GUY!!!

SOME SIGNS OF SPRING!!

SARAH AND MAKINLEY PLAYING OUTSIDE.  IT WAS 50* ON SATURDAY.  IN IDAHO THAT IS LIKE "HOT" RIGHT NOW.
MAK CHECKING OUT ONE OF HER COUSINS EASTER TOY:)
THE EAGLE WAS CHECKING OUT THINGS.... HIS FOOD SOURCE.  HE IS HUGE AND SO COOL TO WATCH.
MAKINLEY SITTING ON THE PORCH AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE,
MY BULBS ARE COMING UP.
THE GEESE ARE HOME AND FILLING THE BACKYARD WITH THEIR DROPPINGS.  THERE ARE ABOUT 100 OF THEM IN THE BACK.  HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE A TON OF BABY GEESE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
MAK ENJOYING THE DAY.  WE OPENED THE DOOR TODAY TO LET THE FRESH AIR COME IN AND I LOOKED OUTSIDE AND SHE WAS LAYING IN THE CHAIR LIKE IT WAS A LOUNGE CHAIR.  IT HAS BEEN SO FUN HAVING HER AND SARAH HERE.  THEY FLY OUT ON SUNDAY.  THEY GET TO COME HOME AGAIN IN MAY WHEN JUSTIN COMES HOME.  YEAH!!!  MAK HAS DEFINITELY GOT GRANDPA WRAPPED AROUND HIS FINGER.  I LOVE IT WHEN HE CAN'T RESIST HER LITTLE WHIMS. AFTER LUNCH WE WENT THROUGH MCDONALD'S FOR ICE CREAM, AND THEN HE BOUGHT HER A NEW PEN TO DRAW WITH IT.   HE ALWAYS WONDERS WHY I BUY MY GRAND KIDS LITTLE THINGS.  WE CAN'T RESIST THE "PEASE GRANDPA OR GRANDMA." IT IS PRECIOUS!!!!

SATURDAY IS A SPECIAL DAY......

IT WAS A GREAT DAY AT THE TEMPLE TODAY.  ONE REALLY COOL THING!!!!

THERE IS A LADY THAT COMES TO THE TEMPLE TWICE A MONTH TO DO INITIATORY...

YOU THINK NO BIG DEAL........ SHE IS 99.  I WAS WOWED BY THIS LADY FULL OF LIFE.

OUR UKRANIAN ELDER IS COMING HOME!!

I JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM THE MISSION!! JUSTIN WILL BE ARRIVING AT THE IDAHO FALLS AIRPORT ON MONDAY, MAY 25TH AT 9:01 PM.   HIS HOMECOMING IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 14TH AT 11:00 AM.  EVERYONE IS INVITED!!!!

DAMN, it's Monday!!!

SHHHHHHHH!!!

WEEK THREE AT THE TEMPLE WAS AWESOME.  I DIDN'T SLEEP ALL NIGHT SO I WAS EXHAUSTED WHEN I FINALLY GOT OUT OF BED BUT WALKING IN THE TEMPLE DOORS IS SURREAL.  IS IS SO WARM (HOT) AND PEACEFUL.   I GOT TO DO SOME STUDYING TODAY AND HELP WITH ALL PARTS OF THE TEMPLE.  TWO OF THE MORE TRIVIAL THINGS THAT I GOT TO DO TODAY WERE TO BE A TRAFFIC DIRECTOR FOR THE STAIRS.  I NEVER KNEW THAT WAS WHY THAT LADY STOOD THERE BUT THAT IS THE ASSIGNMENT FOR THE MIDDLE TOP OF THOSE STAIRS.  PRETTY FUN, CAUSE THERE IS NO THINKING INVOLVED.

MY NEXT RATHER EXCITING ASSIGNMENT WAS THE MARRIAGE WAITING ROOM.  OH BOY!!!!!  THOSE PEOPLE WERE OBNOXIOUS AND NOISY.  I WASN'T BRAVE ENOUGH TO SAY SHHHHH, SO COMING DOWN THE STAIRS IS THE MALE COORDINATOR.  SISTER MERRILL YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WALK THROUGH THE CROWD AND PUT YOUR FINGERS TO YOUR LIPS.  OK, THESE GROWN PEOPLE ARE IN THE TEMPLE AND I HAVE TO ACT LIKE A PRIMARY INSTRUCTOR.   WELL THAT WAS A LITTLE EMBARRASSING TO ME SO I JUST SAID, BROTHER AND SISTERS, I AM NEW AT WORKING AT THE TEMPLE AND YOU ARE GOING TO GET ME FIRED.  THEY ALL LAUGHED, AND I PROCEEDED TO TELL THEM THE WORKERS UPSTAIRS COULD HEAR THEM SO TO PLEASE TRY TO HOLD IT DOWN.  IT WORKED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THANK GOODNESS THE OTHER SISTER CAME TO GET THEM TO TAKE THEM TO A SEALING ROOM.  SHE ASKED ME TO TAKE 2 GRANDMAS AND 2 GRANDPAS UP THE ELEVATOR TO THE ROOM.. OOPS I WENT UP ONE TOO MANY FLOORS AND GOT THEM LOST.  NO WORRIES THERE ARE LIKE TONS OF WORKERS THAT ARE HAPPY TO HELP.  IT MADE ME LAUGH AND THEN THEY LOVED IT BECAUSE I HAD TO BACK TRACK AND TOOK THEM RIGHT BY THE BRIDE AND GROOM.  GRANDMAS AND GRANDPAS WERE HAPPY!!!

IT WAS SUCH A GREAT DAY AND I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.  THIS IS SO MUCH FUN. HARD BUT SO WORTH IT.     (JUST A REMINDER, WHEN YOU ARE IN THE TEMPLE, SAVE THE WORKER THE EMBARRASSING JOB OF SAYING SHHHHHH:)

MAKINLEY AND SARAH VISITING

MAKINLEY AND SARAH FLEW IN ON TUESDAY TO SPEND SOME TIME AT GRAND MOMS.  I AM TRYING TO GIVE SARAH SOME TIME TO REST BUT I REALLY DON'T LIKE TO LET HER REST.  I MADE HER GO GROCERY SHOPPING WITH ME (WHICH WE ALL LOVE) ON TUESDAY AND TODAY WE WENT TO EAT AT BAJIO AND THEN STOPPED AT THE MALL TO GET HER SOME MASCARA.  (SHE HAS GOT TO PUT SOME ON SO SHE DOESN'T LOOK SO SICKLY)

MAKINLEY IS SO BUSY AND FUNNY.  WE SPENT AT LEAST ONE HOUR THIS MORNING WASHING AND DRYING ALL OF HER HORSES SO THEY WOULD BE CLEAN FOR THE

 DAY.  I TOOK HER WITH ME TO BETHS HOUSE AND WE WATCHED THE HORSES.  I WAS PUTTING THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS ON MY DOLL AND BROKE HIS HEAD!!!!!! OH WELL- I LAUGHED AND BETH CRIED.  WE WILL START OVER ON THE LITTLE HEAD.  I DIDN'T LIKE HOW I HAD PAINTED IT ANYWAY.

CHAD AND JESS CAME OVER AND MAKINLEY PLAYED BARBIES WITH CHAD.  HE IS DEFINITELY A GOOD SPORT (ONLY HE HAD A MEAN BARBIE).  

WELL IT IS TIME TO START HEADING FOR THE BED.  IT TAKES FOREVER TO FINALLY GET IN THE ACTUAL BED. 

LESSON WELL LEARNED!!

WELL ANOTHER SATURDAY HAS COME AND ALMOST GONE!!  GOT UP AGAIN TODAY AT 3:30 TO HEAD TO THE TEMPLE FOR MY EARLY MORNING ASSIGNMENT.  THINGS WERE NOT SO HARD TODAY AND MY HEAD DIDN'T WANT TO EXPLODE.    I DECIDED TO MAKE ME A PLAN AND JUST TRY TO BE CALM AND RELAXED (HUUUMMMM).  IT WAS A GREAT PLAN AND I DID PRETTY WELL.  DID NOT LEARN ANYTHING NEW TODAY BUT I GOT  TO EXPERIENCE SOME GOOD WORK TIME AT THE VEIL AND DID OK. I SHOULDN'T SAY I DIDN'T LEARN ANYTHING NEW, I JUST DIDN'T MEMORIZE ANYTHING NEW.

TODAY WAS A BIG DAY AT THE TEMPLE.  THEY HAD A SPECIAL SESSION FOR A STAKE RELIEF SOCIETY AND THEY HAD 134 LADIES IN ONE SESSION.    CRAZY!!!  THAT IS THE ONE I HELPED WITH.  IT WAS FUN.   

MIKE HAS BEEN NAPPING ALL AFTERNOON, BUT CHAD HELPED ME LOAD UP MY CAR AND HIS TRUCK TO HAUL MY GOODS TO MINI BAZAAR.  THEY OPEN ON WEDNESDAY AND THERE IS LOTS OF CUTE CUTE STUFF THERE.  I FOUND A NEW WHOLESALE VENDOR ALSO AND I GOT CUTE HOMEMADE WOOD PRODUCTS TO SELL.

 I LOVE IT ALL.    CHECK IT OUT IF YOU ARE IN IDAHO FALLS.  

CHAD IS GOING TO PICK UP DINNER AT OLIVE GARDEN AND I CAN'T WAIT.  I AM STARVING.  (AGAIN)   

THE LESSON I LEARNED THIS WEEK ~~~~~~ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.  HAVE FAITH IN YOUR SELF.  GOTTA REMEMBER TO SAY THAT EVERY DAY.

SOMETHING IS MISSING!!!

The hairy little thing that has been on this man's lip for as long as I have known him is gone. (I've only seen him two times without a moustache and that lasted one day and he started growing it back)   Well I guess the right person asked because it's gone.  On Saturday the Temple President told him he really needed to be clean shaven to be an Ordinance Worker.  I have to be sympathetic because he really hates how he looks.  I feel bad for him.  He does not feel happy, but he wants to be in the temple looking like the President wants him.   MERRILL CHILDREN- get your stuff in order.  I think the end is coming soon.  Ha ha ha!!!  See if his grandchildren can spot the difference.