Where Will BEN go on his Mission????

It is official. Ben completed his mission paperwork on Wednesday. He completed all of his interviews and his paperwork goes in to SLC today.

Now let the guessing begin.

And to add a little spice to the guessing...

Announcing the "Where Will He Go Contest".

The person that guesses the closest will win, yes you got it WIN a $25.00 gift card to the restaurant of my choice. All you have to do is register your guess on this website.


Here are the rules.

Each family member is allowed only one guess.
You must be known by us, or be known by a member of our family. (Sorry to the Japanese man that is posting on the website... You just can't win.)

The winner will be decided based on Google Map.
In the event of a tie, I will flip a coin.

Good luck on your guesses.

The Pampered Sick Girl

Let's just say that this past weekend was definitely not the most eventful we've ever had together. We were both still sick and were happy we had nothing going on Friday or Saturday so we could just hunker down at home and rest and be lazy and try to get over what was ailing us.

My husband was such a kind man and suggested we watch some movies together and insisted that I be the one to make the selection--every single time. What a great guy! After watching 3 definite chick flicks, I had mercy on him and chose "A Knight's Tale"--which had some action mixed in with the romance.


When our neighbor, Debi Winder, learned I was sick, she brought over a care package with a warm citrus/honey drink in it and one of her favorite movies. It was all Glen could do to sit through "Emma" with all the women in the movie chattering nonstop and getting into everybody's business. When he saw the photo on Debi's DVD...


...and learned it was a 2-disc/300 minute movie, he absolutely refused to watch it with me. Believe me--I've enjoyed the nonstop chatter as it's kept me company through some very long nights of not being able to sleep. I just might be so inclined to also watch the 75-minutes of special features on the third disc.

I had so hoped for us to be feeling better on Sunday so that we could go to Mom's for her monthly birthday dinner party, but I woke up that day feeling worse and didn't want to spread our germs. So, we canceled on her delicious meal. Once again Glen was the best husband in the world as he put some food in the oven for our unplanned Sunday dinner.

There are so many kind people around here and they continue to take pity on us. Diane Stewart brought over this food basket of chicken corn chowder and French bread for our dinner Monday night.


Yesterday I finally made a turn around for the better and ventured out of the house after a whole week of being a shut-in. We wanted to take advantage of the last Two-fer Tuesday special at Paradise Bakery. Bill and Jan Evans bought their meals and then we got our Two-fer free and so we continue to enjoy the kindness of others.

Today my Mom and Dad drove down here to take me to lunch at Applebee's. It was great to have someone to eat with and talk to in the middle of the day.

It's not been fun to be so sick, but it's been kind of nice to be pampered. I have the best husband and the best neighbors and the best parents in the world!

Sympathy Rolls

Someone else in this household has also found it necessary to go to the doctor and came home loaded up with his own medications from the pharmacy.


Glen is now on an antibiotic and has an inhaler and cough syrup to help him get his illness under control. All I can say is Jeff and Sarah--watch out!!


There is a benefit from being sick. Our kind neighbor, Kim Cowley, felt sorry for us and dropped off some delicious, warm, homemade cinnamon rolls.


Mmmmmmmmm, good!!!!!

The Excells Came To Visit

The weekend we had been waiting for had finally arrived when Sarah and Jeff came to town. Hurrah!! Glen came home from work a little early and got the grilled chicken ready for serving while Sarah fed Jeff some grapes.


Glen and Jeff had some guy bonding time watching T.V.


We enjoyed playing Rook, although I think Glen would have rather had a more aggressive partner. Abe, where are you when we need you?


Our big highlight of Saturday was going to see "Phantom" at the Hale Centre Theatre. It wasn't THE "Phantom of the Opera" like I'd thought when we'd arranged for Jeff and Sarah to go with us. Oops!! Oh, well--still fun to get together with my parents for that.


We made a stop at IGA to buy fertilizer and grass seed. Sarah was hoping Jeff would consent to buying a new pet there--a baby chick--but they came out empty-handed.


While waiting for the guys to get the stuff loaded into the trunk, Sarah and I entertained ourselves by taking pictures of each other.


Sarah could be found several times throughout the day helping herself to some Oreo cream pie.


Dallas, Rebecca, Brooke, Ben and Heather drove up from Provo to have dinner with us.




It was nice having Jeff and Sarah to sit with at church. I got several comments on how cute and happy they look.


Pretty soon their 2-day vacation had come to an end and they were packing up to leave.


It was so nice having them here, although I have been quite concerned about them being around us sickos. I have been coughing my head off for the last 2 weeks and Glen was sneezing his head off and had a very runny nose and was feverish both days they were here. We definitely were not at our best and I hope we haven't passed our germs on to anyone.

I've been back to the doctor and the new diagnosis is pneumonia. So he added 2 more medications onto my asthma medications and I'm now a walking pharmacy.


Between all the coughing and now all these drugs in me, I have been having some very wakeful nights.


Good thing I have this blog to keep me occupied in the wee hours of the morning when I can't sleep.