January In A Nutshell

1. Under the weather for a couple of weeks.

2. Cleaned out a couple of closets & took clothes to D.I.

3. Jury duty watch on th 14th & 15th. Was released, whew!

4. Tri-ward Service Project making bracelets & earings for New Leaf, a women's organization
to help women in need get back into the workforce.
5. 14th, My Birthday. Kelly baked me a 2 layer round chocolate cake with large walnuts
covering the top. He knows I love nuts, wow! I was impressed and he splurged & took me
to Ruth's Chris Steak House on Camelback for a lovely candle-light dinner out where I
got to dress up! It was great, but we decided we're partial to Flemings where we
went on one of our Anniversaries in the past.
6. I Read: "Before My Heart Stops" a memoir by Paul Cardall. I was born with Half a
Heart, God made up the difference.
Wow! What a story! I had no idea. I looked up a couple of his recording's he did while
going through this life experience. I really like "Miracles" & my favorite is "Gone Home"
which are on my Blog playlist & I play it over & over lately.

I read: "Dinner At Mr. Jefferson's by Charles A Cerami. Three men, Five Great Wines, &
The Evening That Changed America. Great Read!

I read: "The General & The Jaguar" Pershing's Hunt for Pancho Villa. A True Story of
Revolution & Revenge, by Eileen Welsome. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
Wow! Very educational & I learned alot about events that were alot bigger than I
thought they were & happened in alot of the areas I have traversed. I didn't realize
how huge General Pershings expedition into Mexico was or all the details. No idea they
used 5 airplanes in the expedition & the interesting tales of them & their experiences.
It was not to long after airplanes were newly invented & they were described more like
flying crates. My son-in-law Jon, would find this interesting & perhaps Becky's Steve
Dorn, who is training to be a pilot. What an adventure!!
Also a young George Patton was one of the generals accompaning Pershing & was frothing
at the bit to catch Pancho Villa & pursue him further into Mexico, when they weren't
allowed to go any further.

7. Worked 4 hrs. at Deseret Industries stocking shelves.

8. Went to the "Wildflower Bread Company" w/daughters & Lauren celebrating our
Birthdays. (Vona's. Michelle's & Lauren's.) Two hours flew by with all our chatting!!

9. Oh, & Kelly & I did an endowment session at the Temple taking two of our family names
through & Kelly afterwards, did the Baptism for his Dad's older brother Lloyd Richard
Vining, that we researched recently & finally found info after 15 yrs. of looking.
Kelly came out just a whistling, he was so pleased!
Also, an unknown cousin of Kelly's, James (Jim) Coates contacted us by E-mail through
my hotmail e-mail address that I had left when I submitted some names for Temple
work over 15 yrs. ago & I haven't changed it & he came across it. So he & Kelly have
been E-mailing back & forth & he also called & he & Kelly had a nice long visit catching up on
how they connect & the family's histories. It's been quite fun!!
It just so happen's that the 15 family names we have been working on this past year is
this Coates family line, & Kelly just went thru for James Coates Grandfather or G.G.
this last temple visit. And we're tickled to find out Jim (he goes by Jim) joined the church & is active & has
two children ages 7 & 9 & lives in San Jose California. We've discovered one other of the
decendents has joined the church & lives in Utah. Exciting stuff!

And that's a rap for now. Ohhhh P.S. Ask Michelle about her B-day ride present!
Would you believe an Airplane ride doing Aerobatic manuvers in the sky!! Yikes!!
She's always been thrilled by roller coaster rides, so she was game!!!
Pretty daring eh? Jon's into this lately. He always wanted to be an airline pilot or
fly planes. She said the flying strait was fun because you are seated inside the
plane (those kind that are open & with double wings) only about waist down but well haltered & belted in & you can feel the air in your
face & hair & can see great vistas & then stuff started getting pretty interesting! She
said she made it through about 7 manuvers, then started getting a little queasy. Okie
dokie done!! I'd say she earned some flying stripes!!

Well now this really is a rap!!