Vacation rules

Yep, that's us.

Vacation rules

Guess who???

Vacation rules

Yes, the Weston family finally went on vacation - sans David but with Grandpa David and LeAdelle in tow. Sequioa National Park was the destination and we saw some BIG trees. LeAdelle was a little gimpy,
but she still climbed Moro Rock, hiked around the Crescent Meadow, and saw the Sherman and Grant trees. We did Yoga, facials, and made hot chocolate, hot cider and instant oatmeal with the coffee maker. Even got an astronomy class in one night. Not bad for 3 days including 16 hours of travel time. On the way home we were so hungry that even McDonald's tasted terrific.

David's doings

Just got pics from David - sorry, Elder Weston! Isn't he just the sweetest thing? The guy with the goatee was a wonderful investigator named "Mark" who David was sorry to leave.

Moms rule

Guess who is dressed up as a Del Dios 6th grader? And who is that attractive ghost? When it comes to creativity, we certainly are prize winners. Here are the kids at the ward trunk-or-treat playing the fishing pond game. We had a great and chaotic time and received way too much chocolate.

David's doings

David just got transferred to Orange County, TX. Only one elder was left in the area, so it is an "adventure" to say the least. He is right on the eastern Texas border and even into Louisiana a bit. The bishop of the ward is Elder Arnold's Dad - for those of you who remember Elder Arnold who served here for awhile. I get the impression that be is in the "boonies" - do you think he at least has running water? Is this scout camp run amuck? Do we need to send him toilet paper? These questions will hopefully be answered on Wednesday with his next email - if they have computers!!

One Step at a time

It's the title (I think) of a song I like. But right now it means more to me, ok i'm gonna go off here on kind of a deep tangent I know very unusual but bear with me. Sometimes we want things to be ok all at once and know that everything will work out, that we'll be ok. I think sometimes it's a plea for a security we really crave but don't have enough of, or feel we don't have enough of, whether it be love or something else. But would we really enjoy life if we knew how everything worked out in the end, I know that sounds nice many times, but I think i'm finally starting to get it, we need to take life one step at a time, it's the process that makes life worth living, going one step at a time yes we will stumble, we will fall, and we will bleed heck that's all just part of life, but you know what if we get back up and keep going no matter how heavy we feel we'll make it. Part of life is also learning to trust in our saviour to help us carry our burden, I definitely know that I am very guilty of trying to carry my burdens without any help, but I have to trust that he wants to and is always ready to help me, he's always there and waiting with arms wide open. I think we also spend time wishing we could go back, who knows maybe that's just me, but no matter how much we may wish it we can't go back. We have to move forward no matter how scary it is. You know what I'm scared stiff, I hate this I don't want to move one step forward, especially one giant step. However I'm going to be ok, yeah it's gonna suck for a while, but I can't wait it's an adventure I love adventure and I can do it I know I can I need to rely on the savior a little more, but I'm going to be great, there's something, new and exciting waiting for me, I have no idea what it is but I can feel it, and I can't wait to meet it, the one thing I can do is enjoy what little time I have left here, about a month and a half, I can enjoy and learn to cope. My family is going to do incredible, and I wouldn't miss one step of this for the world. Now al I've got to do is keep telling myself this. I think I'm done with my novel for now cause that was a really long post.