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Notes and news from the Phoenix Arizona Mission where we served from Nov. 2007 through April 22, 2009
Family Bloggers
- Will & Courtney Keeler
- Wilcox Post Mission News
- Ryan & Lacy Arnold
- Ruth & Dana Jensen
- Rob & Kathryn Wilcox
- Quent & Bev's Blog
- Lexie & Tom Hill
- Jessica & Paul Ziel
- Janet's quilt blog
- Ganado Christmas Blog
- Emily & Scott Guptill Blog
- Don & Virginia Cazier
- Autumn & Theron
- Andrew & Amy Wilcox family blog
- Andrea & Tyler Davis
Testimony can change lives
Testimony—real testimony, born of the Spirit and confirmed by the Holy Ghost—changes lives.
As we stand together the Lord will help us find many more of His sheep who will know His voice as we unitedly share our testimonies with them.
Members and missionaries in our day can have the experience of converting others by living our lives as best we can and being prepared “to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places” (Mosiah 18:9).
Trust in the Lord, and never underestimate the impact your testimony can have upon the lives of others as you bear it with the power of the Spirit.
Doubt and fear are tools of Satan. The time has come for all of us to overcome any fear and boldly take every opportunity to share our testimonies of the gospel.
M. Russell Ballad
As we stand together the Lord will help us find many more of His sheep who will know His voice as we unitedly share our testimonies with them.
Members and missionaries in our day can have the experience of converting others by living our lives as best we can and being prepared “to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places” (Mosiah 18:9).
Trust in the Lord, and never underestimate the impact your testimony can have upon the lives of others as you bear it with the power of the Spirit.
Doubt and fear are tools of Satan. The time has come for all of us to overcome any fear and boldly take every opportunity to share our testimonies of the gospel.
M. Russell Ballad
Mission
Blogging Friends
Wilcox exercise log
Followers
Welcome to Ganado, Arizona a great spot in the Phoenix, Arizona Mission
I'm inspired by Nieces Jessica, Lexie and Andrea, and will try to create my first blog site, and capture some of our experiences during the 18 months we will be serving as missionaries on the Navajo reservation.
Favorite Web links
Books Worth Reading
- Centennial by Mitchner
- Drawing on the Powers of Heaven
- Screwtape Letters
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
- The Peacegiver by James Ferrell
Favorite Authors
- James Mitchner
- Barbara Kingsolver
- Arthur Hailey
- Gerald Lund
- John Grisham
- Alex Hailey
- Mark Twain
- Tony Hillerman
About Me
- Ganado Granny
- Blanding, Ut, United States
- During 2011 I served as president of the Grayson Country Quilters and did a lot of sewing that year. In 2010 was was called as a "history scout" for the Hole-in-the-Rock youth treks. This was an amazing detective search. I love San Juan County history and worked as managing editor of Blue Mountain Shadows for 20 years. I was raised on a dry farm in SE Idaho. Graduated from Ririe High 1960, Ricks College 1962, BYU 1964, and finally earned a Masters in Ed. Tech. in 2002 from USU. Married Steve Wilcox in 1967. Had seven cute sons and 1 beautiful daughter. Taught English and Journalism at San Juan High in Blanding, 15 years --then taught 7 years on-line for Utah's Electronic High school Nov. of 2007 - April 22, 2009 we served an 18 month LDS mission in Ganado, Az. We have 26 grandchildren, 12 girls and 14 boys. They are the most smart and amazing children and they have wonderful parents.
Those Gr-r-r-reat Grandchildren Stories
And behold there was light!
(thanks, Tammy)
Today Brendan asked me, "Mom, when was I born?" And I replied, "At 1:04 p.m." Then Brendan said rather annoyed with me, "No MOM, WHEN was I BORN?" And I said, "You were born at about this time of day, at 1:04 p.m., right now it is 1:07 p.m." Then flabbergasted with me he said, "NO MOM, WHEN WAS I BORN!?!"
Irritated now with his same question that I've already answered twice and irritated with his irritated tone with me, I answered with the obvious. "You were born October 14th, 2002!"
A moment passed and then he said as if a bright light had turned on above his head and with the sincerity only a little child possesses, "OCTOBER 14TH! You mean I was born on my birthday!?!!!!! Wow, I was born on my birthday.......OH, I get it now, the day you are born IS your birthday!!!!"
He had discovered something really shockingly incredible. It left me laughing for quite a while.
Hope this story makes you laugh and keeps you smiling. :-)
Wisdom from Laurie:
I thought you'd get a kick out of this. Laurie did a math assignment and
this is what it said:
Forty-five students bought a lunch on Monday. Eighteen students bought a
lunch on Tuesday. Thirty students bought a lunch on Wednesday. How many
lunches were bought over the 3 days? Explain how you got your answer.
Her answer was this: 93 I used a paper and a pencil.
Tooooo funny. I explained to her that it wants her to show the numbers
being added up. Not that she used a paper and a pencil.
****
From Nathan:
The week before Thanksgiving, Laurie and Brendan each lost a tooth. Brendan lost his first and had Laurie help him write a note to place under his pillow for the Tooth Fairy. In the note he asked for 6 bags of fairy dust so he could fly. Needless to say, I had to make a quick trip to Walmart that night for a bottle of gold glitter. Brendan found 6 small bags of "fairy dust under his pillow along with a note that said that the fairy dust will only work in fairy land.
A few days later when Laurie lost her tooth, she asked in her note for a bag of fairy dust along with a map to get to fairy land. The Tooth Fairy left her a container of fairy dust, 8 quarters, and a poem that pretty much said she couldn't have a map because if humans came to fairy land, the fairies would loose all their power. The poem said that she could get there by throwing a pinch full of fairy dust in the air, closing her eyes, turning around and then should use her imagination.
Brendan and Laurie were excited to see if these instructions worked; they overlooked the part of using imagination though. When I woke up on Thanksgiving morning and went into the front room, I noticed a bunch of gold glitter in the carpet and both kids sitting innocently on the couch. I asked them about the mess and they said they were using the fairy dust to try and get to fairy land; however ,the dust didn't work because they were still here.
Thursday they emptied the garbages in the house, and while in the basement, they noticed some gold glitter/fairy dust in the trash can. They both came running up stairs asking all sorts of questions such as why was the Tooth Fairy in the basement and why did the Tooth Fairy throw away some fairy dust. We did our best to deflect and redirect their questions. Apparently not good enough for Laurie though because she remains a little skeptical.
Also, Tammy took the kids to Walmart during the day on Thursday and had to go to the Arts and Crafts isle to pick up a few things. While in the isle, Brendan spotted a bottle of gold glitter and excitedly proclaimed, "Mom, I found some fairy dust; look at the fairy dust.... Tammy also tried to change the topic while finishing shopping. She was just as effective as mom was trying to get Andrew to sing a primary song while he was focused on trying to remember the name for rhubarb.
Stolen from Bev and Quent's Blog:
Our vocabulary is expanding!
Since I've had kids, I've felt my vocabulary deteriorating. I find myself explaining things with a bunch of little words when I know there's one word that could describe what I'm trying to say. So, I've decided to just use the "bigger" words with my kids and possibly expand all of our vocabulary. I'm excited to say that my 4 year old Sage has taught me a new word: amn't. My kids were arguing back and forth. Quincy, "Yes you are!" Sage, "No, I amn't!" Now this is funny that while I'm typing this, the spell checker says it isn't a word. It suggests to replace it with ain't. I didn't think ain't was a word? Well, I don't know why amn't wouldn't work, it should work, it makes sense, doesn't it? I amn't going to stop using it. I love building my vocabulary.
Mattea's cute saying--
from Amy & Andrew's blog
M-ATTITUDE!!!
*I'm busy ask me later
*When I get married I am going to marry Daddy
*Let's Make Sand Angels
*Mom I don't want to talk about it Now, let's talk about it later
*Mom you DRIVE ME CRAZY
*Mom turn Jaxon Off
*I'm A Grown up Child
*I need a little break
*Don't eat the grass...Why what could Happen
*HUMONGUS... I want an HUMONGUS DRINK
April 30, 2008
Sam the Man
Anthony called last night with another "Sam" story. As you may know, they have been working hard to get this busy little guy to talk more. Even though he knows his letters, and numbers, he doesn't have a lot to say -- he just does!
He came up to his mom yesterday, saying, "I want wa-wa." She told him, "Say water."
He responds, "I want wa-wa."
So Ashley, says again, "You can say 'water'.
Again he says, "wa-wa."
Getting frustrated, she responds, "Oh, come on now. You know how to say, water. Now say it."
So Sammy thinks a minute and says, "I want W-A-T-E-R."
So there you have it. If you can't beat them, out smart them!!
(thanks, Tammy)
Today Brendan asked me, "Mom, when was I born?" And I replied, "At 1:04 p.m." Then Brendan said rather annoyed with me, "No MOM, WHEN was I BORN?" And I said, "You were born at about this time of day, at 1:04 p.m., right now it is 1:07 p.m." Then flabbergasted with me he said, "NO MOM, WHEN WAS I BORN!?!"
Irritated now with his same question that I've already answered twice and irritated with his irritated tone with me, I answered with the obvious. "You were born October 14th, 2002!"
A moment passed and then he said as if a bright light had turned on above his head and with the sincerity only a little child possesses, "OCTOBER 14TH! You mean I was born on my birthday!?!!!!! Wow, I was born on my birthday.......OH, I get it now, the day you are born IS your birthday!!!!"
He had discovered something really shockingly incredible. It left me laughing for quite a while.
Hope this story makes you laugh and keeps you smiling. :-)
Wisdom from Laurie:
I thought you'd get a kick out of this. Laurie did a math assignment and
this is what it said:
Forty-five students bought a lunch on Monday. Eighteen students bought a
lunch on Tuesday. Thirty students bought a lunch on Wednesday. How many
lunches were bought over the 3 days? Explain how you got your answer.
Her answer was this: 93 I used a paper and a pencil.
Tooooo funny. I explained to her that it wants her to show the numbers
being added up. Not that she used a paper and a pencil.
****
From Nathan:
The week before Thanksgiving, Laurie and Brendan each lost a tooth. Brendan lost his first and had Laurie help him write a note to place under his pillow for the Tooth Fairy. In the note he asked for 6 bags of fairy dust so he could fly. Needless to say, I had to make a quick trip to Walmart that night for a bottle of gold glitter. Brendan found 6 small bags of "fairy dust under his pillow along with a note that said that the fairy dust will only work in fairy land.
A few days later when Laurie lost her tooth, she asked in her note for a bag of fairy dust along with a map to get to fairy land. The Tooth Fairy left her a container of fairy dust, 8 quarters, and a poem that pretty much said she couldn't have a map because if humans came to fairy land, the fairies would loose all their power. The poem said that she could get there by throwing a pinch full of fairy dust in the air, closing her eyes, turning around and then should use her imagination.
Brendan and Laurie were excited to see if these instructions worked; they overlooked the part of using imagination though. When I woke up on Thanksgiving morning and went into the front room, I noticed a bunch of gold glitter in the carpet and both kids sitting innocently on the couch. I asked them about the mess and they said they were using the fairy dust to try and get to fairy land; however ,the dust didn't work because they were still here.
Thursday they emptied the garbages in the house, and while in the basement, they noticed some gold glitter/fairy dust in the trash can. They both came running up stairs asking all sorts of questions such as why was the Tooth Fairy in the basement and why did the Tooth Fairy throw away some fairy dust. We did our best to deflect and redirect their questions. Apparently not good enough for Laurie though because she remains a little skeptical.
Also, Tammy took the kids to Walmart during the day on Thursday and had to go to the Arts and Crafts isle to pick up a few things. While in the isle, Brendan spotted a bottle of gold glitter and excitedly proclaimed, "Mom, I found some fairy dust; look at the fairy dust.... Tammy also tried to change the topic while finishing shopping. She was just as effective as mom was trying to get Andrew to sing a primary song while he was focused on trying to remember the name for rhubarb.
Stolen from Bev and Quent's Blog:
Our vocabulary is expanding!
Since I've had kids, I've felt my vocabulary deteriorating. I find myself explaining things with a bunch of little words when I know there's one word that could describe what I'm trying to say. So, I've decided to just use the "bigger" words with my kids and possibly expand all of our vocabulary. I'm excited to say that my 4 year old Sage has taught me a new word: amn't. My kids were arguing back and forth. Quincy, "Yes you are!" Sage, "No, I amn't!" Now this is funny that while I'm typing this, the spell checker says it isn't a word. It suggests to replace it with ain't. I didn't think ain't was a word? Well, I don't know why amn't wouldn't work, it should work, it makes sense, doesn't it? I amn't going to stop using it. I love building my vocabulary.
Mattea's cute saying--
from Amy & Andrew's blog
M-ATTITUDE!!!
*I'm busy ask me later
*When I get married I am going to marry Daddy
*Let's Make Sand Angels
*Mom I don't want to talk about it Now, let's talk about it later
*Mom you DRIVE ME CRAZY
*Mom turn Jaxon Off
*I'm A Grown up Child
*I need a little break
*Don't eat the grass...Why what could Happen
*HUMONGUS... I want an HUMONGUS DRINK
April 30, 2008
Sam the Man
Anthony called last night with another "Sam" story. As you may know, they have been working hard to get this busy little guy to talk more. Even though he knows his letters, and numbers, he doesn't have a lot to say -- he just does!
He came up to his mom yesterday, saying, "I want wa-wa." She told him, "Say water."
He responds, "I want wa-wa."
So Ashley, says again, "You can say 'water'.
Again he says, "wa-wa."
Getting frustrated, she responds, "Oh, come on now. You know how to say, water. Now say it."
So Sammy thinks a minute and says, "I want W-A-T-E-R."
So there you have it. If you can't beat them, out smart them!!
3 comments:
My goodness your family is growing! Wonderful!!
looks like fun
Wow. How amazing that all of your kids were able to be there! I'm sure the grandkids loved it. Thanks for sharing the pics. It's so good to see everyone and their cute families.
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