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Showing posts with label Destination New Zealand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Destination New Zealand. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Destination New Zealand

This is a running track I use to run up when I lived in New Zealand.....
This is the Arts Centre.... local artists and crafty persons bring their goodies here to sell every weekend.... music, food, and lots of happnins

This is the River Avon that runs through Christchurch where I was born.
OK SO FOR OUR CHRISTMAS GIFT THIS YEAR WE ARE TAKING ON THE DAVE RAMSEY MONEY MAKEOVER..... OUR GOAL IS TO GET OUT OF DEBT AND TO MAKE A TRIP BACK HOME FINALLY. THANKS TO SOME CHRISTMAS ANGELS, HEAVENLY FATHER HAS MADE THIS POSSIBLE FOR US TO DO. IAM SO GRATEFUL FOR BLESSINGS IN OUR LIVES TO FEEL AND SEE GODS HAND IN OUR LIVES..... AND SO GRATEFUL FOR THE ANGELS THAT WALK AMONG US, THAT GIVE SO FREELY.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY HARD YEAR FOR US, BUT A VERY GOOD ONE ALSO, SPIRITUALLY WE HAVE STRENGTHENED OUR FAITH AND OUR HOPE FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE. PHYSICALLY, WELL LETS NOT GET INTO THAT NOW WILL WE, UNTIL THE NEW YEAR;) PSYCHOLOGICALLY, WELL WHAT CAN I SAY... THERE ARE PILLS OUT THERE FOR THAT;)
BRYCE HAS BEEN RELEASED AS THE 11YR OLD SCOUT LEADER, SO THAT WE CAN CONCENTRATE ON ATTENDING THE TEMPLE MORE TOGETHER AND WHAT A BLESSING THAT IS TO ALL OF US. BRYCE STILL WORKS FOR DELTASTONE PRODUCTS, TO WHICH WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR. ME, WELL IAM STILL "THING 1" IN THE RELIEF SOCIETY. I JUST LOVE MY CALLING, I LOVE THE SISTERS AND HAVE A STRENGTHENED TESTIMONY OF RELIEF SOCIETY.
BREAH SHE IS TAKING SINGING LESSONS, IN LEU OF BABYSITTING AND LOVES IT, SHE SINGS ALL THE TIME AND HAS EVEN JOINED THE WARD CHOIR, SHE ALSO IS PLAYING HER THIRD YEAR OF VIOLIN AND IS REALLY GOOD.
BRENNON, HE LOVES BEING A "BOY SCOUT",.... LOVED HAVING HIS DAD BY HIS SIDE TOO. HE ALSO HAS TAKEN UP THE VIOLIN, AND PLAYS IT ALL THE TIME, I THINK HE WILL END UP GIVING BREAH A RUN FOR HER MONEY;)
BRIDGER, WHAT A NEAT KID.... HIS EXUBERANCE FOR LIFE KEEPS US ALL SMILING. HE HAS SHOWN AN INTEREST IN LEARNING THE PIANO, WE ARE PRAYING THAT HIS DESIRE WILL BE MET:):) HE ALONG WITH ALL OF HIS BROTHERS DID SOCCER AND FOOTBALL THIS YEAR, OUR WARD STARTED UP OUR OWN TEAMS AS WE COULDNT AFFORD THE COMMUNITY SPORTS, DID I TELL YOU WE LOVE OUR WARD?
BRADY, WHAT A KID, HE LOVED GETTING TO PLAY SOCCER AND FOOTBALL WITH HIS BIG BROTHERS, FIRST SIGN OF SNOW AND HE WAS OUT IN IT.... AND HE HAS LEARNT THAT GIRLS ARE MOODY, SO IS CONCENTRATING ON HIS BOY.....FRIENDS:)
BRYCE JR, FIRST SIGN OF SNOW, HE SAID "LETS GO AND PLAY IN IT", SO WE DID, TWO HOURS LATER, IT HAD MELTED AWAY, HE SAID"WHO TURNED OFF THE SNOW MOMMY"..... GOTTA LOVE HIM.
BRIGHAM... WELL HE BRINGS US NOTHING BUT PURE JOY..... I WAS THINKING ABOUT HIM IN THE TEMPLE AND THE SPIRIT CONFIRMED TO ME THAT HE IS THE TRUE MEANING OF JOY:)
THIS CHRISTmas SEASON WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO OUR SAVIOR THAT WALKS AMONG US AND BRINGS US HOPE OF THE ETERNITIES WITH HIM. HE IS OUR ANCHOR, STABLING US FROM THE STORMS THAT WE ALL FACE. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY THAT WE CAN ALL SIT DOWN IN THE ETERNITIES AND ENJOY THE LOVE THAT WE ALL SHARE HERE.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL .... WE LOVE YOU