A little of this and that.

Well a lot has been going on around here so here is just a brief overview. 2 weeks ago Steve and I began our own little business and so far we have made a whopping 37.00 dollars with more on the way I am sure. We are really excited about this opportunity in our lives.

We spent the last week in Utah with family and had a ball running back and forth between family. The kids loved seeing all their cousins and especially liked that there was ALWAYS a cousin to play with. Amanda even asked why we don't live there too. When I explained that daddy doesn't have a job in Utah she innocently replied " I have a job mom... I can make the bed and pick up my toys and" I had to laugh at the simplicity of it and told her that daddy needed a job teaching that would pay him money. Needless to say we all had a good time. We were even lucky enough to miss the traffic both coming and going :)

While we were in Utah Elizabeth had to fall asleep on our bed with pillows around her and she did really good. So when we came back we let her decide whether or not to sleep in the crib or the toddler bed. She chose the bed and it looks like we will be taking down the crib for the last time. It amazes me that she is getting so big and I am enjoying every moment of the journey.

Well that's it in a nutshell, we hope you are all well and that you had a great Holiday as well. Love to all!!!

Exfuze!

I am totally excited about a new product and I haven't even tried it yet. It is a new nutritional supplement called Seven Plus. I have some coming in the mail and am so excited to try it. As many of you know I have been looking for something to help supplement my body but everything is so expensive to even try. This one they are so confident you will like it that they are offering a 7 day challenge in which they want you to take the product (for free) for 7 days and see if it makes you feel any better. Mine is on its way and I thought that maybe some of you would like to try it also. It is supposed to be better than Mona Vie. It has 7 extracts from 7 of the most powerful fruits in the world. Gogi, Noni, Gac,Fucodian, Seabucthorn, acai, mangostien and then it also has aloe and pomegranate. Everyone says it tastes good too. So if you want to try it go to my brothers website and order a free bottle http://borrowman.iexfuze.net/ to try. I am signed up to sell it but will not contact anyone unless you tell me you are interested in purchasing it or signing up to sell it yourself. The bottles retail for 45 dollars each or if you have them direct shipped to your home you get them for 35 dollars each. So that is the only sales pitch you will hear from me. I will post when we are having a meeting so that if anyone is interested they may attend and learn more about what makes this product so amazing.

The LA Temple

This was sent to me by a ward member and I wanted to share it with all of you who I don't have e-mail for. So Jill I hope you don't mind.
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This was written by a dear sister in our Stake. She was Kara's seminary teacher for 2 years, she is awesome........I know you will enjoy reading her story about the LA temple today and what happened on Thursday!My dear family, brothers and sisters, friends and leaders:My heart is overflowing with joy and gratitude to our Heavenly Father for His tender mercies and mighty miracles in our behalf. I just have to share this with you. As most of you know, I am a Temple ordinance worker and work the morning shift in the LA Temple every Saturday. Today, I had the privilege of translating sister Martz-the new assistant Matron's-message during our devotional.She started like this "The prophet Joseph Smith said that no unhallowed hand would be able to stop this Work from progressing. These past few weeks when mobs have combined and armies have gathered against the saints, the Lord has protected His house". She went on to say that those, like her, who were inside the Temple when mobs were surrounding it, did not realize how scary and terrifying this looked on TV to the rest of us, because inside the House of the Lord all was calm and there was peace abundant. After Proposition 8 passed,the Temple began receiving threatening calls and mail from those opposing it.They were warned that more than 5000 people would come to the Temple and burn it to the ground, and stop Its work. The first Thursday when the mob came,the new LA Temple President called the Salt Lake City Temple Offices for instructions. He was instructed to call the local police and to insure the safety of those attending the Temple by closing the gates. The assistant Matron said today, that it was a tender mercy from the Lord that the mob chose that Thursday to come since they had only one person coming to receive his own endowment that day, which he received in time to leave before trouble started. The LAPD and the FBI responded quickly to the Temple Presidency's summons and patrolled the grounds and kept the mob from entering the same. Most of them had never been there before and expressed their surprise at how beautiful and peaceful all around was. They were invited to come back during the Christmas season to see the lights and they promised they would. On Thursday, November13th, sister Campbell, a secretary in the Temple, was opening the mail and upon opening a large manila envelope found inside a smaller one. When she opened this one, a white powder flew all around her desk. She thought this could be related to the demonstrators and feared the worst-ANTRAX. She contacted the President, who in turn called the Salt Lake City Temple office again for instructions. The FBI, the LAPD, and even the SWAT teams were once again in the grounds to investigate, and the Temple once again had to close from around11:30 AM to 5PM. They closed the gates and were instructed to keep all the people there wherever they were found at the time. Those in the parking lot had to remain in the parking lot. Those entering the Temple had to remain in the first floor and those already upstairs were taken to the Celestial Room. Then,the miracles began to happen: A brother serving as a recorder that day is a Microbiologist by profession and used to deal with hazardous substances everyday. He was the first to say the white powder in the envelope was only talc,and put every one at ease. Then the sister coordinator upstairs was impressed to call upstairs to the sealing area, and said "They said we can't go down but no one said we can't go up, and I have many people in the Celestial room with their ceremonial clothes on ready to work. Could they do some sealings?" As it happened, there were four sealers present that day and they ran four sealing sessions non stop while the Temple was closed. Downstairs, someone else thought to invite those in the Lobby to do some initiatory, which they promptly did for all those hours too, brothers and sisters alike. Among those waiting in the parking lot there was a large group of young men and women with their leaders who had come to do Baptisms for the dead, and who waited patiently all those hours and decided when the Temple was reopened to go ahead and fulfill their assignment instead of driving back home. The Temple reopened in time for the 5:30 PM session. The next day when recording the ordinances, they discovered that they had performed 2000 sacred ordinances on Thursday,only one less than the day before when three stakes had been visiting the Temple. Once again the assistant matron reminded us of the words of the prophet Joseph Smith, "No unhallowed hand can stop the Work from progressing...".But, this is not all, a prophecy was fulfilled also. When the new LA Temple President was set apart by President Uchdorft of the First Presidency, he received a blessing and these words were pronounced: " The time has come for the LA Temple to come out of obscurity and become an Ensign for Righteousness to the world under your presidency." The pictures of the Temple have been shown on TV, newspapers and the internet, not only in this country but worldwide.People of other faiths have called and sent letters to the Temple thanking the Church for defending marriage and protecting the family, and commenting how impressed they are by how beautiful and majestic the Temple looks . One minister of an African American church, who by his own admission had harbored ill feelings against the Mormons before said " I am impressed by your integrity and Christ like behavior, and even if I am not ready to consider you my brothers and sisters in Christ, we can be first cousins!". I asked the assistant matron if I could share her comments and she said to go ahead. I can only add my own testimony that I know the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has the power and authority of God on earth. God Lives and Jesus, His only Begotten Son and our Savior is coming soon to redeem His people. I am grateful to know this and I pray we stand firm, steadfast and immobile while the prophecies of the signs before His Coming are fulfilled. "Be not afraid, only believe" He has said, and also " What I the Lord have spoken, I have spoken and I excuse not myself; and though the heavens and the earth pass away, my word shall not pass away, but shall all be fulfilled, whether by mine own voice or by the voice of my servants, it is the same." I testify that this is true and testify it in the Holy Name of Whom I strive to serve, even Jesus Christ.Be faithful and safe is my humble prayer. Your sister in Christ, Patricia H.Arnazzi

It is nice to know that the Lord watches out for us and it is also amazing to watch his tender mercies be poured out upon his people at this time.

Katrinas Birthday/ Prop 8

With Proposition 8 still undecided I feel a calm that no matter what the results I did what I felt was morally right. Steve's cousin Jeff had a interesting thought that maybe this was just our Zions camp.... and this was just a test to see who would follow the prophet. Who knows, I just know that I am glad it is over!

In other news it is Katrina's 6th birthday today and she loves it. She is milking it. Yesterday she came with us to the store and thought that since it was her birthday she could put anything in the cart that she wanted for her big day. She strutted around the store like she was so big and got all the necessary food and treats for a great birthday. We had to stop her when she wanted to start picking all the regular food as well, we just didn't think we wanted just snacks to live off of :) The camera was out of battery this morning so I am charging it now and will post pictures later.

She loves her gifts and wore the new shirt and shoes from Grandma and Grandpa Lang to school and she spent almost an hour with her art easel from Grandma and Grandpa Borrowman, making drawings this morning before school. (I will take some pictures of these as well mom)

Halloween Photos

This was round one of our costumes. Katrina was a horse and Amanda was Cinderella. They dressed like this for the ward trunk or treat Girl Scouts and Preschool. Katrina dressed as Emma Smith for school since they had to be a historical person and dress up and recite 5 facts about the person they chose. I didn't get pictures of that one because she was crying too hard. I guess my outgoing talkative daughter has stage fright who would have guessed?

Friday after our traditional chili dinner we went to get into our costumes and lo and behold they wanted to be something different. I guess they were tired of their other costumes from dressing up all week!

Lizzy was Lumpy the elephant from Winnie the pooh. She kept pulling the top part of her costume off and would then laugh herself silly. She thought it was the funnest game to have us put it on and then pull it off as fast as she could. Here I caught her laughing after she thought she had pulled it all the way off. What a cutie!

Amanda really surprised us when she pulled out this Dumbo costume and put it on. Since she is obsessed with Cinderella we were more than happy to oblige her in this request.

Katrina pulled out this dress up and found the wig to go with it. We had to work on the wig for about 20 minutes getting it all combed out but it looked much better when we were done. She loves to pose for the camera.

All in all it was a fun Halloween and I must say that I am glad it is all over :)