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October 10th: Baby Sadie’s Birthday Dinner

October 14, 2010 in Missions by michael

We celebrated my granddaughter’s birthday (Oct. 9th) today, along with my sister’s grandson Collin’s 3rd anniversary of coming to the planet.  A house FULL of family (love it) and presents (love ‘em) and food (that’s what I’m talkin’ about).
I was particularly taken with Sadie’s MAIN present.  It was a little keyboard with mic and accompanying [...]

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October 9th: Football overload

October 14, 2010 in Missions by michael

When I got back home today from Texas I found College Football Game Day in full swing at Scotshaven.  So many games to follow, and, oddly enough, soooooo much time to do so. All day in fact.  My son-in-law was the keeper of the clicker and thus switched from game to game throughout the day. [...]

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October 8th: Thanks Texas

October 14, 2010 in Missions by michael

Flew to the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport today for a Time Out For Women event in Plano Texas.  GREAT crowd (over 1,750) and lots of love.  I’ve never been really crazy about the landscape in Big D but I LOVE the people.  Friendly, gracious, funny, considerate, (with a little bit of sass) makes for good times [...]

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October 7th: Shopping Online

October 14, 2010 in Missions by michael

Probably because I’ve had to stay close to home to help out with the activities at the Scotshaven Home for Invalid Tennants (and Day Care Center) I’ve found great happiness in buying things over the internet.  And the part I really love is when what we ordered actually arrives at the house, yea, even at [...]

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October 6th: A scholarship

October 14, 2010 in Missions by michael

Talk about a M2B:) moment – I got to meet with my friends at UVU to discuss the parameters for a scholarship we’re creating for some terrific student in the college of humanities and social sciences.  The reason I was invited to this gathering is because the funding for this scholarship will come from dollars [...]

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October 5th: The Interview

October 5, 2010 in Missions by michael

I was interviewed today.  Utah Valley Magazine has been around ten years and they asked if they could do an article on me for the November/December edition.  The writer was kind enough to come up to Scotshaven to do the interview and as I reflect on our time together I realize something about myself.  I [...]

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October 4th: Postponing

October 5, 2010 in Missions by michael

Being the caregivers for two sets of aging parents requires some postponing of personal agendas.  I’m happy today that I’m learning to let go of my obsession with checking off the things I have on my To Do list and responding to the needs of those I love when they aren’t on the list.
I found [...]

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October 3rd: Jammy Church

October 5, 2010 in Missions by michael

This isn’t meant to be irreverent, but I love what I call “jammy church”.  Every six months I get to spend Sunday morning listening to church in my jammies.  The Tabernacle choir sounds spectacular coming out of my sound system and the speakers in High Definition are so real you could almost touch them, right [...]

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October 2nd: The New Book

October 5, 2010 in Missions by michael

At exactly 3:56pm at the Downtown Deseret Book flagship store I saw my new illustrated children’s book: The Forgotten Carols sequel of sorts titled A Christmas Miracle of Isaac and Eliza.  IT’S GORGEOUS!!!  Hopefully it will become a holiday favorite with parents and children EVERYWHERE becoming as yummy as hot chocolate with a hint of cinnamon [...]

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October 1st: Go Aggies

October 5, 2010 in Missions by michael

I watched the Aggies of Utah State beat the Cougars of BYU tonight.  The announcers repeated, often, that the last time the Aggies bested the Cougars in football was in 1993.   Tonight they were triumphant and I loved watching the fans who’d gone down to defeat  for years and years finally have their moment [...]

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