Missing April

Well, I may have missed April but I am not missing May. It has been quite a time of it in our life with all the changes going on. We have been able to enjoy some quality time with the family in Provo, UT and Mom in Houston, TX. Matt and Angelique were up to be sealed in the Portland Temple on April 26th. It was great to have my good friend John Brady be the one to Seal them. This is a picture of the family after the sealing. We missed Jason and Nick.

Picking up steam

I am breaking the sound barrier as I make two posts in one month. Who knows, I could get a bit crazy and keep this up.

Jenny and her two girls, Sophia and Layla did a sleepover with Laurie and I last night. We had a good time. We are driving over to Provo this coming week to be with Angelique as she is endowed in the Timpanogos Temple on Friday night. We are certainly looking forward to that. We will be driving back Saturday hoping I can make the Women's Broadcast. I also have a Ward Conference with the Walnut Grove Ward on Sunday.

I have been impressed with those I have come in contact with recently who consider the gospel of Jesus Christ as their compass. It is provides me great solace to see people who feel this need.

I work with great people at work and at Church. I feel so fortunate. I need to be a better person though. I always feel that too.  Let's see how soon the next post is (and what it is....).

Momentum

I am picking up my pace on posting new information on my blog. This post is within a year of the last post. I am picking up momentum.

I have not been feeling too well the last couple of weeks. This is a bit rare as I normally have not had to deal with too many health issues over the last 10-15 years. As long as I have kept my exercise routine and stuck to a moderately healthy diet, I have been very blessed. I am still a bit overweight so I strive to keep that under control.

I am adding a picture of the grandchildren below we had taken in December of 2013. I will also add a family picture taken then also. We missed Lacey's husband Jeremy because it was the day after Christmas and he had to work in their store. Nick is not in the picture also since he is still in Peru on his mission. (4 months to go).

Today is my son Matt's 24th Birthday. He married a wonderful girl (Angelique) from Las Vegas last year. I wish them all the success in the world, and after this world.

Let's see if this momentum continues....

This blog is going strong

Well, here we are! I figure one post a year will generate a tremendous amount of followers in my blog :). I am posting so I can say that.

I look forward to doing a bit more on this but we will see if it actually happens. Boy, it took a bit of doing just to find this spot again. So much has changed.

I think I am going to try and put a picture in here now. Let's see how that works out for me.

Well look at that, it worked just great. Laurie and I hiked a few weeks ago to Tom, Dick and Harry ridge up in the Mt. Hood area. Great view.

Let's see how posting to this works out. My automatic password software doesn't even have this link in it. I have some work to do.

Sayonara,
Bruce

New Year

Well, we had quite a couple of weeks with the Holidays. Nick flew home on Sunday December 18th, Jason, Cassie and Ezra came home on Tuesday the 20th and Matt flew in on Friday the 23rd. We had Nathan over for Steak and Shake on Christmas Eve and then Mom and Julie's family along with Sandy Sandifer for our Family Christmas Eve program and food. It was very relaxing on Christmas Eve.

I was able to sing in the choir on Christmas Day. We had Mom over for Christmas dinner. We had a rousing game of Rook on the evening of Christmas Day.

Lacey brought her four children over Monday night the 26th and left on Thursday afternoon. Jeremy's grandmother had passed away and she went back to be to the funeral. It was crazy during that time. Nick got 3 wisdom teeth taken out on Tuesday. I took the day off to help.

Matt and Nick are leaving in the morning to go back to school. We will miss them. We love the family. We wished Jenny and her family could have been with us also.

Life goes on

Well, it has been a while. Lot's has happened. Laurie and I are empty nester's now. The boys (including Jason's wife - Cassie) are coming back for Christmas. Lacey will have her family over for a bit the following week and Jenny's family is saving their time off to look for homes in the Portland area. We are looking forward to a great Christmas. I may even have some time during the holidays to bring my blog up to date.

General Conference Addresses

We are in the middle of General Conference for our Church and it is very helpful for me personally. It helps me figure out what areas I need to work on in my life specifically. I enjoy the revelation I can and do receive at this time. I hope and pray that I can do what I have been taught to do.