Ady in Christmas Dress December 21, 2008

Ady all dressed up for Sunday. Isn't she so pretty!

Snow December 19, 2008

Well we finally got a really good snowstorm, with snow that will stay on the ground. It was fun shoveling our little walk. Mike was worn out by the time he trudged through the snow to the mailbox. They had not cleared the walks yet. What fun.

Rhona's visit to SLC

On Monday the 17th we spent the day in SLC with Rhona and Jonny Moran. Rhona was our exchange student in 1996 to 1997. They are living in Glasgow, Scotland. It was so lovely to see them and spend the day seeing the sights and visiting. Here we are in the garden on tope of the Conference Center. The day was perfect for being outside. We wandered around temple square, visited in the Hotel Lobby and later had dinner at the Texas Roadhouse in Kearns with Michael's brothers and wives. It was a very enjoyable day.
We met up with Elder and Sister Millet (Ed and Joyce) for lunch at the Lion House Pantry. I have never eaten there before. It was excellent and provided us a good chance to visit with the busy missionaries.

Missionary Zone Conference.

Yesterday our ward RS had the opportunity to feed the missionaries at their Zone Conference. It was a fun thing to do, they were so polite and grateful. There were 70 missionaries plus the Mission Presidency. We fed them sloppy joes and salad. At the end of the meal they all stood together and sang Called to Serve. I wish my camera had been in hand at that time. It was a fun thing to do.

Halloween

Ady, Holly and I went trick or treating at the mall. It was fun to see all of the costumes. We found another little purple butterfly just like Ady. She ended up with quite a bit of candy to share with her daddy. She sure made a cute little butterfly!!!!

Moving the Bangerts to Great Lakes, Illinois Oct. 2008

Isaac enjoys pencils and drawing. He spent a lot of time with the little tablet Grandma pulled out as well as with coloring books.Snow at Bear Lake. Look how pretty it was the morning of our trip. We enjoyed the scenery on the whole trip. James and Leah had walkie-talkies and it was fun to keep in touch while we drove. I laughed a lot during the trip.
The crazy boys up in a tree at a rest stop. They enjoyed the tree, running around and rolling down the hill in the autumn leaves. It was a great break from driving.
Eden loves to eat. She enjoys everything right now, and especially whatever her Dad is eating.

Jeremiah got a kick out of the little toys Grandma would pull out of her bag when people got bored. The groucho marx glasses were kind of fun. The best though was a bag of spider rings. The boys loved having rings on every finger, on their pencils and crayons.
The kids seemed to enjoy the change and the fun of the Kamping Kabin. It had a nice heater and so everyone was comfy during the night.
We stayed in a Kamping Kabin at a Koa. This sure brought back memories of many trips in the past. Grandma enjoyed the fire, roasting marshmellows and just sitting out side and watching the darkness come.

The living room in the Bangert new home in Great Lakes. Eden is dressed up for Sunday and busy coloring.
One night the lights were turned out and Grandma opened a packet of glowsticks and the kids had fun with the colored lights and playing hide and seek.
Isaac mastered the stairs very fast, in fact it was hard to keep him from playing on the stairs with all of his toys.
Downtown Chicago on the way to take Grandma to the airport. She hated to leave.

Nicole & Felix Nagelschmidt

Just got a picture from Nicole of her wedding in September 2008. It is amazing to realize that the last time we saw here was when she was our exchange student 1994-1995. We hope that she and Felix have a joyous life together. We wish we could have been there in Germany for the wedding festivities.

Sunday

We had an awesome Relief Society meeting today. It was a Visiting Teaching Conference, so we arranged to have the men in the ward cover the sisters callings in Primary and YW. It was great to have the room full and a good lesson on the spiritual benefits of visiting teaching. We had over 70 sisters present. What a great feeling was in the room. We had a chorus of sisters who sang the beautiful song "Miracles" by Sally DeFord: Look it up on her web site!!!

In an insightful passage from C.S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters", the devious Screwtape advises his devilish protege on how to more effectively steal a man's soul..."Do what you will, there is going to be some benevolence, as well as some malice, in your patient's soul. The great thing is to direct his malice to his immediate neighbors whom he meets every day and to thrust his benevolence out to the remote circumference, to people he does not know. The malice thus becomes wholly real and the benevolence largely imaginary." Lewis knew human nature. I remember as a young woman just learning to appreciate the gospel, being filled with a vague, undirected love for "everybody in the whole world." How strange that I should still be so willing to fight with my own brothers! There were times when I broke my heart over baby seals or saving whales, but forgot to feed my own patient dog. And the list goes on and on. To learn to direct the charitable feelings that the Spirit prompts within us, and apply our energies where they will be of real use can be a difficult task. I still struggle with it when I read the news and wish I could call down a miracle or a bolt of lightning from heaven to change the world. I need to stop reading the news and wishing for miracles. I need to be a better visting teacher, a better mother, a better neighbor, a better friend.

Lyrics:
Amid the countless blessings the Lord has given me
The light of truth and goodness; the Holy Spirit's peace
I see the many sorrows that his children must endure
So much hurt I long to heal. How can I change the world?

Chorus:
There are hands I cannot hold
Hearts I cannot comfort
Tears that only miracles can stay
So let me love and serve and teach
Those who come within my reach
For miracles begin that way

The Savior walked in Galilee, unknown in many lands
Yet touching every nation by the labors of his hands
Giving light to all the world by teaching but the few
He is my example in the work that I must do

(Repeat chorus)
I will bear the burden of my neighbor in his need
I will share my Savior's love in every kindly deed
He will magnify my efforts, and I'll understand at last
That by these small and simple things are great things brought to pass.

(Repeat chorus)

Church Music Contest: Relief Society division--Award of Distinction 2000 (SSA version).

Playing with the kids, October

Jeremiah loves to jump. He is so active and learning so much so fast. He is getting so big it is amazing. I love the action in this shot.

Eden is so cute as a little pig. She is so happy, and loves to watch her big brothers.

Ady looks so cute with her hair in pony tails. She is loving to walk and check out everything.

Ady loves to get involved with everything that anyone else is doing. It is great to see the excitement in her eyes.


Isaac has the most mischievious smile. He just makes me laugh. He is so energetic and will try just about anything.

I love the opportunity that I have had to spend time with my grandkids. They are a joy to watch. Everything is so exciting to kids. It makes life so much more fun.

Tagged: 6 quirks

Well I was tagged by Tenniel, thanks!!!! Here goes.
1. I love uncooked cookie dough, especially the kind that is in little round shapes with the designs for the different holidays. I have to keep myself away from it, it must be addictive.
2. I love to sing along with the songs in the car. The other people must think I'm crazy as I sing and whack on the steering wheel with my hands, I also bounce and wiggle with the beat, just like litte Ady.
3. I love colorful scrubs. I must have 30 different ones to wear to work. I like to get earrings, shoes and socks to match if I can. My co-workers think I'm crazy. I'm not sure what the patients think.
4. I love lists. Shopping lists, to do lists, all kinds of lists. I even try to mark the things off the lists. When I was younger I put a huge sheet of paper down the side of the fridge and had all kinds of list. Then later I used a huge white board on the kitchen wall. I think the funnest thing is seeing all of the things marked through.
5. I like to play on-line games. Right now I play World of Warcraft with my sons and daughter-in-law. I really like the battles, slashing and running around chasing monsters. I played Everquest for a long time, and may even get back into it.
6. I like to organize things, my clothes are hanging in the closet organized by color, I organize the cans in my cupboard. My books and scrapbook supplies are organized by color, size and date. My pictures on my computer are organized by catagories and by date. I feel better when everything is in place.
I tag Cami, Leah, Bonnie, Tovi, Elaine, Holly

Corn Maze

Saturday the 4th we went to the Corn Maze at the Heritage Farm in Logan. These were cute pictures that I took of the Kids. James, Leah, Jeremiah, Isaac and Eden, were having great fun. The kids love having there daddy home from deployment. They will be moving next week to Great Lakes, Illinois. Boy will I miss those kids.
Jon, Holly and Ady are so cute to take pictures of. Ady has the cutest little mischevious smile. Don't look too close at Jon's hair. Woops, you looked!

4th picture

The 4th picture file and the 4th picture concept peeked my curiosity so I went to my picture file and this is the picture that appeared. It was Christmas 1973 and we were visiting Layne and Maureen's house for your Christmas party. Mike and Leah were so cute sitting in the big chair. This brought back lots of happy memories of many years ago.

Lagoon

Ady and Jeremiah on the Whale, they had a fun time for the day at Lagoon.
Isaac on the whale too.
Jon and Leah had fun being slung way up into the air and then bouncing up and down.
We enjoyed the day. Ladonnalee and her husband and kids were there too. What a great time, good to see her again.

Dad's poem

A new poem from DAD:

Silly Old Frog

There once was a frog who thought he was a dog, a silly old frog was he.
He could Bark, and Whine, he Howled and Growled.
But the thing he loved best, more than the rest, was chasing cats, up the trees.

Cache County Fair

Isaac was nervous at first, then thoroughly enjoyed the ride.

Cache County Fair

Jeremiah loved riding the pony. In fact we returned later and he rode again. He thought the fair was great fun. We also had corn on the cob and Indian fry bread.

Views of babies

Eden wearing some bug glasses, she did not want them taken off.
Ady with pigtails, its fun to see her hair growing.
Eden can sleep in the midst of noise and heat, this was at the Cache County Fair.

Ady learning to walk.

Ady learning to walk. Notice the graham crackers in her hands. It didn't take her long to master this skill and now she is trying to keep up with her olde cousins. It is great to watch kids learn all these new things.

Summer Activities

As I was going to work one night the Life Flight helicopter was just taking off, so I got this picture of it. It is always fun to watch.
Isaac was having fun with fingerpaints with Grandma! He then had fun in the bath.
Jeremiah and Isaac in the pool at Leah's apartment complex.
Jane's 40th class reunion at Rigby High School. It is amazing how everyone is getting older!
Jon, Holly, Ady and Eden in Leah's pool. These water babies are getting so they really enjoy the water. Grandma sure does.

July 24, 2008 at Bear Lake

Ady and Eden playing in the water. They really enjoyed the water, the sand and just being outside.
Jon and Ady. She sure didn't mind getting her face wet. But her arms are just too short to keep her out of the water.
Isaac & Jeremiah couldn't get enough of the sand.
Actually Jon was the one digging the biggest hole.
After the sun, water and sand we drove into Lake Town and got their famous Raspberry Milk shakes, before driving back to Logan.

June 28 LeahCim Birthday

We enjoyed gathering together for the birthday celebration. We ate after grandma barbequed on the grill, then enjoyed the birthday cake.
Eden enjoys playing with toys, especially whatever will go in her mouth.
Ady loves to watch the boys run around. She gets down and joins them, then just sits and watches all of the activity.
Grandma and Isaac enjoying the play dough. He loves to help make things.
The transport is ready to go home. Leah has figured out how to get all three of the kids on the stroller. She is busy with those kids. It is fun to watch her. She is such a good mom.