Very, very nice day yesterday.... inspite of it all.......

Ya know, this has been an interesting week to say the least....it started with a lot of "good intentions" and expectations....and ended with tons of love and blessings from family and friends who we love and cherish, but this was not without a snag here and there...Saturday we had the best experience with Rob in the Bountiful Temple...what a beautiful experience..then dinner and a storm...haha...the storm actually stranded Staci and Trevor in West Valley (which we totally love sleepovers)... Sunday we woke up with about 10 inches of newly fallen beautiful Snow. Next we heard the crackling sound of huge leafy tree branches falling down under the heavy snow..(not ours thank heavens)OOPS. Tues nigh was the night of the 2010 Utah Blizzard! This will go down in the Utah History books...not...Hahaha...they even called out emergency police/sheriff to cover the catastrophe....many of us, including myself stalked up on water bottles, foods that you could eat without electricity....(didn't have to do much due to food storage...bonus) checked our flashlights for batteries and hunkered down...well, we actually went to Village Inn first then Hunkered Down...yes, they also closed the Family History Library (our mission)..all that was heard the next morning was Blizzard??? Big Hype...no big deal...I, though, decided to pick up a nasty little bug from one of the Kearns High Darlins to remind me of what I should be Thankful for...HEALTH!! I am, I promise I am...now can I feel better? Anyway, then we had a great Thanksgiving with a wonderful family, good food and PIE!! I, of course, felt miserable and went to be early in hopes to get up 3am for Black Friday...nope...too sick! Kristi and I decided to wait, go around 9am and see if there was anything left...we did ok...surprised to know that there were a few things left, we were well rested and No Crowds..hmmmm....anyway..I did go to the Doc and was told, lungs clear (Xray)just take this cough medicine bla bla bla...I WANT AN ANTIBIOTIC..but no...oh well..home, took cough med...had a slight gallbladder attack...but I am Thankful for my HEALTH...remember..slept a long time...sat preparing for Rob's Farewell..cough *&spat**choke#$*cough...I'm ok...took another dose of cough medicine...had another small gallbladder attack...preparations continue with Staci and Trevor having another sleepover...fun times/helps...lots more preparations and then bed....Sunday...Rob's day..we woke up to..yes...another snow storm! Go figure! The meeting was spectacular! Sam Harper spoke (I couldn't have been happier since Rob has known Sam pretty much all his life)then we had the newly formed Missionary Choir which consisted of past/present/future missionaries singing Called to Serve...huge choir and they were beautiful (Gary, grandma and I sang too..)Loved it! Then Rob spoke and did an great job..much impressed with that Young Man...huge crowd in spite of the snow fall...people came from EVERYWHERE on the horrible roads...we felt so blessed and loved. Our home was FULL of people..they were EVERYWHERE...lots of food to go around and good conversation. We have the very best family and friends and I am Thankful for each and everyone of them and love them with all my heart...the Lord does bless us with good people to share our lives...we are a lucky people. Lots of emotions about Rob leaving. I'm going to miss him terribly, but I know he is doing what the Lord wants him to do...we concluded our meeting with God be with you 'till we Meet Again...of course the Schroeder's, (and I heard others)teared up through the entire song..no singing from our row hahaha)We ended the day with Tithing Settlement...how nice it was to sit in our Bishops office and declare a full tith..such a good feeling. Well, it snowed ALL DAY continually..I am not kidding! I couldn't tell you how much fell..somewhere between a foot to a bazoodle amount of snow fell throughout the night leaving us a huge mess to drive in to work! UGH!!!!! We all did great in our drive...I again maybe should of stayed home due to my feeling yucky, but decided I better take a dose of cough syrup and go and it was a good thing..(Trudy, our attendance secretary called in sick!) AHHHHHHH...so may kids STUCK/LATE...parents calling in kids either sick, stuck or just not going due to the weather....and to top it all off...around 8:30am it hit me with a vengeance....GALLBLADDER ATTACK!!!! It lasted about 2 1/2hrs!!! I was miserable and thought I was going to DIE!!! I turned white as a ghost and sweat profusely...my poor aid..cute 10th grader named Roy was so worried about me...I kept telling him I would be ok as soon as it passed...but he thought I needed to go to the hospital...he was so cute...I finally got over the severe pain, decided no more cough medicine for me..that seemed to trigger the attacks... and managed to finish the day with all the extra work! Whew...ok...what was I saying... oh ya..I am Thankful for MY HEALTH! I really am thankful for my health and know that even though all these things that I endured this week blessed out lives in one way or another...there is always a reason for everything and I never did feel alone at any time...just one of those times I had to endure...we are told we will have these times and we need to be strong and endure...this is so minor considering what our Savior Jesus Christ did for us...he endured so much and gave his life so we could, through our Repentance have Eternal Salvation...I wasn't asked to do much of anything this week though it seemed like so much and at times more than I could handle...it was just a reminder of the great and many blessings I have and I love Him for everything He has and will do for me.....Thanksgiving over, Christmas to come....These are my favorite times of the year.......