Good old sugar house tubing

Good old sugar house park still has snow and I went with Adrianna and Abbie Hayley and Lucy for a quick sleigh ride today. Icy but fun

Tender Mercies

I am thankful for the tender mercies in all of our lives.  As I reflect back over the years of my and my family's lives there are too many to name them all.  The apostles however have admonished us to look for the Lord's hand in our lives and to make record of them and to tell the stories to our children and grandchildren.
    I re tell the  story each Jan about a time when the Lord gave Protection to Bryan  as he was homeward bound from Alpine.  He had been at Brianne's home and then was traveling along 7th west and as he approached 6400 S he was broadsided by a vehicle (Tahoa) it was no match for his car.
(actually it was Brianne's new car just off the sales lot).  He was struck so hard that it pushed in the passenger side, then the vehicle went up particially over the top of Bryan's car.  leaving no room for anyone except a very small place where Bryan sat.  He very nearly was pushed into a large pole, but missed that and was pushed into the fence of the golf course.  He surely was protected at that time.  The policeman told us, they approached the scene expecting to find fatality.  The were happy they did not.  They spoke of the accident for weeks after, among themselves at the station, one officer later told us.
They spoke of it for many reasons.  But mostly because it was so astounding to them that Bryan survived, the impact.  They didn't have to cut him out of the car, because the side of the car was ripped open, at the time of the impact.  We were called from the hospital by the police officer telling us that Bryan was there.  We drove quickly there and found him laying in a neck brace and clearly  misrable from the pain.
     (the following to me is the most memorial part of the experience that night)  It was not long after we arrived at the hospital that the boy who was (drinking &) driving  asked if he could enter Bryan's room?. ? Normally the hospital policy is to  attend to the patients involved separately as not to have them have to interact.  Bryan said yes.  The boy apologized.  Saying he was not even looking forward as he drove, but rather looking over his should to see if another car load of boys were chasing him.
   when he hit bryan he said he didn't even brake, as he wasn't looking.  He asked if Bryan would forgive him.?  as Bryan lay there with glass throughout his hair and a neck brace (waiting for results of exrays) and pretty banged up from head to toe.  He looked that boy in the eye and said, "it was a bad deal the three of those cars being the only ones out at the intersection at that moment, and he was regretful he was there, but YES of course he would forgive him, (as the scripture in Nephi said,"He frankly forgave them")  It was a very tender moment for that boy, not to have to carry that burden.  It was a tender moment for all of us.
     In the mean time back at the home of Brianne's family.  She had a strange feeling that she should pray for Bryan's protection.  She did so.  We called her and let her know what had happened.  She was by Bryan's side of a very long recovery for days.   He was able to get off the pain meds rather soon, comb all the glass out of his hair, heal from the bruises, stitches, and eventually make a marriage proposal to Brianne and they have been happily married now for these many years. (8) and are the parents of three cute kids.  Each year (and many times inbetween as I pass that intersection often) I think of this story.

    I also think of the many other times of protection.  Brad not drowning in a lake at the ski resort after falling through the ice on a cold winter day.  Hayley and kerri and  Brad and Nancy all hiking stairway to Heaven at different times and being safe on that hike.  Many other incidents not just involving travel.
     Answers to prayers have come.  People have been put in our paths.  Buying homes at the right time has happened.  Getting Jobs that were suited to each of us has happened.  Feeling the Holy Ghost prompt us to do or not do things has happened.  The Lord's hand is surely blessing us each daily.  I hope that we all see and recognize it and talk to our kids about it, even if  the situation is not as intense as the Mercy on Jan of 2005.  As the Hymn says.  "God be with you till we Meet again"  Dad and I pray for each of you, every night before dinner.  We feel of your prayers in our lives as well.  love ya.

Sunday is my favorite

I always tell the grandkids Sunday is my favorite day

dad's birthday

day really appreciated all the phone calls, well wishes via movies on iphones, notes, gifts, people taking him to do stuff ,   on his actual birthday , I gave him that  tradition of breakfast in bed
then we washed the salt off the  car and truck,  ate lunch, cleaned up the house.  bundled up went to midway with some friends and their boys (the tingey family)  then we went to ice castles in midway and then to a  hamburgar place in Heber (dairy Keen)  it was fun.. we also had prime rib for lunch that we got at sniders and cooked it and made a salad and some veggies and potatoes.  fancy smacy.!!!

it was 'cool'  I mean it  --in every sense of the word  so artistic all with ice
any body could have done it --but someone did do it will a lot of insight and it brought me pure joy

good days ahead

Looking forward to the good days ahead in the new Year
for instance:
We will have many good meals to look forward to,
We will have many get togethers to look forward to
We will have many weddings, baptisms, to attend
we will have unexpected joys, and unexpected fun times
we will make improvements on our home --
we will have opportunities that lie ahead that we don't even know exists  , the mystery is killing me.

Park city

Park city is a fun place to go to find some sunshine on these Jan days--that is what we did in order to celebrate dad's birthday in part     (that was Friday ) then Sat we will be hanging around the house

Happy birthday Bryan W Call

Happy Birthday Bryan 57 Big years  woo woo!! LOVE YOU LOTS BRYAN W. CALL THEY DON'T COME ANY BETTER THAN YOU!!!!!!! GREAT HUSBAND , FATHER, BROTHER, GRANDFATHER, UNCLE AND FRIEND  GLAD WE GOT YOU

grandkids Christmas party this year=Pig out theme

Pig out theme included

Hunter liked his gift exchange magnet toy--he said it was 'the grand prize' of all the gift exchange

 fun toys for everyone  (girls have curlers in prep for Nutcracker)

 lets watch a movie

 everyone loved the warm blankets  (we called the party pigs in a blanket) ha

*eating Jello like a pig
*(never got to telling the three pigs story or doing the skit)
*forgot to put nylons on face and do piggy faces
*Grandpa famous story to the kids while they sit under the tree lights on blankets
*eating pigs in a blanket
*opening $2.00 gifts from each other
*opening blankets to wrap in to be pigs in a blanket themselves
*playing the king size candy bar roll the dice game
*playing pass the pigs
* pig out on desert ranging from cookies to goodies the neighbors brought to cake

Just a few week back I was thinking how wonderful it was to give and get gifts at Christmas season.
Thanks for all the nice things that we recieved to make our days after Christmas a little nicer than our days before that.  We are ready for a trip through the new  year,  we are enjoying paints, letters and pictures that we recieved in throught the mail and in person, rice maker, sweatshirts, hats, books, jewelry, temple bags, and the picture of dad and I sitting on the fence at Payson Lake.  I wish I would have read the note on the back of the picture to all of you  it read as follows:

" This gift is is par of the thank you for all the fun memories you have created.  We are thankful for your efforts and sacrifices and fiancial contributions in making these memories for not jus us; but for our kids too. "  

We have a special place in our hearts for Payson Lakes.  Whether it was raining, no oars for the danoe, too much Jeoparday in tahe tent, or flying squirresl, or that it was snowing, the year with the goofy campground host, Shawn, or mossy lake water, we have fun memories from each and every year.

Thanks for putting adventures like this together.
Love, Bryan, Brianne, Mayley, Hunter, and Hogan

outings of 2013

Just before the year end we went crazy with outings (and performances) some included:
*Tabneracle Choir Christmas Performance (we put in for tickets and amazingly got 3 Bonnie came too)
*Collin Raye performing along side the Utah choral choir (my friend Gail sings in that choir)
*Jackie A (performing at conference center--Jackie is a young girl that has swept the attention of the media
*Stake Christmas Choir
*Savior of the World (conference center)
*First Presidency devotional (went to the conference Center)
* Richardson Family  (performs at the Murray library)

*Christmas pagent (outdoors at Liberty Park)
*Ward Christmas party
*neighborhood Christmas Party (and program-at Pehrson Home)
Yeah it was wild I just went with dad starting from Nov 30 to Dec 22 to all these things
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PS   and these don't even include the things I listed on the other blog post programs of our grandkids performing
which were our FAVORITES
* performances in our front room
*gymnastics
*nutcracker
* year end class performances where the parents are invited
*pre-school song performances
*performances via the iphone  kaci--in her school
*songs and piano tunes via face time
*Linsey and chloes' piano recital