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CHRISTMAS 2010 Act 2

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2010

THE SIGHTS, SMELLS, SOUNDS, TASTES, AND FEELINGS OF CHRISTMAS! LIFE IS GOOD! HOW I LOVE MY CHRISTMAS AND FAMILY!

THANKSGIVING 2009! WHAT A FEAST!

I AM THANKFUL FOR MY FAMILY!

Mizuho's Christmas Parade/The Nutcracker

Mizuho marching in the Ogden Christmas Parade! It was cold, but that Tuba kept her warm! Afterwards we went to a spectacular production of the Nutcracker at the Browning center with Mizuho, Hillary, Elly and Me!

FAMILY PICTURE 2009

MISSION FAREWELL

ANDREW'S MISSION CALL

ANDREW'S MISSION CALL

Dancing Queens?

Jeewon and Sayuri finally were able to show off their ballroom dancing skills on Wednesday at the Weber School Districts "Christmas Tree Jubilee". As you will see they both did fantastic for only taking lessons 3 months. They are our Asian Dancing Queens!

Decorating Grandma's Christmas Tree

Everyone thinks it's too early to put up a tree, but I say it's never too early to put up your tree and Toby, Elly and Jeewon will agree. I have the Christmas Spirit already, and my first Christmas present was Henry. MERRY CHRISTMAS 2008!

HENRY CHUGG CARLTON, Ruler of Household

I just witnessed the birth of my 3rd grandchild, Henry Chugg Carlton, what an honor to be invited and allowed to see this. A sacred, glorious time when the spirit leaves heaven, and enters into the mortal realm of the human body. The birth was at 1:38a.m., November 13th. Jayni had been having contractions all day, and by evening they were every 5 minutes. They checked in at Davis Hospital, and called us after Jayni had her epidural. We arrived at 11:30 to await this special occasion. Jayni was intensely sick (nauseated) through the last portion of the delivery, but she handled it with grace, using extremely good manners to the nurse and Doctor. When little Henry's head popped through, I was amazed at the miracle of birth. The doctor gently pulled the ambilical cord from around Henry's head and helped the shoulders come through. Henry had very broad shoulders, making it difficult to finalize his birth. The Doctor had Jayni push one last time and that was all that was required. Henry came out lickety split. It all happened to fast, I wanted to savor the miracle a little longer. With Jayni's last push a wave of ambiotic fluid came too, unfortunately Henry swallowed a great deal of this fluid. The doctor said it was like getting dunked in a swimming pool. The doctor hurried and tried to suction all of it out, but to no avail, she handed Henry over to the nursery nurse to put him on oxygen. It was a little intense for a while. I seen Henry struggle for air until they put a tube down his throat to suction all the fluid out of his lungs. The nurse cleaned Henry up and weighed him. He was 7 pounds 10 ounces and measured 20 inches. The nurse wrapped Henry up and gave him to Jayni. Jayni was cleaned up by then looking healthy once again. (with the exception of not being able to move her legs ) Henry was still having trouble breathing, so the nurse took him into the nursery and put him on oxygen. I was concerned, but knew everything would be O.K. We said our goodbye's to Jayni with a hug and a kiss, then Andrew and I had one final peek at Henry before leaving at 2:30a.m. What an eventful night or morning? Though sleep deprived I could not sleep because of the excitement of the thought of having a brand new grandchild, HENRY CHUGG CARLTON!

ISLAND PARK, YELLOWSTONE, JACKSON HOLE IN A WEEKEND! WHEW!

PEACH DAYS!

O.K., I know that you think all I do is have fun on the weekends, but I do really work hard too, I just try to squeeze it all in. Last week Swiss Days, this week Peach Days and yes I ran another 10K. This week I ran a little slower than last week 47:14, but we started at 9am and it was hot. Plus I hate the last mile of this race. It is uphill on main street in Brigham City, going right through the parade route with everyone seeing you have a near death experience. The reward after is worth it however, as many peaches as you can eat. I went home a pregnant peach! We also stopped at Pettingills, and I picked up another 3 1/2 bushels of jammers to put up. They were sooooo good! I got sick stuffing my face while putting them up! I then put up 2 batches of vegetable soup. It is soooo yummy that I love to eat it in the cold winter months. The parade and car show was the best entertainment at peach days. Jee and Say ate breakfasts at Dicks, a local dive that they loved.

WARD MISSION LEADER!

WHOO HOO! I am so pumped.

They just put me in as a ward mission leader. I love this gospel so much and I know it changes peoples lives for the better. I love people, and I want everyone to have the peace and joy that the true gospel of Jesus Christ brings. I have seen a mighty change in Jeewon. She is so awesome. Her eyes reflect the joy she has being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I know Sayuri feels the spirit of the Lord in our home. One day she'll have a change of heart and love the gospel as we do. I love how the girls read the bible every morning with Andrew and I. It makes my heart swell hearing them all read the word of God! I am the richest woman in the whole world because I have the gospel of Jesus Christ.

SWISS DAYS! Jeewon, Sayuri and Susan's Midway adventure!

On Friday we went to Swiss Days in Midway Utah. Swiss Days is celebrated at the end of every August the weekend of Labor Day. Midway was settled by swiss immigrants who came to Utah because they were converted to the L.D.S. Church and wanted to be closer to the headquarters in Salt Lake City. Midway is about 1.5 hours away from Farr West. Aunt Marilyn lives there, so we took advantage of her hospitality and slept overnight at her house on the trampoline. It was cold, but Sari and Jee slept in very warm sleeping bags. I slept with a blanket getting up at 1am and moving into Aunt Marilyn's house to sleep on the couch. At 5am, I woke up and ran the Swiss Days 10K. It was a great race even though I had a contact stuck in my eye. Cool morning nice course, winning my age division and receiving a silver goblet. I was 13th overall with a time of 47:23 or 7:37 minute miles. I was proud of this time. I shaved off 5 minutes from my time in Irodoquoit. After the race we ate breakfast, and then went through all the artisan's booths. The craftmanship was unbelievable. Hundreds of booths of paintings, puzzles, metal works, soaps, lotions, potpourri, edibles, charts, flower arrangements and pottery. A portion of all sales go towards the Church's humanitarian service and missionary fund. The parade was cute, the food was delicious and the race was awesome.bb

Sayuri!

Sayuri an exchange student from Japan has come to live with Jeewon, Andrew and I, what an adventure we are going to have this year. Sayuri and her mother came on August 23rd. She is a very smart, hard working, and pleasant. We feel it a privilege to have her live with us. I know her and Jeewon will be the best of friends and sisters before the year is over. She registered for school and is taking accelerated courses. She is stretching herself as well taking cooking and singing. We are excited to learn the differences of yet another country and child of God.

A DREAM COME TRUE! THE HILL CUMORAH PAGEANT!

I can't believe I'm actually in the Hill Cumorah Pageant! This place is beautiful. The trees grow everywhere, it is humid and rainy, but that is why it is so beautiful. The 1st day July 4th, I ran the Irondoquoit 10K. I ran it in 53 minutes, and it about killed me. After the run I went to the George Eastman Mansion and toured it, then I went to the airport to be shuttled to the hill. After we arrived at the hill, we checked in and had our orientation. I looked at the schedule and about cried. The schedule was rigorous for a person who wakes up early and goes to bed early. Some nights we wouldn't be going back to Hobart until 2am!!! I knew I would die. After the orientation, we went to the bowl to be cast in our parts. I tried out for the dances and made the lamanite warrior dance. However the next day we found out they overcast our part by 4, so I said they could give me another part, since all the young girls looked as if they'd cry if they had to leave. They put me in as a Nephite Battle Banner Carrier. I have to carry a 20 pound metal pole banner across the stages up and down the stairs fighting the lamanites along the way. It is heavy and I knew I was going to kill myself or someone else the first few days, but that 8 foot banner kept getting lighter and lighter. Now it's a breeze to carry, even in the dark. We ate dinner that night, had our devotional, and started rehearsals. The next morning, I was up at 5am to run. I was so tired because we got back to Hobart College at midnight. Anyway I made an 8 mile run, then came back, ate breakfast and left for the hill at 7:30. At the hill we had devotionals, then rehearsal and missionary training all day. In our free time we quilted, made hats, leper bandages and cut out shapes for the humanitarian center. I kept thinking, I'm here to serve to keep a positive attitude. The days have been either rainy and cold, to hot and humid. One night we had to stop rehearsal because of a lightning storm. I was carrying the metal post during that storm! Augh! Anyway we came back into the shelter, prayed and sang 8 hymns, then we went back out on stage and ran through the entire play. It about killed us because we got home at 12:30am. The next morning everyone was dragging. The sacrament meetings here have been in the outdoor shelter. The first meeting sunny and dry with awesome speakers. Yesterday it rained and rained, but it was still inspiring. I led the 9-11 year olds in some folk dances yesterday. They were a handful, but I think they loved it. I only have one more activity left to do with them. The most exciting part of the pageant is the missionary work. Each night after devotional, we dress and go out to preach the gospel to people who come to the performance. I have had many opportunities to bear my testimony. I've told LDS members who come about Jeewon's conversion story, and the miracles that come from reading the Book of Mormon and bringing other's unto Christ. I have had many teens refer their friends and families refer their neighbors. Elder Bednar says we should be the seekers of non-members and the missionaries should be the teachers. The youth serving at the hill are strong in spirit and bold in deed. I respect them for their hard work and testimonies. They are an example to me. Today is activity day, and I'm going to have fun. Andrew get's to come to Hobart and we are going to play!!! Then tomorrow it's off to work again. We must share the gospel with others. That is our responsibility-every member a missionary. I LOVE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST!

NASHVILLE COUNTRY MUSIC MARATHON STATE # 6 (26.2 on April 26th my birthday!)

O.K., I know I'm crazy! I just finished the Yakima Valley Marathon and felt pretty good right? Why did I have to push it, other than to say I ran 26.2 on the 26th, my birthday. Andrew wanted to go and so did Jeewon, so we made a family trip out of it to celebrate my birthday. The airline tickets were reasonable, the car we rented was with my american express blue points and we stayed at a hostel in the hood. Since we just went with carry-ons we jumped off the airplane, rented the car, and hustled to the movie theatre to watch the movie MARATHON. (It was only playing one night) It motivated Andrew so much that the next day at the expo, he signed up to run the marathon without even training. NUTS!!! The expo was a 10+, Very fun. After the expo, we went to the Nashville Temple. The temple is in the most beautiful part of Nashville. The houses surrounding the temple were southern mansions with beautiful sprawling lawns in front. I did an endowment, but Andrew couldn't baptize for the dead until 6:00pm when the workers would be there. So while I was in the session, Jeewon and Andrew went on an adventure to an old plantation of a confederate general, where many confederate soldiers were buried. That evening Andrew baptized for the dead. Many southern gents will someday thank Andrew for his service. Jeewon and I went to a ward dinner and talent show in the church house adjacent to the temple. We had a good time. The sister missionaries told us that the county the temple resides in is one of the most wealthiest counties in the country. Did I mention hot it was in Nashville? 80 degrees. I knew I would die in the marathon. I had trained in 29 degree weather a week before! I went to bed early to prepare for the marathon after a meal of rice cakes, tuna and carrots. In the middle of the night we were all startled by the sound of rolling thunder. Rain was pouring down, and did not stop. Andrew and I went out to run the marathon in pouring rain, and it really rains in Nashville. We had jackets thank goodness,I now prepare for all things. The start was very organized. We tossed our extra clothes in UPS trucks, grabbed some food and waited in a porta potty line. It was warm in the porta potties. I stayed as long as I could. Andrew felt sorry for me and gave me his jacket he was going to toss. The race started at 8am. Andrew ditched me after the first mile when I had to use the porta potty again! I tried to warn him not to start out too fast, but he didn't listen. I ran the Country Music mile (CMA sponsers that mile) and was given cute sweat bands after completing it. We also ran through alot of historical country music sections of town. The Reiman, country music museum etc. One dissapointment! There were too many people to start. The 1/2 marathon started with the marathoners. I couldn't get set into a good pace because of the quantity of runners. After 13 miles, it was enjoyable. The reason Nashville is so green, is because of the rain. The rain eased up at about mile 10. It was cloudy to about mile 18, then it started to get really warm when I finished. One poignant memory that I'll always remember was the black man outside of the housing project we ran through. He reached his hand out to give me a high five, and I gave him one. After I gave him one he said I aint nobody, I aint worth nothing, but if it means anything to you I support you and respect what your doing. I felt like stopping and giving him a hug and saying but don't you know your a child of God and he doesn't make any junk. Also the nun water stop was a fun memory. The bands were good, but alot didn't show up at first because of the rain. I loved the part of the run where you ran beside the cumberland river, and also the end where you ran around Shelby Park. It was drop dead gorgeous, all the dogwoods were in bloom. I finished in 3:54 and Andrew around 4:57 I think, because he lost his timing chip on the road. Not bad for no training. I passed the poor little bum at 13 miles. He tried to stay with me, but his legs were cramping up every time he tried to run. He was on his own through this hilly race. I was suprised at how hard it was, (Mentally hard because of the out and back turn around the last 8 miles of the race. You seen runners finishing when you still had 8 to go). But, they had great food at the finish. I was so EXCITED TO FINISH. After I picked up my bag and finally found Andrew,and the car we stopped and bought us (Jeewon, Andrew, and Faith, a friend we met that takes care of the hostel. She was a friend to Jeewon and helped her a ton!)a treat at Dairy Queen. We then went back to the hostel for a picture with our other buddy we met at the hostel, Amos from California before he left to fly home. He was so nice, an uncommonly good man. We showered and were ready to go to the show at the Grand Ol' Opry. I took them to the Opryland hotel first to look around the massive arboretum. The hotel's amazing. Jeewon couldn't believe it. She probably wondered why I didn't rent a room there! $$$$ They show was fun at the Opera. Andrew couldn't walk of coarse, and asked me to take him to the hospital. I told him to buck up! If he wants to play the big boy games he has to be a big boy! Of course we had to climb stairs to the balconey. We slept good that night even though it continued to drizzle. The next morning we went to church. I was an hour ahead of myself, I forgot to turn my watch ahead, so we had an hour to waste. Andrew pulled up an arboretum on the GPS by the temple that was by far one of the most beautiful I have ever seen. They were not open yet, but Jeewon and I walked around while Andrew slept. The church meeting was awesome. Sh-Daisy's husband was the high councilman who spoke. Jeewon can't believe how the church is the same no matter where we go! The ward was very wealthy. CEO'S, Heart Doctors, Country music performers, Song writers, Franchise Owners, all humbly attending church together. After church we went downtown to the Country Music Museum, which we could only stay for about an hour because they were having a big affair that night inducting 2 new musicians to the hall of fame. Then we went to the Reiman, where country music got it's start. We poked our heads into a few bars to hear some country music, and felt the spirit leave us completely. We hated the horrible feeling there, so we went to the park where the marathon started read scriptures and rested. Then we went back to the hostel to say goodbye to our friends and pack for an early morning flight out of Nashville the next day. I would rate the trip and marathon about at an 7. If my feet didn't look like prunes at the end of the race because of all the rain, I would have rated the race at an 8!!!

NO FEAR SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

Psalms 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid? Psalms 56:4 In God I have put my trust I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 2 Timothy 1:17 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear byt of power and of love and of a sound mind. 1 John 4:18 Perfect love casteth out fear. D&C 101 36-37 Wherefore fear not even unto death for in this world your joy is not full but in me your joy is full, therefore care not for the body neither the life of the body but care for the soul and for the life of the soul. D&C 136:17 Go thy way and do as I have told you and fear not thine enemies for they shall not have power to stop my work.
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