The Lord and his blessings!

Wow what a day!

So let me tell you about a wonderful Saturday that was very busy and fulfilling!  

First to start off the day we woke up and I didn't quite want to get out of bed so I turned on TV and started watching an interesting cartoon that had all British voices!  It reminded me of Chicken Run or Wallace and Gromet!

My wife kept telling me to get out of bed, so I finally did!  We got dressed, ate breakfast and then left the home.  We first drove by a home that we are thinking about looking at this coming week(I won't tell you where it's at, just to keep you all guessing!)

Then we drove out to see Mom Erickson and Stephen and Bella!  That was good to see everybody and Bella loved me as usual!  Mom kept saying how Kristen and I are the only ones that love that little doggy!  Because I guess most everyone else doesn't play with her that much!  But we sure do love that little Bella! :)

Then we headed over to Jaimie's for her not very garage sale like garage sale!  lol  What a joke!  We pulled up to her house and it was clear that she was not having a garage sale, so we knocked on the door and nobody answered.  So we walked over to the backyard to look over and see if we could see anybody and still nobody was to be seen!  Then we walked back to the front door and Kristen gave it a nice Rap!  Jaimie came to the door and laughed and told us the garage sale was inside.  It was very overpriced but Kristen ended up buying a bottle of "lovespell" perfume to support Jaimie.

Following that we went to the groundbreaking of the Gilbert temple!  It was very very very crowded but so worth the experience to see so many Mormons and hear such wonderful messages.  I will put up another post specifically about that experience.  

Then we went to Costa Vida Mexican food and we sure did love that!  Kristen got some awesome gift certificates from my Mom for her birthday(thanks Mom! :))

Then we went to the Church leadership training where the new church handbooks were introduced and explained.  I think the most interesting part of the training was where a fake Ward Council went through and incorporated many of the principles.  Very interesting to see perfect church members incorporate perfect principles.  Even the ladies' hair was perfect!  lol  Oh to live in a perfect world!  Can't wait for that Celestial kingdom! :)

Following the meeting we went to Fry's electronics to seek out a small converter box that I have been wanting to allow me to connect my laptop to the T.V.  Since I don't have new HDTV's I knew that it would require a small converter box from VGA signal to RCA.  We found the perfect box and also a really nice wireless keyboard and mouse!  And yes I am typing this blog out while kicking back on my bed and using the wireless keyboard as I watch the letters I type scroll across my TV screen.  Technology is great and luckily we were able to figure out a way to do it without spending tons of money!

Then we went to the Stake Conference adult session where we learned all about Courageous living!  Many powerful testimonies were shared by members of the Stake and I particularly enjoyed the testimony of the Book of Mormon that was shared by a brother who had recently lost his wife to Lung Cancer.  His testimony was particularly powerful as he echoed the words of the prophet Joseph Smith that "a man would come closer to God by abiding by it's precepts than by any other book!"

Then we came home ate dinner, hooked up the new fun toys I got, and are now preparing for bed!

What a Saturday!  Oh the blessings of the Lord! :)

Oh and Kristen...I sure love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!