Kyle and Myleah

Kyle and Myleah have been dating for a few years and finally on July 1, 2023 they tied the knot.  

We are all excited that Myleah is part of the family.  Everyone loves her.  
 

Independence

It makes me feel so good when I successfully complete a project.  This week when Briggs was leaving for work he came in and said the green truck wouldn't start.  He took my Yukon and rushed off to work.  I was pretty sure that the battery was dead so I took it out of the car, got on my bike and rode down to Napa auto parts to buy a new battery.  

 It only took about an hour and I had the green truck running great again and I did it all without Adam ever knowing there was a problem.  

There is sunshine in my soul

Elder Christofferson, who is in our ward, went to Australia.  He is the first apostle to visit Alice Springs.  He was probably as excited to see Avram as Avram was to see him.  He took Avram a little package from us and added in some treats for him.  

When Elder Christofferson returned from his trip to Australia he gave a brief report to the ward.  We were out of town but my neighbor sent me the following text:

"You've got a good one there (Avram).  Elder Christofferson was just beaming when he was talking about Avram.  Time was up for the meeting but he was determined to get up and speak to us.  You could tell Elder Christofferson was excited to talk about nvram.  It was really sweet.  Avram was his entire purpose for getting up and speaking today.  He said such wonderful and beautiful things!! He said 'it was fun to visit Avram in the middle of Australia.  Any further away and he'd be on his way back home.  Avram companion was surprised to see me and when they were taking the picture, his comp said, 'you really DO know him!!'

He said Avram is ding amazing and he can see that Avram has a special relationship with the aborigines.  It's been fun to see Avram over the years sitting up front with his family.  He's always been a big tall kid.  He really sticks out in Australia.  ITS GREAT! 

I can report that Avram is serving well and you would all be proud at how he's representing his Savior."  

 

Island Park in June

Adam has been in island park nearly every week since the first of May but this was my first trip North this summer.  We spent just over a week there and we worked a lot.  We squeezed in a short trip to Yellowstone.  Briggs killed his first squirrel.  He acted tough but I think he felt bad.

 

Thankful for my blessings

 Even though I feel exhausted today I can’t help but feel a true appreciation to my Savior for the blessing I have been given.  Throughout my life I have learned that despite our righteousness, we will have challenges, but I truly know that all our challenges are doable when our Savior is our guide, our strength and our focus.  

The past couple of weeks have been physical and emotionally exhausting.  We have struggled trying to act as the Savior would want us to behave despite others poor choices and lifestyles. This is a hard boundary when I try to separate enabling and abuse vs service and love.  

Time and energy is a precious and valuable. Adam is juggling his job at Clearview construction. Despite the economy suffering he has been blessed with a lot of work this past year. His job is a funny thing because the harder he works the happier people are with his service and the more people he employs in order to complete the work in a timely manner.  Unfortunately he is literally working himself out of a job because despite his great customer service the economy changes everything and the work runs out.  With well over 40 employees Adam worries not only about his own family but he worries about his employees and their families.  

Adam has a 2nd company called Modern Mountain Builders.  He has been building custom cabins in island park, Idaho for the past couple of years.  The superintendent that has been working for him, quit this spring.   If he hires another superintendent he needs to build more cabins, he he keeps the numbers to one or two so he can manage it but it is extremely difficult.  Anyway, Adam spends 2-4 days a week in island 

I took on the job of emptying Julines house.  One of the 4 days I spent there, I took a few of Avrams friends with me to help me take care of most of the heavy stuff.  We filled 4 bins and this trailer.  After completing the job the rental company came in and checked the house.  They had a blue light and found all kinds of spots where a dog had peed.  (Even though she wasn't suppose to have an animal in the house.) So Im wondering why I even tried to clean out the place, she didn't get her deposit back anyway.