Live, Laugh, Love: new blog for our elder

Friday, October 25, 2013

new blog for our elder

Alright, I finally got a blog up and going for Ryan, so all his mission letters and pictures will be on this site:

www.eldercantera.blogspot.com

I will need to make his blog PRIVATE by the beginning of December, so if you are interested in continuing to read about his experiences in Ukraine, please put your E-MAIL ADDRESS in the comments after his posts and I will add you to the list.

Thanks for reading - we are missing our boy, but couldn't be happier about his decision to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

3 comments:

Bean said...: What an amazing experience he will have--wow! I'd love to keep reading. melissa.bean@comcast.net. Thinking of you and hoping Chris' treatment is going well. xo; October 25, 2013 at 10:25 AM
joseph and brianna said...: I want to keep reading please! mcgee06@gmail.com Miss you guys! Can't believe how big the kids have gotten!; October 27, 2013 at 5:51 AM
atwoodlc said...: Of course add me to the list!!! atwoodlc@yahoo.com. Love reading his letters, glad he is doing good!; October 29, 2013 at 10:16 AM

Just Finished

Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

One of the most poignant and inspirational memoirs I have read in recent years. It's a story of faith, healing, friendship, mercy, and the power of unconditional love that will touch your heart. A beautiful novel that inspires readers to look beyond physical appearances and situations and peer deeply inside the heart. It almost deserved five stars, but I found the last fourth of the book didn't carry the same unassuming authentic qualities that I had felt during most of the book. However, I highly recommend to any reader who is searching for a true story filled with hope despite the most difficult of life's circumstances.

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My favorite books

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

My rating: 5 of 5 stars I just finished reading TKAM for the 5th time and loved it even more . . . it truly is my absolute favorite book of all time. It's pages are filled with wisdom, insight, and tenderness as it examines innocence and goodness reflected in the human experience. Harper Lee is a genius - her masterpiece touched me as a teenager, college student, teacher, young mother, and again as a mother of children Scout and Jem's age. What an inspiration this book has been in my life . . . I look forward to reading it again and again! View all my reviews >>

and . . .

The Giver by Lois Lowry

My rating: 5 of 5 stars I read this book years ago, but having the experience reading it again with a few more years, maturity, and a little more wisdom under my belt, was simply profound. The author is not only talented and unbelievably creative with her writing and ideas, but her insights into the basic human experience and our deep need to experience the great gift of agency is truly remarkable. I highly recommend this book to everyone I know and love, it will make you think and stay with you for many days after you finish. View all my reviews >>

Our Moments

"Sprinkle, sprinkle"
"Ground control to Major Tom . . ."
"Oh, Really . . ."
"Charlie Cat"
"Oh Gosh"
"Chilula Sauce"
"Um, Grandma Pat . . ."
"Jerry's the broccoli"
"The holy trinity of drama"
". . . so choice . . ."
"Pass the GUAC!"
"beaver house" hot chocolate!
"A Brownie Interaction"
"You're a quality person."
"It's fine . . ."
" . . . ok . . . no answer there . . ."
"Can you study me?"
"are you in trouble with me?"
"has anyone seen my phone???"
"how many of you could there be??"
"I'm just like ELF!!!"
"Where's my freakin' spatula . . ."
"The car that Homer built . . ."
"Bad Mushrooms!"
"MOOPS"
"Um, Dad, he's not your kid . . ."
"Reese's Pieces?"
"Steak sauce?"
"Strivers"
"Marsha and Greg - on steroids"
"RRRR . . . I look like I'm from the 80s!!!"
"Maybe the beach, but the boardwalk?? This is NOT happening!"
"Stirring the pot again, are we?"
"I'm on a horse."
"Matrix . . . Vegas" - all you need to know.
"YOU ARE NOT IN CHARGE!!!"
"Don't . . . GAZELLE!"
"I need a treat . . ."
"Reset . . .yet again"
"Hitched to a star"
"I'm thinking of an animal . . . "
"Feel my ripples"
"You're ruining my LIFE!"
"The gerbil is waking up . . ."
"Movie Snob"
"That's what she said . . ."
"Utter Destruction"
Animal kisses
"Power strips??!"
"The egg sandwich"
"Rats and Bats"
The "pic tick"
"Liza, you are NOT black!"
"Thanks for the good feed"
"I'm all for perky, but . . . "
"Feelin' Groovy . . ."
Caroline's animal identification
"Do you have the Aarp Card?"
Liza's "wedding kiss"
The mystery surrounding the "Spencer salad"
"Tomcat"
Staircase of death
Julie's "Japenese Exchange"
The treat cup
"Miffy" gifts from Holland
Ryan . . ."just believe!"
The seagull & the sandal
"Mr. M, Mr. P"
Blind Monster
English mouse, jazzy mouse
Ketchup on the bum
Mack's
Paki-Jensen!!
Meil, meil, the honey cat
"It's the Canadian Red Breasted Swallow"
. . . and the wolf says, "ooohhh"
Tinkle, tinkle little Fred
Little Sophie Brown
The Chopper
Monster closet
Psycho farm goose
"The Lee-tell Deep-aire"
Dot-to-dot
Chicken boy