Time to Post again

It has been nearly a year since the last post. Many things have happened since that time.
1. I ended my time of service on the CARS+ state board in April.
2. Stephen and I traveled with 15 other couples and cruised the Caribbean.
3. I jumped off of a former racehorse while it was speeding down the beach -- thought that I might not walk normally again.
4. Took the teacher deal from Fresno USD and retired from teaching in June 2011.

Stephen and I are headed to the Caribbean again at the end of this week. We will be traveling with our friends the Lundbergs. More when we get back.

The Real Thanksgiving

People are always asking for a White Christmas, but this year we experienced a White Thanksgiving. Going along with the white was plenty of cold. It was a whole new thing for this California girl. The high was 21 degrees and the low was 7.

While we waited for the turkey to get done, I decided that it would be a good time to go out and try to find the three geocaches closest to Cory's house. It was so cold out that when we did find them that the ink in the pen was frozen and we couldn't sign the log. My fingers were stinging not to mention that both of the boys had been walking in the gutters and were soaking wet and freezing.


Jenny, Matt, and the girls came down for the evening and to share dessert. It was a very enjoyable day -- as long as we stayed inside.

Stephen, Cory, and Suzanne decided to give up sleep in preference to hanging out and making new friends in Walmart. They had quite the tales to tell upon their return. We spent the majority of the day with Jenny's family along with Lila who went to play with her cousins. The evening we joined Cory's family to watch Provo's first electric Christmas parade. I'm really surprised that anybody came out to it with the temperature where it was.




We traveled home on Saturday. It was nice to get back to a little warmth. It was also nice to find that Jared and Ashley (along with Clara and Kevin) had put out a few of the Christmas decorations to make things festive.

Thanksgiving Break

This is the year that Stephen and I determined that we should spend most of our vacations on the road to visit our children. It is great seeing the kids, but all that time in the car is tiring.

We left right after I got home from school on Friday, November 19th, and headed to New Mexico. After a few short hours in a roadside rest, we managed to arrive in Las Cruces by about 12:30 Saturday afternoon. It was really good to be able to spend 2 1/2 days visiting with Curtis. He didn't want to show us off to the members of his university ward, but other than that he let us move around the city unhindered.

We of course saw the city through geocaching as we visited many sites that Curtis would never have thought to taken us to otherwise. We even had the opportunity to sit in the theater with Curtis and watch the latest episode of Harry Potter.



We took the scenic route to Utah, stopping to visit Mesa Verde National Park near Moab. It was somewhere that I've wanted to visit for many years and we finally made it. I can't imagine how the Native Americans could survive the winters living on those cliffs -- it was freezing cold while we were there. The structures were amazing though.

Conference in Utah

October 2nd, Jared, Ashley,Stephen and I found ourselves inside the Conference Center for the first session of General Conference. It was amazing to hear how this huge building, filled with tens of thousands of people, just went completely silent when Pres. Monson walked in. It was easy to see the reverence everyone has for him.




We met at the Shirts home for the afternoon session of conference. After dinner, the guys went to Priesthood, Dad watched the grandkids, and the girls and I went out to Deseret Book and Robert's Craft that were having special "Ladies' Night Out" events. Suzanne won one of the drawings at Deseret Book, and Jenny found out later in the week that she won the grand prize -- a $400 value set of books about the Messiah. It was a very good night out for the Nimer women. It was really nice of Stephen to give up conference to babysit.

Shirts are Eternal Family

October 1st, 2010, was a brilliant day for the Nimers and Shirts families. As parents of Matt and Jenny, we were all excited to be able to be in the temple when they were sealed to each other for time and all eternity. Then in walked Sam and Kelsie who kneeled with their parents at the altar in the Salt Lake Temple and were bound to each other forever. What a powerful event.



I was blessed to be able to go and help Jenny get dressed and to spend a little time with her before she was taken to be with Matt. I am so happy for her and her family. Glad that she has received this blessing in her life.

It was wonderful to hear Matt's mom say what a great mother Jenny is to the girls. She said she was so patient and loving not to mention extremely talented. I loved having her recognize this about Jenny and to know that she is appreciated by her in-laws.

Family Photos June 2010

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