MEMORIAL DAY-2013

 DON  AND I WENT OUT TO THE SUMMERS TO FIX UP THE AREA THAT MOM, DAD AND TERESA'S ASHES ARE BURIED.  WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH MOISTURE THIS YEAR, THERE WERE LOTS OF WEEDS GROWING AROUND THE SITE.  YOU COULD HARDLY SEE WHERE IT WAS.  DON THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE THE CASE SO HE BROUGHT A HOE FROM HOME TO CLEAN THE AREA UP.

                    IT LOOKED SO MUCH BETTER WHEN HE WAS FINISHED.

 I FIXED UP THE FLOWERS BEFORE PLACING THEM BACK IN THE CONTAINER.  NEXT YEAR I WANT TO BUY SOME NEW FLOWERS.  THESE  SUNFLOWERS HAVE LASTED FOR 2 YEARS BUT THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED  NEXT YEAR.

 WE THEN DROVE OVER TO MEMORIAL GARDENS.  WE HAD BROUGHT SOME CLEANER SINCE THE FAMILY PLAQUE HAD SOME WHITE STUFF AT THE BOTTOM OF IT.   I'M SURE IT WAS FROM THE HARSH WINTER WEATHER THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR.

I PLACE THE FLOWERS AND THE  LAMB AND LION FIGURINE  ABOVE THE PLAQUE.  FOR SOME REASON THIS PLAQUE GIVES ME COMFORT.

 I'M GLAD THAT THE ASHES ARE BURIED OUT IN THE SUMMERS FIELD, BUT I LOVE HAVING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR OUR   EAMES FAMILY PLAQUE.  IT'S PLACED NEAR  THE  RIGHT HAND OF THE RESURRECTED CHRIST STATUE.

 DON AND I LOVE TO GO OVER TO THE MARINES  RAISING THE AMERICAN FLAG  DON KNOWS EVERYONE'S NAME AND TOUCHES EACH ONE AS HE HONORS THEM.  THEN HE SALUTES.  THIS IS VERY TOUCHING AND I CAPTURED IT IN PICTURES.

 TAMI AND JEFF DID SOME THINGS TOGETHER IN THE MORNING . TAMI CALLED AND WANTED TO GO OVER TO THE MEMORIAL GARDENS TO REMEMBER OUR LOVED ONES AND HONOR OUR VETS.  SHE KNEW WE HAD ALREADY DONE THIS BUT   I WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO WITH HER

 AFTER MEMORIAL GARDENS, WE WENT OUT TO LUNCH AT TACO BELL AND THEN DID SOME SHOPPING.  WE ALWAYS HAVE A GREAT TIME TOGETHER.

WHAT A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR  THE VETERANS THAT DIED FOR OUR FREEDOMS.  WATCHING SOME  PROGRAMS ON T.V. MADE IT EVEN MORE SPECIAL.WE HAVE A PLAQUE IN OUR FRONT ROOM THAT SAYS....."HOME OF THE FREE, BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE."

I LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND FEEL SO BLESSED THAT I LIVE IN THIS PROMISE LAND.  DON AND I HAVE BEEN READING THE BOOK OF MORMON AGAIN AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS TIME I'M GETTING SO MUCH MORE OUT OF IT.

JANET HAD GIVEN ME HER MOM'S LARGE PRINT BOOK OF MORMON AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO READ IT AND MARK SCRIPTURES THAT ARE SO MEANINGFUL TO ME.

ONE THING THAT I KNOW IS THAT THIS LAND WILL STAY FREE AS LONG AS THE PEOPLE ARE RIGHTEOUS AND LIVE THE COMMANDMENTS.  WE ALL NEED TO TURN TO HIM FOR HELP.  IF WE DO THIS, THEN ALL WILL BE WELL.