We Thank Thee O God For a Prophet!

Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley

June 23 1910- January 27 2008

Pres. Hinckley passed away yesterday at about 7 pm due to age. He was the 15th President of the LDS church. He became the prophet, seer and revelator on March 12, 1995 after Pres. Howard W. Hunter passed away. Pres. Hinckley will always be known as the People's prophet. He did so much to connect with the people in this day in age. He has counseled church members to fellowship new convers, befriend members of other faiths, live exemplary lives and avoid the evils of the world.

People from all over the world have got to know Pres. Hinckley. He has been in the news media and the spotlight for various reasons. He had interviews with Larry King and Mike Wallace and many other worldwide reporters. Many people were interested in the LDS faith when the 2002 olympics were held here in SLC and people wanted to know and talk to Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley the "mormon". On June 23, 2004, Pres. Bush gave his the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House. This award is the nation's highest civilian award, recognizes exceptional meritorious service.

At the time he became prophet, there was only 47 temples, now there are 124. He is an AMAZING man! Will be missed by many! His goal was to have 100 operating or temples under construction and that goal was accomplished with the dedication of the Boston temple on Oct. 1, 2000. He made is possible to have 3 temples made in the 3 cities that are infamous in the LDS church history; Nauvoo, IL; Palmyra, NY; and Winter Quarters, NE.

Pres. Hinckley's last public appearance was Jan.4, 2008 at the rededication of the Utah State Capital Building where he gave the dedicatory prayer. He is now reunited with his wife of almost 71 years. Marjorie Pay Hinckley passed away April 6, 2004.

People came to Temple Square last night to sing church hymns and the US flag is at half staff in memory in Pres. Hinckley. WHAT GREATER HERO!

Sick and tired of being sick and tired!

All last week I had the barfs and a fever so I think I had the flu. This week, I was still really nauseated but Tuesday night my ears and my throat started hurting. By Wednesday, the pain was awful and I called the Family Practice clinic that is just down the road from my house and they could get me in right after work. Sure enough, I have an ear infection in my right ear. My throat looks fine. So I got some antibiotics and a little tiny pill for a cough (tessalon?) and went home hoping that I would be getting better. Friday, everyone at work said that I didn't look good. My ear was hurting so bad. I just did my job and as soon as my 8 hours were up, I gladly went home! The dr said that if I wasn't feeling better by Saturday to call and make an appointment so they could look at my ear. Well, Saturday morning I woke up and my ear was throbbing. I don't get ear infections, so I was crying! I called the dr's office and Saturday's appointments were all filled! I just slept the rest of the day on Saturday taking my meds and tylenol to take the pain away. Today, I've been sleeping. And once again, the fever came back! I am so tired of whatever this BUG is that is going around. My body is covered in a rash from this stupid fever. I am allergic to the Haemopholis virus (i don't know how to spell that STUPID word) all that I know is that it has caused me to have a rash all over my body whenever I get a fever since I was a baby.

I want this BUG to go AWAY! I am literally sick and tired of being sick and tired! :) And yes, I am looking for sympathy! :) lol, so everyone please give it to me!

Write later!
Aunt Nicky

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Dallas! You've been part of the family for almost 3 years now! Hope your birthday is good down in AZ! Don't get too warm down there! Have fun!

SNOW!!!!!!!

I knew there was going to be snow, but not this much!!! I woke up to a LOT of snow. Me and my roommates were just amazed at how much came down in just a short amount of time. It started just this morning and it really stuck to the ground and the weatherman said a lot of snow is going to come. The duplex girls wanted to know how much snow was outside, so we searched our house to find something to measure it with.. the only thing we had was a knife and a 6 inch ruler. So I got my boots on with my capri sweats and trekked out the front porch to measure the snow! The snow started filling into the boots.. stuck the long knife into the snow and ran into the house and measured the snow... 11 inches and that was at about noon!! It still snowed on and off all day, but I'm not going to go back outside.. I almost fell going out there the first time.

I had the flu all last week, it was not fun! I am so glad it finally went away. I lived off of crackers and sprite. I missed work 1 day and I slept that whole day with a fever, I have a rash to prove it! :)

Saturday night, me and my roommate Julianna went to the movies and saw 27 dresses with Katherine Heigl. It is so cute! I would recommend it to any female, sorry, it is a complete chick flick!

Other then that, my week was just as normal.. Work, work and work. My house is looking for couches so if you know of any that is cheap and still in good condition, PLEASE let me know. We have absolutely no furniture but the computer chair I am sitting on at this moment! :) Glad to have the Labrums home from the trip back east.. You guys made it just in time so you're not snowed in! :)

Write again in a few days,
Aunt Nicky

I broke down!!!

Well, I broke down and got a blogspot blog since everyone in the family has one. It might be easier to post comments and mom said "if I can figure it out, YOU can figure it out!"

It is actually a lot easier then wordpress! So I will just post everything on here rather then wordpress. Let's just hope this one doesn't get broke into like my wordpress one.

I think there is some kind of "bug" going around because I have not been feeling all that great and people at my work are getting it. I had it Friday and Saturday I just had a MASSIVE migraine and then last night the "bug" came back and the bathroom was my closest friend again. I saw on Chantel's blog that she didn't feel very good last week and I know mom didn't feel good also..

Yesterday, I had lunch with Tammy and the boys. They came up for Kayden's kidney clinic. It was fun for the short time we had together. We picked up a quick lunch then ate it at my work, people at my work thought the boys were so cute (which I have to agree). My boss ate lunch with us, she is not used to little kids. She didn't know how to handle Kayden just licking the nacho cheese off the doritos and then Koy eating the chips. I just laughed and told her to get used it! It's kids!

Well I'll make sure to post on my wordpress to come here from now on.. I'll be better at posting, I promise!

Write later,
Aunt Nicky