MIGHTY FINE, AGE NINE

Preston:  December 28, 2007

Haley:  January 2, 2008

Celebration #9:  January 1, 2017

JESUS WANTS US FOR . . . SUNBEAMS

January 1, 2017

Ally & Brooky become Sunbeams!

In the LDS Church, 

Sunbeams are those children

who are age 3.

No cuter Sunbeams than these two!

#IamaChildofGod

NEW YEAR, SAME RESOLUTIONS

I NEEDED TO GET THIS IN WRITING, BEFORE I FORGET.

SO...HERE GOES FOR 2017.

1.  ATTEND THE TEMPLE WEEKLY, OR 4 TIMES A MONTH...DIFFERENT TEMPLES
(IF I DO MORE THAN ONE SESSION, ETC. IN A DAY, EACH ONE COUNTS AS ONE)

2.  READ SCRIPTURES OR ENSIGN DAILY + RELIEF SOCIETY 
AND SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS

3.  LOSE 5-10 POUNDS A MONTH BY FOLLOWING WEIGHT WATCHERS

4.  ATTEND A WEIGHT WATCHERS MEETING WEEKLY

5.  KEEP UP-TO-DATE ON BLOG
(I HAVE LEARNED TO "SCHEDULE" POSTS.  YAY!!!)

6.  CALLING/JOBS:

A.  RELIEF SOCIETY...STAY CURRENT ON MINUTES, NEWSLETTER, ETC.

B.  STATE ADK PRESIDENT
C.  FREEDOMS FOUNDATION AT VALLEY FORGE

7.  SCHEDULING:  PHONE, PLANNER + DAILY LISTS/PROJECTS

8.  SWIM AT LEAST 3 TIMES A WEEK

9.   RIDE STATIONARY BIKE AT REC CENTER OR WALK

10.  KEEP A1C LEVELS AND BLOOD PRESSURE UNDER CONTROL

11.  1 PROJECT WEEKLY OR BI-MONTHLY

12.  SURVIVE ALL OF THE WARD CONFERENCES AND HIGH COUNCIL SPEAKING ASSIGNMENTS

13.  "GET TO IT!"  (INCLUDES LAUNDRY PUT AWAY IMMEDIATELY,
 PILLS & SHOTS ON TIME, DOWNSTAIRS CLEAN, ETC.)
14.  "STAY AT HOME AUNT" 
15. TRY TO BE "KINDER AND GENTLER"  (ESPECIALLY NO EYE ROLLING)
16.  PAY DOWN CREDIT CARD
17.  ADD TO SAVINGS 
18.  ADD TO  "AUNTIE ANN" SAVINGS ACCOUNT.  THIS WILL INCLUDE MONEY TO PAY FOR:
A.  DANCE COSTUMES
B.  "PASS OF ALL PASSES"
C.  BIRTHDAYS
D.  CHRISTMAS
E.  PRESCHOOL
19.  NEW JAZZ  & BYU FOOTBALL TICKETS...PAY OFF
20.  PAY BILLS ON TIME.
21.  KEEP UP ON CALENDARING
22.  CONTINUE HEALING THE FEET. 
23.  BIRTHDAY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR FACEBOOK FRIENDS.
24.  TAKE DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO JAZZ GAMES
25.  CONTRIBUTE TO A MISSIONARY, ALPINE, NEBO, SALT LAKE
 FOUNDATION MONTHLY OR
WHATEVER I FEEL IS NEEDED
26.  COMPLETE 1-2 BOOKS MONTHLY 
27.  GET BIRTHDAY AND CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AT LEAST ONE 
MONTH IN ADVANCE
28.  PAY A FULL TITHING AND FAST OFFERINGS
29.  TEMPLE RECOMMEND

30.  ACCOUNTABILITY

I WILL WRITE BACK ON THIS POST EVERY MONTH ON MY PROGRESS.  
(EPIC FAIL, 2016)
SOME ARE EASY, SO I'LL FEEL ACCOMPLISHED.

I WILL "TRY" TO ACCOMPLISH THESE...BUT WON'T BEAT MYSELF UP IF I DON'T. 

JANUARY

1.    NO  1-17  Mt. Timpanogos  1-27 Provo

2.    CHECK

3.    NO

4.    NO  Missed January 7...interviewing juniors for Valley Forge  Missed January 21...snow

5.    NO  Up-to-date until inauguration

6.    CHECK

7.    CHECK

8.    NO

9.    NO

10.  CHECK

11.  CHECK  Microwave  Christmas

12.  CHECK

13.  NO

14.  CHECK

15.  CHECK

16.  CHECK

17.  NO

18.  NO

19.  N/A

20.  CHECK

21.  CHECK

22.  CHECK

23.  CHECK

24.  CHECK  Nancy Pope  Jazz vs Cavs

25.  CHECK  Nathan Pope, $50  Liz Finlayson, $50  (December:  Addie Reading Recovery Teacher $25  Camry's teachers $25 each)

26.   NO

27.  CHECK  Haley, Megan, Kenzie,  McKay,  Renae 

28.  CHECK

29.  CHECK

30.  CHECK

FEBRUARY

1.  NO  2-17  Payson   2-17  Payson
2.  CHECK
3.  NO
4.  NO
5.  NO
6.  CHECK
7.  CHECK
8.  NO
9.  NO
10.  CHECK
11.   CHECK  Setting up Direct tv, "printer shelf"
12.  CHECK
13.  NO
14.  CHECK
15.  CHECK
16.  CHECK
17.  NO
18.  NO
19.  N/A
20.  CHECK
21.  CHECK
22.  CHECK
23.  CHECK
24.   CHECK  Lori Chadwick, Clippers
25.   CHECK  Liz Finlayson, $25   Eddie Oliverson, $25
26.   CHECK  "QB:  My Life Behind the Spiral"  by Steve Young
27.   NO
28.   CHECK
29.   CHECK
30.  CHECK

MARCH

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24.  CHECK  Hayley & Hannah Chadwick game for graduation
25.  CHECK  Missions:  Nathan Pope $25   Rebekah Lee $25   Audrey Searle $25 
       Dallin Searle  $25
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RIP, LAVELL . . . THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND

Oct. 11, 1930 — Born in Orem.

1947 — Played on state championship team and was an all-state center and linebacker at Lincoln High in Orem.

1948 to 1952 — Went to school and played football at Utah State, graduating in 1952 after being an all-conference center.

1954 to 1962 — Coached for eight years at Granite High School in Salt Lake City. His teams never had a winning record.

1962 — Hired by BYU coach Hal Mitchell as an assistant coach in charge of the defensive line.

1972 — Named head coach of BYU. In his first year, the Cougars go 7-4 and halfback Pete Van Valkenburg wins NCAA rushing title.

1973 — Cougars start to pass the ball more often, but go just 5-6 on the year. It was Edwards' only losing season. QB Gary Sheide is runner-up in the NCAA in passing. Jay Miller leads the nation in pass receiving (100 receptions for 1,181 yards).

1974 — BYU wins the WAC championship and gains its first-ever postseason berth, the Fiesta Bowl.

1976 — Cougars tie for the WAC title and play in the Tangerine Bowl under the direction of Gifford Nielsen.

1977 — BYU leads the nation in passing and is second in scoring with Marc Wilson as the quarterback.

1978 — Marc Wilson and Jim McMahon share QB duties as the Cougars go to the first-ever Holiday Bowl, starting a string of 17 consecutive bowl appearances. Edwards also receives a doctorate degree in education from BYU.

1979 — Edwards received the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year award after guiding BYU to an 11-1 record.

1980 — Cougs lead the nation in total offense, passing and scoring for the second consecutive season. and they go to the Holiday Bowl for the third in a row. This time the Cougars and McMahon pull out a miracle by beating SMU, 46-45, after trailing by 21 points with four minutes to play.

1981 — After leading the Cougars to an 11-2 record and a Holiday Bowl win over Washington State, Edwards coaches the West to a victory in the Hula Bowl.

1982 — Cougar Stadium is expanded to 65,000 seats. Games continue to sell out.

1983 — BYU, under Steve Young, finishes the year at No. 7 in the polls, the best ever up to that point.

1984 — Cougars are the only team in the nation to go unbeaten, at 13-0, winning the national championship in Robbie Bosco's junior season. Edwards was named National Coach of the Year for the second time. Edwards turns down offers to be head coach for the Detroit Lions and for the Texas Longhorns, shortly after the 1984 season.

1986 — Edwards passes Arizona State's Frank Kush as the winningest coach in WAC history.

1989 — BYU wins the WAC for the first time in three seasons. Sophomore Ty Detmer leads the Cougars to the Holiday Bowl, where they lose a heart-breaker to Penn State.

1990 — Detmer becomes the first Cougar to win the Heisman Trophy.

1991 — Cougars tie with Iowa in the Holiday Bowl in Detmer's final game, after finishing the final nine games of the regular season with eight wins and a tie.

1994 — BYU beats both Notre Dame and Oklahoma. The Cougars' Copper Bowl victory is Edwards' first since 1988.

1996 — The Cougars complete the longest season in Division I history with a glossy 14-1 record after beating Kansas State in the Cotton Bowl, BYU's first-ever New Year's Day game.

20 Year Anniversary

1999 — BYU ties Utah and Colorado State for the first-ever Mountain West Conference title.

2000 — Edwards, with an all-time record of 257-101-3 (174-43-2 conference), announces his retirement after 29 seasons. Prior to his final game coached, Cougar Stadium was renamed "LaVell Edwards Stadium" in his honor. At his retirement, Edwards was ranked sixth in all-time coaching victories.

2002 --- Winter Olympics torch bearer

2002-2003 — Edwards, with his wife Patti, served an 18-month mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York.

2003 — Edwards received the Amos Alonzo Stagg Award, which is given to to the, "individual, group or institution whose services have been outstanding in the advancement of the best interests of football."

2004 — Edwards' tremendous career was immortalized as he was inducted into the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame.

Dec. 29, 2016 — Died at the age of 86.