tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72369086968306312612024-02-06T20:10:38.791-08:00Lingard BoysArizona AdventuresLaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-82204875923841405222011-02-14T08:20:00.000-08:002011-02-14T08:21:21.267-08:00Letters to Grant 2-13-11Happy Valentines Day!<br /><br />Mom and I have spent the last few days in Colorado visiting uncle David and aunt Ashley. I needed two crowns and we found some cheap tickets to Colorado Springs so I had uncle David do the work. It took about four hours to complete the work. He'll mail the crowns to me and I'll have Dr. Kitchen glue them on.<br /><br />We had a lot of fun with David and Ashley. We toured the Olympic training center in Colorado Springs and went to see a crazy guys castle called Bishop's Castle. He's been working on it for years. It's out in the middle of nowhere and it's this ramshackle castle that looks like it could be in a Lord of the Rings movie. Ashley had mom model some aprons that she is trying to sell and took some pictures at the castle. Friday Night we went to their ward valentines dinner/dance but left before the dancing so that we could watch Hannah at halftime of a basketball game. Hannah is on the flag team and in the band. We played games and just had a great time.<br /><br />Your brothers stayed home and appear to have survived. The house was clean when we got home today at 5:30pm. I think that they enjoyed themselves. Hopefully they'll write and tell you about it.<br /><br />How are things going in Brandenburg? Don't get discouraged. It takes time to develop your pool of investigators. Do what you are supposed to do and things will work out. I'm sure you are visiting the less active members and part member families and strengthening them. Make sure that the members can trust you and your companion. Don't do anything that will give them cause to not trust you. Developing trust takes time. I'm sure that you will have success. My dad spent two and a half years on his mission and never had a baptism while he was there. But many people joined the church later because of his example and work. When he and grandma went back to serve a mission there where many people that remembered him and his example.<br /><br />We love you and pray for you daily.<br /><br />Dad<br /><br /> <br /><br />Hey Grant,<br /><br /> <br /><br />It was a busy week getting ready to leave for Colorado. Monday I signed up to take dinner to the Skabelunds(son Randy, his wife and the eight kids) but forgot I was playing for Peter and the Wolf for the next two days and had a couple of students coming for lessons . I made rice in the morning, canceled the 5pm student, played the concerts, went to Costco, got meatballs and rolls, came home and made salad, brownies. My 3:30 student cancelled so I was able to get most the wash caught up and get dinner to the Skabelunds. It seems to work out when you are in service to the Lord. <br /><br />I have a small solo to play in the next symphony chamber concert, got to practice. Wednesday I had board meeting to plan and execute. Got that done and came home to pack my bag. We got up at 4am to get to the airport at 5am. We got $50 tickets which was an awesome price and and is the reason i got to go too. Garrett and Nick have done a great job keeping the house going and the little ones alive and transported to school. <br /><br />David and Ashley's new baby Levi is a doll, I'm so glad I got to see him. After Cedric who was such a difficult baby, little Levi is a dream baby. Jamison is growing up and was so pleasant. Hannah is turning boy crazy. It was so fun to go to the game. I haven't been to a basketball game since High School. It was fun to see their youthful exuberance and simple joy they had just being together. Spencer was obsessed with Dad's Ipad and Dad was nice to share it and show him how to play Plants vs Zombies. Kyle is seven turning eight and he seems so much more mature than Roger who is turning seven this year. Roger is more like little three year old Cedric in social maturity. We got a lot of work to do to get this lil guy caught up to his age group. We have been working hard on his reading and it is helping.<br /><br />We attended Ashley's town ward for sacrament and then we went to the airport. We're back home and it will be back to work, work. We're glad to be back home and grateful for our safe journey and safe kids. We're grateful for great kids who can take care of themselves while we are gone and for family to visit who we can share our joys, love, concerns and gospel insights and faith with. We are blessed by your service in the church to share the good news of Christ's gospel. We love you!!! Mom<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />Dear Grant, I am Mater Chief. Nicholas says he is ruler of the World cept I made brothers do the quiet game and Nicholas lost but said he won but Michael really won.<br />Love Roger.LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-63608272601777771392010-12-28T15:14:00.000-08:002010-12-28T15:15:28.428-08:00letter from CarlosGrant,<br /> <br />This will be short as I have contracted what everyone has had. I spoke in our ward today and didn't feel good but I chalked it up to nerves as I hadn't written out my talk before hand but left in the Lord's hands as to what I would say. Fortunately, He listened to my prayers and I think I was able to get across the points I felt inspired to share. Afterwards, sitting in Sunday school, I realized that I really didn't feel good. I had mom drive me home. I layed down for a bit and then proceeded to be sick.<br /> <br />It was very nice talking to you on Christmas day. Technology is a wonderful thing when it is used properly. Please let the Pflaums know how much we appreciated them letting you use their home and computer. Thank your companion as well for putting up with us.<br /> <br />As mom told you, I didn't check the mail on Christmas eve and when I checked today after stake meetings it was there. It was like Christmas morning all over again. Everyone is excited by the things you sent. Mom hasn't opened the chocolate (at least I don't think she has) but the way I'm feeling today I wouldn't be able to have any.<br /> <br />The trampoline is a big hit with the younger brothers. Nicholas claims that he doesn't feel well enough to get on it. We will have to dig some dirt from one side to level it out. Sounds like a good job for brothers tomorrow while I'm at work (if I'm feeling better). I got some dutch oven cooking stuff for Christmas and made mountain man breakfast. I made it with Bratwursts instead of sausage and it had a different taste. I like the sausage better. It was a fairly sedate Christmas. We didn't go overboard on presents. Garrett got a suit, Nicholas got an electric razor, Michael got a video game and construction set. Roger got a bunch of action figures and a magnetic construction set. Mom got a purse, clothes and a trampoline. All in all it was a very nice day - especially getting to talk with you. I hope they let you use Skype on Mothers day.<br /> <br />For my talk today I referenced President Monsons talk on the three Rs of choice and Robert D Hales talk on agency. President Whimpey suggested that we (the High Council) not write our talks out but rather to speak from our hearts thus the nerves mentioned earlier.<br /> <br />I checked out Brandenburg and found a city by the name of Brandenburg An Der Havel. I'm assuming this is the city where you will be working. They have a branch there and the branch president is named Jablonsky and it's part of the Berlin Germany stake. I used the church web site to get that information.<br /> <br />We love you and pray for your success and health.<br />Love,<br />DadLaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-44132045035529698512010-12-22T11:40:00.000-08:002010-12-22T11:48:16.065-08:00Lingard 2010<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d6a457a4e6a4d354d7a553d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox collage" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d6a457a4e6a4d354d7a553d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own collage - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center">Create your own <a href="http://www.smilebox.com/" target="_blank">free photo collage</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />Grant left in March to teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ for two years in Germany.<br />Garrett graduated from High School 11th in his class and completed a semester of college with all A's.<br />Nicholas has enjoyed being in High School and being the top dog around the house now that Garrett is gone so much.<br />Michael likes swim diving and playing percussion in band.<br />Roger loves first grade.<br />LaDawn survived her first year as President of Chandler Symphony Orchestra.<br />Carlos is working for Maricopa County and singing in a choir again.<br />We love the family/floating cabin we bought 1/3 share of on Lake CouerdAlene. We spent a great week there in October and can't wait for summer vacation time.LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-1617823539444742010-12-13T10:24:00.001-08:002010-12-13T10:33:21.368-08:00Grant,<br /> <br />I was so happy for the baptism last week! What a wonderful blessing. <br />Grandma arrived Wednesday with Aunt Marianne. I had the symphony board over to the house for a holiday dinner that same night. It was weird to have all those nonmembers in the house, I hope they could feel the spirit here. Cousin Cassie had her baby on wednesday: a giant boy of 9 pounds. His name is Eli. Cousin Adrienne had her baby Thursday: a girl of 7lbs, named Kimber Lark. Friday we went to hear Garrett sing at SanTan mall with th Red Mountain carolers (they needed a sub). Today we had the family party and dinner. Santa Max came, we did a pinata instead of presents and we did the Nativity play. We only had Andrea's family and the Hales because of the new babies, but it was still plenty of happy chaos. Brooke found out she is allergic to cats as when she was petting Zen her face started swelling up red and puffy. Ninja ran outside to get away from it all till it was almost over and Storm went in the kennel. <br /> <br />I will have Nutcracker Ballet rehearsals/performances all week except Monday. Monday we are going caroling with the ward choir and maybe Grandma if we can figure out how to bring her along and not wear her out. <br /> <br />Love you much. Mom<br /> <br />As mom has told you it's been a busy week. She failed to mention the single adult dinner on Saturday night. This is for the single members of the stake over the age of 31. I've had the same ladies sit at my table for the past 3-4 years. It's a lot of fun. We took grandma Lingard and she had fun meeting new people. I bought two pinatas, a star and a Santa. Mom wouldn't let us use the Santa one because she didn't feel right about beating Santa with a stick until he spilled out his candy. We got the van back on Wednesday just in time to pick up grandma and aunt Marianne. It looks good as new. Except for the scratches on the side... I've got to find time to work on Michael and Rogers Christmas presents. If the weather is good we will be going to Salt Lake next week to listen to the tabernacle choir Christmas devotional. The party tonight was a blast. Santa Max did a great job. The little ones eyes light up and they give him hugs.<br /> <br />What's going on in Osnabruck? Do you miss the warm weather? It was so hot today that we had turn on the air conditioning in the house. Is anybody progressing towards baptism? Do you ever see nutcrackers for sale? Are you getting used to the weather?<br /> <br />We love you and pray for you daily. Keep up the good work.<br /> <br />Love, DadLaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-65193395406603130312010-07-12T19:35:00.000-07:002010-07-12T19:36:03.920-07:00Nicholas has started driving..........On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Grant Hughett Lingard <grant.lingard@myldsmail.net> wrote:<br />Ahh The telling you what to do part. I remember those days. Its so confusing isnt it. ITs sometimes easier to just learn by yourself and have maybe one person who knows how to drive then many. (Learn from dad mom drives crazy haha jk)<br /><br /><br />On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Nicholas Lingard <nlindgard@gmail.com> wrote:<br />Well here I am with more driving. I was driving to Quoir with the whole family and Jonny and I was doing fine. Then when we were going home we hit a stoplight, I slowed to start the turn and then everybody starts telling me what to do, TURN, SLOW DOWN, FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD, now I have a hard time getting the right speed at turns, this time it ended up where we hit the turn around 30 mph and I was trying to find the brake as I was turning, we were hurtling toward the curb which was ironically yellow. I managed to make the turn without hitting the curb, but I have never heard so much screaming in a long time. Another funny thing we had just been singing Come Come Ye Saints with the And if we die before our journeys through happy day all is well. heheheh I was just as scared as everybody else.<br /> <br /> <br />Nicholas LingardLaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-40190998426415434342010-06-06T18:01:00.000-07:002010-06-06T18:58:28.592-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8e7KXXg5XLTvEQzS0bkfxKoNZ8VexqmYuPEOyUcGsBwHy0u8SoK2DvM23PiJPcyj30D7frzdGq9hFPZi-TIU0AMGOZPQWFXHwN92nQY9eXBjfPjAvIPaUtavPnIQFpL1fQH8h3awCWUU/s1600/005.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8e7KXXg5XLTvEQzS0bkfxKoNZ8VexqmYuPEOyUcGsBwHy0u8SoK2DvM23PiJPcyj30D7frzdGq9hFPZi-TIU0AMGOZPQWFXHwN92nQY9eXBjfPjAvIPaUtavPnIQFpL1fQH8h3awCWUU/s320/005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479836406224923746" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9pwHLudPnpxVy3YFX4NrbY2etYViLpNe7Uv_Wku7gMZ8Kw_ZpEvGhfoSjuy7nNPM1PFvlklODcokgSGpGY1Eu9CCLBnY_MSxagzZQQq3wMa4fEZx00WmsXr4oScZRyWDz6-mxTjG3ak/s1600/SAM_0112.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9pwHLudPnpxVy3YFX4NrbY2etYViLpNe7Uv_Wku7gMZ8Kw_ZpEvGhfoSjuy7nNPM1PFvlklODcokgSGpGY1Eu9CCLBnY_MSxagzZQQq3wMa4fEZx00WmsXr4oScZRyWDz6-mxTjG3ak/s320/SAM_0112.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479835125195881746" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDD3v_1-s_6Lb143WgFWlEeEP47_VfG8Miy67uqjwgQhP11tp-W_zqjQx-BLElwRuv8uAun5Q5jLJCl00sTd3DktMwA89lMhg_up9lONauxyNMGfUsYnRaGGSSYZUqqM7tFJFlag6ALQk/s1600/SAM_0122.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDD3v_1-s_6Lb143WgFWlEeEP47_VfG8Miy67uqjwgQhP11tp-W_zqjQx-BLElwRuv8uAun5Q5jLJCl00sTd3DktMwA89lMhg_up9lONauxyNMGfUsYnRaGGSSYZUqqM7tFJFlag6ALQk/s320/SAM_0122.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479830994462861314" /></a><br /><br />Did I mention I ended up with a kitten for Mother's Day? Not the fat calico ZEN cat. A little gray tabby, we haven't got a name for yet.<br /><br /><br />Nicholas describes the integration of two cats. Or rather the non integration of two cats. Zen is defending her upstairs territory and Kitty mostly stays downstairs except when she gets bored and wants a little action:<br /><br />"Now when kitty and Zen meet upstairs here is what I would compare it to. First Jungle analogy: kitty is a tiger cub getting attacked by a charging fat elephant. Next car analogy: little sports car vs huge 16 wheeled oil tanker truck... Yah the first time they met kitty had the poop scared out of her (kinda goes with the analogie)<br />Yes the poop did come out on the stairs, two little pieces. At that moment Zen was the most active I have ever seen her going very very fast for her size. The kitty barely made it out of the way, in fact she fell between the stair posts and hung on by her claws to the carpet. This has happened a couple of times, the poop thing only once, but Zen hisses and spits like crazy to protect her territory. One time I tried to rescue the kitty but it fell from a bit above the second landing onto the blessing chair, it was kind of scary.<br /><br />Our cat is crazy, it will attack anything that moves, including you (or me in this case). Sometimes she uses her teeth and claws and Roger isn't too happy with her at present.<br /><br />The cat likes to chew on the dishwasher rack, so now I have to remember to keep the dishwasher closed. The other day Nicholas opened the clean dishwasher and said "Something stinks! I hope the cat didn't get washed!" She didn't, but as much as she loves jumping into the dishwasher we wondered. I think it was a flower vase that smelled. <br /><br />In short, the kids never knew what a real cat could be like til now.LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-75196265468013408672010-05-30T20:31:00.000-07:002010-05-30T20:32:07.443-07:005-24-10/ Not for weak stomachs.......This week was very busy Elder Schaefer and I taught 44 lessons in total we are crazy busy teaching people. We have 2 investigators on taufe datum (baptismal date) and 15 investigators in total. Hildeshiem is on fire right now and we just started a 40 day fast with the gemeinde (ward) here for missionary work. Pleas pray for the German people and the people of Hildesheim as well as the missionary work. We need all the help from heaven that we can get. Elder Schaefer and I can work hard and we are ready to. My German is coming along slowly. Reading from the scriptures in the the german language helps a ton as well as reading preach my gospel. I will get it eventualy I am slow right now but I have faith that I will do better with time. Germany is very cool.<br /> <br />This week was good busy with teaching the investigators that we have and crazy. Children love us Elders to death. They love to attack us at random times when we are at their houses with tackles or what not. ITs fun.<br /> <br />Ok crazy story time the craziest thing happened this week. We were out on the street doing some street contact when a man stops us and says hey are your from a church and we were like ya and then proceeds to talk about everything that he can think of like james dean and other fun stuff. BUt! he clearly loved james dean because he had a book about him and he showed us. He first had to dig through his bags of newspaper and magazine clipings to find it. We then got his information and after about 20 mins of talking about random things we finaly said our goodbyes and we had an appointment with him the next day.<br /> <br />The time for his appointment rolls around and we hop on our bikes and make our way to his apartment (almost everyone in Germany lives in these apartment things. when my camera card is fixed I will send pictures.) We proceed as normal klingle(ring) his room wait for the apartment door to open and then climb the stairs to his room.<br /> <br />We get lost for a few minutes and then finaly we find the right place. Just as he opened the door to come look for us... with no pants on. (just underwear... speedo type which is normal for germany... I know this because its happened more than once. and that what my companion says is normal for Germany. for some reason they chill in their house with no pants on anyway) that was unusual enough for me because when someone answers the door usually they have pants on but it gets better. We proceed into the apartment and it is a weird way. There were newspaper and magazine clipings everywhere and there was a strange oder... Aparantly he has a problem with his bowels so as to not be able to control it and he hadnt taken a shower in ages. His legs were crusted with feacle matter that had been there awhile and at this point. My companion and I were afraid to sit down on anything. So we stood as long as possible while he talked to us about James Dean and actualy put a cd on of one of the movies he was in. and then he made us cold tea... anyways we taught him the first lesson invited him to pray about the book of Mormon and told him that we would be back to bring him a Book of Mormon because we didnt have an extra one at the time.<br /> <br />Needless to say he is a child of God and can use salvation as much as the next person so we are going back with a book of Mormon. I dont write this to make fun of him or his situation just simply to talk about the odd and interesting situation it put me in. It is hard to put in words exactly how it feels to be in this situation but i have tried my best. SO that being said other than that it was a normal week. Teaching teaching teaching.<br /> <br />I hope all is well at home.<br /> <br />Oh and we can recieve packages and such. I might send some stuff home if I have time and I feel that I dont need it. I am looking into buying a German light coat and a small backpack that I can take around with me. Aparently the Mr. Mack stuff is good but the German stuff is better. WE have a phrase around here called Mack attacked. Alot of missionaries go there and sometimes their stuff falls apart. My stuff is good so no worries. I love you all be good try and do somthing spiritual together as a family every day even if its for a few minutes. Build tha family trust and unity. Play games and have fun together. Be strong. and helpful. Brother write from your email accounts dont worry i can reply. I can actualy respond to anyones emails. I dont mind just having the family tho.<br /> <br />Please help me with the EYE-FI I need the sofware for the card because apparantly it is gone or something. I will try my best to fix it here. Just Your know more about it than I do.<br /> <br />Elder LIngard.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To Garrett and NIcholas.<br /> <br />Hey thanks for your letters last time the were cool Im glad you both are doing well I hope you find some fun things to do over the summer that are more productive than video games. but still have fun with the games haha. Find things to do outside and read and just relax and have fun as well as work. balance is good. Anyways. Am I right in thinking that there is a new Night train book out? For somereason it has been on my mind the entire week and I dont know why excpet riding the trains here reminds me of that book series. Have you discovered Halo: Reach yet? It looks amazing I know I tried asking you guys over the phone and didnt really get an answer.<br /> <br />Let me know what your up to and you can write on your seperate email accounts I can send emails to each of you individualy. I hate spelling haha.<br /> <br />A mission is crayz fun and challenging. I challange you to do something spiritual fo an hour each day. Get the whole family in on it even if its just a 15 min family thought of the day or something. Get into the Book of Mormon read it Pray together play a family game. LOve one another and develope a love for the gosple. Unite as a family more. trust eachother. Have fun together. Not only in videogames but in spiritual stuff as well. Help Mom and Dad organize something like that. Because I know it important to have fun as well as play. Anyways your amazing Elder Lingard<br /> <br />Michael and Roger.<br /> <br />How are you doing? looks like school is fun and summer is starting. Do your best in swim lessons I think its so cool that you get to take them I didnt like them as much as I should have but I am so glad that I went to them THey help a ton and plus swimming makes you really strong and have big muscles so keep at it :D. Michael stick with the piano I loved your hall of the Mountain king song it was wonderful and if you keep practacing you could be really great someday. Roger be nice to your brothers love them and have fun. Dont play to much Gameboy and tell dont forget to pray for me I will pray for you buddy. 2 years will fly by before we know it.<br /> <br />Feel free to bug mom to let you talk to me I always love to hear from you. make wise choices and all that.<br /> <br />Elder LIngard.<blockquote><blockquote><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-65932054040099298882010-05-30T19:48:00.001-07:002010-05-30T19:54:58.809-07:00my boy graduates<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VOO0h4lKFSVZ2wyYvIoIgpHPTFNq7-c6UVLoG4D8kdt8L6BzW458xzkaAKt6G1IgDx_CV88oif00qRPU4rxyUh6yoAcXta0XmeuMy33xf2YIaIDCAGF4gfLmD9PD3T-wRNcGXOJMFz8/s1600/030.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VOO0h4lKFSVZ2wyYvIoIgpHPTFNq7-c6UVLoG4D8kdt8L6BzW458xzkaAKt6G1IgDx_CV88oif00qRPU4rxyUh6yoAcXta0XmeuMy33xf2YIaIDCAGF4gfLmD9PD3T-wRNcGXOJMFz8/s320/030.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477261461938637954" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tUJQBD4vLgxjgOgPpItf_VfZv22vsZf8sR8XMmaWuXtYza1wIX0XysthmY1_Jz-8IfP7m-SrKg5sxWFfzL9Wk9T78bdxxGOwkcPNtR1ryjj6jOvuPmelwDAkB4qYKIFNoLkuiJApTtk/s1600/036.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tUJQBD4vLgxjgOgPpItf_VfZv22vsZf8sR8XMmaWuXtYza1wIX0XysthmY1_Jz-8IfP7m-SrKg5sxWFfzL9Wk9T78bdxxGOwkcPNtR1ryjj6jOvuPmelwDAkB4qYKIFNoLkuiJApTtk/s320/036.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477261446454349250" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHqorjPV9S3pTJbasYea8mWxE42ziB4KOThZgkrqrwNTtIJbvuUtb3m_rmOfaibhWO6umyU-P_0GBj8oR94Lmwi-Xn-gpgW-wo4UbYiN5SEEIatj31NY60kxuGWVSpRYTJH1DGYxZ7o0/s1600/SAM_0196.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHqorjPV9S3pTJbasYea8mWxE42ziB4KOThZgkrqrwNTtIJbvuUtb3m_rmOfaibhWO6umyU-P_0GBj8oR94Lmwi-Xn-gpgW-wo4UbYiN5SEEIatj31NY60kxuGWVSpRYTJH1DGYxZ7o0/s320/SAM_0196.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477261440384494898" /></a><br /><br />Garrett graduated Thursday #11 in his class of 780 or so. Being in the top 20 gave us seats on the field so we were right in front of Garrett the whole time. What a great kid, we're so proud of him!LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-87404161880325472212010-05-30T19:39:00.000-07:002010-05-30T19:47:59.731-07:00Funeral<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KdBdYUlHEiRIGRpQgKkhMrABpncNRzschVwmPB89TrS_K7omswQvJ1P90jszjbOmzZhsOT8uVEdT7THWYbdThYM9bQ4bnOO8gmnB71HyoPJttY8_2Kynqdy6gAxOGL76-ChHO6108pg/s1600/SAM_0189.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KdBdYUlHEiRIGRpQgKkhMrABpncNRzschVwmPB89TrS_K7omswQvJ1P90jszjbOmzZhsOT8uVEdT7THWYbdThYM9bQ4bnOO8gmnB71HyoPJttY8_2Kynqdy6gAxOGL76-ChHO6108pg/s320/SAM_0189.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477259946386852706" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgY4MPBZxdMzFtjpOauJQT-dxH2a2hP1aI548jWuttUbqjQzX5vNBE3q4po9Qx1AClb0xpb70kkPJHWE9W9O2K5zs4SLrbA_6In-pV4bKGNwklAM_lOBEdu5r0ptijHJrXMb0ang8yC4/s1600/SAM_0187.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgY4MPBZxdMzFtjpOauJQT-dxH2a2hP1aI548jWuttUbqjQzX5vNBE3q4po9Qx1AClb0xpb70kkPJHWE9W9O2K5zs4SLrbA_6In-pV4bKGNwklAM_lOBEdu5r0ptijHJrXMb0ang8yC4/s320/SAM_0187.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477259932390173298" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwU4y843HfAdvwipsIJWRVh28BeLf1uha0M-5k6MlUWpOEWTSLhppslsS8fp_Wtk2ab3wHQrZC6zMEQJpJE8z2EQ72EHo0gyE3rPoQJFQcImnYPOkzqb7e-SLZSfITO99YebNvj9sXeMc/s1600/SAM_0185.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwU4y843HfAdvwipsIJWRVh28BeLf1uha0M-5k6MlUWpOEWTSLhppslsS8fp_Wtk2ab3wHQrZC6zMEQJpJE8z2EQ72EHo0gyE3rPoQJFQcImnYPOkzqb7e-SLZSfITO99YebNvj9sXeMc/s320/SAM_0185.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477259918802664034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8A24aS1rPePYLWE8sdFFldYSCXMjdKObV5duW_B4N3Bgqjbj-kyuucKNuxUAyjvTbCZ36h0flvtYALDG2CGYxIs8kWyX6kvF-Nei1K362cUM8ioNUmTPtloQB7kmUJV9W9lMm1mjg7o/s1600/SAM_0183.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8A24aS1rPePYLWE8sdFFldYSCXMjdKObV5duW_B4N3Bgqjbj-kyuucKNuxUAyjvTbCZ36h0flvtYALDG2CGYxIs8kWyX6kvF-Nei1K362cUM8ioNUmTPtloQB7kmUJV9W9lMm1mjg7o/s320/SAM_0183.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477259910975109682" /></a><br />Splendid funeral for a splendid man. Uncle RJ we love you and your family!!<br /><br />Sisters, the flowers were beautiful and the message perfect.LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-32235567309782892272010-05-14T22:25:00.000-07:002010-05-14T22:26:22.022-07:00Garrett/Prom<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuv2CJlC0ZLE7ZEBx807uUSBI_bU890LPuTHwwSToLAiWOlWdd75PqhOHgpQq-xuRM2bbf_ZTTf3fYF_gsgqDw6zPQpm7AOQheUZU6z_XgFbvBfFARRmzhK_AXatyQUtauzIOUCvGSoc8/s1600/2010-05-10.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuv2CJlC0ZLE7ZEBx807uUSBI_bU890LPuTHwwSToLAiWOlWdd75PqhOHgpQq-xuRM2bbf_ZTTf3fYF_gsgqDw6zPQpm7AOQheUZU6z_XgFbvBfFARRmzhK_AXatyQUtauzIOUCvGSoc8/s320/2010-05-10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471363791335402466" /></a>LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-66321097041189634692010-05-14T16:55:00.000-07:002010-05-14T20:58:33.238-07:00Mother's Day Kitten<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwLVeN9CINLa7fxM-88gxmZXN7pQ_hhm6ctK43Kh9U2WA6OE4hGaGbw20HeKmfZZfIwl1maGu0bwfmPashhAQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-73219791919109265152010-05-14T13:57:00.000-07:002010-05-14T21:00:34.861-07:00Besides Grant<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoz12kEP7C6XvkBGtje7C5oCZUTz3Nia_eZ08KZLbai67ZdhEyM26HuAZEBIH6cHvSotv8Zwi90vhvpYrgU3DSQzCyhKC9oEksKvkg7O6qNtuiPkbIOUavMGa-loCf5P4IOrqcAFeTKNc/s1600/018.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoz12kEP7C6XvkBGtje7C5oCZUTz3Nia_eZ08KZLbai67ZdhEyM26HuAZEBIH6cHvSotv8Zwi90vhvpYrgU3DSQzCyhKC9oEksKvkg7O6qNtuiPkbIOUavMGa-loCf5P4IOrqcAFeTKNc/s320/018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471234791341047778"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNIiad7kQQH0qKTpLnizYiZVVulUVZ-CU5vpb80fV_rLjeHA6Y32co22P9sRthFgL57Eo-LF28FITn9Pgt2Ym8wByLcy_7gtrYisdf9K6RJoaCqUOHy09891S0hgfSyuWRZG47cmwhPpQ/s1600/100.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNIiad7kQQH0qKTpLnizYiZVVulUVZ-CU5vpb80fV_rLjeHA6Y32co22P9sRthFgL57Eo-LF28FITn9Pgt2Ym8wByLcy_7gtrYisdf9K6RJoaCqUOHy09891S0hgfSyuWRZG47cmwhPpQ/s320/100.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471233988555126402"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRUmFKa9Vhq99gzo4YTZ8D2yrOKw0ZjsCJRy9-uDacqEoiUkRbKstGW_a3E3EaT7S5RC7WVt2I-dWOefy9drIKq2QrFDGgpeR7cIhF3z_hqZTGLnV02Fdmdz14S5nJVQm5QLAfzYKkso/s1600/085.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRUmFKa9Vhq99gzo4YTZ8D2yrOKw0ZjsCJRy9-uDacqEoiUkRbKstGW_a3E3EaT7S5RC7WVt2I-dWOefy9drIKq2QrFDGgpeR7cIhF3z_hqZTGLnV02Fdmdz14S5nJVQm5QLAfzYKkso/s320/085.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471233246527193858"></a><br />Garrett went to prom, had a great time. He was lucky enough to ask a girl whose mother knows how to take care of all the details for having a good time.<br /><br />Nicholas was in the Music Man in the Barbershop Quartet. He did great and we've been singing the "Music Man" ever since.<br /><br />Michael is at the Grand Canyon with the fourth grade today. Roger is pestering me to make cupcakes. Grant has arrived in Germany. We'll hear from him on Monday. Talked to him at the airport when he was traveling. <br /><br />Somehow I ended up with a kitten for Mother's Day. go figure. It is very cute and a bundle of fun.<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxZ94AnrAmI7AD67Up_raISPlJJvwFfK4K7jcV5mfbWw2V5FH-4Cdw3TlmbdZFS71fM_4coPDHdzhgvCr8viQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-12024973690597196682010-04-30T08:23:00.000-07:002010-04-30T08:24:13.721-07:004-29-10Hello everyone!!<br /> <br />How is everything going. Its nice here. For some odd reason it keeps snowing every once and awhile. I only have about a week and 3 days left here at the MTC and then its off to Germany Its so spiritual here I apologize if this email is shorter than the others I have been very busy and havnt had time to pre write it so it is long and has a nice spiritual thought but we will see what I can do with the Materieals That I have.<br /> <br />Spruch Des Tages.<br />Er könnte keiner Fliege etwas zuleide tun<br /> <br />Phrase of the day<br />He wouldnt hurt a fly<br /> <br />So I dont understand how the eyefi works is there supposed to be some menu that I can acsess or does it do everything automaticaly so I dont have to worry about messing with things. I Havent sent the old camera back yet so i could send the eye fi still. I might have messed up the card by trying to format it on the other camera but I dont really know. Please let me know how it is supposed to work. I am confused haha. Im like an old person with technologie.<br /> <br />I really like the new camera you sent. It is simply amazing I dont even know everything it does but it is a wonderful peice of technologie. I am glad you sent it. I think its to much for poor old me but thank you so much.<br /> <br />I had my bridge fixed again today the fix they did last time didnt work so they had to take the whole thing of and glue it back on but its all good now. Everything is stuck strong and I think it will stay for the whole two years now.<br /> <br />Garrett and Nicholas I need to remember how to play the ultimate challange. Sword shield and beam or something like that. We play rock paper scissors right now to see who takes all the trays back to the dishes line thing so I would like to play the ultimate challange.<br /> <br />ON tuesday we had Elder L. Tom Parry speak to us. He was amazing!! He bore an awsome testimony of the book of moromon and gave me alot of needed scriptures for a "progressive investigator" that I am teaching.<br /> <br />He used Isaih 29:4,11-14 which talks about the book out of the ground and how the learned man will say "I can not read this for it is sealed and in Joseph smith history 1:63-65 the man who gave joseph smith the certificate for translation tore up the certificate and said I cant read a sealed book or something to that effect.<br /> <br />I think the real amazing thing is the spirit that gave me a very strong prompting that He was an Apostle of God and he stands as a witness of Jesus Christ today. I know that he is a realy and true apostle today just the same as the apostles of old.<br /> <br />I know we have apostles on earth today I have seen them and Heard thir testimony and I know God speaks to them.<br /> <br />I was going to copy and past Elder Jeffery R hollands talk on Safty for the soul but these computers dont let me do that I CHALLANGE EVERYONE TO GO AND READ THAT TALK OR LISTEN TO IT. SAFTY FOR THE SOUL. It is amazing and It is about the Book of Mormon. Please do this It is so important to have a strong tesimony of the book of mormon because if its true everything else in the church is,<br /> <br />I'm sorry that this weeks letter is kind of short things are winding down here at the mtc. I hosted the new missionaries on wednesday And I am glad that I am not where they are now. I am so excited to leave.<br /> <br />Thanks for all of your support I love you all so much<br /> <br />Elder Lingard.LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-24218358989405445402010-04-24T19:25:00.000-07:002010-04-24T19:35:23.435-07:00My grown boy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdXaknkJl2j1-HXMGCJ9zDYLiix57QO4vOGnnpRK8P4lRk2VKC1h2Gms2dzh78Ar88xQm7yYnNb-7ekQ8J-b4XQ7odjVg72lqCb30begwEob3VdNTPwinbAHyVTlUlPErN1SOrxrJGVY/s1600/Hugs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdXaknkJl2j1-HXMGCJ9zDYLiix57QO4vOGnnpRK8P4lRk2VKC1h2Gms2dzh78Ar88xQm7yYnNb-7ekQ8J-b4XQ7odjVg72lqCb30begwEob3VdNTPwinbAHyVTlUlPErN1SOrxrJGVY/s320/Hugs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463898021815424978" /></a>LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-29095504304475308702010-04-24T19:20:00.001-07:002010-04-24T19:24:58.267-07:004-22-10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDhS817NoiqiUyMaIHe2WGd_pBHBQav5Oyud__NokIQQrTyX9hXKgwNr5D6uFnjFPGUapHX12sbTh59zKKUNe0QUP3nuyHn8zEFyPgho1x0Uy0gi8H9Q5OTfG6-Hj9fTj3gnlj7O1Fw4/s1600/Grant9a.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDhS817NoiqiUyMaIHe2WGd_pBHBQav5Oyud__NokIQQrTyX9hXKgwNr5D6uFnjFPGUapHX12sbTh59zKKUNe0QUP3nuyHn8zEFyPgho1x0Uy0gi8H9Q5OTfG6-Hj9fTj3gnlj7O1Fw4/s200/Grant9a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463895343025450274" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaPhdR0HIBQswEJpav5S_8LEspHoWJQJSTKhjM6z-Ez8bjnzgDG-4yDlOY_CHyHFQU50mAGjj0OGcEzJRMxSveplbdqVIsQ8YgwJvxcfBcU6ICb5KvWVbrjsP2bAER-eoJFvIxIFjeas/s1600/Grant4a.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaPhdR0HIBQswEJpav5S_8LEspHoWJQJSTKhjM6z-Ez8bjnzgDG-4yDlOY_CHyHFQU50mAGjj0OGcEzJRMxSveplbdqVIsQ8YgwJvxcfBcU6ICb5KvWVbrjsP2bAER-eoJFvIxIFjeas/s200/Grant4a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463895335798177282" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrz_j4ZBPpS50KTcFJdaJM8eyvK-tQcMctfRsBpD9eclVFLxDCIrSbH1qKSb9UkrHbpE1fhDBy3xVTyr37mo5fq0_Bl4Dq00MEaYRlswXrEUItk7my2HazIKX-p20sVzl055afhZMpqU/s1600/grant1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrz_j4ZBPpS50KTcFJdaJM8eyvK-tQcMctfRsBpD9eclVFLxDCIrSbH1qKSb9UkrHbpE1fhDBy3xVTyr37mo5fq0_Bl4Dq00MEaYRlswXrEUItk7my2HazIKX-p20sVzl055afhZMpqU/s200/grant1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463895331748739058" /></a><br />HEy everyone,<br /> <br />THe shift key on my keybored is not working very well so it will capitalise things at odd places. I only have 2 more pdays at the MTC hopefuly. Unless the flights to Germany get cancled like they have for the last group that tried to leave. They are still stuck here.<br /> <br />My bridges are alright. and sticking fine now :D<br /> <br />Being district leader is interesting. I lead discussions and interview the eElders to make sure they are doing alright.I also teach lessons and help in anyway I can.<br /> <br />I like this email buisness it helps speed things along and my letters can go out to everyone. I hope all is well with everyone. I don't hear to much here at the MTC except what I get in the mail. so I hope all is well.<br /> <br />OH and to my lovely brothers feel free to send silly stories and stuff or write everyonce and awhile. THis isnt bootcamp and mail isnt held for months at a time.<br />I like to hear from home everyonce and awhile. You have been donig a good job so far so keep it up :D.<br /> <br />IF you can let brother Hahls know how much study Journals help and How much I appreciate his classses I got his lessons today so I am slowly putting them in my study Journal.<br /> <br />I love teh work here aand I hope all who read this know that I am a disciple of Jesus Christ therefore I testify teach and rejoice in Christ, I also try to live as much like him as I can so I can invite others to come unto christ like our purpuse states in Preach my GOspel.<br /> <br />My mission means everything to me. I will work until I cant possibly work anymore beacause my mission means so much to me. I love what I do and I know that Jesus Christ lives and I know he loves all men. I know that he died for us and that the only way to return to our Heavenly father is to follow his example. Dont ever lose faith that this church is true. I love you all!!<br /> <br />ONe question Are you keeping the commitments I have given you?<br /> <br />I have been reading Jesus the Christ and have been learnign alot. THis is from Jesus the Christ<br /> <br /> <br />Christs agony in the garden is unfathomable by the finite mind, both as to intensity and cause . The thought that he suffered through fear of death is untenable. He struggled and groaned under a burden such as no other being who has lived on earth might even conceive as possible. It was not physical pain, nor mental anguish alone, that caused him to suffer such torture as to produce an extrusion of blood from every pore; but a spiritual agony of soul such as only God was capable of experiencing. No other man could have suffered so.<br /> <br />In that hour of anguish CHrist met and overcame all the horors that Satan could inflict. In some manner, actual and terribly real though to man incomprehensible, the Savior took upon Himself the burden of the sins of mankind from Adam to the end of the world.<br /> <br />From that terrible conflict in Gethsemane, Christ emerged a Victor.<br /> <br />Jesus loves us all and the Gift of salvation is availible for those who accept his example and come unto him by baptism in the true Church and following the commandments.<br /> <br />Again I love this church and the work that I have been doing. I wish I was in Germany right now but It will come quick.<br /> <br />Elder LIngardLaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-40810958052640347832010-04-02T11:02:00.000-07:002010-04-02T11:09:43.674-07:00Letter from Grant 4-1 and one from LaDawn 4-2Day 17 by Grant<br />Fast sunday . I dont mind fast Sundays at all. Ya I get hungry for a little while but I dont mind it. The days are jsut flying buy. Soon I will be in Germany. Its so crazy to think about. I am learning so much about how to preach the gospel. I have been told before that its the spirit that converts people not us and I am now able to see that. No amount of information will convert people to the church its all about the spirit. If I can not teach so the spirit is invited tehen I should'nt teach at all.<br /> <br />D&C 42 And the spirit shall be given unto you by the prayer of faith and if ye recieve not the spirit ye shall not teach. <br /><br />So I am working my hardest to find the best way to teach by and with the spirit. It is better to teach simply and plainly. Barny style it. HaHa<br /> <br />I forgot to write last time but I had a dream where I saw Jesus's hand and the scar on his hand. It was very real. I saw the scar from the nail in the palm of his hand. Amazing!!<br /> <br />Day 19 3-29<br /> <br />I really dont have to many fun events to write about but I was thinking during my personal study time int the Morning (actualy I was reading Jesus the Christ and then thinking) and I recieved an interesting Idea from my study and reading. Its's about the persuasive power of fSatan. Satan as we all know fought with God in the premortal life. It is evident in several scriptures Rev 12:7-9 as well as Rev12:4 and a few others. In those scriptures we find that Satan had the persuasive power to turn a third of the hosts of heaven while they were in the precense of God. They were in teh precence of God and they still chose to side with Satan.!! His persuasive powe is immence. He knows all the tricks and whily ways. It is not surprising that he can find such a foot hold in the hearts of men. He will not win because the Light of Christ that we all have. We succeded in keeping our first estate. as seen in Jude 1:6. We can now progress and move forward while Satan and the third host of heaven that was lost can not. I am working on studying it more, but it was interesting to realize the amount of convincing power that he had. Satan has no actual Priesthood power but he does have intelligence.<br /> <br />On to answer questions. A 3 by 5 German Flag would be nice we want to hang it in the window so people can see the German Flag :)<br /> <br />Please post my letters on facebook I dont see why it would be bad.<br /> <br />ITs better for now if people send Dear elders because I have no time to read emails but I would gladly write anyone who is interested in writing me. Here its hard to email anyone but my family.<br /> <br />Tell Michael Im proud of him for winning the most creative it has been a lingard vaforite to win since Garretts hotdog car.<br /> <br />Thanks Aunt Racheal for the package I loved the cookies.<br /> <br />Day 20 <br /> <br />So can I get a tape recorder to send home voice clips? Like Jaron does or if you dont want to then thats fine. If you do please send a small!!! tape recorder in the mail so I can send my beautious voice home.<br /> <br />I can get friends email addresses later I would like home addresses to write. Just send a message out on facebook askin for mailing addreses. Not a status update but an actual message.<br /> <br />Wash is on thursdays about 3:00 here.<br /> <br />A cool quote that I heard at a devotional I am a missionary now and I am happy :D<br /> <br />Day 21 <br /> <br />Well the new Elders get here today. Ther are only 2 new German Elders. when I got here there were 20 new German Missionaries alltogether.<br /> <br /> <br />In answer to what kind of ties. All ties work as long as they are cheap and people will trade for them :D<br /> <br />You can send the Zune put soft spirit inviting music it doesnt have to be only church stuff. Just nice stuff like Jazz or Soundtracks (Legend of Zelda and Mario anyone haha)<br /> <br />I appreciate the gospel so much now. Dont forget DearElder.com I dont die without mail but its very nice to get. My hair is a little longer now then the pictures I sent home.<br /> <br />Thanks Bro Palmer for your letter I frogot to say thank you last email.<br /> <br />Day 22 <br /> <br />So Im sitting here doing Laundry writing home and I dont have much else to write :/. LIfe is developing a pattern and so now tiem is starting to fly by. THe food here is good I am eating a ton more than I did at home. I gained like 20 pounds I weigh 175 now its crazy haha Im a fat kid.<br /> <br />Amos 8:11-12<br /> <br />Behold the days come saith the Lord God that I will send a famine in the land not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water but of hearing the words of the Lord: and they shall wander from sea to sea and from north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord and shall not find it.<br /> <br />I can testify that the famine told of in Amos is over. That the words of Jesus Christ are now on the Earth in their fullness. THe bible needs the book of mormon and the book of mormon needs the bible. I found out that the German bible has more books than the English version. I found that interseting that the Germans have more books in the bible then we do. Anyways truth is restored on earth through the Prophet Jospeph Smith he saw God and Jesus Christ he translated teh plates I know this. I know the prophets and Apostles we have today are truely called of God to be a special witnesses of Jesus Christ. I testify of these things in Jesuses name Amen<br /> <br /> <br />I love you all and hope I answered all of the questions I got<br /> <br />Grant Lingard<br /> <br />April fools on weighing 175 I only weigh 147 right now haha gotcha. :P Love ya bye. ;)<br /><br />Grant, <br /> <br />So is June the estimated departure date? <br />I heard the Chinese speaking have to stay 4 months. <br />I was writing to you on email at the same time you were writing me and I think you probably missed my note. It was short as Dad called to say your email was in and so I realized I had missed you. Dear Elder is cool. What will we do when you are in Germany? Can you record voice on your camera? Dad is probably going to buy the thing that transmits your camera memory to Internet when you are near a connection. Any idea how you will charge the zune in Germany? I guess some converter thing would do it. <br />Justin Butler is anxious to hear from you. If you mention him in your regular letter I will forward it. I gave him your ldsmail address too. <br />Here is the funniest April fools I heard yesterday: <br />Matt Gallego: <br />I'm gonna be an UNCLE!!!! :D <br />Yesterday at 7:09pm via Facebook for BlackBerry · Comment ·LikeUnlike.4 people like this..Destinee Holt Omg omgomgomgomgomg!!!!!!!! <br />Yesterday at 7:13pm.Matthew Austin Gallego I'm sooooo stoked!!!!!!! Wooo HOOOOOOOO!!!!! Git-R-Done Trevor!! Hahahhahah <br />Yesterday at 7:18pm.Destinee Holt I'm so stoked toooo!!!! :))))) how exciting :))) <br />Yesterday at 7:20pm.William Edward Cosper For real... or April fools? <br />Yesterday at 7:30pm.Kirk Mills not this time APRIL FOOLSSSSSSSSSS <br />Yesterday at 7:30pm.Elder Nyal R. Sewell APRIL FOOOL!! <br />Yesterday at 7:33pm.Matthew Austin Gallego Hahahnope she was april fooling about that. I swear she's serious now hahah <br />Yesterday at 7:33pm.Elder Nyal R. Sewell noooo way!! I sooo dont believe you! <br /> <br />Yesterday at 7:33pm.Matthew Austin Gallego She's serious!!! <br />Yesterday at 7:34pm.Kirk Mills n your not APRIL FOOOOOLS really though? <br /> <br />Yesterday at 7:34pm.Matthew Austin Gallego Swear on my life ask my mom!! <br />Yesterday at 7:34pm.Elder Nyal R. Sewell no wayyyyyyy! Really?? LIke for realsss? <br /> <br />Yesterday at 7:35pm.Matthew Austin Gallego She is dead serious bros!! <br />Yesterday at 7:35pm.William Edward Cosper That's AWESOME! My niece is 6 months old and she is the cutest and sweetest thing EVER!!! It's great being an Uncle... CONGRATS! <br />Yesterday at 7:35pm.Matthew Austin Gallego Thanks will!! <br />Yesterday at 7:36pm.Kirk Mills nice dude i so want to be an uncle but ill have my own before that happens <br />Yesterday at 7:36pm.William Edward Cosper No prob! <br />Yesterday at 7:36pm.Matthew Austin Gallego Yeah man I'm soooo stoked!! <br />Yesterday at 7:39pm.William Edward Cosper My oldest niece is 6... but my favorite is McKenzie... she lives 30 minutes away so I get to see her a whole lot more! <br />Yesterday at 7:41pm.Tanner K Stimpson nice. chandler or what? <br /> <br />Yesterday at 8:43pm.Matthew Austin Gallego APRIL FOOLS!!! Hahahahahaha <br />Yesterday at 8:44pm.Kirk Mills ha <br />Yesterday at 8:54pm.Matthew Austin Gallego Got you again fool!! <br />Yesterday at 8:56pm.Kirk Mills ha <br />Yesterday at 8:56pm <br /> <br />I almost fell for it. <br /> <br />Just found out that Erin's dad passed away.(Matt's wife). Sad, but when remembering the gospel plan there is comfort. <br /> <br />Grandma says she heard that shampoo also works for white shirt collars (as well as the Fels-Naptha soap). <br /> <br />Sister Helbig says to buy a "feather bed" when you get to Germany. She says it's like a down comforter that everyone sleeps under over there to keep warm. Sounds good to me. <br /> <br />So, if you memorize scripture mastery verses do the references translate over to the same place in the German Scriptures? <br /> <br />What kind of exercising do you get? any? Good April Fools. <br /> <br />Do you get to go to conference in SLC? I guess that would be difficult logistically. <br /> <br />I love the Provo temple picture. Nice. <br /> <br />Have a good day. Enjoy the fortress of the Lord while you're there. The real world awaits out there for people who have the anchor of truth. <br /> <br />Do ever get to see Sisters? <br /> <br />Grandma says she misses you but has enjoyed your room. She leaves tommorrow for Utah. We saw Garrett's play dress rehearsal for Beauty and the Beast yesterday. Garrett is a nutty townsperson. Johnny is the most hilarious enchanted broom in the beast's castle. He wears a sort of grass skirt with a brown shirt and goes around shimmying, pretending to sweep. The play is pretty much like the movie. It was funny when Mrs Potts forgot to bring Chip on stage with her. You could hear little Chip yelling off stage, "mommy, mommy you forgot me again!" Chip's cup (with his face sticking out) is attached to a tea table so Mrs Potts has to wheel him in and out of every scene. William is Bell's father. He gets wheeled around in a little cage at the beast's castle. He is such a good actor it's too bad he doesn't get more scenes. I didn't get to see Jorgen as Chip because he is in the other cast. <br /> <br />Spiritually, Roger is being a stinker about saying his prayers, Garrett passes sacrament(hooray!) Nicholas loves seminary and what he is learning. I caught him kneeling to pray the other day, that makes me happy. Funny to think Michael will be a deacon when you get back. Dad and I are very proud to have a missionary to brag about and to use as a springboard for gospel opportunities. <br /> <br />Love you much, take care. MomLaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-124072981553018822010-03-26T17:00:00.000-07:002010-03-26T17:01:19.568-07:00Missionary FireMessages from Grant, posted by his mother:Thu, 25 Mar 2010<br /><br /> It would be nice to get some Dear Elders from my friends I dont know how you could motivate them to do so but it would be nice. Make sure that my emails home get sent to as many people as possible and I apologize for spelling and caps errors I dont have a lot of time to write alot D: love you all<br /> <br />Elder GMAN<br /> <br />ps some pictures would be nice I didnt take any with me.<br /><br />Hey Everyone,<br /> <br />It is helpful if you respond to my emails with dear elder right now because I get the dear elders before I can check my email and I am only limited to 30 mins to write the letter and I like to have as much time as possible to write to Everyone.<br /> <br />Day 9<br /> <br />Today we sent an epistle to the other class because they said if acrisis were to occure and they resort to canibalism they would eat us. So we sent an espitle saying that we cwould preserve our freedoms and if need be take up arms even to the shedding of blood for the eating of flesh is abomidable or something along those lines. And we gave it to them rolled up like a scroll tied with a string. FWe drew a cool cop on the chalk board with a caption bubble saying Du bist toast brot which means you are toast in german. I have learned the art of light saber pictures as well so I have been playing around with different scenes. WE can get a good decapitation picture.<br /> <br />Amidst all of this fun we are learning. Today was a hard day and everyone is drained.<br /> <br />Day 10 Living here is like Heaven compared to bootcamp. I feel like boot camp can almost be related to satans plan in that we were told to do everything they counted us down in everything and told us exactly7 what to do they controlled us and i feel that my expreience there closely resembles satans plan for all of us to return to heaven. Without free angency we lose ourselves we become numbers we are just a mindless robot to be ordered around. The beauty of Gods plan is that we get to have the ability to choose. The ability to be who we want to an dexplore our extream limits and once we reach those limits we see that we can do more and constantly progress.<br />With satanhe would tell us how far we coud go that is why I love it here. The spirit is so strong and it truely testifies of th e truthfulness of this gospel and the truthfullness of statements like I know god lives and loves all of us. Therre truely is a god and he has given us a prophet to guide us back int o his precence. There is no other way that man and God can opper ate. There has to be a prophet to act in Jesus's name. God does not leave his children alone in the dark without guidence. He gives us direction because he loves us.<br /> <br />I am not saying that going to boot camp was a bad experience or that the Marines are bad. I am saying that boot camp is a good experience. I am truely proud of my oath to protect this country and all of the families and people who live in tin. I will gladlyh stand up to defend my freedoms my family and my country and I have stood up. I als ohave stood up to fight the spiritual war. I am fighting for the freedom of all mankind and it is my duty to rescue seve and defendd all souls I come across from satans greedy evil clutches and invite all to come back into the safty and protection of Gods fold. The fortress of impenetrable defense. The only weakness is the inhabitants. They chose to subject themselves to dangerbecause the leave the fortress ,or Gods protection, or have not found the fortress of the Lord. I and all other Missionaries are the knights sent to gather the lost and wandering souls. The sheaprds helper who seeks the lost souls. They need Gods truth and light.<br /> <br />Day 11 Sunday<br /> <br />Almost as good as going to the temple on thursdays. If possible could I get a German flag in the mail and mabey some swedish fish or some other goodies to munch on. Oh! and send more cheap ties that you dont care if I trade because there is a cool tie trading buisness around here and some cheap ties would be nice for trading.<br /> <br />Day 14<br /> <br />Well Elder Graff and I have been drawing cool pictuers. I will send some home when we are done. I hope you get the pictures I sent home. I am learning alot<br /> <br /> <br />Hey Sam I invite you to go see the restoration movie that the church has. I believe its at the visitors cienter. I hope your doing well. I wish I knew what I do now when we could talk face to face .<br /> <br />Well I love you alll. the mtc is great and I cant wait to go to Hambug Germany.<br /> <br /> The restoration of the gospel is a beutiful thing and I appreciate it more now than I ever have. I know through the holy Ghost thtat Joseph Smith saw God the Father and Jesus christ and that if we excersise a ilttle faith and prayer all can know of this truth.I know this church is Christs church on the earth. I challenge all who doubt this message to read pray and search for themselves to know and I testify that they will recieve an answer if they are sincer.<br /> <br />I love you all until next time :D<br /> <br />Elder Grant Lingard.LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-54848323270084413182010-03-18T17:26:00.000-07:002010-03-18T17:30:32.496-07:00Hey Its me Elder LingardGrant says anyone can write him, (he probably won't have time to write back). <br /><br />From: Grant Hughett Lingard (grant.lingard@myldsmail.net)<br />Date: Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:07 PM<br />Subject: Hey Its me Elder Lingard<br /><br />Day 1 we learned how to pray in German and its easier than I thought it would be. My companions name is Elder Cravens he is from Tennessee hes a nice hard working companion. I met Seth as well (actually I have seen him a few times while I have been here. Day 3 we learned how to introduce ourselves and a few new gospel vocab words. I am grateful for my previous German experience. I enjoy the spirit here. Its nice to be studying the gospel everyday. I am learning allot about how to speak to people to invite the spirit and get to know them better. They tell us to learn bout the people we are teaching not to teach a brick wall. We also have a motto for our class. Machen wir uns auf die socken. It means lets put on the socks. Jesus loves us. He weeps with us when we suffer and rejoices when we do what is right. I Love this place.<br /> <br />Day 4 Its snowing today and we have MDT which is missionary Directed time. We study, goof off then study some more. Elders go crazy here with cabin fever or something. A fun thing we like to do is treat the MTC like Hogwarts sometimes.<br /> <br />Day 5<br />Its Sunday and we walked to the temple and a little girl ran up to me and asked in a high squeaky voice "Where are you going on your mission" I replied with "I'm going to the Hamburg Germany mission" trying my best to emulate the excitement in her voice. She then said "Oh! I don't know where that is" and ran off to tell her family about her adventures.<br /> <br />60 POINTS TO GERMANY ZONE<br /> <br />Butler can Email Me in fact anyone who wants to can email me but I might not reply because we are limited to 30 minutes on the computer.<br /> <br />I have seen Seth like I said and he is doing really well with his Spanish. (we call the Spanish speaking missionaries spandies And the Mandarin speaking Missionaries Mandies. haha)<br /> <br />Spykes can send his spaghetti but I aint gonna eat it either.<br /> <br />Day 7<br /> <br />One week since I got here. The new missionaries just came in and a joke some of the Elders that have been here longer play is to flip their name tag around and place the Orange I'm new sticker on the blank back side and ask other Elders and Sisters where they can get their name plates engraved Its funny. <br /> <br />I am in district 19 E and we have a secret hand shake, a flag, and a Mascot. Our Mascot is a plant Elder Bishop found in a room we tactically acquired it and it now sits like charlie browns Christmas tree sideways in the corner of our class room. We named it Nimrod der Pflannze or Nimrod the plant. There's also a stick coming out of the pot with a piece of tape attached to make it look like a flag that says Zion and the cherubim guards the plant. (The cherubim is an army guy with a machine gun. He has set up camp in the pot.) <br /> <br />On a more spiritual note Mosiah 2:4<br /> <br />I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, They are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they are faithful to the end they are received into heaven that thereby they may dwell with god in a state of never ending happiness. O remember remember that these things are true for the lord god has spoken it.<br /> <br />Let the work of God go forth Among the world <br /> <br />Elder Cook spoke to us on Tuesday and said that because of this economic crisis more people have been humbled so they are out waiting for this message of hope we have to share.<br /> <br />I love you all until next week<br /> <br />Elder Grant LingardLaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-41245895634635675772010-03-07T19:41:00.000-08:002010-03-07T20:12:43.757-08:00Only boys tootCarlos has spent a busy week getting Stake Conference Broadcasting equipment ready to go. It went great, due to the boatload of time he took off work. <br />Grant survived his last weekend of Marine drill and will sign out for his two years on Tuesday. He will also be set apart as an Elder on Tuesday and we will celebrate Roger's 6th birthday(Johnna and Chris, you are invited). We have discovered that vacum compression bags work great for stuffing two years worth of stuff into two suitcases (and one carryon). Wednesday morning we will take him to the airport and send him off to MTC. A new adventure begins. <br />Garrett is crazy busy with rehearsals for the school musical and getting ready to travel to NY to sing at Carnegie Hall with his choir during spring break. Nicholas just got his patriarchal blessing in the mail. Wonderful blessing. Wonderful kid.<br /><br />I've just about got next season scheduled for the symphony. I am working to make sure we incorporate community service into our programming. Our concerts are free to the public so that's the biggest deal. We will be doing a 9-11 performance with a volunteer fair for non-profits. We will do a joint fundraising Holiday concert to raise funds for us and Neighbor Who Care. We are holding a Student Concerto Competition with the winner performing with the symphony. I am scouting out other ways to make the symphony a valuable resource to the community. <br />Speaking of scouts, Pinewood Derby is this month. Carlos was so busy with Stake conference prep that I had to be the adult with Michael at the derby workshop. This means we ended up with a car that is not aerodynamically shaped but it is cool looking. It's got waves like the ocean or a dragonback. He wanted it to be black. I think Tsunami would be a cool name. Michael is thinking of Dragon Dueler.<br /><br />Tonight Roger noted after daddy tooted and said "Mom did it" that only boys toot, not girls. Of course this is true.LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-66148041634754052712010-02-21T17:32:00.000-08:002010-02-21T18:01:14.883-08:00Feb almost goneA couple months and so much happens. Grant has his mission call to Northern Germany, he leaves March 10. Made a quick trip to SLC to receive his endowment and buy mission supplies. His "farewell" was February 14. Had a nice family dinner and visit afterwards. This weekend Grant had Marines Reserves Drill. Convoy operations in the rain. <br /><br />Our garden is planted for the second time. The bunnies ate the first round. We replaced the fencing and hope that will do the job. The chickens are laying 4 eggs a day. Our boxer, Storm, is jealous of the chickens and tries to steal their scrap bucket. She pushed a hole through the chicken wire to get to their "treats." She didin't care about the chickens she just wanted to steal their food. <br /><br />Garrett made regional choir and sand in a great performance this weekend. He is also involved in early morning symphony orchestra practices and the spring musical, "Beauty and the Beast" and is going to New York City during spring break with the High School Choir. Carlos told him he wouldn't be so busy if he had just taken Calculus.<br /><br />Nicholas received his patriarchal blessing this Sunday. Very powerful. He is a great kid, we are proud of him. Drama is still his favorite class. Too bad the High School Drama isn't worth taking. They say don't take the class, just try out for the plays.<br /><br />Michael and Roger are enjoying elementary at a great school, Zaharis. Saturday they went with Carlos and I to the young single adult activity to pick fruit in an old citrus turned residential neighborhood ,for the food bank. I was one of the few who would climb the trees to get at fruit on the inside and tops. These old trees haven't been trimmed in ages for picking so they are very scraggly inside and hard to pick and climb. I only almost fell twice and the third time I fell I was caught by some innner branches. My legs are a mess of bruises but I do love to climb a tree. I may have to retire from this activity. Almost as dangerous as playing spoons.<br /><br />I have been working part time as President of Chandler Symphony. It's been crazy but I think I will get the hang of it. I'm thinking it will be good experience. Just got a job posting from Chandler Education Foundation and their new full time president will get $45,000 or more doing stuff I am already doing for the Symphony (for a lot less money). I'm guessing CEF is probably a cream of the crop non-profits job.<br /><br />Carlos is singing with a small choir again and enjoying that a lot. I went to his first concert; a fireside for multi-stake single adults. He figured I would get "hit on" by single guys. Oh, yeah a 70 and 92 year old who sang to himself. Whoopee for me.<br /><br />Time is flying.LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-44880805208942892142009-12-26T20:18:00.001-08:002009-12-26T20:18:22.140-08:00Lingard Card 2009<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d544d344d6a4d784f546b3d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox photobook: Lingards 2009 Review" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d544d344d6a4d784f546b3d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own photobook - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/photobooks" target="_blank">Make a Smilebox photobook</a></td></tr></table>LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-60140329250634436972009-12-26T16:42:00.000-08:002009-12-26T16:45:18.979-08:00Christmas visit<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6lH51UKQ80wQtl3u7f7FuHk7QhJkryAyjZvzU2D1n92vEKqxk3p3_ihFqXl8dgJDND0ruY7EciSjOwSWBxmuoLBwAvSN221M7Bia8QajyyjNQFRMhybf1yQ3ngRSdBrJTTCZeJnkr6E/s1600-h/2009-12-26.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6lH51UKQ80wQtl3u7f7FuHk7QhJkryAyjZvzU2D1n92vEKqxk3p3_ihFqXl8dgJDND0ruY7EciSjOwSWBxmuoLBwAvSN221M7Bia8QajyyjNQFRMhybf1yQ3ngRSdBrJTTCZeJnkr6E/s400/2009-12-26.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><br /><br />Temple lights, cactus hike, nativity play, pedicure, nerf darts on the ceiling, Christmas day.LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-65098077832949868342009-12-24T08:03:00.000-08:002009-12-24T08:41:43.994-08:00Family Party 2009<div><embed src="http://widget-69.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=1369094286745844841&site=widget-69.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=1369094286745844841&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-69.slide.com/p1/1369094286745844841/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=1369094286745844841&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-69.slide.com/p2/1369094286745844841/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=1369094286745844841&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-69.slide.com/p4/1369094286745844841/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div>LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-61175290148331362172009-11-01T06:54:00.000-08:002009-11-01T07:11:12.888-08:00November!Here it is November already! We avoided trick or treating this year because the night before was the Ward Trunk or Treat and so by Saturday Michael had a stomach ache and Roger had a melt down so we stayed home. The older boys, Garrett and Nicholas went to the neighbors and watched a scary movie and so every one was satisfied. <br /><br />Friday night we spent an hour putting up the cardboard box "Jungle Tunnel of Doom" for the ward party and which was a great success with the primary children. They just kept going around and around over and over. It wasn't too spooky. Glow in the black light spider webs, stars and bugs. Jungle animals and snakes. Lit the tunnel with those battery operated votive candles. It was fun. <br /><br />I am surviving my busy schedule by dropping out of stuff. I have quit teaching. I dropped out of the Musica Nova concert this month so I won't have rehearsals all week. That leaves me with Concertmaster for Chandler Symphony this month, learning to be the President of CSO and preparing for Conductor Herriman's 80th birthday party and playing in the Christmas concert and Nutcracker Ballet. And Cub Scout O Rama and Den meetings and Pack. <br /><br />Carlos is considering going back to work for Maricopa County. His 30 something Nephew just had a heart attack. We know Carlos' turn is a matter of when, not if. It's too likely with the family history. So good insurance and disability are looking good right now. Carlos stays busy with work and High Council duties and his Marine fish tank hobby.<br /><br />Grant's return home date keeps changing. At the latest it should be Dec. 16.<br />Garrett is being a typical flaky Senior. Nicholas is coasting through life as a 9th grader. That's it for now.LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236908696830631261.post-74281817563588221022009-10-18T19:56:00.000-07:002009-10-18T20:07:57.190-07:00Great weekendHad a great weekend with Ashley in town and Mom and Johnna's new baby! Carlos drove the boys to Utah for the Lingard Apple Cider Days so it was a girl's weekend. Loved it. Shopping, visiting, going to the temple, eating out, sleeping in, what could be better? The concerts the two weekends before went well so that was a relief to have done before the visit.<br /><br />Grant is in Virginia now for the last round of training. He went to church on base today and found out there is a ride to the town ward for next week. <br />Garrett is doing typical Senior flakey stuff like driving to things with out telling us so we have no idea where he is. <br />Nicholas has sprouted and is as tall as Garrett. <br /> Michael went to Utah but not to san diego. The weekend before Carlos drove the boys to San Diego to see Grant before he shipped out. They went to Sea World and Michael was so sad he didn't go with them. We did have a nice time together just the two of us and we went to see "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" which was very cute. And got icecream and such. <br />Roger is loving kindergarten and the joys of being the youngest spoiled child.<br />Carlos is busy as always with work and High Council responsibilities.<br /><br />We're having fun gathering the two eggs a day we are getting from the chickens.LaDawn Lingardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273671697892565941noreply@blogger.com0