Free Counter Lunch over at mom and dad Cooks
7/08/2009
Happy Birthday to Ian-He just turned 3...July 9th,2009
Today (tues, July 7,2009) we spent the afternoon with Brad and Diane. We visited at moms house and waited for her to come home after her drive to Globe in her new car. We then followed Brad to the Harley dealership to pickup his harley and then we went to Olive Gardin for Dianes birthday dinner. It was delicious! The cake was super fantastic also. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIANE.
My mom bought her a 2007 infiniti car
I was so surprised when my mom called me on the 7th and told me she bought a new car. I was staying at Ashleys, I was so excited for her. She called to tell me about it and she was so excited and said "I can't believe i did this". I kept telling her how much she deserved a really nice car. My mom does not do many things for herself so this made me happy for her. They were at Brads dealership from 1P.m to 7:30p.m. It is beautiful with all the bells and whistle, it will take her awhile to figure out how everything works.
7/05/2009
Me and Ashley
We loved the movie Ice Age and recommend anyone to see it. I thought about my grandchildren and how much they would love this movie. It is so fun staying with Ashley she is so sweet to us. She fixes the best meals ever. Thanks Ashley I love you.
JULY 4, 2009-SATURDAY
We all got together and went to see the movie "Ice Age" in 3-D. It was fun and we enjoyed laughing. Afterwards Ash and Jesse went back home and mom Taylor, me, Bill and Craig went out for Sushi. Then we came back to mom Taylors and waited to enjoy the fireworks. To our dismay they did not do many fireworks here in Arizona. We found a church on Brown Rd. and parked and watched them to 9:30p.m. Came back to moms house and had a small sandwich then Bill, Craig and I sat around visiting. That was our 4th of July celebration. We enjoyed watching the series of "John Adams" with Ash and Jesse. It really helped us to understand the declaration of Indepedence even more and gave us a renewed gratitude for our freedom and how much sacrifice our forefathers made for us to have our independence.
OUR NEW HOME IN SOUTH WEBER, UTAH
Saying good-bye for now...
This is the tunnel in the garage where the leaders of the church pass through to the conference center from the church office building. The second picture is saying good-bye to Alin, Andrea, Lucilla and Sofia. They will go to the MTC, then leave on July 1st, 2009 to Mexico. The third picture is Elder Hollands office- he has several portraits of his wife in his office. The last picture is Elder Hollands secretary.
THE AFTERNOON WITH ELDER HOLLAND...
On June 22,2009 after spending a lovely weekend with our family we flew to Utah to start looking for a home. We were invited by our good friends the Spannaus family from Argentina. Bill served with Alin in the Bishopric for 2 years while we were there. Andrea was a good friend of mine also. Sophia was in the young women program with me also. We met with them on the 23rd of June at the church office buildings to be apart of their setting aparts and blessing by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. It was so exciting, we were on a special guest list to enter the parking lot where the prophet and church leaders offices are. We then waited in the waiting room and while there we met with others like the Hinckley family who Gordon B. Hinckleys son was going to be set apart by Thomas S. Monson to serve as a mission president in Barcelona Spain. We visited with his wife sister Hinckley, then they were called into the prophets office. Then after all the Spannaus friends and family gathered then they called us back to go to Elder Hollands office. The sec. invited us in, I remember the whole experience was a reverent one in deed. Elder Holland welcomed all of us as if we were old friends and gave us each a hug. He proceeded to get acquainted with each of us. Alin introduced his relationship with each one us as Elder Holland asked us questions. He asked Bill and I how we liked Argentina and what we were doing there? He was very sweet and personal with each of us. He gave Alin Spannaus his blessing and set him apart to be a mission president in the Cuernavaca Mexico. I asked Elder Holland if it was appropriate to take notes he said "yes". Then Andrea had her blessing by a seventy who spoke spanish and he gave it to her in spanish. After, we asked Elder Holland if we could take pictures. He said "of, course please do-but make sure I am in them...ha ha". After pictures I asked him if he knew my uncle Roger Reid and he said of course I do... I told him I was his niece and that my mom was Rogers sister. I also told him how much my mom love him and he was her favorite. He said " sister Cook you tell your mom I love her too." We found him to be warm, personal and very loving just like I would imagine the Savior to be with each of us. This was truly one of the most spiritual experiences I have ever had. This is a man of God and a true apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am humbled to have had this experience in my life.
ARRIVED IN PHOENIX,ARIZONA-JUNE 19,2009 AT 10:00 A.M
After our long flight from Buenos Aires to Atlanta Georgia then to Phoenix (20 hours later) we arrived safe and sound. Chiquita got a bit agitated a few times having to be in her cage for so long without a potty break. She was glad to finally stretch her legs. Mom Taylor picked us up, then we went to eat at "Tia Rosas". We felt pretty rested and slept well in business class. So we were not needing a nap we just visited with family and glad to be in Arizona again.
LEAVING ARGENTINA FOR THE LAST TIME...
Today June 18,2009 we drove into the office, we were late on getting there after wrapping up the last minute things at the house. The Senior Missionaries were so sweet and had a going away luncheon for us called "chinese thursday" which they usually have chinese friday. They saved some food for us and they had made a cute sign bidding us farewell and a cake. This picture is the last taken in the office before leaving to "Ese airport". The Chalmers were great and drove us to the airport. We got there 3 hours early with Chiquita in her little carrier. It will be a long trip.
FAREWELL DAY AT THE OFFICE-The DTA (Phillip Kradolfer) gave us going away presents. I got a carpincho purse and Bill got a letter opener. We were prepared to speak and bare our testimony's, but were not asked to. The Senior Missionary's were sad they did not get to hear us speak. I was relieved actually.
THE AREA PRESIDENCY-ELDER AIDUKAITIS ELDER BOWEN AND ELDER ZIVIC
THE 20 PESO LESSON ON INTEGRITY
When I was serving in the young womens (about 8 months in Argentina) and on one activity night I was teaching the women how to make home made banana bread. I needed matches (fosforos) so I drove around the corner to buy some at the nearest gas station. When I asked the young boy behind the counter (in spanish of course) he replied it would be 20 pesos. I answered seriously 20 pesos and not 20 centavos. Of course I knew the difference on how much they both were. He continued to tell me, yes, it is 20 pesos(about $7.00) for a small box of matches. I could hardly believe it. I thought to myself, well I need these matches and did not have the time to go to another store. So I purchased these expensive matches. When I left I felt like I was taken advantage of because of being an American with my short hair style,(which no one had in Argentina). I looked like a tourist. The misfortunate side of this story was this very young boy did not have any integrity at all and basically robbed me. I was very naive and did not think he was being dishonest at the time until later. I told Bill and we returned to the store and informed the manager. He said he would check it out and we told him how wrong it was of his employees to take advantage of the public like that. We never went back, but the story will remain in my heart as one of integrity to be honest in all your doings with people.
Zoe and Denisse Coquet
Zoe and Denisse Coquet are my good friends in Argentina. I had Denisse in my young womens class, she helped me alot with my spanish when I was teaching. Zoe is her mom and she was always there to help me out with anything. When we were getting ready to move Zoe took all the stuff we were going to donate to families, and passed it around. This helped us so much since we had so much to do. I gave her all my potted flowers (so she would always remember me). We went out for girls day out to lunch, temple trips and serving together in our church callings. I will always love and remember these 2 special ladies from Argentina.
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