2 Years in a Nutshell

Yeah, it's been a while!

It has been over 2 years since I posted here on my own blog. To be honest, most of that time I felt that I honestly had nothing really worth saying. Then when I thought it might be TIME to post about truths and changes, the blogging/editing THING didn't work right. I seem to be blog-challenged! When I WANTED to post here, I couldn't find the right screen, but this time, when I have neither the mood to reflect nor the time to write, it just popped up! When I wanted to respond to Tom and Scorchi's mission blog, my comments wouldn't post on their blog either.
So I've let more time go by.
We lived in Cottonwood, AZ when I began this blog. Now we are in Payson, UT, and have been here going on 2 1/2 years.
A large game-changer for me has been the mission call for Anne and I to work in the Orem Family Search Processing Center two afternoons each week, from noon to 5PM. We're coming up on 2 years at the end of next month.The difference in the spiritual atmosphere of our home is amazing. When we began there, it was a fledgeling program to take some of the workload from the SL family history offices, and do computer work that prepares records for members all over the world to do indexing and arbitrating. The Orem center began as a 'pod' with just a few workers in the basement of one of the the old WordPerfect buildings in north Orem, under the mission leadership of Elder David Slagowski and his adorable wife. He was amazingly knowledgeable in all aspects of genealogy, plus he could slap Excel around like nobody's business, so was excellent at setting up and tracking our assignments. His wife has taught special education, and so was especially gifted at explaining, over and over sometimes, what we needed to do in our growing and changing assignments that came down from headquarters. 
Now our little 'pod' has about 75 missionaries covering an entire 2nd floor of the building,  working various hours, plus 2 other locations in SLC and Arizona. It's a growing field. Individuals and couples are called for various lengths of time. Most the wonderful people we've worked with have served 2 or more missions already and are not content to come home and just sit; they still want to serve. 
Vic said that my personality changed after I began working there at the Family History Center. Something about me not being as sarcastic any more. I haven't decided where to file that yet.
Also, for the last year, Vic and I have served every Friday night in the Provo Temple from 5:30-10:00 or so. We usually get home sometime between 10:30-10:45. This has made a HUGE difference in our home!
These callings have been amazing for us!
Also, I teach Relief Society once a month, and until a few weeks ago, Vic taught Sunday School every other week. These have given us launching pads for good discussions as well.
I wish to spend some time writing about deeper spiritual issues, but "today is not that day". 
At least this is a start.
Grandchildren have been born and grown. And grown! I will post pictures next time. And we've had FamCamps, and I'll throw in some pictures of those. You'll see! It'll be fun!