Try to enter the narrow way...

Abba Matoes said that three old men went to Abba Paphnutius, who was called Cephalus, to ask a word from him. The old man said to them, 'What do you want me to say to you? A spiritual word, or a bodily word?' They said, 'A spiritual word.' The old man said to them, 'Go, and choose trials rather than stillness, shame rather than glory, and to give rather than to receive.' - Abba Matoes

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Monday, September 06, 2010

Larry's Family Vacation


Larry and the family at their cabin in the backyard.
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Labor Day marks the end of summer fun.
Posted by Terry Nelson at 11:36 AM
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8 comments:

3puddytats said...

When I lived in my previous residence in downtown Ogden, my neighbor lady had a way-cool bomb shelter next to her garage that her husband had built...my house had a partial completed bomb shelter. Apparently it was quite the rage back in the 50's...

She kept all her food storage in it..Good Mormons do that kind of thing..and she was such a sweetie..she was firmly convinced that the world was coming to an end for Y2K and invited me to take refuge in her bomb shelter. She even rehearsed once a month, so that she'd know what pictures, etc to take...

Sara

1:25 PM
Terry Nelson said...

That's a cool story - aren't there missile bases somewhere out there?

3:06 PM
LarryD said...

Terry, Terry, Terry - given that I have two sons, and no daughters, I fail to see how you could think that that is a picture of my family.

It's actually me and Mrs LarryD with our niece while the boys are outside collecting firewood and digging up roots for our dinner.

3:57 PM
nazareth priest said...

This reminds me of my Grandma's tornado shelter (in northern Ill)...
I don't know how well-stocked her "bunker" was, I just know it scared me to death, just lookin' at it, as a small child;
Larry...you are really somethin':<)!

6:50 PM
belinda said...

Mr.D, I hope you paid attention and picked up some sweet skills when all of those "little house on the prairie" episodes aired.

4:54 PM
LarryD said...

belinda - I'm pretty good at setting traps for rabbit, but I really struggle when it comes to yoking up the oxen.

11:12 AM
belinda said...

Can you cry and twitch your eyebrow (yeah, nearly one)on cue for dramatic effect while curling your lip ?!

I actually live on the prairie Mister and it ain't no picnic. ;)

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BTW, I had a friend who would pet her bunnies and love 'em up before she would whack 'em and put them in her fridge for dinner. I thought geese - I'm dying first if this armegeddon (sp)thing pans out.
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My word verification word is gutsc

Yeah, I'm not gutsy at all but more of a big baby.

11:48 AM
LarryD said...

Can you cry and twitch your eyebrow (yeah, nearly one)on cue for dramatic effect while curling your lip ?!

No, but I look good in suspenders.

1:18 PM

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