Tired Kids

Ok it's the afternoon and you see in the picture how it is the kids who are tired and the "older" folk (ie Terri and I) are still going - isn't that supposed to be the other way around!

I was still up at 6am which was bad because here in Vegas meant it was only 5am so I tried to go back to sleep and did so for about a hour then finally around 7:30am Vegas time was able to start rousing everyone which they didn't enjoy -- amyways we walked/trammed over to Excaliber for their breakfast buffet and then hit shops along the way - mainly the M&M shop - to the Mirage where we did the dolphin and hidden garden thing - it was crazy HOT out but still loving being together. We did BLT Burger at the Mirage for lunch and that was ok - not what I expected. We came back to the Bellagio and went swimming - well I would dip in for a little bit then hit the chair for some sun - then repeat - did that for about an hour while Nathan and CJ stayed in the pool the entire time -- Terri stayed in the room knitting and Ann drawing...then we came back and they are all crashed while Terri and I watch the fountain shows.

Its a great time just being together and I really want this feeling forever even if just for once a year!
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Vegas Vacation

And no its not at all like the old Chevy Chase movie.

We all met up here around noon time and it was so good seeing Ann again and having her with us...sure miss the family bring together. We will definetly be doing family get togethers every year because I doubt I could go very long without seeing everyone.

Today we just swam in these amazing pools they have here at the Bellagio and later went to dinner at P.F. Changs an awesone Chinese place. I had spicy mongolian beef and it was spicy! WOW! Our room has a lakeview window so we can watch the water fountain show from it and it is so cool. It is chorographed to music and you can listen to it on the TV while watching it...well worth it and that's why I picked it. I will attach a pic to see how it uploads ...anyway am pretty tired now so good night all.
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Pickleball

I learned a new activity tonight - our YM played pickleball and it went pretty well - I didn't think I would enjoy it at first but once I actually started playing it I really liked it. Its a combination of tennis, ping pong and volleyball and is really interesting. Nathan did really great it was only the Teachers and Priests so CJ wasn't there.

Last Thursday was the annual Boy Scout leader district awards banquet and I wa surprised with an award - I received the Second Miler Award and felt quite honored to have been awarded it. It was a really great night.

I can't believe that it rained all last week - it was crazy but I really enjoyed the different weather for a change and wish it would stay - we are getting more tomorrow so that will be good.

Payson Utah is getting a temple - can you believe it? That's going to be so awesome- the Tanners are pretty excited and so am I.

See you later all.
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Coaching Success!

Ok - sorry no pics - next game I will try and get some. Our Young Men (12-18) had our first Basketball game last night and it was great. There really wasn't any coaching involved - I mean you just sub in and out and then I just walked the side encouraging - but they just played and had fun doing it - it's not a "serious" game - just something to get us all together, enjoy ourselves, have fun - hopefully win, but if not then no big deal. That said - we did win 32-10.

The boys all played really well together - more ball sharing that I had thought would happen - especially since we do have one boy who loves to hold onto the ball -- but they all did great.

So my first coaching experience was a great success!

Zion Pictures

A lot of the "people" pictures didn't show to well in the slideshow, so I am posting them here separately. The scenery ones came out well, so I won't add them.

Zion the Beautiful!

We had a wonderful time yesterday -- Ann and Trevor came to visit us on Sunday and so I got the day off today and we all went to Zion National Park to show Trevor the beauty of it. Yes, it was a little cold at first, but we warmed up and besides, Zion has a unique beauty to it with snow all over it. I put a slide show together below of our fun adventure. Some of the trail had us slippling an sliding with the snow and ice, and a few of us fell a few times - and still it was a wonderful time.

Christmas Cookies

Last night we had our combined YM/YW activity where we helped the Bishopric pass out their Christmas letter and cookies to the ward members. Out of 17 young men, we got 3 that showed up - 1 was the bishops son and 2 were my sons and the other was the second councilors son -- hmm.. what is wrong here?! I contacted all my priests and they had other activities going on and I suppose the same was with the other boys -- I've got to somehow instill within them the desire to serve and to realize how important it really is - you can sacrifice a few hours a month to benefit others.

We divided into groups and ours had the 2 blocks across the street and so we just took one of the carts from the kitchen, loaded it up with cookie plates and wheeled it around on the sidewalks. The boys would take a plate and letter and go up to the doors and hand them out. The weather was a little chilly for me, but the warmth of the spirit kept us warm throughout the time we were out in it.

I love the gospel of Jesus Christ and how it can and does change the lives of individuals. May we all remember Him this holiday season and throughout the coming new year!

Long time! Sorry

Man of man I can't believe that it's been this long since I posted here - I will really try better.

My new calling back in October was that of Young Men's President. It is pretty fun because now I will get all the 11yrs olds I have as scout leader in my priests quorum because they are all teachers now - plus I know all the boys really well from scouts and deacons quorum so I think we were all meant to be together until they are gone on their missions. When the 26th ward split up we received several new young men so we are doing really well in that area now. We actually fill the sacrament passing and blessing without having the Elders help out - I help out when a priest doesn't show, but that's just cause I want to - anyway, it's been fun and I do hope that I can bless these young men's lives as much as they are mine.

Here is a very wonderful video clip titled "The Christmas Spirit" -- I hope we all can truly remember why it is we celebrate Christmas!

Feeling Peaceful

It's been a good few days - getting ready for a new calling is always fun and nervous at the same time. I won't say what it is until Sunday but I am so thankful to know of the trust and faith that Heavenly Father has in me and my abilities.

I'm not eating enough again and my workouts are suffering because of it - I only was able to complete the warmup in my Insanity yesterday so I am trying to get back to normal eating today - I just get so lazy that I don't want to put anything together - aarg!

An Apostle's testimony of the Book of Mormon

After that conference talk - you knew it wouldn't be long before this came out - so hear, and enjoy that spiritual power again:

Back to "almost" normal

Well today was back to "almost" being normal. Everything is starting to feel much better and my body is starting to heal and get back to it's normal self. The area of my mouth that was swollen and in pain from the wisdom took extraction is way down and pain near gone. I am able to chew much better and close my teeth completely shut. The flu symptoms have just about disappeared, just a bunch of runny nose still.

Today was a day off of work - because of Columbus Day - Federal Holiday - Banks closed! Terri still had to work and the boys still had school - so it was just me and shadow (our dog) at home today. I got a lot of things done today and just relaxed. I was able to workout again for the first time in 5 days - so that felt good. It was the pure cardio and cardio abs routine today and that one is always tough, but I did pretty well with the time off and sweated up a storm once again -- my exercise induced asthma doesn't enjoy it as much - but oh well.

Terri has her Birthday yesterday - and is a very young 29 again! I am so glad that I married a "forever" young woman because it keeps me young as well. It is such a joy to have been a part of many of those birthdays and will be there for all the remaining ones as well. Para Bens meu amor!

Andy's Visit

Been having a great time with Andy and his Finance, Tiffany and her daughter, Anastasia today. We have just been hanging around the house and went out to take some pictures - so hope you all enjoy them. I also have the pics in an album on my facebook. (http://www.facebook.com/cpweidman)

Hope you are all having a great day -- and we'll chat, or see you soon!

The Star Spangled Banner Like You’ve Never Heard It

Some things deserve a “Wow,” and this performance by two six-year-olds, two seven-year-olds and an eight-year-old at a Texas Tech University Basketball game some months ago is one of those

Dentist - who me??

The funny part about this is that I had "thought" back in 1984 that all my wisdom teeth were taken out - apparently they weren't - so I got to go through this one more time -- luckily it was only one this time.

It took quite a bit of courage on my part only because I fear dentist so much due to my military experience - and haven't been to a dentist since. One of our board of directors is a dentist and I know him really good and so he talked me into getting a checkup -- we then discovered that I still had one wisdom tooth back there and it was infected pretty bad - so it had to be removed. Anyway, after I made him promise that I would not feel anything - I decided to go and get it removed. It was done yesterday morning and I then went back home and spent the day in bed with ice off and on and pain medication -- and yes, it hurts. I actually think this one took hurts much worse than the 3 taken out in '84. Today has a little swelling and I can't chew, and as long as I keep the pain medication in me it is alright. They also fixed a temporary crown on one tooth and in 2 weeks I'll get the permament one put in -- I guess the old one had a "leak" in it and was slowly getting infection through it -- anyway -- for not being to a dentist in over 20 years my teeth were very good -- just the minor things and we are getting those fixed.

I had to put Shaun T on hold yesterday - couldn't workout at all -- I'm hoping to be able to tonight but we'll see.

Andy and his fiancee, Tiffany and little girl Anastasia arrived this morning - they are going to Vegas to meet some friends today and then spend some time with us tomorrow. I will get some pics tomorrow and then do a slide show post for everyone to see.

Bike Weather

Oh Man I love this weather here this time of year. When I go home for lunch I am able to ride my bike back to work -- it is 63 degrees now and just beautiful to bike in -- it's still a little chilly in the morning so I don't ride it then - but awesome right now.

The Huntsman World Senior Games started yesterday here in St George -- do you realize that in 2 years, I can join them! You need to be 50 yrs and older. I was checking out the 10k times, as it was ran yesterday, and the winner did it in 36min something -- only 3 years ago I was running around there -- and the 1/2 marathon from last year (because this year doesn't run until the 8th) was 1:33 - still well within my reach -- and I am still in excellent shape -- so yes, I am really thinking about getting back into road racing again to see where I am at. No marathons, just 10k's and half marathons -- so who knows!!

2 Weeks of Insanity

No - it doesn't mean anything bad -- it means I survived 2 weeks of Shaun T's Insanity!!

Today was my 2nd week Fit Test and there was much improvement and I am very impressed -- of course with "un-fit-shape" I was in before, anything is an improvement. The test consists of 8 exercises that you do as many reps as possible for 1 minute - then a 2 min rest inbetween. Here are the exercises with my first day results and today's 2nd week results:

Switch Kicks: 38 - 63 (25 more)
Power Jacks: 40 - 54 (6 more)
Power Knees: 97 - 126 (29 more)
Power Jumps: 18 - 40 (22 more)
Globe Jumps: 7 - 10 (3 more)
Suicide Jumps: 11 - 14 (3 more)
Push-up Jacks: 13 - 20 (7 more)
Low Plank Obliques: 18 - 32 (14 more)

You know, even if I only got 1 more rep on everyone that would had been great - just because these are so tough to do -- so I am really excited with the amount that I did get -- can't wait for the next 2 weeks!

Awesome picture

Had to post this picture - being in the young men I just fell in love with it.

Test

Just a test coming from my mobile phone.

General Conference Time

What a great general conference first day this was. I really enjoyed every talk and learned so much.

Tonight was special because it was CJ's first time going to priesthood session with me. So our club is now 3 - Me, Nathan and CJ. And they just had great talks for his first time. I am so impressed with Elder Ballards talk about Father and Sons talking - it was just beautiful.

Most people go out for ice cream afterwards but Nathan and I started going out to dinner and so we, again, went to our spot at Ernesto's on the Blvd and it was really good having all the Weidman priesthood together and having a good time and enjoying each other's company. It was a really good night.

I am so thankful for the priesthood in my life and how it has helped me and allowed me to be able to bless the lives of other's as well. It's a good goal in life to always remain pure and worthy so when the time comes to use my priesthood, that the spirit and do so unrestrained.

Another Testament

Ok - please go to this website and view this marvelous slideshow presentation:

Another Testatment of Christ

I promise you that you will be very glad you did -- and it'll get you ready for conference also.

It is real and it did happen -- I know! I don't just believe, but I KNOW!