B+C+B+C+B+C: Ode to Vernal

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Ode to Vernal

A year ago I never would've imagined I'd do a post like this upon our Vernal departure. I figured I'd be too busy doing backflips and cheering.
But I've grown to love Vernal, and there are a lot of things I will miss:

My VernalMOMS play group!!! Fun, friends - this group MADE my time here.

The Uintah Recereation Center, just 2 blocks away, with all the awesome pools, slides, rock climbing wall, CLASSES, low rates, and fun childcare.

The Family Resource Center on 80 N Vernal Ave. I've been meaning to do a post about this place for awhile. I regret not taking more advantage of it. It's an amazing facility - like a library, except with educational toys and games! We went there a few times to "rent" toys. We also hung out there during the winter when we were desperate to get out. I still have their "Your Baby Can Read" program I need to return.

Brian's office at the airport. I hung out there a lot. The TSA agents are such cool people - I'll miss them.

The fun parks nearby - Independence, City Park, Naples...

The Chocolate Lab next door, Satch. Every day when Brianna would hear him bark, she says "atch, atch." So we would go next door and play with him through the fence. She loved letting him lick her face.

The beautiful Vernal temple, just a 15 minute walk from our house. I loved going each Thursday night, and loved the sweet older ladies that started to recognize me there. One even cried when I told her it was my last time there!

Brianna's sweet little buddy Addison, who she spent a lot of time with for a couple weeks when her mom and I traded babysitting. The cute neighbor boy, Wyatt, came over one day to play with them.

The list of what I will NOT miss about Vernal is much shorter, but still deserves some recognition, I think:

Going to the laundromat. Ick. I hated it. We had to use it about 4 times during our 16 months here (on the few weekends we didn't journey back to Utah County). I hated the wasted quarters, the hours of waiting, the smell, and the crap on the floor Brianna would inevitably find.

Though she looked cute in it - I hated having to bathe Brianna in a little bin inside the tub (since I didn't trust the old dingy tub to be clean enough).

And that's about all! Adios Vernal!

6 comments:

rouskafamily said...: Chelsea, we will miss you!! It is was playing volleyball with you, the team just won't be the same:). Hopefully I will run into at a marathon or two!! I will check your blog daily as that is how often you post, you are good at the whole blog thing. I did notice that you forgot to mention you would miss JEN!!! Mistakes happen I am over it. Good luck in your new adventures in life.; May 30, 2009 at 6:08 AM
Marilyn said...: Isn't it amazing how a place you think you won't like wins your heart. We lived on the border of Texas and Mexico when we were in the Air Force in a place named Laredo. I hated the weather, the unpaved road, etc. but met some of the nicest people in the world.; May 30, 2009 at 9:29 AM
Unknown said...: Um...ya, you did forget to mention that you were going to miss Jen! Both Addison and I are going to miss you and Brianna so much! Thanks for letting us get to know you two and exchange babysitting! We hope that all works out well for you in Cedar City. If you are ever in Logan, PLEASE give me a call!; May 30, 2009 at 9:34 AM
BBS said...: You make the best of each place you live...figure out where to go and are involved. Best of luck and joy in Cedar City.
You were missed at the 85th b-day.; May 30, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Anonymous said...: We will miss you smiling faces! It was great getting to know both of you, and hope that you'll come back to visit with us someday! ;0)

Mandy & Conner; May 30, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Mandy said...: After reading your posts over the last several months, I knew you would miss Vernal! Cripes, after reading about the fun things you do there, you have me wanting to move there! :) You always impress me at how you go out and FIND things to do! You are an awesome mommy! :); May 31, 2009 at 11:35 PM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Ode to Vernal

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