I'm happiest when...

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I'm happiest when I take the time to read my scriptures, even when I think I won't get anything out of them.

I'm happiest when I say meaningful prayers and spend the time thinking about and thanking the Lord for my innumerable blessings.

I'm happiest when I'm driving to the temple, holding my husband's hand as we drive.

I'm happiest when I listen to all 8 hours of General Conference and then study each talk later when the transcripts are printed.

I'm happiest when I remember my Savior loves me and has suffered every pain and affliction so that my burdens can be lightened, my pains can be lessened, and my happiness can be deeper.


I'm a busy person and often times I think I will be happier if I just go to bed without reading my scriptures. Or that I can't possibly sit still long enough to listen to every talk from General Conference. But when I take the time to be still and let the Lord take control of my life a peace comes over me that I can never achieve by myself. I have seen the Lord's hand readily in my life recently and pray that as I continue to sacrifice MY will and obey HIS will that he will be able to mold me into a better Me. A happier me. A more peaceful me.

Hike of the Week- Coplay Lake

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Coplay Lake @ Dennis Long

Updated Tuesday 2-26-2013. This is on the edge of Mount Rainier Park the Carbon River side. This is the summer toad to Summmit Lake. Road is not gated so might have just a few trucks.
Check out Green Trails Maps for directions. 237 is the map for this hike. Click here for complete list of maps. 



Road walk @ Dennis Long

Open mountain views on the way up @ Michael Fagin

Road goes up to Summit Lake too far to do in winter  Michael Faign

At the edge of the lake @ Dennis Long

Driving Directions; From Enumclaw drive west on State Route 410 (Chinook Pass Highway) to SR 165. Proceed on SR 165 to the Carbon River Road/Mowich Lake Highway junction. Turn left onto Carbon River Road and follow it to Cayada Creek Road (Forest Road 7810), which is  just before the national park entrance. Turn left (north) and drive about 4 miles which is close  to the snow line about 2800 feet

Trail Stats: To lake is about 2.5 miles one way and 1100 feet gain. Depends where you park

I'm happiest when...

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I'm happiest when I take the time to read my scriptures, even when I think I won't get anything out of them.

I'm happiest when I say meaningful prayers and spend the time thinking about and thanking the Lord for my innumerable blessings.

I'm happiest when I'm driving to the temple, holding my husband's hand as we drive.

I'm happiest when I listen to all 8 hours of General Conference and then study each talk later when the transcripts are printed.

I'm happiest when I remember my Savior loves me and has suffered every pain and affliction so that my burdens can be lightened, my pains can be lessened, and my happiness can be deeper.


I'm a busy person and often times I think I will be happier if I just go to bed without reading my scriptures. Or that I can't possibly sit still long enough to listen to every talk from General Conference. But when I take the time to be still and let the Lord take control of my life a peace comes over me that I can never achieve by myself. I have seen the Lord's hand readily in my life recently and pray that as I continue to sacrifice MY will and obey HIS will that he will be able to mold me into a better Me. A happier me. A more peaceful me.

I'm happiest when...

To contact us Click HERE

I'm happiest when I take the time to read my scriptures, even when I think I won't get anything out of them.

I'm happiest when I say meaningful prayers and spend the time thinking about and thanking the Lord for my innumerable blessings.

I'm happiest when I'm driving to the temple, holding my husband's hand as we drive.

I'm happiest when I listen to all 8 hours of General Conference and then study each talk later when the transcripts are printed.

I'm happiest when I remember my Savior loves me and has suffered every pain and affliction so that my burdens can be lightened, my pains can be lessened, and my happiness can be deeper.


I'm a busy person and often times I think I will be happier if I just go to bed without reading my scriptures. Or that I can't possibly sit still long enough to listen to every talk from General Conference. But when I take the time to be still and let the Lord take control of my life a peace comes over me that I can never achieve by myself. I have seen the Lord's hand readily in my life recently and pray that as I continue to sacrifice MY will and obey HIS will that he will be able to mold me into a better Me. A happier me. A more peaceful me.

Needs vs. Wants

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I'm having a hard time deciding what are my Needs today and what are my Wants. I've decided that preparing my primary lesson and buying the groceries I was asked to bring to dinner tomorrow are Needs.

Sadly, where I'm struggling is: doing laundry, vacuuming, cleaning the kitchen, and making another freezer meal for the week. They feel like Needs. And it's sorta sad that they're also Wants, instead of something like, say, watching TV and sewing.

But I am very sore and tired today and it's probably more of a Need just to rest, despite feeling like a terrible wife for sending my husband to work with frozen burritos and hot pockets in his lunch. Thankfully I married a man that is more concerned with how I'm feeling than with what's in his lunch. (Which at least did include cucumbers, mushrooms, and a fruit smoothie.)

Sigh, I don't think I'll ever get this "Fun" thing down. But that's ok. I'm happier than I've ever been so I think that's what's important.

I'm happiest when...

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I'm happiest when I take the time to read my scriptures, even when I think I won't get anything out of them.

I'm happiest when I say meaningful prayers and spend the time thinking about and thanking the Lord for my innumerable blessings.

I'm happiest when I'm driving to the temple, holding my husband's hand as we drive.

I'm happiest when I listen to all 8 hours of General Conference and then study each talk later when the transcripts are printed.

I'm happiest when I remember my Savior loves me and has suffered every pain and affliction so that my burdens can be lightened, my pains can be lessened, and my happiness can be deeper.


I'm a busy person and often times I think I will be happier if I just go to bed without reading my scriptures. Or that I can't possibly sit still long enough to listen to every talk from General Conference. But when I take the time to be still and let the Lord take control of my life a peace comes over me that I can never achieve by myself. I have seen the Lord's hand readily in my life recently and pray that as I continue to sacrifice MY will and obey HIS will that he will be able to mold me into a better Me. A happier me. A more peaceful me.

Thinking of EJ

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Lately I've been having a craving for saltines and cream cheese. And I've been thinking of EJ and rusty red garden tables. And blue ceramic fish-shaped platters sitting high on china hutches. And tea pots and tea cups filled with mint or lemon zinger tea with copious amounts of sugar stirred in. And entire blocks of cream cheese being consumed in one sitting by two young girls living a fantasy filled with fairies and drying flowers and a permanently locked mysterious storage room in a basement. And old-fashioned, screenless windows that opened by lifting, permitting a young girl to stick her whole torso out of the window, making her hair curl in the misty air and her mind think she was living in a Green Gables fantasy. And nights sitting on the porch wrapped in a flannel and jeans quilt listening to the fog horn, sipping tea and eating more saltines and cream cheese.