Rothlisberger Family

He Did Deliver Me From Bondage

2010-03-08T08:29:00.001-08:00

Yes I still am reading this book and working slowly on each chapter. It really does bring the spirit into my life as I read and study the scriptures and teachings in this program. I'd like to share 2 scriptures today. One is a daily scripture and the other is one I discovered last year while reading the D&C first:

Jacob 4:10 "Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take counsel form his hand. For he counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works."

D&C 8:10 "Remember that without faith you can do nothing; therefore ask in faith. Trifle not with these things; do not ask for that which you ought not."

The lesson I learned from these scriptures is that we need to let Christ be in charge of our lives. When we submit ourselves to his will our time will be spent exactly how it should, and our load will be lightened as we eliminate worries, whether it is about how we spend our time or personal problems, and spend our day serving as Christ would have us serve. When we pray we need to be careful that we are not telling the Lord what we want, but ask him what he wants for us, or what he has for us.

I have often been on my knees praying for one thing and felt the need to change my prayer because what I was asking for wasn't going to work or wasn't in his control. I have also felt a load lifted as I pray and realize I don't have to do everything. I need to focus on my family and then everything else comes second.

Now for a few pictures. They are old, but Lisa isn't on facebook so these are for her. And then there are some that haven't been on facebook. I have them on my camera. We went to temple square when we came for Kaitlyn's blessing. I think it was the coldest night of the year.

Connor was done

I love this one

and this one

three handsome boys

all the boys

five beautiful girls

all the girls

what can I say

We are growing

Thanks guys for going with me and braving the cold and the crowd.

Kaitlynn

2009-10-10T16:56:00.000-07:00

Well I have kind of neglected the new program , but for good reason. Mallory and Jake as most of you know had a new addition. Here are some pictures. For those of you on facebook they are the same, but for the others they are new. Next week I will be back on track with He Did Deliver Me From Bondage" program.

I love growing pumpkins. Next year I am growing twice as many.

Grinny Jr.

DAY 3

2009-09-30T08:36:00.000-07:00

The scripture for the day is 2 Nephi 31:19 "For ye have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with ushaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save." I wanted a better understanding of the scripture, so I read the whole chapter.

I am so thankful for my understanding of the Savior. I can not remember not knowing I had a Father in Heaven who loved me and a Savior who died for me and cared about me. I had to do some deep soul searching to come to a surety not just a belief, but I can now say I now my Savior died for me and through prayer I can get answers to my earthly trials and reassurance with decisions I make.

So now I know I am on the strait and narrow path what more do I need to do? According to the scripture it is to rely wholly on the Savior. Again prayer seems to be the answer and studying the scriptures so we learn more about what he wants from us.

I look forward to conference this weekend. There always seems to be someone talking straight to me when I go seeking guidance. I can't wait to go to the temple. I was planning on going yesterday and found out Snowflake temple is closed for cleaning. I just need the peace you find in the temple right now.

I already feel so much closer to my Savior after only 3 days of soul searching and pondering more than quick scripture read and prayer.

I am really excited to get to Mallory's and snuggle a new baby. Can't wait to see you guys.

2009-09-29T09:01:00.000-07:00

Blake and Holden showing off their diplomas.

Such handsome boys.

Today is day 2 and the scripture for today is 2Nephi 12:11. The question is What problem have I sought to solve myself and how peaceful or permanent your efforts have been.

I would hope at this point in my life I have learned to take the serious problems to the Lord in prayer, but it is the day to day things I am not so good at. It goes back to that react thing. I think I have to go about fixing things when even the smallest solutions might be best guided through prayer. Stop, breath, pray. The prayer might help my approach in solving problems that involve others.

When we are truly humble, which life has away of humbling us, we turn complete control of our lives over to Jesus Christ. I need to learn to do that with the simple things I think I can solve myself. Maybe I need to learn to pray before approaching someone with my solution or opinion that may be different than theirs and try to remember they have a good reason for doing something a certain way or thinking a certain way.

Now for those of you who want to see pictures here are a few of our summer activities.

Yes Lyman Lake was fun this summer. Unfortunately when mom was here the wind blew and made it a little cold on the water.

This is dad quilting on his birthday. We had a reunion to celebrate his 72nd birthday

The son-in-laws

Blake receiving his eagle. Thanks everyone that came.

And last of all proof we won the big blue ribbon even though it was gone on Saturday.

He Did Deliver Me From Bondage

2009-09-28T09:05:00.001-07:00

I am not very good at blogging because I think I need pictures and I don't take the time to download them or my kids put up pictures and tell about family outings which means I don't have to and I just don''t do it. But I do like to type and feel like this course I am taking might be worth changing, so the next few months, maybe, I will blog about my experience in this course. If you like it great if you don't well I am suppose to write, and I thought this might be a good place to share my thoughts. Of course some will be to private and will not be put here, but the basics and things that I feel important I will share here.

I have been wanting to take this course for several years and have just put it off. Once I am home on Sunday it is really hard to go out again, especially at 7:00p.m, but I just felt at this time it was worth my time and I need to do something just for me. The class is Heart to Heart. For those of you who have never heard of it it is sponsored by th church and is a 12 step recovery class. You can find it online by googling lds heart to heart.

No I don't have some great addiction. I just felt a need to understand the atonement and improve my life. My goal is not just to be happy but to reflect happiness. You know those people who you look at and that alone makes you feel happy. They just always have a smile and seem to be laughing. I am not sure that is my nature, but I really want to reflect the happiness the gospel brings in my everyday countenance. I am at peace in my life because of the gospel and my relationship with my Savior, but that doesn't guarantee an easy life or always make problems easy to deal with.

Each day there is a scripture and a question, today's being How am I carnally minded, 2 Nephi 9:39. I think I probably react to situations instead of stopping, pondering and praying I am sure my kids are all agreeing at this point. This behavior affects my relationships with others and for now just verbalizing that is a point in the right direction. I don't think that trait reflects happiness when it causes contention, or defensive reactions from others.

The other thing I learned from my reading is we need to focus on our relationship with Christ and not dwell so much on our weakness:

"When we put God (and the spiritual life) first, alll other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives. Our love of the Lord (must) govern the claims for our affection, the demands on our time, the interests we pursue, and the order of our priorities. (Ezra T. Benson Ensign, May 1988,p.4)

This advice was given to me by a wise Bishop in 1982 when I was down and out and on a path of repentance. That advice changed my life. It worked and life has been peaceful ever since. Sure we have had our trials in our family, but peace is always found when I seek the Lord through prayer, scriptures and fasting.

The book is "He Did Deliver me from Bondage" by Colleen G. Harrison

24 hours left

2009-03-12T08:06:00.000-07:00

I am keeping my pay it forward commitment open for 2 more days than I am not holding to it. I just don't want to end up having to make something for one of my girls after they see what I do for Meagan. So if you are going to want one you have to play in the next 2 days. After that if you play it might be something different.

2009-03-06T12:49:00.000-08:00

P.S. Jacob, Mariah, and Charlotte came too and stayed. Then on Saturday Lorie and mom came over for the relief society meeting and stayed. Josh and Meagan came for the reception and to pick up Brooklynn. Thanks everyone. We had a great time. Good thing Grandma Rothlisberger had plenty of room up the road.

Pay it Forward

2009-03-06T12:43:00.000-08:00

Not much to post about. We had a really good weekend, but I didn't take any pictures. Mary and Gary's reception was lots of fun. Antonio and Daneece's family came and spent the weekend with us. Saturday morning was a relief society meeting with two speakers. The first speaker told about her life in Berlin during World War II and her conversion to the gospel. Sister Okasaki was the other speaker and she was great. It was a very fulfilling morning.

I had Brooklynn during the week and she was fun. She spent some of her time in Eagar.

I did end up sick this week and can't talk much. Yesterday my voice came back in the afternoon, but it is 2:00p.m. and I can't talk. I guess if it hasn't come back by Monday and my throat still hurts I will go see the doctor.

Blake is at state acadec this weekend. Go Blake!

I want to pay it forward. So, here it goes. Have fun.

The Rules}

1. Be one of the first THREE bloggers to leave a comment on this post, which then entitles you to a handmade item from me - something crafty or yummy, who knows?!

2. Winners must post this challenge on their blog, meaning that they will Pay It Forward, creating a handmade gift -anything!- for the first THREE bloggers who leave a comment on their post about this giveaway!

3. The gift that you send to your friends can be from any price range and you have 365 days to make/ship your item. This means you should be willing to maintain your blog at least until you receive your gift and have shipped your gifts. And, remember: It’s the Spirit and the Thought That Count!

4. When you receive your gift, please feel free to blog about it, sharing appropriate pictures and comments! If you are not one of the Top Three Commenters on this post, you can still play along.Go ahead and start your own Pay It Forward chain, and encourage your blogging friends to do the same!

Pacers Blessing and 23 years in a Row for Acadec

2009-02-05T14:51:00.000-08:00

We had a very nice weekend. On our way to the Valley for Pacer's blessing we stopped in Show Low for the Academic Decathalon Super Quiz and awards program. It was quite exciting and St. Johns sqeaked by a win by 2 points. It left us anxious as the awards program started, but as usal as the awards begin to be presented we knew St. Johns had won hands down. They won with points just under 39,000. The next closes teams points were under 35,000. Congratulations Blake for medaling in Speech and Music. Here are some pictures of the weekend.

The Team
Tyson, Blake, and Richard

Marti and Sandra had way to much fun with
Dalon's hair.

Bryce kept stealing the baby from me.
Waiting for the Super Bowl commercial that
used the 3d glasses

Am I tough or What?

Watching movies in the other room, while parents
watched the Super Bowl Kip enjoying the game.

I also discovered the best blueberry recipe. For my girls that have the St. Johns cookbook it is on page 114;

Blueberry Muffins (Natalie Hollembeak)

4 eggs
1 C. vegetable oil
2 C. sour Cream
1 tsp. Vanilla
2 C. sugar

Cream these ingredients together. Mix the dry ingredients in a seperate bowl.

4 C. Flour
2 tsp. Baking Powder
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Salt

Gently stir these ingredients into the creamed ingredients, just until mixed. Do not over stir.

2 C. Blueberries, Folded in.

Preheat oven to 400. Place in greased muffin tins and bake for 15-20 minutes. Makes 36 regular Muffins. I made mini muffins and they popped into my mouth way to easy.

Half of this recipe makes plenty for us, but you could always freeze them for later. I think the secret must be the sour cream.

Lake Powell

2009-01-30T10:17:00.000-08:00

It is that time of year again to start planning our Lake Powell Trip. We are looking at two weeks in July, either the 8th thru the 11th or the 15th thru the 18th. Jonni is pregnant and so that rules out August. Aunt Paula prefers the 8th thru the 11th, but if the majority want the other she can work around it. Look at your calendars and let me know.

2009-01-17T13:45:00.000-08:00

Blake turned 18 this week. I can't believe it. Happy birthday to Coytt, who is 3 and Ell, who is 4.

Bryce has been busy playing basketball. Thanks for all the phone calls on Wednesday, but Blake was busy at Acadec and Ball games. Back to Bryce, he played quite a bit on Wednesday and made a 3 pointer. It is fun to watch him play. He went to Pinon on Thursday and today he went to Grey Hills. They won again on Thursday and hopefully they win again today. Just didn't feel up to the long drive and sitting through a game yet. Here are some birthday pictures of Blake. I am sure if he were typing this he would include a big thanks for all the gifts.

After Blake's first try of blowing out the candles Bryce dedided he better help him out. Happy Birthday Blake.

2009-01-11T17:33:00.000-08:00

Here is a quick look at 2008:
The first part of the year was tough. 2007 Ended with Grandma Jolley's Funeral. Of course she was 102 and had had a good life. I am sure she was happy to go.
January: Jonni and Chris were married, Uncle Brad past away, we still miss him terribly

February: Aunt Jolene died, Jason and Jodi were married

March: Mallory had cute little Conner

April: Was this actually a quite month, I can't really remember

May: Blake jumped 5'10'' at the state track meet. His highest for the year was 6'. Way to go. He is only 5'9". I thought I was Shera and tried to lift a riding lawn mower. 6 months later I think I feel almost normal again. Oh yes and there was the Rothlisberger reunion with 8 inches of snow. Thank heavens by Sunday it was gone and almost felt like spring again.

June: Mark blessed Coytt and Dalon. It was a good day. Even though it was about 24 hours, 31/2 hour drive after I lifted the lawn mower and tore something in my backside.

July: Mallory and Jake went through the Mesa temple, Conner was blest, Blake became ill.
After 3 trips to the emergency room, 2 doctor visits, a chiropractor visit, and lots of pain, Blake took a $20,000 airplane ride to St. Josephs hospital is Phoenix were he spent 6 days. Before we left we did have a nice 24th with my kids coming home, except Mallory who moved to Utah this month also, and Lorie and her family.

August: Blake has to be on IV antibiotics for 5 more weeks and is very limited in what he can do. No soccer for him. A little sad, but ok with it. Everyone goes to Lake Powell, without us. Just couldn't leave Blake home alone at this point. They did have a good time and we look forward to next year. School Starts and summer comes and goes I guess, I don't really remember summer ever being here.

Sept. Kip took a trip to Idaho, so his parents could visit with Gloria Goodman, she has cancer and wasn't able to come to the reunion. They had a good time stopping by and seeing other family memebers on their way. My back still hurts to bad to travel, so I stay home and tend the kids and myself. Of course Septemeber is loaded with birthdays and wedding anniversaries. Next year will be our 25th. Can you believe it. Congratulations to Tiffany and Mitch on their wedding.

Oct. We went to Utah to Jordan and Jen's wedding, stayed with Cindy and had a good time visiting and laughing. Saw Mallory and Jake and Conner. Enjoyed the trip thanks to Grandma's heated seats.

Nov. We went to Las Vegas to Tiffany and Mitch's reception. It was beautiful and the weather couldn't have been better for an outside reception. Then the fun began again and emergency room here we come, after two visits they say my kidney stones are to big to pass and I have to have surgery. Trust me having stent in is not fun, way to go Lorie for keeping one in for 6weeks 6 days was enough. 3 more weeks trying to pass kidney stones and another surgery. Mark and Monette were sealed as a family. Thanksgiving in between, and another surgery in December. Thank heaven for pain killers It was like being in labor for a month. I am now kidney stone free and hope to stay that was. All you Romine's look out your turn could be just around the corner.

Dec. Blake is medically released to do anything he feels up to, so maybe he will try high jumping. He is just going to see how it goes. It does require your back, but it is up to him. Still feeling the pain, but after laying around for almost 2 months with the kidney stones my back is feeling better. Christmas came and went and the year ended on a great note with Pacer being born the 31st. Sorry for shortage of pictures, but some are on Marti's site and they can't be imported or we just aren't sure how to get them over. Check out everyone elses site for pictures. Who knows when I will post again. I think I do have it figured out though so maybe I will be better at it. Congratulations on all the other new baby's and family happenings.

Baby Pacer

2009-01-09T06:12:00.000-08:00

Mom's coming home from the valley today and since she hasn't updated her blog in like a decade I decided to. I already posted this on my blog and so did Meagan. But yeah Meagan had her little kid. They named him Pacer Lincoln Rogers. And he is so dang cute.

Hopefully when Mom sees this she will expand on her visit. ;)

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2008-09-27T16:05:00.000-07:00

The mother hasn't been updating because her back is too sore so she is looking at other peoples blogs but not updating hers [which I do not understand at all]. I told her that it is time to updatee and she told me to so lets see. At the fair Brent got flippin rich off of stuff that mom did [not him] and I got about 6 bucks for things that I did. Brooklyn and Meagan came down because Meagan had a booth for scentsy. Dad went to Idaho with Grandma and Grandpa Rothlisberger. Here are some pictures from the fair...

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To be honest this is the first time I have posted. Anything you have seen up to this time is by Marti. I decided It is time I post something. Blake came in from his Church History Trip about 3:00a.m. this morning. We are sure glad to have him home. The kids from here go with a group from Utah, Richfield Salina Area. This year 17 went from this area. Some day I am going to quit sending my kids and go myself. They do grow from this trip, so I think it is worth every penny. I wish they still had the school in Nauvoo. I don't know if Blake took pictures, but if he did I will have him post them and write a little something later. Now I will try to post some pictures of our weekend at Monettes. Mark blessed the boys at home 1 week ago. Mom came and we had a nice visit. Kip and I had to return home on Sunday to irrigate, and Kip went to work Monday morning. Go to Mallory's blog to see Grandma with Connor. She stayed until Monday morning and them Mallory took her to the Airport. Thanks for coming Grandma.

I Hacked!

2008-06-08T21:39:00.000-07:00

SO I [Marti] hacked mom's blog because she hasn't been very good at updating. Mother, you need to get busy! There's plenty for you to post about so hurry up, and you had better post about Blake's trip cuz I'm not writing much about it haha. Just kidding but really you should try to be better at posting. =]

Huge Update

2008-05-09T10:28:00.000-07:00

So, Marti had her choir and band concerts and made a castle for the Renaissance, Blake had prom and jumpe 6 ft at regionals, and Brent took second at the Pinewood Derby but didn't place at the district derby. Blake will also be jumping around 6:00 at the state track meet if anybody wants to go. Brent also had his program too. Marti has all of the pictures of Blake at prom so I decided not to post any on mine.

Blake's Track Meet

2008-04-14T18:02:00.000-07:00

Blake had a track meet on Friday in Blueridge. It was so cold I had a hard time focusing on pictures. I just wanted to get back under my blanket. Here are a few. I had hoped I had a better one of him going over. He jumped 5'8". Today would be a great day for a track meet, low 80's, of course Wednesday when we do have a track meet the temperature is going to drop about 15 degrees, and windy again. I will bring a coat and gloves along with my blanket this time.

We also have the Book of Mormon Read a Thon on Wednesday. We are going to Bishops house and following the dream of Lehi. It sounds really good. I am glad to be back in Young Womens so I can go and enjoy this.

New Grandson

2008-03-25T14:23:00.000-07:00

We just got back from the valley because Mallory had her baby. His name is Connor. I have some pictures of him and a couple of Coytt and Dalon.

Basketball Season

2008-03-08T11:51:00.000-08:00

Marti had a great basketball season. There were six teams and her team took 2nd in the championship game. We enjoyed watching her.
Everyone is doing great. Marti is showing me how to do this so I can update things myself. I am looking forward to the new baby coming.

Here's the recipe for the week:

3-Ingredient Fettuccine Alfredo

2 Sticks butter
1/2 pound grated Parmesan Cheese, plus more for serving
salt
1 pound fettuccine

Using an electric mixer, beat butter and Parmesan until creamy.
In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook fettuccine according to package instructions until done. About 12 minutes. Reserve about 1/2 cup of cooking water; drain pasta
Return fettuccine to warm pot. Toss pasta with 1/2 teaspoon salt, cheese mixture, and 1/4 cup of the pasta water. Add more pasta water as needed.
Serve with additional cheese.
I like to add my own seasonings to the cheese mix. Garlic, Italian seasoning. I just add until I like it. This is an easxy supper. You can add baked chicken or just serve it with some vegetables.

Update...

2008-02-25T17:16:00.000-08:00

So, this blog is going private too. E-mail me or just post on here if you want your e-mail on the "safety list".

Also, I have decided that if Mallory doesn't have her baby I am going down to Las Vegas for Easter to go to the picnic with my mom and sisters.

Blake will be at a track meet in Queen Creek on Friday the 29th of February. Anybody who wants to go watch him jump in welcome to but you will have to pay to get in.

Mississippi Mud Cake

2008-02-19T17:59:00.000-08:00

This is our new favorite recipe. People like it so much that when I took it in to Young Womens all of the scouts from another ward were lining up waiting for some. We were hoping for some leftovers but we left with an empty pan.

2 c. sugar
1 c. butter
4 eggs
3 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. cocoa
1 1/2 c. flour
1 c. nuts
1 c. miniature marshmallows

Cream sugar and butter. Add eggs and beat. Sift flour, cocoa and salt. Add to sugar mixture. Add vanilla and nuts. Pour into a greased 9x13 inch pan. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Take out and cover with marshmallows. Put back in oven for 5 minutes. Take out and frost.

Frosting

3 1/2 c. powdered sugar
2 sticks butter
1/2 c. cocoa
1 c. nuts 1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. evaporated milk

Melt butter. Sift sugar and cocoa. Mix with melted butter. Add cream or milk, vanilla and nuts. Spread on cake.

Finally

2008-02-10T11:26:00.000-08:00

So, mom finally got a blog! I,(Marti) have been bugging her for ages and she finally told me to make one for her because she has tried but doesn't know how. I guess we'll have to get some pictures (I have none yet).