tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329167602024-02-20T07:54:44.668-08:00Juice & RaisinJason and Ruth, proud parents of the seven cutest kids in the world! Keeping busy and loving every minute of it!jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-2985217123467326182018-04-01T08:52:00.000-07:002018-04-01T10:15:18.355-07:00Happy Easter!jase:
Happy Easter to all!
I wrote this over the last few Sundays as I reflected on the Savior and his atonement.
Close your eyes for the next few moments. Imagine the Savior standing before you. He is much taller than you. The expression on his face is one of kindness and love. At his side is a table draped in a white cloth. Upon the table a loaf of bread rests on a plate and a cup stands jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-45151386936813966122017-02-08T22:27:00.000-08:002017-02-08T22:37:00.756-08:00Goose Soup, or why I will spend 15 minutes to pluck a bird.The trip last fall to hunt pheasant and geese with the Mavy brothers is a great memory. Three days of beautiful weather (for northern Wyoming) and good opportunities for birds. A first coon hunting experience, and to top it off, having one of my sons with me who enjoyed everything including more than 30(?) hours of driving.
The first morning of hunting began with sneaking on a pond at first jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-1054040164423010892016-08-17T00:26:00.003-07:002016-08-17T00:26:21.455-07:00Ruth's first backpacking tripJase:
A few summers ago, we had just been camping and had taken niece Emma to a lake with her name. She caught a fish (her first?). It was a fun easy trip and got me wondering if there were other lakes with our family names that we might visit. Playing on Google Earth (addiction confession) I found a Ruth Lake in the Emigrant Wilderness. It is not far from the north edge of Yosemite and a one orjasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-48791803600881505392014-06-08T20:03:00.002-07:002014-06-08T20:03:34.824-07:00DirectionsMom and Dad have a mission blog! mavysmission.blogspot.comjasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-27773063277188273132012-12-16T22:04:00.000-08:002012-12-16T22:13:53.672-08:00The Applegate Mavys, Second String - by jason
Tonight, as a family, we watched the LDS First Presidency Christmas Devotional. Of course it wasn't live as it actually was broadcast two weeks ago. But this was our first chance to see it. The lights in our home were turned off except for the Christmas Tree. The kids all sat quietly while we listened to the beautiful music of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir&jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-9911194401758092782012-01-01T20:50:00.000-08:002012-01-01T20:59:39.269-08:00New Years Day TalkOne of the first things I learned as a full-time missionary was that God follows patterns. He follows a pattern for speaking to his children and calling them to repentance. He follows a pattern for teaching us divine truths. He follows a pattern in blessing our lives for our obedience to his commandments. This is a profound faith-promoting principle. With this fact planted firmly in our minds wejasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-54513316553165372252011-06-22T21:37:00.001-07:002011-06-22T21:43:57.114-07:00A musician in the makingThis year Rachel completed fifth grade. One of the opportunities for fifth grade students is to participate in band. Pomo School's band includes trumpets, saxophones, flutes, clarinets, and drums. The school district is lucky to have quite an inventory of instruments.Rachel's first choice was saxophone, but there weren't enough initially so she chose to learn the clarinet. She did very well as a jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-84622098415089033042011-03-28T07:27:00.000-07:002011-03-28T19:07:49.002-07:00Yup, that's MY daughter!Ruth:We've never been the kind of parents to go up with our children to the pulpit and help them bare a testimony.At fast and testimony meeting yesterday, Rachel turned around (Yes, we are taking up two benches now) and asked me if I was going up there. I quickly replied,"NO" as I held Aaron in my arms and the other boys were close at hand needing to be reverenced. The meeting began, Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10999324782722946345noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-60359726949008380982010-11-21T13:55:00.000-08:002010-11-21T13:56:23.158-08:00Another blogHi, all. I've created another blog for myself. You can reach it by clicking on the link to the right: "What NOT to do."jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-593886933671020192010-11-12T19:24:00.000-08:002011-06-24T21:17:22.696-07:00Jason's Deer Hunt - Part TwoSaturday started very cold, 27˚ and clear. We loaded all our gear in our backpacks, ate breakfast and drove up the mountain to our traditional start point. The snow had definitely thinned since Wednesday and the day was promising to be nice.The trail up the mountain was easier where the snow had melted. The snow was still thick above Pink Rock though. We glassed up the hill but didn’t see jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-77712862106475069842010-11-05T10:59:00.000-07:002011-03-20T21:45:48.870-07:00Jason's Deer Hunt - Part OneWarning: This is long! and one sided...Lyman and Dad, you're welcome to correct/alter/twist my words or submit additions (editions?) here as you wish.On the Monday before my October deer hunting trip I went to a shooting range after work to make sure the .280 was sighted in. I arrived at 4:30 pm and the place was going to close at 5:00. So I had very little time. At 4:45 I had my target set up, jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-24520965747712778862010-07-18T17:17:00.000-07:002010-07-18T17:24:29.583-07:00Sunday napTaking after Daddy!Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10999324782722946345noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-52873279742418747492010-07-13T15:45:00.000-07:002010-07-13T16:04:03.428-07:00Trip to Southern CaJason had to go to Scout camp the week of July 5th -10th. So I decided that instead of hanging around my house, with nothing to do but take care of the kids and be hot, I would head down to SO. Ca. to visit our good friends the Bruschke's. I convinced my youngest sister Mary to tag along and help with the driving and the kiddos. And let me just say right now that it was wonderful having the Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10999324782722946345noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-85393596395396546092010-07-02T12:29:00.000-07:002010-07-02T13:22:51.707-07:00Happy Birthday Rachel!!!(Rachel with two of her favorite things)What an amazingly wonderful big girl we have been blessed with! Rachel has been such a life saver with all the help she gives me and her family members! She is a joy to be around and loves her family. Today we will be celebrating her 10th birthday. Wow she's getting old! She requested Hamburgers for dinner and a cake that looks like a chocolate chip Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10999324782722946345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-43746926900057512222010-07-01T08:20:00.000-07:002010-07-01T14:21:13.091-07:00Back to Blogging!?!?!Hi all, have you missed me?.....(Crickets chirping in background)......Wow it's been a busy year! I really tried to do everything but I just found that I was stressing myself out too much! Homeschooling was a wonderful experience. I feel that I accomplished a lot that I wanted the girls to learn and experience. And now that School is out, I plan to get back into blogging! The cute kiddos Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10999324782722946345noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-25879441845375590242010-05-27T19:57:00.001-07:002010-05-27T20:38:06.069-07:00Isn't it clear?Our comic in chief declared that "Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency."Mz. Pelosi promised “We will bring transparency and openness to the budget process and to the use of earmarks, and we will give the American people the leadership they deserve.”It isn't even debatable that these promises have been broken over and over. And I won't argue that jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-34971217044599686232010-05-02T19:59:00.000-07:002010-05-04T20:19:52.898-07:00GratisJ: Yesterday I had a FREE Saturday again. No plans to be anywhere but home and it went great.First: I took the Christmas lights down and put the last Christmas box away.Second: I cleaned up the willow tree cuttings that littered the driveway. We have a corkscrew willow that is very pretty when trimmed well and leafed out. Each year it puts out new long leafy branches so it has to be pruned or jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-78851598571533419452010-03-18T17:35:00.000-07:002010-03-18T18:38:17.442-07:00Enjoying Spring!Aw, to be young again! Need I say more?Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10999324782722946345noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-49143899194118704942010-03-07T07:52:00.000-08:002010-03-07T07:59:24.034-08:00Spring is almost herePeach blossom on our third-year tree.Blossoms bud on the Purple Leaf Plum.jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-37115314786496105572010-02-28T12:43:00.000-08:002010-03-01T22:24:29.629-08:00ProgressJason: I finally had a Saturday to spend with my family at home yesterday and it was great. I've been ill the last couple days but woke up feeling considerably better. There was bacon in the fridge that needed to be cooked, so I got that started. I asked the kids to choose between pancakes, Swedish pancakes, and french toast. Pancakes! was the majority choice so Kaitlin came to help me make the jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-3926335127680792372010-01-31T15:52:00.001-08:002010-01-31T18:34:35.385-08:00Day of restjase:With six children and only a tiny yard for them, there is always something demanding our attention even/especially on Sundays. After church we return home and make lunch, ususally popcorn, fruit, cheese, and some summer sausage or salami if we have it. Following lunch is naptime for at least four of our family so that means "Quiet Time" for the rest. During quiet time the only activities jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-50674091042793934322010-01-23T15:54:00.000-08:002010-01-26T21:06:47.259-08:00Aaron?...Our family is currently reading in Alma, where the sons of Mosiah are teaching King Lamoni and his father. Every time we read the name Aaron, our Aaron perks up and says, "Aaron?"Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10999324782722946345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-10960092229559010182010-01-16T07:16:00.000-08:002010-01-19T18:09:24.344-08:00Leave me alone?This was left as a comment by a "Claudia Lawrence":Hi, ur blog is really nice and interesting, I have bookmark it & anxiously waiting for ur new post. I just wanna suggest that u should go for blog advertising & marketing there is a website called thisisnotarealwebsite.com which is offering very unique features at affordable prices. There are Expert advertising teams of jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-4907105061541988972010-01-12T22:42:00.000-08:002010-01-12T23:04:30.327-08:00a rocking good timeWhen our family lived in Auburn during the second and third year of our marriage I bought Ruth a rocking chair at an oak furniture store. It looked like a comfortable chair and was solidly made. But being it was made in China, it had some features that didn't belong.The chair didn't really rock. It had a distinct bump-bump in the middle of its rocking motion that has kept us from sitting in it jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-32425804810440351472010-01-08T16:05:00.000-08:002010-01-08T17:37:58.503-08:00You know it's time to blog when......your children ask you to take pictures of them in funny poses or with their latest piece of artwork and suggest that you blog about it!...people who usually read your blog to "catch up" with you are sending you emails or calling you at home!...you are spending HOURS reading blogs of friends and family that you haven't been keeping up with!Oh, how I feel I have been slacking when it comes to Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10999324782722946345noreply@blogger.com6