We have had many miracles. Let's see if I can list a few of them.
1) Completed our 5 year plan at the office - in five years;
2) Participated in a wonderful trek;
3) Helped throw a great 50th wedding celebration for my Mom and Dad;
4) Participated with the young men on a great high adventure;
5) Help put on the Bloomington 4th of July; and
6) 16 and 15 year old to Hawaii for BYU EFY.
Whew! That sounds like a pretty good, action packed, first half of the year.
Completed our 5 year plan at the office - in five years
Yeah, we complete some goals. When I first broke out from the law office I worked for, for 14 years, Marta and I set some goals. We wanted to expand our space, and purchase our equipment with cash and grow our case load, not be the traditional advertising firm, and purchase our own building in 5 years. We opened Bradley C. Harr PC on June 1, 2006. We moved Bradley C. Harr & Associates into a building owned by Smile-Adv llc in June 2011 and had our official open house on July 1, 2011. five years later.
We had a lot of help along the way. Val and Kathryn, Marta's parents, of VPC Construction helped in every phase of construction. Marta and my kids provided a lot of labor and 6 months after starting deconstruction we were ready to move in. The remodel was extensive. The building went from a 11,000 sq ft blue roof structure that looked like a house boat to a very modern comfortable office. I am sure that we were inspired to make the right moves a long the way and that the new location will be a benefit to my family, our employees and the people that we serve.
The goal of our office is to take care of people first and the worldly necessities will fall into place.
Thanks to everyone who helped. Marta and I acknowledge the hand of God in blessing our undertaking. Many obstacles were solved easily, which I ascribe to divine influence.
Laus Deo!
Marta and I also participated in a wonderful trek
The first week of June was our Bloomingtion Stake Trek. There were about 240 young men and young women and about 100 adult volunteers that participated. It is impossible to have a pioneer trek and not have a number of miracles along the way. no one broke a leg, although there were a few IV's administered. The rattle snakes were not played with and the program and food was fantastic.
I wonder why we do trek's. Really, we are going to take modern air conditioned kids and send them out on the mountain for three days and have them push and pull a handcart?! The answer is a resounding absolutely. A lot of character was built, friends made and relationships with god established or strengthened.
The goal the first day was to wear the youth out. Well, by the end of the day they were worn out, but when they awoke, they were rearing to go again. many pioneers lost their husbands in the original treks due to exposure, illness, cold, and other reasons. Their wives were left to pull handcarts alone. On our trek we had a silent women's pull in their honor. The youngmen were told told they could not push the handcarts, so they simply took stuff off the carts and lightened the load. It was an amazing sight.
We also had pioneer games, a square dance, a fireside from the Stake President, motivational speakers and Brigham Young even welcomed them into the valley. Heavenly Father blessed me as I was out of the office for three days, work was done and a problematic case involving 5 injured people was resolved while on a cell phone in the shade of a Juniper tree. Miracles.
50th wedding celebration for my Mom and Dad
Mom and Dad had their 50th wedding anniversary and June 9, 2011. I was a tag along on this one. Marta and Liesl started preparations back in January. We did not tell mom and dad until late in the game. I told dad about a month before so that he would not plan a trip or something over the top of it. Then we sent mom an invitation so she got notified the same time as the invited guests. When she did find out it was a complete surprise.
The night went really smoothly. The party was held a Thanksgiving Point and there was an ice cream bar with cookie and drinks. There was a photographer who took a picture of each family or person that came. Marta and Liesl had materials there for a scrap book and then they edited the photo's and gave them to mom so she can complete the book.
I was able to get a hold of their picture books from their wedding and events that happened since. The photo's were scanned and decorations were made out of the 50 years worth of snapshots and placed around the room. People enjoyed seeing the photo's.
I think about 200 people came through the night and it was a nice event for Mom and Dad. Happy Anniversary.
Participated with the young men on a great high adventure
All neighborhoods go through phases. Ours is no exception. Our neighborhood is aging and there are not as many young people in our immediate area as there once was. As a result, it is a little harder to get the same participation. My sixteen year old wanted to have a cool trip and build some unity. So we put together a trip to help build unity and have some fun.
Here is our agenda:
Wednesday 5:00 p.m. - leave
9:00 - Manti Miracle Pageant
Thursday 9:00 - Golf at Soldier Hollow
1:00 - Lunch
2:00 - Boating, canoeing, swimming
6:00 - dinner and clean up
9:00 - Astronomer
Friday 7:00 - Lake activities at Deer Creek
2:00 - Salt Lake - visit the Conference Center, Tabernacle, Temple Square, Art History museum
6:00 - Dinner at the Gold Room in the Joseph Smith Memorial building
7:00 - Jim and Marci Duke - Motivational speakers
8:00 - Temple visitor center
Saturday 10:00 Depart for St. George
noon Gold in Filmore
As you can see, there was a lot of activity. All had a really good time. Thank you to Jim and Marci for coming to share some thoughts with us. I thought that when the speaker was done, everyone would want to go back to Heber for Smores. I was wrong, they wanted to stay on Temple Square. We sat by the "Christus" and did not leave until 9:00, when the visitor center closed.
We had a great trip and hope that now we have something to build upon with this group of young men. Hopefully, the BSA Ranger program can be implemented for the next year. All young men need some direction. It is helpful if they have an activity based program that gets them involved in learning and even excelling in something wholesome and positive.
I will help in any way I can.
Bloomington 4th of July
Our 4th was a success. It started on Sunday night with a non denominational firside a the LDS Stake center. The United Methodist choir came and sang and Val Langston, a Viet Nam vet, was the speaker. The Dalley's and a duet from the Sun River area also came and sang. It was awesome and well attended.
In the morning, there was a flag raising ceremony at 7:00 a.m. My family hosted the 5k. We had about 125 runners, including people from California. One couple was touring the country and happened to stop in Bloomington and joined us. They were complimentary and said they really enjoyed the morning. This year, as it was a community event, we served coffee. That was a little unusual for our community but perfect as it helped create a sense of community. Our community is American and Christian, but not exclusively Mormon.
Marta and I started working on the Bloomington 4th celebration 3 years ago with a goal. The goal was to host a community, patriotic event where all Bloomington residents felt welcome. We also wanted an event where family July 4th celebration traditions could be supplemented. Goals met.
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