Maryann's Service Work

The last weekend in November we arranged for my parents to go to Idaho so we could suprise them with a new bedroom. Wednesday as soon as I was done with work, I headed down to Genola, Utah and started taking everything out of her bedroom. That evening with the help of a few other family members we had everything out of their bedroom, their carpet pulled up and we removed the closet entirely. We didn't go to bed until 1 a.m. The next day got up we sanded all the wall previous to texturing. I primed the entire bedroom. I got home that evening about 10 p.m. that night. I returned on Saturday after work where we starting to put the bedroom back together along with cleaning the entire house including scrubbing the walls, ceilings, lights, and pictures on the walls. Parents reaction was they sure felt the love of their children. My dad actually started crying. They got new carpet, paint, molding, baseboards, new headboard for their bed, their closet was completely remodeled, a new bed set, new chair for their room.
Every Sunday for the month of December except for the Christmas Party at the Olsen's, we invited someone from our ward family over for dinner and Family Home Evening. Everyone contributed to the meals and the lessons! We used the general conference talks and then played games and enjoyed each other. We invited the Walters family, played the game signs, and had a great time visiting and not even a week later the father passed away. This was a treat for us to be able to share time with him before he passed away. Spencer picked the families that we invited to come to our home.
On Monday's we prepared dinner, soups, salad, bread, and a dessert. We would take it to two families each of the Monday nights. Maryann made sure all food was put into containers that could be kept.
Maryann has a lady friend that she cleans house for. The last time I did it I left a little note, "this one's on me" and left the money there. She had a big t.v. that was a piece of junk and Spencer helped me to get rid of it for her.
There is not anything funner or more rewarding than to be able to do something for someone else. To give someone your time is the coolest thing to do.