Saturday, April 30, 2016

I love this sweet couple.

They have the best smiles ever and

they glow!

James and I did sealings this morning in the Snowflake temple and this picture of Marisa and Curtis reminds me of how happy a couple can be to be sealed together for time and all eternity.

Jared had given us four couples to be sealed, one was a William Trezise to an Elizabeth Daniels, probably Ian's great grandparents, and three Mangum couples.  We didn't get the cards back because we left before all of the sealings were done.  

We were also sealed for my grandparents, Albert Alexander Strickland to Myrtle Mae Rutledge.  I was so surprised to find that this work had not been done.  Their children, my mom and her brother and sister have been sealed to them, but their sealing had never been done.  We were also sealed for my "Nannie's" (Myrtle Mae's), grandparents, George Thomas Walker to Amanda Epley.  

I love that you can print temple cards from home now!  These are the cards that I printed.

The only reason I got these cards back was because of a

sister in our ward who works in the temple records office.

She saw my name on them and brought them to me.

We listened to our scriptures and two conference talks on the way to Snowflake.  Mosiah 19:25-20:11 - Why did the Lord let Limhi's people end up in bondage?  Answer: They were compelled to be humble, whereas, Alma's people were humble without being compelled to be. (Alma 32: 13, 16).

We listened to Sister Marriott's talk in the general women's session of conference.  Here is one of my favorite quotes from her talk:

"Sister Julie B. Beck, former Relief Society General President taught: 'The ability to qualify for, receive, and act on personal revelation is the single most important skill that can be acquired in this life. . . . It requires a conscious effort.'

Next it was Sister Linda K. Burton, the Relief Society General President.  Here is a quote from her talk:

"There are more than 60 million refugees, including forcibly displaced people, worldwide.  Half of those are children."

That makes me so sad.

James and Adam worked on the shed this afternoon while I began preparing our last meal of the day.  After this meal we will begin our fast and end it 24 hours later.  I marinated some chicken.  James loves this recipe for honey-lime chicken.  I also made a big pot of mashed potatoes because I know how much Adam likes them.  I made a salad and some peas.  We ate at 3pm.  

I used chicken thighs instead of breasts and they were absolutely melt in your mouth delicious!  It was a yummy meal and afterwards James said the prayer to start our fast.  Other members of our immediate family are joining us in this fast for two young men in our family.  We love them so much and want them to feel the love of the Lord in their lives.

I woke up very early this morning and had to get up and record some thoughts in my 'feel the Spirit' journal.  As a result, after our meal and cleaning the kitchen I was super tired.  I tried to take a nap but that didn't work so I turned on a Hallmark movie called "Just Desserts".  Soon James joined me.

Because of this movie I looked up some recipes for flourless 

chocolate hazelnut cakes.  When I showed them to James, he was excited and said he wanted to try both recipes.  He loves dark

chocolate and hazlenut.  I think it would be so fun to be a

pastry chef but I would probably weigh 300 lbs!

After the movie I was relaxed and refreshed and worked on preparing my Primary lesson on "Alma and Amulek in Prison", until it was time to go to bed.

Family Happenings

 Jared posted this:

One of my dreams is to be able to watch Emmy and Molly

play soccer.

Sheri's post:

Sheri, Trina, and Alexis hiked

Picachio Peak today.