Sunday, January 22, 2017

The Manti temple

1 Nephi 16:1-16

*Why do the "wicked take the truth to be hard?'

*When Heavenly Father has asked you to go into your own personal "wilderness" what gifts has He given you to help you succeed?

2 Nephi 15:13-18

DC 10:54-70

So many great verses in today's reading.  Which ones spoke to me?

GC: "The Blessings of Worship" by Bishop Dean M. Davies

'When we worship God, we approach Him with reverent love, humility, and adoration.  We acknowledge and accept Him as our

sovereign King, the Creator of the universe, our beloved and infinitely loving Father.  We respect and revere Him.

We submit ourselves to Him.  We lift our hearts in mighty 

prayer, cherish His word, rejoice in His grace, and commit to follow Him with dedicated loyalty.  Worshipping God

is such an essential element in the life of a disciple of 

Jesus Christ that if we fail to receive Him in our hearts,

we will seek for Him in vain in our councils, churches,

and temples.'

I got up at seven to do a little studying.  Molly was up too.  Jared texted and said the other kids need to be up by nine.  Church is at eleven.  

I had pizza for breakfast and some Dr. Pepper 10.  I am such a health nut.  James also made Molly and I some Starbucks hot chocolate.

The umbrella was from last nights Bahama Bucks.

Not sure why the sour face.

James got the older kids up while Molly and Emmy both got themselves ready to go.  Molly was an angel this morning!  It was a pleasure to be with her.  Even when Emmy got upset with her for taking the case off their phone, she didn't get upset.  She just tried to explain to Emmy that it was hard for her to push the buttons when the case was on.  Very impressed!

Someone posted this on Facebook regarding the women's protest marches this past week.

Yes!

I took a short little rest.  Kacey's bedroom is grand central when it is time to get ready to go somewhere.  

We had to make two trips to the church to get everyone there in our car.  Thank goodness the church is so close.  We could probably have walked but it was way too windy!

We met Kacey and Jared at church and as soon as Molly saw them, I was no longer her sidekick.  It's okay.  I understand.  I sat by Anna who sat next to Summer during sacrament meeting.  

James and I stayed until after Sunday School and then we said goodbye to Kacey and Jared.  The kids were in classes.  Jared gave James two books for his birthday.  

The "Boys in the Boat" will be the next book

James and I read together.

We packed, changed our clothes and had a little something to eat.  James also made us some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the road so we would not have to stop for food on the way home.  Of course we will have to stop for gas.

Grandpa and Anna's birthday cake.

Jared had planned a little party for Anna and Grandpa this afternoon but we needed to get an early start.  We were sorry to have missed it.  I did steal a piece of cake before leaving.  (I asked Jared first!)

We are so grateful that our car is running so well after the scare we had Friday night.  We said a prayer and were on our way.  We made good time going 80 mph.  We gained an hour going back to El Paso and were there by 9 pm.  It feels like home again.  We had some stew and finished reading "Without a Word."  

I left James's birthday present in San Antonio.  Kacey said they would mail it for me tomorrow.  It's a photo stick to back up all of his photos that are on his computer.  I was surprised to see his is 128 GB while mine is only 64 GB.

Fun Photos

The Matterhorn.  Disney did a pretty good job of duplicating this!

Bighorn sheep

January 2016 Photos

Lola

Dawn, Carmen, and Rebecca

Evan hanging out on the couch.

All of his brothers are on a campout.

Such an awesome kid!