Oquirrh Mountain, Utah
130th operating temple
Dedicated: 21-23 Aug 2009
By: Thomas S. Monson
Jesus Christ, Glory of
Revelations 1:14
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Book of Mormon
Alma 62:34-52
New Testament "God is Not the Author of Confusion, But of Peace" 1 Corinthians 14-16
1 Corinthians 16
General Conference
The True, Pure and Simple Gospel of Jesus Christ
President M. Russell Ballard
"Effective ministering is best viewed through the focused lens of loving God and loving our neighbors. Simply stated, we minister because we love our Heavenly Father and His children. Our ministering efforts will be more successful if we keep our ministering simple. The most joy comes from the simple things of life, so we need to be careful not to thin that more needs to be added to any of the adjustments we have received to build faith and strong testimonies in the hearts of God's children."
At first James didn't want to go outside to work on the railings because of the smoke from the fire but the smoke disappeared and it turned out to be a beautiful day.
We did have a little cloudburst in the afternoon with left us with quite a bit of rain.
I worked inside most of the day preparing for tomorrow, watching "Come Follow Me" YouTube videos, working on my blog, and walking.
A little after four we left to do a little birthday shopping at Dollar General. We were invited to Emsley and Liana Grapp's birthday party and dinner starting at 5. We bought cards for each of them. I brought a journal from home to give to Liana. We got her some colored pens to go with that journal. For Emsley James suggested crayons and a coloring book so that's what we got.
When we got to the Grapp's we were the first ones there besides Uncle Mark and Thomas's grandparents. Cammy said when she asked the girls who they wanted to invite to their party Emsley, the six year old, said: "I want to invite adults because kids are just too rowdy."
The Nicoll's family, Brianna and Wyatt and their kids came along with the Finnell's.
The Finnell's are a couple a little younger than us who have grown children but no grandchildren. They have adopted the Grapp children as their grandchildren and the kids call them grandma and grandpa.
Let me tell about the dinner we had. Cammy had a big pot of beans. When I asked for her recipe she said that Rikki, Thomas's grandmother, sprouts beans and then pressure cooks them and bottles them. Cammy takes those beans and adds green chilies, and other spices and boingo, those are the beans. There was fry bread and all kinds of toppings. Here is what Cammy's plate looked like after going through the line:
Yummy!
After dinner we sang Happy Birthday to Emsley, who's sixth birthday is today, and to Liana, whose 11th birthday is the 20th.
Benson, Liana, and Emsley
Cheesecake and chocolate zucchini cake.
Here are some photos we took during the evening.
The baby is baby Abigail, the Nichol's baby.
Little Leland handing a toy to Mason.
Leland was a big hit pushing his walker around.
He turned 1 in July.
Emsley and Abigail
Tildy and Abigail
Abigail and Liana
Cammy home schools her kids and she
has them write in the journal everyday.
Kacey, Autumn, and Loren went to TOFW
in Arlington Friday and Saturday.
Charlie and Jared stayed home.
Don't you just love that face!
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