Saturday, April 11th, 2020

Oakland, California

13th operating temple

Dedicated: 17-19 Nov 1964

By: David O. McKay

Jesus Christ, Judge

Alma 33:22
If so. wo shall come upon you; but if not so, then cast about your eyes and begin to believe in the Son of God, that he will come to redeem his people, and that he shall suffer and die to atone for their sins; and that he shall rise again from the dead, which shall bring to pass the resurrection, that all men shall stand before him, to be judged at the last and judgment day, according to their works.
Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"
3 Nephi 11 and 17
April General Conference

"Consider the Goodness and Greatness of God"

Elder Dale G. Renlund

"I invite you to remember each day the greatness of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and what They have done for you."

Restoration

Church History in the Fulness of Times

Chapter 9 Gathering to the Land of Zion

Because of the Christ on Calvary

Brad Wilcox

Is there really a pandemic going on? Sometimes it seems unreal to me as I sit here at home doing the things I normally do. I have a rude awakening when I go to Walmart and the shelves are bare.

We read about the tradition of red eggs and lilies today in Emily's book, "A Christ-centered Easter."

We went to town today. It's funny how we don't communicate very well. James thought we were going to town to get feed for Luna. I thought we were going to town to get groceries. We did both but not without James acting surprised. 

The baby chicks were so cute at C-A-L Ranch. James showed me the pink saddles and the pink lassos. Everyone is catering to girls these days. 

After our trip to C-A-L Ranch we stopped at Taco Bell for some lunch. While I started the grocery shopping James went across the street to Circle K to get some gas. I am trying not to put too much on the credit card this month. I told him to use it for gas and I would use my debit card for the groceries. We also used the credit card at C-A-L Ranch. 

No matter how hard I try I can't seem to get my grocery bill below $200. This week I did take out some cash for Alex's birthday on the 16th. My bill was $200.01.

When James got home he took a nap and then went for a ride on Luna looking for antlers. They were gone about two hours.

While at Walmart I bought some baskets to make Easter baskets for the sisters I minister to. This was kind of a last minute idea. I'm not sure why I didn't think of it sooner. 

I ran off a flip book of the Easter story on the Redheaded Hostess's site. I also ran off questions to put in the eggs about Easter. Sometimes I wonder where my brain is. It would have been so easy for me to take a picture of all of the baskets when they were done, but of course I forgot.

Jean, Catherine, and Tanna's baskets all had 12 eggs with the questions in them and the Easter flip book. I also made a bunny pop for each basket and then wrote a message inside of an Easter card telling them one of my favorite scriptures, Phillipians 4:13 and bearing testimony of the Savior and how much He loves them and how much I love them. Cammy's card had 14 eggs because there are seven people in her family. 

I did not finish the baskets until about 7:30 Easter night and that's when we delivered them.

Scarlett

Charlie:

 I forgot to post this sweet picture.

Tanner was not with Charlie at Easter.

They are watching the movie "Cars"

Charlie's favorite.

 Fun at Home for Scarlett

I love how they turn their heads when they

are listening.

 James is dying to find this cave

but he won't ask where it is.

Haven't they suffered enough?