OUR FAMILY: Fri, June 3rd, 2022: Newport Beach California Temple, Boys breakfast, swim, boys dinner, dinner & dominoes at Lois & Dawn's, Chelsie Hightower, cake, Jared Ammon, Shayna,

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Fri, June 3rd, 2022: Newport Beach California Temple, Boys breakfast, swim, boys dinner, dinner & dominoes at Lois & Dawn's, Chelsie Hightower, cake, Jared Ammon, Shayna,

Newport Beach, California

122nd operating temple

Dedicated: 28 Aug 2005

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Second Coming

D&C 133:46

And it shall be said: Who is this that cometh down from God in heaven with dyed garments; yea, from the regions which are not known, clothed in his glorious apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength?

Book of Mormon

Alma 10:17-32

"Come Follow Me"

Judges 13-16 Strength comes from faithfulness to my covenants with God. Judges 13-14.

AprGenCon

"But We Heeded Them Not"

Elder David A. Bednar

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

I pray that the Holy Ghost will bless and enlighten each of us as we consider together how we can be strengthened to "heed not" the evil influences and mocking voices of the contemporary world in which we live.

Scriptures and prayers with James and then with the boys. James went to the store and got sausage, a watermelon, and a cantaloupe and some other things to fix the boys some breakfast. They ate a little and then went down to go swimming.

Sheri sent me $100 this morning for which I am grateful. The pizzas and garlic knots last night were over $60.

James took a nap after breakfast and I walked and blogged. I also watched "Teaching with Power" and listened to an "All In" interview with Chelsie Hightower, "What My Battle with Anxiety in Hollywood Taught Me About God's Love." After listening to the interview I had to watch Chelsie and Mark's dance on "So You Think You Can Dance" to the song, "Bleeding Love." It's still good.

At 3:00 James and I left for Lois's to play dominoes with her and Dawn, Cathi & Terry, and Dave & Laura. I gave each of the boys $20 to buy dinner at the Splash Grille. We hadn't gone too far down the freeway when we got a text from Rowan. The Splash Grille doesn't take cash? What? I was quite surprised. We immediately got off the freeway, turned around and met Rowan back at the resort and I gave him my credit card.

Before playing dominoes at Lois and Dawn's we had dinner. There was taco soup, cornbread, chips, a salad which Cathi made from the produce from her garden, and a delicious banana split dessert.

Let the game begin! We start out with the double 12 and go to the double zero so this game takes several hours. James had said we would leave by 7 but it ended up being after 8. We stayed until the end. Lois was the winner, which some how seemed appropriate. I enjoyed the game because I sat by Cathi. She is so much fun. She and Dave banter back and forth with each other and I'm always on Cathi's side. I really do miss her. As we were leaving Laura came up and put her arm around me and apologized for talking on the phone so much, she kept having to leave the game. She said it was Kevin calling her. He has a custody battle going on with Alena. I guess Alena is trying to turn the girls against him. He is pretty stressed. So sad.

We got back to the resort at 9 and the boys were still at the pool. We went down to see them and say hi. We did some walking and listening to our new book, "The Sport of Matchmaking" before going to bed.