Saturday, June 18th, 2022: Ruby's 13th Bday, Cookies in bags w/Tamara, Kerri, Rosie, RAIN!!,

 

Kansas City, Missouri

137th operating temple

Dedicated: 6 May 2012

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Second Coming

D&C 128:24 

Behold, the great day of the Lord is at hand; and who can abide the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap; and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi,and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Let us, therefore, as a church and a people, and as Latter-day Saints, offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness; and let us present in his holy temple, when it is finished, a book containing the records of our dead, which shall be worthy of all acceptation.

Book of Mormon

Alma 18:8-23

22 - Now Ammon being wise, yet harmless, he said unto Lamoni: Wilt thou hearken unto my words, if I tell thee by what power I do these things? And this is the thing that I desire of thee.

"Come Follow Me"

1 Samuel 17 With the help of the Lord, I can overcome any challenge. 1 Samuel 18

AprGenCon

"Christ Heals That Which Is Broken"

Amy A. Wright

Second Counselor in the Primary General Presidency

Because of Christ, our decision to "go forth and change" can also allow us to "go forth and heal," for He is the source of healing all that is broken in our lives. As the great Mediator and Advocate with the Father, Christ sanctifies and restores broken relationships - most important, our relationship with God.

Happy Birthday Dear Ruby! Ruby got to go to the beach for her birthday.

An official teenager,

the sweetest one ever!

I got up this morning and frosted 36 sugar cookies. Afterwards I took a shower and got ready for company. Kerri showed up before 10 and Tamara and Rosie shortly after. This is the first time that Rosie has been to our house and she said she loved it. We are all gathered here to bag our cookies and put a quote about Fathers on them. Kerri brought the quote but she only had 40 runoff so I had to run off 80 more on our printer. Rosie brought snickerdoodle cookies and Tamara brought chocolate chip. Rosie's cookies and mine were large and Tamara's were smaller so we put two of hers in a bag. We were finished around noon. 

From top to bottom: snickerdoodle,

sugar cookie, Rosie's sugar free, and a

chocolate chip that I sampled.

James and I went in to town. He needed to get a part for the lawn pump. We got sandwiches at Firehouse Sub and while James was in Home Depot I ate half of mine. We were going to drive up to either the West Fork or the East Fork of the Black River but the longer I sat in the car and watched the traffic go by and the dark clouds roll in, the more I just wanted to go home and pray for rain to come our way.

James was okay with my decision and we said we would go on our little excursion sometime during the week when there would not be so many people. On the way home we listened to our new book, "Philippa Holds Court." We really like this author, Jenny Goutet, and also the narrator who, although she is a woman, does the men's voices so well.

We stopped at the post office where James had a Father's Day card from the Trezise's. Evan said he had been practicing and was ready to take Grampa on in boxing or wrestling match, I'm not sure which.

Rain! We had a beautiful rain and we went outside on the deck and enjoyed the fresh air and the smell of rain. It was wonderful! Heavenly Father really does answer prayers! The temperatures are in the lower 60's and upper 50's.

Other things I did today: Worked on my blog, napped, walked and watched the newest Hallmark movies with James, "Moriah's Lighthouse" starring Luke McFarlane and a new French girl with long curly red hair. It was a good one!

East or West Fork of the

Black River

This is what Ruby's S'mores cake should

have looked like.