Saturday, December 10, 2022: James's foot, start rolls, Goodbye to boys, Nap, Rolls look beautiful, Ward Party, Wasted trip to town, Walk

Brigham City, Utah

139th operating temple

Dedicated: 23 Sept 2012

By: Boyd K. Packer

Jesus Christ, Son of man

John 6:27

Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

Book of Mormon

Ether 8:1-17

Come Follow Me

Zechariah 13-14

Names of Christ

Head of The Church

OctGenCon

Be Perfected In Him

Elder Paul V. Johnson

Of the Presidency of the Seventy

Aaron being saved by his brother's blood has spurred many thoughts about the atoning blood of Jesus Christ and the effect of His Atonement on us. I would like to focus today on the permanent, life-giving change that occurs as we allow the Lord to work miracles in us.

I got up at 5 but went back to bed for a quick nap. James is miserable because of his knee. He says he wants to go to the E.R. and wants me to go with him. I ask him to wait until after the boys leave. They don't leave until almost noon. We took some pictures and said our goodbyes and gave some hugs. Afterwards we went in to take a nap.

I sure do love these guys!

I woke up from my nap and went in to check on the rolls. They were ready to bake, nice and plump. I think they turned out beautiful.

These rolls are for the ward party

When the rolls were finished it was time to get ready for the ward party. It starts at 5:30 and I wanted to have my rolls there a little early. James found his knee brace to wear to the ward party. He is feeling so much better because he took some aspirin. When we arrived I left my rolls in the kitchen and Natalie Robles said, "Those look and smell delicious! Most of the rolls looked like they were bought at the store. 

The cultural hall was filled with tables, most of them were the long ones. What round tables there were were already filled with people. I picked a spot and sat down. I think James went to have a ministering interview with Collin DeWitt. He finally came in and sat by me. Becky Skousen and her husband Chris were on the other side. Greg and Kim Anderson were across the table along with Bonnie Holland and her boyfriend. On the other side of James were the Ulmer's, Winna, her husband and their five year old great grandson whom they are raising, Densen. 

Brother Gassaway welcomed us and thanked everyone who helped prepare for this night. Collin DeWitt gave the opening prayer and blessing on the food. He prayed for Kathy Crane who is in the hospital with pneumonia. I was surprised to hear that because James said she had the flu. We all lined up in the hallway in the food line. This is the biggest turnout for a ward party that I have ever seen. They set up two hundred chairs and most all of them were filled. We had ham with cherry sauce, scalloped potatoes, green beans, and rolls and lots of desserts on the dessert table. There wasn't much room to walk around between the tables so it was hard to go around and visit with people. 

The Primary children sang a few songs and then the bishop invited them to sit on the floor and listen to him tell the first story of Christmas. Next he began telling "The Night Before Christmas" and when it talked about Santa appearing, he walked in the door along with Mrs. Santa. Rogers and Lynn Wallace, new to our ward, were Mr. and Mrs. Santa. There was a manger near where the bishop was sitting with the baby Jesus in it. Santa worshipped the baby Jesus and the bishop talked about gifts from Jesus. It was a sweet program. The last thing that happened was the children were invited to get in line and take turns visiting with Santa.

James had another ministering interview and I helped put up chairs and tables in the Relief Society room before we left. 

When we got home I realized I was out of one of my blood pressure meds. Thinking that Walmart's pharmacy was open until nine, which it is on weekdays James and I made a quick trip to town. James went in to get my meds and was back in less than five minutes. At first I thought he got my medicine and was happy. Then I looked at him as he said, "They close at six on Saturday." Darn! I felt like a fool. A wasted trip but I rather enjoyed it as we listened to our book and it was rather cozy.

We both had to walk this evening to reach our goal. I told James he shouldn't be walking on his knee but he didn't listen to me.

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