Friday, January 5, 2024: Up @ 4 Yay! BM, Your Endowment, Big brkfst for Ro & friends, Call frm Jared Cali trip, New family name for temple, J office in bedrm, taking down Christmas, broken lantern chimney by me, Amazon orders, books, Card from Connie, new dust mop

 

San Juan, Puerto Rico

176th operating temple

Dedicated: 15 Jan 2023

By: D. Todd Christofferson

Book of Mormon

Testimony of Joseph Smith

Come Follow Me

"The Testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith" The coming forth of the Book of Mormon was a Miracle.

October General Conference

"The Sealing Power" by Elder D. Todd Christofferson

I was up at 4 am. Yay! That's my goal, not somewhere in the 4's. 

I prayed and read from the Book of Mormon and my book about the temple, "Your Endowment." 

Here are a few notes I took from "Your Endowment." 

p. 166 New Names Prefiguring of Covenant Blessings * Michael literally means "who is like God." I didn't know this when I gave Michael his birthday card. I wrote in it that he was a very Christlike person. Interesting. 

James told the boys last night that we were going to fix breakfast for them in the morning and that it would be ready at 8 am. 

I cooked biscuits, fried bacon, and made homemade hashbrowns while James made scrambled eggs. As I was in the middle of making hashbrowns Jared called. I asked if I could call him back in 15 minutes and he said yes. They were on their way to the Dallas temple in the middle of a rainstorm. Jared is a member of the high council and in conjunction with their stake conference on Sunday, the high councilmen and their wives are going to a temple session today.

I got things under control in the kitchen and excused myself as the boys came in to eat. They were all very appreciative for the meal.

Jared wanted to talk about our trip to Disneyland March 2nd - 6th.

We discussed things and finally came up with a plan. We will be staying at the Embassy Suites on Harbor Blvd. Jared & Kacey will pay for our room for three nights. We will rent a car and drive from Arizona to California. Jared will pay for the gas. We will drive over on Saturday, visit Newport Beach and temple grounds on Sunday, go to Disneyland on Monday, California Adventure on Tuesday, and drive them to the airport on Wednesday and then drive home. I hope that's right. Let me know Kacey if it isn't.

Wow. I just realized I need to plan our trip on January 23rd with Lola and Ruby.

One of my goals for the new year is to take family names to the temple by doing more family history research. I got on Family Search and there was already a name ready for me. I feel blessed. This was a tender mercy.

James can't work outside today because of the snow. He does office work, working at the table in the bedroom I set up for him. This evening he helped me start taking down and putting away Christmas decorations. 

For some reason James was in the back somewhere when the boys were ready to leave. They hung out until about 11 playing games and riding the Razr. 

Eric, Rowan, Tannen, Graham

Such nice boys!

Some pictures they took today: 

As I was working around the Christmas tree I broke one of the chimney's on one of our kerosene lamps. James broke one when we were putting decorations are up so I guess we are even. It cost $20 to buy a new one. I guess I need to have a budget just for lamp chimneys.

I have a couple of quilts I would like to display so with the $50 Amazon gift card Lois and Dawn gave me, I ordered a quilt rack.

I'm excited for it to get here. 

James says he needs a new Sunday journal so with the $50 Amazon gift card he got from Kim and Brian, we ordered him a new leather bound journal.

While walking I downloaded a book I have read before but don't remember much about. It is called, "Lily of the Manor" by Anita Stansfield. 

James and I listened to "A Hopeful Christmas." 

Kim & Brian couldn't come until February.

James wouldn't wait that long to take the tree down.