Payson, Utah
146th operating temple
Dedicated: 7 June 2015
By: Henry B. Eyring
Book of Mormon
Title Page
Come Follow Me
Review
October General Conference
'O Youth of the Noble Birthright'
Brother Bradley R. Wilcox
"It is one thing to be loved and another thing entirely to be trusted. In the 'For the Strength of Youth' guide, we read: 'Your Father in Heaven trusts you. He has given you great blessings, including the fulness of the gospel and sacred ordinances and covenants that bind you to Him and bring His power into your life. With those blessings comes added responsibility. He knows you can make a difference in the world, and that requires, in many cases, being different from the world."
When we walked in to sacrament meeting this morning our ward choir was singing the prelude music. I didn't even know we had a ward choir. They sounded great.
Our ward Christmas program consisted of a few families telling something about one of their favorite Christmas hymns and then everyone singing the hymn. The Gassaway's were first, then the Jensen's, Wendy DeWitt, and for the last number Jennifer Golly sang, "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel." I love Jennifer's voice and she did an amazing job on the hymn. It was beautiful and I went up and told her so after the meeting was over. Sister Jensen and six of her children sang an unfamiliar hymn and harmonized beautifully. She told the story of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and we sang the hymn/carol "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." Oh, I almost forgot, the Primary children sang too.
After the meeting I also spoke with Julie Wilhelm and Shelly and Jordyn Applegate. We had no second hour and so we went home and had lunch. I made tuna sandwiches and then we each had a nap, along with Tom.
Happy Sabbath!
Brent & Rebecca's family
Scarlett
Charlie
Our naps were short as we needed to get ready to go to the valley. The family Christmas party starts at 6 pm so we needed to leave before 2:30. Tom looks worried as we hustle around the house getting things ready to go. We ended up leaving him outside because we couldn't find him when we left. Easton Crane is going to feed him and Sammy (can't decide if I should used an i or a y), and the horses. When Easton feeds Tom he will let him in the house and out again later according to Tom's desires. We told him, "Tom is the boss." The problem is, he never saw Tom the entire time we were gone. His food did disappear.
I packed 22 blankets into the car. I will have to wrap them while staying at Stacy's. We left somewhere between 1:30 and 2 and delivered gifts to Virgil and the Halcomb's. The MacArthur's are still in the valley. We will stop by Christmas day to deliver their gifts.
We arrived at Stacy & Paul's in time to get heat up our mini pigs in a blanket appetizers. I headed up the steak bites too, but they were disgusting so I ended up throwing them away. I also put out my pink yogurt pretzels.
Some of my favorite food at the party: Ruby's mac and cheese, everyone raved about it, Sheri's pulled pork, and Kim & Brian's chips and salsa from Chili's. Paul made Spanish rice and it was very good too. There were lots of goodies and cookies, and plenty of food although we did run out of Sheri's pulled pork.
The first game played was the money game. I had brought my $3 but it was so crowded around the table I decided not to play. Kaitlyn Booth didn't play either. She still feels guilty about winning last year. Lola ended up winning the jackpot, $63.
it was Lola. From now on we are
calling her Lucky Lola.
In the White Elephant game Evan got the #1, the best number to have. Many people knew which package had the poster in it, but Alayna didn't know. She picked it and then gave it to Ian and took what he had, so Ian was the first one to open the poster package.
Ian thought he had the poster for a year but Evan had a surprise planned. When it came back around to Evan, he took the poster from Ian, we were all shocked, and then he gave it to Joshua as Joshua was standing next to him saying, "Evan wouldn't do that to me." Evan did because he wanted the In N Out gift card that Joshua had.
Here is Joshua, the final winner of the poster.
Adam is the one that started the poster back in 2010.
When we use to have the Lambson family Christmas party with all of Lois's family in the valley, including her, we had a Patrick Lambson poster that went around. When we started having our own family parties I guess Adam figured we needed another poster.
For our gifts, I got a puzzle, and James got See's chocolates. Those attending this year's party: Paul, Stacy, Adam and his friend Kaitlyn Booth, who comes every year, Dallin, Michael, Joshua, Alayna, Kim, Brian, Joseph, Ian, Sheri, Ben & Cayli, Evan, Darrel, Trina, Addy, Ruby and Lola, and James and I. Max and Rowan both had to work.
Kacey gave me an idea for next year, although I need to talk to her again to make sure I have all of the information. Every family is assigned a name the Savior goes by, such as the Good Shepherd. The family talks about what this name means to them and the significance of it in our lives. They get an ornament with the name on it. I love this idea!
see them in this picture.
Here are some more photos from Kim
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