Good morning Arizona!
Happy Birthday Jonathan
Even though you are the youngest of the three cousins all born
in the same week, you were the first to get gray hair!
Helaman 1:1-17
What causes anger and contention and how can we avoid it?
Pride and selfishness cause anger and contention. We can avoid anger and contention by having humility, realizing our dependence on the Lord, and that no one is perfect. Striving to have charity, the pure love of Christ is what we all should be striving for.
GC: Be Thou Humble by Elder Steven E. Snow
Spencer W. Kimball, the 12th President of the Church, said:
"How does one get humble? To me, one must constantly be reminded of his dependence on the Lord. How to remind
one's self? By real, constant, worshipful, grateful prayer."
It should come as no surprise that President Kimball's
favorite hymn was:
'I Need Thee Every Hour.'
That just happens to be my favorite hymn too!
James and I were very sad to hear the news that Bob Ward had passed away. We were in his ward years ago and at one time Sheri and Ian were his son Rob's Primary teachers. Rob said his dad loved the Beatles' songs and he taught most of them to Rob who was always singing them in Primary.
Such a cheerful guy. He always had a funny story or joke to tell.
He will be missed.
This picture of Addy, taken four years ago for her baptism, came up on my Facebook feed today.
I love this picture! It's hard to believe that she just turned 12 and
went in to Young Women's this past week.
James took Terry's truck to Hancock School, which is about two miles away from Cathi and Terry's while I took our truck to my infusion appointment in Mesa. On the way home as I was getting off the 101 and getting ready to get on the 202 the truck started shaking like crazy. I thought I must have a flat tire so I pulled over and stopped on the off ramp. I was shaking I was so scared. I called James and checked the tires. No flat. He says sometimes his truck does that because it needs new struts. I got back in and drove slowly the rest of the way home. Pretty scary stuff.
We used my gift card and went to Olive Garden for lunch. I can't believe that James ordered mussels.
It looks like a full plate but it is mostly shells. I had my usual chicken scampi and then I ordered some zeppoli's to eat on the
way home with chocolate sauce.
We went back to Cathi and Terry's, packed up and left for home. Since my car isn't ready I am riding with James in the truck. He is pulling the trailer with the logsplitter and a box of stone block for the front porch. He said we could go the Payson way which made me happy. It was great to be home. We unpacked got into our comfy clothes and finished reading our book. We also watched a Hallmark movie starring Debbie Gibson called "Summer of Dreams."
Michael came home to Chandler for the weekend and Shipley was so excited she could hardly stand it.
Michael getting the royal treatment from Shipley.
James went shopping last night and bought a birthday card for James Hayden who turns 16 on the 15th. We mailed it today.
He picked out a good card. One of the other ones he picked out
had Spiderman on it but I thought James was a little old.
