Friday, April 19th, 2019

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

152nd operating temple

Dedicated: 18 Sept 2016

By: Henry B. Eyring

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

Alma 33:14, 22
14 Now behold, my brethren, I would ask if ye have read the scriptures? If ye have, how can ye disbelieve on the Son of God?
22 If so, wo shall come upon you; but if not so, then cast about your eyes and begin to believe in the Son of God, that he will come to redeem his people, and that he shall suffer and die to atone for their sins; and that he shall rise again from the dead, which shall bring to pass the resurrection, that all men shall stand before him, to be judged at the last and judgment day, according to their works.
Book of Mormon
Mosiah 11:16-29
New Testament "Come Follow Me"
Matthew 26; 27:1-61

General Conference

Abound with Blessing

Dale G. Renlund

"Most blessings that God desires to give us require action on our part - action based on our faith in Jesus Christ."

We left the house at 11 this morning, right on schedule. Just as we turned on to the Green's Peak road Sheri texted and asked if we wanted to go to the temple with her tomorrow afternoon. Of course the answer was yes so we turned around and went back to get our temple clothes. We are missing the Morrison's sealing by going to the valley this weekend. I wrote a text to Laurann and told her we had a family tradition of getting together on Easter weekend. I hope she understood.

When we got to Show Low James had to go back Empire Cat to give them an invoice. It just took a couple of minutes. Our next stop was to get gas and to wash the car. A huge bird pooped on the corner of the front window on my side and I didn't relish the thought of looking at that all the way to the valley. While James was attending to the car I walked to McDonald's and ordered us a couple of Quarter Pounders to eat on the way. So messy and greasy. Not a good idea. We should have waited until Burger House.

The poppies in Miami are beautiful. Quite a contrast to the old deserted buildings. We zipped right through. I waved as we passed Burger House.

We did not stop at Darrel and Trina's but went straight to Sheri's for egg coloring. Those who were there: Max, Evan, Sheri, Kim, Brian, Michael, Joshua, Stacy, and Alex. Those who actually stepped away from video games and colored eggs: Everyone except Max and Michael. James went to collect more money from Mario Chacon. He did come back and color three eggs. Alex and Evan like to color eggs because they are artistic like Ian. I guess Max is not interested. It was nice that Brian was there. He and Ollie love each other. He holds Ollie on his shoulder like a baby and Ollie loves it. 

 Alex, Joshua, Max and Michael

The ladder is in the entry because Sheri and Ian have been painting.

 Stacy telling Kim about her new job. 

Proof of egg coloring. Why didn't I actually take a

picture of someone coloring eggs. I'm not sure what 

Sheri is doing. 

This evening James worked at Kim and Brian's putting drywall back in the laundry room while I visited with Kim and Brian. I also worked on my blog while we watched Hallmark movies. Brian went to Crumbl Bakery and got us some cookies. He got Nutella cookies for Kim, Joe, James and himself. I wanted a sugar cookie but I guess they were out so I ate the snickerdoodle which was warm and divine. These are the biggest, thickest cookies I have ever seen. 

 So thick and creamy

James only got to eat half of his.

BTW how many cookie stores are there in the tri-city area?

 My eggs for tomorrow's egg hunt. I casually mentioned that

I was hungry for Harkin's movie popcorn. When Brian went to get

the cookies he brought me back my own bag!

So thoughtful.

Kim giving Bob a belly rub while we were watching

our Hallmark movies. I guess she does this several

times a day.

James and I got back to Darrel and Trina's around 10 but went straight to the grocery store to get what we needed to fix Easter beans and green bean casserole. Thank goodness Fry's stays open until 11. Back home we were locked out of the house. Darrel and Rowan were gone to the Father's and Son's outing. Trina was in bed because she goes to work early in the morning. Thank goodness Addy was awake and let us in.

Addy had a track meet today and then went wakeboarding with a friend. She was a little sun burnt but had a great time. Rowan was asked at the Father's and Son's to get up and talk about service just spur of the moment and Darrel said he did a great job.

I asked Trina if we could take the girls with us to color eggs but she was taking them to get pedicures. That sounds like more fun. 

It was a fun day. It was 77 in Vernon and about 102 when we arrived in the valley. Oh well, we just stayed indoors most of the time. We did walk after we put groceries away at 11 p.m. around the green belt in from of Darrel and Trina's it makes a nice walking track.

Posting this because Jared asks for it almost every Easter. 

I can understand why, because it is delicious.

Lois's recipe.

 Little Miss Sunshine