Happy Halloween everyone!
From the staff at Chandler Eyecare.
3 Nephi 17:1-25
Why do you think Jesus Christ told the people to ponder the things that He taught and to ask Heavenly Father for understanding?
*The dictionary says that ponder means to weigh mentally, think deeply about, deliberate, meditate. Pondering is, in my feeling, a form of prayer. Pondering the things of God helps to keep us from becoming complacent in our approach to Him. Elder Neal A. Maxwell explained the dangers of not regularly internalizing the gospel in our lives: The worshipers at Rameumpton so ritualized their religion that they never spoke of their God again until they had assembled themselves together a week later at the holy stand. (Alma 31:23). Note the contrast in how Jesus instructed His followers on this hemisphere (3 Nephi 17:3). See how the Master focuses on the family, on pondering, praying, preparing together! It should not surprise us, if we routinize our religion and do not assign the highest priority to the kingdom, that our hearts and minds will quite naturally drift to other things."
James and I went to Walmart today where I had three prescriptions waiting for me. I bought a few groceries and James picked up some paint at Home Depot. We stopped at KFC and picked up some of the tiniest wings I have ever eaten. They were good but they were about the size of quail wings. We read from "Ascension" and then we stopped at the Reynolds' so I could give Marlie her pink CTR ring. She was so excited! There has been a change of plans and now instead of Claire going to California she is going to Phoenix. Marlie is still going to Washington to live with her dad for a few months.
James worked on his shed when we got home.
Allison and Nathan got married at the Justice of the Peace in Phoenix today.
Congratulations!
There were a couple of birth announcements sent out today:
Bishop and Anne
The Hoose family.
Evan and Joshua went trick-or-treating together
in Joshua's new neighborhood.
Dallin and a friend.
Anna, James and a friend, and Molly as Alice.
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
Mad Hatter
Rae
This is a picture of Molly in a school production:
Cutest shark I've ever seen.
This is a picture of Molly in a school production:
I love this picture of Ben and had to include it!
I know this picture is two years old, but I love
that Rowan and Addy are both Harry Potter fans!
My friend Denice who is a bus driver in Lakeside.
James and I had a quiet Halloween. We stayed home and listened to Elder Renlund's conference talk and watched a Hallmark movie.
