Denver, Colorado
40th operating temple
Dedicated: 24 Oct 1986
By: Ezra Taft Benson
Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship
A of F 1:1
We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.
Book of Mormon
Alma 13:10-20
New Testament "Come Follow Me"
Review John 13-17
General Conference
The Eye of Faith
Elder Neil L. Andersen
"We can know the things of God as we seek them spiritually. Paul said, 'The things of God knoweth no man, except he has the Spirit of God. ...For they are spiritually discerned.'"
I did two blog entries this morning and I am still behind.
Darrel and Trina worked on getting Lola's room fixed up. They put in a ballet bar in front of a mirror and also a new dresser. Everything is white with pink accents and a little blue. Lola loves it!
James and I cleaned the kitchen and family room area. He did the dishes and focused on the kitchen while I swept the entire area. James also washed the arcadia door window. We don't normally clean on Sunday but Trina invited the family over for dinner, plus she is having a Whirlygirl photo shoot after church. Whirlygirl is the name of Trina's website where she is selling little girl leotards.
We attended the Twenty-two Point ward with Darrel, Trina, and the kids. We sat on the front row of the overflow.
The youth speaker is the daughter of a professor at Grand Canyon University. He teaches classes on the Bible. He daughter, Sophia, talked about the parable of the talents. The crux of her talk was that we need to develop our talents so that we can serve others.
The next talk was by a Sister Humpherys. She quoted Proverbs 22:16: "Train p a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it." She asked the question she was asked: "How is my family preparing for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ."? Here are some of the notes I took:
We must lead by example. She says she seeks to obtain the Spirit in the early hours of the morning when her house is quiet.
She tries to make her home a haven. They set a goal to have one day with no fighting. To work up to that day they practiced each day having an hour of no fighting. They called it the hour of peace.
Build faith in Jesus Christ through daily family prayer and scripture study. Attend meetings, have dinner together. They ask themselves the question, "what if Jesus was coming this week."
They set goals in these areas: spiritual, physical, talents, education, service, work, future, and fun. They practice having love at home.
Brother Graham was the last speaker. He spoke on the importance of doing missionary work. He used Elder Uchtdorf's talk from conference: "Missionary Work: Sharing What Is in Your Heart."
These are the five points mentioned in Elder Uchtdorf's talk:
1. Draw closer to God.
2. Fill your heart with love for others.
3. Strive to walk the path of discipleship.
4. Share what is in your heart.
5. Trust the Lord to work His miracles.
I sat by a Sister O'Connor during Relief Society. She was so friendly and kind. She has been a widow for 15 years. She said her husband's mother was a Maxwell from Eagar. We figured we must be related.
The lesson was based on Elder Rasband's talk: "Build a Fortress of Spirituality and Protection." It was a great lesson with lots of participation. I want to use this talk in our Relief Society in Vernon.
Sister Hansen taught the lesson. She goes back and forth from her home here and in California where her husband is still an air traffic controller. Their son and his family with two children are in the ward too.
When we got home from church Darrel, James and I began preparing for dinner while Trina, Lola, Scarlett and her mom, and Ivy and her mom, did a photo shoot with the girls modeling the leotards that Trina has for sale.
The family began arriving around 5 pm. Attending were:
Sheri, Ian, Max, Evan, Kim, Brian. They came for dinner. After dinner Stacy, Paul, Michael, and Joshua came.
For dinner we had: Darrel's lemon chicken and rolls, a salad and macaroni and cheese made by Sheri, asparagus made by Trina, and strawberry shortcake with ice cream and whipped cream made by James and I. Brian and Kim visited with us during dinner but didn't eat.
Here are some photos from this fun family affair:
Lola modeling on of the leo's that Trina
is selling.
While Ruby, Kim, and I were playing Rummicub Lola felt a little left out. She wanted someone to come upstairs and play dressup with her. I suggested that she do a fashion show with all of her dressup clothes, so she did.
Everyone got a tour of Lola's new room. She is so excited about it.
She said she was so proud of her mom for doing such a good job. We reminded her that her dad helped too and she said, "Oh yeah, him too." She also told everyone not to touch the ballet bar.
After everyone left, Lola, Ruby, and Darrel played PieFace. I'm sorry I missed getting a photo of Darrel.
The girls loved getting hit in the face
with whipped cream.
Back home in Vernon, or should I say Show Low,
Heather had her baby.
Charlie was just too tired for the
regular Sunday photo shoot.
