Thursday, September 1, 2016

Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Oregon

Alma 60:1-13

Moroni writes again to Pahoran. 

2 - Moroni reminds Pahoran of his responsibility to provide provisions and soldiers for the war.

3 - He tells Pahoran of the sufferings of those involved in the war.

5 - Great has been the slaughter among our people and great has been your neglect toward us.

6 - Why are you neglecting us?

7 - Are you sitting upon your throne in a thoughtless stupor?

8 - You could have saved thousands from falling by the sword.

13 - For the Lord suffereth the righteous to be slain that His justice and judgment may come upon the wicked; Ye need not suppose that the righteous are lost because they are slain; but behold, they do enter into the rest of the Lord their God.

GC: "He Asks Us To Be His Hands" by Sister Cheryl Esplin

Mormon Helping Hands

Deep Thoughts:

These thoughts are taken from an article about prayer that was published in Meridian Magazine:

"The tidy pretense of being a good person did not hold up to the painful reality of my fallenness."

"O Jesus, thou Son of God, Have mercy on me." (Alma the Younger)

"If I make myself humble He makes me clean."

"Prayer is not a polite beg-a-thon.  No, it is a lost and confused child in a hostile and foreign land calling home for directions."

"Begging for mercy is different from presenting our demands."

James and I seem to have good timing.  We have been deciding it's time to go to town right around lunch time. Today we went to Grumpy Jake's.  It was our third choice but Persnikkity's and Darbi's were too busy.

I had the pulled pork sandwich.

James dropped me off at Walmart while he went to Home Depot.  It was raining hard, but we didn't get any rain in Vernon.  On the way home we finished our book, "With Every Breath."  We liked it.

We had a quiet relaxing afternoon.  Even though we didn't get any rain, it was overcast and cool.

This is a picture of Rainbow Lake in Lakeside, just

down the highway from Grumpy Jakes.

 James's dad had 12 brothers and sisters, having one sister who died in infancy.  Now there are only two siblings left, Elton Kay, and Delbert.  Today is Delbert's 93rd birthday.  We hope he has a great day!

A World War II prisoner of war, a poet,

and an artist.

Delbert Dempsey Lambson

Elton Kay Lambson,

the baby of the family.

He is an artist too.

During my gospel study today I came across this diagram in the gospel doctrine Sunday School manual.

This is called the Pride Cycle and was the

downfall of the Nephite society.

I wonder if we will follow their example, or

learn from their mistakes.

My desires have evolved from wanting James to build a playhouse to having him build a guesthouse.  Here is one I like because of the porches.

James said the flat roof might not work too

well when it snows.

Someone posted this on Facebook today:

I love it!

Friday, April 1, 2016

TGIF!

This was a post on Facebook today.  At first I thought it was real and began reading it to James.  When they started talking about Elder Youknowwho from the third quorum of the Seventy I knew it was an April Fool's joke.

April Fool's! 

I am grateful for these two posts by Christina Tibbetts Hoose today.

Their family is really a wonderful example of how a family should be.

 Brent is of course, Christina's dad.

 Brent and Rebecca's youngest, Nathan returning 

from his mission in France.

James and I went into town today.  Before going I read the letter I sent to Michael to James.  He thought it was great, which made me feel pretty good about it. 

In town we stopped at Grumpy Jake's for lunch.  I had a cheeseburger and James had a quarter rack of ribs.  I ordered a salad along with my cheeseburger.  I could only eat half the burger.  James ate the rest.  

I went to Walmart to pick up a few things while James went to CVS to get a prescription Dr. Memon called in for him.  He has been having chest pains lately and I ask him to please go see the doctor.

On the way home I read from our Sarah Eden short stories book.  At home we watched a Hallmark movie together called "The Edge of the Garden."

 Brian Connor buys an abandoned house in the country, and begins

to communicate with the spirit of a woman who lived there

years earlier.

We both really liked this story.

 

Monday, March 7, 2016

The best part of the morning.

I studied the Sunday School lesson covering chapters 31-33 in 2nd Nephi.  The purpose of the lesson is to help class members understand "the doctrine of Christ."  I love reading these chapters because it outlines in a nutshell what we need to do to return to Heavenly Father.  I especially love 2 Nephi 31:20:

"Wherefore ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all en  Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life."

I moved five boxes from the garage and labeled them. James moved them upstairs for them where they will be in storage until I have a chance to unload them.  The goal right now is to get them out of the garage.  I still have lots of pictures to hang too.

James and I made a trip to town today.  On the way home we finished our book, "Refuge at Highland Hall."  What to read next? Jared recommends "The Chronicles of Narnia".  Maybe I will order them off of Amazon this week.  

We had lunch at Grumpy Jake's.  I had my usual green chili cheeseburger and fries and James had a chicken pot pie.  I can never finish my meal, but James is always there to help.

I did some shopping at Walmart while James went to Home Depot, the gas station, and to Sonic to get me a drink.  I got some new pants and shoes.  Walmart definitely is a one stop shopping experience, at least for me. 

Show Low Walmart sign.

This afternoon James cleaned up the branches he cut on Friday.  Now my view off my bedroom deck is restored.

Hello little bird.

I watched "Chopped Junior" while I was working on my Primary lesson this evening.  These kids can really cook!

James and I watched a show we had seen before, although James says he has never seen it, called, "Loving Leah".  It's about a Jewish rabbi who dies and his brother, who is not a practicing Jew, is obligated to marry his widow or deny his brother's existence.  It is a heart-warming story and now it is one of our favorites.

 

 

Thursday, February 13, 2014

It was fun to spend the day with James when it was so unexpected.  We shared our notes for 2 Nephi 15, 16, and 17, some of the Isaiah chapters in the Book of Mormon.  There is so much symbolism involved in the writings of Isaiah.  I learned from reading Brother Ridges commentary that 2 Nephi 16 is symbolic of the Atonement and how it helped Isaiah prepare for his calling as a prophet.

James and I went into town and had lunch at Grumpy Jakes BBQ.  I loved their BBQ sauce and my brisket sandwich and the coleslaw.  Definitely going back when Sheri comes up in March.

We stopped at Book Barn and got journals for our Book of Mormon writings.  I came home and found an Angel Moroni journal online and ordered two.  I will use the one I got at the Book Barn for notes on General Conference.  It's purple.  I also stopped at Walmart to get some candy for the sisters that I visit teach. 

When we returned home I moved 16 cans downstairs and paid some bills, and did some blogging.  I also watched Downton Abbey with James. 

Facebook finds:

McKell and Dave Miner at 

McKell's wedding reception in December.

McKell just got these pictures and posted

them on Facebook.

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hughes

One of our favorites!

Forgot the name of this bird but

I loved this picture.

 

President and Dianne Heyman

serving a mission president and mission mom

in Argentina.