Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Two years ago at the Gilbert temple

Alma 43: 41-54

41-44 - The Nephites encircle the Lamanites and the Lamanites fight like dragons and slay many Nephites.

45 - Nevertheless the Nephites were fighting for a better cause. 

46 - They were doing their duty towards God.

47 - The Lord has said: "Ye shall defend your families unto bloodshed."

48 - As the Nephites began to shrink before the Lamanites Moroni had to remind them of what they were fighting for.

50 - They began to stand against the Lamanites with power  As they cried for their freedoms, the Lamanites fled before them.

51 - There were twice as many Lamanites as Nephites.

52 - The Nephites surround the Lamanites and the Lamanites are struck with terror.

54 - Moroni commands his men to stop fighting.

What "better cause" inspires you to fight.

GC: What Shall We Do?  Sister Marriott

James and I played a game of Five Crowns with Kim and Brian before they left.  This time Kim was the winner.  They really did not want to leave but Brian has to go to work tomorrow.

Great smiles!

James finished spreading the top soil and is ready to plant grass.  He got this completed before the rain came.

Working in spite of his pain.

The monsoons hit so hard in the valley that some places are flooded.  The Bogles posted a picture on Facebook of their road that is now a river.  They live in south Chandler formally known as Ocotillo.

I am grateful for my husband.  He worked hard outside then he came in and helped me.  He changed a lightbulb, hung some pictures, and fixed the vacuum.  This evening while we were watching our Hallmark movie he fixed me some Pero.  He wanted to watch our movie tonight since we will have company on Friday and we might not get to watch it then.

For dinner this evening we had squash cooked in my new cookware without water or oil, and a sweet potato.  It really was a most delicious meal.  I am reading a book right now called The China Study.  It says at the top that it is the most comprehensive study of nutrition ever conducted.  The author highly recommends a whole food plant based diet, which totally agrees with the Word of Wisdom.

Interesting

Greg Trimble says: "God will not save a nation of pseudo-Christians."  This has me a little worried, but I totally agree with Brother Trimble.

This brings back fond memories.  I saw these three 

almost everyday after school playing together.

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Today we attended Lola's baby blessing in Darrel and Trina's ward in Gilbert.  They belong to the Emerald Bay ward.  Darrel gave a very sweet blessing and mentioned the gift of discernment as a way of determining right from wrong.  

Darrel &Trina's family

All of our children and their spouses were there except for Tricia who is visiting her brother in California.  All of our grandchildren were present except for Jared Ammon.  We were so glad that Jared and his kids came from El Paso.  Aaron Lambson and his family were also there as were Trina's parents and her brother Bryce and his family.
James, Jared, Trina and Suzy all bore their testimonies.  Dale Johnson, a former seventy, was our gospel doctrine teacher.  Adam stayed for the entire block with James and I.  I enjoyed sitting by Trina and holding Lola during Relief Society.  The teacher gave a lesson entitled: "Know, Do, Be."  It was very good.  It's the first time I've been in Relief Society for quite awhile.  

Back at home we broke our fast and James fixed lunch.

Thanks to Fry's, James makes a mean lunch.

That's our favorite treat, cranberry celebration

in the plastic container. 

This evening we had a FHE at Darrel & Trina's.  It almost seemed like old times.  I gave a lesson on strong families and fortifying our families against Satan like Moroni did in Alma 48:7-10 against the Lamanites. Our strong walls were scriptures, prayer, FHE, faith, repentance, forgiveness, and kindness.  

 We also watched a video about a litttle girl named Hannah and her brother Hyrum who has autism.  I love church videos!  Stacy and Paul were a little late because they said it was raining so hard they had to pull over on the side of the road for a few minutes.  This time everyone was here except Tricia, Jared Ammon and Dallin.  Lola was definitely the center of attention with the girls.

  It was so noisy I don't know how she could sleep.

Molly and Ruby were best friends!

Love this picture of Darrel & Trina

We are still as loud as ever.

Molly loves to have her picture taken.

Playing dress up.

Princess Ruby

Anna spent about 3 hours holding Lola

last night and then here she is again today.

Bonding time for Brian with Lola and Anna.

Joe and Michael entertained us.

They are so good together, Joseph

on the guitar and Michael singing.

Joe is using James Hayden's guitar.

Emmy and Addy were good friends except

when it came to Lola.  Addy wants to hold her

but Emmy had to have her turn first because

she says Addy gets to hold her all the time.

Addy waiting her turn.  It looks like

Emmy may be getting tired.

Such a cute picture.

Finally it's Addy's turn!

Rowan loves his Harry Potter wand.

Expectro-petronus!

(I just made that up)