OUR FAMILY: Happy Birthday to Evan

Tokyo, Japan

18th operating temple

Dedicated: 27-29 Oct 1980

By: Spencer W. Kimball

Jesus Christ, Head of Church

3 Nephi 21:22

But if they will repent and hearken unto my words, and harden not their hearts, I will establish my church among them, and they shall come in unto the covenant and be numbered among this the remnant of Jacob, unto whom I have given this land for their inheritance;

Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 17:1-25

In these verses how does Christ teach us to minister unto our fellow men? (and women)

New Testament

2 Timothy 1-2; 2 Timothy 3 "Living the gospel provides safety from the spiritual dangers of the last days; SS: "Studying the scriptures provides safety from spiritual dangers.

Oct 2019 General Conference

Fruit

Elder Neil L. Andersen

"Keep your eyes and your hearts centered on the Savior Jesus Christ and the eternal joy that comes only through Him."

Closing Remarks

President Russell M. Nelson

"Individual worthiness requires a total conversion of mind and heart to be more like the Lord."

RWC: "Life is a test, and the test will expose our weaknesses, force us to deal with those weaknesses, and thus qualify us for exaltation."

Boyd K. Packer: "Safety in the last days comes through 'obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.'"

David A. Bednar: "Reading the scriptures is like drinking from a reservoir of living water because they contain the words of Christ."

We left around 9:15 this morning for Chandler. My appointment at Dr. Douglas's is at 1:00. We stopped for gas in Show Low and were on our way. It's a good thing we left a little bit early because we had two construction stops along the way. Of course we took the 60, through Salt River Canyon, James's favorite way. We read a sign that said the road between Superior and Miami would be closed next Thursday, November 7th, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. I told James to take note because that's the day we are coming down to see Liz Kelly a.k.a Sister Bush.

I was not feeling well when I arrived at Dr. Douglas's. I ate some breakfast this morning and then took all of my pills. I think the Tramadol I took make me dizzy and nauseous. Going through Salt River didn't help the problem. I told Melissa, the assistant that I wasn't feeling well so she offered me a granola bar. I ate less that half and my stomach was so upset that I went to the bathroom and threw up. For I few minutes I thought I was going to have to reschedule my appointment. It took some grinding to get my temporary crown off. I could tell that Dr. Douglas was a little upset with Melissa for putting it on so snugly. She is usually so calm and laid back. Soon Melissa said, "It's out!" Dr. Douglas made the comment, "Yeah, two hours later." It wasn't two hours but was longer than it should have been.

I wasn't feeling great but my stomach had calmed down a bit. The permanent crown needed to be sanded down but was much easier to get in than the temporary one had been to get out.

While all this was going on Chris got on the phone and got me an appointment to have my bad tooth extracted next Friday morning with Dr. Shah. Melissa said if Dr. Shah had been busy they would have gone to Dr. Ray. I said, what is Dr. Ray's first name, she said Andrew. I said oh no, I knew him as a kid and his brother is my daughters dentist. Dr. Douglas seemed to know all about the Ray family and she told Melissa that Ray Road was named after them. I said yes and they have had four generations go to Chandler High School. Ward Ray, Mario, Brennan and now Adam.

Melissa. Dr. Douglas was Flo, the

Progressive Insurance girl. I did not

get a picture of her.

As I went to check out Chris at the front desk said, "that will be $806. Dr. Douglas said something to her and Chris said to me that will be $403. I guess Dr. Douglas was giving a discount for having me sit so long while they got the temp crown out. I was most grateful and will be sending her a thank you note!

James was waiting for me downstairs when I got out. He had already been to Culver's and got some fish and a vanilla milkshake, which means we aren't going to Olive Garden. Melissa said I should wait 30 or 40 minutes before I ate, but by this time I was really hungry. In n Out Burger sounded good so I had James drive to the one on Gilbert and Germann. I ordered a cheeseburger with fries and a regular Sprite. We drove over to Deseret Book so I could see if they had any conference Ensigns. No, they aren't out yet. I bought a couple of bookmarks and went outside to finish my burger. I asked James to drive to Discovery Park, which he did. He rested while I finished eating and then we drove over to Sheri's to see Evan for his birthday.

Alex dropped Evan off and then drove away. We went inside after Evan and Ollie and Ziggie greeted us. Ziggie is much smaller than I imagined. Ollie was barking at us, but Ziggie was not. What a cute little dog.

Evan wanted to go to Jersey Mike's and we invited Max to go with us. Poor James, this is one of his favorite places to eat, and he can't eat anything here right now.

Max ordered a giant sandwich. It looked like it could feed four people. Evan ordered a regular. Max said he needed to go home to eat because he forgot his insulin. That was fine. When we got back to Sheri's, she was there and so was Alex and Shayna. They are all going to Ian's mom's house. She decorates her entire front yard for Halloween. She has not done it for the past five years since JD's death. She's doing it this year and she wants everyone to come over.

We said our goodbyes and headed for Darrel's house. We have a date to go trick-or-treating at 6 p.m.

Addy answered the door when we got to Darrel's. She was in her costume and she and some friends were eating pizza and cupcakes. Rowan was leaving with his friend Graham to go trick-or-treating. He was dressed like Squint.

Squint from Sandlot and Grampa. I guess Rowan

wasn't too happy. He wanted to go to a friend's

party but his friend Graham wanted to go trick

or treating.

Addy said her dad wasn't home he had already left and her mom

got off work and was with him. At first I thought they had left us but they were at a friends house. We caught up with them down the street a ways. Ruby had on her roller blades and went ahead with her friend most of the time. Lola and her friend Ivy were together most of the evening. Ivy's mom had Ivy's little sister and Ruby was with her older sister.

After the trick or treating was over James and I walked around the green belt a couple of times to get the rest of our steps.

Halloween 2019