Which temple is this?
3 Nephi 13:16-34
How can we make sure we are laying up treasures in heaven and not on earth?
Alex: "By living true to the gospel and following the commandments we can be assured that the kingdom of God will be opened to us."
Kim: "By putting the things of eternal importance FIRST in our lives. Make service and scriptures and prayer and family the most important."
Sheri: " I think it has to do with the desires of our hearts. Are we striving every day to be better and to do His will? We have to start with the desire."
GC: 'The Doctrine of Christ' by Brian K. Ashton
"The doctrine of Christ allows us to access the
spiritual power that will lift us from our current
spiritual state to a state where we can
become perfected."
James left this morning around 7 in the truck for the valley. It was 9:45 when I left. I stopped by Amy's house to see Claire but she was gone to Flagstaff to get Marlie a Halloween costume. I left her glass pumpkin with the visiting teaching message on it and Amy told me that Claire and Marlie are moving on November 1st. Claire is staying in California with her dad and Marlie is going on to Washington to stay with her dad. Claire will be with Marlie when she gets her tax return in February. Marlie is 8 years old and is going to be baptized on Sunday. She is very excited. Her mom gave her permission to be baptized but her dad would not. Luckily it only takes one parent's permission.
I stopped at Taco Bell in Payson for a burrito supreme and then it was on to Big 2 Toyota to get a key made. James met me there. We had two keys made. I went on to shop at the Dollar Store in Chandler and ended up buying dishes, small plates, two sizes of bowls and stemware for 12 people. I want to use it for my Christmas luncheon for the sisters I visit teach. They had to open up another register just for me. When I got to Terry and Cathi's they helped me unload. James got all of us Burger House burros for dinner. Yummy!
Valley of the Sun
James and I helped Sheri watch Trina's kids this evening. The main attraction was watching Evan build his Minecraft city. Lola was fascinated with Roxy, Alex's pet chinchilla, and she kept calling her "bunny." Ruby had homework to do so we went upstairs to work at the dining room table. Sheri got home from visiting teaching and asked who wanted to go to Target. Of course I was in. Ruby wanted to go but needed to finish her homework. I told her I would bring her a surprise. James came up and helped her finish her homework. I enjoyed shopping with Addy. She helped me pick out a bracelet with Ruby. I got me some Biolage shampoo to use while I am at Cathi's.
I love these kids!
When Trina picked up her kids James loaded the shelf unit I got for Rowan to put his Legos in into the back of her car. I was surprised that it fit. While James was "loading" I took Ruby and Rowan in to Cathi's to see the dogs. Rowan loves Indy and Ruby likes them both:
Indy loves anyone who will scratch his tummy.
Double treatment. He thinks he's at a spa.
Lady was scared and hid under the table.
I visited with Cathi this evening and she told some funny story about making cowpie picture frames to sell when she was a teenager. She said that after they get hard they don't smell. She and her girlfriend ask for a corner of her grandpa's barn to start a business and without knowing what they were doing he said yes. She said her mom didn't know about it until they took the picture frames to a bazaar and were very successful in selling them.
The last time I was here she told me about piercing her own ears with her girlfriend and then running thread through them because they didn't have any earrings until they got to go to Woolworth's in the "big city." When you live in the country you have to find creative ways to entertain yourself.
James and Adam went to get Jared Ammon's car. He was already at work and asked if he could keep it one more night so he would have a ride home at 2 a.m. Of course James let him.
