OUR FAMILY: Trenda

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Saturday, July 4th, 2020

Houston, Texas

97th operating temple

Dedicated: 26 Aug 2000

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Lamb of God

Revelation 22:3

And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

Alma 28-29 with James and Anthony; BM Study Guide

April General Conference

"An Especially Noble Calling"

Joy D. Jones

"The Lord instructed Emma Smith to 'receive the Holy Ghost,' learn much, 'lay aside the things of this world, ... seek for the things of a better,' and 'cleave unto her covenants' with God. Learning is integral to progression, especially as the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost teaches us what is needful for each of us to lay aside - meaning that which could distract us or delay our progression."

Happy sixth birthday to Lola! What a girl! We are so grateful to have her as a part of our eternal family!

More Lola pictures to come

James and Anthony started on the fence around 5:30 this morning. They are setting posts with bags of concrete. There have been ten posts set and a total of 20 bags of concrete, all hand mixed by James himself. At 8:30 they came in for breakfast and scriptures and prayer. I made scrambled eggs, turkey bacon, hashbrowns, and toast and herbal tea for breakfast. Anthony read scriptures with us. I let him use my new Book of Mormon and he loved it. After this break Anthony went home to take a nap with his Cat. James worked on the fence a little longer then he came in and we went to town. He got paint for the basement where he had to fix the water line. He went in to Walmart and came back with shakes, a watermelon, his raspberry dark chocolate bars and some ice cream for me. While he was in Home Depot I went over to Aliberto's and got an Arizona burrito. Delicious but quite greasy. Probably a 1,000 calories. I read a chapter of two from "Aunt Dimity and the Buried Treasure."

After nap James went out and worked on the road putting more gravel in the low spots. He went for a ride on Luna and then came in and worked on the basement. He painted the wall and hopes the paint will match when it dries.

I got instructions from Amazon regarding my stranded 16 books. I have to delete them all and then re-enter them using the same SKU and ISBN numbers. The only thing I can figure is when I changed the setting for shipment that messed everything up. I can't re-enter the books for 24 hours so that means it won't be until Monday.

I walked, worked on my blog and studied from the Book of Mormon this evening before going to bed.

Fasting for missionary work and for the riots to stop in our country.

Congratulations Trenda and Emery!

Sunday, October 7, 2018

Thursday, October 4th, 2018

Brisbane, Australia

115th operating temple

Dedicated: 15 June 2003

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Crucifixion

2 Corinthians 13:4

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

Book of Mormon

Helaman 14:20-15:6

* How does the principle of agency play into this chapter?

- We can choose our actions but not the consequences. What is God's divine love? The Lord loves all people but cannot tolerate sin. Athought Helaman 15:4 states that the Lord hated the Lamanites because their deeds have been evil continually," Samuel is an example of the many Lamanites who were taught the gospel message and gained God's favor once they were converted.

President Russell M. Nelson addressed the subject of God's love for those who sin: "Does this mean the Lord doesn't love the sinner? Of course not. He hates the sin but loves the sinner. Divine love is infinite and universal. The Savior loves both saints and sinners. The Apostle John affirmed, 'We love Him, because He first loved us.' (1 John 4:19). And Nephi, upon seeing in vision the Lord's mortal ministry, declared: '...Yea, they spit upon Him, and He suffereth it, because of His loving kindness and His long-suffering towards the children of men (1 Nephi 19:9). We know the expansiveness of the Redeemer's love because He died that all who die might live again." ("Divine Love," Ensign, Feb. 2003, 24).

Old Testament

Isaiah 54-56

General Conference

Laying the Foundation of a Great Work

Elder Steven R. Bangerter

"Lessons taught through the traditions we establish in our homes, though small and simple, are increasingly important in today's world."

We left for the valley at 6:30, about 30 minutes later than planned but I was still able to make it on time to my appointment at Dr. Douglas's in Chandler. Dr. Douglas is my dentist.

I had x-rays and my teeth cleaned. Bad news. I need two new crowns. Cavities developing under the old ones. This is going to be very costly, $820 a piece. I guess I need dental insurance.

While I was at the dentist James took the boys to breakfast at IHOP. They all ordered pancakes. Rowan of course ordered the chocolate pancakes.

After taking the Chandler boys home, Max, Evan, and Joshua, James and Rowan came back and picked me up. We went across the street to Chandler Eyecare and traded cars, getting our Lexy back.

We then took Rowan home. We beat Darrel home and had to wait for him to get back from the gym to open the door for us.

We unpacked the car, and left to go to Sears to get the oil in Lexy changed. We went to the Sears by the Chandler mall and James dropped me off at the Carter store which sells baby clothes. Everything in the store was 50% off!

After dropping the car off James joined me and we walked to Olive Garden across Chandler Blvd. Luckily it was not sweltering hot, it was only in the upper 80's but we were still warm when we reached the restaurant.

The reason for Olive Garden other than it's one of my favorites, was that we have a gift card. I soon discovered that I had left the gift card in my other purse so we had to put the charge on our credit card.

Because I forgot to put my earrings in this morning I walked over to Claire's at the mall and bought a pair of earrings so my ears don't close up. James went to Sears, picked up the car, and then picked me up at the mall. I had him drop me off at the Carter store again so I could get some things for Scarlett.

Our next stop was Costco so James could get batteries for his hearing aid. He also got a watermelon to make up for the fact that they didn't have Alpine Valley bread.

Met Stacy at the scrubs store. She starts at the National Laser Institute on the 15th.

Back at home Darrel was taking the kids to the park. Lola wanted me to go but I told her I had to go take a nap. It was just Darrel, Rowan, and Lola who went. Ruby was at a friends and Addy is at school. She is the only one who isn't out for fall break.

After our naps it was time to go visit Dawn and Lois for their birthdays. We stopped at Fry's on the way to get gas. I also got a plant to give to them. We had to wait until this evening to visit so we could see Dawn too.

We took them the small desk, the cupboard with drawers, a basket with candles, body wash, and other good smelling things. I told them they could decide who gets what. We also gave them their two handmade cards. We had a nice visit. I showed them the patchwork table runner I bought so Lois showed me a quilt she was making and the bedspread she made for Dawn: