Thursday, February 22nd, 2018

St. Louis, Missouri
50th operating temple
Dedicated: 1-5 June 1997
By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ Authority of

Acts 4:27

For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together.

Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 13:6-14:6

* Ezra Taft Benson explained that verse 12 is about Satan targeting the family. How do you see this verse coming to pass?

Old Testament

Leviticus 21-22

21 The priests are to be holy - The high priest is not to marry a widow, a divorced person, or a harlot - Descendants of Aaron with physical blemishes may not offer the bread of God upon the altar.

22 Those of the priests and their families who may eat of the holy things are described - Sacrificial animals are to be perfect and without blemish.

Old Testament Favorite Scriptures 

Exodus 20:2-3

2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

General Conference

Lord Wilt Thou Cause That My Eyes May Be Opened

Elder W. Craig Zwick

" Our Savior frequently opened eyes of the physically and spiritually blind. Opening our eyes to divine truth, literally and figuratively, prepares us to be healed of mortal shortsightedness."

We had more snow this morning. James has to shovel the walks again but at least he is getting some steps and exercise. 

I forgot to mention something that happened to Trina and Lola on the 12th, Trina's birthday. They were traveling down the freeway to go to the gym when the car started wobbling and soon Trina saw her tire go spinning past. She immediately pulled over and stopped. Thank goodness the tire did not hit anyone and no one was hurt. Darrel had changed the tire a few days ago and didn't get the lug nuts back on tight enough. He felt so terrible. I would have teased him about it but I knew it wouldn't be a good idea.  Now that's a birthday Trina will never forget!

I cleaned the bedroom and bathroom in the basement this morning. Adam and his friends are coming late tonight and I know someone will want to stay down there. 

James is still working on the Memon, Muneer job, trying to get an estimate as to how much it is going to cost. 

I went visiting teaching after lunch today. I met my partner Laurann at Cammy's. Of course she brought her twins and all of Cammy's kids were there. I gave both of them my quotes on love and a box of candy. Here are the quotes:

I think I know which twin is Anakin and which is Thesen now. Anakin is the noisy one. Laurann stayed at Cammy's while I went to visit Catherine. Her son Amaron is getting baptized on Sunday and Cammy is helping her with the program. 

Catherine is so happy to see me. She is an 84 year old widow that lives with her daughter who is gone to work all day. She is new in the ward and doesn't know everyone yet and I think she is lonely. We had a good visit and she told me she was going to friend me on Facebook. She says she loves Facebook because that is how she stays in touch.

Her daughter works for Brother Allen. She was saying how much she loves it up here and we got to talking about the weather. She says she doesn't care for the wind and I told her about our big tree being toppled by the wind. She said that the Allen's roof blew off. 

That's all they need after his bad accident. I hope it wasn't too serious.

When I returned home I fixed some sandwiches and then went upstairs to clean. The first thing I did was clean the common area and reorganize the toys. I was still working at 8:30. It was around 10 when I finished. Everything looks really nice and the bathrooms are re-stocked. 

James and I watched an episode of Heartland where Amy was kicked in the head by a crazed horse and was air-vacced to the hospital. 

We went to bed before the kids got here. They stopped at Walmart so it was after midnight. There is Adam, Kaitlin, Chris, Kyle, Kristina and Kristofor.

  I did alot of climbing up and down stairs today.

Paul's sister Nicole as a flower girl

for the Chandler Service Club when

she was in high school.

The Heyman's baby, Taylor, turns 25.

Another Carmen cake. I think I am

recycling them. This one is from 2013.

Trina is the proud mama of this radish!

Thursday, July 27th, 2017

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Groundbreaking: 3 Dec 2016

Estimated completion date: mid-2019

Atonement

1 Nephi 11:33

Jesus Christ, Advocate

Mosiah 15:8

And thus God breaketh the bands of death, having gained the victory over death; giving the Son power to make intercession for the children of men.

Alma 40:15-26

*What happens between death and the resurrection? (see Alma 40:21.) But whether it be at his resurrection or after, I do not say; but this much I say, that there is a space between death and the resurrection of the body, and a state of the soul in happiness or in misery until the time which is appointed of God that the dead shall come forth, and be reunited, both soul and body, and be brought to stand before God, and be judged according to their works. 

*What do you think the definition of evil is?

DC 105:1-13

1-5, Zion will be built up by conformity to celestial law; 6-13, The redemption of Zion is deferred for a little season; 

General Conference

The Voice of Warning

Elder D. Todd Christofferson

" A crucial element of the parental duty to warn is to paint not oly the demoralizing consequences of sin but also the joy of walking in obedience to the commandments. Recall the words of Enos about what led him to seek God, receive a remission of sins, and become converted: 'Behold, I went to hunt beasts in the forests; and the words which I had often heard my father speak concerning eternal life, and the joy of the saints, sunk deep into my heart.'"

I had lunch with Hailey, Braylin, Taylor, and Huntleigh today at Pizza Factory. I am Hailey's visiting teacher and I invited her and her kids before school starts next week. I was Braylin's Primary teacher last year and this year I am Taylor's. I just love this little family. Their dad is a rancher and they live way out in the middle of nowhere yet Hailey brings her kids to and from school everyday. Here are a few pictures of the family. A few days ago I posted a picture of Braylin with his pigs. Now I have photos of Hailey, Taylor, and Huntleigh.

This is Huntleigh. She did this to herself on the way home with

a permanent marker. Hailey says it will come right off with

coconut oil.

I couldn't resist posting another picture of Braylin.

He is such an amazing boy, with a winning personality!

Hailey and Taylor. Notice the Lone Star on the wall.

Hailey is a Texas girl. Taylor is such a hard worker. She helps

her dad around the ranch and I could tell today at Pizza Factory

how much her mom depends on her with Braylin being handicapped and Hunteigh only two years old. Taylor is

pretty amazing!

I love this family so much and I am a little sad that we don't see them at church anymore. Hopefully someday they will come back.

After saying goodbye to Hailey and the kids I headed to Walmart to do some shopping. It rained hard while I was inside but I was able to get my things in the car without getting wet. Then again it rained on the way home. I do love this weather!

After putting the groceries away I read to James from "A Lady Unrivaled" and worked on my blog.

More photos:

There are several reasons I like this photos.

The sheep look like they are posing in their parkas with

their little black faces sticking out.

I love seeing the clouds and the Matterhorn in the background.

I also love looking at the expressions on the faces of these

adorable sheep. Look at their feet, they look like they have boots on.

This picture reminds me of the sunflower field in

Vernon. I can hardly wait until they bloom.

I've never seen a cuter face!

I'm a sucker for these two!