Monday, January 1st, 2018

Tucson, Arizona

157th operating temple

Dedicated: Aug 13, 2017

By: Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Jesus Christ Atonement through

Alma 34:8

And now, behold, I will testify unto you of myself that these things are true. Behold, I say unto you, that I do know that Christ shall come among the children of men, to take upon him the transgressions of his people, and that he shall atone for the sins of the world; for the Lord God hath spoke it.

Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 1:1-15

*In what language characters did Nephi write?

Reformed Egyptian

Old Testament, PGP Scripture Mastery

Moses 1:39

For behold, this is my work and my glory - to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.

Old Testament, PGP Reading

Genesis 1-2; Moses 1-2

General Conference

Turn On Your Light

Sharon Eubank

"The restored gospel is recognizably well defined. But we have to be distinct about how we follow it. Just as Jessica practiced swimming, we need to practice living the gospel before the emergency so that, unafraid, we will be strong enough to help when others are being swept away by the current."

Abiding in God and Repairing the Breach

Neill F. Marriott

"Sacrifice of our personal agendas is required to make room for the eternal plans of God. The Savior, who speaks for the Father, pleads with us, 'Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you.' Drawing near unto the Father can mean learning of His truth through the scriptures, following prophetic counsel, and striving to do His will more completely. Do we understand that Christ has the power to bring us into loving fellowship with the Father and with one another He, by the power of the Holy Ghost, can give us needed insight into relationships."

James made potato egg patties and biscuits for breakfast. He said everyone ate except Alexis. 

Michael and his friends were the first to leave. It was a little after noon.

These kids are great and we would love to have

them back anytime.

Charlie saying goodbye to Michael

Dallin, Sarah and Charlie left a few minutes

after Michael and friends.

By 1:30 this afternoon we were home along again. James fixed us some lunch and we finished watching "My One Christmas Wish" starring Amber Riley. I did a little cleaning and tried to keep the laundry going. I think every towel in the house was in the laundry room and a couple of sets of sheets.

I blogged for December 21st and 22nd and got my steps. I also started reading the Old Testament and the book of Moses.

There was a beautiful full moon tonight. There will be another one at the end of the month. 

This evening we watched a couple of old Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan movies, "Sleepless in Seattle," and "You've Got Mail."

Friday, October 14, 2016

3 Nephi 5:1-15

What do these verses teach us about forgiveness?

Answer:

Forgiveness can be a healing balm for the person who has been offended.  Usually those who have gone through the most in regards to trials are also those who have developed empathy and are good listeners and have developed Christlike love.

When we forgive the person who did us wrong we will find liberty in letting go of the resentment which if not dealt with can turn into contention.  Forgiveness is never easy but in the long run will bring peace and contentment.

GC: 'Sharing the Restored Gospel' by Elder Dallin H. Oaks

"What we call 'member missionary work' is not a program but an attitude of love and outreach to help those

around us."

This morning for our final breakfast we had pancakes and cinnamon sugar tortilla chips.  The kids liked both.  

Rowan went out and helped grandpa stack wood this morning all on his own.  Evan went out and helped for awhile too.

Thanks Rowan!

I did not get a picture, but Addy went upstairs and cleaned.  Thank you Addy!

Here is a picture of Ruby bringing down her dirty laundry in a very unique way.

Go Ruby!

Ruby was so excited that we finished the donut puzzle this morning.  She told me I needed to take a picture and send it to her mom.

Her favorite donut is decorated in pink with

blue and white swirly lines.

We had everything loaded up and all the kids in the car by ten o'clock.  Addy said the family prayer and we were on our way.  Just a little ways out of Vernon Rowan said he forgot his I-pad.  We told him we would bring it to him on our next trip down and he seemed fine.

Trina texted and said she was going to be a little late.  That was fine.  We got to Payson a little after ten.  We went to the Subway by Basha's and it was packed.  We checked Google and discovered there is another Subway about half a mile away at the Walmart.  We went there and the crowd was much smaller.  

We ordered our food and as we were eating Trina and Lola came in.  At first Lola was a little shy and looked puzzled as to why we were all there but it didn't take her long to warm up.  

She was pretty happy to see her family!

Group picture, including the doll,

Georgette.

When we went outside to exchange cars, it was apparent that Lola was just as happy to see her car as she was her family!  She was a little upset that it had "dirt" on it though.  

About half way home we realized that we forgot to get our garage door opener from Trina.  Guess we will have to get it on the 29th.  

It was so quiet when we got home.  I missed everyone!

We read a few chapters from book 3 in the Millennial Glory series, Apocalypse, the Unveiling.  We both are really getting into these books!

We had a light dinner and then watched three episodes of "Chesapeake Shores."  When we went to bed I was having difficulty breathing and realized I didn't take any of my pills today.  I got up and drank a shake with my pills and listened to Elder Oaks's conference talk.  I went back to bed and went right to sleep.