Happy Birthday Max!
Sheri posted this on Facebook
Max is an exceptional young man,
and I love him!
Alma 25:1-17 (Fulfillment of Abinadi's prophecy in Mosiah 17:15-20).
1 - Lamanites swear vengeance on the Nephites.
2 - The Lamanites go to the land of Ammonihah and destroy the people there.
3 - Many battles with the Nephites.
4 - Almost all the seed of Amulon and his brethren, who were the priests of Noah, were destroyed.
5 - The remainder, . . ., caused that many of the Lamanites should perish by fire because of their belief.
6 - Many of the Lamanites were converted in the wilderness.
7 - The rulers, who were the children of Amulon caused that they should be put to death . . .
8 - This martyrdom caused many of their brethren to be stirred up to anger, . . . the Lamanites begin to hunt the seed of Amulon and destroy them.
9 - They are hunted to this day by the Lamanites. Thus the words of Abinadi were brought to pass which he said concerning the priests.
10 - Abinadi: "What ye shall do unto me shall be a type of things to come.
11 - Abinadi was the first to suffer death by fire because of his belief in God.
12 - Said to priests of Noah that their seed should cause many to be put to death, . . . that they should be scattered and slain by wild beasts . . . they were driven by the Lamanites, hunted and smitten.
13 - Many more Lamanites join the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi
14 - They did bury their weapons of war, and began to be a righteous people. . . .
15 - They kept the law of Moses . . . looking forward to the coming of Christ.
16 - The law of Moses did strengthen their faith in Christ. . . .
17 - Aaron, Ammon, Omner and Himni did rejoice exceedingly because of their success among the Lamanites, seeing that the Lord had granted unto them according to their prayers.
It is time to start over on the conference talks. I try to read all of the most recent conference completely through in a month. Today I listened to "He Asks Us To Be His Hands", by Sister Cheryl A. Esplin.
The arthritis center called this morning and cancelled my infusion. Something about the nurses mother being in the hospital. I am rescheduled for Tuesday morning at 8am.
I read a chapter to James from our book, "Corinna" before he leaves to go fix the problem at Desert Mountain.
This is a sample of the stamped concrete he did
to make a bridge. They love it, but there is a couple of spots where it is de-laminating.
I had an appointment at Dr. Douglas's to get a new crown put on and an old one taken off. When Dr. Douglas got the old crown off she said the cavity was very close to a nerve and I would need another root canal. I said no. I just want to pull the tooth. So she gave me the name of an oral surgeon. I was a little discouraged, but this view out the window helped to cheer me up.
Dr. Douglas calls him "Dale the Quail"
I wasn't going to let my bad news and numb mouth ruin my day. Off to Walgreen's to buy some essentials.
James come home and then went back to Desert Mountain this afternoon. I told him he needed to make it back by 6:30 because we were taking Max out for his birthday.
Actually, we ended up taking Max, Evan, Joshua and Rowan out. I went and got Rowan. When we past the two Mattress Firm stores on both sides of the street, he wondered why there would be two stores with the same name across the street from each other. He said, "you know, one of them use to be Mattress Pro but now they are both Mattress Firm. I find that interesting." I find it interesting that a kid would notice such things.
Speaking of teeth, which I was awhile ago, Ruby lost her first one!
Two dollars, wow!
The Tooth Fairy is very generous!
Max led the way when we got to the mall. The first place he wanted to go was to the Lego Store.
Follow the leader.
Deciding what to buy.
All six of us made a Lego character.
Max didn't end up spending the birthday money we gave him. Either he didn't have enough, or they didn't have what he wanted.
Next stop: Game Stop and then the food court.
Max and Joshua had pizza, Rowan and I had mac and cheese at Paradise Bakery, and James and Evan went to Subway.
I love the picture of the Panda in the background.
Last stop was the pet store to look at cute little guys like this:
This dog is a chihuahua mix
As we were returning to the car I noticed the Spaghetti Factory on one side and the Taco Garage on the other. Interesting names.
When we got to Darrel and Trina's we were well versed in the various creatures found in the sea thanks to Rowan. It was a fun evening and to top it off, Lola liked James!
Lola getting ready to cook some dinner.
