Saturday, August 4th, 2018

Anchorage, Alaska
54th operating temple
Dedicated: 9 Jan 1999
By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Creator

Mosiah 3:8

And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary.

Book of Mormon

Alma 44:16-45:14

*What happens to those who sin against "so great light and knowledge"?

- They dwindle in unbelief. When people turn against God their lives lose their meaning and purpose as to God's plan for them. They become a light unto themselves and lose those blessings God has in store for them.

Old Testament

Job 17-19

17 Job speaks of the sorrow of death and of the grave in that day when the body returns to the dust.

18 Bildad tells of the damned state of the wicked who know not God.

19 Job tells of the ills that have befallen him and then testifies, I know that my Redeemer lives - Job prophesies that he will be resurrected and that in his flesh he will see God.

General Conference

The Heart of a Prophet

Elder Gary E. Stevenson

"In this sacred memorable meeting, following a well-established precedent in unity and unanimity, the Brethren were seated by seniority in a semicircle of 13 chairs and raised their hands first to sustain the organization of a First Presidency and then to sustain President Russell Marion Nelson as President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This sustaining was followed by the Quorum of the Twelve gathering in a circle and placing hands upon the head of President Nelson to ordain and set him apart, with the next most-senior Apostle acting as voice."

I made cookies today to help the Vernon park fundraiser. James returned Howard's truck and then he was supposed to come back and deliver my cookies to the park. He never made it back so I had to get dressed and deliver them myself. I was not happy.

After delivering the cookies to Paula I started looking for my friend Linda. I bought two squares for the cow pie bingo game from her and I needed to pay her for them. We sat down and talked for a few minutes. I asked her if she was on the park committee and she said yes. She said since they aren't serving a mission right now she felt like she needed to give more service. She also goes to the Vernon Book Club, the card making club, and the quilting club in an effort to get to know more people in Vernon. I was impressed. I think I am going to join the book club and maybe the card-making club.

After our lunch today James and I started our fast. We are fasting for grandchildren who had lost their testimonies of the gospel. We are praying that they will find their way back.

James worked at the Howard's this afternoon and Jean wanted me to come over. I was just too tired. I told her we would go to lunch sometime next week. 

I watched one of my favorite Christmas movies, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" starring Brook Burns and Henry Winkler. I always enjoy this movie no matter how many times I've seen it. 

I walked, blogged, and read from a couple of my new books, "Dragon Watch", which is a sequel to Fablehaven and one of Addy's favorites, and "The Way of Kings" by Brandon Sanderson who is Adam's favorite author. Sheri says this is Ben's favorite book and one of Ian's favorites. I also ordered the book for book club, "The Secret Keeper," by Kate Morton. I have alot of reading to do. I am also reading several church books. I love to read.

We went to bed rather early because we are leaving for the valley around 5:15 in the morning to attend Sheri's ward,  and so James can ordain Ben an elder after their block meetings.

Members of our ward headed to Vernon Days at the park

in Vernon.

A busy Saturday

 Mom's day for the Show Low football team.

Quentin and Zach playing for Show Low

Their dad, my nephew, Monte is their coach.

A little history

Sunday, January 22, 2017

The Manti temple

1 Nephi 16:1-16

*Why do the "wicked take the truth to be hard?'

*When Heavenly Father has asked you to go into your own personal "wilderness" what gifts has He given you to help you succeed?

2 Nephi 15:13-18

DC 10:54-70

So many great verses in today's reading.  Which ones spoke to me?

GC: "The Blessings of Worship" by Bishop Dean M. Davies

'When we worship God, we approach Him with reverent love, humility, and adoration.  We acknowledge and accept Him as our

sovereign King, the Creator of the universe, our beloved and infinitely loving Father.  We respect and revere Him.

We submit ourselves to Him.  We lift our hearts in mighty 

prayer, cherish His word, rejoice in His grace, and commit to follow Him with dedicated loyalty.  Worshipping God

is such an essential element in the life of a disciple of 

Jesus Christ that if we fail to receive Him in our hearts,

we will seek for Him in vain in our councils, churches,

and temples.'

I got up at seven to do a little studying.  Molly was up too.  Jared texted and said the other kids need to be up by nine.  Church is at eleven.  

I had pizza for breakfast and some Dr. Pepper 10.  I am such a health nut.  James also made Molly and I some Starbucks hot chocolate.

The umbrella was from last nights Bahama Bucks.

Not sure why the sour face.

James got the older kids up while Molly and Emmy both got themselves ready to go.  Molly was an angel this morning!  It was a pleasure to be with her.  Even when Emmy got upset with her for taking the case off their phone, she didn't get upset.  She just tried to explain to Emmy that it was hard for her to push the buttons when the case was on.  Very impressed!

Someone posted this on Facebook regarding the women's protest marches this past week.

Yes!

I took a short little rest.  Kacey's bedroom is grand central when it is time to get ready to go somewhere.  

We had to make two trips to the church to get everyone there in our car.  Thank goodness the church is so close.  We could probably have walked but it was way too windy!

We met Kacey and Jared at church and as soon as Molly saw them, I was no longer her sidekick.  It's okay.  I understand.  I sat by Anna who sat next to Summer during sacrament meeting.  

James and I stayed until after Sunday School and then we said goodbye to Kacey and Jared.  The kids were in classes.  Jared gave James two books for his birthday.  

The "Boys in the Boat" will be the next book

James and I read together.

We packed, changed our clothes and had a little something to eat.  James also made us some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the road so we would not have to stop for food on the way home.  Of course we will have to stop for gas.

Grandpa and Anna's birthday cake.

Jared had planned a little party for Anna and Grandpa this afternoon but we needed to get an early start.  We were sorry to have missed it.  I did steal a piece of cake before leaving.  (I asked Jared first!)

We are so grateful that our car is running so well after the scare we had Friday night.  We said a prayer and were on our way.  We made good time going 80 mph.  We gained an hour going back to El Paso and were there by 9 pm.  It feels like home again.  We had some stew and finished reading "Without a Word."  

I left James's birthday present in San Antonio.  Kacey said they would mail it for me tomorrow.  It's a photo stick to back up all of his photos that are on his computer.  I was surprised to see his is 128 GB while mine is only 64 GB.

Fun Photos

The Matterhorn.  Disney did a pretty good job of duplicating this!

Bighorn sheep

January 2016 Photos

Lola

Dawn, Carmen, and Rebecca

Evan hanging out on the couch.

All of his brothers are on a campout.

Such an awesome kid!

Thursday, July 28, 2016

TBT to the Mesa, Arizona temple

where James and I were married,

and all of our children.

Alma 41:1-15

In the Resurrection men come forth to a state of endless happiness or endless misery.  Wickedness never was happiness - Carnal men are without God in the world. - Every person receives again in the Restoration the characteristics and attributes acquired in mortality.

GC: "The Power of Godliness" Elder Kent F. Richards.

Primary: "Nephi Prophesies" this lesson emphasizes the importance of prophets in our lives.  It is based on Helaman 7-9. 

 My August family newsletter is ready to mail.  Scipture study is the gospel principle for this month.  I actually caught up on my blog this morning!

I left around 10 o'clock to go visiting teaching to Hailey Chaffin.  I arrived almost an hour later.  She lives 20 miles away but the last part of her road is treacherously filled with huge rocks that I have to dodge.  Hailey was there with all her children.  The lesson is on the importance of parenthood and how children are our real treasures in life.  I told Braylin and Taylor that they were treasures.  They seemed to like that idea. I didn't stay long because I got a text from James while I was there.  He was miserable when I left because of pain in his left side.  He called Dr. Moffat for pain meds and the doctor told him he needed to go to the emergency room right away to be checked for a blood clot or a collapsed lung.  I left immediately and was home in about 45 minutes.  We drove to the hospital and checked James in to the emergency room #9.  While he was waiting for them to take an x-ray I went to do some of my errands.  First my veggie rice bowl at Panda and then on to the Dollar Store to pick out some treasures for my Primary class to reward them for scripture reading and learning the Articles of Faith.  I had a blast and found lots of good things.  Afterwards I called James and he told me to go to the gas station and get gas.  I forgot to deposit a check at the bank but I can do that tomorrow or Saturday.  I took a picture of the sky while waiting in line at Panda.

I hope Vernon is getting rain!

The hospital gave James a shot for pain and did some x-rays.  While waiting for the results I read to him from our new book:

James was so tired because of the pain shot that I only read one short chapter and then I read from my book:

I told Braylin Chaffin he could borrow my book when I finished.  I should be finished by Sunday.  He is reading the series but hasn't read all of #1.

James was released with the diagnosis that he has a torn muscle, hence the intense pain but we are grateful it's not a collapsed lung or a blood clot which are life threatening.  We dropped a couple of prescriptions by CVS and then headed home.  James immediately laid down to take a nap while I ate some dinner and began my nightly study.  I read from "The Lincoln Hypothesis" and a new book that Kacey recommended, "Falling to Heaven."

Wish we had a Lincoln today to get us out of this mess.

I love James Ferrel

I went out to check on my Gerber daisies and found this:

A dead daisy.  This is senseless killing

and is so sad.

I will keep watering and spray with repellant to

see if I can grow some more.

Kim and Brian are on their way to Red Rock, Colorado to an Avett Brothers concert.  Kim got a room with a view in Monument Valley.  This has been a dream of hers for a long time to visit Monument Valley.

Since this is TBT (Throwback Thursday), I am posting some more pictures from the past:

Our two homes

Joshua and Lola two years ago.

Ruby and Lola

Trenda, one of my favorite young women.

Batman who used to visit me every morning

about 6 am.  A juice box for breakfast.