Saturday, April 30, 2016

I love this sweet couple.

They have the best smiles ever and

they glow!

James and I did sealings this morning in the Snowflake temple and this picture of Marisa and Curtis reminds me of how happy a couple can be to be sealed together for time and all eternity.

Jared had given us four couples to be sealed, one was a William Trezise to an Elizabeth Daniels, probably Ian's great grandparents, and three Mangum couples.  We didn't get the cards back because we left before all of the sealings were done.  

We were also sealed for my grandparents, Albert Alexander Strickland to Myrtle Mae Rutledge.  I was so surprised to find that this work had not been done.  Their children, my mom and her brother and sister have been sealed to them, but their sealing had never been done.  We were also sealed for my "Nannie's" (Myrtle Mae's), grandparents, George Thomas Walker to Amanda Epley.  

I love that you can print temple cards from home now!  These are the cards that I printed.

The only reason I got these cards back was because of a

sister in our ward who works in the temple records office.

She saw my name on them and brought them to me.

We listened to our scriptures and two conference talks on the way to Snowflake.  Mosiah 19:25-20:11 - Why did the Lord let Limhi's people end up in bondage?  Answer: They were compelled to be humble, whereas, Alma's people were humble without being compelled to be. (Alma 32: 13, 16).

We listened to Sister Marriott's talk in the general women's session of conference.  Here is one of my favorite quotes from her talk:

"Sister Julie B. Beck, former Relief Society General President taught: 'The ability to qualify for, receive, and act on personal revelation is the single most important skill that can be acquired in this life. . . . It requires a conscious effort.'

Next it was Sister Linda K. Burton, the Relief Society General President.  Here is a quote from her talk:

"There are more than 60 million refugees, including forcibly displaced people, worldwide.  Half of those are children."

That makes me so sad.

James and Adam worked on the shed this afternoon while I began preparing our last meal of the day.  After this meal we will begin our fast and end it 24 hours later.  I marinated some chicken.  James loves this recipe for honey-lime chicken.  I also made a big pot of mashed potatoes because I know how much Adam likes them.  I made a salad and some peas.  We ate at 3pm.  

I used chicken thighs instead of breasts and they were absolutely melt in your mouth delicious!  It was a yummy meal and afterwards James said the prayer to start our fast.  Other members of our immediate family are joining us in this fast for two young men in our family.  We love them so much and want them to feel the love of the Lord in their lives.

I woke up very early this morning and had to get up and record some thoughts in my 'feel the Spirit' journal.  As a result, after our meal and cleaning the kitchen I was super tired.  I tried to take a nap but that didn't work so I turned on a Hallmark movie called "Just Desserts".  Soon James joined me.

Because of this movie I looked up some recipes for flourless 

chocolate hazelnut cakes.  When I showed them to James, he was excited and said he wanted to try both recipes.  He loves dark

chocolate and hazlenut.  I think it would be so fun to be a

pastry chef but I would probably weigh 300 lbs!

After the movie I was relaxed and refreshed and worked on preparing my Primary lesson on "Alma and Amulek in Prison", until it was time to go to bed.

Family Happenings

 Jared posted this:

One of my dreams is to be able to watch Emmy and Molly

play soccer.

Sheri's post:

Sheri, Trina, and Alexis hiked

Picachio Peak today.

 

 

Saturday, November 8, 2014inet and the

This is a picture of the barn that we want to build.

"Trust in the saving power of Jesus Christ; keep His laws and commandments.  In other words - live the gospel joyful."

-President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Every night I want the heater and the fan on.  I think I drive James a little crazy!  We are having an indian summer right now.  The high today was 65 degrees!

For breakfast we had potatoes, onions, peppers, eggs and ham.  Darrel joined us.  CVS's pharmacy doesn't open until 9am on Saturday.  

We finished our book, "Courting Miss Lancaster"  and will soon be starting "Friend or Foe."  We are addicted!

James spent the day working on fixing my doll cabinet and the hole he made in the wall when he fell off the ladder last year.  

 Garage workshop will someday be replaced

by a workshop in our big barn.

I got a little nervous when he starts climbing up a ladder.

I was glad when he was finished and back on the ground!

While James was doing his remodeling project I was working on my self-reliance lesson for Young Women's tomorrow and blogging.

We started our fast this afternoon for Fast Sunday and then this evening we watched "Hats Off to Christmas" starring Haylie Duff.

 

 

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Happy 45th Anniversary!  Has it really been that long?  Sometimes it feels like yes and sometimes it feels like it all went by so quickly.  When I think that our family has grown from the two of us to 29 I am amazed.  I am so grateful to James for the good husband, father, and grandpa that he is.  I couldn't ask for a better companion in life.  He means everything to me.

I spent a nice quiet day at home here in Vernon.  James went in to town to do a little shopping and he was amazed at the traffic he encountered.  I guess lots of people are up here to escape the heat.  While in town he bought flowers to plant and then went to Safeway to get steaks and cheesecake.  He came home and grilled some filet mignon steaks and made salad and coleslaw.  I especially loved the coleslaw, although the steak was delicious too.  He gives me strawberry cheesecake to eat while I am talking on the phone to Vickie.  She called to wish us a happy anniversary.  Next week she and Harold will celebrate their 44th anniversary.

Right after lunch we started our fast.  James went outside to plant flowers.  I sat on the front porch and read to him from our book The Grecian Princess.  After the planting we took a nap.  As the cows came later in the day James chased them away.  As we were going to bed they came again and he chased them away again.  I literally had to do nothing today except prepare a mini Book of Mormon lesson on the house of Israel, the Abrahamic covenant and Jacob 5,  to share with the girls tomorrow, if I go to church.  Right now I have a cough, head cold, and the chills.  I may not be going.

Jared text us to wish us a happy anniversary.  So did Michael and Joe.  How sweet!  This evening before going to bed James and I watched "The Nanny Diaries" starring Scarlett Johansen.

The high here today was 82.  In the valley it was 108.

Saturday, January 5, 2013

I love Saturdays when James is home and we can catchup with all the happenings of the week.  We read scriptures and said our prayers and then he did some desk work while I tried to catch up on my Sunday journal. 
For lunch James heated up our leftover chalupa and added some salsa and cheese.  It was very tasty. 
After lunch we went in to town to see about getting some tires for my car.  We were too late for Robert's tires who close at noon on Saturday.  Discount tire is too high and Walmart didn't have my size tires so the trip was kind of a bust except for the little bit of shopping I did at Walmart.
When I got home I spent almost an hour cleaning the mud off my car so it would be clean for Sunday.
For dinner I made some frozen chinese food.  It wasn't very good except for the potstickers.  James liked the crab rangoons.  After dinner we started our fast. 
Before going to bed we watched Elementary and the first half of "Love's Christmas Journey."