Sunday, February 25th, 2018

Monticello, Utah

53rd operating temple

Dedicated: 26-27 July 1998

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ Authority of

Romans 14:9

For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 18:1-22

* What new insights did I find?

Old Testament

Leviticus 27 

27 How properties are consecrated unto the Lord is explained - Israel is commanded to pay tithes of their crops, flocks, and herds.

The heart of Leviticus is the commandments "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." -Leviticus 19:18

General Conference

Apart, But Still One

Elder Joni L. Koch

" Father did not get to see the new chapel, as he passed away before the conclusion of this work. But we in the family, led now by my mom, continued doing our part until it was finished, and that kept us united with my father, with the Church members, with our leaders, and, most important, with the Lord!"

James went to ward council at 7:30 this morning because Brother Curtis is out of town. 

When it was time for me to leave I missed James loading all my stuff in the car for me. When I get to the church, he unlocks the door and carries in my stuff. 

Today was our ward conference. Adam and his friends all made it to sacrament meeting and stayed for the 2nd hour and then went home. Kris and Kristina went home last night because Gail is in town and they wanted to see him.

Bishop Miller and President Shumway both spoke in sacrament meeting and did an excellent job. Bishop spoke about the importance of marriage and so when James got home he asked Adam and Chris about getting married. They both said they wanted to but neither one of them is dating seriously. 

I had President Shumway's daughter was in my class today along with Jace, Andyn, Liana, Colter, and Amaron. Gracie was not there. 

Sister Knight from the stake Primary did a sharing time on 3 Nephi 17. It was really good and she had the kids look up scriptures. She gave them all bookmarks afterwards. I got one too.

On the back

Bishop Miller and all three members of the stake presidency did a portion of sharing time. President Shumway said that his family's motto is: "Be Kind." 

When I got home I finished my Big Jake burro from yesterday. Kaitlin said she was very impressed with our stake president.

Kaitlin gave us a gift today. Two walking sticks that her dad made from dead Saguaro cactus.

Max has one to from the family

Christmas party 

At 3 o'clock this afternoon James and I attended Amaron's baptism. 

Such a sweet boy!

After the baptism we stayed for refreshments which was basically dinner. I sat across from Sister Tieman who told me that Mary has gone to the hospital to have her baby. She is watching Jayden and Jace because Sister Singleton went to the hospital with Mary.

Kristina and Kristofor

Moon over Boston

Is this real?

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Nothing like a tiny house in the yard.

Gospel study today consisted of the following: 1 Nephi 20:1-22, finished the book A Witness and a Warning, read an Ezra Taft Benson RS lesson, and two conference talks.  I also taught Primary.

James stayed home today.  He is still sick.  It was our ward conference.  Bishop Miller and President Williams spoke in our sacrament meeting.  The choir sang, "I Am a Child of God", Analee is sick so Lorraine Tieman played the organ.  

I had four kids in my Primary class today, Kacey, Braylin, Curtis, and Zemira.  Our lesson was on the Liahona and Nephi breaking his bow.  

The third hour the stake took over the Primary and all of the adults went into the chapel with President Williams.  We discussed the blessings that come from following the Prophet.  

I came home and fixed corndogs for lunch and then laid down to take a nap.  James was at the dining room table indexing.  

I made a taco chili in the crockpot for dinner.  It was a Weight Watcher recipe and we loved it!  

We watched a new Hallmark movie called "All Things Valentine."

It was raining when we went to bed.

 

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Back to 2006 at Joshua's baby blessing.

My favorite part of the picture is Anna and Addy in the front row.

 

Today was our ward conference.  The theme was being temple worthy according to the standards listed in "For the Strength of Youth."  Bishop Lewis, Sister Hirt, the Young Women's president, and President Johansen were the speakers in sacrament meeting. 

The Primary children sang: "I Love to See the Temple" and did a wonderful job.

 

Primary was a little stressful.  Malachi was having a bad day and insisted on sitting on me and playing with my necklace.  He was all over the place.  Finally Sister Scatena took him out and when he came back he was a little better. The most enjoyable part of Primary for me was Max's talk in opening exercises.  He talked about following the prophet and told about Darrel's mission president and how he listened to President Hinckley and was prepared when Hurricane Mitch hit Honduras.

 

Our class cannot stay in their seats and 10 kids is just too many when they are four and their teachers are 66 and 67.  We are exhausted when it's over.  We go home and fry up some mac and cheese with bacon, which, by the way, is delicious and then we lie down for a nap. 

 

At 5pm Kyle Tolman comes home teaching and brings Nancy with him.  Nancy says this will count as my visit to her as I am her visiting teacher.  We have a nice visit with them in the living room.  The home teaching message is about being encircled in the arms of the Savior and the visiting teaching message is on patience and long-suffering. Nancy is the Sunbeam teacher so she had our kids last year and knows all of their personalities.  She says she uses Playdough during class time and I think that is a great idea!

 

James and I fixed dinner for everyone tonight.  He make steak and gravy and I made homemade biscuits.  Stacy and Michael loved my homemade biscuits.  Michael got a special treat delivered to him from Alexis.  She brought him stromboli from the pizza shop in the mall food court.  He ate it after returning from missionary prep.  He also ate three of my biscuits. 

 

I promised Joshua I would play Clue with him today so after dinner we set it up.  Michael and James joined us. 



 

 Before Joshua won last night he was pretty confident in tonight's game.  At one point he made an accusation and when it proved to be wrong he was out of the game.  He was a good sport about it but Stacy was upset we allowed him to do it.  I, on the other hand, think it was a good learning experience for him.

Michael ends up winning the game.