Saturday, July 20th, 2019

Reno, Nevada

81st operating temple

Dedicated: 23 April 2000

By: Thomas S. Monson

Jesus Christ, Firstborn

DC 77:11
Q. What are we to understand by sealing the one hundred and forty four thousand, out of all the tribes of Israel - twelve thousand out of
every tribe?
A. We are to understand that those who are sealed are high priests, ordained unto the holy order of God, to administer the everlasting gospel; for they are they who are ordained out of every nation, kindred tongue, and people, by the angels to whom is given power over the nations of the earth, to bring as many as will come to the church of the Firstborn.
Book of Mormon
Alma 36:1-24
New Testament "The Word of God Grew and Multiplied" Review
Acts 10-16

General Conference

"Christ: The Light That Shines in Darkness"

Sharon Eubank

" 'Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.' The Lord says emphatically: he or she 'who has repented of ... sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.' In essence: Come, let us reason together You made mistakes; all come short Come unto me and repent. I will remember the sin no more. You can be whole again. I have a work for you to do. Christ makes wool white."

James went to the Howard's this morning to do a little job even though they are out of town. I worked on my blog. 

When Darrel got up he told me that the carpet downstairs was wet. They were going to sleep down there but didn't because of the water and the smell it generated. The water is over by the window so I told Darrel I thought it was from water in the planter. There was a leak in a valve before and it looks like there is another leak.

Trina played the game of "Life" with Ruby and Lola while I made pink "baby" cakes for Lola. 

We all got ready to go to Big Lake before noon. We made sandwiches to take with us. When Rowan was up here with his stake young men he went fishing at Big Lake and he wanted to go back. James got fishing poles for himself, Ruby, and Rowan. We took both cars and headed for Springerville.

In Springerville we stopped at Western Drug. Trina and the kids were going to stay in the car while Darrel and James went in to get fishing licenses and lures. I went over to their car and told them that this store was quite unique and they might like to come and take a look.

Although we were only there for a short time we had a great time. This store never disappoints me!

Back on the road again we headed for Big Lake and before too long, we were there and found our fishing spot, and for me my "chair spot."

 Trina said she thought Big Lake would be bigger.

I remembered it being bigger too. 

Maybe I'm bigger so it seems smaller.

 A gorgeous overcast day.

Ruby is so sweet to Lola!

Trina and I decided we were going to take a walk around the lake. We got a good start but soon we were in high marshy grass and so we decided to forget about the lake and head for the parking lot.

Luckily James and Darrel were right behind us to pick us up.

Next stop was Sheep's Crossing. Those who wanted to fish, Darrel, James, Rowan, and Ruby stayed. The rest of us took Trina's car and headed back for the cabin.

We stopped at Safeway in Springerville to pick up some items. Trina and Addy went shopping while I stayed in the car with Lola who had fallen asleep in her carseat.

Back at the cabin the kids and I finished watching our Christmas movie while Darrel and Trina fixed dinner. James went for his nightly walk.

Darrel and Trina fixed fajitas which were delicious! For dessert we had our "tea party" tea cakes and ice cream. 

I don't know if this is going to work but this

is Lola's dance video at the end of the tea party.

James built a huge bonfire. We were going to do smores but everyone was too full.

It was another one of those great days!

Moon!

 Little Lola

 Popsicle time!

 Stormy summer sky

Doing the dishes

Ruby enjoying the bonfire!

Friday, July 19th, 2019

Memphis, Tennessee

80th operating temple

Dedicated: 23 April 2000

By: James E. Faust

Jesus Christ, Firstborn

DC 76:94

They who dwell in his presence are the church of the Firstborn; and they see as they are seen, and know as they are known, having received of his fulness and of his grace;

Book of Mormon

Alma 35:1-16

New Testament "The Word of God Grew and Multiplied"

Acts 15

General Conference

Abound with Blessings

Elder Dale G. Renlund

"A fire must receive a constant supply of oxygen for the wood to ultimately release its full potential. Faith in Christ requires ongoing action for the blaze to continue. Small actions fuel our ability to walk along the covenant path and lead t the greatest blessings God can offer. But oxygen flows only if we figuratively keep moving our feet. Sometimes we need to make a bow and arrow before revelation comes as to where we should search for food. Sometimes we need to make tools before revelations come as to how to build a ship. Sometimes, at the direction of the Lord's prophet, we need to bake a small cake from the little oil and flour we have to receive an unfailing cruse of oil and barrel of flour. And sometimes we need to 'be still and know that God is God' and trusting in His timing."

Sold a book, "Design Drawing".

After scriptures and prayer this morning James and I went upstairs and he helped me put sheets on the beds. We checked for bugs in the bathtubs but there weren't any. I think we got rid of most of the moths. 

When we were finished James took a short rest because he is not feeling well. He feels like his bronchitis is coming back. I called the doctor and made him an appointment on Monday, exactly two weeks since his last appointment. 

He went to work for awhile at the Howard's, an hour or so, and then came home and we left for town. We are going to get my tire fixed.

We dropped Lexy off at Discount Tire and they said it would take about an hour and a half. We walked over to Chase Bank and had our Green Acres Cemetery papers notorized. Now we need to send them in. Next we walked down to KFC for their buffet lunch. As we were eating we began to talk about Colonel Sanders. James said he didn't like the mashed potatoes and started his own restaurant called The Colonels. I argued with him and then looked Colonel Sanders up on the internet. Here are some things we found out:

Harland Sanders was born in 1890. His mom was a widow and he was the oldest of three children and was forced to take care of the home and his family. This is when he started to develop his cooking skills.

He quit school after the sixth grade saying that algebra's what drove him off. 

Eventually Sanders ran a gas station in Corbin, Kentucky. To make ends meet, he began to cook and sell meals for weary travelers who stopped at the station. His food, which usually consisted of pan-fried chicken, ham, string beans, okra and hot biscuits, garnered him something of a reputation in the region for his skills as a chef. A few years later, he took out the gas pumps and set up his first restaurant. 

By this time, Sanders had begun to perfect the recipe for chicken which is still closely guarded by KFC today. His winning streak grew even hotter in 1939, when he developed a method of cooking chicken via a pressure cooker which cut down on grease and preserved flavor, moisture, and texture without sacrificing cooking time. For over a decade, Sanders' restaurant prospered.

In the '50s, Sanders was struck by two blows of bad luck in rapid succession, putting the success he had finally found at great risk. The first came when the highway junction situated in front of his restaurant was moved to another location, effectively putting an end to the busy traffic which regularly passed by - and proved him with customers. That alone would be enough to put a major dent in his business, but next came the announcement of a brand new interstate highway which was to be built on a location which bypassed the restaurant by seven miles. It became clear that Sanders and his restaurant were about to be left in the dirt.

 Sensing the end was near, Sanders auctioned off the site of his restaurant in 1956, and he took a loss on the sale. With no income, he was forced to scrape by a living on his savings, the proceeds of the auction, and his Social Security check of $105 per month. 

After the closure of his restaurant, Sanders, now devoted to his cooking, attempted a new business tactic. He traveled across the United States, visiting potential franchisee restaurants and offering them his chicken recipe in return for 4 cents on every chicken sold (he later raised it to a nickel). Sanders' first franchisee was Pete Harman, a friend in Salt Lake City. who had seen a boom in sales since beginning to serve chicken made with Sanders' method and recipe.

By 1964, Sanders had franchised over 600 outlets and built a company worth millions of dollars Although, at that time there weren't actually any Kentucky Fried Chicken location, only restaurants that sold their chicken.

Sanders sold his company, KFC, in 1964, for 2 million. He received a down payment of $50,000, the company's assets in Canada, and a lifetime salary of $40,000 per year. He was never truly happy with the deal.

He fought with the company after the sale

In 1971, Brown, Sanders attorney, sold the company and Colonel Sanders became discontented with the direction KFC was taking: the company moved its headquarters to Tennessee, began charging a franchise fee for its outlets and took a percentage of sales rather than Sanders' preferred rate of a nickel per chicken.

Here is the part where James was right about another restaurant named The Colonel. (Really, I should never doubt him.)

Eventually, Sanders chose to open a new restaurant which he named Colonel Sanders' Dinner House. KFC posited that they owned the rights to his name and threatened legal action. He renamed his eatery to the Colonel's Lady's Dinner House, but KFC insisted they owned the rights to the word "colonel." Sanders then decided to sue the company he began - for $122 million. KFC responded by suing him for trademark infringement. They settled in 1975 and the terms have not been disclosed.

He got in trouble with the company again in 1978, when he gave a newspaper interview complaining the gravy now tasted like "wallpaper paste" (James said it was the mashed potatoes), and the new chicken recipe was horrible. The franchise where he gave the interview tried to sue him for libel, but since he was talking about the whole company and not just one location, the judge threw it out.

His final years

Despite his troubled relationship with KFC, Sander continued to work for the company for the rest of his life. He continued to tour the country on KFC's behalf and, for the last two decades of his life, was never seen in public wearing anything but his iconic white suit. In his later years, he also found religion, and donated much of his wealth to charities, such as the Salvation Army.

On December 16th, 1980, Sanders died of leukemia at the age of 90. His body was ordered to lay in state at the Kentucky State Capitol, before he was buried in Lousiville, Kentucky.

In the wake of Sanders' death, KFC's fortunes exploded It became on of the US's leading fast food brands, opened up thousands of restaurants across the world and, in the fourth quarter of 2017, enjoyed a net income of $436 million dollars.

Sorry this was so long but I wanted to prove the point that James was right and I was wrong. I am eating humble pie right now along with my KFC chicken.

Darrel and Trina and the kids arrived around 8:30 this evening. Lola opened her birthday presents and we watched the Hallmark movie, "Christmas Love." 

 Gated DFY books 

Sent to help center for replacement

Summer storm

 I love this picture!

 Who knew? 

Makes sense with all the dust and dirt

 Roxy the chinchilla: 

A face you don't see too often

 Nichols' baby

Thursday, July 18th, 2019

Medford, Oregon

79th operating temple

Dedicated: 16 April 2000

By: James E. Faust

Jesus Christ, Firstborn

DC 76:54

They are they who are the church of the Firstborn.

Book of Mormon

Alma 34:17-41

New Testament "The Word of God Grew and Multiplied"

Acts 14

General Conference

We Can Do Better and Be Better

President Russell M. Nelson

"We know what will give us greater access to the powers of heaven. We also know what will hinder our progress - what we need to stop doing to increase our access to the power of heaven. Brethren, prayerfully seek to understand what stands in the way of your repentance. Identify what stops you from repenting. And then, change! Repent! All of us can do better and be better than ever before."

I love this quote by President Joseph Fielding Smith:

"Procrastination is the thief of eternal life."

I listened to the book arbitrage webinar this morning. Their next big push is individual and group mentoring which are very costly. I just cannot spend anymore money on this business. I am going to have to stumble along on my own.

James went with me this morning to the Dollar store and then on in to Maverick to get some gas. I read to him from our book, "Love Unscripted." 

James picked out birthday items for Ruthie Wilhelm and I got some things for Lola. I also got five aluminum containers to take tonight's dinner to the Nichols family. 

Sister Nichols had a baby girl this morning, Abigail.

The Nichols became an eternal family in March

I spent most of the rest of the day preparing a meal for this family.

Here was the menu: Kid friendly goulash, green beans, salad, homemade rolls, and homemade chocolate chip cookies. 

James helped me deliver the food this afternoon. Brother Nichols was at home with his kids Amelia and Kaleb. Kaleb is 3. He told me he was going to be 5 soon. I asked him if he was skipping 4 and he said yes. He also showed me how he could play the harmonica. He was actually pretty good. I think he had some training. Amelia was anxious to tell me that she got to hold her new baby sister.

This is such a nice family and it was a privilege to be of service to them.

These are my Christmas movies for the day while I was walking and then later in the evening James and I watched the last one together

"Christmas at Holly Lodge"

"Christmas Land"

"Entertaining Christmas"

The end of June was the Lambson family reunion in Ramah. James and I were in the valley while he was working on the Hatch job.

His cousin Laurie Lambson Thomas gave this report of the reunion:

Dear Lambson Family, 

We just had a great reunion!

New this year....

Eli, Jason, Jonathan Nicoll and Tyler Ebright built a Zip Line. Kids and adults had a great time.

The Friday night pageant produced by Vivian Nicoll and family told the story of Frank and Laura Lambson at home through story telling and singing. Each original brother and sister and grandmother and grandad was represented by a Nicoll family member with their name printed on a different colored T-shirt.

Service Project: A thorough clean-up of area and perimeter included leveling debris and was completed by 14 young men and women. Afterwards Ethan Brown built a fire, Dustin Brown, Army National Guard Warrant Officer 3 led a ceremony and retired 6 flags. He explained the ceremony and told the story of an active rescue in the middle east and the returning of 3 deceased soldiers. He explained why men and women sacrifice their lives for their comrades and their country.

Rib dinner: Friday and Saturday, Thank you Ryan Allred and Kathy Lambson.

Military Service at Flag Raising: All veterans and current military were honored. We had representatives from the Korean War, Vietnam, War, Middle East and active duty.

Update on property improvements: Pump house building; A big thanks to Tom, Eli, Delbert Allen, Jason, Francisco and sons for well pump house concrete, and structure. It will protect the well for years to come. So much help was from the younger generations!

Auction: Neal Lambson was the auctioneer. We raised over $1,500, the high bid of $225 was for a custom made knife by Terry Lambson and sold to Brian Maki.

Missionaries: Gerald and Dian Richins - Nauvoo, Illinois; 
Terry and Cathi Lambson - North American Virtual Remote Operation Center Mission - Support for Family Search; Francisco Quintant - Sacramento, California; Quinn Macintyre - Gilbert, Az; Courtney Allred, Gilbert, Az.;  Lexie Jackson - Kennewick, Washington.

Persons that came the furthest: Alisha Countryman and Bridgette Lambson, Delbert Allen's daughter's came over 1500 miles.

We also had riddles about family members living and deceased to increase our knowledge of one another. One person we got to know about was Paisley Johnson who is Stephanie Lambson Johnson's daugher, who is Lonnie's daughter. She is a star on the BYU women's basketball team! She is dating Connor Harding of the men's basketball team. Connor and his father are in the same ward as Hayden Lambson (Uncle Leon's son) in Pocatello, Idaho.
Hayden painted a picture of Connor's father taking a npa in the shade of a tree while a large bull elk strolls by.

2020 Reunion
Host Families: Leon, George Oran, and Almie

Date: July 9,10, 11

We need you and your extended families in attendance next year!

It was noted that we need a sound system. Barry Lambson will look into this for us. Anyone have one they would like to donate?

The gnats were out in force. Barry will research bug lights powered by propane tanks or other options. By changing the date to July we might avoid this.

Lambson Book to be updated:
Lonnie Lambson is updating the Lambson family boo, "From Ridgewell to Ramah." All additions and updates must be to Lonnie by December 1, 2019 in a word document with photos. 176 S. 2100 East, St. George, Utah, 84790. Phone: 435-773-5099.

A quick estimate was done of the posterity of Frank Bates and Annie Laurie Lambson. It is over 800.

Go to our Lambson Family Facebook page for photos and updates. Join.

Thank you to Lovell and Dolly and Gen and Flora Lambson families and all those that assisted this year!

Please forward to your families as our distribution list is still limited. Please send any additional emails to lauriet@cox.net.

Laurie Lambson Thomas

Thank you Laurie!

Fossil Creek

 More blueberries!

Making the rounds!

 Miss Lola will go to kindergarten this year

 Country living

 Filmed in Utah