Monday, May 25th, 2020

Bogota, Columbia

57th operating temple

Dedicated: 24 April 1999

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, King

Matthew 27:37

And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

Mosiah 29:1-24; "Don't Miss This"

April General Conference

"The Blessing of Continuing Revelation to Prophets and Personal Revelation to Guide Our Lives"

Elder Quentin L. Cook

"I have a firm testimony that this restored Church is led by our Savior, Jesus Christ. He knows whom to call as His Apostles and in what order to call them. He also knows how to prepare His senior Apostle to be the prophet and President of the Church."

"Pure Testimony"

M. Russell Ballard

October 2004

James left early this morning for the valley. He needs to meet with several subcontractors on the job. He fed Luna before he left but I fed her at lunch time. She turned her nose up at the pellets and looked at me like, "Is that all there is?" Because she did this, I gave her a little bit of hay.

My great accomplishment for the day was catching up on my blog. The nice thing about being at home is if you don't feel well you can just take a break and lie down for a few minutes. I also caught up on my walking today, walking over 16,000 steps.

James was home by four this afternoon. When he got to Show Low he called to see if I wanted anything. I said a cherry Dilly bar. He said they didn't have cherry so he got a toffee flavored one. It was good, but not as good as cherry. 

After James's nap he went on a Luna ride. I think he rides so afterwards he can give her, her favorite food, oats. I fixed some dinner while he was gone and did my gospel study. When he got home he ate dinner and then proceeded to write a letter to Ben. I said he wouldn't be able to read it until next week and he said he didn't care he was going to write to him while he was thinking about it. I read James Ben's letter for this week. 

We watched episode 1 season 3 of "Lark Rise to Candleford" before going to bed.

Memorial Day

Remembering those who died serving and

protecting our country

Come Follow Me

 Backsplash Project

Monique Bogle on her wedding day

29 years ago

Trina

Sunday, May 24th, 2020

Madrid, Spain

56th operating temple

Dedicated: 19 March 1999

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, King

John 18:33

Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

Review Mosiah 25-28 and family gospel discussion with James, Darrel, Trina, Addy, Rowan, Ruby, and Lola.

Family Gospel Discussion Topic - Obedience; Discussion with Jared, Kacey, Sheri, Brian, and Kim, and of course, James

April General Conference

"The Great Plan"

President Dallin H. Oaks
"In the Council in Heaven, all the spirit children of God were introduced to the Father's plan, including its mortal consequences and trials, its heavenly helps, and its glorious destiny. We saw the end from the beginning. All of the myriads of mortals who have been born on this earth chose the Father's plan and fought for it in the heavenly contest that followed. Many also made covenants with the Father concerning what they would do in mortality. In ways that have not been revealed, our actions in the spirit world have influenced our circumstances in mortality."

"Never Give up on Your Testimony of
the Gospel"
Mark B. Colton
BYU Devotional 2015

I will be a good teacher today.

We had "Church" with Darrel's family today. Our opening song was "I Need Thee Every Hour." Trina gave the opening prayer and our sacrament hymn was "I Stand All Amazed." James and Darrel blessed the sacrament and Rowan passed. We all sat around the dining room table and after the sacrament we had our "Come Follow Me" discussion on Mosiah 25-28. At the end of the discussion we watched the Book of Mormon video about Alma the Younger being Born Again. After we were finished I said the closing prayer. What a nice time we had together.

After lunch and rest time Addy made a cake and then cookies. The cake was a poppy seed lemon with strawberry filling and cream cheese lemon frosting. It was delicious. The cookies were nice and plump chocolate chip cookies.

We ate outside on the patio and Darrel

saddled up Luna for the kids to ride.

Trina washed all of the sheets and put them back on the beds and

cleaned and vacuumed with the children helping. I do appreciate all that she did.

Just before Darrel's family left Jared called on Face Time and Charlie got to see some of her cousins along with Olaf. The kids found some bunnies and they brought one in for Charlie to see. Charlie was entertained for quite some time.

I look forward to Face Timing every week. James had to take the family picture of Darrel's family before they left. 

We so loved having Darrel's family here. The kids are so good and we love them so much. They made it safely home. The house was so quiet after they left. 

At 6 pm we had our family group study with Jared, Kacey, Sheri, Kim and Brian via Zoom. James was in charge of the discussion on Obedience. We love this part of our Sabbath day. James was most impressed with Kim and Jared's comments. Stacy said she could not participate because she was flat in bed. She is going to have a procedure done on her back on June 2nd.

Today was a wonderful Sabbath day spent with family.

New best friends

Ruby brought me a flower

Baby bunnies

Our puzzle

Love this!

A little disappointed in the picture
James took. Because of the sun I wish
he would have gone inside in front of
the fireplace.

Saturday, May 23rd, 2020

Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

55th operating temple

Dedicated: 6 March 1999

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, King

Luke 23:3

And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

Mosiah 28 - Read with James

Inklings

Restoration Proclamation

April General Conference

"Hear Him"

President Russell M. Nelson

"We live in the day that "our forefathers have awaited with anxious expectation." We have front-row seats to witness live what the prophet Nephi saw only in vision, that "the power of the Lamb of God" would descend "upon the covenant people of the Lord, who were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and they were armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory."

"Born Again"

James E. Faust

April 2001

I will be kind and patient today.

Ruby and I made pancakes and turkey bacon for breakfast this morning. Addy and Trina declined and went for a run instead. James was gone on a service project for the Elder's quorum, helping Sheba Myers to move. Darrel did not eat but Rowan, Ruby, and Lola did. And so did I. Ruby said it was the first time she had made pancakes. 

I washed and cut some strawberries for Addy when she got back from her run. Actually they were for whoever wanted them but I know how much Addy loves strawberries. 

The older kids wanted to walk to Chocolate Lake, or what used to be The Oaks so Trina took them while Darrel stayed here with Lola. Lola had Darrel playing games with her. They played Book of Mormon Who? until Darrel said Lola cheated. They then played Headbanz. I told Lola I wanted to take her picture with her Headbanz on. After I took it she asked to see it. Darrel said, "no not until the game is over." Lola started laughing. She knew that by looking at the picture she would see what was on her Headbanz.

Darrel asked if he and Lola could ride Luna to find the kids and Trina walking. Of course, and that is what they did. 

She probably couldn't have seen anything

in these photos anyway

The next adventure was to take Darrel's truck up to Green's Peak.

The kids rode in the back. I guess it was pretty cold and windy on the top of Green's Peak.

Lola got out her favorite three hundred piece puzzle for us to do. It's the one with Snow White, the dwarfs and the wicked queen.

While everyone was gone this afternoon I walked for an hour. 

When James got home from working on the road he loaded up the trash in the car and we headed for the dump and then to town to get some oats for Luna. We got some treats at Dairy Queen to eat on the way home. I read a couple of chapters from "Aunt Dimity and the Lost Prince."

When we returned home Darrel and Trina and the kids had already eaten. The chicken that Darrel marinated and grilled was sitting on the counter. James and I both had some. It was delicious.

After dinner James and I watched an episode of "Lark Rise to Candleford" in the bedroom. Darrel, Trina, and the three older kids played Scattergories. Lola watched the Disney channel.

 This is from last year but it's worth

seeing again

 My friend from Chandler, Karen

I was her visiting teacher

 Charlie is a hand holdin' girl