Fri 9/18/2020 kids @ school; Lash Bomb; Dance and Guitar; Addy's 1st Date; Friends Nick, Madison, Claire; Lola's wish; Scarlett; Quotes; Steps

Laie, Hawaii

5th operating temple

Dedicated: 27-30 Nov 1919

By: Heber J. Grant

Jesus Christ, Mediator

DC 107:19

To have the privilege of receiving the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. to have the heavens opened unto them, to commune with the general assembly and church of the Firstborn, and to enjoy the communion and presence of God the Father, and Jesus the mediator of the new covenant.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

3 Nephi 11:1-20

AGC/LSG

"Hear Him"

President Russell M. Nelson

While worshipping in the temple is presently not possible, I invite you to increase your participation in family history, including family history research and indexing. I promise that as you increase your time in temple and family history work, you will increase and improve your ability to hear Him. 

I renew my plea for you to do whatever it takes to increase your spiritual capacity to receive personal revelation.

  Today is my cousin Rita's 72nd birthday. I texted her to wish her a happy birthday and she texted me back this message: 

Bill (her husband) died last night at 11:50, ten minutes before my birthday. We are so happy for him but sad for us. We're together as a family right now and telling stories about him. He was a character. 

Bill fought a good fight. He had cancer twice and major bypass surgery and several stints put in. He had heart failure due to complications from a recent surgery he had. Rita said she would let me know when the funeral would be.

After getting the kids off to school I got ready and went over to Scottsdale to see Stacy at Lash Bomb. It is 33 miles away. I got to meet Stacy's friend Nikki and her boss Jill. Stacy gets along so well with both of them. Jill is training Stacy and Nikki and she stayed the entire time Stacy was doing my lashes and even did some of them for her so she could see how she works. I was there from 11:30 to 2.  

I got home in time to pick up Ruby from school and Lola from the bus stop. Addy did not go to cross country practice today because of her allergies. She only had online school today. Yesterday she stayed home from school because of allergies. 

Rowan and Ruby both had friends over this evening. Rowan's friend Nick and his sister Madison who is Ruby's friend was here. Another of Ruby's friends, Claire was also here. They were so nice to include Lola in their fun. 

Addy had her first date this evening with a guy named Steven. His last name is Fairbanks. Addy  curled her hair and wore it down and she looked so cute. She did not want me to take a picture. This was a double date and they went to someone's house to make cookies and to play games. 

Lola went to bed wishing she had a phone like Madison's because it has a pen to go with it. Ruby says Madison's phone cost between $800 - $1,000. 

I took this picture on Monday morning

before school

Too lazy to go out in the heat so I took this 

picture of Betty through the screened window.

Betty looks alot like Kim and Brian's car, Clyde.

Inkling leaders and their "word" rocks

 

Thur 9/17/20 Let the driving begin; Lunch with Ben at the OG; Addy's car Betty; Joseph; Homework; Dinner; Scriptures and Prayer; Guitar and Dance lessons

 

Salt Lake City, Utah

Dedicated: 6-24 April 1893

By: Wilford Woodruff

Jesus Christ, Mediator

 Hebrews 12:24

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

3 Nephi 10

"Teaching with Power" with Ben Wilcox

AGC/LSG

"Let This House Be Built unto My Name"

Elder David A. Bednar

The announcement of each new temple is a source of great joy and a reason to give thanks to the Lord. However, our primary focus should be on the covenants and ordinances that can change our hearts and deepen our devotion to the Savior and not simply on the location or beauty of the building.

The fundamental obligations that rest upon us as members of the Lord's restored Church are (1) to "Hear Him!" and have our own hearts changed through covenants and ordinances and (2) to fulfill joyfully the divinely appointed responsibility to offer temple blessings to the entire human family on both sides of the veil. With the Lord's direction and help, indeed we will fulfill these sacred duties.

Rowan and Addy both got themselves up at 6:15 so I did not have to wake them. Addy has bad allergies and decided not to go to school. James went woke Lola and Ruby at 6:40. Addy fixed Lola's hair and helped her get her snack while I filled her pink water bottle and put the purple lid on it as I was instructed. Addy came with me and we took Lola to the bus stop on Parc Joule and Point Twenty-Two. She looks so little climbing up on that big bus! Her friend Ivy ride the bus too and she is even smaller than Lola. Of course they have to wear a mask. 

After getting Lola on the bus we went back home. At about 7:45 I took Ruby to school. I turned on one of the back streets from the school, Simone and just a little ways from the school I let Ruby off and she rode her skateboard the rest of the way. Ruby is in sixth grade and Lola is in first. This afternoon I will pick Ruby up at 2:50 and then get Lola at the bus stop right afterwards. 

James and I had lunch with Ben today at Olive Garden. We picked him up at his house around 11:00. We invited Max and Evan to go with us but Max was stressed about homework and Evan was in his room doing something. It was fun to be with Ben. He always seems so happy and his smile is contagious. We walked into Olive Garden without any masks on and no one said anything. Our waitresses name was Grace and she was very attentive. Ben and I had soup, salad and breadsticks and James had salmon and broccoli. Ben had the chicken and gnocchi soup with lots of breadsticks. I started out with the Zuppa Toscana and also had some Pasta e Fagioli which I couldn't finish and had to take home with a couple of breadsticks. Ben absolutely did not want any dessert so after our lunch we left. Ben is going to work for UPS when they get back from the cabin. They are coming up to the cabin the weekend of General Conference. They are hiring drivers to drive their own cars and paying them $35 an hour. He wants to work and save enough money to go to school at BYU-Idaho starting in January. He wants to spend Christmas at home this year and he won't start working until after they come to the cabin the first week in October. 

I offered to get Ben some dessert but he declined. He lost 50 lbs. while on his mission and I don't think he wants to gain it back. 

After we said our goodbyes to Ben we dropped my box of books off at the UPS Store and then I took James home and then went to do some shopping at Walmart. I was looking for a 12 x 12 photo album for Sister Barton in our ward. They had three different styles and I took pictures and sent them to my friend Kerri who is shopping for Sister Barton. Now she is saying that she is using page protectors for regular 8 1/2 x 11 notebook pages but she doesn't want just a regular notebook she wants one that looks like a journal or a photo album. I found one on Amazon and sent it to Kerri and told her to also look on Etsy or Pioneer photo albums. She should be able to find something.

At 2:50 I picked up Ruby from school. He friend Chloe whose parents are gone on the Lake Powell trip too, was waiting for her grandpa and he was late. She came down and waited with us until he came. Chloe's little sister is Ivy, one of Lola's best friends and we saw Chloe and her grandpa at Lola's bus stop picking up Ivy. 

Rowan rides the bus home from school and of course Addy was already home. For dinner this evening we had chicken skewers and mini chicken potstickers, all from Costco.

Lola and Ruby both took showers. Lola goes to bed at 9 and the rest of the kids at 10 on a school night. We had "Come Follow Me" and family prayer together. James said Rowan was in charge of family prayer so he called on Ruby. Lola read a story to me and I read one to her before she went to bed. She also brushed her teeth with her bubble gum toothpaste. 

Ruby has to do a report for school on an animal. She couldn't decide whether to do a black panther or an albino panther but when she came home from school today she said someone else was doing a panther so she had to choose another animal. She chose a dingo dog which lives in Australia and southwest Asia.

After school Ruby had dance lessons. After her lessons and before Addy and Rowan's guitar lessons we had dinner. After Addy and Rowan returned from their guitar lessons, we had scriptures and family prayer.

Ben is now 20 and will be 21 and James

turned 20 a few days ago.

Bishop Miller and his wife

Wed 9/16/20 Makeshift Luna fence; James tows Lexy I drive Nissa; Truck on fire; Darrel and Trina's; Christina's kids; Scarlett;

Manti, Utah

3rd operating temple

Dedicated: 21-23 May 1888

By: Lorenzo Snow

Jesus Christ, Mediator

Hebrews 9:15

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

3 Nephi 9:13-22 and "Don't Miss This" with Dave and Emily

AGC/LSG

"A Perfect Brightness of Hope"

"I give thanks, my brothers and sisters, for all we have been given in this last and greatest of all dispensations, the dispensation of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. The gifts and blessings that flow from that gospel mean everything to me -everything- so in an effort to thank my Father in Heaven for them, I have "promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep." May we press forward with love in our hearts, walking in the"brightness of hope" that lights the path of holy anticipation we have been on now for 200 years. I testify that the future is going to be as miracle filled and bountifully blessed as the past has been. We have every reason to hope for blessings even greater than those we have already received because this is the work of Almighty God, this is the Church of continuing revelation, this is the gospel of Christ's unlimited grace and benevolence. I bear witness to all of these truths and so much more in the name of Jesus Christ, amen."

Today was a hectic rather stressful day. It started out that way as we began preparing for our trip to the valley. James went out and tried to temporarily secure the fence so Luna wouldn't get out while we are gone. He also loaded up his truck with tools. He watered the lawn, plants, and trees and then he and Chuck loaded Lexy on the trailer to take to the valley. Our old neighbor and friend in Chandler, Sal is buying Lexy for his wife to drive around town. Here is the picture I took before we left the house.

Look how pretty Lexy is. Poor Nissa will never

be this pretty. The last picture of James's truck

before it was cremated. 

I read my scriptures and finished yesterday's blog entry and then I finished getting my books ready to ship. I also walked. I had over 7,000 steps when we left. James had over 15,000. 
Getting ready for a trip is always stressful and down to the wire. I told Darrel and Trina I was leaving at 3:00 but it was actually closer to 3:30. James talked me in to going the Globe was so I would be behind him in case anything happened. I am glad I did, although I really wanted to go through Payson.

After Salt River Canyon I was just leaving the San Carlos Indian Reservation when I saw a big plume of black smoke in the air I rounded a corner and there was James stopped at the side of the road, his truck on fire. This is the very reason that I followed him, in case something like this happened.

How many pictures of a burning truck can you take?

Probably too many. This is one of my favorites

because the bumper looks like it is hanging on

for dear life.

Four fire trucks eventually showed up, two red ones from Whiteriver, and two green ones from the forest. Overkill and too late to do any real good. Officer Pina from Globe was very nice. He wrote up the report and had the truck, trailer, and Lexy towed to a yard in Globe. 

After Officer Pina's report was finished, James and I were allowed to leave. James drove the rest of the way in to Darrel and Trina's. We were only an hour and a half late. Instead of leaving at 7 or 8 It was more like 10 or 11 when Darrel and Trina left. They got about 30 minutes or so away from home and realized they forgot their air mattress and sleeping bags and had to come back. We were already in bed. They took Starla and left Darrel's truck for James to drive. He may need it to go pick up the truck, Lexy, and the trailer in Globe.

This day is finally over. Darrel and Trina are spending the night in Flagstaff and then going on to their friends houseboat on Lake Powell in the morning. I have my marching orders, or I should say driving orders. The first thing I have to do is make sure Rowan and Addy are awake by 6:15 in the morning.