OUR FAMILY

Monday, June 6, 2022

Thur, June 2nd, 2022: Aba Nigeria Temple, James & Dave in Globe, Burger House burros, pickup Ro, Ev, and Max, shopping, NYPD pizza,

Aba, Nigeria

121st operating temple

Dedicated: 7 Aug 2005

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Second Coming

Isaiah 60:2

For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

Book of Mormon

Alma 10:1-16

"Come Follow Me"

Judges 6-8 The Lord can work miracles when I trust in His ways.

Judges 7-8

AprGenCon

"We Are The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints"

Reyna I. Aburto

Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency

My fellow disciples of Christ, let us not underestimate the marvelous work the Lord is doing through us, His Church, despite our shortcomings. Sometimes we are givers and sometimes we are receivers, but we are all on family in Christ. His Church is the structure He has given to guide and bless us as we worship Him and serve each other.

I said family prayer before James left to pick up Dave and then go on to Globe to work. Dave helped with some electrical problems.

As I was walking and working on my blog, I listened to several "All In" podcasts. #23. Wendy Ulrich, "How God Expects Women to suse Priesthood Power. #30. Tad Callister, "The Case for the Book of Mormon". (I am now listening to his book by the same name.) #26. Sheri Dew, "Lessons Learned from Following the Prophet." #33. Barbara Morgan Gardener, "How Women and Men Misunderstand the Priesthood and What We Can Do About It."

I'm not feeling well. My feet hurt so it's going to be hard to get all my steps today. I left a little after nine to pick up Rowan. Darrel, Addy, and Lola were all home. I left the popsicle puzzle for Lola to do. Later Darrel sent me this picture:

I love the smile on her face!

Next stop, Sheri's to pick up Max and Evan. They both got their hair cut or should I say their heads shaved, but Max still has his beard.

We went through the Chikfila on Chandler Blvd. to get some lunch. Evan got a spicy chicken sandwich with fries and Rowan got a regular chicken sandwich with fries and I got some nuggets. Max didn't order anything.

Once we got to the resort it wasn't long before the boys decided it was time to go swimming. Evan mentioned he forgot his sunscreen so I told him I would go to the store and get him some. I also got a couple of pool balls, lots of rootbeer, and some grape Zevia. I also bought some sandwich stuff for the boys. I asked them what they wanted from the store and all they said was rootbeer so I didn't buy any snacks. Oh yes, I also bought three gallons of water. James hates the water at the resort. I had to make four trips up and down the stairs, or in the elevator to carry everything in. The boys were swimming so they couldn't help. The first trip a couple of guys had a hose and they were spraying the walkways right in front of my door. I told them I needed to get in and they moved out of the way. I almost tripped on the hose once which was a little frustrating.

When I finally finished carrying in the last load I needed to sit down and cool off. I was sweaty and exhausted.

James brought me back a green chili mixed burro from Burger House. This evening the boys wanted NYPD pizza. We ordered a large pepperoni pizza and 12 garlic knots for the boys and a thin crust veggie pizza for James and I. I had one piece of pizza and James had four. We saved the other three pieces for tomorrow.

This evening I blogged and walked while James indexed. We had family prayer with the boys before they went swimming again and we went to bed.

Evan and Ben in Nana & Papa's pool

Sunday, June 5, 2022

Wed, June 1st, 2022: San Antonio Texas Temple, James's breakfast and card, "Top Gun", Lunch, Visit Lois & Dawn, Nap, Carrabas for dinner,

San Antonio, Texas

120th operating temple

Dedicated: 22 May 2005

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Second Coming

Isaiah 52:10

The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

Book of Mormon

Alma 9:19-34

"Come Follow Me"

Judges 2:13 "Who were Baal and Ashtaroth" Judges 6

AprGenCon

"Preaching the Gospel of Peace"

President Russell M. Nelson

President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

His gospel is the only answer when many in the world are stunned with fear. This underscores the urgent need for us to follow the Lord's instruction to His disciples to "go . . . into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." We have the sacred responsibility to share the power and peace of Jesus Christ with all who will listen and who will let God prevail in the lives.

"Missionary Service Blessed My Life Forever"

President M. Russell Ballard

Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

While attending college, several friends and I decided to serve missions. Visiting with my bishop, I filled out my missionary application while my parents were out of town. When my parents returned, I surprised them with the news that I had been called to serve in Great Britain. I am grateful for their enthusiastic support of this decision and for good friends who helped me decide to serve.

My missionary service prepared me to be a better husband and father and to be successful in business. It also prepared me for a lifetime of service to the Lord in His Church.

Happy 54th Wedding Anniversary to Us!

James got up before I did and fixed breakfast, fresh fruit, eggs, and 1/2 a toasted muffin. He also bought me a card.

We went to the new "Top Gun, Maverick" movie this morning. We went to the new theater at Scottsdale Fashion Square. The seating is all recliners. It was so relaxing and we loved the movie! Tom Cruise looks pretty good for someone who will be 60 on July 2nd.

After the movie we went down to the food court and had lunch. I went to Chipotle and James went to Charley's and got a cheesesteak sandwich.

James was intrigued by the three-wheeled car in the mall.

After lunch we drove to Tempe to see James's mom and Dawn.

We enjoyed our visit. It was great to see mom look so good. They started showing us some of the quilts mom has made.

This is one of Dawn's favorites

As we were getting ready to leave Dawn asked if we would like to come over tomorrow afternoon/evening to play dominoes. We said we would. Dawn said she would call Dave and Laura, and Terry and Cathi. She said we would also have dinner. Sounds good.

We went to the resort for a short rest and then we went out to Carrabas for dinner. Darrel & Trina gave me a gift card to Carrabas or Outback for Mother's Day and we chose Carrabas. I had a steak with garlic mashed potatoes and broccoli and James had mahi with artichoke and lemon sauce, and garlic mashed potatoes. We both had a salad and bread too. I could only get through about half of my meal before I asked for a box. James ate all of his. I am not a big fan of garlic mashed potatoes. I would rather have plain mashed potatoes with butter or a baked potato. James felt the same way. The garlic was a little strong. I got marsala sauce with mushrooms to put on my steak. It was delicious and the steak was cooked to perfection and very tender.

When we got back to Scottsdale James had to get something at Home Depot so I went to Staples and found a notebook I liked better than the one I got yesterday at Target. The only problem is this one only has 80 pages and the ones I use have 100. Somehow I will make it work.

I downloaded a cardmaking class from Lisa's Handlettering. I think I am really going to like it.

Our anniversary was lowkey but enjoyable. It was nice to get to spend the entire day with James.

Smoke from the Marshall Mtn fire

Tue, May 31st, 2022: Manhattan New York Temple, My infusion, Machaca burro from Elmer's, Target, Walmart - June notebook, Ben & Jerry's, Succulent puzzle, 17,000 steps

Manhattan, New York

119th operating temple

Dedicated: 13 June 2004

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Second Coming

1 Nephi 21:11

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

Book of Mormon

Alma 9:7-18

"Come Follow Me"

Judges 2:1-19; 4:1-16 The Lord offers deliverance when I stray

Judges 3-4

"The Power of Deliverance"

Elder L. Tom Perry

April, 2012

I finished all of the conference talks for this month!

My infusion was scheduled for 10:15 this morning. It takes an hour and when I got out James was outside waiting for me. He had bought me a machaca burro from Elmer's and encouraged me to go back to the resort to eat it, which I did. I also had my own little order of strips with cheese and sauce. Yummy!

James worked in Casa Grande this morning helping pour concrete. When we got back to the resort he took a shower and a nap. I ate my lunch and did some walking and then I took a nap. Later in the afternoon/evening after it cooled down a bit we went shopping. I forgot my June notebook and since tomorrow is the first day of June, I need a notebook.

Target had one that was the right size but it looked like a comp book. I got it because I was pretty sure that Walmart did not have what I was looking for. It was the right color, purple. We didn't find anything else at Target that we wanted to buy so we headed to Walmart.

At Walmart I bought a couple of T-shirts and James bought some groceries, a watermelon, some cherries, and Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia ice cream, our favorite. We also bought some Hagan Daas butter pecan.

Back at the condo I do the sweet succulent puzzle and James indexes. Somehow I managed to get 17,000 steps today.

It was a most relaxing day for me.

I had ice cream too Charlie!

A cabin in Australia or New Zealand

I did this one by myself

Mon, May 30th, 2022: Copenhagen Denmark Temple, James goes to Globe, Breakfast, Walmart, Chikfila, Addy, Max, James, Popsicle puzzle

Copenhagen, Denmark

118th operating temple

Dedicated: 23 May 2004

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Second Coming

Isaiah 49:11

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

Book of Mormon

Alma 8:18-9:6

"Come Follow Me"

Judges 2-4; 6-8; 13-16 "The Lord Raised Up a Deliverer" Judges 2

AprGenCon

"Now Is The Time"

President Russell M. Nelson

President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

We have received important direction for the future. My prayer is that the Spirit has spoken to you directly about things the Lord would have you do.

Jared left around six this morning to go to Globe to work. We had family prayer before he left and then I slept in until eight. I got up and decided to make myself some breakfast. I got out a skillet and without any Pam or butter I made a grilled ham sandwich with cheese. For a garnish I put some strawberry jam on my plate.

Breakfast on the balcony

I did some walking before I got ready to leave. I left around noon because I am stopping at Walmart to get some gift bags and cards. I am delivering graduation gifts to Addy and Max.

After shopping at Walmart I got some lunch at Chikfila and then got gas at the Walmart gas station. I was shocked to see that gas is more expensive here than it is in Show Low. I paid $5.19 a gallon. It was $4.41 in Show Low when we left.

As I was driving to Mesa to see Addy, I got a call from my friend Catherine Halcomb. She called to tell me that there is a fire near Vernon and the Wallace's may have to evacuate. The fire was started by someone on Marshall Mountain. She called to ask me to pray.

I had a nice visit with Addy and Darrel. Darrel wanted to make sure that we saw their pool. It looks nice. Addy seemed to like her gifts and cash. She is working at Panera now but only gets a few hours a week. Trina and Ruby came in while I was there. They had been shopping for camp. Ruby came over and gave me a hug. She had friends with her so she went back to be with them. I talked to Rowan about coming to the resort on Thursday and told him I would pick him up. He agreed. James was supposed to meet me here but he forgot and went to the resort. He lost his key and when he went to the office to get another one they told him the room was registered in my name and they needed to talk to me before they could give him a key. How humiliating when James is the one who earns the money to pay all of our bills. I did not get to see Lola as she was gone to Disneyland with Trina's parents.

Sheri was home from work when I went to see Max. Max came upstairs and I gave him his gifts. He gave me a hug, said thank you, and went back downstairs. I visited with Sheri for a few minutes and said hi to Evan who got his hair buzzed for the summer. It looks really good. Sheri wanted to take Evan to Kohl's to get a swimsuit so I said goodby.

James was a little stressed when I got back to the resort. He wasn't sure if he locked the Peeler's house when he left. He said he would not be able to sleep tonight if he didn't go back and check. I was in the boys room putting together the popsicle puzzle I brought. He wanted me to go with him. I said I would if he would help me do this puzzle when we got back. He agreed.

As we were driving south on the 101 James decided he should call and see if Owen's daughter and son-in-law were at the house. They were, which means we do not have to go to Globe! He asked if the house was locked when they got there and Terry, the son-in-law said yes, it was.

When we got back to our room James was true to his word and helped me finish the popsicle puzzle.