OUR FAMILY

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Tuesday, May 26th, 2020

Guayquil, Ecuador

58th operating temple

Dedicated: 1 Aug 1999

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, King

Mark 15:26

And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Book of Mormon/"Come Follow Me"

Mosiah 29:25-47; "Teaching with Power," "The Scripture Study Project"

Inklings

Nourish Body - Walking

Restoration

Chapter 17 Refuge in Illinois

April General Conference

"Finding Refuge From the Storms of Life"

Elder Ricardo P. Gimenez

"This experience helped me realize that although our lives may at times be relatively smooth, the time will come for each of us when we will face unexpected challenges and storms that will push the limits of our ability to endure. Physical, mental, family, and employment challenges; natural disasters; and other matters of life or death are but some of the examples of the storms that we will face in this life."

"The Measure of Our Hearts"

Marvin J. Ashton

October 1988

My book balance today is $903.07. I spent my book time trying to buy books. After several hours I did manage to buy three. Books are high right now and there is not enough spread to make any money.

James left this morning after scriptures and prayer for the Goodman's. Pierce is going to fill his cavities in exchange for the work he did for him when he filled the trenches of his greenhouse.

Pierce also said he wanted to buy the small Cat. If James fixes a few small things Pierce will give him $10,000 for the Cat. That will pay for our share of the road and the cost of getting the Razr fixed.

Today was a beautiful day, although a little warm, around 82 for the high. There was no wind.

I went with James to town this afternoon to get a part for Brother Howard's truck. We stopped at the post office and mailed Olaf to Charlie and picked up a book that I ordered. I ordered a pizza on the way to town and we picked it up at Dominoes before going to Napa Auto Parts. Thin crust veggie is our favorite. If we had only had three toppings instead of five we could have saved $9.00. Next time.

We ate pizza and finished our Aunt Dimity book on the way home.

James went over to the Howard's and put the part on the truck. It was a simple thing that Erik told him could be the problem, and it was. Tom was so happy and grateful. The cost was $65.

At 4:00 we had a meeting with the missionaries via Zoom, Elders Mannute and Elder Powlak taught us the Plan of Salvation.

This evening James went on a ride and I studied, and walked while watching "Lark Rise to Candleford." When he got home he had some dinner and then I asked him to cut my hair, which he did.

Baby Lola: Love the cheeks and the hair

Congratulations Zachary!

Trina

Watched this yesterday

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

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

Monday, May 25, 2020

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.