Andrew's Birthday

The rules right now... only see people you live with. I don't like this, no one does. I'm not sure who follows this rule perfectly. Andrew came over for a birthday dinner. We had fun with him! The girls love him so much. 

Santa

I had assumed that I would not get a Santa picture this year. I had made my peace with that. But then someone on Facebook posted that there were Santa pics happening at the mall! I was so excited! I made an appointment and away we went!

I thought the photographer was so great! She had them do all these cute poses. The girls wore masks, Santa wore a mask. There was plexi-glass. One family at a time near Santa, and one family at a time waiting in the store front six feet apart. It was really well run and super cute! It's fun to get something back right now, when there are so many things that have been taken.

The mall was pretty empty. We went to a couple of other stores. The girls all picked out Christmas presents at Mastermind and Claire's and Alice picked out a little something at the Harry Potter store. It might not be very magical to pick out your own gifts... but goodness that's what I like! I wonder what the girls will think as they get older! 

A Major Award

Ken was chosen to be Toast Master of the Year for his club. The president and two other members of the club came by and gave him the plaque. It was cool. The girls thought it was cool. They were so proud of him. I think Ken was proud too.

He has done a lot for his club. He has grown so much as a person too. Toast Master's really plays an important role in his life. I'm so glad he joined up!

Conference Thoughts - October 2020

Russell M. Nelson

·         Use this unique time to grow spiritually

·         Feel the Lord’s perfect love for you

·         Create places of security

·         Prepare your mind to be faithful to God

·         Our spiritual foundations must be solid

·         Never stop preparing

·         Let God Prevail – a definition of Israel

·         The Lord is gathering those who choose Him

·         Expand our perspective – see the eternal

·         God does not love one race more than another, favour with God depends on your devotion – lead out in abandoning prejudice

·         STUDY – make a list of the promises that the Lord has promised covenant Israel

·         The Lord wants you to feel optimism

·         Blessings waiting for us: peace, courage, revelation, harmony, joy

 

David A. Bednar

·         Preparation

 

Scott D. Whiting

·         What attribute of Christ am I in need of?

 

Michelle D. Craig

·         We need to get better at seeing each other deeply

·         What am I doing that I should stop doing?

·         What am I not doing that I should start doing?

 

Quentin L. Cook

·         Strive to be a Zion people, united, righteous

 

Ronald A. Rasband

·         “I want to go recommended to the Lord”

 

Dallin H. Oaks

·         Jesus – love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them

·         Do not contend with anger

 

D. Todd Christofferson

·         If enough of us strive to make our lives guided by the truth of God, virtues would abound

 

Steven J. Lund

·         Helping Jesus – become like Jesus – serve

 

Gerrit W. Gong

·         Change the world from the inside out one person at a time

 

W. Christopher Waddell

·         Principles of preparation should be applied in wisdom and order

·         Take action – faith leads to action

 

Matthew S. Holland

·         We cannot become like God without suffering

·         Don’t listen to the adversary – that your trials are your fault

 

William K. Jackson

·         No us and them – we are all them, we are all us

·         Bring our faith, talents, all that is good in our culture with us

 

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

·         We will move forward and we will be better

·         This is God’s work, he holds us in his caring hands

 

Sharon Eubank

·         By union of feeling we obtain power of God

·         Let’s keep each other’s names safe and give each other mercy

·         Clear away the bad as fast as the good can grow

·         We’re never alone when we’re working for unity

·         Not just classes – be part of a collective force that changes the world for good

 

Rebecca M. Craven

·         We can give him change – a change of heart, not a change for His benefit, but for our benefit

·         Because of Christ we can change, and keep the change

 

Christina B. Franco

·         Our brokenness can be healed

·         Through our Savior we can all be healed and mended

 

Henry B. Eyring

·         We will be at the heart – an essential force in creating a Zion people

·         If you live up to your potential the angels cannot be restrained from being your companions

·         The Lord will help you as you help others

 

Dallin H. Oaks

·         The Lord is all powerful, trust Him

·         All tribulations are temporary

 

M. Russell Ballard

·         I plead with you to pray for this country

·         Pray for your enemies, God can change our hearts

·         Prayer will end this pandemic – PRAY

·         The Savior prayed then He went about doing good

 

Lisa L. Harkness

·         Why are ye so fearful, where is your faith?

·         How does Jesus help you?

·         May we trust Him

·         Peace, be still

 

Ulisses Soares

·         As we rely on the Savior our ability to control our thoughts will increase

 

Carlos A. Godoy

·         The Lord is always looking for people willing to be angels in the lives of others

 

Neil L. Andersen

·         A season of physical distancing, but we never have to experience a season of spiritual distancing

·         Focus on Christ

·         As the world talks less about Jesus, we need to talk more about Him

 

Henry B. Erying

·         To choose the right when it is hard

·         Bear burdens with steady faith as the Lord polishes you

 

Jeremy R. Jaggi

·         Count it all joy

·         Where we make covenants – the temple – is temporarily closed, but where we keep covenants – the home – is open

 

Gary E. Stevenson

·         A time of loss – loss of loved ones, so much disappointment and discouragement

·         Joseph Smith: “Now, what do we hear in the gospel which we have received? A voice of gladness! A voice of mercy from heaven; and a voice of truth out of the earth; glad tidings for the dead; a voice of gladness for the living and the dead; glad tidings of great joy… Shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward and not backward. Courage, …and on, on to the victory! Let your hearts rejoice, and be exceedingly glad. Let the earth break forth into singing.”

 

Milton da Rocha

·         Pray about your concerns, listen, then write, revelation is essential to our spiritual survival – recording is an important part of receiving

 

Dale G. Renlund

·         To be Christlike, do justly, not judgmental, live peaceably

 

Jeffrey R. Holland

·         Faith means trusting God in good times and bad

·         One’s life cannot be faith filled and stress free