November is always a time to remember things we're thankful for, although, I think we should be thinking of things we're thankful for daily. I'm not one to be following the people on facebook, with the daily "thankful fors" or your shoe size or bra color or whatever fad they're doing at the time.
I have a sinus infection, and as I've said before, I have no insurance. So, I've been living with this for about 2 1/2 weeks, but the pain in my teeth was getting to be unbearable. I called my doctor's office, and he's out of town until next wednesday. (I wish I was a doctor, he's been gone so much lately.) Anyways, so they transfered me to the doctor that is taking his patients, and I left a message explaining what I had, and that I needed an antibiotic. They couldn't find any record of me ever having a sinus infection, so they didn't think they could do anything, unless I came in. Well, they ended up just calling in a prescription for me. Thank goodness! The reason they couldn't find any record is because my doctor hasn't charged me for the last two years. He's an old family friend that we met through Collin's soccer team. So, I have to say I'm so thankful for soccer in my life and the friends that I've made, because of it!
I'm, also, thankful that I was able to spend so much time with Grandma Mamie. It's nearly been a year since she passed away, I can't believe it! I'm grateful that Collin's kids got to know her. Today Everett wanted us to all go down and see Grandma's grave. What three year old would think of that? It was so sweet! Both boys kept their church clothes on so they'd be dressed well for Grandma. I'm so thankful for them and for Addy.
I'm thankful to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! I don't know where I'd be without it.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Temple Walk...
Wow! Two posts in a week, I don't think that has ever happened!
Today our young women and young men along with adult leaders and some ward members walked/rode a bike (for 6 miles) from our church in Layton 22.8 miles to the Bountiful Temple. I'm so amazed at all of them! My mom walked most of it, too; I'm WAY proud of her! I helped at a couple stations, and got to greet them at the temple. A friend of mine asked me the point to this forever long walk (as Ford says, "It's like 2200 miles!"). I don't think I ever really answered, so I'm going to share that now! Sister Dalton had talked (http://lds.org/general-conference/2011/04/guardians-of-virtue?lang=eng) about a group of young women that walked from the Draper temple to the Salt Lake temple, which happened to be about 22.? miles. We immediately thought we could do that as a stake! Our stake president had some questions, that we never really answered, so our ward did it, and now we have our answers. So, next year, all of the young women in our stake are going to make this trek! The walk to the temple was symbolic of our actual preparation for the temple. You can't just go to the temple, and expect to get in. You have to be prepared and have a recommend. Our girls needed to remember to have the correct kind of shoes and have exercised enough to get up the 3.8 mile trek up the gigantic hill. Life is like that. Reading the scriptures, praying, attending church, following the standards in the For the Strength of the Youth book, and doing Personal Progress are all things that help prepare us to attend the temple. Of course, there are going to be hills and mountains to climb, big trials, but we can do it, by choosing what's right. When we fall off the path and make mistakes, through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we can repent and get back on the path. When we sin, our priesthood leaders (bishop), young women leaders, parents and friends are there to help us through. Just like today, when people were struggling, there were people there to pick up kids and help them along, a nurse to comfort the blisters, Bishop Macrum to fix the bikes. I loved seeing people helping each other, that normally don't have much to do with each other. After nearly 8 hours, they were blessed by having a member of the temple presidency come speak about the temple, and say that as they commit to prepare themselves to enter the temple, that when that time comes there will always be those wonderful temple workers there to welcome them with open arms. After listening to his sweet message, Pres. Theurer, in our stake presidency spoke, as well. It was an amazing day! Thanks for letting me be apart of it!
Today our young women and young men along with adult leaders and some ward members walked/rode a bike (for 6 miles) from our church in Layton 22.8 miles to the Bountiful Temple. I'm so amazed at all of them! My mom walked most of it, too; I'm WAY proud of her! I helped at a couple stations, and got to greet them at the temple. A friend of mine asked me the point to this forever long walk (as Ford says, "It's like 2200 miles!"). I don't think I ever really answered, so I'm going to share that now! Sister Dalton had talked (http://lds.org/general-conference/2011/04/guardians-of-virtue?lang=eng) about a group of young women that walked from the Draper temple to the Salt Lake temple, which happened to be about 22.? miles. We immediately thought we could do that as a stake! Our stake president had some questions, that we never really answered, so our ward did it, and now we have our answers. So, next year, all of the young women in our stake are going to make this trek! The walk to the temple was symbolic of our actual preparation for the temple. You can't just go to the temple, and expect to get in. You have to be prepared and have a recommend. Our girls needed to remember to have the correct kind of shoes and have exercised enough to get up the 3.8 mile trek up the gigantic hill. Life is like that. Reading the scriptures, praying, attending church, following the standards in the For the Strength of the Youth book, and doing Personal Progress are all things that help prepare us to attend the temple. Of course, there are going to be hills and mountains to climb, big trials, but we can do it, by choosing what's right. When we fall off the path and make mistakes, through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we can repent and get back on the path. When we sin, our priesthood leaders (bishop), young women leaders, parents and friends are there to help us through. Just like today, when people were struggling, there were people there to pick up kids and help them along, a nurse to comfort the blisters, Bishop Macrum to fix the bikes. I loved seeing people helping each other, that normally don't have much to do with each other. After nearly 8 hours, they were blessed by having a member of the temple presidency come speak about the temple, and say that as they commit to prepare themselves to enter the temple, that when that time comes there will always be those wonderful temple workers there to welcome them with open arms. After listening to his sweet message, Pres. Theurer, in our stake presidency spoke, as well. It was an amazing day! Thanks for letting me be apart of it!
I'm so grateful for the temple in my life! I'm grateful for the many blessings and miracles that I've witnessed in my life and in the lives of family and friends! I'm so grateful that I'm sealed to my family, and that I will one day get to know my daddy, and one day, hopefully, I'll be able to be sealed to my own family!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Favorite Quotes of the Week...
I decided that I would share a couple things I heard this past week that I got a kick out of and some things I just really enjoyed. So here goes:
Q: Do you want to wash your hands?
A: No, I have dark socks on!
Me: Remember to play with your left hand.
Student: Oh, umm, no, I don't usually pay attention to that part.
(And then continued not to play her left hand.)
Q: What's the worst part of your day?
Ev: Grandma didn't come scrape the parmesan off my spoon.
(For whatever reason, Ev was put out that he had a parmesan sauce on his chicken, and wanted ONLY Grandma Colleen to get it off. Of course, she was at home in Layton, and he was at his house at the time :)) Oh, and this was told to me from Ev or Krystal to Collin to Mom to me.
At this workshop I attended on Saturday, it talked about Stepping Forward. It was done by Kerry and Jill Shepherd. She talked about the different shoes she has worn, and what they mean to her... i.e. National Guard boots, combat boots for Afghanistan, pumps for Miss Utah. Anyways, she said, "We're given many different shoes in our lives, but it's what we do with them that's important." I really liked that, of course I would enjoy anything about shoes, but I totally loved that idea, because it's so true! It's up to us to make those choices and decisions to get us where we want to go.
"The Lord sometimes referred to Joseph [Smith] as His servant, His son and His friend. What's the difference? Servants are required to work. Sons are expected to work. However, friends work because they want to."
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