Family, fun and food!

Good thing we did a lot of hiking since the boys outdid themselves cooking! Love the camping potatoes and cobbler!

Summer fun!

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There IS joy out there!

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Heard a great talk yesterday. Made me think of this poem. When it seems God is not answering our prayers, he is probably just letting us grow, as was intended.

The Blessing in "No"
Author: Unknown
I asked God to take away my pride.
God said, "No. It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up."

I asked God to make my handicapped child whole.
God said, "No. Her spirit was whole, her body was only temporary."

I asked God to grant me patience.
God said, "No. Patience is a by-product of tribulations; it isn't granted, it is earned."

I asked God to give me happiness.
God said, "No. I give you blessings, happiness is up to you."

I asked God to spare me pain.
God said, "No. Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me."

I asked for all things that I might enjoy life.
God said, "No. I will give you life so that you may enjoy all things."

I asked God to help me LOVE others, as much as God loves me.
God said... "Ahhhh, finally you have the idea!"

"There's a time and place for everything, for everyone.
God works in a mysterious way. Just trust in God.

"Someday, when we are wiser,
When the worlds older,
When we have learned....
I pray someday we may yet,
Live to live and to let live."

Listening to some Celtic Women :-)

Sweet words...

Marjorie Pay Hinckley Quotes

“How did a nice girl like me get into a mess like this?”
― Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Sweet words...

“We women have a lot to learn about simplifying our lives. We have to decide what is important and then move along at a pace that is comfortable for us. We have to develop the maturity to stop trying to prove something. We have to learn to be content with what we are.”
― Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Sweet words...

“We are all in this together. We need each other. Oh, how we need each other. Those of us who are old need you who are young, and hopefully, you who are young need some of us who are old...We need deep and satisfying and loyal friendships with each other. These friendships are a necessary source of sustenance. We need to renew our faith every day. We need to lock arms and help build the kingdom so that it will roll forth and fill the whole earth.”
― Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Sweet words...

“The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.”
― Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Sweet words...

“Be a Mother who is committed to loving her children into standing on higher ground than the enviroment surrounding them. Mothers are endowed with a love that is unlike any other love on the face of the earth.”
― Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Sweet Words...

“Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst.”
― Marjorie Pay Hinckley  
 ...guilty!

Sweet words...

“Be kind. Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
― Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Sunday lessons

And I answered him, saying: Yea, it is the love of God, which sheddeth itself abroad in the hearts of the children of men; wherefore, it is the most desirable above all things. (Book of Mormon, 1 Nephi, Chapter 11)

Never get tired of this!

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Happy Heart Day!

35 years and counting..,

Love you!




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Quiet sunset...

Sunday Scripture

Galations 5:22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23) Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Sunday Scripture

New Testament, 1 Peter, Chapter 3)8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
9) Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

Sunset

Crazy bird shows and dramatic skies! Yep...a storm is coming :-)