“Love is the very essence of the gospel, and Jesus Christ is our Exemplar. His life was a legacy of love. The sick He healed; the downtrodden He lifted; the sinner He saved. At the end the angry mob took His life. And yet there rings from Golgotha’s hill the words: ‘Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do’—a crowning expression in mortality of compassion and love.” -Thomas S. Monson
Hope your Sunday is the Best! Love, Joy
I snapped this picture on my phone of a picture my dad has hanging in his home. It is a picture of my great grandparents and their children on the day of their 50th wedding anniversary. What a nice photo, and very handsome people.
I called my dad to ask him about his uncles and aunts and he said he didn’t really know them. His dad is the 3rd from the right on the back row. They moved across the country when he was about 8 years old, and they didn’t stay close to his dad’s family. At least not the aunts and uncles. I know he wrote and received letters from his grandpa Emil.
Thankfully I was able to do a search on Ancestry.com and found this:
There they are! My grandpa is Otto in the middle on the front row. They’re all a little younger in this picture, but still very handsome! Now I can write to the person who uploaded this picture and see if he has any other information about this family. Maybe he is a long lost cousin (twice removed).
I love Ancestry.com!
Happy Family History Friday! Love, Joy
Tayzie has discovered that she can drink out of the fountain! It is the cutest thing to watch!
Another funny thing she does is that she barks for an ice cube whenever we get ice for a drink. What a cute dog.
When we come home after being gone for a while, she is always very noisy. Crying and barking. You would think we’d been gone for years. Flexy says she an “Emotional basket case!” Funny!
We sure love our furry friend!!!
This is a picture of me and my mission president and his wonderful wife. It was taken the day I flew home. It was August 17th 1984, 30 years ago.
On Sunday the 17th of August 2014 I spoke in church. I was asked to speak about my beautiful and darling daughter Emily who is serving a mission in the West Indies. It was so fun talking about her and I kept thinking about how life goes in cycles.
I had no idea on the day I came home from my mission that 30 years later I would be happily married to my sweetheart, and have 4 wonderful children, and that the last of those 4 children would be getting ready to come home from her own mission.
Isn’t life wonderful? I believe it is, and I’m so grateful to be living it!
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HI MY DARLING FAM!!!!!!!!
“There is no physical pain, no spiritual wound, no anguish of soul or heartache, no infirmity or weakness you or I ever confront in mortality that the Savior did not experience first. In a moment of weakness we may cry out, “No one knows what it is like. No one understands.” But the Son of God perfectly knows and understands, for He has felt and borne our individual burdens. And because of His infinite and eternal sacrifice, He has perfect empathy and can extend to us His arm of mercy. He can reach out, touch, succor, heal, and strengthen us to be more than we could ever be and help us to do that which we could never do relying only upon our own power. Indeed, His yoke is easy and His burden is light.”-David A. Bednar
Hope your Sunday is the Best! Love, Joy
This is our selfie coming out of the Logan Temple!
We had a wonderful temple visit. I love when my children can come with me and my darlin to the temple. It is like heaven to me! This is Alex (aka, Flexy, Elder Flexy, Most Quoted) and Kelsey (aka, Dream Come True, Totally “Fort Worth” it), my darlinest and me.
You’re wondering what’s up with me and my nostrils, right? Well…..here is the explanation. I am a grandma, and you may not be aware that I wear bifocals. This is the only way for me to see the view. So, you get to see my nostrils, almost as if it was part of the plan.
Next time we do a selfie outside the temple, I will not be the one taking the picture!
You’re welcome.
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We had a fun Tuesday up in Park City, Utah!
We were spending time with family making Mandala’s!
We took wonderfully shaped rocks and made these fun and beautiful designs on them and painted them with paint markers.
Here is a definition of a Mandala: “The word ‘mandala’ is from the classical Indian language of Sanskrit. Loosely translated to mean ‘circle,’ a mandala is far more than a simple shape. It represents wholeness, and can be seen as a model for the organizational structure of life itself–a cosmic diagram that reminds us of our relation to the infinite, the world that extends both beyond and within our bodies and minds.”
You can read about them here!
We were just being creative mostly, not necessarily following any rules. It was super fun and I just wanted to make more and more of them.
These two are mine.Find some rocks and make designs! It is very fun!!!
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Hello my wonderful family!!!!
“With admiration and encouragement for everyone who will need to remain steadfast in these latter days, I say to all and especially the youth of the Church that if you haven’t already, you will one day find yourself called upon to defend your faith or perhaps even endure some personal abuse simply because you are a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Such moments will require both courage and courtesy on your part.”-Jeffrey R. Holland
Hope your Sunday is the Best! Love, Joy
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