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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Today is Fathers day and it has been a beautiful day here. We had grilled chicken, corn on the cob and seasoned mashed potatoes, and fruit. Dave picked out a wonderful cheesecake from Sams Club that was fabulous. It has been a day of reflection and of fond memories. I am grateful for a husband who is a great dad and for the awesome children that we have. There is nothing better than family. David submitted his mission papers yesterday and so we are excited for that to be in the works. Abby also talked to her bishop today about serving a mission too, and so she is also starting on her way to serve the Lord.
All is good and the blessings of family are rich.

4 comments:

mackenzie said...: you are seriously the cutest mother alive! i love you and miss you so much. im glad you got a blog, you better update it often. and i like how big your pictures are on your page. i need to see if i can figure out how to have mine be that big.
miss you. love you.; June 16, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Shirlie Wilson said...: I don't know how I got my pics that big, thats just how they loaded. This takes so much time, but it's fun! I will try to take pics and update this alot. I need to know how to get this out to the fam. can you help?; June 16, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Elaine said...: I loved every word and every picture. What an exciting time in your lives. Thanks for sharing with us.
Love to you and your family,
Elaine; June 16, 2008 at 8:38 PM
Morgan Greaves said...: Love the blog...love it! Your family picture are so cute. I was laying by the pool yesterday with Kenz and Abby..it's so fun to have them around!!! I can't wait to check your blog and see what is going on. That is so awesome David got to baptize his friend and his mission papers and Abby...so much going on and all such good things!! Love you - Morgan; June 17, 2008 at 11:27 AM

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For all my boys

"The girl you marry will take a terrible chance on you. She will give her all to the young man she marries. He will largely determine the remainder of her life. She will even surrender her name to his name? There is another serious thing to which many young men become addicted. This is anger. With the least provocation they explode into tantrums of uncontrolled rage. It is pitiful to see someone so weak. But even worse, they are prone to lose all sense of reason and do things which bring later regret.

If you have a temper, now is the time to learn to control it. The more you do so while you are young, the more easily it will happen. Let no member of this Church ever lose control of himself in such an unnecessary and vicious manner. Let him bring to his marriage words of peace and composure.

I constantly deal with those cases of members of the Church who have been married in the temple and who later divorce and then apply for a cancellation of their temple sealing. When first married, they are full of great expectations, with a wonderful spirit of happiness. But the flower of love fades in an atmosphere of criticism and carping, of mean words and uncontrolled anger. Love flies out the window as contention enters. I repeat, my brethren, if any of you young men have trouble controlling your temper, I plead with you to begin the work of making that correction now. Otherwise you will bring only tears and sorrow into the homes which you will someday establish?

The girl who marries you?will wish to be married to someone who loves her, who trusts her, who walks beside her, who is her very best friend and companion. She will wish to be married to someone who encourages her in her Church activity and in community activities which will help her to develop her talents and make a greater contribution to society. She will want to be married to someone who has a sense of service to others, who is disposed to contribute to the Church and to other good causes. She will wish to be married to someone who loves the Lord and seeks to do His will."