Ryan's basketball games, Lacey's volleyball games, Cory's basketball games, running laps upstairs, School Activities, Devotionals, Firesides, Culture Night, BYUH Idol, and so much more.
Monday, March 30, 2009
#2 THE CAC
Ryan's basketball games, Lacey's volleyball games, Cory's basketball games, running laps upstairs, School Activities, Devotionals, Firesides, Culture Night, BYUH Idol, and so much more.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Things We Will Miss in Hawaii Challenge
Photograph any and all things that are unique to Hawaii and our experience here, so that when we live somewhere else in the world we can look back on these pictures and laugh and cry and reminisce in all of the great experiences we have had here in the first four years of our marriage.
Our deadline: December 2009
Thanks Brylie
Monday, March 9, 2009
Ouch Couch
Meep . . . Meep . . . Meep . . . Meep
For Marianne...
Mission Call to Santiago, Chile
Landon is excited as well. He already knows a lot of Spanish and will do amazing, I am sure. I am so proud of him! What a stud.
Even though we will miss them terribly, we are so proud of them and their decision to dedicate so much time and service to the Gospel. Wow!
Heritage Tours 2008
Brother Eliason has been running this tour for years. My mom went when she graduated high school too. He is an amazing man and he offers this service to so many high school students. He takes two and sometimes three trips each summer. I don't know how he does it. It is a trip of a lifetime and many testimonies have been found or been strengthened along the way. Thanks Brother E!
The Family: A Proclamation to the World
I figured that with how important this proclamation is to me, I ought to post it. I love this so much. We have several of them posted around our tiny apartment. I read through it almost every single day. What a blessing families are!
This proclamation was read by President Gordon B. Hinckley as part of his message at the General Relief Society Meeting held September 23, 1995, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Family: A Proclamation to the World
The First Presidency and Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
We, the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator's plan for the eternal destiny of His children.
All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.
In the premortal realm, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshiped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan by which His children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize his or her divine destiny as an heir of eternal life. The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally.
The first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God's commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force. We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.
We declare the means by which mortal life is created to be divinely appointed. We affirm the sanctity of life and of its importance in God's eternal plan.
Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. "Children are an heritage of the Lord" (Psalms 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, to teach them to love and serve one another, to observe the commandments of God and to be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.
The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities. By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed.
We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.
We call upon responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society.
Missing Our Families
We are missing our families! I know...Christmas pictures in March? What am I thinking? Well, I have been behind in my blogging and Ryan and I keep thinking about how much we miss our families back in Utah...and since we don't get to take any pictures with them while we are away I had to post some from Christmas. Our families are so wonderful and they are extremely supportive of us. We are so grateful to be members of such wonderful families.
Today was our Stake Conference and the messages were all about families and the importance and value of families. It was so humbling to sit and listen to the many messages shared and be able to recall so many memories of our own families and the gospel presence in our homes growing up. We are both grateful to our mothers and fathers for sharing their testimonies and for building our faith in Jesus Christ and His gospel on the earth today. A choir from one of the wards sang Teach Me to Walk in the Light today at conference and the words keep echoing in my mind...
Come little child, and together we'll learn of his commandments, that we may return home to his presence, to live in his sight--always, always to walk in the light.
Father in Heaven, we thank thee this day for loving guidance to show us the way. Grateful, we praise thee with songs of delight! Gladly, gladly we'll walk in the light.