The Sacrament

Pres. McKay – Talking about the sacrament in Gospel Ideals – "We must come to a “true sole acknowledgement of its Deep Spiritual Significance."

Christ took the twelve apostles into a special guest house and celebrated with them, for the last time the Feast of the Passover. Then, with the twelve still there, he instituted the sacrament.

Matt. 26:36-40
Christ took only the three members of the First Presidency, Peter James and John, with him to Gethsemane and asked them to stay and watch for him. He had something very special that he wanted to share with those three leaders of His Church only. He wanted them to witness one of the most important events in the history of the earth, something he had just explained to the twelve just minutes earlier. He was replacing the law of sacrifice with the sacrament. Christ wanted them see the reason for the change and the fulfillment of the old law of sacrifice. He wanted them to witness the atonement. But they fell asleep. When He found them sleeping he asked them, “Could you not watch with me one hour? How would that make you feel if you were one of them?

Apply that question to yourself. Could you not watch (stay awake) with me one hour? (15 minutes while the sacrament is administered so the atonement can take effect in your life?) This is a one on one “spiritual experience”.

We can see and hear Christ every Sunday. Our sins are remitted every Sunday, cleansed by the sacrament, if we have repented and come prepared. We come to know the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ and how much they love us and care for us.

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving was great. We went to Tiff and Mike's. Tiff had a yummy meal prepared for us. There were only eight of us there. Tiff, Mike, Carter, Mikes parents, McKay, DeAnne and I. We had a great meal, fabulous deserts, a chance to talk, watched a little football and played catch with Carter, with his football. He is getting pretty good!

Then some of them played Guitar Hero. I also had the chance to walk outside and listen to how quiet it is out there in Eagle Mountain. It is amazing. I love the sound of silence. I am thankful for being able to appreciate the way it energizes me. It let's me reflect and ponder the things that are important. I am so thankful for our family and for the chance to see how you all parent your children. You all have a special talent and understanding for how to teach your children. I am impressed will the way you all do it! Don't ever stop parenting.

Tiff also sent us home with leftovers, which we enjoyed all weekend. Thank you Tiff, Mike and Carter for a great Thanksgiving!

We stopped on our way home and visited Mom. She was quite confused and it was not a great visit, but it was time well spent.

We love you all!

Five Things (Tagged)

Emity tagged me and I'm not sure how to get the form, or even if there is one, but I will do what I can do.


Five Things I don't leave the House without

Keys
Eye glasses
Driver’s license
My black binder and my Mom’s Checkbook
Morning Prayer


Five Cartoons I watched when I was Younger

Woody Woodpecker. (He had lots of red hair.)
Chip & Dale (the Cute little chipmunks, just to clarify.)
The Huckleberry Hound carton show with Yogi Bear.
Mr. MaGoo (He was a blind as a bat, but everything worked out for him.)
The Road Runner (He always out foxed the fox)


Five Things That Terrify Me

Spiders
Snakes
The thought of something happening to DeAnne.
The thought of loosing my scriptures.
Male in-laws on my side of the family.


Five Things I hate/dislike that everyone else seems to like.

Brownies (I know. . ., but give me cheesecake or give me death)
Pasta without any meat
Cottage cheese in Jell-o
Gummy Bears or worms
Orchestra Music


Five Things I want to do before I Die

I would like to have seen Alaska.
Take DeAnne to upstate New York and Kirtland on a church history tour.
Be watching conference when the prophet announces the building of the Temple in Jackson County.
See Elder Bednar and Elder Holland called to Jerusalem to help the Jews build their Temple in Jerusalem, testify of Christ, and act as the two powerful prophets that John saw.
See McKay get married! (In the Temple of course.)


Five People I tag

The Cat
Jared
Shelby
Christ (Wouldn’t that be interesting?)
Sarah

Mom Update Oct 28th

I visited Mom tonight and she is drastically better. She is much better than yesterday. She is alert, won't stop talking and asking questions and she is eating again. So the roller-coaster ride continues!

We are not sure what that means for her longevity, but she is back for now.

Update on Mom's Latest Adventure

Hi family, I just need to bring those interested in Mom’s health, up to date. Last Friday night, Mom tried to get out of her wheel chair and took a spill. The concrete floor was not at all flexible or forgiving. Mom fell on her arm, head and face. She broke her right wrist; this is the opposite one she broke back in May.

She put a large, deep cut on top her nose bruised her cheek bone, got two black eyes and put a bump on her forehead about 4 inches wide, 4 inches long, and about 3 inches in height. We put cool packs on her forehead and got most of the swelling down. They glued and taped the cut on her nose. She has a splint for her wrist.

She looks like she ran face first into one of the Mammoth Elk we saw in Yellowstone.

She has a lot of color on her face; almost like a rainbow, her face has white, yellow, green, red, purple, blue and black. Be prepared for that if you go see her.

Yesterday, at about noon, she became totally unresponsive to everyone and everything. The doctor came in checked her out again and said she either has blood on her brain or had a stroke. I saw her at about 3 o’clock yesterday and she did start responding to people by about 4 P.M. But she would say just a few words and then fade back to sleep. All of her children and spouses visited her yesterday except Barry.

Mom has lost 14 pounds and doesn’t want anything to eat. She will only accept small sips of water. In her papers it is her desire not to use any feeding tubes.

Any way the doctor said her body was now in shut-down mode and in his professional opinion, she would be gone in 48 hours, unless something drastically changes in her condition.

I just want those who read this blog (Family) to be aware of her condition and make your plans accordingly. If you want to stop by and see her, keep your visit quite and short.

Pray for the angles to come quickly for her, that she may be released from the pains of her battered body and from the confines of her troubled mind.

Life is not about quantity, but quality.

Yellowstone with the Shipley's

Bear World with the Shipley’s

We met the Shipley's at Bear World and had a great time there. The feeding truck was half price that day so we splurged and we all got to go on the truck to feed the bears. I have included a couple picture we took from the truck. We also went to the petting zoo.

Shelby feeding the deer the shirt off her back - - - Sarah deciding how much to feed the goat

The Bear Cubs playing together The three bears + one from the feeding truck

Wolves from the feeding truck

The quote of the day came from Sarah when we were all done at Bear World. She said, "This is the best day of my life!" I agree Sarah. We sure had a good time with the Shipley's.

Now some pictures we took with the Shipley’s in Yellowstone Park

Bald Eagle in the very top of the tree Elk near Madison Junction

Emerald Hot Pool It looks like gold leaf to me.

Geysers Fire Hole Falls

Give me home where the Buffalo roam. Muskrat, fish and ducks at Big Springs

Shelby and Sarah and Elk at Mammoth Elk at Mammoth

Lions or Cougars? The Moose we saw before they got there.

The girls were so good to us and to each other. It was a great vacation. A great way to spend time with our children and grandchilden and share some of nature together.

2nd try at Yellowstone Pictures

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Big Springs


We are having a great time at our Condo in Island Park. These are some of the pictures we took on
September.26-28th.
The gang at Big Springs



Jared and the kids at Big Springs.





Hang in there Bradley!




Elk near Madison Junction


Old Faithful





Deanne and the girls at Kepler Cascades



Fire between West Thumb and Fishing Bridge



Bison north of Canyon Village



DeAnne and the girls at Mammoth




Bull Elk at Mammoth



Elk at Mamoth – Jared and Liz’s car in the forground.


Shortly after Jared, Liz, Madeline, Rylie and Bradley left us to return to Salt Lake, McKay and I found a couple of Moose. The Bull Moose was so accommodating. He agreed to put on a show and do some imitations of other animals.



This is Mr. Moose as a Moose.



This is Mr. Moose as an Anteater.



This is the Moose Office with their Cubicles.



This is Mr. Moose sucking up to his boss.



This is Mr. Moose imitating a coyote



This is Mr. Moose as an Elk.



Mr. Moose is imitating a Bison.



This is Mr. Moose imitating a Wolf.