Quotes of the Week

"Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway." 
-- John Wayne 

"So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good." 
-- Helen Keller 

"Time decides who you meet in life, your heart decides who you want in your life, and your behavior decides who stays in your life." 
-- Ziad K. Abdelnour 

"When someone walks away from you, it's not the end of your story. It's the end of their character's role in your story." 
-- Author Unknown 

General Conference Weekend With Abe's Family

It was nice to have Abe, Klarissa, Newland, Wynne and some of Klarissa's family here with our family for general conference weekend.

Abe felt the need to remind Lincoln that he has an uncle who loves him.

The question is whether Lincoln loved his uncle's loving gestures.

Sibling power pose.

Abe getting all animated talking about his work.

Mother and daughter.

 Grandmother and granddaughter.

In keeping with general conference weekend breakfast tradition, Glen and Abe are helping Newland and his cousin Auggie learn how to dip their ebelskivers into the butter first before dipping in the powdered sugar.

Looks like Lincoln has mastered eating ebelskivers as well.

When Carson arrived, he got busy opening up a napkin for a place mat before he began consuming his traditional breakfast. He must have remembered how messy it was going to be to eat them.

Klarissa's sister Mariah turned out to be the best baby helper all weekend. Although, cheers go out to Rebecca for babysitting Newland and Wynne while Abe, Klarissa, Glen and I went to conference.

Both Saturday and Sunday, Madison kept repeatedly asking her grandpa if it was "popcorn time." Finally, after the second session of conference on Sunday, it was POPCORN TIME!!!!

Newland appreciated Glen's singing of the Primary song "Popcorn Popping" while the popcorn was popping.

It was fun while it lasted, but all good things must come to an end. Time to say good-bye to the little darlings.

 

The cousins were so busy climbing on the rocks that they had to be cajoled into gathering with their parents for a photo.

 The family in the middle is Klarissa's sister's: Jen, Jordan, Adelaide, Auggie and baby Clara.

We will be seeing Abe's family in a couple of weeks when we venture out again to San Francisco to check out their new house.

Love them!! Fun weekend!!

Quotes of the Week

"It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served." 
-- Napoleon Hill 

"Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don't see what goes on underground as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don't see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree." 
-- Joyce Meyer

 "Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship." 
-- Buddha 

"It is easy to follow, but it is uninteresting to do easy things. We find out about ourselves only when we take risks, when we challenge and question." 
-- Magdalena Abakanowicz 

Quotes of the Week

"Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world." 
-- Helen Keller 

"You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off of you." 
-- Maya Angelou

"Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine." 
-- Anthony J. D'Angelo 

 "Real riches are the riches possessed inside." 
-- B. C. Forbes