Touched today by a song and a scripture

As I was praying today the words, "Be still and know that I am God," came to my mind. Then, as I got home from Church the song, How Firm A Foundation, was on the radio. This is the verse.

The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose
I will not, I cannot desert to his foes.
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake
I'll never, no never, I'll never no never
I'll never, no never no never forsake.

Sometimes, when trials come, I forget these two truths and I find myself drowning in fear and sorrow. I am grateful for the Holy Ghost and the strength I get from my Savior. I am grateful for His atonement. I am grateful for my Heavenly Father who I know loves me and my family. I am grateful.

Jason's Song from the Family Reunion

Our family reunion was fun and I have a lot more pictures, but this is the song Jason did - it is pretty good. That is his cousin Kerry Day and Jason's wife, Camille, helping

First summer's camping trip

We went camping the first week of June, silly! It rained. I guess I should say it stopped raining, for about three hours. Ryan had been very sick and was a little nervous about walking down a gravel covered hill, so Uncle Daniel helped him. Fortunately the cessation of rain happened just in time for dinner. The rain and lightning came back and didn't stop until about two days later. But it was still fun.

Texas Reception

We went to Fort Worth for Cynthia and Thomas' wedding reception, it was fun, well except for the car breaking down near Longmont Colorado. But the guy that fixed it did a great job and kept his place open two hours late to get us on the road. We were fortunate that the breakdown happened in Colorado where it was only 78 degrees. Texas and Oklahoma are a lot warmer. I didn't take a picture of the hotel we stayed in when I got sick again in Cheyenne. Whoa, it was scary, but it had a fridge and a microwave.
We did get to spend the week with my mom, we went to Dealey Plaza (where JFK lost his life) which has been a curiousity of Calvin's forever. We went skeit (sp) shooting with Cynthia's family - I didn't do really well, but everyone else did. Calvin and I went to the Oklahoma City memorial, what a quiet place they have made there. Even at 99 degrees we found it a comforting place.

Gardenias, camellias, tasting and smelling

When I was younger and lived in Pomona we had a gardenia bush and a camellia bush in our backyard. They weren't very big. I used to love to just sit there close enough to be able to smell the gardenias. The camellias were also beautiful. I have always loved to smell flowers. So I bought a gardenia plant. Two of the flowers are just blooming. They are beautiful and I am sure they smell wonderful, but I cannot smell much of anything anymore. I had hoped that because of their strong sweetness that I could smell them, but I can't. So today I am grateful, that while I could still smell things that I took the time to do it. I would stop and smell gardenias and camellias and roses. And I will keep trying to smell my gardenias. Maybe I can't smell them but I remember the pleasure the smells used to give me and I am grateful for that.

Our house is on Craigslist

Our home is for sale officially. I just hope it goes quickly. Janelle called this morning to tell me it was on, with pictures. I about cried when they put the for sale sign on the house, but you know, it is just time to move on. It is time.

Christopher graduated

Christopher graduated from ISU. Here are some pictures. Our grandson loved the "hat" He said, "Hey Daddy, I like your graduation hat, it's cool!"