Photo of the Week!

Photo of the Week!

Yosemite

The Mystery Spot, CA

Photo of the Week!

Enoch's Magnet Creation

Congratulations Auriana!

Photos of the week!

Photos of the week! PROM

Photo of the Week!

Photo of the week!

PHOTO of the week!

April 2014: by All of Us

We thought we would share some of our favorite memories from Conference. 

Becky

Linda S Reeves – The greatest filter in the world is a strong testimony.

L Tom Perry – The formula for knowing what’s right and wrong: obedience.  Always be ready for the gentle tug of the spirit. 

Enoch

Boyd K Packer – He is the anchor who holds us and our families. 

L. Tom Perry – Someone who is wrapped up in himself makes a very small package.  

Auriana

Gary E Stevenson – The time is now.  This life is our four minutes, like the Olympians.

M Russell Ballard – Commitment, persistence, and follow-up in relation to trust and faith. 

Isaac

Gary E Stevenson - This life is our Olympic event, so we need to perform.

Robert D Hales – Don’t obey selectively just because you don’t understand.

Natalie

Jeffrey R Holland – Do not only not break the commandments, don’t even think about breaking them. 

Miriam

Jeffery R Holland - When you think about breaking the commandments, you’ve already broken them.

Bjorn

Jeffrey R Holland - Christ-like love is the greatest need we have on this planet. 

Sister Linda S Reeves – Daily scripture study, prayer, and weekly family home evenings take away stress and add direction to our lives. 

Neil L Anderson – Families are the treasure of heaven.

Quinton L Cook – Our family history centers are now in our homes and much of the heavy lifting will be done by the youth.

Randall L Ridds – Cyber book of life.  In the scriptures it talks about how people are judged out of the books.  Our bodies & spirits are our own book of life.  Our cyber book of life includes everything we’ve clicked and how long we stayed there.  We need to be proactive in educating our desires.  Agency is the power to refine and elevate your desires.  People don’t think of leaving the house without their cell phone charged, we should feel that same urgency about saying our prayers and reading our scriptures and charging our spirits every day. 

Thomas S Monson – Of highest importance is kindness at home.  We never know what one act of kindness can do. 

Boyd K Packer – One great truth I would share.  Jesus is the Christ.  I believe and am sure.  I know the Lord. 

March 2014: by Bjorn

We sure enjoyed seeing many of you last week in Logan for the double baptism and blessing. Thanks Jenny and Chad for the opportunity and all the yummy food. Its so nice to be enjoying Spring weather lately. Track has begun, soccer is now outdoors, though Natalie and Enoch still have one more indoor futsol game left. Isaac is starting to gear up for his yard care business with his friend Nate. And the trampoline is once again the main attraction around here. I had fun playing “Fugitive” with Enoch and his friends last night, though I was pretty lousy at spotting them, but I think they had fun.

Natalie got accepted to the Quickwater girls ranch up in Idaho – where Auriana went 2 summers ago (Isaac went to the boys ranch last summer). She’s really excited. She’s also excited to go to California in June with her soccer team, which earned the right to participate in the regional tournament after winning the President’s Cup in Mesquite recently. Her futsol team is in 1^st place and plays the championship game tomorrow.

Enoch’s soccer team came in 2^nd place at the Icebreaker tournament in St. George. They’re excited for a new season to start. Several of the boys on his soccer team were also on his city basketball team that just went undefeated. I had fun being the coach and we had a fun party to end the season.

Ellie and Miriam are both excited to start soccer soon. Miriam is becoming a pro at doing back hand springs. Ellie is learning a song on the piano called “The Call” that she is planning to play and sing for her school talent show.

Isaac can’t wait to turn 16 in one week. He will get his license on Monday the 17^th. Becky and I are proud of how responsible he is and know he will be a great driver and a perfect gentleman when he goes on dates. Weird to think he’s old enough to date and drive! We’re excited for his Eagle court of honor coming up soon. We’re waiting on a couple other boys in the ward to finish up their paperwork, but once we know the date we’ll let you all know.

Auriana is in the middle of trying to decide where to attend college. She has been accepted to UVU, USU, BYU-Provo, and BYU-Idaho. She has a 2-year scholarship to USU and a 1-year scholarship to UVU, and hasn’t yet heard from either of the BYUs regarding scholarships. We know she’ll make the decision that’s best for her. She’s excited to be leaving on choir tour to San Francisco on the 18^th. She and 3 other friends participated in a talent show that will be televised on BYUtv and ended up advancing through each round so far. They perform in the next round in April. We’ll let you know when it is going to be televised.

I guess the only other news is that today I got called to be the 2^nd counselor in our bishopric. The bishop released his current counselors and called two new ones. I’m humbled and excited for the opportunity. Both sets of parents were here with us, along with Brenda and Matt, and we have had a wonderful day. My dad ordained me a high priest and then a member of the stake presidency set me apart. I’m really going to miss being the Elders Quorum president, but look forward to this new challenge.