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Day #19

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens has such an impactful message if we will listen well and learn the lessons that the three spirits came to teach each of us. We were reminded of that again tonight when Rick, Andy and I attended with Rick's mom. It was a lovely evening and one of our favorite traditions.

"And it was always said of him, that he knew now to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! An so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us Every One!"

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Day #18

Today in church we heard a talk that ranks right up there among the best we've heard. It was given by a ward member who is a man who has lived enough of life that he knows what he is talking about. And talk he did...about giving the gift of forgiveness at Christmas time. It was powerful. It caused me to pause and think. We all have hurts that we are nursing and he advised us to just let them go. Just let them go and remember them no more. Forgiveness. What a great gift it is.

Today Is the Day to Forgive

Knowing how imperfect we are, surely we can extend healing forgiveness to those we love. Jesus said, “I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men” (D&C 64:10). Comfort and sweet peace will live in our homes when we forgive each other freely.

Is there someone in your life who perhaps needs forgiveness? Is there someone in your home, someone in your family … who has done an unjust or an unkind or an unchristian thing? All of us are guilty of such transgressions, so there surely must be someone who yet needs your forgiveness.”

Amazed at the Love Jesus Offers MeJeffrey R. Holland

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Day #17

We had a very busy day...it started out with the ward breakfast at the church, followed by the SCERA breakfast, then we were off to this


and this

and this
and then finally some of this


It was a very L~O~N~G day (and mostly fun, even with a heart-breaking loss in basketball!)

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Day #16

Thanks to our sweet daughter-in-law Courtney who shared her tickets with us, we were able to attend another wonderful Christmas production and concert of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir with guests Jane Seymour and Nathan Gunn at the conference center in Salt Lake City. Wow, it was so inspirational and moving. It even snowed in the concert as you can see! Courtney hit the jack pot because our tickets were on the 7th row from the front. We got to see President Monson and his family, President Uchdorf and his family and many other general authorities of the church come in to the conference center very close to where we were. We were right under the snow flakes. They looked like real snow, but when they landed they were actually some sort of bubble that just disappeared. Cool!
Courtney got four tickets she shared with us and her parents since she and Dave weren't in Utah yet. We went out to dinner first (and coincidentally ran into Ann and Trace!) and had a lovely evening with Adrienne and David. Thanks dear Courtney!

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Day #15

I'm speechless. I'm so proud. I never thought I'd have a child make it big in the MUSIC industry. I present...Lyrical Reparations...some white boys having fun. See if you can recognize a certain voice. I wonder if he'll make it big as a rapper??






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