The Birthday boy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

TOMMY!

WHAT DID YOU DO IN SUMMER SCHOOL?

YOU AND JACKSON LOOK A LITTLE

GREEN & BLUE!

LOVE,

GRANDMA LU

Just to let everyone know, Tommy is getting baptized this Saturday Sept. 1 at 10:00 AM at our church. We would love to see you if you can make it. Please come to our house afterward for lunch! Hope to see you there.

What were we thinking. . .

Here is the latest in the building

top right Dad measuring

for pocket doors between

family room, court yard. . .

Next shot from Family room to front door

Then kitchen nook and garage and in order left to right:

Library

Courtyard

Dining Room through courtyard

Trusses

Family room looking at front door

Family room on south wall looking north

As if you could discern any of that looking at these photos!

The move from our tiny condo to a house will be

monumental.

How will we find each other!

Thanks for remembering our birthdays

Thanks to all of you for your generous gifts! Grandpa is excited to rebuild his tool collection in his new garage. And I'm apprehensive but eager to have a new face!

Thanks for the dinner and the books and the cake and the perfect retro apron for my new kitchen!

You are all we ever dreamed you would be and we love you more than you can imagine!

Mormon.org

This a repeat of my new blog....I couldn't resist! I have actually just taken my internal dialogue and put it to paper, metaphorically speaking. But you've got to go to www.mormon.org and watch the videos of all the people. So powerful! They are actual conversion stories and they will stand out and the Spirit will speak to those that are searching all over! It's amazing! Great FHE!

So fun to see everyone last night! Wish Dad could have been there! Oh well, I guess since you're Bishop and HAVE to be at your meetings...we'll forgive you! :)

Wish Mike and Wes's families could be here! Love you all...suzy

The Atonement

Bruce R. McConkie, the apostle who gave such a powerful testimony in General Conference shortly before he passed on while we were living in Bountiful, has this to say about the atonement:

"Now, the atonement of Christ is the most basic and fundamental doctrine of the gospel, and it is the least understood of all our revealed truth. Many of us have a superficial knowledge and rely upon the Lord and his goodness to see us through the trials and perils of life. But if we are to have faith like Enoch and Elijah we must believe what they believed, know what they knew, and lived as they lived. May I invite you to join with me in gaining a sound and sure knowledge of the Atonement. we must cast aside the philosophies of men and the wisdom of the wise and hearken to the Spirit which is given to us to guide us into all truth. We must search the scriptures, accepting them as the mind and will and voice of the Lord and the very power of God unto salvation. " (CR, April 1985)

Elder McConkie gave this last speech in April, 1985. I remember vividly stopping to listen to his testimony. We were all cleaning up the construction refuse left as we were building our house in the hill in Bountiful. It was a beautiful Saturday morning and we had a radio outside so we could listen to conference as we worked. As he gave his speech the power of the word as he bore testimony stopped us and we listened as he testified that he knew Jesus was the Christ as well at that moment as he would when crossed the veil to embrace Him. " I am one of his witnesses, and in a coming day I shall feel the nail marks in his hands and in his feet and shall wet his feet with my tears. But I shall not know any better then than I know now that he is God’s Almighty Son.” He was gone within a few weeks.

Read the quote from a book THE INFINITE ATONEMENT, Tad R. Callister, thanks Mark and Maria! (Grandpa's BD gift) and it brought back such a memory.

How blessed we are to have such knowledge! I add my unworthy testimony to his.

MY NEW FAVORITE BOOK!

austenland

Suzy mentioned she'd heard the book was good,

after three days in the house resting my back . . .

Suzy and I headed to the bookstore,

wanted to get Horation Hornblower books for grandpa . . .

but, you know how it is in a bookstore . . .

Bought two copies for my library,

Suzy read one last night, I read the other. . .

will have to pay for them myself ,

Suzy and I will want to keep the books!

The book made me

LAUGH OUT LOUD

over and over again!

It is romantic, halarious,

witty, clever, amazing, did I mention

halarious!

Only one prerequisite,

you must watch PRIDE AND PREDIJUCE

(any version will do) or read it

BEFORE you read this book!

If you loved the Stephenie romances you will

absolutely ADORE this book!

I am still smiling!

I can't wait for the movie to be made!

Shannon and Stephenie are friends and Shannon

used to be a stand up comedienne!

Read it soon and let me know what you think.

Don't you just love the name Henry?