Sunday, December 28, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Deck the Halls -A winter Concert at Mesa High School on Dec. 2, 2008 We had four grandchildren perform at Mesa High. What a wonderful evening.
Chelsea performed with the En Chante Group.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Richardson Review 12-17-08
Richardson Review 12-17-08
Dear Family,
We are enjoying so much the Christmas Season. It has been so fun to get out all the Christmas decorations. A highlight each year is to display all the Nativities that all of you have helped me collect through the years. Each year I put them in a different area. I counted 59 different Nativities this year starting with the one that Miriam and Marlene painted for us at BYU and brought home for an early Christmas present and continuing on to Nativities from Russia, Japan, Chile, Mexico, American Indian, etc. As I put out each manger with the baby Jesus I reflected on His birth and the true meaning of Christmas.
I have enjoyed our new grandbaby Carter Jay. What a precious little baby and how wonderful it was to be able to hold him and to become acquainted with him. Thanks Melvin and Tami for sharing your sweet little one with me. I enjoyed seeing how his older sisters and brothers have welcomed him into their family and the love that Melvin and Tami have for each of their precious children.
I have enjoyed children at this Christmas time. Thanks Margie for bringing Lucy up to visit. We enjoy her so much and all her cute little tricks. We also enjoy visits from Ryan when his mother brings him over. Children truly make Christmas.
I have enjoyed the Christmas concerts. Thanks for inviting Grandpa and I to your choir and orchestra concerts. I enjoyed watching Nutcracker again and seeing all the cute things Dale did to add fun to the show and the graceful dancing of Jamie as a lady in waiting and snowflake. I look forward to seeing Emily and Rebekah perform in their "Let There Be Praise" on Saturday night and Emily's dance recital Friday night.
I have enjoyed the Christmas Music. It has been so enjoyable to play all the CD's of Christmas music, which we have accumulated through the years, and to be tuned to the non-stop Christmas music on the radio as I have traveled around.
I am enjoying our Christmas tree and all the decorations and the lights we have put up around our home. I enjoyed lighting up our Nauvoo village displayed in our home.. I enjoy the lights on the outside of our home and driving around the city and seeing neighborhoods where they have lots of lights and outside decorations. I enjoyed so much seeing the lights at the Arizona Temple last night and sharing them with our friend.
I have enjoyed having Adis Regar from Bogor, Indonesia here with us. She plans to stay about ten days. I have enjoyed showing her how we celebrate Christmas and have tried to be an influence for good in her life.
I have enjoyed giving service. Today I am taking a friend to the airport for her trip home for Christmas. I have enjoyed making goodies and taking them to the neighbors. I was grateful on Tuesday when I was able to visit a member of our ward at the hospital not knowing he was there and grateful to stay with him as his wife hurried home to shower and change after rushing to the emergency room through the night.
I have enjoyed telling others of our beliefs. We sat by a beautiful young lady as we came home from Ohio and Camille's wedding. She is engaged and planning a summer wedding. I told her about Camille and Jason being married for the eternities in the Nauvoo temple and the beauty of their wedding. When we left she said that she would love to have the missionaries stop by and tell them more about our beliefs. How blessed I am to have two grandchildren being married in the temple and beginning their own forever families this past year.
I am enjoying being together with our children and grandchildren this holiday season. Thanks for taking time to come and enjoy with us a Christmas Brunch and the little program we had here last Saturday morning. I always look forward so much to having family come. I hope that those of you who couldn't be here will take time to come and visit us doing the Christmas season. I know that the families living out of Arizona can't come but I hope that Jordan, Carl, Adrianne, Carinne, Rebekah, Emily, Nathan and Chelsea who didn't make it to our home will still make an effort to come and visit.
I hope that you will enjoy the gifts we sent to each family and enjoy some family times together in your own homes. I hope that they will serve to remind you of the importance of fun family times together.
I enjoyed the opportunity of having our Bishop come into our home and declaring to him that we are full tithe payers. I am grateful for the opportunity to pay tithing and fast offerings and for all the blessings that the Lord has provided us with this past year.
I am enjoying our friends. We have enjoyed sending Christmas cards to friends we have made all over the world. We have enjoyed so much heaving from many of our friends that we have made through the years. We hold special spots in our hearts the dear people in Indonesia and Nauvoo and the missionaries we served with. They will always be special friends. I am grateful to belong to two book clubs- one with my friends in our Keating Ward and one with friends that we had in Tempe 4th Ward and to keep in touch with them. I enjoyed visiting with Renee Doiron in her Idaho Falls home and remembering fun times together as our children were small and we taught Gospel Doctrine classes together.
I am enjoying finding and sending articles about Israel as we plan for that great trip. It is going to be so wonderful to be with our loved ones and walk where He walked but most important help each other to "walk the way He walked".
I am enjoying most of all this Christmas season being with my eternal companion. Grandpa is such a joy and we are enjoying another beautiful Christmas time together. We have spent 49 wonderful Christmas times together.
I feel so blessed at this Christmas season to have a testimony of Christ who is our Savior, to have a wonderful companion, beautiful children and grandchildren and friends. I am blessed to be able to bear testimony that His church has again been restored and for four missionary grandsons bearing this testimony to the world and bringing such a great gift to their new converts.
Dad/Grandpa joins me in sending our love,
Lots of love and Christmas wishes,
Mom/Grandma/Lavona.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
How Far is it to Bethlehem
I thought you might enjoy reading this as we prepare to go to Bethlehem and Israel. What a great trip it will be.
Love,
Mom, Lavona
"How Far Is It to Bethlehem?"
By Janet Peterson
Bethlehem , which means "House of Bread," though small and unimportant in terms of trade and commerce, was significant to the Jews prior to Christ's birth. Bethlehem was where David was born and was prophesied to be the birthplace of the Messiah.
Mary and Joseph resided in Nazareth, a distance of more than 100 miles from Bethlehem . Even though she was heavy with child and nearing term, they made the long and arduous trek, Mary jostled with every step of the donkey on the rocky, dusty road.
Mary and Joseph's traveling to Bethlehem was not merely to pay Caesar his due. Their arrival at Bethlehem was in fulfillment of divine decree, prophesied through the ages:
"But thou Bethlehem , . . . though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is going to be ruler in Israel : whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." (Micah 5:2.)
In the new world, an angel speaking to Nephi, said,
"Behold, the virgin whom thou seest is the mother of the Son of God, after the manner of the flesh. . . .
"And I looked and beheld the virgin again, bearing a child in her arms.
"And the angel said unto me: Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Son of the Eternal Father!" (1 Nephi 11: 18, 20-21.)
To the shepherds abiding in the fields nearby, angels heralded the birth of the Savior, which is Christ the Lord.
Obedient and curious, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us now go even unto Bethlehem ." They did not have to travel far to Bethlehem , where they beheld this precious child, Jesus---or Emmanuel, meaning "God with us."
At a much greater distance from Bethlehem were wise men who saw the star in the east and desired to also come and worship the King of the Jews. "The star in the east, went before them, til it came and stood over where the young child was.
"When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
"And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him." (Matt: 2:9-11).
We each must make a spiritual journey to Bethlehem , to find the Christ child, to worship the Son of Man, to come to know the Prince of Peace, the Messiah, the Savior and Redeemer of all mankind.
This journey is not measured by miles, but is a journey measured by the yearning of the heart and the striving of the soul. Often the way is strewn with boulders, hurdles, and sometimes detours. For some, the symbolic trip to Bethlehem is lengthy and difficult.
Golden Investigator from Cambodia
Because Cambodia and Russia were allies in the late 1980s, Pyn Vibol, a Cambodian man and a Buddhist, traveled from Phonm Phenh to St. Petersburg , Russia , to study. While walking down a street in St. Petersburg , Pyn met two of the first Latter-day Saint missionaries who served in Russia after the fall of Communism. Pyn started studying with them, learned a little about the Church, and received a copy of the Book of Mormon—in Russian. His ability to communicate with the missionaries was limited as his Russian was very elementary and they did not know Cambodian. His Russian reading skills were also too poor to understand the Book of Mormon. Yet he felt enlightened by the spirit of the missionaries.
When he returned to Cambodia , Pyn told his wife that he thought they should become Christians. Horrified, she responded, "No way. We're Buddhists." He didn't pursue changing religions for a while, but could not forget the wonderful feelings he had experienced when talking with the missionaries. Later he obtained a picture of Christ, which he hung on the wall of their home. Seeing the painting of the Savior each day seemed to soften his wife's heart. Finally, Pyn said, "I'm going to visit some Christian churches." He hoped to find the church whose Cambodian name he did not know. He wanted to read that book, but he did not know its name. At each church, he asked, "Do you have young men who wear black name tags?" One day as he was walking on the streets of Phnonm Phenh, he saw exactly what he had been searching for: two white-shirted young men with black name tags. Much to their surprise, they were greeted by a golden investigator who asked to be taught the gospel. Pyn, his wife, and four children were all baptized. Pyn served as the first district president in Cambodia . 1
Slovenian Cyclist
From the time Leon Bergant of Ljubljana , Slovenia , was 11 years old, he has raced bicycles. As a youth he collected over 100 trophies from major European races. Following high school, Leon became a professional cyclist, a member of the Slovene national team, and earned the title of Slovene national champion. His cycling career was very promising, with the Tour de France ahead of him.
In Communist-run Slovenia , Leon 's family did not have any religious affiliation. Yet, as a youth, Leon had searched for the true church and knew that there was a God. In December 1995, he attended the annual holiday fair in Ljubljana and noticed a display for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He talked to two young men, who explained basic gospel principles to him. Leon recalled, "When I met the missionaries, my questions were answered. When I heard about principles of the gospel like the Word of Wisdom and charity and the law of chastity, they were familiar to me. They were the words I had been seeking my whole life."
Two weeks after meeting the missionaries, Leon was baptized. He had been saving his cycling prize money to buy a car—something very few people in Slovenia could afford. Instead, he used this money a year later to finance serving a mission in Croatia –as the third Slovenian Church member to serve a mission. His parents were extremely unhappy about his decision to be baptized and to give up his cycling career to go on a mission.
Although Leon has ridden thousands of kilometers on his bicycle, he found Jesus Christ right in his hometown of Ljubljana ---though he had been searching for Him all his life. 2
Our Own Journey
For each of us, we must make our own journey of the heart to Bethlehem —not just once, not just at Christmastime, but continually. "For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel , Seek ye me, and ye shall live." (Amos 5:4.)
Unlike the limited size of tour groups or the number of seats available on an airplane, this journey to Bethlehem is open to all, "for he inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness, and he denieth none that come unto him." (2 Ne: 26:33.)
The only price we must pay is our willingness to seek Him, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Jesus Christ lovingly invites us to "draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me." (D&C 88:63.)
Many travelers bring back remembrances of their trips–souvenirs and photographs. Visitors to Bethlehem likely bring back olivewood carvings and pictures of the city, particularly the designated birthplace of the Christ Child.
A spiritual journey to Bethlehem yields significant, timeless, and lasting treasures—not ones to be displayed on a shelf or kept in an album---but eternal treasures of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and a testimony of the restored gospel.
You cannot travel to Bethlehem without a current passport. To spiritually travel to Bethlehem , you also need a passport of a different kind—a current temple recommend.
President Boyd K. Packer taught, "All roads lead to the temple, for it is there that we are prepared in all things to qualify us to enter the presence of the Lord." 3
President Howard W. Hunter said, "No work is more spiritual than that of receiving the ordinances and entering into the covenants of the temple. This work helps place the Savior at the center of our lives.
". . . Whatever else happens in mortality, individuals must receive the ordinances and keep the covenants of the temple." 4
"I am the way, the truth, and the life," said Jesus. "No man cometh unto the Father but by me." (John 14:6.)
How far is it to Bethlehem ? Not very far---when we earnestly seek Him, feast upon His words, strive to keep his commandments, qualify for a temple recommend, and make and keep sacred covenants within the holy walls of the temple, preparing us one day to joyfully enter into the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ.
It is not far to Bethlehem
Where lies the newborn King!
It is not far to Bethlehem,
Where holy angels sing.
As Wise Men saw the guiding star
That led them where He lay,
The shepherds heard the heavenly song
That first glad Christmas day.
We too may go to Bethlehem
And find the Savior Child:
We too may hear the angels sing
Their hymns of mercy mild.
Our hearts are God's new Bethlehem
When Christ is born anew.
It is not far to Bethlehem
When He is born in you!
J. Harold Gwynne 5
2Janet Peterson, "Still Riding A Bicycle," Liahona, April 1999, 27-28.
3Boyd K. Packer, Regional Representatives' seminar, 3 April 1987, quoted in "Claiming the Blessings of the Temple ," Relief Society Personal Study Guide, 1990, p. 84.
4 Howard W. Hunter, letter to priesthood leaders, 16 March 1987, quoted in "Claiming the Blessings of the Temple ," Relief Society Personal Study Guide, 1990, p. 84.
5J. Harold Gwynne, "It Is Not Far to Bethlehem ," in One Hundred songs of the Seasons, compiled by John M. Rasley (Grand Rapids, Mich: Zondervan, 1977) 62-63.
Quotations from Church sources used courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
Christmas Greetings 2008 from Jay and Lavona Richardson
Dear Family and Friends,
Our thoughts are of you at this Christmas Season. Please enjoy our Christmas letter and let us know if you received it.
Merry Christmas and lots of love,
Jay and Lavona Richardson
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Walk the Way He Walked
Dear Family,
I was excited when I read this article written by Elder Russell Ballard of the Quorum of Twelve about their family visit to the Holy Land. We are looking forward so much to our trip with all of you. The time is passing fast. It won't be long now until we will be on our way. We all need to learn all we can to benefit all we can from the trip. I am pasting below the article and also sending it as an attachment in case you want to print it.
Lots of love at this Christmas time. May we have the spirit of Christmas in our home is our prayer and "walk the way He walked".
Love,
Dad and Mom, Jay and Lavona Richardson
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I was excited when I read this article written by Elder Russell Ballard of the Quorum of Twelve about their family visit to the Holy Land. We are looking forward so much to our trip with all of you. The time is passing fast. It won't be long now until we will be on our way. We all need to learn all we can to benefit all we can from the trip. I am pasting below the article and also sending it as an attachment in case you want to print it.
Lots of love at this Christmas time. May we have the spirit of Christmas in our home is our prayer and "walk the way He walked".
Love,
Dad and Mom, Jay and Lavona Richardson
'WALK THE WAY HE WALKED'
By Elder M. Russell Ballard, Quorum of the Twelve
One of the most memorable Christmastimes for our family was our visit too the Holy Land in 1993. At Shepherd's Field, located about three miles northeast of Bethlehem, we had a wonderful view looking across a rocky valley back at the Savior's birthplace. There, a Bedouin shepherd with his flock of dark brown-faced and long-eared sheep appeared over the hill and began guiding his flock in our direction. It was quite a moment for all of us as we witnessed a scene that has been repeated over and over for many millennia.
For eight days, we walked where Jesus walked. We read the appropriate scriptures at each stopping place as we followed His life, His ministry, and His marvelous miracles. As we stood together on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, it was easy to imagine the Savior beckoning to two rough-hewn fishermen to "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." As we sat together on the Mount of Beatitudes and read the powerful language of the Sermon on the Mount, we could almost here the Master Teacher's voice echoing across the grassy slope. We gained a grater appreciation for the reality of His life, His mission, His atonement, His crucifixion and resurrection.
Never to be forgotten was the experience of standing with our seven children and their companions in the Upper Room where, according to tradition, Jesus washed the feet of His disciples and where they celebrated the sacrament under His guidance and direction. There I had the privilege of reading the 17th chapter of John to the family. This was a most inspirational and precious moment to read the blessing the Savior pronounced upon His twelve and ultimately upon all those who would believe and follow His teachings and commandments.
Anyone who visits the Holy Land never forgets the moment in the Garden of Gethsemane reading from the scriptures the great price that the Savior paid for all those who come unto Him, repent of their sins, and receive all the blessings that Heavenly Father has for the righteous—all by and through the Atoning sacrifice of the Son of God. In a deep spirit of reverence and awe we stood together and felt the spirit of the Garden tomb and had confirmed in each of our hearts the reality of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
As a family, we joined together in the Jerusalem Center. We sat in the auditorium looking out over the lights of the old city sparkling against the night sky and sang Christmas carols. Sister Judy Parker accompanied us so beautifully on the organ. She and her husband, Tom, lived in our ward and were serving a full-time mission there. Each member of the family wiped away a tear or two as we celebrated Christmastime together looking out over the old city of Jerusalem.
It was a marvelous experience, and I rejoiced at the opportunity to share the sights, sounds and feelings of the Holy Land with my family. My wife, Barbara, put it all in perspective with her oft-repeated reminder: "Remember" she would say, "it isn't as important to walk where Jesus walked as it is to walk the way He walked."
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FW: Article for Flake Roundup
Dear Margo,
Thanks for all you do on the Flake Roundup. You suggested that I write an article for the Flake Roundup. My attempt is attached along with some pictures of our grandfather James M. Flake home in Nauvoo showing how it looked when we visited there in 1960, a drawing of how the home might have looked by one of our Nauvoo Missionary friends, and our granddaughter's Nauvoo Temple Wedding just a couple of weeks ago. Let me know if you can't pull up all of the attachments.
We have had two weddings in our family--
1. Kasey Reese Beck (Miriam, Lavona, Bruce, James M., William Jordan) married Emnily Patricia Mott in the Provo, Utah Temple on October 18, 2008. Their address for the Roundup is 1078 E. 420 South, Provo, Utah 84606.
2. Camille Hancock (Joann,Lavona, Bruce, James M., Willliam Jordan) married Jason Clay Millar in the Nauvoo Temple on November 21, 2008. Their address for the Roundup is 432 South 300 West, Provo, Utah 84601.
3. Carter Jay Richardson son of (Melvin, Lavona, Bruce, James M., William Jordan) was born in Farmington, Utah on Dec. 1, 2008.
4. Parker Mortensen (Rauna, Lavona, Bruce, James M., William Jordan) was called to the Paraguay Asuncion Mission. He entered the MTC on August 20, 2008.
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Richardson Review 11-24-08
Richardson Review 11-24-08
Dear Children and Grandchildren,
We have had a busy family week that has taken us from Arizona to Nashville to Nauvoo and on to Ohio. How grateful we are at this Thanksgiving time for family and the joy you all bring us.
We enjoyed being with all seven of my brothers and sisters and their eternal companions in Nashville, Tennessee. Uncle Sam and Aunt Leona invited us to share with them two timeshare condos and treated us royally. This has been in the planning for almost a year. We had a great time visiting, getting caught up on family history research, remembering our parents, playing games and seeing some of the sites in Nashville. We enjoyed attending the Grand Ole Opry and the Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree and enjoying all the Country Western and Blue Grass Music. We went to the only full-scale replica of the Parthenon (the Greek Temple in Athena, Greece) built for Tennessee's Centennial in 1897. We also went to Vanderbilt University and saw a fabulous woodcarving of The Last Supper copied from Leonardo de Vinci's painting located in Milan, Italy. Another excursion took all of us to the Hermitage where the home of Andrew Jackson is located and to the Tennessee Agriculture Museum where we saw a display of old farm equipment such as tractors, plows, etc. and the famous Tennessee Walking Horses. The highlight of our time together was attending the Nashville Stake Conference in the Acuff Theatre and feeling the spirit of the Tennessee Saints. We also were able to attend together the satellite broadcast of the Mexico City Temple Dedication. All of my brothers and sisters went to Mexico on missions except for my brother Rey who went to North Dakota. It was great to listen to a talk by my old missionary companion at the dedication of the temple. She has been called to serve with her husband as assistant Matron to the President and Matron of the Mexico City Temple.
The condo was reserved for all week but we had to leave Wednesday morning to go to Nauvoo to attend our granddaughter wedding in the Nauvoo Temple. When Camille served as an YPM the summer we were all missionaries in Nauvoo she invited us to return to Nauvoo for her wedding. We flew to Charlotte, North Dakota and on to St. Louis where we met Amy coming from Mesa and rented a car. We had to drive 3 ½ hours to Nauvoo. Wednesday night we were able to go to Rendezvous and remember our many times participating in this production, which remains just like it was then.
We started out the day Thursday driving out to Carthage for a tour filled with memories at the jail and a walk around our old home by the jail. Back in Nauvoo we drove around the city. It looks so different to have the JSA building completely gone and a panoramic view of the Mississippi from the temple. We enjoyed a new exhibit on the Tabernacle Choir at the Nauvoo Visitor Center and even got to direct the choir in the exhibit they have set up. Dad went back to our friend's home to rest but Amy went with me on a very cold wagon ride around Nauvoo. I then went by myself to the new sewing room built next to the mailroom, the Sarah Granger Kimball home, the Temple Quarry Overlook, and the Browning Home and Gunsmith Shop. There we met Joann and Robert and family coming from Ohio and Jason's family coming from Idaho. I took Levi and Evan on with me to the Stoddard Tin Shop, the Post Office and Merriweather Mercantile, the John Taylor Home, Print Shop, Brigham Young Home, Riser Boot Shop, Pendleton Home and Log School, the Lucy Mack Smith Home, and Lyon Drug and Variety Store. I also went to the Scovil Bakery and Family Living Center. It was so great to relive memories of time spent giving tours at all of these sites. We also got to visit the Seventies Hall and go down the Trail of Hope where they have the oxen rides. I am grateful that I was able to see so many sites again in just one day in Nauvoo.
The highlight for Wednesday was going with Camille to an endowment session at the Nauvoo Temple where she took out her endowment. Afterwards Amy helped prepare a meal for all of us at the meeting room in the Zion Mercantile and the two families enjoyed becoming acquainted and asking the engaged couple questions about their courtship.
Since we were the only ones with a kitchen in Nauvoo our good friends helped us make a breakfast casserole in their home for a brunch before the wedding on Thursday morning. Joann made Jason and Camille a beautiful cross stitch wall hanging of the Nauvoo Temple and we gave them the Memory Quilt. Camille and Jason explained the different squares to their guests. The wedding in the Nauvoo Temple was beautiful. Jason and Camille are so happy. It was great to have all of Robert and Joann's family with us except for their missionary in Taiwan. Tony and Miriam drove over from Council Bluffs, Iowa for the wedding and Amy was with us. Our family friends Dorothy Jacobs, San Juana Yocum and Alma de la Riva were also with us as well as the Hancock grandparent and all of Jason's family.
We packed to drive to Ohio and stopped in Fort Madison for a dinner invitation by Jason's family at a restaurant there. Tony had to go back home for church business but Miriam rode with us in our rental car to Beavercreek, Ohio. We didn't arrive until 2 AM and was at the church by 8 AM the next morning to decorate for the reception there.
We had the Hancock's ward members helping but it still took all day to decorate the hall for the wedding reception. Joann had everything well organized. We put up tulle and lights on the ceiling, latticework with black bows around the walls with lots of photos. Camille's colors were black and yellow. The tables had black tablecloths trimmed in yellow with yellow sunflowers and pictures of the new married couple. Camille wanted to have the theme of theatre for her wedding reception. We put a red carpet out at the entryway, some beautiful tables with pictures as you entered and tall green plants and park benches around the hall. We put a water fountain with fish in the middle of the hall. Robert and Joann also had a water fountain and fish at their wedding reception about 25 years ago and hot fudge ice cream sundaes were served at both receptions. (Like mother, like daughter) They also rented an old-fashioned popcorn stand and served hot popcorn, wedding cake and punch. At the tables they used theatre tickets in the decorations. The chairs were covered with white material and big black bows as you can see in the picture attached. Camille's brother Derek and his friends provided a jazz band to add to the festivities and Braden wrote a poem telling about their courtship that sounded a lot like the poems that Dad wrote for all of his children when they were married. They had a big crowd of guests that came from their ward, Robert's work friends, schoolteachers and friends, etc. It was a very nice affair.
We were sorry to miss Uncle Jorth (Dad's twin brother) and Aunt Peggy's Golden wedding held the same night but felt that we needed to give support to our granddaughter and her family. We got good reports from Marlene, Rauna and Ray who attended their Golden Wedding program.
So it has been a busy and wonderful week. We are so grateful that we now have seven grandchildren married, all with temple marriages. They have begun their own forever family. We look forward to many more wonderful occasions. We are grateful at this Thanksgiving time for all of you and the joy you bring to us by the good lives you are living. We hope that you will all live worthy of a beautiful temple marriage. Dad (Grandpa) joins me in sending our love and desire that you have a great holiday surrounded by loved ones. We are grateful to be invited to stay here in Ohio with our loved ones until after Thanksgiving and will help cook the turkey, dressing, rolls, etc. here.
Lots and lots of love, Mom, Grandma, Lavona
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