Favorite Recipe Site

I am so tired of searching for the same recipes over and over...or storing them on the hard drive, so I am starting a Family Faves. site. Check it out: http://hansfavrecipes.blogspot.com/

Driving through Radiator Springs

Part of the best parade at Disney's California Adventure!



Our 5th time at Disney Resort (gotta love the "so.cal select" year pass!) and we finally found Lightning McQueen...why we didn't see it on the map long before, I have no idea. So, we found his home right after the parade, so he wasn't there. Luckily H. and I. are so optimistic that they wanted a picture in front of where Lightning usually is parked. This is their "driving a car" pose.

Sunday's General Session of Stake Conference

I loved the conference. First of all, we got to sit in the third row because my friend wasn't able to attend at the last minute and her husband was there with two of their kids. Thank you Doug. President Uchdorf quoted a saying: "Tough times don't last. Tough people do." He spoke on riding out the waves of the storm and that we would be blessed for doing what we should. Elder Ballard, one of the twelve apostles, spoke as well as Elder Merrill and one other Area Seventy. The latter two are from California. The theme that I gathered from the conference is to make Zion where you are by choosing correct choices and staying away from Satan's snares. They told us that Zion may be somewhere else someday, but for now, it is where faithful people are following God's plan.

Great conference. I would love if some of my friends would post their feelings here, too.

R.

Out of the mouth of babes...a 12 yr. old speaks on abortion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOR1wUqvJS4

Beautiful thoughts about being good

Well, tonight is Stake Conference at church...the 18 yrs. old and up meeting. Tim and I were asked to sing in the choir, so we are. I am attempting a babysitter. We'll see how it goes. I have never left A. with anyone before, so I may chicken out at the last minute and take her with me.

The song we are singing is called If the Savior Stood Beside Me. It is a primary song, but a woman named Sally DeFord made it into an adult choir song. It is beautiful. You can find it at her site: http://www.defordmusic.com/ifthesaviorstoodbesideme.htm#twopart

You can listen to it, print it out, etc. for free. Pretty fun!

The words are beautiful because they really make you think about how you would act if you could actually see the Savior beside you. We know that He watches over us, but to really think that He is and what I would do really makes me think. So, I hope I don't get too choked up while singing tonight...since I already have a lump in my throat from my allergies. :-(

Check out the song, and maybe I will see some of you tonight...and maybe I will ask you to hold my sweet baby while I sing. hehe.

R

Happy Valentine's Thought poem

My friend Bonnie sent this in an email to me and I love it and truly know that Christ is the reason for this season, too!!! (okay, I know Cupid may be upset with me for saying that, but it's the truth) :-)

For God so loVed the world,
.......That he gAve
............His onLy
............BegottEn
..................SoN
................ThaT whosoever
.......Believeth In Him
...........Should Not perish
........But have Everlasting life.
John 3:16



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...If you were wondering, your Christmas card should be arriving soon!! Happy Lincoln holiday!!

R.