brief news and a few great quotes

Another quiet week for us. 

Hannah is almost done with tennis. This next Tuesday is her last home game. She's won some and she's lost some. And she still doesn't want us to attend her games (we make her nervous), so we haven't seen any of these wins and losses for ourselves. She now has a part-time job that takes just a few hours a week, which is perfect since she is so busy. She is cleaning the office of our optometrists.

Alex is currently working on a merit badge that is new in the scouting realm--Game Design. Alex, and his cousins Ben and Thomas, and another boy have been designing their own board and card games. He's designed his game. Now he just needs to make it and play test it--and name it. Too much fun.

Eric writes that, since next week is General Conference, they don't get their normal p-day next Saturday. Yesterday they had to grocery shop for 2 weeks and he will email on Friday. The work seems a bit slow...they give him a project, he finishes it, and then indexes because his project is done.

Now, for a few quotes that I love:


My dear sisters, YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES YOU — EACH OF YOU. That love never changes. It is not influenced by your appearance, by your possessions, or by the amount of money you have in your bank account. It is not changed by your talents and abilities. It is simply there. It is there for you when you are sad or happy, discouraged or hopeful. God’s love is there for you whether or not you deserve love. It is simply always there.”

- Thomas S. Monson


"Experience in one field does not automatically create expertise in another field. Expertise in religion comes from personal righteousness and revelation...Why, oh, why do people think they can fathom the most complex spiritual depths without the necessary laboratory work accompanied by the laws that govern it?" 

~Spencer W. Kimball


Obedience brings blessings. Exact obedience brings miracles.

~Greg Koenig (quoting Sis. Nelson who was quoting someone else)


If you find yourself a bit irritated or overwhelmed, it's a sign that you are spending less time with God and more time with this world.