on a Friday.

Sweet kids having a King Kong Cone festival. Why wasn’t I there?!

Having a luscious bees’ wax and honey lotion bar from my cute friend’s daughter’s very own bees. Heavenly.

A brave, sweet girlie who is trying to be kind and gentle with Mr. Hobbes–even when he is a little scary sometimes.

Roasted red pepper soup and a triple grilled cheese sandwich. The perfect meal to ward off a scratchy throat.

A cute girl that refuses to stop getting taller! Quit it. Quit it!.

The perfectly toasted marshmallows.

A little kitty who watches everything I do…very, very closely….

even from a silly box.

Good old Mary Poppins floating through a Starry, Starry Night.

The positively perfect breakfast.

Seeing this familiar car with the Arkansas plates in front of me, even if it was just for a week or so.

Pictures of the new Rexburg temple under construction.

Picking a dvd to watch with the grandkids. Nim’s Island won.

My daughter-in-law’s new book Light Among the Shadows.

How about you? What are you loving right now?

August 23, 2026August 22, 2026

An Influence For Good

Are these perilous times? They are. But there is no need to fear. We can have peace in our hearts and peace in our homes. We can be an influence for good in this world, every one of us.

~Gordon B. Hinckley~

July 16, 2026July 16, 2026

On the way back from Provo with April and Jacob I tried valiantly to snatch a couple of pictures of the Provo Rock Canyon Temple construction site. You need to be impressed with these photos because I totally took them over my own head and behind my back as we drove past. Quite a feat, I’ll tell you.

I remember back when I was about 10 years old, living in Los Angeles and my mom read in the Church News that they had just finished building the Provo temple, in Utah. She was really happy because now when we came to visit my grandma and grandpa in the summertime we could go see the temple any time we wanted. Before, the closest temple was in Salt Lake City–about 50 miles away.

Well, that was 57 years ago and it was apparently about time to renovate the old, outdated temple and make it new and beautiful. I wish that would work with people. Haha. It surprised me that it was grey and rather dull, but April said that it would be white and gorgeous when they were finished.