food, crochet, merriment
“You need time to meditate and ponder, to think, to wonder at the great plan of happiness that the Lord has outlined for His children. You need to read the scriptures…I heard President David O. McKay say to the members of the Twelve on one occasion, ‘Brethren, we do not spend enough time in meditation.'”
~President Gordon B. Hinckley
Every noble impulse, every unselfish expression of love, every brave suffering for the right; every surrender of self to something higher than self; every loyalty to an ideal; every unselfish devotion to principle; every helpfulness to humanity; every act of self-control; every fine courage of the soul, undefeated by pretense or policy, but by being, doing, and living of good for the very good’s sake–that is spirituality.
David O. McKay
Smith Family Farm
Stream on Smith Farm
Sacred Grove
Sacred Grove
Sacred Grove
Joseph’s Loft Bedroom
Palmyra LDS Temple
Original hearthstones where the plates were hidden
Original floorboards in Smith Family Farmhouse
Family Room
Smith Family Farm
“President Hinckley . . . admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the . . . society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven. . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord”