Zion Pictures

A lot of the "people" pictures didn't show to well in the slideshow, so I am posting them here separately. The scenery ones came out well, so I won't add them.

Zion the Beautiful!

We had a wonderful time yesterday -- Ann and Trevor came to visit us on Sunday and so I got the day off today and we all went to Zion National Park to show Trevor the beauty of it. Yes, it was a little cold at first, but we warmed up and besides, Zion has a unique beauty to it with snow all over it. I put a slide show together below of our fun adventure. Some of the trail had us slippling an sliding with the snow and ice, and a few of us fell a few times - and still it was a wonderful time.

Christmas Cookies

Last night we had our combined YM/YW activity where we helped the Bishopric pass out their Christmas letter and cookies to the ward members. Out of 17 young men, we got 3 that showed up - 1 was the bishops son and 2 were my sons and the other was the second councilors son -- hmm.. what is wrong here?! I contacted all my priests and they had other activities going on and I suppose the same was with the other boys -- I've got to somehow instill within them the desire to serve and to realize how important it really is - you can sacrifice a few hours a month to benefit others.

We divided into groups and ours had the 2 blocks across the street and so we just took one of the carts from the kitchen, loaded it up with cookie plates and wheeled it around on the sidewalks. The boys would take a plate and letter and go up to the doors and hand them out. The weather was a little chilly for me, but the warmth of the spirit kept us warm throughout the time we were out in it.

I love the gospel of Jesus Christ and how it can and does change the lives of individuals. May we all remember Him this holiday season and throughout the coming new year!

Long time! Sorry

Man of man I can't believe that it's been this long since I posted here - I will really try better.

My new calling back in October was that of Young Men's President. It is pretty fun because now I will get all the 11yrs olds I have as scout leader in my priests quorum because they are all teachers now - plus I know all the boys really well from scouts and deacons quorum so I think we were all meant to be together until they are gone on their missions. When the 26th ward split up we received several new young men so we are doing really well in that area now. We actually fill the sacrament passing and blessing without having the Elders help out - I help out when a priest doesn't show, but that's just cause I want to - anyway, it's been fun and I do hope that I can bless these young men's lives as much as they are mine.

Here is a very wonderful video clip titled "The Christmas Spirit" -- I hope we all can truly remember why it is we celebrate Christmas!