Elder's Quorum IceCream Social

Saturday we hosted the new Hazel Dell Ward's Elder's Quorum for an Ice Cream social. We've had two weeks of rain, pretty much non-stop. Enough to seriously injure (over watering) many of the veggies growing in our garden. The back yard was a little bit of a quagmire, with even the grass covered spots sinking into mud when stepped on. So, to prepare for the social and generally improve accessibility to the pool and the trampoline, we dug paths clear of the sod and then covered them with pea gravel that drains the waters more quickly (like a french drain).

Friday, the weather cleared and the yard started to dry out, and then Saturday was like we had custom ordered the weather for the party. It hit a peak of 83 degrees just in time for the party, and the pool water warmed up to 70 degrees. Not quite the 79 that makes for comfortable swimming, but tolerable for a short period of time. That didn't stop Anne from swimming most of the day.

We had most of the EQ Presidency from 3 to 5 PM, and some other families dropped in from 5 to 8. The missionaries even stopped by. We enjoyed root beer floats, watermelon, and when the YSA's Lake Merwin boat outing's boat broke, several of the YSA came to the party and brought hot dogs. Misti got some hamburgers and S'mores supplies and we fed all that were here at 7 PM. Then all gathered around the fire pit for stories and S'mores. We even got our new neighbors to come visit over some S'mores in the evening. All in all a very enjoyable evening.

Appologies for porn display

Appearently, someone had uploaded some porn pics mixed in with the nature pics that had not been caught be the Picasa filters in the nature keyword. I have removed the slide show that was based on this keyword, and reported the pictures for abuse of the policy.

Thanks for the comments that let me know about this problem. The Lord of Darkness and his minions strike again.

Keep lighting those candles and drive out the darkness.

We seek after these things . . .

BriAnne's post tonight on Bri Colorful about graduation plans and going forth to serve inspired me to post this.

Enya's "May it be" - what beautiful music. From the Lord of the Rings sound track

http://www.lyrics007.com/Enya%20Lyrics/May%20It%20Be%20Lyrics.html

These lyrics speak to my heart about the journey each of us is on, first to find the light ourselves, perfect ourselves as much as possible, and along that path, share that light by serving our spiritual siblings until they too have the promise (the new and everlasting covenant) living within them as well.

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May it be when darkness falls (the light is vailed)
Your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh! How far you are from home (we are all away from our true home on this journey)

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May it be the shadows call
Will fly away
May it be you journey on
To light the day
When the night is overcome
You may rise to find the sun

Darkness has come
Believe and you will find your way
Darkness has fallen
A promise lives within you now


It becometh every man who has been warned to warn his neighbor.

Once we have been given the light of the Gospel in our lives, what better way to honor the Light of the World than to light as many other candles as possible. Light is not the absense of darkness; darkness is the absense of light. We can best fight the Prince of Darkness by spreading light. The gospel's message is what people need to believe in to find their way through the darkness.