APRIL

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES

Some of my very FAVORITE people in the entire universe were born in April.

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Amanda - April 3rd

This pretty girl married my son Brent.

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Bryan - April 6th

Nephew Bryan cannot be fifteen-years-old.

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Tyson - April 7th

Sons do NOT come any better than this one!

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Vanessa - April 18th

My VERY talented Niece.*

Sarah - April 26th

Daughters do NOT come any better than this one!

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Sara - April 27th

Beautiful Sara, the perfect match for my wonderful nephew Joshua!

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Owen - April 27th

WOW! Wonderful grandson, tender Owen ~ Already three-years-old!

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Brent - April 29th

Bob's boy Brent, and my first nephew. I remember the day he was born,

weighing in at just over 5 pounds.

I love this guy!

These people are truly the finest people in the world.

I love them ALL!

Sarah Precious

BeAuTiFuL BiRtHdAy GiRl

Happy birthday to beautiful Sarah. This lady is one of the very BEST people in the entire universe. Here she is with her new gift from heaven. Oh that everyone could have a mother like Sarah. Have a great birthday and a wonderful year.

I love you SO much!

Shout it out: ~ "FIRE!"

~ Anniversary of the Woodbridge Fire ~

~17 April 1988~
My darling baby boy ~ Samuel Allen Marshall

~It was 21 years ago today. Sam gets upset if I mention that he set the house on fire. I wasn't upset with him then. I wasn't upset with him as we dealt with the mess. I wasn't upset about the loss the material items. I am not upset with him now.

~It was not his fault. I don't think it was any one's fault. Accidents happen, and this was an accident.

~I always will remember the house fire. I always will remember the details. I always will think about it when April 17th rolls around every year. Hopefully, I will always remember the many valuable life lessons I learned, because of the ordeal. But upset with Sam???

N.E.V.E.R.

She's Swedish

Vacker litet flicka!

A quick glance at this girl's pedigree chart, and you’ll see DNA coming from Cuba, Columbia, Scotland, England, Switzerland, Germany, and Sweden.
She's a Swed
~ Swed Jami June ~

W.O.W.

B E A U T I F U L

Listen to Susan Boyer sing!

Grim Reaper

There is NOTHING grim about this

Grim Reaper Mya

For me, yesterday wasn’t an awful day, but I wouldn’t classify it as a good day either. It was a day FULL of problems and disappointments. Nothing major, just the constant hammer, hammer, hammer on the highway, that can and does eventually get to me. So today, I am listening again to the great talks that were given at our last General Conference. The talks were so uplifting, and so full of hope.

I feel sad for those members of the Church who, for whatever reason, didn’t get to hear the messages on Conference weekend. I feel even sadder for those well-meaning members who plan to read the talks, or who plan to listen to the talks on the Church website, but will just not get around to reading or listening.

Last month at a Stake Conference, Elder Russell M Ballard said: “Satan has pulled out all the stops.” In the Priesthood session of Conference, President Boyd K. Packer said: “Everywhere present is the influence of Lucifer and his legion of angels. They tempt you to do those things and say those things and think those things that would destroy.” In President Monson’s closing remarks at General Conference, he said: “We live at a time when the adversary is using every means possible to ensnare us in his web of deceit, trying desperately to take us down with him.”

Wow, Satan has pulled out all the stops. He is present everywhere and is using every means possible to take us down with him. He knows his time is running out! Ol' Scratch makes me sick, and I HATE him.

In his closing remarks, President Monson also said: “I remind you that the (Conference) messages will be printed in next month's Ensign and Liahona magazines. I urge you to study the messages and to ponder their teachings and then to apply them in your life.”

I think this last General Conference was the best ever!

(I don't think Satan has ever received as much press as he did in this last Conference. UGH!)

Resurrection Morn

He IS risen...

The ACTUAL garden tomb.

An Apostle's Easter Thoughts on Christ

A new You Tube, An Apostle's Easter Thoughts on Christ, has only been on the Church Media website for a couple of days, and already it is popping up everywhere, and it has received thousands of hits. Beautiful graphics have been added to an excerpt of Elder Jeffrey R. Holland's wonderful sermon, given last Sunday at General Conference, None Were with Him. I've noticed that this You Tube has been posted on several of the blogs that I follow, and I think that is great! The more the better. Let's get the Word out there! ***

This Easter Sunday was a beautiful day in Las Vegas. After attending a wonderful Sacrament Meeting in my ward, I headed over to hold baby Conley, and listen to Sarah give her Relief Society lesson. The lesson was: Living with Others in Peace and Harmony. Instructors are to teach the scheduled lessons, so giving a lesson on Easter, was not an option. However, Sarah who is a gifted teacher, was able to teach the scheduled lesson, and focus on the events of the resurrection. The spirit in the classroom was wonderful. Later in the day, we enjoyed a simple Easter dinner, and then headed to the cemetery. There we placed some Easter flowers on baby Jack's grave, from his mother and father and sister. Whenever I go to the cemetery, I am saddened to see the sorrow. There are so many who live without the knowledge of the Great Plan of Happiness. I haven't a clue why I was chosen to be handed the Gospel on a silver platter, so to speak. I have always known where to find the answers to life's important questions.

I will forever be grateful.

So Happy Easter. The Savior lives, and because of the Savior of the World, and His atoning sacrifice, we will all live again.

Postscript:
***SALT LAKE CITY 13 April 2009 A short Easter video from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints quickly spread over the weekend to become the top “viral” video on the Internet, according to the Viral Video Chart. The four-and-a- half-minute video was extracted from an address delivered by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, of the Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, at the faith’s general conference on April 4–5, in which he spoke of the final moments in the life of Jesus Christ and talked directly to those who feel alone or abandoned.
The video was placed Friday evening on LDS.org, the Church’s Web site designed primarily for its own members, and simultaneously linked to the “Mormon Messages” channel on YouTube.
Traffic began to build immediately. Mormons spontaneously posted the YouTube video on Facebook, discussed it on Twitter and sent it by e-mail to thousands of others, including their friends. By Saturday, the number of views passed 100,000 and kept climbing. By Sunday, it was noted as the number 1 video in the Internet “nonprofit” category in Brazil, India and other countries.
On Monday morning, views had reached close to a quarter million and reached the top of the Viral Video Chart, which identifies the most popular “viral” videos — those that spread rapidly due to public dissemination.
Church spokesperson Kim Farah said that the reaction to the video seemed to reflect a “perfect alignment” of factors — a powerful Christ-centered message in language that is familiar and understood by everyone, the topicality of Easter, the use of the short video format that is most popular on the Internet, and the enthusiasm of Latter-day Saints to share their faith.
Other videos on Mormon Messages have been watched hundreds of thousands of times since the channel was recently launched to complement two other official Church channels: LDS Public Affairs and Mormon New Era Messages. The Mormon Messages YouTube channel features uplifting videos that explain and share doctrines of the Church.
Church leaders in recent months have encouraged Church members to engage in conversations about the Church on the Internet rather than let mass media stories define their faith.
At the general conference early this month, many Mormons used Twitter, the popular microblogging Web site, to share their favorite quotes or thoughts from the conference. The topic of general conference was the top discussion on Twitter for much of the weekend.

My favorite book

I LOVE THE BOOK OF MORMON

During this week, Easter week, the greatest week in history, I think about the events of each day prior to the Savior's crucifixion. I am so sadden when I think of that most difficult Friday. Then on Easter morn, I remember the empty tomb, and the glorious resurrection of the Savior of the world. In the Book of Mormon we read: "...there shall be no other name given nor any other way nor means whereby salvation can come unto the children of men, only in and through the name of Christ..." Mosiah 3:17. Yesterday, President Obama said that the United States is not a Christian nation. How very sad.

THE birthday

April 6th

Modern scripture records that Jesus Christ was born on this day.

On a Friday, April 6th many years ago, we were talking about Easter week. In the discussion, I mentioned that Jesus was really born on April 6th, and not December 25th. Quick Elizabeth asked: "Then why don't we display a nativity on April 6th?" Good question I thought. With all the Christmas deco packed away, it would have been a real pain to get out a nativity for display. The next morning, there were lots of garage sales in the neighborhood. I thought what are my chances of finding a nativity. I ventured out, and at the very first garage sale, there sitting front and center, was a nativity. I made the purchase. The nativity was display that year in our home, and every year since, on April 6th. Thanks Elizabeth!

In 1999, President Gorden B. Hinckley said: "It is only two millennia since the Savior walked the earth. It is a wonderful acknowledgment of His place in history that the calendar now in use throughout most of the world places His birth as the meridian of time. All that went before is reckoned back from that date. All that has happened since is measured forward from that date. Every time anyone uses a date, he knowingly or unknowingly acknowledges the coming to earth of the Son of God. His birth, as it has been popularly determined, marks the center point of the ages, the meridian of time recognized throughout the earth. As we use these dates we pay no attention to it. But if we pause to think, we must recognize that He is the one sublime figure in all the history of the world on which our measurement of time is based."

Fun Folks

Attending General Conference...with these fun folks.

Ann, Cecily and Sarah.

Tara, Torie, Sarah and Coulson

General Conference ~ April 2009

General Conference

Saturday & Sunday ~ April 4th and 5th

Watch Conference Here