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Sunday, December 09, 2012
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Monday, December 03, 2012
December 2012 Visiting Teaching Handout
Here is a little handout that we are going to use when we go visit our sisters. We’ll probably take them some Christmas goodies, as well!! Our appointments are set up and we have already talked to each of sisters getting ready for December. 
YAY!! It doesn’t always happen this way . . . yahooo for December so far! If you want one that doesn’t have the copyright on it – just shoot me an email and I will send it to you in jpeg form.
Enjoy!
Make it a great one!!
About Tammy: Daughter, Sister, Wife, Mother of 7 (ages: G12, G11, B8, G6, B5, B2, G1). Stepmom of 2. Mother in law to two, Grandma to Peyton, Mattix and Andrew and blogger at BellaOnline!! Happy & Satisfied!!
YAY!! It doesn’t always happen this way . . . yahooo for December so far! If you want one that doesn’t have the copyright on it – just shoot me an email and I will send it to you in jpeg form. 
Enjoy!
Make it a great one!!
About Tammy: Daughter, Sister, Wife, Mother of 7 (ages: G12, G11, B8, G6, B5, B2, G1). Stepmom of 2. Mother in law to two, Grandma to Peyton, Mattix and Andrew and blogger at BellaOnline!! Happy & Satisfied!! Sunday, December 02, 2012
Happy Fast Sunday
Watch the First Presidency Christmas Devotional Broadcast
- December 2, 2012
- Date
- 2 December 2012
- Location
- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Members of the First Presidency at the First Presidency Christmas Devotional in 2011.
Article Highlights
- First Presidency Christmas Devotional
- Sunday, December 2, 2012, at 6:00 p.m. MST
- Broadcast.lds.org will offer live video of the devotional in 16 languages and live audio in several languages.
Related Links
- Read a summary of the 2011 First Presidency Christmas Devotional.
- See a more detailed overview of last year’s devotional.
- Visit biblevideos.lds.org, a Church website announced during the 2011 devotional.
- Read more about biblevideos.lds.org.
- Watch an interview with several of the actors from the Bible videos.
This devotional will include Christmas messages from the First Presidency and music by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square.
Tickets are no longer available, but standby seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. The standby line is formed at the north gate of Temple Square.
Broadcast.lds.org will offer live video of the devotional in 16 languages—American Sign Language, Cantonese, Cebuano, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog, and Tongan—and live audio in several languages. These video and audio files will be archived on broadcast.lds.org shortly after the broadcast.
Live audio and video of the devotional will also be available in English and Spanish on mormonchannel.org.
Make it a great one!!
About Tammy: Daughter, Sister, Wife, Mother of 7 (ages: G12, G11, B8, G6, B5, B2, G1). Stepmom of 2. Mother in law to two, Grandma to Peyton, Mattix and Andrew and blogger at BellaOnline!! Happy & Satisfied!! Saturday, December 01, 2012
December Visiting Teaching Message
Visiting Teaching Message
Visiting Teaching, a Work of Salvation
Prayerfully study this material and, as appropriate, discuss it with the sisters you visit. Use the questions to help you strengthen your sisters and to make Relief Society an active part of your own life.
Visiting Teaching, a Work of Salvation
Visiting teaching gives women the opportunity to watch over, strengthen, and teach one another—it is truly a work of salvation. Through visiting teaching, sisters minister in behalf of the Savior and help prepare women for the blessings of eternal life.
“We are ‘to warn, expound, exhort, and teach, and invite [others] to come unto Christ’ (D&C 20:59), as the Lord said in his revelations,” said President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985). Further, he said, “Your testimony is a terrific medium.”1
When we as visiting teachers increase our knowledge of gospel truths, our testimonies strengthen and support sisters who are preparing to be baptized and confirmed. We help new members become anchored in the gospel. Our visits and love help “win back those who have gone astray [and] warm up the hearts of those who have grown cold in the gospel.”2 And we encourage sisters to come unto Christ through temple attendance.
“You are going to save souls,” said President Kimball to visiting teachers, “and who can tell but that many of the fine active people in the Church today are active because you were in their homes and gave them a new outlook, a new vision. You pulled back the curtain. You extended their horizons. …
“You see, you are not only saving these sisters, but perhaps also their husbands and their homes.”3
From the Scriptures
Doctrine and Covenants 20:59; 84:106; 138:56
From Our History
When the Prophet Joseph Smith organized the Relief Society, he said that the women were not only to look after the poor but also to save souls. He also taught that women in the Church play essential roles in Heavenly Father’s plan of salvation.4 Guided by the principles taught by the Prophet Joseph Smith, we as sisters in Relief Society can work together to prepare women and their families for God’s greatest blessings.
“Let us have compassion upon each other,” said President Brigham Young (1801–77), “and let [those who are] strong tenderly nurse the weak into strength, and let those who can see guide the blind until they can see the way for themselves.”5
For more information, go to reliefsociety.lds.org.
What Can I Do?
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How does Relief Society prepare me for the blessings of eternal life?
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What can I do to increase the faith of those I watch over?
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Another Happy Sunday!
Make it a great one!!
Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Desktop Background for October
Well, I have actually had this background done and just neglected to get it posted. It has been crazy normal around here and I plum forgot. :(
Alayna turns 1 next Sunday!! So excited for her!!! Gotta get that party planned and in to gear!! :) Curtis works on her birthday so maybe we will do something on the Friday that he is off. hmmmmm. :) She won’t know it is 5 days later than her birthday now will she!! ;)
This afternoon I am going to get the children dressed up and get their pictures taken. My wonderful Daddy has offered/volunteered/been dragged into doing it for me. I am very excited as he is a wonderful photographer!! Can’t wait to see the pics!! There are some things I can’t procrastinate and yearly pics of my children is one of them. I did that last year and have had the worst guilt feelings ever since. (boooo)
Can’t wait for Conference this weekend as well! Stay tuned because I will be sharing some of my favorite Things to Do for Conference later this week!!
Make it a great one!!
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Wacky Wednesday
Why Wacky, you ask? Wednesdays are our crazy, busy days. The children have multiple activities going in different directions and mostly at the same time. :) Can be challenging and frustrating – especially since Curtis is on 2nd shift and I am doing all the transporting and picking up. Never wanted to be a chauffer.However, it is all for a good and wise purpose. Hopefully. :D
This past Sunday was GrandParents Day. The children were able to make cards for both sets of Grandparents. :) That was nice. However, I forgot to take the card with me when we met Curtis’ parents on Saturday. :( BOOOOO!! So, I will save it for them. The children called and talked to them instead. We went over to my parents house and stayed for awhile and did remember to bring the giant-sized card that they made. YAY!!
Clayton, Taryn and Quade are doing school with Mercury Online School. It is a College Prep school. I like it for the Elementary School. I didn’t like the organization of the Middle School program and have since pulled Kierstyn and Kaity out of it. Yesterday, in fact. Kaity was a bit overwhelmed with 6 online teachers and the pacing and no clear cut directions on things. (Kierstyn had the SAME problems when we started the school last quarter.) The way it is set up is easy to forget about things and not see that things are due. Although we have ALL learned sooooo very much regarding computers and uploading documents, scanning, emailing, etc. It has been great and I have been impressed with how quickly the children (at least the three bigger ones) had caught on to all of that. Clayton is even doing better at it.
Kierstyn and Kaity are doing Lighthouse Academy. :) They are studying Church History and reading The Work and the Glory series. They will have lots of essays to write and oral presentations on it. There are lots of spelling/definitions going a long with it. They will also have Science Projects and Art Projects weekly. They will have Math minutes daily – testing them on their basic math skills. LOVE IT! I think it will be good. There is also time for Scripture reading and Gospel Study as well as journal writing and testimony building. I LOVE THAT! So, I have high hopes that it will work and be good for them. We prayed and fasted on Sunday and Kaity and I (she was the one with the ‘issues’) both felt like this was the direction we needed to go. Kierstyn volunteered herself to participate in it. Awesome!
Cori has been on her mission now for over a month (by a week) and has been in Indiana for 2 weeks. (I think) We are so proud of her and have lots of prayers and thoughts on her behalf. I need to be better at sending the letters though. :( Just thinking of her ISN”T enough! GOAL: Send Cori weekly letters!!!
Make it a great one!!
About Tammy: Daughter, Sister, Wife, Mother of 7 (ages: G12, G11, B8, G6, B5, B2, G6mos). Stepmom of 2: ages B 25, G 22. Mother in law to two, Grandma to Peyton and Andrew (With another on the way - due in December!!) and blogger at BellaOnline!! Happy & Satisfied!!
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