January Birthday Party on the 25th

Ron and Karin have asked if they could have the twins birthday party on the 25th at our house. We said that would be fine and then talked with each other and got permission from Ron and Karin to go ahead and have a family dinner that night, and include Angie in the birthday celebration.

So come one come all to Ray and GaeLynn's for the January Birthday party on January 25th @ 6pm.

Testimony of a Prophet

When I went through New Employee Orientation a couple of weeks ago, the head of ICS, Joel Dehlin, shared a quote from President Hinckley that he felt applied directly to the work of ICS:

"With the growth of the Church, we likely could never build a hall large enough to accommodate all who would wish to assemble in one place. Nor would accelerating travel costs make possible their coming. The gifts of science have provided a more convenient way. We are confident that as the work of the Lord expands, he will inspire men to develop the means whereby the membership of the Church, wherever they may be, can be counseled in an intimate and personal way by his chosen prophet. Communication is the sinew that binds the Church as one great family. Between those facilities which are now available and those which are on the horizon, we shall be able to converse one with another according to the needs and circumstances of the time."

Sounds cool, right?

Well, if you look at the date for the talk from which it was taken you'll notice the date the talk was given: October Conference 1981

I know that was years before I'd even heard of the internet and all the other modern communications technologies we take for granted.

Just thought I'd share that with y'all since it had strengthened my testimony of our modern prophets and their ability to guide us through perilous times.

-Ron (Drogo)

Merry Christmas and a ho ho ho

We had a great time at the annual Jenkins Family Christmas festivities this year. We really missed Robert's family, but we hope to see them soon. Fun was had by all, paticularly Abbey, who really seemed to enjoy the white elephant gifts :o) We were also able to sing to Grandpa Clark for his 83rd birthday. It was a great party, a big thank-you to Ray and Gaelynn for all of their hard work.

Grandpa blowing out his candles. We love you!

Our favorite old farmer looking pretty relaxed.

Ellie, Braden, & Brixen excited for presents.

Ray reading the pass along story.

Peter and Abbey are ready.

Me wrestling with Drew to keep him out of trouble (it didn't work suprise suprise)

What's Russ doing you ask well we don't really know. But he is a Cougar fan so I guess we don't need any other explanation. love ya buddy.

Peter & Abbey opening.

Ellie and the flashlight that she had a death grip on.

Braden and his pillow.

Shoeless Drew. Grandpa got a kick out of him trying to run away with Pete's football. Neither of us are sure about how he manged to stay on his feet. But he did.

are u saying ur head is a black hole?

Merry Christmas

Ray & GaeLynn, Thanks for the muy fabuloso party! And Russ, I'm sorry, it was Josh that made the original playlist & me that changed it to Depress Mode. I kept thinking "It's not really fair for us to be the only ones with control over the music, we should let everyone know how to do it," but these thoughts were had at random times when nothing could be done about it, then I would forget about it, which is the fate of alot of my thoughts.

For the record I did not add that song.

Family Playlist

I wanted to add a song to the playlist on the blog. But, after digging into it, the only way I could add a song was to create a new account since I did not know the username and password of the Playlist account Roger used when he added Depressed Mood (j/k I like the band, just get a chuckle from the name *grin*). So, I created a new Playlist account. The username is JenkinsBlog. I won't put the password here. Just give me a call and I will give you the password (or post a comment and I'll call you, whatever *grin*). Anyone can login to the Playlist account and add any songs. The playlist can have up to 200 songs in it so we have plenty of room for everyone to add their favorite song.