We are having a wonderful weekend. My family has gathered together, at one time or another, to enjoy our good times. All 6 of my living children will have participated by the time we are finished as well as an adopted daughter.
On Friday we enjoyed some time with our "'tweens and teens" grandchildren. My princess bride and I spoke of our love for them and then gave them some advise regarding their lives. We read from the scriptures and talked about the things that mean most. Honesty, integrity, honoring parents and grandparents were some of the topics we discussed. We talked about our heritage; that we are sons and daughters of Heavenly Father. We spoke of our responsibility, as given by God, to teach the children repentance, respect for deity and each other. We spoke of the responsibilities children have to honor their parents (and grandparents). We seem to have a lack of respect in our 2nd generation of descendants, so we felt it imperative to speak to them.
Tonight (saturday), we spoke to our children and their children about our love for each of them. We spoke about some memories that each has locked away, but haven't talked about for some time. Many wonderful stories came about our family's time together when our children were little. Wonderful memories were told. We barbeque'd and enjoyed each other's company for way too late.
In total we have had 7 children, and 10 grand children here. We played in the lake, we ate nearly nonstop today.
I'll post more later.
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