Black & White... Thoughts??

I have been asked to speak at our ward's "Young Women's in Excellence" program next week. Our YWP is very creative, she is going to decorate everything in black and white... when I asked her the topic, she said, "Black and White, no gray"....


We really have to make up our minds as to which side we are on! We can't just sit on the fence....

It made me think of the song, "Whose on the Lord's side who?" And, the scripture from Joshua, "...as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord"

I need some thoughts, scriptures, stories... anything to help with the talk...
ANY SUGGESTIONS???
THANKS!


PS YES, I will dress in black and white too! °Ü°

Soda, anyone?

I just saw this over at Be Different... Act Normal ...

VERY CUTE for a Halloween party!!!

Halloween!

I ran across the CUTEST blog with GREAT ideas for Halloween! Go HERE to see them all!! Here are just a few pics from the blog...

Mummy Dogs

Candy Corn Pizza

Carmel Apples

Caramel Toffee Dip

Spider Cookies

Candy Corn Cupcakes

She has many more ideas!!! GO check it out!!!

Mind and Heart

Today I have been reading and studying for my institute class that I teach tomorrow night. I ran across something that I really liked and thought I would share...

Doctrine and Covenants 8:2

"Yea, behold, I will tell you in your mind and in your heart, by the Holy Ghost, which shall come upon you and which shall dwell in your heart."

We are taught of two major ways, among others, in which the Holy Ghost communicates with us, namely, in our mind and in our heart. There is a difference between the two. In a stake presidents training meeting in the fall of 2000, Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve explained that "heart" deals with general feelings and impressions,

whereas "mind" refers to specific thoughts and instruction.

In other words, "heart" is general and "mind" is very specific. He went on to teach us that an impression to the heart, WHEN FOLLOWED, will lead to more specific instruction to the mind.

Elder Scott used Enos, in the Book of Mormon, as an example. He pointed out that in Enos 1:3, tender feelings about the words and instructions from his father, over the years, sunk deep into Enos' heart. Then in Enos 1:4, Enos acted upon those feelings and left his hunting and turned to God in humble prayer. As a result, very specific teachings and instructions came into his mind.

I just loved that thought... I hope that we will ACT upon the feelings that come to our HEART so that more specific direction can come into our minds!

PS As I sat in the front room studying it was an awesome sight/feeling as my 19 year old son, Dallin who is preparing for his mission (leaves Dec. 7), sat in the office watching conference! I am so grateful for the gospel in our home... and for wonderful children who strive to keep the commandments!

Dallin's Endowment

When Dallin got his mission call we decided it would be nice to go to Utah for him to be endowed so that his brothers could be there in the temple with him! It was a VERY quick trip and I wish I would have taken more pics!!! We left on Thurs. night (Sept 2) when Dallin got off work (for the record he works at Jamba Juice). We went to Vegas that night and spent the night with Brad's brother and his family. Chad got up early and went to seminary with his cousins - his goal is to have 100% attendance all 4 years, as did his brothers! We then picked him up from seminary and drove up to Lehi. We went to my mom's house first and met the older kids there then we all ran over to Jimmy Johns for a sandwich (which I do NOT recommend, haha). Here is a pic of some of us there...

Then we hurried back to mom's and Dallin and Brad got ready, they had to be at the temple 90 minutes before us. Aren't they handsome?!!!

Here is a group shot after we came out of the temple... unfortunately my brother and his wife left before we all got out of the temple! :(

Derek, Brittany, Grandpa Bergquist, Grandma Bergquist, Jennifer, Greg, Carissa, Dallin, Brad, me, Grandma Measles, Devin and Diana, it was a nice night and SO wonderful to have so many family members with us! Then on Saturday we went to my little nephew's baptism, I am bummed I didn't take any pics then, Jenn had a wonderful luncheon and her back yard was set up so nice!!!

Then I got to see and visit with Pam for a bit!!!

And my nephew's little guy had his 2nd Bday party!!! Devin and Diana are like his 2nd parents, they just love him and he loves them!!! Here is a pic of Devin playing with Lane...

And Diana teaching him how to ride his new Bday toy!

Cute Brittany and Derek...

Dallin, Brittany, Derek and Blake... we were all over at Devin's house watching the BYU game! Oh, and YES, they won!!!

The crew... watching the game... Uncle Greg, Caden, Dallin, Brittany, Derek, Blake and Bradly boy!

Like I said it was a QUICK weekend but we got to do a lot and see a lot of family!!!

THE Mission Call!!!

Friday, Aug. 20th,

Dallin received his mission call in the mail!!!!

He and I were both at work... Brad and Devin were playing golf... Chad was at school... Diana was the only one at home. Devin and Brad called her and told her to go look... YEP, the BIG WHITE envelope was there! Anyone who has had family serve a mission knows EXACTLY what that envelope looks like!!! I had really hoped they wouldn't tell him and they would just let him find it when he got home, but we were ALL just as excited as he was! So, Brad texted Dallin and told him it was there!!!


We really had expected it on Thurs... we were at the beach on Thurs and Brad checked the mail, he texted us that day and told us it wasn't there, but the boys thought for sure he was playing a trick on them.... so, on Friday Dallin was a little nervous (again) that his dad was just teasing!


Dallin got off work at 4... I didn't get off till 5! When I got home the front room was filled with his friends already!

He opened it and quickly put the paper over the call so he couldn't skip ahead and see WHERE...

and then he began to read it...

"Dear Elder Bergquist,"

AND THEN he started laughing!!! We thought for SURE he saw WHERE he was called to serve!

Nope, he just kind of... well... freaked, haha, when he read ELDER BERGQUIST! It kind of excited him!

Okay, back to reading it...

"You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the Brazil Belo Horizonte Mission""

EVERYONE YELLED AND CLAPPED!!!!! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITING!!!!!!!

He had to finish reading it of course!

Well, the anticipation is over! We know WHERE Dallin will be living/serving/teaching for the next 2 years!!! BRAZIL!!!

Here is a group shot as he was reading... 2 lap tops were on (skype) Brittany and Derek were watching on one and Kaitlin was watching on the other! Blake was on the cell phone!

THEN he was on the cell phone calling and texting others!!!

In our office we have a map on the wall with all the flags of where all our other family members have served... Dallin went in to put his pin in and it was already there!!

Chad had beat him to it!!!

2 of his friends since we moved here... Farryn and Aimee!

(You might notice that he had changed into grubbies... he was READY to go on their over night herping trip ~ BOYS.)

A couple of his nonmember friends... Kyle and Bryce!

(Yes, I am still in my scrubs, remember, I had JUST gotten off work!)

Dallin, we are SO proud of you! So grateful that you have the deisre to go and share the restored gospel with Heavenly Father's other children... the people of Brazil will be blessed to have you!!! You will love them and they will love you! You are such a great young man... thank you!!!

We were SO glad that Diana and Devin were here when you opened your call!!! (I can't believe we didn't get a pic of them with Dal! But, if you look in the mirror you can see Devo and Diana is sitting in the chair to the right of us...)

My Cute Boys!

Today was Chad's first day of high school!!! I can't believe it! Oh, how fast they grow up! He has geometry, English, biology, art, Spanish, and track this year. I hope it will be a great year, he is really excited about starting seminary! I love you Chad!
And, our other fun news is.... Dallin has turned in his mission papers!!! They went in on Sunday! We are hoping his call will come when Devin and Diana are here visiting next week! Oh, the anticipation of WHERE he will be called to serve.... We are taking guesses and there WILL be a prize so please feel free to guess!!! Here is the pic that Kaitlin took of him, the one that was sent in with his mission papers... the one that his mission pres. will look at for 2 years! He is a very handsome boy if I do say so myself! :) I love you Dallin!