the doors of Perception

easy wonderful

2010-07-22T20:39:00.002-06:00

October 5, Gusters announced that there new album "easy wonderful" will be coming out. from what i have listened to i think it will be another great album by them. go to guster.com to hear a sample song bad bad world, love it, cant wait to hear all of the album.

the new IOS4

2010-06-17T15:10:00.002-06:00

Well me and Jessica are excited about getting the new iphone 4, we are looking into getting our upgrade in july. we are so excited for the face time seeing as how Jessica will be gone fore a month helping her grandma and getting things ready down in Manti for when we move to Manti. I am also excited to have Imove available on the new Iphone so i can shoot video and edit it and throw it on hear for you to see.

I think the thing I am most excited about is how apple had to stop pre orders for the phone because so many people where pre ordering that they made apple have to move back the shipping date a hole month, as Steve Jobs said "we will sell tens of millions of these, by the end of the year seen" i think we are just seeing the beginning of this happening in just the pre order. yes i think apple really did recharge everything again, i am also hopping to see more of you gettting the new iphone so we can all spend a little more time face to face when we call each other.

More of looking to the past

2010-05-23T11:58:00.003-06:00

this is the parents of my grandma Tolman

this is my fathers great grandfather

this is my fathers grandfather

Royal and Goldie Tolman

looking back to the past

2010-05-05T19:40:00.004-06:00

So a few weeks ago I headed over to Okaley to find the cemetery of my third great grandfather and grand mother, who are buried in the old Marion cemetery. It was a very interesting moment for me, this was the grandparent that joined the church. They have been dead for over a 100 years, but still because of one choose they made it has mad all the difference in my life and families life.

I am very proud of them and have really enjoyed learning about there lives, there crossing the plain's to the salt lake valley and then there move up to Oakley has been especially interesting to me, they have truly left me a legacy of faith.

Why we moved

2010-04-18T11:51:00.002-06:00

Last year Jessica and my self wondered why we needed to move to Twin Falls from Pocatello, we loved Pocatello and really felt that is was where we needed to be. We enjoyed our home and loved the ward we where living in, both of us had callings we both loved, Jessica had just received a new calling just a few weeks before we left. We have looked back at living in Pocatello and have asked why? why did we leave, the main reason we left was for work but we also have asked our self could we have made money work so as to stay in Pocatello?

As is most of the blessings of the lord you do not see the blessing right away some times we need to move forward in faith, trusting in him that everything will be okay. As we have moved to Twin we have become financially secure. At the end of September both our cars will be payed off, in two month the only bills we will have left is student lone that i hope to have payed off before i graduate, which is a realistic goal seeing as how its only 3 thousand.

Besides the blessing of financial security that came about by moving to Twin, I feel the greater blessing was being in Twin to help my mother. As some of you may not know my mother has been sick and in the hospital for the last month. I see it as a great blessing to have been her to see that she is okay, to see that she has everything she has needed, to see that she is not being treated un-properly which unfortunately happens some times in out US health care.

Some may call this just chance but I want you to know that I know that this is the hand of the lord in our life's, he knows all things before they happen and he knows all of us and he loves us. I know that he brought all these moving trials in to our life's to be a blessing in the long run, I firmly believe that if we will look at our hard ships with faith that as life goes on we will see down the road the blessing the lord is trying to refine us to receive.

for all those who don't think having a kid is for them

2010-03-22T19:29:00.003-06:00

The best part of my day is coming home and spending time with my family, i can't even began to tell you how great it is to have a family to come home to and the pure love that is pulled out of you that you didn't even think could exist, but it dose and is one of the greatest happiest feeling's i have ever felt. So if you find your self lonely and think kids are not for you i would tell forget your self, stop thinking you are the center of everything go a head and take that step start a family you will find love that you didn't think could exist.

baby Zoe waiting for dad to come home

castle rock run

2010-03-07T12:28:00.011-07:00

So yesterday Nick, Justin, and my self ran out to castle rock to get some bouldering in. It was a great day of working problems and getting that much closer to the eventual send. there is still a lot of snow on the ground but the air was warm and it was a really nice day. I am excited to get out there in two weeks and hopefully see a send. Hear are some pics of us on Jared's roof and pissy paints.

new computer for school

2010-02-28T11:23:00.002-07:00

well me and jessica just made our first and hopefully last computer purchase of our lives. we spent about two months looking at computers and comparing them, we are confident that we found the best computer for us. We have enjoyed the last week playing and getting use to the new computer, its also nice to have a computer that finally works.

on a second note we will be heading up to Rexburg in a few weeks to help set for a climbing comp. it will be super good to get together with the group for another late night of climbing and laughing. i hope to see some of you there ready to climb.

back to school back to school to show to dad im not a fool

2010-02-03T21:25:00.003-07:00

Well as some of you may know, i am going back to school. But for those who didn't know, you now know. I'm only taking two classes and working full time but ill tell you some of my high lights so far. I am taking humanity's 101 as one of my class, in this class we are learning about the earliest parts of history. just the other day we walked in to class, the week before we had turned in our first assignment. on the board was a rating system on how she grades the top score being an A with a score of 94. She said that only one person got a 98 which is an A+ she then started handing out our papers. when she gave me my paper there on the top was an 98........
that really made my day i was glad to see that i may not do to as bad at this school thing as i thought.

a stone of stumbling

2010-01-17T20:05:00.002-07:00

so in the last while i have come to realize that maybe i open my mouth more than i should. that in my attempts to give advice or help those that i see in need i just end up making others mad. guess i never really learned the art of asking " would you like to know my opinion".
this realization was a hard thing for me cause i love to help , in realizing that i hurt more than help in some cases it has left me unsure of my self.
so to all those i have offended I'm sorry i said anything.

clash of the titans

2009-12-31T18:18:00.004-07:00

so there remaking Clash of the Titans
im so excited the new one looks so cool
im a big fan of mudoosa

just the same old grind

2009-12-31T15:30:00.007-07:00

well not much new to report on from our regular crazy travils. but hear are some pics to show what we have been up to .

this is a family picture we took for the christmas season

we headed down to Ceader city Utah for thanksgiving and again to St George Utah for Jessica's dads fifityth bdayparty.

there has been plenty of climbing out side with firends and new routs and probloms being astablished

othere than being a dad and husband nothing really is new we are still climbing and having fun going to church and waiting for callings life is preaty good for the Tolmans.

new home

2009-11-15T10:57:00.002-07:00

well it has been four weks sence i last posted , we have been very bizy in getting moved to twin falls yesterday i moved all of our stuff over hear, we are staying with my mother for a little while, we are going to pay off the last of our bills, we are so excited by this september once the van is completly payed off we will have no more bills we are so excited for that, as well as shortly after that i will start going to school.
not much else has been going on Zoe is getting bigger and cuter by the day she and jessica went down to Manti with her parents to start getting ready for thanksgiving and to give grandma patty some much needed time with zoe.
i will be joining them down in ten days for thanksgiving , and all this week will be working and traviling to castle rock to climb with frends for the week. it should be good times i am really hoping to come back with pics and hope to climb the smeal , out of africa and pissy pance. all good looking lines.

general confrence and new news

2009-10-12T09:42:00.003-06:00

well me and Jessica have some new big news
last week my boss called and asked if he could transfer me to twin falls to take over the bread route there. after talking about it we saw that this would be a great opportunity to get a head in life and so we are in the proses of moving all our stuff to twin falls. we are staying with my mom until our apartment in Pocatello sells , so if you can keep us in your prayers that our apartment sells that would be appreciated.

during all of this big mess it was conference last weekend, which we watched or listened to, i enjoyed the conference, but was touched by one talk so in case you didn't have a chance or desire to watch or listen to it i thought i would post this talk which so powerfully moved me i hope you read it and enjoy it as i did.

By Elder Jeffery R. Holldand

Prophecies regarding the last days often refer to large-scale calamities such as earthquakes or famines or floods. These in turn may be linked to widespread economic or political upheavals of one kind or another.
But there is one kind of latter-day destruction that has always sounded to me more personal than public, more individual than collective—a warning, perhaps more applicable inside the Church than outside it. The Savior warned that in the last days even those of the covenant, the very elect, could be deceived by the enemy of truth.1 If we think of this as a form of spiritual destruction, it may cast light on another latter-day prophecy. Think of the heart as the figurative center of our faith, the poetic location of our loyalties and our values; then consider Jesus’s declaration that in the last days “men’s hearts [shall fail] them.”2
The encouraging thing, of course, is that our Father in Heaven knows all of these latter-day dangers, these troubles of the heart and soul, and has given counsel and protections regarding them.
In light of that, it has always been significant to me that the Book of Mormon, one of the Lord’s powerful keystones3 in this counteroffensive against latter-day ills, begins with a great parable of life, an extended allegory of hope versus fear, of light versus darkness, of salvation versus destruction—an allegory of which Sister Ann M. Dibb spoke so movingly this morning.
In Lehi’s dream an already difficult journey gets more difficult when a mist of darkness arises, obscuring any view of the safe but narrow path his family and others are to follow. It is imperative to note that this mist of darkness descends on all the travelers—the faithful and the determined ones (the elect, we might even say) as well as the weaker and ungrounded ones. The principal point of the story is that the successful travelers resist all distractions, including the lure of forbidden paths and jeering taunts from the vain and proud who have taken those paths. The record says that the protected “did press their way forward, continually [and, I might add, tenaciously] holding fast” to a rod of iron that runs unfailingly along the course of the true path.4 However dark the night or the day, the rod marks the way of that solitary, redeeming trail.
“I beheld,” Nephi says later, “that the rod of iron . . . was the word of God, [leading] . . . to the tree of life; . . . a representation of the love of God.” Viewing this manifestation of God’s love, Nephi goes on to say:
“I looked and beheld the Redeemer of the world, . . . [who] went forth ministering unto the people. . . .
“ . . . And I beheld multitudes of people who were sick, and who were afflicted with all manner of diseases, and with devils and unclean spirits; . . . and they were healed by the power of the Lamb of God; and the devils and the unclean spirits were cast out.”5
Love. Healing. Help. Hope. The power of Christ to counter all troubles in all times—including the end of times. That is the safe harbor God wants for us in personal or public days of despair. That is the message with which the Book of Mormon begins, and that is the message with which it ends, calling all to “come unto Christ, and be perfected in him.”6 That phrase—taken from Moroni’s final lines of testimony, written 1,000 years after Lehi’s vision—is a dying man’s testimony of the only true way.
May I refer to a modern “last days” testimony? When Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum started for Carthage to face what they knew would be an imminent martyrdom, Hyrum read these words to comfort the heart of his brother:
“Thou hast been faithful; wherefore . . . thou shalt be made strong, even unto the sitting down in the place which I have prepared in the mansions of my Father.
“And now I, Moroni, bid farewell . . . until we shall meet before the judgment-seat of Christ.”7
A few short verses from the 12th chapter of Ether in the Book of Mormon. Before closing the book, Hyrum turned down the corner of the page from which he had read, marking it as part of the everlasting testimony for which these two brothers were about to die. I hold in my hand that book, the very copy from which Hyrum read, the same corner of the page turned down, still visible. Later, when actually incarcerated in the jail, Joseph the Prophet turned to the guards who held him captive and bore a powerful testimony of the divine authenticity of the Book of Mormon.8 Shortly thereafter pistol and ball would take the lives of these two testators.
As one of a thousand elements of my own testimony of the divinity of the Book of Mormon, I submit this as yet one more evidence of its truthfulness. In this their greatest—and last—hour of need, I ask you: would these men blaspheme before God by continuing to fix their lives, their honor, and their own search for eternal salvation on a book (and by implication a church and a ministry) they had fictitiously created out of whole cloth?
Never mind that their wives are about to be widows and their children fatherless. Never mind that their little band of followers will yet be “houseless, friendless and homeless” and that their children will leave footprints of blood across frozen rivers and an untamed prairie floor.9 Never mind that legions will die and other legions live declaring in the four quarters of this earth that they know the Book of Mormon and the Church which espouses it to be true. Disregard all of that, and tell me whether in this hour of death these two men would enter the presence of their Eternal Judge quoting from and finding solace in a book which, if not the very word of God, would brand them as imposters and charlatans until the end of time? They would not do that! They were willing to die rather than deny the divine origin and the eternal truthfulness of the Book of Mormon.
For 179 years this book has been examined and attacked, denied and deconstructed, targeted and torn apart like perhaps no other book in modern religious history—perhaps like no other book in any religious history. And still it stands. Failed theories about its origins have been born and parroted and have died—from Ethan Smith to Solomon Spaulding to deranged paranoid to cunning genius. None of these frankly pathetic answers for this book has ever withstood examination because there is no other answer than the one Joseph gave as its young unlearned translator. In this I stand with my own great-grandfather, who said simply enough, “No wicked man could write such a book as this; and no good man would write it, unless it were true and he were commanded of God to do so.”10
I testify that one cannot come to full faith in this latter-day work—and thereby find the fullest measure of peace and comfort in these, our times—until he or she embraces the divinity of the Book of Mormon and the Lord Jesus Christ, of whom it testifies. If anyone is foolish enough or misled enough to reject 531 pages of a heretofore unknown text teeming with literary and Semitic complexity without honestly attempting to account for the origin of those pages—especially without accounting for their powerful witness of Jesus Christ and the profound spiritual impact that witness has had on what is now tens of millions of readers—if that is the case, then such a person, elect or otherwise, has been deceived; and if he or she leaves this Church, it must be done by crawling over or under or around the Book of Mormon to make that exit. In that sense the book is what Christ Himself was said to be: “a stone of stumbling, . . . a rock of offence,”11 a barrier in the path of one who wishes not to believe in this work. Witnesses, even witnesses who were for a time hostile to Joseph, testified to their death that they had seen an angel and had handled the plates. “They have been shown unto us by the power of God, and not of man,” they declared. “Wherefore we know of a surety that the work is true.”12
Now, I did not sail with the brother of Jared in crossing an ocean, settling in a new world. I did not hear King Benjamin speak his angelically delivered sermon. I did not proselyte with Alma and Amulek nor witness the fiery death of innocent believers. I was not among the Nephite crowd who touched the wounds of the resurrected Lord, nor did I weep with Mormon and Moroni over the destruction of an entire civilization. But my testimony of this record and the peace it brings to the human heart is as binding and unequivocal as was theirs. Like them “[I] give [my name] unto the world, to witness unto the world that which [I] have seen.” And like them, “[I] lie not, God bearing witness of it.”13
I ask that my testimony of the Book of Mormon and all that it implies, given today under my own oath and office, be recorded by men on earth and angels in heaven. I hope I have a few years left in my “last days,” but whether I do or do not, I want it absolutely clear when I stand before the judgment bar of God that I declared to the world, in the most straightforward language I could summon, that the Book of Mormon is true, that it came forth the way Joseph said it came forth and was given to bring happiness and hope to the faithful in the travail of the latter days.
My witness echoes that of Nephi, who wrote part of the book in his “last days”:
“Hearken unto these words and believe in Christ; and if ye believe not in these words believe in Christ. And if ye shall believe in Christ ye will believe in these words, for they are the words of Christ, . . . and they teach all men that they should do good.
“And if they are not the words of Christ, judge ye—for Christ will show unto you, with power and great glory, that they are his words, at the last day.”14
Brothers and sisters, God always provides safety for the soul, and with the Book of Mormon, He has again done that in our time. Remember this declaration by Jesus Himself: “Whoso treasureth up my word, shall not be deceived”15—and in the last days neither your heart nor your faith will fail you. Of this I earnestly testify in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

NOTES1. See Matthew 24:24; see also Joseph Smith—Matthew 1:22.2. Luke 21:26. 3. See History of the Church, 4:461.4. 1 Nephi 8:30.5. 1 Nephi 11:25, 27–28, 31.6. Moroni 10:32.7. Ether 12:37–38; see also D&C 135:5.8. See History of the Church, 6:600. 9. Joseph Smith, in History of the Church, 4:539.10. George Cannon, quoted in “The Twelve Apostles,” in Andrew Jenson, ed., The Historical Record, 6:175.11. 1 Peter 2:8.12. “The Testimony of Three Witnesses,” Book of Mormon.13. “The Testimony of Eight Witnesses,” Book of Mormon; emphasis added.14. 2 Nephi 33:10–11; emphasis added.15. Joseph Smith—Matthew 1:37.

the submarines

2009-09-29T20:39:00.005-06:00

sorry this took so long to post but hear they finale are. when Jess first got pregnant we decided to go see the submarines, hear are some pics and videos. this first one is me and Jess with the lead singer

the band

lessons from the pump

2009-09-14T11:29:00.001-06:00

Well this past weekend was the Pocatello pump and as you know me I was just to involve to even begin think of take a picture. But over all it was a pretty good weekend, saw many faces I had not seen in a while and enjoyed my time climbing with friends and family.
I would like to point out one thing, I have noticed that climbing is a great sport, once you get the gear that is needed it can be a very cheap sport. You can climb for some time with out ever really needing to replace something.
What I have learned from the pump is don’t be the climber who is so selfish that you take and take and take from this great sport. Give back! Give back to climbing, I am really happy to participate in the pump, to give money and clean up time to the sport I love so much. I am proud to say that I have spent time and money in helping old climbs become safer, to be apart of developing new climbs, and being a active participant in my climbing community, as well as giving donations to organizations that also help keep climbing open to the public.
Over all I am saying don’t just take, remember to give back to what you love, as me and a friend where saying this weekend it dose feel so much better to help some one or something than to just worry about your self.

off the cuff

2009-08-27T12:02:00.004-06:00

well its been a very interesting few weeks let me just share with you some of the things that have happened.

two weeks ago Jessica was not feeling so well, so she told me to go ahead and go to church with out here and come back and get her for sacrament meeting. so off i went to priesthood and then taught our Sunday school class. once that was over i called home to see how she was doing, i ended up waking her up. she still was not feeling good so i said i would be home in a min, i wanted to go get a program from our sacrament meeting because stake conference would be next week and i wanted to see what times it would be held at.
i went into the chapel and looked for the programs, there where none at all, i waited around for them and about 3 min before the meeting started one of the bishoprick showed up handing them out. i grabbed one and started walking out of the chapel looking through it to find the times for stake conference, i was stopped dead in my tracks when i noticed the speakers that day where Jared and Jessica Tolman.
i turned ran up to the bishop and asked him if there was a mistake in the program , he said no? i told him that no one had contacted us to speak , he asked no one called you to remind you? i told him no one asked us in the first place.
he looked at me with a blank Stayer, i told him don't get me wrong bishop if you want / need some one to speak i will get up and speak, is there anything you want me to talk on?
he said no just to speak on what i wanted.
so after the sacrament was passed and it was my turn to speak i stood excused Jessica for being sick and introduced our self's and talked for 35 min, leaving the bishop 15 min to take up which was shared with the stake president getting up and talking about the times for conference.

next weekend was conference, it was great we had Elder Foster of the second Quorum of the seventy come and preside, the mission president of the area and his wife spoke. it was great the mission president even picked Jessica out of the crowd cause she was so pregnant and he was talking about raising children.

later that night is when the excitement happened. Jessica's contractions got super bad and her mucus plug came out , so we took her to the hospital where they told us she was ready to give birth so after two hours we welcomed in to the world our little girl Zoe Adriana Tolman what a ride its been but we are so happy to have her hire with us.
for a picture of her go to our familt blog

Old men can still "Bumping Ugly's" V6

2009-07-22T11:06:00.019-06:00

Bumping Ugly's V6 is a new boulder problem that we just put up. there is some debate on if some one else has done it before because of the much chalk on the rock , but because its Pocatello and every one seams to Travers more than boulder we think this is a new line , besides who else is dumb enough to pull on holds like these?
Tim found the finish move as we where out the other day just bouldering trying to stay out of the heat, after figuring out how to pull it and top it out we started looking for a start that would work up in to it what we found has now been named Bumping Ugly's. hear are some pics.

Tim telling his feet he dose not hate them but he is going to put his shoes back on so be strong

this is us trying to figure something out

Derick trying to power his way throw it

as you can see it dose not work

there has been this on going joke that my self and Tim are now fat and old, my self being 27 and Tim on his way and that Derick is 19 and way young and way strong. but I'm glad to say that yesterday after only 6 goes i pulled the move and got the first ascent on this problem. we thanked Derick for letting us "old men" show him up ha ha who's old now !!!!

the problem starts on a under cling , where you push up to a crimp

hook your feet and control the swing out, match hands on the crimp

work your feet up just to cut them and throw them to the right for a hill

this next move is the one that separates the boys from the men, roll up with the hill, locking off on the crimp and throw for one of the worst pinchas i have ever healed , the thing is polished glass. unfortunately Tim and Derick are still stuck hear trying to ge the pinch

walk your feet throw re adjust and pop your hand up to the wall , not to a hold you just grab the wall re adjust one more time and throw to the top and top out

its a fun little problem hope to see some of you come play on it. at the end of the day this is Tim showing you what we old men do best:) happy climbing

pics of the trip

2009-07-09T12:48:00.006-06:00

i need to take more pics and not climb as much on these trips but hear are some pics of our city and maple trip

some ask what jessica dose why we are off doing this well we chaught her in her natuiral habitat

obedient blessings

2009-07-01T10:57:00.002-06:00

Through out my life i can say i have not always been very obedient to what the lord has asked, i have often lived my life being very lofty when in comes to doing what the lord asked of us. Not cause i have not believe that obeying the word of the lord brings blessings, but i believe it was that i did not have a testimony of "obedience brings forth the blessings of heaven ".
all my life i have been taught this , as a missionary i said every week in our district meetings " i the lord am bound when you do what i say but when you do not what i say you have no promise". i have read the words of the savior when he said "if any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether i speak of myself".
Yet i did not do very much to gain a testimony in these things, that is not to say i was never obedient , but that i did not make it a determined decision to be obedient and find out for my self.

When Jessica told me she was pregnant i did much soul searching, i thought of the convents we maid in the house of the lord and the promised blessings that come with them only on condition of obedience, i watched as others i knew with and with out children made the choose not to live the gospel in there life and family's, i pondered over the talk by Elder Jeffrey R Holland "A prayer for the children" and i came to the conclusion that i did not what my family, my children to be with out the gospel in there life's, to wonder about his or hers parents and there faith in the gospel, i wanted to give my children a exsample to follow, i wanted to teach by exsample.

I sate down with Jessica we looked over our life and the things we where not doing that we should be doing we convented with the lord to start living the gospel to our best ability, to pay a honest tithe, to be obedient to all the lord has asked, for a few months we saw nothing, things where still hard , cash was very tight. But little by little we started to see the hand of the lord blessing us little by little. we started seeing out faith strengthened by the lord and in his promises,we saw blessings starting to come in to our life and bless us when we most needed the blessing, we started seeing the lord full filling his promises. we now find our self unyielding to do what the lord asks.
this to me is a great blessing , one i love and cherish, i want to say to all that read that obedience brings forth the blessings of the lord , if you are one who wavers hear and there i admonish you to try , to change your life and put your trust in God that he may open the windows of heaven and pore you out blessings that you may not have room to receive , i have seen it in my life and am a witness of it, i tell you it works just trust in him.

this weekend and the Mormon Miracle Pageant

2009-06-24T11:28:00.006-06:00

this coming weekend is going to be a reall good one i think. The Hamiltanes , Craig and Corey as well as us are all planning on heading down to the middle of Utah for some much needed hard climbing, but we are planning on seeing some things that are available aroud this time of year.

we are leaving fri afternoon, we will drive down to Slc and stop in Jordon and go throw the open house of the newly built Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple which is the first temple to be built in a town that all ready has a temple. (The Jordon Utah Temple) After we go throw the Temple we are heading the rest of the way down to Manti Utah and going to bed. we will then get up and head to Maple Canyon the next day for some much needed steep hard climbing that can only be found in Maple Canyon it is one of the most unique places in the world to climb.

after we have destroyed our selfs climbing we will head back in to Manti to watch that evening the Mormon Miracle Pageant that the church puts on every year. this pageant is performed every year on the grassy hill and lawn of the Manti Temple, because Jessicas family lives in Manti and we have go often to see them. we have to pass the Manti Temple every time to go visit, i have become some what intrested with the temple and temples as of late and as i read and learn about the history of each of these temples that have been built around the world i find my self streangle drawn and attrackted to the Manti Temple.
Maybe it is because it is the only temple i know of that is tuck away in the mountains away from the manstream of the world, shere there are many Temples tucked away but none that are as large as this Temple and is surrounded by such small towns and farms , Temples now a days are built where the people are and are built in good size citys , but this Temple is most likely the 8th largest Temple and is surrounded by very small towns that house manly farmers , it is a very preaty, quite area , and is so unike.
it is one of the temples that we know that Moroni him self dedicated the hill on which it is built, it has so much amazing history to it for one reason or another i am drawn to this temple.

so every year the church put on this pageant infront of the Temple , telling a story of a man and a women who love each other and do not want to be seperated in life or in death. it tells the story of Joseph Smith and the restoration it tells of the history of the Book of Morman and how that because of all these events which have happened this man and women can be together forever. its a funny thing, that this stroy giving hope to man , sharing a messige of what God has done for man in these last days is a focuse of protest.

the climaks of the pagent is the part where in the Book of Mormon Jesus Christ appears to the Nephits to show to the world christ was resurrected and is trully the savior of the world, and yet even with this cepernal story even this pageant just like the open house of a new temple and confrence there are those that come to protest the othintesity of the stroy , how sad it is when people come and do such things. i think of the Saviors deciple who came to him and said "Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us. " I also think of President Hincklys statment "I cannot understand why the Christian world does not accept this.... I would think they would be looking for anything and everything that would establish without question the reality and the divinity of the Savior of the world"

in any chase we are all looking forward tot his it will be a great time to be spent with firends climbing and being feed spiritaly , if you have never seen the pageant or gone throw an open house , especially if you never have been throw the temple, i recomend that you do. come feel of the spirit that these things bring and ask your self questions about God and his love for you. ask your self dose God care enought about me to have done all this and have brought it all about that i may retern and live with him? Ask your self is this somthing Christ would teach?

to those who have not come and tested and partake your more than invited to come and join hope your weekend is as fun this week .

New calling

2009-06-15T10:12:00.002-06:00

So this last Sunday we walked into the church building, we did not get out of the foyer when we heard our names called we turned around to see one of the councilors in the bishop rick coming towards us, he pulled us aside and asked if we would be willing to serve as Sunday school teachers. We excepted of course, and look forward to teaching the biggest class in the sunday school right now the 14 and 15 year olds. I love the sunday school program of the church i think it is the best calling you can have. being a sunday school teacher is my favorit thing to do , i love teaching

my favorite climbs around

2009-06-09T15:57:00.006-06:00

so i have been finding my self off day dreaming a lot lattly thinking about moves i have done on climbs i have done , so i thought i may take a second and list some of the best climbs i have ever been on

beware of soring egos 5.11 *** city of rocks Idaho
piggmes got stoned 5.10 *** city of rocks Idaho
callosas 5.11*** city of rocks Idaho
wheat thin 5.8*** city of rocks Idaho
twinky 5.10*** castle rock Idaho
johnny cash*** 5.11 castle rock Idaho
pink slip 5.12a ***Derkes lake Idaho
5.11 Derkes lake Idaho
#44 5.12a ***Sunny Side Pocatello Idaho
#55 5.11b ***Sunny Side Pocatello Idaho
menage-a-trois 12B/C*** Massacre Rocks Idaho
girls don't fart 5.10d/5.11 ***Lesly gulch Oregon
goodro's wall(crack) 5.10c ***Big Cottonwood Utah
the second coming 5.12a *** st George Utah
flying off the handle 5.12b *** st George Utah
name unknown 5.12a *** Maple Canyon Utah
welcome to fitness 5.13 Maple Canyon Utah
beyond fitness 5.13 Maple Canyon Utah
iorn curtain 5.10a/5.10d *** Parles Canyon Utah
no nuts 5.10a *** Ogden Canyon Utah
unknown name and unknown crack/face in between
static cling and skeletonic (those two routes are great two)

thats all i can think of for now the ones with out names ill look up and up date them hope you have been on some of them. happy climbing

this is a list of climbs i hope to do this year or next year

the doghouse arete 5.11b *** St George Utah
director of humor affairs 5.11a *** St George Utah
banana dance 5.12a *** St George Utah
the coffin 5.9 *** Little Cottenwood Utah
Crank Cave Idaho
Massacre Rocks Idaho
dancing with rednecks 12b Maple Canyon Utah
uknown name 5.13 Maple Canyon Utah

going to the temple

2009-06-01T14:49:00.005-06:00

so last Saturday we had a great time with Tim and Audrey Hamilton going to the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple , it is a very beautiful temple it was the 8Th temple built in this dispensation its full of pioneer workmen ship and has murals throw out the entire temple in all the ordinance rooms in the celestial room witch only two temples have murals in the celestial room. there are also murals in the baptismal fount area, even in the waiting area. it over looks the snake river and is a ideal place for such a beautiful house of the lord. over all it was a great weekend going to the temple

Ill try and help ( honestly doing things like this are fun for me if any one wonders why i say anything)

2009-05-29T12:34:00.003-06:00

first may i say Amen to the question that is stated

"If there are apostles on earth today--than surely they can act in HIS name and with HIS authority. They can literally put their hands on the heads of believers once they are part of the body of Christ and give them (higher) special gifts, too. But, without them....how will we have the authority to perform miracles, to lead--minister and heal? How will we receive not only the power, but the authority to do it? How can it be validated? How can it be GIVEN?"

To help answer some questions i would like to back up a bit and clarify somthings that may help us understand other things better.

1 How dose man recive the right to act in the name of God?

Paul taught the Hebrews that "no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. (hebrews 5:4) So one may ask how did Aaron recive this Honour or calling of the preasthood? well we learnd that when the lord was having the children of Israel building the tabernacl in the wilderness preist where called and ordaind to be preasts (exodus 28 :1)
then one may ask well how did Moses recive the authority to call men and give them that authority? we find tha answer to that in D&C 84:6-18.

thus we see the authority to act in the name of the lord is given first by God or his angelic servints to man then handed down from one man to another in a derect line of authority.
This also exsplanes why it was John the baptised who was the one who baptized the savior, and why he was ordaind to do so, he was the only one who held the authority , he being the son of Zacharias who was a preast in the temple he recived the authority from his father to do so.

2 Who has the power and authority to confer the Holy Ghost and how is it done?

when the savior appered to the Nephits he taught them as follows
" The words of Christ, which he spake unto his disiples, the twelve whom he had chosen, as he laid his hands upon them—
And he called them by name, saying: Ye shall call on the Father in my name, in mighty prayer; and after ye have done this ye shall have power that to him upon whom ye shall lay your hands, ye shall give the Holy Ghost; and in my name shall ye give it, for thus do mine apostles.
Now Christ spake these words unto them at the time of his first appearing; and the multitude heard it not, but the disciples heard it; and on as many as they laid their hands, fell the Holy Ghost. " (moroni 2:1-3)
to reemphasize what we where talking about earlyer, reading this may bring back the words of the savior to his diciples "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you"
i think it is clear from these scripters that one must be called of God and given authoruity to act in his name. One must also lay there hands on ones head to give the holy ghost and according to there rightness's and intuness to the lord the gospel and the spirit they can feel and hear the holy ghost.
now one more thing should be addressed, For some reason not fully explained in the scriptures, the Holy Ghost did not operate in the fulness among the Jews during the years of Jesus’ mortal sojourn. (John 7: 39; John 16: 7)
The Holy Ghost is manifested to men on the earth both as the power of the Holy Ghost and as the gift of the Holy Ghost. The power can come upon one before baptism, and is the convincing witness that the gospel is true. It gives one a testimony of Jesus Christ and of his work and the work of his servants upon the earth. The gift can come only after proper and authorized baptism, and is conferred by the laying on of hands, as in Acts 8: 12-25 and Moroni 2: 1-3. The gift of the Holy Ghost is the right to have, whenever one is worthy, the companionship of the Holy Ghost. More powerful than that which is available before baptism, it acts as a cleansing agent to purify a person and sanctify him from all sin. Thus it is often spoken of as “fire” (Matt. 3: 11; 2 Ne. 31: 17; D&C 19: 31). The manifestation on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2) was the gift of the Holy Ghost that came upon the Twelve, without which they were not ready for their ministries to the world. this i believe happened because they had yet to have felt the spirit in its fullness seeing as how the lord had been with them all this time, they needed the full effect witch did not come tell the day of Pentecost

Statements to the effect that the Holy Ghost did not come until after Jesus was resurrected must of necessity refer to that particular dispensation only, for it is abundantly clear that the Holy Ghost was operative in earlier dispensations. Furthermore, it has reference only to the gift of the Holy Ghost not being present, since the power of the Holy Ghost was operative during the ministries of John the Baptist and Jesus; otherwise no one would have received a testimony of the truths that these men taught

to each of us there is a gift of the spirit i belive i believe it is diffrent for many people . i belive my gift is the gift of teaching (tho others may say other wise ha ha) to others they may have adiffrent gift we should learn what they are and stranghen them.

last to that pleading statment at the biggening i say yes there are living apostles on the earth to day choosen by god who in every sence have the authority to lay hands on your head and give you such spirital gifts as well as the authority for others to do so and act in the name of God. i want you to know that such authority has been placed on your head and you have been givin such spirital blessings and as long as you live up to the blessings and commandments of that spirit it will be with you always and as you come to know it and listen to it then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven.
The Holy Ghost shall be thy constant companion, and thy scepter an unchanging scepter of righteousness and truth; and thy dominion shall be an everlasting dominion, and without compulsory means it shall flow unto thee forever and ever.

Neal A. Maxwell

2009-05-13T11:35:00.003-06:00

many of you know how i love Elder Neal A. Maxwell , i find his wording incredible and truly he inspires me and picks me up tho he died in 2004 i still try to learn from him.
these are just a few of his cleverly lade out statements

“Let us have integrity and not write checks with our tongues which our conduct cannot cash.”

"Do not overpack the luggage you plan to take with you when you leave this world, for we simply cannot get most mortal things by celestial customs; only the eternal things are portable"

"Do not let yourself reflect too much on the social, political, and economic indicators that suggest the gathering storm, lest you realize that there is an inseparable connection between the keeping of the commandments and the well-being of society"

"Do not search the scriptures to see if good people still need the Church, for the best being who ever lived organized the Church—because random, individual goodness is not enough in the fight against evil"

"Indeed, one of the most cruel games anyone can play with self is the “not yet” game—hoping to sin just a bit more before ceasing; to enjoy the praise of the world a little longer before turning away from the applause; to win just once more in the wearying sweepstakes of materialism; to be chaste, but not yet; to be good neighbors, but not now. One can play upon the harpstrings of hesitations and reservations just so long, and then one faces that special moment—a moment when what has been sensed, mutely, suddenly finds voice and cries out with tears, “Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.”

Memorial weekend

2009-05-13T10:45:00.009-06:00

So this Memorial day weekend it looks like me and Jessica will be spend it in one of my most favorite places ever the City of Rocks. This is a great place for any one to spend a holiday or just a family outing , it has many hiking trails , camp spots , and of course climbing galore. Most of the rocks hear reach any where from a hundred feet to 4 hundred feet , it is a beautiful place.

p.s. i have climbed on three of the five rocks shown :)

GINORMOUS NEWS

2009-05-06T15:20:00.003-06:00

Pushing Daisies will finally finish its 2nd season with its three last episodes starting May 30

i know most of you probable don't care but i am telling you your missing out on a great show

Dani allways askes the best questions

2009-05-04T11:34:00.005-06:00

So some fun information this past Sunday me and Jessica went to church and i got up and bore my testimony after doing so i returned to my seat and Jessica noticed one of the missionary's in our ward turn around looking at us and smiled. After the meeting was over this Elder got up and came over to us , he asked " did you serve your mission in New Hampshire ? "

I i smiled and said i had , he smiled back and said i thought you looked familiar and then when you said your name i knew i new you. i then looked at his name tag witch read Billadue i quickly remembered the Billadues in my first area of Weare with the Weare branch i asked him how long he had been out he told us this was his first area , i had to laugh he had only been out 2 weeks , i really felt this was one of those tender mercies of the lord reminding me much of my first area and what it was like to be a new missionary. we hope to feed him soon :) . not only this but i guess one of the bishop rick liked my testimony cause now we also have to speak next Sunday in our ward for mothers day.

i love having thing remind me of my mission and those i served, i also try to stay in touch with as many as possible. My close friend Dani is one of them and she always puts out some of the best thought provoking thoughts , witch i love and love to give my two seance as well. id like to share with you what she posted the other day and share some of my thoughts as well on it

she writes....

HF Pictionary

Last night, at our Family Home Evening, we began a very short discussion about drawing a picture of God. I asked, "Are we allowed to draw God?" There was some confusion and not a whole table of agreement, so I thought I would turn it out to my bloggers to see what they thought:As far as drawing God, the religious conservatives would quote

Deuteronomy 5:8/ Exodus 20:

Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters under the earthgraven

defined

:graven: –verb 1. a pp. of grave3. –adjective 2. deeply impressed; firmly fixed. 3. carved; sculptured: a graven idol.likeness defined:likeness –noun 1. a representation, picture, or image, esp. a portrait: to draw a good likeness of Churchill. 2. the state or fact of being like: I can't get over your likeness to my friend. 3. the semblance or appearance of something; guise: to assume the likeness of a swan.

The religious liberals would not think it's inappropriate, to DRAW GOD, but the obvious issue is that no one has seen God, therefore any drawing would be an abstract or subjective interpretation of how you see God. You could draw a flower, and say that it represents God, or a person you love, or the stars above, or simply splash some different colored paints on a canvas and say it represents God. We all have different images in our head as to God's features or being. He is greater than our ability to comprehend--and even though I do believe he has a body the same as you and me if you or anyone believes he has no body--how COULD you draw him? His essence is what we cannot fully grasp, therefore you could not draw Him. in the most middle-of-the-road explanation, it would be impossible as we do not know what "HE" is in our limited human capacity and cannot understand as our human intelligence is so limited and God is so unworldly.Maybe that is the true issue. Our images are worldly, and God is not?

The problem that some people could have with you drawing the image would be if anyone worshipped it....if any people or groups accepted one image of GOD to represent his TRUTH and used it in their publications, or to hang in their churches. That would then be a graven image and against God's Law by the writings of Exodus. We are commanded in the 10 not to worship any graven images or idols. So, I guess we just don't do it to avoid the mistake that could be made from it.

Still, people have drawn God. Famous people. Jan Van Eyck painted a piece entitled God Almighty, in 1426. Andrew del Castagno painted another God the Father in 1442. Artus Quellin painted a status of God the Father in 1682. And more famously Michelangelo painted at the Sistine Chapek a painting of God and Man (picture at the heading of this post). To me, these pictures look like Popes or Kings or what a GOD is represented to be based on the Greek multi-theism. They don't look like what GOD might look like to me, but who am I to say? Were the artists truly trying to paint THE GOD, or just A GOD? There is a difference, I think.What is not discussed as much is drawing Jesus. That is accepted, because he was a man on earth--but his godliness is just as clear. Jesus is a God in heaven. He was a God before he was made man, so some suggest--and some others suggest he became one when he was resurrected. Either way, he is a God, and maybe should not also be drawn, but still is. He is drawn a LOT, and just a unlikely is our accurate representation of what HE looked like, too! Did nobody think to sketch the man when he was delivering his sermons? How strange that thought never came to anyone. Maybe God was making it so. Maybe God intended us to not draw HIM either. Makes me wonder!I don't know. It is perplexing at best! What do you think?

i really loved these questions Dani , they really get one thinking.

to first start out i would have to agree to some point that God the Father is to exalted that one could hardly comprehend the Majesty that should be shown in a picture of him. In half i agree with the comments of idolisom and the worshiping of such. to any who would build a sculpture for worship or paint a picture for worship, i truly feel are breaking such commandment from the lord.

but i would like to quoit from Elder Holland to make another point as well said Elder Holland

"Of the many magnificent purposes served in the life and ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ, one great aspect of that mission often goes uncelebrated. His followers did not understand it fully at the time, and many in modern Christianity do not grasp it now, but the Savior Himself spoke of it repeatedly and emphatically. It is the grand truth that in all that Jesus came to say and do, including and especially in His atoning suffering and sacrifice, He was showing us who and what God our Eternal Father is like, how completely devoted He is to His children in every age and nation. In word and in deed Jesus was trying to reveal and make personal to us the true nature of His Father, our Father in Heaven.
He did this at least in part because then and now all of us need to know God more fully in order to love Him more deeply and obey Him more completely. .....
Little wonder then that the Prophet Joseph Smith taught: "It is the first principle of the gospel to know for a certainty the character of God." "I want you all to know Him," he said, "and to be familiar with Him." We must have "a correct idea of his . . . perfections, and attributes," an admiration for "the excellency of [His] character."Thus the first phrase we utter in the declaration of our faith is, "We believe in God, the Eternal Father." So, emphatically, did Jesus. Even as He acknowledged His own singular role in the divine plan, the Savior nevertheless insisted on this prayerful preamble: "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God...

In that sense Jesus did not come to improve God's view of man nearly so much as He came to improve man's view of God and to plead with them to love their Heavenly Father as He has always and will always love them. The plan of God, the power of God, the holiness of God, yes, even the anger and the judgment of God they had occasion to understand. But the love of God, the profound depth of His devotion to His children, they still did not fully know—until Christ came."

i love the picture at the beginning of this post of Michelangelo's painting on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel. i feel that Michelangelo was painting more than his interpolation of what god my look like i feel that he was more fully showing us what may be learned in the panting.

if we look closer tot he picture we will see Gods hand stretched out trying to reach mans hand , and how true of man to be nonchalantly stretching his hand out to touch Deity.

i truly feel that in some paintings of god and Christ a lesson was the reason for panting it i also feel that there are many who out of nothing more then pure love desire to paint and draw there hearts greates love , the lord.

Now some may say they got lost when i quoted elder Holland and why did i quot him? i did in part cause i feel to many out there do not know the true and living god , they know about him and have ideas about him but they have yet to come to know him , what it is he wants for them , how he loves them and what they mean to him , these are all his attributes and characteristics because of such people we do get misrepresentation of drawings of the God we love that to him may be offencive to God.

But to the one who loves God and depicts him out of nothing more then being a servent of God and using there tallent i do not feel the lord is offended , and i say that cause i believe he loves us to much to get mad at somthing as small as that, i believe he delights in such those who serve him.

quick check it out

2009-04-30T13:33:00.003-06:00

if you want to see a really funny video go to the side of this page to the " the Hamilton's" link and check out this totally funny video Tim made of me and him climbing

warm weather

2009-04-29T16:16:00.006-06:00

well it has been really nice weather hear in pocatello and me jees and baby are excited to finally get out of the house and go play , we have had some bizy weeks going out side and playing in the sun shine hear are some pictures of our eventures the last little while.

this is me and Tim up on this steep hill (see the small house in the back ground we are really up the hill and no we didnt hike it we drove :) ) cleaning and tring to find the strat of a new boulder problom, we spend many days out looking for good probloms among the untouched boulders in this area we have been successful in finding a few really good lins im still waiting to find that one really golden line that is do-able but way hard .

this is me in the back of my dads car wearing his neck braes, no im just fine nothing wrong with my neck , my head is a little off but we all new that.

this is my beautifull wife in front of the Boise Temple

good point

2009-04-09T12:40:00.002-06:00

Paul went to talk and preach to the Corinthian saints in his day because of some false doctrines that where being preached ,there where some that did not believe in the resurrection of the body. Paul starts out in chapter 15 testifying of the resurrection of christ and and giving many compelling points of doctrine to back him self up, but then in verse 29 he askes a very good question to make a good point to which he was just testifying of, he says " Else what shall they do which are baptised for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?" or in othere words he is saying you dont belive int he resurrection , i have told you that christ did make possibale the resurrection, if it where not true then tell me why are you baptising people for the bead? if there is no resurrection then why you doing this?
Paul goes on to talk to the saints about there bodys and to what glory there body will be resurrected to , but for our perpuse we will stay with this latter thought.

Now in 1918 President Joseph F. Smith in his opening address at the eighty-ninth Semiannual General Conference of the Church, on October 4, 1918, President Smith declared that he had received several divine communications during the previous months. One of these, concerning the Savior’s visit to the spirits of the dead while his body was in the tomb, he had received the previous day. (note President Smith dies like 8 or 10 days latter)
President Smith say's

"On the third of October, in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen, I sat in my room pondering over the scriptures; And reflecting upon the great atoning sacrifice that was made by the Son of God, for the redemption of the world; And the great and wonderful love made manifest by the Father and the Son in the coming of the Redeemer into the world;
That through his atonement, and by obedience to the principles of the gospel, mankind might be saved.
While I was thus engaged, my mind reverted to the writings of the apostle Peter, to the primitive saints scattered abroad throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, and other parts of Asia, where the gospel had been preached after the crucifixion of the Lord.
I opened the Bible and read the third and fourth chapters of the first epistle of Peter, and as I read I was greatly impressed, more than I had ever been before, with the following passages:
“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
“By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
“Which sometime were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.” (1 Peter 3:18—20.)
“For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.” (1 Peter 4:6.)
As I pondered over these things which are written, the eyes of my understanding were opened, and the Spirit of the Lord rested upon me, and I saw the hosts of the dead, both small and great. "....

"I beheld that they were filled with joy and gladness, and were rejoicing together because the day of their deliverance was at hand. They were assembled awaiting the advent of the Son of God into the aspirit world, to declare their redemption from the bands of death. Their sleeping dust was to be restored unto its perfect frame, bone to his bone, and the sinews and the flesh upon them, the spirit and the body to be united never again to be divided, that they might receive a fulness of joy.
While this vast multitude waited and conversed, rejoicing in the hour of their deliverance from the chains of death, the Son of God appeared, declaring liberty to the captives who had been faithful;
And there he preached to them the everlasting gospel, the doctrine of the resurrection and the redemption of mankind from the fall, and from individual sins on conditions of repentance. But unto the wicked he did not go, and among the ungodly and the unrepentant who had bdefiled themselves while in the flesh, his voice was not raised;
Neither did the rebellious who rejected the testimonies and the warnings of the ancient prophets behold his presence, nor look upon his face"......

" I marveled, for I understood that the Savior spent about three years in his ministry among the Jews and those of the house of Israel, endeavoring to teach them the everlasting gospel and call them unto repentance;
And yet, notwithstanding his mighty works, and miracles, and proclamation of the truth, in great power and authority, there were but few who hearkened to his voice, and rejoiced in his presence, and received salvation at his hands.
But his ministry among those who were dead was limited to the brief time intervening between the crucifixion and his resurrection;
And I wondered at the words of Peter—wherein he said that the Son of God preached unto the spirits in prison, who sometime were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah—and how it was possible for him to preach to those spirits and perform the necessary labor among them in so short a time.
And as I wondered, my eyes were opened, and my understanding quickened, and I perceived that the Lord went not in person among the wicked and the disobedient who had rejected the truth, to teach them;
But behold, from among the righteous, he organized his forces and appointed messengers, clothed with power and authority, and commissioned them to go forth and carry the light of the gospel to them that were in darkness, even to all the spirits of men; and thus was the gospel preached to the dead. And the chosen messengers went forth to declare the acceptable day of the Lord and proclaim liberty to the captives who were bound, even unto all who would repent of their sins and receive the gospel. Thus was the gospel preached to those who had died in their sins, without a knowledge of the truth, or in transgression, having rejected the prophets.
These were taught faith in God, repentance from sin, vicarious baptism for the remission of sins, the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands, And all other principles of the gospel that were necessary for them to know in order to qualify themselves that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
And so it was made known among the dead, both small and great, the unrighteous as well as the faithful, that redemption had been wrought through the sacrifice of the Son of God upon the cross. "...

"That they might carry the message of redemption unto all the dead, unto whom he could not go personally, because of their rebellion and transgression, that they through the ministration of his servants might also hear his words. "...

" For the dead had looked upon the long absence of their spirits from their bodies as a bondage. These the Lord taught, and gave them power to come forth, after his resurrection from the dead, to enter into his Father’s kingdom, there to be crowned with immortality and eternal life,
And continue thenceforth their labor as had been promised by the Lord, and be partakers of all blessings which were held in reserve for them that love him. ".....

"The dead who repent will be redeemed, through obedience to the ordinances of the house of God, And after they have paid the penalty of their transgressions, and are washed clean, shall receive a reward according to their works, for they are heirs of salvation. Thus was the vision of the redemption of the dead revealed to me, and I bear record, and I know that this record is true, through the blessing of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, even so. Amen"

the point i make is many will die with out baptisom, with out ever learning of Jesus Christ, because i know God is a God of love and will give every one a chance to choose him and his gosple , he showed how this would be done to his prophet (remember Amos 3:7) in the new testment time they knew this as well and that is why they baptised for the dead, so all the Jews and none baptised alike will have a chance to choose thats the love of it or in other words the point of it.

the first beats

2009-03-30T13:43:00.002-06:00

so to day we listened to the baby's heart beat it was really cool I'm way excited , i think it is a boy and believe he will be super strong , we will find out the sex next week.

other than that not to much going on in our lives. the Hamilton's and we are doing fhe together every Wednesday night and we are getting excited for conference next week its always exciting to listen to the prophet and apostles its one thing i always look forward all year .
last weekend we where in Manti and we had the chance to watch the broadcast of the dedication to the draper temple , that was really cool i had never experienced a temple dedication before.

In May we are going to SLC for another concert the Sounds are opening and i love them ,then Paramor is coming on and i like them as well and then finally No dough comes on yes this will be one heck of a concert its not every time you get to go to a concert and like every band that plays
I'm hopping to put on the videos from the sub's concert on soon i have just been way bizy and lazy, this last month was crazy buzy.
we also got our new phones so its so nice to have phones again after almost 2 months of not having them.
well i think that's all hope all is well with every one else ,tell next time

this one is for Danial

2009-03-11T14:32:00.003-06:00

As some of you may know my brother in law Danial received his mission call to Italy serving in the same mission as his parents did when they served umpteen years ago.

As this great news came i have been thinking of what things i could tell him that may help him to preparer for missionary service. I thought of things that happened to me on my mission that i learned from and so many other scenarios that might help him. But as i thought of these things i realized none of them would help him preparer for a mission.

Then i remembered a talk i heared when i was preparer for my mission that talked about those things that i felt where of such impotence, things that i felt would be worth knowing before hand. many of you may remember the talk, because it was so big and did changer much about missionary service , but i bring up the talk again because of the small impotence's that where over looked about the talk. so to you Danial this is what i would like to tell you this is what i feel would help you the most i have bolded the parts that i think will be of most help to you in preparing for your mission. if you will follow them and start spending most of your time learning the doctrines and the scriptures so you can us them even before you get in to the mission field it will help you so much more, you have the responsibility of learning a language, it will help so much more if you all ready know the doctrines and where to teach them from.

The Greatest Generation of Missionaries

Elder M. Russell Ballard Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

In one of the most powerful and instructive stories from the Book of Mormon, the people of Ammon had covenanted never again to take up weapons for the shedding of blood. But "when they saw the danger, and the many afflictions . . . which the Nephites bore for them, they were moved with compassion and were desirous to take up arms in the defence of their country" (Alma 53:13). Helaman and his brethren persuaded them to honor their covenant with the Lord.
The scriptural account doesn't tell us who first pointed out that their sons had not made the same covenant their parents had made. I like to think that it was one of the young men who suggested the possibility that he and his peers be allowed to "take up arms, and [call] themselves Nephites.
"And they entered into a covenant to fight for the liberty of the Nephites, yea, to protect the land unto the laying down of their lives" (Alma 53:16–17).
This was an extraordinary task for a group of 2,000 young men, but they were extraordinary young men. According to the scriptural record: "They were exceedingly valiant for courage, and also for strength and activity; but behold, this was not all—they were men who were true at all times in whatsoever thing they were entrusted.
"Yea, they were men of truth and soberness, for they had been taught to keep the commandments of God and to walk uprightly before him" (Alma 53:20–21).
The rest of the story tells how these young men fought valiantly against the much older and much more experienced Lamanite army. According to their leader, Helaman, "They . . . fought as if with the strength of God; . . . and with such mighty power did they fall upon the Lamanites, that they did frighten them; and for this cause did the Lamanites deliver themselves up as prisoners of war" (Alma 56:56).
Imagine that! These inexperienced young men were so spiritually and physically prepared, and so powerful, that they frightened their foes into surrendering! Although all 2,000 of the young men were wounded in battle at one time or another, not one was killed (see Alma 57:25). Again quoting Helaman, "And we do justly ascribe it to the miraculous power of God, because of their exceeding faith in that which they had been taught to believe—that there was a just God, and whosoever did not doubt, that they should be preserved by his marvelous power" (Alma 57:26).
Brethren, today we are fighting a battle that in many ways is more perilous, more fraught with danger than the battle between the Nephites and the Lamanites. Our enemy is cunning and resourceful. We fight against Lucifer, the father of all lies, the enemy of all that is good and right and holy. Truly we live in a time of which Paul prophesied, when "men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
"Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
" . . . lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
"Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away" (2 Timothy 3:2–5).
Does this sound familiar, brethren? To me it sounds like a night of prime-time television.
These are "perilous times." We battle literally for the souls of men. The enemy is unforgiving and relentless. He is taking eternal prisoners at an alarming rate. And he shows no sign of letting up.
While we are profoundly grateful for the many members of the Church who are doing great things in the battle for truth and right, I must honestly tell you it still is not enough. We need much more help. And so, as the people of Ammon looked to their sons for reinforcement in the war against the Lamanites, we look to you, my young brethren of the Aaronic Priesthood. We need you. Like Helaman's 2,000 stripling warriors, you also are the spirit sons of God, and you too can be endowed with power to build up and defend His kingdom. We need you to make sacred covenants, just as they did. We need you to be meticulously obedient and faithful, just as they were.
What we need now is the greatest generation of missionaries in the history of the Church. We need worthy, qualified, spiritually energized missionaries who, like Helaman's 2,000 stripling warriors, are "exceedingly valiant for courage, and also for strength and activity" and who are "true at all times in whatsoever thing they [are] entrusted" (Alma 53:20).
Listen to those words, my young brethren: valiant, courage, strength, active, true. We don't need spiritually weak and semicommitted young men. We don't need you to just fill a position; we need your whole heart and soul. We need vibrant, thinking, passionate missionaries who know how to listen to and respond to the whisperings of the Holy Spirit. This isn't a time for spiritual weaklings. We cannot send you on a mission to be reactivated, reformed, or to receive a testimony. We just don't have time for that. We need you to be filled with "faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the glory of God" (D&C 4:5).
As an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, I call upon you to begin right now—tonight—to be fully and completely worthy. Resolve and commit to yourselves and to God that from this moment forward you will strive diligently to keep your hearts, hands, and minds pure and unsullied from any kind of moral transgression. Resolve to avoid pornography as you would avoid the most insidious disease, for that is precisely what it is. Resolve to completely abstain from tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drugs. Resolve to be honest. Resolve to be good citizens and to abide by the laws of the land in which you live. Resolve that from this night forward you will never defile your body or use language that is vulgar and unbecoming to a bearer of the priesthood.
And that is not all we expect of you, my young brethren. We expect you to have an understanding and a solid testimony of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. We expect you to work hard. We expect you to be covenant makers and covenant keepers. We expect you to be missionaries to match our glorious message.
Now these are high standards. We understand that, but we do not apologize for them. They reflect the Lord's standards for you to receive the Melchizedek Priesthood, to enter the temple, to serve as missionaries, and to be righteous husbands and fathers. There's nothing new in them, nothing you haven't heard before. But tonight we call upon you, our young brethren of the Aaronic Priesthood, to rise up, to measure up, and to be fully prepared to serve the Lord.
Many of you are already on this track, and we commend you for your worthiness and determination. For those of you who are not, let tonight be the beginning of your preparation process. If you find yourself wanting in worthiness, resolve to make the appropriate changes—beginning right now. If you think you need to talk to your father and your bishop about any sins you may have committed, don't wait; do it now. They will help you to repent and change so you can take your place as a member of the greatest generation of missionaries.
Please understand this: the bar that is the standard for missionary service is being raised. The day of the "repent and go" missionary is over. You know what I'm talking about, don't you, my young brothers? Some young men have the mistaken idea that they can be involved in sinful behavior and then repent when they're 18 1/2 so they can go on their mission at 19. While it is true that you can repent of sins, you may or you may not qualify to serve. It is far better to keep yourselves clean and pure and valiant by doing such simple things as:
• Developing a meaningful prayer relationship with your Heavenly Father.
• Keeping the Sabbath day holy.
• Working and putting part of your earnings in a savings account.
• Paying a full and honest tithing.
• Limiting the amount of time spent playing computer games. How many kills you can make in a minute with a computer game will have zero effect on your capacity to be a good missionary.
• Giving the Lord more of your time by studying the scriptures and gaining an understanding of the marvelous message of the Restoration we have for the world. • Serving others and sharing your testimony with them.
Now, fathers, you have a vital role in this preparation process. We know that the most profound influence on helping young men prepare for the Melchizedek Priesthood, marriage, and fatherhood is the family. If your sons understand the basic doctrines required to become a faithful father, they will surely be ready to serve as a full-time missionary. Unfortunately, far too many fathers abdicate this eternal responsibility. You may assume that the bishop and the seminary, Sunday School, and Young Men teachers and leaders are in a better position to motivate and inspire your sons than you are. That simply is not the case. While ecclesiastical leaders are important to your son's priesthood and missionary preparation, the Church exists as a resource to you. It is not a substitute for your inspired teaching, guidance, and correction.
Consequently, if we are "raising the bar" for your sons to serve as missionaries, that means we are also "raising the bar" for you. If we expect more of them, that means we expect more of you and your wife as well. Remember, Helaman's 2,000 stripling warriors were faithful because "they had been taught to keep the commandments of God and to walk uprightly before him" (Alma 53:21)—and that instruction came in their homes.
Some fathers don't think they have the right to ask worthiness questions of their children. They think that is the purview of the bishop alone. Fathers, not only do you have the right to know the worthiness of your children, you have the responsibility. It is your duty to know how your children are doing with regards to their spiritual well-being and progression. You need to monitor carefully the issues and concerns they share with you. Ask specific questions of your children regarding their worthiness, and refuse to settle for anything less than specific answers.
Too often our bishops have to instruct youth to talk to their parents about problems they are having. That procedure should actually flow the other direction. Parents should be so intimately aware of what is going on in their children's lives that they know about the problems before the bishop does. They should be counseling with their children and going with them to their bishops if that becomes necessary for complete repentance. As divinely appointed judges in Israel, the bishop and the stake president determine worthiness and resolve concerns on behalf of the Church; but, fathers, you have an eternal responsibility for the spiritual welfare of your children. Please assume your rightful place as counselor, adviser, and priesthood leader, in preparing your sons to bear the Melchizedek Priesthood and to serve as missionaries.
Now, a word to you bishops. I realize there are many young men who don't have a faithful father in their home. In these cases, use the resources of the Church to see that these Aaronic Priesthood holders are taught by Melchizedek Priesthood brethren who can help them to prepare for their future priesthood service. Upon you bishops and you stake presidents rests the responsibility to recommend only those young men and women whom you judge to be spiritually, physically, mentally, and emotionally prepared to face today's realities of missionary work. Brethren, judge wisely and remember: not every young man needs to be called to serve away from his home; some may best serve under your direction as ward missionaries.
To those of you who are currently serving as full-time missionaries, we thank you for your service. Tonight is a good time for each of you to take a close look at your performance; and if you are not measuring up, your mission president will help you make the necessary changes to be an effective, dedicated servant of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Finally, to those of you who have already served, please remember that you were released from your missions but not from the Church. You spent two years as a representative of the Lord Jesus Christ. We expect you to always look and act like one of His disciples. Look the part. Act the part. Don't follow worldly trends and fashions. You are better than that. If you have slipped, then do what is necessary to regain your spiritual balance. The rules for happiness and success after your mission are pretty much the same as they were during your mission: pray hard, work hard, and be obedient. Get busy now and find your eternal companion to enjoy life with. Serve the Lord together, and raise up the next great generation.
My brethren, I have spoken plainly tonight. I hope you can feel the love and the concern that emanates from the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and other Church leaders as we ask you to prepare now to join us in taking the blessings of the restored gospel to all the people on the earth. Each one of you is precious, and we want you to be successful and secure in the battle for the souls of our Heavenly Father's children. May God bless you with the courage to be "true at all times" (Alma 53:20) and with the vision to realize who you are and what the Lord has for you to do, I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, amen.

great weekends

2009-03-03T19:58:00.002-07:00

so last weekend was great thur me and Jessica headed up to Rexburg to help set up for a climbing comp. all our friends showed up as well to help out and i can say we had one heck of a funny and fun time , it was great just to get away and and hang out with friends.
I am also looking forward to the weekend of the 20 and 21 when we are all going down to Joe's Valley to climb it will be another great weekend of friends and laughs and falling off really really big boulders.

please read (note the bold sections)

2009-02-19T12:47:00.004-07:00

Elder David A. Bednar Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

I have fond childhood memories of my mother reading Book of Mormon stories to me. She had a way of making the scriptural episodes come alive in my youthful imagination, and I did not doubt that my mother had a witness of the truthfulness of that sacred record. I especially remember her description of the Savior’s visit to the American continent following His Resurrection and of His teachings to the people in the land of Bountiful. Through the simple consistency of her example and testimony, my mother kindled in me the first flames of faith in the Savior and in His latter-day Church. I came to know for myself that the Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ and contains the fulness of His everlasting gospel (see D&C 27:5).
Today I want to review with you one of my favorite Book of Mormon events, the Savior’s appearance in the New World, and discuss His instruction to the multitude about the sanctifying power of the Holy Ghost. I pray for the guidance of the Spirit for me and for you.

During the Lord’s three-day ministry in the New World, He taught His doctrine, authorized His disciples to perform priesthood ordinances, healed the sick, prayed for the people, and lovingly blessed the children. As the Savior’s time with the people was drawing to a close, He succinctly summarized the fundamental principles of His gospel.
Said He, “Now this is the commandment: Repent, all ye ends of the earth, and come unto me and be baptized in my name, that ye may be sanctified by the reception of the Holy Ghost, that ye may stand spotless before me at the last day” (3 Nephi 27:20).
The basic principles outlined by the Master in this scripture are essential for us to understand and apply in our lives. First was repentance, “a turning of the heart and will to God, and a renunciation of sin” (Bible Dictionary, “Repentance,” 760). As we appropriately seek for and receive the spiritual gift of faith in the Redeemer, we then turn to and rely upon the merits, the mercy, and the grace of the Holy Messiah (see 2 Nephi 2:8). Repentance is the sweet fruit that comes from faith in the Savior and involves turning toward God and away from sin.
The risen Lord next explained the importance of coming unto Him. The multitude gathered together at the temple was invited literally to come forth unto the Savior “one by one” (3 Nephi 11:15) to feel the prints of the nails in the Master’s hands and feet and to thrust their hands into His side. Each individual who had this experience “did know of a surety and did bear record, that it was he” (v. 15), even Jesus Christ, who had come.
The Savior also taught the people to come unto Him through sacred covenants, and He reminded them that they were “the children of the covenant” (3 Nephi 20:26). He emphasized the eternal importance of the ordinances of baptism (see 3 Nephi 11:19–39) and of receiving the Holy Ghost (see 3 Nephi 11:35–36; 12:6; 18:36–38). In a similar manner, you and I are admonished to turn toward and learn from Christ and to come unto Him through the covenants and ordinances of His restored gospel. As we do so, we will eventually and ultimately come to know Him (see John 17:3), “in his own time, and in his own way, and according to his own will” (D&C 88:68), as did the people in the land of Bountiful.
Repenting and coming unto Christ through the covenants and ordinances of salvation are prerequisite to and a preparation for being sanctified by the reception of the Holy Ghost and standing spotless before God at the last day. I now want to focus our attention upon the sanctifying influence the Holy Ghost can be in our lives.

The gate of baptism leads to the strait and narrow path and to the destination of putting off the natural man and becoming a saint through the Atonement of Christ the Lord (see Mosiah 3:19). The purpose of our mortal journey is not merely to see the sights on earth or to expend our allotment of time on self-centered pursuits; rather, we are to “walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4), to become sanctified by yielding our hearts unto God (see Helaman 3:35), and to obtain “the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16).
We are commanded and instructed to so live that our fallen nature is changed through the sanctifying power of the Holy Ghost. President Marion G. Romney taught that the baptism of fire by the Holy Ghost “converts [us] from carnality to spirituality. It cleanses, heals, and purifies the soul. . . . Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, repentance, and water baptism are all preliminary and prerequisite to it, but [the baptism of fire] is the consummation. To receive [this baptism of fire] is to have one’s garments washed in the atoning blood of Jesus Christ” (Learning for the Eternities, comp. George J. Romney [1977], 133; see also 3 Nephi 27:19–20).
Hence, as we are born again and strive to always have His Spirit to be with us, the Holy Ghost sanctifies and refines our souls as if by fire (see 2 Nephi 31:13–14, 17). Ultimately, we are to stand spotless before God.
The gospel of Jesus Christ encompasses much more than avoiding, overcoming, and being cleansed from sin and the bad influences in our lives; it also essentially entails doing good, being good, and becoming better. Repenting of our sins and seeking forgiveness are spiritually necessary, and we must always do so. But remission of sin is not the only or even the ultimate purpose of the gospel. To have our hearts changed by the Holy Spirit such that “we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually” (Mosiah 5:2), as did King Benjamin’s people, is the covenant responsibility we have accepted. This mighty change is not simply the result of working harder or developing greater individual discipline. Rather, it is the consequence of a fundamental change in our desires, our motives, and our natures made possible through the Atonement of Christ the Lord. Our spiritual purpose is to overcome both sin and the desire to sin, both the taint and the tyranny of sin.
Prophets throughout the ages have emphasized the dual requirements of (1) avoiding and overcoming bad and (2) doing good and becoming better. Consider the penetrating questions posed by the Psalmist:
“plWho shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?
“He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully” (Psalm 24:3–4).
Brothers and sisters, it is possible for us to have clean hands but not have a pure heart. Please notice that both clean hands and a pure heart are required to ascend into the hill of the Lord and to stand in His holy place.
Let me suggest that hands are made clean through the process of putting off the natural man and by overcoming sin and the evil influences in our lives through the Savior’s Atonement. Hearts are purified as we receive His strengthening power to do good and become better. All of our worthy desires and good works, as necessary as they are, can never produce clean hands and a pure heart. It is the Atonement of Jesus Christ that provides both a cleansing and redeeming power that helps us to overcome sin and a sanctifying and strengthening power that helps us to become better than we ever could by relying only upon our own strength. The infinite Atonement is for both the sinner and for the saint in each of us.
In the Book of Mormon, we find the masterful teachings of King Benjamin concerning the mission and Atonement of Jesus Christ. The simple doctrine he taught caused the congregation to fall to the earth, for the fear of the Lord had come upon them. “And they had viewed themselves in their own carnal state, even less than the dust of the earth. And they all cried aloud with one voice, saying: O have mercy, and apply the atoning blood of Christ that we may receive forgiveness of our sins, and our hearts may be purified; for we believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who created heaven and earth, and all things; who shall come down among the children of men” (Mosiah 4:2; emphasis added).
Again in this verse we find the twofold blessing of both forgiveness of sin, suggesting clean hands, and the transformation of our nature, signifying pure hearts.
As King Benjamin concluded his instruction, he reiterated the importance of these two basic aspects of spiritual development.
“And now, for the sake of these things which I have spoken unto you—that is, for the sake of retaining a remission of your sins from day to day, that ye may walk guiltless before God—I would that ye should impart of your substance to the poor” (Mosiah 4:26; emphasis added).
Our sincere desire should be to have both clean hands and a pure heart—both a remission of sins from day to day and to walk guiltless before God. Clean hands alone will not be enough when we stand before Him who is pure and who, as “a lamb without blemish and without spot” (1 Peter 1:19), freely spilled His precious blood for us.

Some who hear or read this message may think the spiritual progress I am describing is not attainable in their lives. We may believe these truths apply to others but not to us.
We will not attain a state of perfection in this life, but we can and should press forward with faith in Christ along the strait and narrow path and make steady progress toward our eternal destiny. The Lord’s pattern for spiritual development is “line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little” (2 Nephi 28:30). Small, steady, incremental spiritual improvements are the steps the Lord would have us take. Preparing to walk guiltless before God is one of the primary purposes of mortality and the pursuit of a lifetime; it does not result from sporadic spurts of intense spiritual activity.
I witness that the Savior will strengthen and assist us to make sustained, paced progress. The example in the Book of Mormon of “many, exceedingly great many” (Alma 13:12) in the ancient Church who were pure and spotless before God is a source of encouragement and comfort to me. I suspect those members of the ancient Church were ordinary men and women just like you and me. These individuals could not look upon sin save it were with abhorrence, and they “were made pure and entered into the rest of the Lord their God” (v. 12). And these principles and this process of spiritual progress apply to each of us equally and always.

The requirement to put off the natural man and become a saint, to avoid and overcome bad and to do and become good, to have clean hands and a pure heart, is a recurring theme throughout the Book of Mormon. In fact, Moroni’s concluding invitation at the end of the book is a summary of this theme.
“Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ. . . .
“And again, if ye by the grace of God are perfect in Christ, and deny not his power, then are ye sanctified in Christ by the grace of God, through the shedding of the blood of Christ, which is in the covenant of the Father unto the remission of your sins, that ye become holy, without spot” (Moroni 10:32–33; emphasis added).
May you and I repent with sincerity of heart and truly come unto Christ. I pray that we will seek through the Savior’s Atonement to have both clean hands and a pure heart, that we may become holy, without spot. I witness that Jesus Christ is the Son of the Eternal Father and our Savior. He who is without spot redeems us from sin and strengthens us to do good and to become better. I so testify in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen.

new job

2009-02-18T13:51:00.004-07:00

well i have started a new job working for classice harvast bread , i now go around pocatello , idaho falls and black foot and dilever bread , its cool i still start early in the morning and am still doing abm as well , with this new job it will pay much better and i think even with the baby coming and jess eventaully stop working for a while we will be allright.
we also have a good size tax return coming back which ios nice

good story

2009-02-11T12:24:00.003-07:00

Joseph F. Smith was the son of Hyrum Smith, who was the brother of the Prophet Joseph and was martyred with him in Carthage. Joseph F. was born at Far West, Missouri, on November 13, 1838. He came out of Missouri as an infant. As a lad not yet six years of age, he heard a knock on the window of his mother's home in Nauvoo. It was a man who had hurriedly ridden from Carthage and who told Sister Smith that her husband had been killed that afternoon.
When he was 9, he drove an ox team with his mother across the plains to this valley. At the age of 15 he was called on a mission to Hawaii. He made his way to San Francisco and there worked in a shingle mill to earn enough money to buy passage to the islands.
Hawaii was not a tourist center then. It was populated by the native Hawaiians, who were, for the most part, poor but generous with what they had. He learned to speak their language and to love them. While serving there he experienced a remarkable dream. I quote from his narrative concerning this. Said he:
"I was very much oppressed [when I was] on a mission. I was almost naked and entirely friendless, except [for] the friendship of a poor, benighted . . . people. I felt as if I was so debased in my condition of poverty, lack of intelligence and knowledge, just a boy, that I hardly dared look a . . . man in the face.
"While in that condition I dreamed [one night] that I was on a journey, and I was impressed that I ought to hurry—hurry with all my might, for fear I might be too late. I rushed on my way as fast as I possibly could, and I was only conscious of having just a little bundle, a handkerchief with a small bundle wrapped in it. I did not realize . . . what it was, when I was hurrying as fast as I could; but finally I came to a wonderful mansion. . . . I thought I knew that was my destination.
As I passed towards it, as fast as I could, I saw a notice [which read B-A-T-H], 'Bath.' I turned aside quickly and went into the bath and washed myself clean. I opened up this little bundle that I had, and there was [some] white, clean [clothing], a thing I had not seen for a long time, because the people I was with did not think very much of making things exceedingly clean. But my [clothing was] clean, and I put [it] on. Then I rushed to what appeared to be a great opening, or door. I knocked and the door opened, and the man who stood there was the Prophet Joseph Smith. He looked at me a little reprovingly, and the first words he said: 'Joseph, you are late.' Yet I took confidence and [replied]:
" 'Yes, but I am clean—I am clean!'
"He clasped my hand and drew me in, then closed the great door. I felt his hand just as tangible as I ever felt the hand of man. I knew him, and when I entered I saw my father, and Brigham [Young] and Heber [C. Kimball], and Willard [Richards], and other good men that I had known, standing in a row. I looked as if it were across this valley, and it seemed to be filled with a vast multitude of people, but on the stage were all the people that I had known. My mother was there, and she sat with a child in her lap; and I could name over as many as I remember of their names, who sat there, who seemed to be among the chosen, among the exalted. . . .
"[When I had this dream,] I was alone on a mat, away up in the mountains of Hawaii—no one was with me. But in this vision I pressed my hand up against the Prophet, and I saw a smile cross his countenance. . . .
"When I awoke that morning I was a man, although only [still] a boy. There was not anything in the world that I feared [after that]. I could meet any man or woman or child and look them in the face, feeling in my soul that I was a man every whit. That vision, that manifestation and witness that I enjoyed at that time has made me what I am, if I am anything that is good, or clean, or upright before the Lord, if there is anything good in me. That has helped me out in every trial and through every difficulty" (Gospel Doctrine, 5th ed. [1939], 542–43).

The core of that meaningful dream is found in the reproof given by Joseph Smith to young Joseph F. Said the Prophet, "Joseph, you are late."
Replied Joseph F., "Yes, but I am clean—I am clean
i feel it is very importent to know in our hearts and mind that we to can stand clean before the lord , that he loves us and no matter our position in life all are alike and loved of him, if we will but become clean before him we to can stand tall.

i may not be smart but......

2009-02-07T22:13:00.002-07:00

this after noon as me and Parker where driving in the car i was listening to this man speaking about religion. He was pulling scriptures out right and left to help support his theory on what he was teaching. As i listened to him and listed to the scriptures he was using i could not help but notice that the scriptures he was using to help his cause where totally out of contexts.
He was using a scripture here and there ( probably the places he had been reading , which was only here and there) to make his point and in doing so destroying all meaning of what the author had probably been trying to teach in the first place.
As i listened i could not help but think of 2 peter 1:20 where peter is telling the saints to make there calling and election sure , but then turns his attention to teaching telling them that after he dies they will not fall in there testimony because they also where eye witnesses of these things, but then states that not only this but we also have the scriptures and we should head there word as light which is in a dark place, and then says (vs 20)" Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation".
To just read here and there as one feels the need is good. But the warning of such action is a gross misunderstanding of the scriptures. I may not be a very learned person, i have not gone to collage, i have no great degree in anything , but even my self in my terminally ill education can see when something is being abused by being taken out of contexts.
I encourage all not to just choose to read here and there but to actually see what the author was saying , not to be one who uses the scriptures for there own "private interpretation", you wont get very far in your spiritual growth or understanding.

the death of daisie

2009-01-20T14:42:00.003-07:00

well you all, this time that magical "fickled finger" touch just want "tap that" and bring any one back with there "bopity boop". this time there dead for good. last night i found out that this second season of pushing daisies would be its last, there would be no more pie maker and his amazing adventers bringing the dead back to life, and figuring out who killed who, no more wrap ness in goose down goodness, no more oww hell No's , no more just out loud funny smile with in your heart and cuddle comedy.
and it makes me sad , i loved this show , if you never seen it i recommend it .it was great. tho it only had two seasons ,it was full of witty lines and well placed vocab and dialog. if you live really good dialog you will really like it go check it out .
good bye pie maker

the submariens

2009-01-14T10:49:00.003-07:00

one of my favorite bands ( the submarines) are coming to slc on February 21 , so excited to see them go check it out you wont be sorry. me and jess are going for sure, hope she does not throw up :(

this one is for Dani

2009-01-12T14:51:00.003-07:00

after looking at my last post i realized i had said "let us look at it separately" speaking of question three. and i spoke of one aspect of the question, but never talked about the other aspects of it. i went back to day to add that part of it and noticed some one had left a comment. with permission i share it with you.

Clay, I think about baptism so often! Your blog comments really reminded me of all that I have tried for over a year to understand about the scriptures and baptism. ........ In the last 6 months or so, I challenged one of the assistant Pastors at the Church I attend part-time about HIS teachings on baptism. They were quite in line with what you heard on the radio. I challenged him as much as I could to tell me once and for all if he felt baptism was REQUIRED for salvation. He was quite sure that baptism was a SYMBOLIC gesture, and that the REAL commitment was a spiritual one--NOT the going under the water and such. I further challenged him if you could have a conversion or commitment WITHOUT the symbolic gesture, and there we hit a wall. I distinctly remember him saying that you COULD be saved without being baptized---that it was not a saving ordinance, but that BELIEVING in Christ was enough. Accepting publicly Christ as your Savior was what made the atonement work in your life.

I have long wondered how the two could be separate, and still desire to understand this....as there are those in my life (my Joe, his children....many of my family) who have not been baptized and whom I so want to have the blessings of Heaven! What good is attending Church, studying the scriptures and praying if you miss this one thing? .......

All I know for sure, though, is that it is HARD for anyone to hear they are not saved in the spirit until they have done something in the flesh. Something of the spirit should be done of the spirit--it stands to reason. Physical baptism feels so worldly to so many...when Godly things feel so spiritual. It makes sense people would think Godly commitment is a spiritual one--and not a physical one--and I am trying to be sensitive to this thought..........

i listen to this and think how many others are there out there with these same questions on there mind. i do wish to point out that God does answer these questions , but because so many do not have the time or means and motivation to find these answers and because there clergy men do not have the answers the answers to often go unanswered. these questions can be found tho , they are in the revelations God has given to man. these revelations are the scriptures. the scriptures are the records of when ever God has spoken to man and what man did about it.
we can take comfort in reading and pondering the things God has told us with out fear of being lead astray by the cunning craftiness of men. the scriptures where written by the Prophets of God and the scriptures as well as the Prophets and Apostles of God will always lead us right.

now back to our question. is baptism a saving ordinance? we have already shown that yes it is. so to ask then is the person who believes in Christ damed if they are not baptized?
the answer to this is not black and white , cut and dry. there are many variables to this question, lets look at them.

First lets look at what the lord has said on this matter , go to Doctrine and Covent's 137 we read there (note the bold lettering)

"The heavens were opened upon us, and I beheld the celestial kingdom of God, and the glory thereof,......I saw Father Adam and Abraham; and my Father and my mother; my brother Alvin, that has long since slept;
And marveled how it was that he had obtained an inheritance in that kingdom, seeing that he had departed this life before the Lord had set his hand to gather Israel the second time, and had not been baptized for the remission of sins. Thus came the voice of the Lord unto me, saying:
All who have died with out a knowledge of this gospel, who would have received it if they had been permitted to tarry, shall be heirs of the celestial kingdom of God;
Also all that shall die henceforth without a knowledge of it, who would have received it with all their hearts, shall be heirs of that kingdom;
For I, the Lord, will judge all men according to their work's, according to the desire of their hearts. And I also beheld that all children who die before they arrive at the years of accountability are saved in the celestial kingdom of heaven."

first let me note that this is not Joseph Smiths doctrine this is Christ speaking to him and he relaying it to us, this is revelation. ( note that all revelation has been received the same way through out time. see Amos 3:7)
second let us break these verses down.
first we are told, Joseph Smith marveled that his brother Alvin was in the heaven with God seeing as how he had never been baptized. then the lord tells him , that people who would received it as well as those who have not heard it but would received it with (hear is the key word) all there heart shall be heirs of that kingdom. because i the Lord, will judge all men according to their works, according to the desire of their hearts.
thus we see and understand greater the words of the lord when he said " Behold , the lord requireth the heart and the willing mind.
when the savior was upon the earth he said he no longer required animal sacrifice but what he requires is broken heart and a contrite spirit. full filling the words of Jeremiah

"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:

But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

what does this all mean some may ask? it simply means the lord knows our hearts , he desires our hearts to be willing to do any and all that he asks. for that person who finds Christ and says i now know and believe that Jesus is my savior, but does not get the chance to be obedient to the things good asks, will be saved because of his heart, he was willing to do all that good asked of him.
but to the person who is more concerned with what he thinks best , or thinks i know better than the lord (and i know no one thinks those lines but in all honestly that is what your showing the lord ) what promise do they have they are those who are unwilling to do that witch lord asks, they are they who turn away his had, and that is there choice. these are they who the master spoke of when he said "Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
the savior also said "come unto me" this is a invitation to come be like him . becoming like the savior will inshore us that we will make it back to our fathers presence remember the words of the savior "not my will but thine be done" do we have this attitude when certain doctrines come about are we submissive to his will?
let me end with two of my favorite quotes.

first from Elder Jeffery R Holland "as Elder Neal A Maxwell once said to me in a hallway conversation, There didn’t seem to be any problem with conformity the day the Red Sea opened.”

and the second from Elder Neal A Maxwell "Brethren, as you submit your wills to God, you are giving Him the only thing you can actually give Him that is really yours to give. Don't wait too long to find the altar or to begin to place the gift of your wills upon it! No need to wait for a receipt; the Lord has His own special ways of acknowledging.

baptism

2009-01-11T11:21:00.005-07:00

last night as i drove to get Jessica from work i turned the radio on and found a man preaching about Christ and baptism , he started off by showing that Christ had come into this life to show that he was the sacrifice for the world and then showed how he often showed that he would be resurrected, and that how throw being baptized it show how we are putting away the old person and coming out a new person in Christ much like the resurrection , but then he said somethings that that got my attention. he then started to tell how "now there are many churches out there who become coltish in there preforming of baptism" saying that it must be done this way or that way or what have you and that if it is not done in this way you are not saved. he then went on to say that it is when we except Christ that we are saved and not when we are baptized and that baptism is not a saving act. he then quoted when Jesus came to John the baptist to be baptized he told John let it be so ... for it is to fulfill all righteousness, and that baptism is to only show we are trying to be like Jesus.
tho there are many points of true doctrines i see in this , i see how there re many have truths in it , and there is much missing from it.
i hope in teaching , that the teacher always teaches the doctrines of Christ and not there own ideas or ideas of man.
but this is what i have found in my studies and this is what the spirit has told me to be true.

1st is being baptized showing that we are putting away the old person and coming out a new person in Christ? yes i believe it does symbolically show that. the scriptures teach us that it is to show that we are willing to lay down the old sinful person and coming back up a new person in Christ showing that we are willing to be obedient to all the commandments and are willing to take his name upon us and keep the spirit with us at all times.

2nd does it matter how we are baptized ? i believe it does . again the scriptures teach that we should be baptized as he was , if not what good would the symbolism to be for the baptism. i think more importantly is the authority by witch the baptism is preformed is to often over looked. Jesus did not just go to anyone. there was a reason he went to John the baptist , there was a reason John was born and that a angel had appeared to his father , this is to often over looked , Johns father was a priest who held the authority to baptize , he raising his son more than likely ordained his son to the same authority witch is common among most groups of people in the history of the world. John had the authority to baptize Jesus and this is why Jesus came to him to be baptized. as fare as Jesus telling John it was to fulfill all righteousness , i believe the scriptures teach us that it was to show that Christ was willing to show the world he was willing to be obedient to all of the fathers commandments and to give us an example to live by.

3rd is baptism a saving ordinance or are we saved by excepting Jesus as our savior? this could be pointed out that this is a trick question. let us look at it separately. is one saved by merely excepting Christ ? i think to say yes to this would be a sign that the person is uneducated in the scriptures and in who Christ really is. James said (to paraphrase) if you believe it will show by your works. Christ said " they draw near to me with there lips but there hearts are fare from me" how often do we see the "born again" who says they have excepted Christ as there savior , bit is unwilling to do anything the Savior asks of him. how can one truly think this kind of behavior can be found in good standings with one who has said "come fallow me" this is not a invitation to say yes i believe just to cover ones rear but it is a invitation to come and follow to be come like , to change ones life and become like the master. for the scriptures say that at the day of his coming if we are found to be like him we shall be saved, for one to say i believe and except him as my savior but am not willing to do anything he asks is a grows example of a so called disciple of Christ.
so can one be saved by just excepting Christ yes if that follower dose all the savior asks of him. so then is baptism essential for salvation? Christ said except you be born of the spirit and the water ye can in no wise enter into the kingdom of god. so i say yes it is essential because we are commanded of him to "come follow me"

it is not our place to say ow i think this and im going to do this cause it is what i want. if one is trying to be a disciple of Christ , or one who is born again after the order of Christ, one is to remember Paul's counsel " you are not your own, you where bought with a price" that price was the blood and suffering he endeared for you and me in the garden of Gethsemane to take upon him self our sins and sufferings. to any who want the privilege of saying Christ is there savior and that he has suffered for my sins and sorrows and pains one bust be the disciple of Christ willing to do all that he asks , not saying well that does not fit my life style or what i want to do, to merit the atonement of the savior one must lose them self and do the work of the father. sacrifice, the savior sacrificed him self for us, all he asks is that we sacrifice our wants and selfish desires to be submissive to his will i promise if you do this you will find yourself standing before your savior and father hearing the most blessed words " well done tho good and faithful servant.

turning over a new leaf

2009-01-10T20:13:00.002-07:00

well if your wondering what that means just keep looking at our family blog and you will find out why i am writing this. i see what i need to be , i see why i need to be , and i see where i am at ..... and its not there, so i guess i need to get there , so i dont miss out on all those things i have dreamed about all my life, and so that my life does not turn out to be a nightmare.
i will start by telling you what i learned tonight , with all the things i have been facing with my family , i have often found my self sitting there having these re-ekering memories of my self on my mission thinking "why bother talking to these people , they just get upset , it seams like i am doing no good talking to them" and so on, but as i was reading to night i realized something , all these times i felt this way, it was my fault. i realized that i was not teaching with the spirit , i was teaching my way , what i thought was best. its not that they would not listen, it was i was not doing my job in teaching them the way i should have. by letting the spirit teach them . often times i think we do this , love fore some one can be blinding like that , you care about some one so much you try to do what you think best but with all that good intention we often just hurt or push those we care about the most because we are blinded by love. you often see this in abusive relationships.
maybe the only way to get throw to people is to love them for who and what there are and be that example?

IRHW (chick power)

2009-01-06T14:07:00.004-07:00

some of you know what it is . Some of you have listened to us speak of it . Some of you have no idea what is going on ( if that is you please remove your self.) but finally there is truth about it , it is called IRHW and its a real thing to show you it does exist go to my momentomtv link and watch Cody Roth - Austria--IRHW you will see its always been there.

a good quote from pushing daisises

2008-12-20T12:14:00.001-07:00

" oh look, a dumb idea just found a friend"

guess who is back in the stuido

2008-12-15T11:41:00.002-07:00

thats right one of my favorit bands are back in the stuido making a new album so for all you Guster-aholicks out there keep your eyes and ears open for some new stuff.

p.s. i have been posting alot these days, so go back and check out what you have missed.

look what i found

2008-12-12T08:38:00.003-07:00

last night i was going back throw some of my old posts (some times i do that) and i found this most interesting post

april 28 2007
one of the best days of my life

to day i watched as my father was sealed in the temple to his wife , it brings great joy to me to know that there is this great sealing power on the earth and to know of what promises are given to us if we stay true and faith full , that we may receive those blessings . i am so proud of my father and the work he has done to get hear i love him eternally for it.
Ive watched as loved ones have passed these blessings because they did not fully understand , its pained me to watch my self make dumb mistakes that have held my self back in life , but I'm glad for redemption and forgiveness .
about a year ago as i drove home from a mission companions wedding , i felt the prompting that my father would be at my wedding , to day i witness part of a fulfillment to that prompting .
i also make a statement that i FEEL my time is not to far off and will be coming soon ...........crazy !!!!!! well well see what happens .

on the day of my wedding to Jessica the thing i was looking forward to the most was receiving that sealing power to be with her for eternity along with receiving the sealing power of the holy spirit of promise , but even with this wonderful doctrine i was focused on i could not help but also feel joy that i had indeed felt the spirit spoken to me over two years ago telling me that my father would be there in the sealing room with the rest of my family . to see this prompting come true and to know that god dose know me and is concerned with my happiness and well being helps me know I'm not alone ,also what joy i felt seeing my father and that he was there , that he was able to be apart of it.

Elder Maxwell once talked of the lord knowing the out come of all things and that often times he will prompt us to do something or cause things to happen that we do not understand why it happened , but the lord knows why , he knows that a chain reacting forces that will bring these things about , that's what happened to me in meeting Jessica . D&C 58:3

for those who asked

2008-12-11T08:40:00.002-07:00

Ye Must Be Born Again

Elder David A. Bednar Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Through faith in Christ, we can be spiritually prepared and cleansed from sin, immersed in and saturated with His gospel, and purified and sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise.
My boyhood home in California was located relatively close to large orchards of apricots, cherries, peaches, pears, and other delicious fruits. We also lived near fields of cucumbers, tomatoes, and a variety of vegetables.
As a boy I always looked forward to canning season. I did not like scrubbing the canning jars or working in our hot kitchen. But I did like working with my mom and dad. And I loved eating my work! I am sure I ate more fruit than ever made it into any of our canning jars.
My memories of time spent in the kitchen with Mom and Dad are stirred every time I see a bottle of home-canned cherries or peaches. The basic lessons I learned about temporal self-reliance and provident living while picking and canning produce have blessed me throughout my life. Interestingly, simple and ordinary experiences often provide the most important learning opportunities we ever have.
As an adult I have reflected upon the things I observed in our kitchen during canning season. This morning I want to discuss some of the spiritual lessons we can learn from the process by which a cucumber becomes a pickle. I invite the Holy Ghost to be with us as we consider the significance of those lessons for me and for you as we come unto Christ and are spiritually reborn.

Cucumbers and Pickles

A pickle is a cucumber that has been transformed according to a specific recipe and series of steps. The first steps in the process of changing a cucumber into a pickle are preparing and cleaning. I remember many hours spent on the back porch of my home removing stems from and scrubbing dirt off of the cucumbers we had picked. My mom was very particular about the preparing and cleaning of the cucumbers. She had high standards of cleanliness and always inspected my work to make sure this important task was properly completed.
The next steps in this process of change are immersing and saturating the cucumbers in salt brine for an extended period of time. To prepare the brine, my mom always used a recipe she learned from her mother—a recipe with special ingredients and precise procedures. Cucumbers can only become pickles if they are totally and completely immersed in the brine for the prescribed time period. The curing process gradually alters the composition of the cucumber and produces the transparent appearance and distinctive taste of a pickle. An occasional sprinkle of or dip in the brine cannot produce the necessary transformation. Rather, steady, sustained, and complete immersion is required for the desired change to occur.
The final step in the process requires the sealing of the cured pickles in jars that have been sterilized and purified. The pickles are packed in canning jars, covered with boiling hot brine, and processed in a boiling-water-bath canner. All impurities must be removed from both the pickles and the bottles so the finished product can be protected and preserved. As this procedure is properly followed, the pickles can be stored and enjoyed for a long period of time.
To summarize, a cucumber becomes a pickle as it is prepared and cleaned, immersed in and saturated with salt brine, and sealed in a sterilized container. This procedure requires time and cannot be hurried, and none of the essential steps can be ignored or avoided.
A Mighty Change
The Lord's authorized servants repeatedly teach that one of the principal purposes of our mortal existence is to be spiritually changed and transformed through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Alma declared:
"Marvel not that all mankind, yea, men and women, all nations, kindreds, tongues and people, must be born again; yea, born of God, changed from their carnal and fallen state, to a state of righteousness, being redeemed of God, becoming his sons and daughters;
"And thus they become new creatures; and unless they do this, they can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God" (Mosiah 27:25–26).
We are instructed to "come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny [ourselves] of all ungodliness" (Moroni 10:32), to become "new creature[s]" in Christ (see 2 Corinthians 5:17), to put off "the natural man" (Mosiah 3:19), and to experience "a mighty change in us, or in our hearts, that we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually" (Mosiah 5:2). Please note that the conversion described in these verses is mighty, not minor—a spiritual rebirth and fundamental change of what we feel and desire, what we think and do, and what we are. Indeed, the essence of the gospel of Jesus Christ entails a fundamental and permanent change in our very nature made possible through our reliance upon "the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah" (2 Nephi 2:8). As we choose to follow the Master, we choose to be changed—to be spiritually reborn.

Preparing and Cleaning

Just as a cucumber must be prepared and cleaned before it can be changed into a pickle, so you and I can be prepared with "the words of faith and of good doctrine" (1 Timothy 4:6) and initially cleansed through the ordinances and covenants administered by the authority of the Aaronic Priesthood.
"And the lesser priesthood continued, which priesthood holdeth the key of the ministering of angels and the preparatory gospel;
"Which gospel is the gospel of repentance and of baptism, and the remission of sins" (D&C 84:26–27).
And the Lord has established a high standard of cleanliness.
"Wherefore teach it unto your children, that all men, everywhere, must repent, or they can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God, for no unclean thing can dwell there, or dwell in his presence" (Moses 6:57).
Proper preparing and cleaning are the first basic steps in the process of being born again.
Immersing and Saturating
Just as a cucumber is transformed into a pickle as it is immersed in and saturated with salt brine, so you and I are born again as we are absorbed by and in the gospel of Jesus Christ. As we honor and "observe the covenants" (D&C 42:13) into which we have entered, as we "feast upon the words of Christ" (2 Nephi 32:3), as we "pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart" (Moroni 7:48), and as we "serve [God] with all [of our] heart, might, mind and strength" (D&C 4:2), then:
"Because of the covenant which ye have made ye shall be called the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters; for behold, this day he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that your hearts are changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are born of him and have become his sons and his daughters" (Mosiah 5:7).
The spiritual rebirth described in this verse typically does not occur quickly or all at once; it is an ongoing process—not a single event. Line upon line and precept upon precept, gradually and almost imperceptibly, our motives, our thoughts, our words, and our deeds become aligned with the will of God. This phase of the transformation process requires time, persistence, and patience.
A cucumber only becomes a pickle through steady, sustained, and complete immersion in salt brine. Significantly, salt is the key ingredient in the recipe. Salt frequently is used in the scriptures as a symbol both of a covenant and of a covenant people. And just as salt is essential in transforming a cucumber into a pickle, so covenants are central to our spiritual rebirth.
We begin the process of being born again through exercising faith in Christ, repenting of our sins, and being baptized by immersion for the remission of sins by one having priesthood authority.
"Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life" (Romans 6:4).
And after we come out of the waters of baptism, our souls need to be continuously immersed in and saturated with the truth and the light of the Savior's gospel. Sporadic and shallow dipping in the doctrine of Christ and partial participation in His restored Church cannot produce the spiritual transformation that enables us to walk in a newness of life. Rather, fidelity to covenants, constancy of commitment, and offering our whole soul unto God are required if we are to receive the blessings of eternity.
"I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him, and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him, and continue in fasting and praying, and endure to the end; and as the Lord liveth ye will be saved" (Omni 1:26).
Total immersion in and saturation with the Savior's gospel are essential steps in the process of being born again.

Purifying and Sealing

Cured cucumbers are packed into sterilized jars and heat processed in order to remove impurities and to seal the containers from external contaminants. The boiling-water-bath procedure enables the pickles to be both protected and preserved over a long period of time. In a similar way, we progressively become purified and sanctified as you and I are washed in the blood of the Lamb, are born again, and receive the ordinances and honor the covenants that are administered by the authority of the Melchizedek Priesthood.
"Nevertheless they did fast and pray oft, and did wax stronger and stronger in their humility, and firmer and firmer in the faith of Christ, unto the filling their souls with joy and consolation, yea, even to the purifying and the sanctification of their hearts, which sanctification cometh because of their yielding their hearts unto God" (Helaman 3:35).
The word sealing in my message today does not refer exclusively to the ordinance of eternal marriage performed in the house of the Lord. Rather, I am using this particular word as explained in the 76th section of the Doctrine and Covenants:
"This is the testimony of the gospel of Christ concerning them who shall come forth in the resurrection of the just—
"They are they who received the testimony of Jesus, and believed on his name and were baptized after the manner of his burial, being buried in the water in his name, and this according to the commandment which he has given—
"That by keeping the commandments they might be washed and cleansed from all their sins, and receive the Holy Spirit by the laying on of the hands of him who is ordained and sealed unto this power;
"And who overcome by faith, and are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, which the Father sheds forth upon all those who are just and true" (vv. 50–53).
The Holy Spirit of Promise is the ratifying power of the Holy Ghost. When sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise, an ordinance, vow, or covenant is binding on earth and in heaven. (See D&C 132:7.) Receiving this "stamp of approval" from the Holy Ghost is the result of faithfulness, integrity, and steadfastness in honoring gospel covenants "in [the] process of time" (Moses 7:21). However, this sealing can be forfeited through unrighteousness and transgression.
Purifying and sealing by the Holy Spirit of Promise constitute the culminating steps in the process of being born again.

"In the Energy of My Soul"

My beloved brothers and sisters, I pray this parable of the pickle may help us to evaluate our lives and to better understand the eternal importance of spiritual rebirth. With Alma, "I speak in the energy of my soul" (Alma 5:43).
"I say unto you that this is the order after which I am called, yea, to preach unto my beloved brethren, yea, and every one that dwelleth in the land; yea, to preach unto all, both old and young, both bond and free; yea, I say unto you the aged, and also the middle aged, and the rising generation; yea, to cry unto them that they must repent and be born again" (Alma 5:49).
I witness the reality and divinity of a living Savior who invites us to come unto Him and be transformed. I testify His Church and priesthood authority have been restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith. Through faith in Christ, we can be spiritually prepared and cleansed from sin, immersed in and saturated with His gospel, and purified and sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise—even born again. In the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen.

slc trip this weekend

2008-12-04T11:23:00.002-07:00

this weekend we are going down to slc to go to the temple take a picture and hang out with friends , it should be a really good time , im looking forward as always for the utah climbing , its not tell you move away that you realize how good it is. also looking forward to replacing my solomans that brock.
things are good hear in pocatello me and jessica have been having a really good time , spending time together and we are going climbing tonight. some say we / i talk about climbing a little to much , i need to say its not climbing that i need so much , i would say its now the need to get out ad do somthing / staying in shape , i would say that i need the fitness of it , thats the thing i love the most.

check out the fam blog for update on FGD

2008-11-14T19:13:00.001-07:00

you herd me now do it!!!

i got it

2008-11-14T18:58:00.003-07:00

after Bozeman we came back and had a fire with my brother Randy and his famly.

this is my nephew Ashten royal give the video a moment before you can see him but its great. he is trying to get a smoore from me but can not , so funny.

Metallica

2008-11-10T17:21:00.006-07:00

Monday me and Randy headed down to SLC for the Metallica concert . i was so excited i thought i would never get a chance to see them live , but they came out with a new album Death Magnetic, which if you like Metallica or "the harder good stuff" i highly recommend getting this album its so good, it really makes up for there big flop St. Anger, they really redeemed them self on this album.
i have never been to a concert of this size or price, but i can say by fare it was so worth it, it has taken first in the best concert i have ever been to by far. with lazier lights, flames, and hanging coffins with light hooked to them, that lowered and moved around it was a pretty cool show. we have some videos of the concert but the sound was to much for the recorder, so it sounds all distorted, but you can get on Randy's blog to see them if he puts them on?

my bro showing off his new shirt

me rocken out

the crowed bringing them out this was a pretty
powerful part of the show.

this is there opening song with the laser lights it was so cool they spun and spread. so cool

this is james the lead singer. and as you can see we where pretty close. the stage was in the middle of the event center, and there where people all around it , and they would sing on all sides of it it was just so cool.

FGD

2008-10-29T13:04:00.003-06:00

Thats rigth its hear once again. Full Gravidy Day, Bozemans best bouldering comp of the year , all info needed can be found on there web site, there is a link for the web sight on this page as well. hope to see all you there.

p.s. Jessica and I will be in Rexburg the day before to climb, hangout and go to the temple so please come chil with us. we might also be headed up to Helena to hang out with my cusain before he lives on his mission. or we will head up before the comp to do that and to hit up this sick 5.11 crack climb.

getting back to it

2008-10-22T22:02:00.002-06:00

well after much work i am finally getting strong again getting back to the 5.12s i was on and working which is a happy time, i am setting at the isu gym as well and that is helping . still looking in to finding better and better jobs, with a few leads.
Corey is getting things for the sticks comp in feb and i am way excited to help with that, as well as maby setting up in Nampa for the cabin fever crank . next month is Bozman a friend favorite.
Tim and Audery where in town this weekend and we were so happy to see them, and are very excited to have them movie hear in Jan. all in all life is getting easyer day by day.

the Pocatello life

2008-09-28T10:30:00.002-06:00

well living in Pocatello has come to be quite the good time , i work at great harvest making bread and also doing banquets at the holiday inn i am still looking for better jobs cause i don't think think those two jobs and there wages will pay all the bills , so i am still on the look.

Other than that me and Jessica are having a great time putting our home together and enjoying all Pocatello has to offer . hoping to climb next week end at the city with every one if work allows me to but we will have to wait and see , also excited about General conference next weekend .

I hope to find a good problem or rout to send before it gets to cold , will have to see.

the reel rock film tour

2008-09-04T11:21:00.001-06:00

well its that time again friends the third time , go to the web and look it up find out when it will be showing around you and go to it . it looks really good this year.

Elder Oaks

2008-08-24T12:32:00.002-06:00

today was stake conference and they where re doing the stake presidency and elder oaks came down to set apart and organize the new stake. he and Elder Pircen of the seventy gave great talks , Elder Pircen talked about when he taught his daughter how to ride a bike and how there are three things needed to ride a bike steering, balancing and speed . he told that when he told his daughter about this she and his wife both looked at him like "what are you talking about " and then how his daughter was like i can not do this daddy . and how bit by bit she learned every one of those steps and was able to learn to do something she did not think she could do. he told of how that is for us in life he said many of us think we can not do something or that something is to hard , but if we put forth action and faith and move forward we will be able to start learning how to over come these things we don't think we can over come and they will become small things to us and we will gain the strength to over come things and other difficulty's in our future .
now just a few things from Elder Oaks , he told two jokes id like to leave you with , he spoke of the Isaiah chapters of the book of Mormon being hard to get throw. he then told of how a military man had a military size cope of the book of Mormon that he would put in the pocket over his chest and how one day he got shoot by a robber , and that the bullet hit the book of Mormon he had i n his pocket and told how the bullet only made it to the Isaiah chapters and not threw them ha ha
the other one is , there was a protester standing at the south end of the temple at temple squire , preaching to the people coming to walk throw , saying "don't enter this is the church of the devil don't enter. a man stood watching this protester for a while then approached the protester and said you must be crazy, i belong to the church of the devil and this isent it ha ha
hope you enjoyed it as much as i did

found a new home

2008-08-23T09:23:00.002-06:00

well its true we are moving to Pocatello Idaho i start work on the 13 of October and we will most likely be moving into town the week before the 13 , and bringing a lot of junk down when we come for the pump (this also gives a chance for jess to see what she is really getting her self in to ) , we are so excited , or maby i should say im so excited for the pump this year , dont think ill try and compete to hard this year just going to have some fun and am really excited to get started working at the wall as well. see you all soon

looking for the new home

2008-08-05T15:58:00.002-06:00

well its been a while but things have been bizy. the wedding went good and now we are living hear in st george. we are looking at a new place to live tho, pocatello idaho the new costco is opening up there and so on the 11 of this month i am going to put in for that and look at moving up there.
the climbing is good down hear in st george , hot but good . there is a 512 down hear i hope to send before we leave, its a sweet rout. the pump is coming up next month so im trying to get in shape for that. if we move then we will be in town for the pump and that will be exciting but if not it will be a long drive up to it. hope to see you all soon. and climb with you soon.

new home

2008-06-14T10:56:00.002-06:00

well for those who did not know , i have quite Aspiro. me and Jessica have decided to live in St George and so now hear i am working to find a job, i don't think i could have chosen a worse time to try and find a job but i have to really good leads that I am after one is working in Zion as a guide , shuttling , and working in a gear shop. the other is one is....... well you may have guessed it , maby not ....yes thats right Costco ha ha. i am also looking at going to school next year and working towards a business degree , so that i can also at looking into opening a climbing gym hear in St George, they don't have one , and after looking at how well some gyms have been doing in SLC and how much climbing there is around there i think a gym would do well down hear so thats kinda the plan , hope your all having fun i know i am.

Finally an explanation

2008-06-09T10:21:00.001-06:00

“real genius is knowing how to spell a word more than one way “Albert Einstein

yes im getting marred

2008-06-05T10:07:00.002-06:00

yes its true as you may have heared , if you want pics and the story go to our fam. blog jaredandjessicatolman.blogspot.com

...................what can i say shes amazing

how smart are you

2008-05-22T11:24:00.002-06:00

with all the things that have gone down this week i have had much time to site and reflect and ponder much this week and with all the things i have learned and had reviled to me this week this is the one thing id like to comment one.
many of you know me , know how silly i can be at times and have even laughed at some of the things i have done and said over the years , but i ask a question , are we smart because of the knowledge we have as a whole or is it possible to be very smart , but just in a few areas?
i believe it to be the latter , one may be a well rounded individual , and be able to know a well rounded amount of knowledge , and that is fine and all, but it is the latter in which i find my self. i may not know all things but i do know many things and in those small things that i know i have pored my life and time until i have become very learned in it , one who can teach it and help others improve in it. we all know spelling is not one of my strong points , but speech is. i may not be good at math and English/ gramber, but i know and understand the gospel, i may not know governments, principality's, kings, and potentates, but i see people for who they really are and love and respect them. i many not at this time have a college degree but I'm a hard worker and can walk away from a job knowing i worked hared and did a great job. i many not know much but for what i know i feel i am rich and well rounded , i love who i am and what i want in life and where i am going so just because i don't have a perfect 4.o dose not and should not make me any less desirable .
so am i less smarter then you or some one else........no no no I'm me and i love being me

some new shots

2008-04-09T18:27:00.006-06:00

so her are some shots of the sweet problem i set at the cabin fever crank hope you all in joy . p.s. so this was my first week at aspiro its very interesting ill tell more of what i think after a few goes . black Angus closed so I'm not doing that any more:( I'm sad i really liked that job , ill need to find some more money so if you find that ile at the store let me know ha ha . well thats all thats new.

go check this out

2008-03-20T12:31:00.000-06:00

www.youtube.com/user/outdooralliance

Tip accordingly

2008-03-05T13:41:00.001-07:00

So being a waiter is very fun and I do really enjoy it, but I have come to learn a few things .1st I waited on a table the other night, this couple wanted two drinks and wanted to share a meal of a pound of prim rib , nothing wrong in that , I put the order in and that was that, when there plate came out I asked them how it tasted, and as they sat there “still” cutting it in two pieces for each other, and continue to “keep” eating it they said to me we come her a lot and this is kind of chewer than normal is there something we can do about that. I told them id send the manager over. My manager went over asked what was wrong, they told her and she simply went back and had a new one made. Now there is nothing wrong in that. It is what happened next that I would like to point out.
As I was waiting around one of the other waiters asked me if that couple had complained about there food. I told them they had, he then said they come in twice a month and do this, as I turned and watched as another prime rib went out to there table and they sat there eating “both” prim ribs , paying for only one . The waiter then said watch they will leave you hardly nothing. When they cashed out they left me $3.
All that came to mind was something a financial adviser said to me “when you take/use goods and services you pay for them regardless”. As I thought about this I could not help but hear the waiter who had told me about the couple. He was going off on how cheap and dishonest people could be then he said something that hit me, he said “especially Mormons”, as he said that it hit me, it was true most Mormons there in the valley are and where like this, dishonest, cheep and not true to what they said they stood for. The words of the financial adviser rang even harder in my mind. I felt sadden that members who confessed member ship in the lords church, those who said I am trying to be like the savior and be his example would go off and do this as well as other things. We as members can never do this we are the example of Christ I would be ashamed to do such things and act so dishonestly to any one.
The 2nd thing as people come in they most time bring coupons with hem and try to weasel what they can out of us , if you cant tell there is a lot of dishonesty going on from those that come dine with us. One example a man brought his wife in around valentines day, he had a coupon for the dinner for two which we where advertising at the time, it said if you did not use the coupon you could get to drinks on us, but if you did use the coupon the drinks would not be free. The man came and gave me there order never showing or telling me about the coupon, they did get the dinner for two and asked for the drinks. At the end of the meal he presented the coupon, I explained to him that because he had got the drinks the coupon was no good , he said shouldn’t it say that on the coupon and our advertisement I said it did and showed him on both where it did , he looked at me and said “ well I don’t want to pay for those drinks” I went and got Jerry the owner and coolest boss you could have , Jerry went and explained the same thing I did, the man argued with him more and Jerry came back and took the drinks off. (When I explained the whole thing to the man he looked at me like I don’t have enough.) again “when you take/use goods and services you pay for them”
Jerry my boss is such a great guy he will do anything to make the customer happy even let them cheat him like this , he never complains, only when the guy is being cheep he gets so mad and says in the back to us “man why are you so cheep why don’t you want to take your wife out and spend money on her isn’t she worth it “ it makes us all smile , and its true this guy was more worried about money then showing his wife a really good time letting her get what she wanted off the menu, jerry just puts it in just such a better way .
Last of all remember you waiter works hard tip them well I never leave them less then a ten. Happy dinning

i want to be a missionary now

2008-02-17T16:33:00.003-07:00

to day as i was driving to my brothers i happened to see two young men walking down the street dressed in there sunday best , i emagind they where walking around collecting fast offerings . as i thought about what i saw i wondered if they relized what they where really doing , they seamed to have that look on there face that said i dont know why i have to be out here doing this id rather be home doing somthing else . i thought to my self if only they understood what they where really doing , what i saw them really doing , i did not just see to young men walking down the street doing there church dutie , i saw these two young mean in there white shirts and ties prepering them selfs to be missionarys , i saw them working and talking together as they work and talk together with there companian on there mission .
i wondered if they really relized how this was molding them in who they would need to be for the future , who the lord would need them to be.
to often in life i think we miss the thing we do or could be doing that would help us in the future , i know i often do . i just hope that throw life we to dont miss what is happening in our lifes that are there for us to help mold us for the future.

new shoes

2008-02-10T10:27:00.000-07:00

So with the new year hear and my desire to be a well rounded climber I went out and got some new shoes for crack climbing, I am not very good at it and think I would have broken my foot with my other shoes, so I got these and hope fully they will help be get better at crack.
I went in to the gym yesterday and set a really good problem, climbed for a bit and then had to go to work, be for that I went to Rei and read up on some climbing areas I am really excited to get out this year and climb hard and throw down on some new hard projects, I really hope to get this job so I can be out for 6 days of what ever I want to do. It should be a good time.

where is every one?

2008-02-06T13:47:00.000-07:00

It’s like every one just stopped posting what the heck? Any way I have made my mind up on something’s thanks to some coaching. I’m going to be quieting Costco hear in the next little bit and hope fully getting a job at Aspiro so that I can have six days off in a row so that me and Marcus can go out and hit some spots up and climb and kayak like mad men, but only tell the water season comes around where every one has been asking me to come do the river with them. So ill try and get that so I can see what all the fuzz is about. The thing that’s been keeping me from all this is I was trying to get a good paying job to take care of a family , but since no girl seams the list bit interested in family and growth screw it ill give in and play instead of being “responsible”. Hope to see some of you bloging again?

the doors of perception

2008-02-02T13:59:00.000-07:00

As some of you may know my blog is in titled the doors of perception, it comes from a poem from William Blake; "When the doors of perception are cleansed man will see things as they truly are, infinity.” often in life many of these perceptions and lessens go buy, with us missing there lessens and views which would greatly in rich our lives. sadly it is often by the death of a loved one and or great hared ship that we are reminded, and only then can our doors be cleansed, that our perception is truly cleansed and we can see things as they truly are.

So it is today for me, as this week has proceeded and much has been said about the life of president Hinckley I have had much time to think and ponder many things, I feel president packer said it best, the lord calls a man and then takes him and molds him in to who he wants that man to be, until he is refined and purged into the man the lord needs him to be. In the quiet moments of my life I have often pondered things like this as well as others, and have tried to see them in my own life of experience. in short I know that the men I have looked up to so very much in my life are the men who at a very early age gave there whole self to the lord . It is those men who consecrated there time and passions and talents to the service to the lord. I have often asked my self if I to have done this. And sadly the answer has been no. I am so fare from this.

It raises such a question to ask ones self as to why or what is to be done. every great man I have known and wanted to be like have all done the same thing , they made a choose , a choose to be a man of integrity , a man of honesty , a man of virtue , a man of good , molding ones self in obedience , often times seeing room for improvement , the need to repent for ones down falls , and growing closer to the lord in faith knowledge and obedience . Gaining Christ like attributes and chareristices, charity for all as the lord has charity, over all being molded into the savior by the saviors’ hands.I can only say these things and know they are true because I have seen them with my eyes and heard them with my hears, by those small things done, said, seen by these men I have so closely looked to , as well as up to. it was throw those small things they thought know one saw or no one would notice , it was through answering a question some one would ask and an answer that was not looking for parse . It was by the way they lived and the knowledge they had and the testimony they bore that I know this things are true of them and by them. This is how I know these things; it is because of these things I look to them.But I find my self sad because I am not becoming like them , even tho they are who I want to be like , I have let my self slip in so many ways .

My brother often says to be “one of the biggest things I regret is ..........” president Monson has said that there are too many days that are gone and to many " I whish id, should a could a's " days that go by, we need to choose to day to do those things.This is one of the most impacting things I have ever heard, Elder Maxwell once said “Brethren, as you submit your wills to God, you are giving Him the only thing you can actually give Him that is really yours to give. Don't wait too long to find the altar or to begin to place the gift of your wills upon it! No need to wait for a receipt; the Lord has His own special ways of acknowledging" this hit home to me and has stuck with me for a long time, but like many things can be forgotten. This desire I have, to be like these men can only come by repentance, submitting my will to god and sacrifice, and not being side tracked by the world.My direst friends and loved ones the gospel, church and will of god is the alter that needs to be found, we cannot wait to put the gifts of our will upon it, from my experience with being a missionary, being enthralled in the work of the lord I know that there is no greater joy that comes than that of serving the lord. I have experienced it for my self and I know it to be true I never have been more happy and more like those men, more closer to the lord than when I was on his errin , I testify this all to be true . as we change our lives / my life I will become like those men , I will be able to be worthy of any calling the lord may need me to fill , I will be molded into who he needs me to be as we all will , as president Hinckley was .

I tell you all this cause I love you all and want the very best for you , I want you to be happy and find joy in this life , elder Maxwell finished with saying " God has known you individually, brethren, for a long, long time . He has loved you for a long, long time. He not only knows the names of all the stars; He knows your names and all your heartaches and your joys! By the way, you have never seen an immortal star; they finally expire. But seated by you tonight are immortal individuals—imperfect but who are, nevertheless, "trying to be like Jesus" this moment of our eternal life is but a small one , but which will have a huge impact on our eternity’s , tho we are eternal that we will out live the stars existence , do you see the extreme need to choose the lord to day and start down his path so that he can say "come unto me" that I may mold you and make you in to the person I need you to be that when you stand before me the scripture will come to pass " that ye may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is; .... That we may be purified even as he is pure. Amen. "

The passing of a legend

2008-01-29T13:04:00.001-07:00

As many of you know Sunday President Gordon B. Hinckley passed away , when i heard the news i was a little surprised , i was at the point of , really today is the day that this happens , i did not feel as surprised as i thought i would be , i had always thought when i heard the news of his passing i would become very sad and might even shed a tear , but none of this happened , i felt no such feelings in side my self .
I thought about this for some time wondering if this was a okay thing or if i had become some hard hearted person with no concern for others. It was not until the next day at work that a coworker expressed the same feelings and how he was not to terribly distrait by it. i asked him how come , he simple said " why should i be sad that a great man who served for 48 years of his life as a general authority and with out question reached the celestial kingdom , why should i be sad for such a great man ?"
I agreed with this , why should i be sad , when Elder Maxwell passed away i was on my mission, my jaw dropped to the ground when i learned of his passing , ma by it was cause i was on my mission , or the first time that i could conceive of a general authority passing, i think more than any thing i was just really surprised cause i really liked Elder Maxwell , but even so i loved President Hinckley why not the same effect ?
I guess it dose not really matter , President Hinckley has always been my prophet , tho Ive lived threw four prophets , he is the one i always think of when they say modern day prophet . you always hear people say i remember when president such and such was prophet , i can kind of remember the other three but President Hinckley is the only one that i have concisely learned from and remember.
As a missionary i remember learning much from his teachings, some of my favored talks where given by him , one that comes to mind is his talk on " Loyalty :April 2003 conference " his talks on missionary work , his stirring words of warning about pornography , but mostly i remember his testimony of the savior .
He had a remarkable ability to remember the history of the church and the history of the scriptures , how many times did we listen to him tell us the story of Christ last few days or the saints crossing the planes , he told those storeys so much never forgetting things or places or names , but with every storey came stirrings words and conviction of the truth of this work and church. I remember hearing him once say " i love quoting from the scriptures , for they give me the power and authority of what i say" i have loved and looked up to him for years , i have learned how to be a good companion and use wisdom in my chooses from his teachings.
This will be very different going forth with out this great man around with his great in site and wisdom but all will be okay i know the lord has a plan and with change comes growth , he lived a great life and set a good example , i learned much and loved much . this Scripture comes to mind when i think of him . "And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the spirit of God is? " gen 41 :38

song lyrics that come to mind for the new year

2008-01-08T20:52:00.000-07:00

"Rocketship"

They’ll find it on the stairs Politely placed it there Been so unkind without a hint No warning sign for them Read my apology Their hope of disbelief But no denial changes things No remedy ahead I am not to be martyred I am not to be worshipped I did it not to be strong, strong, strong I implicate no others in this crime I’m off on a rocketship prepared for something new I’m off on a rok-it-ship ecstatic with the view I am scared of the things upcoming And I want for the things I don’t have Cannot stand to be one of many I’m not what they are We'll gather in my name The morning will begin It's all or nothing over there It's teasing me again I am not to be martyred I am not to be worshipped I did it not to be strong, strong, strong I implicate no others in this crime I’m off on a rocketship prepared for something new I’m off on a rok-it-ship ecstatic with the view I am scared of the things upcoming And I want for the things I don’t have Cannot stand to be one of many I’m not what they are I’m not what they are

"guster"

"Next Year Baby"

Next Year, Things are gonna change,Gonna drink less beer And start all over again Gonna pull up my socks Gonna clean my shower Not gonna live by the clock But get up at a decent hour Gonna read more books Gonna keep up with the news Gonna learn how to cook And spend less money on shoes Pay my bills on time File my mail away, everyday Only drink the finest wine And call my Gran every Sunday Resolutions Well Baby they come and go Will I do any of these things?The answers probably no But if there's one thing, I must do,Despite my greatest fears I'm gonna say to you How I've felt all of these years Next Year, Next Year, Next Year I gonna tell you, how I feel Well, resolutions Baby they come and go Will I do any of these things?The answers probably no But if there's one thing, I must do,Despite my greatest fears I'm gonna say to you How I've felt all of these years Next Year, Next Year, Next Year

"Jamie cullim"

I'm glad i get to do what i want this year. i don't have to do everything every one else is doing .

nothing to new

2007-12-09T09:47:00.000-07:00

well a lot has happened but i really don't care to go over it all i have been trying to be a vegetarian and have been doing that successfully for 3 months now have lost a lot of weight , but it just might be malnourishment who knows , don't care, girls are still being them self dumb and confusing , losing so much weight has helped me climbing tho I'm now climbing 5.12 and feeling Good on them .
i found these pics on Tim's pic gallery and thought they where to good not be seen so hear they are . pad heaven , if you had a chose between pad heaven and hard heaven which would you choose , and they said why would you need pads , gees

bell at her best , its hot i know

Its good to be learned

2007-11-10T13:50:00.000-07:00

yesterday i went in to get my hair cut and as i was waiting this kid walked in , i noticed him because his shirt read " i hear ed Joseph Smith ". this raised my attention because i knew there had to be more to this shirt , i keep ed watching him trying to see the back of his shirt hopping for some further answerer's to my curiosity .
As he turned to walk away and sit down i saw it "BUT I SERVE JESUS CHRIST" i started to laughed so hard . for those who now me , maby Craig / my companions , i am very out spoken when it comes to ignorance of the Gospel . he looked up at me and i think after a second or two he realized i was laughing at him , i was glad he knew , if your going to where a shirt like that i hope you would realize how retarded it sounds and how much you make your self look so unlearned or uninformed .
Had this young man actually known any thing about Joseph Smith maby he would have realized his foolishness in wearing that shirt . but no he just showed how uneducated he was and how quick to judge something he knew nothing about.
May i enlighten just a little . many came to the Prophet Joseph Smith asking him if he really thought he was a savior ,god or even a prophet . he denied all such beliefs in him self , but bore testimony that god had called him to do a work , he emphatically bore testimony of the savior and taught faith in the savior , teaching that all men should come unto Christ and be perfected throw Christ . Joseph Smith more than any man sense the apostles where killed off has born the strongest ,and greatest personal testimony of the savior. " And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he lives! For we saw him, even on the right hand of God; and we heard the voice bearing record that he is the Only Begotten of the Father— That by him, and through him, and of him, the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God."
Joseph Smith was an instrument in the hands of the all mighty, he was and is a Prophet of god , i know this to be true, he taught us to serve the lord not him , we have respect for that great man . so to my Friend with the shirt i say , good serve the lord but also remember "i the lord will do nothing but i revile it unto my servant the prophet " and "whether by mine own voice or the voice of my servant it is the same " serve the lord my Friend but hear the words of his living prophets they will draw you nearer to the lord , i know this from my own experience . i hope my Friend with the shirt will not be so close minded and learn something .

Pushing Daisies - Extended Preview

2007-11-06T15:38:00.001-07:00

Pushing Daisies - Extended Preview

2007-11-06T15:31:00.001-07:00

this is becoming one of my favorite shows and for those who know me i don't watch TV , but pushing daisies is so clever and Witty i just cant help but laught , smile , feel love , feel silly , and overwelmgly gitty when i watch it . i suggest you check it out . you can go to http://dynamic.abc.go.com/streaming/landing?lid=ABCCOMGlobalMenu&lpos=FEP
to watch all but the first episodes , you will love them i did .

Montana

2007-11-06T12:57:00.000-07:00

well this weekend we went down to Montana and had a lot of fun at a climbing comp. after that got over we headed up to See my Uncle Jim and Aunt Suzie who i have not seen in almost 3 years it was a joy to see them and spend some time with them , i really enjoyed the spirit i felt as i spent some that time with them , my Uncle Jim is Bishop up there and it was interesting to talk to him and be counseled by him in so many ways , especially on being a Bishop , my Aunt Suzie bless her heart did not want me to leave , and i would have linger there for some time if it was my choice , but i had to go.

why i was up there i was check this place to climb and cant wait to go back and climb there it will be so much fun. but hear is a pic of this 5.11c crack climb i want to go do.

my top five

2007-10-23T19:36:00.001-06:00

Kirsten Dunst

Keira Knightley

Avril Lavigne

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Natasha Bedingfield

time moves fast

2007-10-23T13:05:00.000-06:00

well so much has happened in the last little while i just don't know what to tell and what to leave out . the two girls from the city i meet and we had a good time climbing in American fork and then i went down to maple canyon with them , and maple is just amazing , i started working a 5.12b down there , but didn't get it , then the next week Marcus was in town all week so him and me hit the gym and out side really hard , by the weekend crag and Corey came down and all four of us went down to maple and had a really good time i was going for a red point on the at 5.12b and got it i , it took 4 goes all together , i felt really good about that and am confident in saying i am working 12s now.
while me and Marcus where climbing i meet this girl named Trish she is way cool , this week end we went down to Moab , and ow my gosh Moab is amazing we had such a good time and i made some new friends , who i really like, i could see they where really good people that wanted to do good , all of them wanted to climb hared and that was nice , after being in Moab I've decided to work on my crack climbing skills and hope by summer to be better .
we when to church on Sunday and there was one part that really stuck out to me it was this" hear in Moab many people come to recreate and they are prepared to recreate , are we as ready to serve as we are to recreate?".

our city trip for those who where not there

2007-10-05T14:40:00.001-06:00

so last week i was making some phone calls to try and set something up to do, seeing as how i had the weekend off , i called my friend Byron to see it he was free to got o the city of rocks he said that his wife Jena was taking him some where and he could not go , so i then called Tim he said he was going to twin , so i left that as a option . i then got a phone call from Jena telling me that she was secretly taking Byron to twin to go climbing and that if i showed up it would be great so i then told Tim id defiantly come down .
i then called Audrey and asked her if she would like to ride down with me and surprise Tim , she of cures was all for it , and so our plan was set . that weekend it was pretty cold as you might remember ,Saturday when we woke up was a little chilly but we being determent (or maby just me ) set off to go climbing . the closer we got to the city the more i found my self looking over at the mountains where the city lies and finding dough that my friends would want to stay and climb , it looked offal it was snowing and just looked no fun , but as we went over the summit we saw that it was only the summit that was really that bad as we maid it in to castle rock we could see that the rock was dry and not very cold out side as well , we where excited ( or maby it was just me again) to be there in one of the most beautiful spots on this earth and the interesting weather on this day had made it look in such a way that i had never seen before . little did we know at this time two young Lady's named Amanda and Ashely, that will come in to our story later, where hurrying to get out of the city of rocks in fear that the weather had taken a turn for the worst .
i was so glad to be there to see this huge beautiful rock and all its impressive lines just waiting for some one to get on them. to cut it short we had a really good time by the end of it we where a little chilled and where ready to get off the wall , the snow had melted by the time we where done and we had a worm walk out i love climbing at castle rock it is just such a great place to be especially when with your friends.
so as we i returned home just having a great weekend i had also set up to go climbing with my friend Becca on Tue. we had decided to meet at the 711 at the mouth of big cotton wood , as i was waiting i saw these two girls in a 96 Toyota van pull up and get out, it looked as if they had stoped for no other reason then what you and i would stop fore but it was after they came back out that something different was noticed . as i observed them one was drinking out of a measuring cup and then opened the back end of the van to throw the ice in her cup back into the cooler which was was surrounded by many things i wasn't looking to hard so i really didn't see much but could tell that that there where a lote of things in the back of the van , so not thinking much about it when back to my climbing book trying to find a climb to climb with Becca when all the sudden it hit me like a bag of bricks , "only a dirt bag climber would be doing and having that scenario" i quickly went over to ask if they where climbers ( bold i know but wouldn't you ask cut girls if they where climbers to?) . they said they where and that they where travailing from Oregon climbing all over ( be still my heart) and that they where here in slc climbing and had just come from the city of rocks , wow what a small climbing world . well this is getting long so ill finish the rest of the story when i get the pics. so untill next time .

i want you to notice the mountain in the back ground you cant see it cause of the storm cloud

just having a little fun

2007-09-22T21:01:00.000-06:00

StreetFilms-San Francisco PARK(ing) Day

2007-09-21T14:28:00.001-06:00

happier

2007-09-21T13:49:00.000-06:00

well i just want to start off by thanking my friends who helped me win this year at the pump and i don't mean just helped me this weekend but every one who has climbed with me to get me in shape , thanks so much i also made a primes that if i won i would never climb on Sunday again so please help me remember and keep me off the rock.

this weekend was good for me i was glad to see Bre which i have not seen in forever as well as Mary Angela Marcus and every one i see a little bit more , it was also a great learning point for Beth i found out , we had a really good talk that I'm glad we had, and i think we both found out something new . over all i felt good , i learned who my friends where and learned who should not hang out together , i think we all learned that :) but that got me thinking about who my real friends are and what i do for them and what they mean to me , as well as what i mean to them and what they do for me.

so I'm left to ask do real friends speak up in concern or say nothing ? do real friends talk bad about one another? is being annoyed with some one okay? dose being annoyed with some one mean your still friends ? i don't know , some times i just don't know what to do .

in a lighter news i went to the Guster concert on Wednesday and it was parable the best concert i have seen . ill get pic up of that in a bit .

"Happier"

Say goodbye, lose your friends, make them go, don't need them around Cause it's time, lose your friends, make them go, was never supposed to be like this They were too weak, too prone to break Their needs too deep, their skin too thin By now you took what was to take Tear it apart and start again So go on, if this will make you happier It got you this far, did what you had to You've wasted every moment of your Saturdays and your Sundays You're wasted from the boredom, was never supposed to be like this Like your father said, just do what was done unto you..always In your father's steps you'll do what was done unto you It won't be hard to start again So go on, if this will make you happier It got you this far, do what you have to (Well you knew this would come) And you're gone now (And you've left me all alone) And did it make you happier? (And you're lost and long gone, don't take it so seriously) It wasn't that hard (Go on and get goin, I'm fine on my own) Did what you had to (We got you this far, finally got it figured out) One more itch you son of a bitch You've been wasting my time...always And now you're half awake You bend till you break And make the same mistakes...always So go on, if this will make you happier It got you this far, do what you have to (Well you knew this would come) And you're gone now (And you've left me all alone) And did it make you happier? (And you're lost and long gone, don't take it so seriously) It wasn't that hard (Go on and get goin, I'm fine on my own) Did what you had to (We got you this far, finally got it figured out)

dont wait

2007-09-06T14:03:00.000-06:00

well if your thinking of going to the pocatello pump or the guster concert you might want to get your tickets or registered to them now don't wait it might be sold out or have to pay more , the reel rock tour was sold out , i waited to long . so don't you.

it was a real lador day weekend

2007-09-04T19:18:00.000-06:00

so my brother had called me up and asked if i wanted to go to pocatello and climb for labor day weekend and of course i wanted to go so we left late Saturday night ,which i was up for 20 hours that day( it seams ever seance i started at Costco that my Saturdays I'm up that long ) .
the next day we headed up to swan valley for my sister in laws family reunion where i meet miss pocatello who won the swimsuit competition may i add and her very talented little sis who has written tones of really good songs on the guitar and i mean really good , so we hang out there for a while until we find out that tomorrow my brothers father inlaw needs help land scarping tomorrow moving 150 to 200 pound rocks around placing them in spot around the yard to make a rock wall. we leave the reunion and head back to pocatello we , where we have a little bit of light left so my brother decided to take me out and show me this new hidden wall I'm pocatello that has routs on it , we get to the wall at dark and are looking at it with flash lights and I'm sitting there knowing i have to help tomorrow and am wishing i had a head lamp so that i can climb but am pretty Shere i left it at home , i go look and to my joys surprise i found one , so we rope up and up i go one of the climbs i think it had to be a 5.11 but it felt good to on sight a climb at night.
the next day we get up and help get the rocks and take them over to the yard , i was trying to hurry cause i wanted to meat up with Tim and price and climb with them , but i found out the real meaning of labor day:) when we got done we headed over to the wall where we just missed Tim and climbed and worked on some climbs and even put my neas and nefue up the wall , after that my brother and sister inlaw had to fill out some papers so we headed over to miss pocatellos parents house where i got to talk with her parence there pretty cool , needless to say at the end of the day i didn't get home tell 12:00 and had to be up at 3:30 ouch

natasha bedingfield

2007-08-30T15:03:00.000-06:00

she is soooooooo hot

the great adventers of brian and me

2007-08-26T18:33:00.000-06:00

well once again me and Brian are rippen it up down hear in Utah , my mission companion called me up and asked if we wanted to head out to the lake so off we went ,where we found out that we where going to be wake skating, it is like wake boarding ,it was a lot of fun being pulled around by the jet ski and just to much fun driving it .

great day with brian

2007-08-21T11:35:00.000-06:00

so me and Brian had a really good day yesterday , he showed up at my place around 4 and then we headed up to little cottonwood to do this sweet 5.7 multi pitch that took us 300 feet we did it in like 2 hours (i think we will go faster next time) it was a 5 pitch climb , then we speed down back in to town to catch the pool party for fhe where we filled our bellies with burgers with pineapple on them then swam around tyring to jump out on a flotation device and surf across the pool before crashing down (i maid it across thank you , it was the slack line training:)) then when we got done there we went in side for a little guitar hero where we played tell 11 at night , if you have not played this game you need to its so much fun.

every one go to craigs blog

2007-08-20T14:21:00.000-06:00

you heard it now do it

this song gose out to you b >: p

2007-08-20T13:53:00.000-06:00

but i ant mad at you just hurt , call me

lily allen smile

When you first left meI was wanting more But you were f**king that girl next doorWhat'cha do that for? When you first left me I didn't know what to say Never been on my own that way Just sat by myself all day I was so lost back then But with a little help from my friends, I found the light in the tunnel at the end And now you're calling me up on the phone So you can have a little whine and a moan It's only because you're feeling alone At first when I see you cry Yeah, it makes me smileYeah, it makes me smile At worst I feel bad for a while But then I just smileI go ahead and smileWhenever you see me You say that you want me backAnd I tell you it don't mean jack No it don't mean jack I couldn't stop laughing No I just couldn't help myself I See you messed up my mental health I was quite unwell I was so lost back thenBut with a little help from my friends , I found the light in the tunnel at the endAnd now you're calling me up on the phone So you can have a little whine and a moan It's only because you're feeling alone At first when I see you cry Yeah, it makes me smile Yeah, it makes me smile At worst I feel bad for a whileBut then I just smileI go ahead and smileLalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala

$69000 is it worth it?

2007-08-19T19:26:00.000-06:00

so this i a new veical that ive found its not made by volkswagen and ive never heard of who its madeby but go check it out at www.verdier.ca its preaty cool i wonder if they will really make it.

reel rock tour

2007-08-15T11:38:00.000-06:00

well one again the reel rock tour is coming around , i went last year and its way fun they show two new coming climbing videos that are always cool and its like five bucks , and at the end they usally throw sewage so its worth going , to check out when it will be near you go to http://reelrocktour.com/
things are going good down her in utah im still getting up at 4 and working tell 1230 in the after noon still climbing as much as possable and slowley making friends so its all good hope to see you at the pump.

this weekend will be a good one

2007-08-09T21:07:00.000-06:00

well I'm now setting at the front and am way excited about this weekend , there is a comp ill be helping out at and then the pro finals that will be great to watch . not to mention also the outdoor retailer show is this weekend also. so if your in town give me a call.

West Valley gets its Costco

2007-08-03T19:36:00.000-06:00

well to day we opened the West Valley Costco to the public and i think it went pretty well , i think I'm going to like this job. tomorrow Jo will be in town and us and some of our Friends are going to go climbing in parleys canyon , I'm so excited Ive only got to go climbing like three times last month and well that's not enough , so tomorrow will be really good. my shoes broke this morning and i had to go buy some new ones so i went to REI and pick up some keens i really like them and the best part is they where on clearance and i don't think my feet will hurt any more at work now.

i also found out that REI is having a garage sale on the 18 up hear and then the other one is having one next month , I'm a little worried cause i don't think ill have any money left if i go to them :)

its time once again

2007-08-01T09:14:00.000-06:00

its that time once again to start getting ready for the greatest comp. in the known univers. the Pocatello Pump, if you go to my link for the pocatello pump you can sign up and regester for it its sept 15 -16 and as allways its going to be a blast

"Saints and Sailors"

2007-07-18T12:44:00.000-06:00

This song describes very well the way I'm feeling right now , i was up for 24 hours yesterday and so much has happened I'm exhausted but only emotionally, and i only sleeped for 4 hours after my 24 hour day and now I'm back up and going. yesterday was a very bad day i had to come to terms with things that i didn't want to deal with but I'm glad i have and I'm looking to that brighter future.

"This is where I say I've had enough and no one should ever feel the way that I feel now.A walking open wound,a trophy display of bruises and I don't believe that I'm getting any better.Waiting here with hopes the phone will ring and I'm thinking awful things and I'm pretty sure that few would notice.And this apartment is starving for an argument.Anything at all to break the silence.Wandering this house like I've never wanted out and this is about as social as I get now.And I'm throwing away the letters that I am writing you' cause they would never do,I would never do. So don't be a liar,don't say that "every thing's working"when every thing's broken. And you smile like a saint but you curse like a sailor and your eyes say the joke's on me. But I'm not laughing and you're not leaving and who do I think I am kidding When I'm the only one locked in this cell? So don't be a liar,don't say that "every thing's working"when every thing's broken. And you smile like a saint but you curse like a sailor and your eyes say the joke's on me."

old friends

2007-07-09T00:44:00.000-06:00

So this is me and my only true love/best -friend Erica who says I have to marry her if we're not married by the time we're 28. Just hanging out with her right now and she showed me this totally hot pic of us; i mean man look at me - I miss looking that way .
Anyhow, Utah has been good for the last week, working has been looking good, long hours though and having to get up at 4 AM... and working till 4 is hard.
over all, everything is good and I'm for the most part happy , excited to start setting at the front and hope to get the job at Momentum.
Hope you'll all come see me soon or stop by and say hi if your in town, catch you later p.s. she maid me say only true love

Twilight climbing

2007-06-23T18:35:00.000-06:00

Last night some friends and my self went to derkes to go climbing , we had a really good time climbing some old classic routes , once it got late we decided to keep climbing in the dark with head lamps on , it was fun until i noticed that it was getting some what lighter , i told every one to turn off there head lamp , we where so surprised to see how bright it was at night with a half moon. so we decided to see if we could climb in just the light of the moon , i was the first to go and let me tell you something it is amazing to go up a climb in the light of the night , after talking about it we decided it would be fun to go to castle rock one night on a full moon and climb Big time 5.9 at night , were making planes for it its going to be great .
On another note i got a job at Costco and will be moving down to West Valley to help open it , I'm starting full time which by the way doesn't happen at Costco , as there only freezer man , there freezer alone dose more in sales then the whole Grocery Outlet did in a day. little nerves but know its all going to be good , my goal is to be making $22 an hour in a year and a half. the beautiful thing about it is that it is possible and i love that. also the Front is going to be taking me on as a route setter and I'm trying to get one of the positions becoming available in August at Momentum's gym so well see what happens i hope its all on the up and up.

moving on

2007-06-14T07:17:00.000-06:00

Well the Grocery Outlet here in Nampa is closing , and i have the chance to go any where i want . this is a weared time for me not having any plans on what i am doing but it should revel its self soon I'm looking at moving to ether Utah ,pocatello area, maby Carson city , twin , or who knows where this is my adventer and I'm kind of excited to see where it goes , hope all is well for you all and hope to see you soon.