June

It was s joyful noise and that's all that matters. 

Distractions "Saturday morning cartoons"

God gives us everything at a 90% discount

I'm happiest woman in the world. I have so much to be grateful for.  

Parents and our schools need to work together to instill good daily success habits as follows:

• Limit T.V., social media and cell phone use to no more than one hour a day.
• Require that children to read one to two educational books a month.
• Require children to aerobically exercise 20 – 30 minutes a day.
• Limit junk food to no more than 300 calories a day.
• Require that children set monthly, annual and 5-year goals.
• Require working age children to work or volunteer at least ten hours a week.
• Require that children save at least 25% of their earnings or gifts they receive.
• Teach children the importance of relationship building by requiring them to call friends, family, teachers, coaches etc. and to send thank you cards for gifts or help. 
• Reassure children that mistakes are good not bad. Children need to understand that the very foundation of success in life is built on learning from our mistakes. 
• Punish children when they lose their tempers so they understand the importance of controlling this very costly emotion.
• Teach children that seeking financial success in life is good and is a worthwhile goal. Children need to learn what the American Dream is and that it is something to be pursued in life.
• Children need to learn how to manage money. Open up a checking account or savings account for children and force them to use their savings to buy the things they want. They need to learn that they are not entitled to things like cell phones, computers, fashionable clothes, flat screen T.V.s etc. 
• Require children to participate in at least two non-sports-related extracurricular activities at school or outside of school.
• Parents and children need to set aside at least an hour a day to talk to one another. Not on Facebook, or on the cell phone, but face to face. The only quality time is quantity time
• Teach children how to manage their time. They should be required to create daily “to do” lists and these lists need to be monitored by parents. The goal should be to accomplish at least 70% of their tasks on their daily “to do” list.

BH Roberts "ahh, they have not yet met a great interpreter" (of the gospel)

Howard W. Hunter’s Aims

“It is my aim to find pleasure and enjoyment in life by seeking after those things which are good and worth while, that I may gain knowledge and wisdom with each pursuing year; to carefully plan my allotted time so that none of it will be wasted; to give my family the benefits of education, recreation, and travel; to conduct my life in obedience to the Gospel of Jesus Christ; to so manage my business affairs that I will have an income adequate to provide my family with their wants and the advantages of some of the finer things in life; and to set aside a portion for investments to provide an income for retirement.”

Extraordinary patience comes from an inner peace. Feelings of love and support and a sense of the Savior. 

“The family is one of God’s greatest fortresses against the evils of our day. Help keep your family strong and close and worthy of our Father in Heaven’s blessings.” ETBenson

"Unless we as citizens of this nation forsake our sins, political and otherwise, and return to the fundamental principles of Christianity and of constitutional government, we will lose our political liberties, our free institutions, and will stand in jeopardy before God." President Ezra Taft Benson