Amy and Jim Moser Family: Annual Signal Mountain Pilgrimage

Yesterday we visited Grand Teton National Park to see the fall colors. We went into Spaulding Bay on Jackson Lake and fished for a while. We left the fish to grow a little more for next year.

We had lunch at Signal Mountain and enjoyed a visit there. After taking a few pictures here at Oxbow Bend, we returned home by way of "shortcuts" on the Jennie Lake road, the Moose-Wilson road and the Fish Creek-Fall Creek-Dog Creek road. The colors were great.

Quote of the Month

________________

May 2010

He worked by day and toiled by night;
He gave up play and all delight.
Dry books he read, new things to learn,
And forged ahead, success to earn.
He plodded on with faith and pluck,
And when he won, men called it luck.
(Anonymous)

________________

April 2010

"Recipe for Greatness"
To bear up under loss;
To fight the bitterness of defeat and the weakness of grief;
To be victor over anger;
To smile when tears are close;
To resist disease and evil men and base instincts;
To hate hate and love love;
To go on when it would seem good to die;
To look up with unquenchable faith in something ever more about to be.
That is what any man can do, and be great.
(Zane Grey)

________________

March 2010

"Lord, I confess I am not what I ought to be, but I thank you, Lord, that I'm not what I used to be."
Maxie Dunnan)

________________

February 2010

"Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we might have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do."
(Gian-Carlo Menotti)

________________

January 2010

"The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are."
(John Burroughs)

________________

10 January 2010

"That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had."
(Robert Louis Stevenson)

________________

3 January 2010

"Men may be divided almost any way we please, but I have found the most useful distinction to be made is between those who devote their lives to conjugating the verb "to be" and those who spend their lives conjugating the verb "to have."
(Sydney J. Harris)

________________

27 December 2009

What one approves, another scorns,
And thus his nature each discloses;
You find the rosebush full of thorns,
I find the thornbush full of roses.
(Arthur Guiterman)

________________

20 December 2009

"The true judge of a man's character is how he treats someone who can neither help him not hurt him."
(Anonymous)

________________

13 December 2009

"You're only young once. How long that once lasts is the question."
(Anonymous)

________________

6 December 2009

"When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his forties shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again."
(Hugo Black)

________________

29 November 2009

"If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?"
(Shelley)

________________

22 November 2009

"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog."
(Dwight D. Eisenhower)

________________

15 November 2009

"I shall grow old, but never lose life's zest,
Because the road's last turn will be the best."
(Henry Van Dyke)

________________

8 November 2009

"It isn't the whistle that moves the train."
(OPTO)

________________
1 November 2009

"Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great and strong purpose in your heart."
(Gordon B. Hinckley)

________________

25 October 2009

"Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it; and this path is virtue, uprightness, faithfulness, holiness, and keeping all the commandments of God."
(Joseph Smith)

________________

18 October 2009

"It is not surprising to learn that people who tell white lies soon become color-blind."
(Marvin J. Ashton)

________________

11 October 2009

“Those with true hope often see their personal circumstances shaken, like kaleidoscopes, again and again. Yet with the ‘eye of faith,’ they still see divine pattern and purpose.”
(Neal A. Maxwell)

________________

4 October 2009

"The big shots are only the little shots who keep shooting."
(Christopher Morley)

________________

27 September 2009

"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small pieces."
(Henry Ford)

________________

20 September 2009

"Work is the greatest thing in the world. So we should save some of it for tomorrow."
(Don Herold)

________________

13 September 2009

"What counts is not the number of hours you put in, but how much you put in the hours."
(Anonymous)

________________

6 September 2009

"The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them."
(Robert Frost)

________________

30 August 2009

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."
(Lao-Tse)

________________

23 August 2009

"Behold the turtle: He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out."
(James Bryant Conant)

_________________

16 August 2009

"Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form."
(Andre Maurois)

_________________

9 August 2009

"In life as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard."
(Theodore Roosevelt)

_________________

2 August 2009

"Some people get the breaks; some people make their own."
(Anonymous)

_________________

26 July 2009

"The more we are guided by eternal considerations in our conduct, the better we will manage mortality."
(Spencer W. Kimball,)

_________________

19 July 2009

"Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life."
(Brigham Young)

_________________

12 July 2009

"As you feel the need to confide in the Lord or to improve the quality of your visits with Him, may I suggest a process to follow: go where you can be alone, go where you can think, go where you can kneel, go where you can speak out loud to Him. Now, picture Him in your mind's eye. Think to whom you are speaking, control your thoughts-don't let them wander, address Him as your Father and your friend. Now tell Him things you really feel to tell Him-not trite phrases that have little meaning, but have a sincere, heartfelt conversation with Him. Confide in Him, ask Him for forgiveness, plead with Him, enjoy Him, thank Him, express your love to Him, and then listen for His answers."
(H. Burke Peterson)

_______________

5 July 2009

“Learning the lessons of the past allows you to walk boldly in the light without running the risk of stumbling in the darkness. This is the way it’s supposed to work. This is God’s plan: father and mother, grandfather and grandmother teaching their children; children learning from them and then becoming a more righteous generation through their own personal experiences and opportunities. Learning the lessons of the past allows you to build personal testimony on a solid bedrock of obedience, faith, and the witness of the Spirit.”
(M. Russell Ballard)

________________

28 June 2009

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
(Margaret S. Lifferth)

______________

21 June 2009

My father's feet will lead me
in paths I know are right.
My father's knees will bend with mine
as we say prayers at night.
My father's lap will hold me
when I need a place to rest.
And when I'm sad, I like to lay
my head upon his chest.
My father's hands are big and strong,
and they work hard for me.
My father's arms can lift me up
so I may better see.
My father's lips will speak to me
with words of truth each day.
My father's ears will listen
to the things I have to say.
I like to sit so very still
and look into his eyes.
I know he understands me,
and he is good and wise.
I'm glad I have a father
who guides me with his love.
He helps me better understand
my Father up above.

(Barbara J. Porter)

______________

14 June 2009

"The haves and the have-nots can often be traced back to the dids and the did-nots."
(D. O. Flynn)

______________

7 June 2009

"By participating weekly and appropriately in the ordinance of the sacrament we qualify for the promise that we will 'always have his Spirit to be with [us].' That Spirit is the foundation of our testimony. It testifies of the Father and the Son, brings all things to our remembrance, and leads us into truth."
(Dallin H. Oaks)

______________

31 May 2009

"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start."
(John Bingham, Runner's World)

______________

24 May 2009

"The Lord's way is not hard. Life is hard, not the gospel. 'There is an opposition in all things' everywhere, for everyone. Life is hard for all of us, but life is also simple. We have only two choices. We can either follow the Lord and be endowed with His power and have peace, light, strength, knowledge, confidence, love, and joy, or we can go some other way, any other way, whatever other way, and go it alone—without His support, without His power, without guidance, in darkness, turmoil, doubt, grief, and despair. And I ask, which way is easier?"
(Lawrence E. Corbridge)

______________

17 May 2009

"Let us ever keep in mind that life is largely what we make it, and that the Savior of men has marked clearly and plainly just how joy and peace may be obtained. It is in the gospel of Jesus Christ and adherence thereto."
(David O. McKay)

______________

10 May 2009

'The biggest mistake I made is the one that most of us make. I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of my three children sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less."

(Anna Quindlen)

______________

3 May 2009

"Temptation is a part of life and will be experienced in one way or another by every traveler through mortality. However, the Apostle Paul, acknowledging this truth, gave us this assurance: ‘There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.'"

(Thomas S. Monson)

______________

26 April 2009

"At this time of life, it is most important that your thoughts and acts be clean and pure so that the Holy Ghost can guide you. Satan is determined at this critical time of your life to overpower you, not with an onslaught of serious temptation suddenly presented, but by carefully placed, alluring, but seemingly unimportant infractions of your long-established standards. He would use these temptations to skillfully lead you away from the path of righteousness. Satan knows that as long as you can be led by the Holy Spirit, you can resist him. He has no power over a righteous person. The Lord has made it possible for you to resist the devil's temptations. When obedient, you will be inspired to know what to do and have the capacity to do it."
(Richard G. Scott)

_____________

19 April 2009

"In our educational choices we should prepare to support ourselves and those who may become dependent upon us. It is necessary that we have marketable skills. Education is mandatory to personal security and well-being."
(Dallin H. and Kristen M. Oaks)

_____________

12 April 2009

"On this Easter morning and always, may our light so shine that we glorify our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, whose name is the only name under heaven whereby we might be saved. That we may ever walk in the footsteps of Jesus Christ is my humble prayer."

(Thomas S. Monson)

_____________

5 April 2009

"The pessimist may be proven right in the long run, but the optimist has more fun along the way."

(Walt Disney)

_______________

29 March 2009

Thinking of the example of his own mother and that of his beloved and faithful wife, Flora, President Benson has offered ten specific suggestions for mothers as they guide their precious children:

1. Take time to always be at the crossroads in the lives of your children, whether they be six or sixteen.
2. Take time to be a real friend to your children.
3. Take time to read to your children. Remember what the poet wrote:You may have tangible wealth untold; Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be— I had a mother who read to me.
4. Take time to pray with your children.
5. Take time to have a meaningful weekly home evening. Make this one of your great family traditions.
6. Take time to be together at mealtimes as often as possible.
7. Take time daily to read the scriptures together as a family.
8. Take time to do things together as a family.
9. Take time to teach your children.
10. Take time to truly love your children. A mother’s unqualified love approaches Christlike love.
(Ezra Taft Benson)

_____________

22 March 2009

"There's nothing wrong with being a self-made man if you don't consider the job finished too soon."
(John Mooney)

_____________

15 March 2009

“Be patient. As Robert Frost said, with many things the only way out is through. Keep moving. Keep trying.”
(Jeffrey R. Holland)

_____________

8 March 2009

“It has been said that conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge. The expression of one young man is a sermon in itself. When asked when he was happiest, he replied, ‘I’m happiest when I don’t have a guilty conscience.’”
(Thomas S. Monson)

______________

1 March 2009

“You have a choice. You can wring your hands and be consumed with concern for the future or choose to use the counsel the Lord has given to live with peace and happiness in a world awash with evil.”
(Richard G. Scott)

_____________

22 February 2009

“Whatever our particular furrow, we are to ‘plow in hope,’ without looking back or letting yesterday hold tomorrow hostage.”
(Neal A.Maxwell)

_____________

15 February 2009

"The Savior's atonement in the garden and on the cross is intimate as well as infinite. Infinite in that it spans the eternities. Intimate in that the Savior felt each person's pains, sufferings, and sicknesses. Consequently, he knows how to carry our sorrows and relieve our burdens that we might be healed from within, made whole persons, and receive everlasting joy in his kingdom. May our faith in the Father and the Son help each of us to become whole."
(Merrill J. Bateman)

_____________

8 February 2009

"The present is an age of pleasure-seeking, and men are losing their sanity in the mad rush for sensations that do but excite and disappoint. In this day of counterfeits, adulterations, and base imitations, the devil is busier than he has ever been in the course of human history, in the manufacture of pleasures, both old and new; and these he offers for sale in most attractive fashion, falsely labeled, Happiness. In this soul-destroying craft he is without a peer; he has had centuries of experience and practice, and by his skill he controls the market. He has learned the tricks of the trade, and knows well how to catch the eye and arouse the desire of his customers. He puts up the stuff in bright-colored packages, tied with tinsel string and tassel; and crowds flock to his bargain counters, hustling and crushing one another in their frenzy to buy.

"Follow one of the purchasers as he goes off gloatingly with his gaudy packet, and watch him as he opens it. What finds he inside the gilded wrapping? He has expected fragrant happiness, but uncovers only an inferior brand of pleasure, the stench of which is nauseating.

"Happiness includes all that is really desirable and of true worth in pleasure, and much besides. Happiness is genuine gold, pleasure but gilded brass, which corrodes in the hand, and is soon converted into poisonous verdigris. Happiness is as the genuine diamond, which, rough or polished, shines with its own inimitable luster; pleasure is as the paste imitation that glows only when artificially embellished. Happiness is as the ruby, red as the heart's blood, hard and enduring; pleasure, as stained glass, soft, brittle, and of but transitory beauty.

"Happiness is true food, wholesome, nutritious and sweet; it builds up the body and generates energy for action, physical, mental and spiritual; pleasure is but a deceiving stimulant which, like spirituous drink, makes one think he is strong when in reality enfeebled; makes him fancy he is well when in fact stricken with deadly malady.

"Happiness leaves no bad after-taste, it is followed by no depressing reaction; it calls for no repentance, brings no regret, entails no remorse; pleasure too often makes necessary repentance, contrition, and suffering; and, if indulged to the extreme, it brings degradation and destruction.

"True happiness is lived over and over again in memory, always with a renewal of the original good; a moment of unholy pleasure may leave a barbed sting, which, like a thorn in the flesh, is an ever-present source of anguish.

"Happiness is not akin with levity, nor is it one with light-minded mirth. It springs from the deeper fountains of the soul, and is not infrequently accompanied by tears. Have you never been so happy that you have had to weep? I have."
(James E. Talmage, Jesus the Christ)

_____________

1 February 2009

"...integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences. It means being righteous from the very depth of our soul, not only in our actions but, more importantly, in our thoughts and in our hearts. Personal integrity implies such trustworthiness and incorruptibility that we are incapable of being false to a trust or covenant."
(Joseph B. Wirthlin)

______________

25 January 2009

"When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another."
(Helen Keller)

______________

18 January 2009

"He that would have fruit must climb the tree."
(Thomas Fuller)

______________

11 January 2009

"I like to work half a day. I don't care if it's the first twelve hours or the second twelve hours. I just put in my half every day. It keeps me out of trouble."
(Kemmons Wilson)

______________

4 January 2009

"In my quiet moments, I think of the future with all of its wonderful possibilities and with all of its terrible temptations. I wonder what will happen to you in the next 10 years. Where will you be? What will you be doing? That will depend on the choices you make, some of which may seem unimportant at the time but which will have tremendous consequences."Someone has said, 'It may make a difference to all eternity whether we do right or wrong today.' "You have the potential to become anything to which you set your mind. You have a mind and a body and a spirit. With these three working together, you can walk the high road that leads to achievement and happiness. But this will require effort and sacrifice and faith."
(Gordon B. Hinckley)

______________

28 December 2008

“As you strive to become a quality person, commune daily with your Heavenly Father who knows you best of all. He knows your talents, your strengths, and your weaknesses. You are here on the earth at this time to develop and refine these characteristics. I promise you He will help you. He is aware of your needs. He is aware of your unanswered prayers.”
(Marvin J. Ashton)

_______________

21 December 2008

“It is proper during this season when we commemorate His birth that we remember the Lord Jesus Christ in reverence and with love. He has done for us what we could not do for ourselves. He has brought meaning to our mortal existence. He has given us the gift of eternal life.”
(Gordon B. Hinckley)

______________

14 December 2008

"You may be only one person to the world, but you also may be the world to one person."

______________

7 December 2008

"The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."
(Joseph Addison)

______________

30 November 2008

"Happiness...does not depend on obtaining all the desires of our hearts. In large measure, happiness depends on our ability to feel gratitude for the abundance we already have."
(Carolyn Wright)

______________

23 November 2008

"There is no feeling that is more Godlike than that feeling of intense gratitude and thanksgiving to God that comes when we realize and feel that God has blessed us... We should cultivate that spirit and that disposition to so order our lives that we will ever have a feeling of gratitude and of thanksgiving in our hearts, and a desire to praise God for His goodness to us."
(Heber J. Grant)

______________

16 November 2008

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."
(Thomas Edison)

______________

9 November 2008

“As we have been continuously counseled for more than 60 years, let us have some food set aside that would sustain us for a time in case of need. But let us not panic nor go to extremes. Let us be prudent in every respect. And, above all, my brothers and sisters, let us move forward with faith in the Living God and His Beloved Son.”
(Gordon B. Hinckley, Jan 2002)

______________

2 November 2008

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment."
(Jim Rohn)

______________

26 October 2008

"Square your shoulders to the world; be not the kind to quit. It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it."

______________

19 October 2008

"You need to have your shoes on so when the coach calls you're ready to play."
(Lana Bateman Hepworth)

______________

12 October 2008

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things."
(from wall plaque in Monty and Luanne Fowler's home)

______________

4-5 October 2008

Preparing for General Conference

"...thou shalt give heed unto all (the Prophet's) words and commandments which he shall give unto you as he receiveth them, walking in all holiness before me; for his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth, in all patience and faith."
(D&C 21: 4-5)

"Follow the Prophet, follow the Prophet, follow the Prophet, he knows the way."
(Primary Songbook)

______________

28 September 2008

"Guard your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life."
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

______________

21 September 2008

"Faith is not willing your own desires into existence. It's not concentrating on some result or believing in something you want with all your might, trying to make it come true. The first principle of the gospel is not faith in ourselves and in what we desire but faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and in His will. When we exercise faith in Him, and in His timing, we can be assured that all things will work together for our good, however painful they may be for us at the moment."
(John Bytheway, Righteous Warriors, p.119)

______________

14 September 2008

"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do, not that the nature of the thing itself has changed, but that our power to do is increased."
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

______________

7 September 2008

“ And I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things which I should do.”
(1 Nephi 4:6)

Brigham Young was quoted as saying the extent of his duty was to get up every morning and find out what the Lord would have him do that day and then go out and do it, even if he felt unprepared, or it looked impossible or he felt foolish in the attempt.
(Church News, November 18, 1995)

“The Lord … can only guide our footsteps when we move our feet.”
(Marion G. Romney, Ensign, April 1981, p.4)

“President Packer then spoke of a time when he and his wife sought the counsel of Elder Harold B. Lee, then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, on a choice they were facing. Elder Lee said, ‘Boyd, you must learn to walk to the edge of the light and a few steps into the darkness, and then a light will go before you.”
(Church News, June 17, 1995)

______________

31 August 2008

"Character is the ability to carry out a worthy decision after the emotion of making that decision has past."

______________

24 August 2008

"Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?"
(Steve Chamberlain)

(Think about this one awhile -- are we using prayer to guide us everyday, or do we only use it when we have a flat?)

______________

17 August 2008

"Adversity is the refiner's fire that bends iron but tempers steel."
(James E. Faust)

______________

10 August 2008

"Obedience is the price.
Faith is the power.
Love is the motive.
The Spirit is the key.
Jesus Christ is the reason."
(Derek Astle)

______________

3 August 2008

"When the Prophet speaks, the debate is over."
(Barbara B. Smith)

______________

27 July 2008

"There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent, or hinder, or control the firm resolve of a determined soul."

______________

20 July 2008

"Happiness is wanting what you have."

______________

13 July 2008

"There aren't many small decisions in the life of a person. Every decision you make will have an influence upon what you become, what you really are and what your potential beyond yourself can be."
(President Thomas S. Monson)

______________

6 July 2008

"When it gets too tough for everybody else, its just right for us."
(Orson Lee Schwab)

Amy and Jim Moser Family

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Annual Signal Mountain Pilgrimage

2 comments:

Family blogspots

Blog Archive

Quote of the Month

Rosie's 30th Birthday