Moms & Dads

I love this quote! It is so true that the influence of BOTH parents is so essential. I see that with my boys. They love me of course :) but they have a special love and relationship with their Daddy. I am so grateful to have grown up in a family where I had loving parents and am happy to give my children the same! :) Working on the "loving" part at times... haha...

Both Parents Are Righteous Influences for Their Children

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 12:00 AM PDT

"It is useless to debate which parent is most important. No one would doubt that a mother's influence is paramount with newborns and in the first years of a child's life. The father's influence increases as the child grows older. However, each parent is necessary at various times in a child's development. Both fathers and mothers do many intrinsically different things for their children." James E. Faust, "Fathers, Mothers, Marriage," Ensign, Aug. 2004, 3–4
Topics: Parenthood

Hugo's @ Manly

Today was one of the most gorgeous, sunny days in Sydney and I had to spend it out and about! I visited Manly for the day and had an amazingly relaxing day shopping, eating, drinking and ending with watching the sunset at Hugos on the Wharf. The atmosphere and the decor was gorgeous as a warm glow filled pockets of the restaurant with delicate tea light candles and soft modern light fixtures. Ive included some 'happy snaps' I took of the sun setting and the euphoric surroundings from where we sat as it took away my breath the beautiful moments nature gives us. I have included some in my design journal as I was in awe of the colours of the sky and the way the shadows of trees and buildings created skeletal structures on the horizon. Do make a trip to Manly and take the ferry to enhance the magical experience. Sydney is the most beautiful harbour in the world and there is nothing better than feeling the breeze and being on the water viewing the landscape from another point of view.


Cocktails of course!



Amazing desserts, chocolate souffle and banana and walnut pizza...need I say more!!!





The colours captured here and the skeletal skyline creates an air of nostalgia, mystery and an unknown sense of the future as the environment is ever changing.

Readiness

4/18/2010, originally uploaded by dlandy77.

The sky is not like this today, its muggy/cloudy/dry. But as I was thinking about what I wanted to blog about the first pictures that came to mind were these when it was sunny and my friend said "Look how blue the sky is, its REALLY blue!" I laughed at her statement because it was so blue that day and I knew I would use those for a blog entry. It may not even pertain to what I want to say, but I wanted to share with you how blue the sky can be.

This morning at church I was overwhelmed by the joy of the preschoolers I got to see and just the love they show to us and their spirits. We learned about the fruit of the Spirit, focusing on Love this week. Then when I went to "BIG CHURCH" the worship was so strong and I just love the Truth it speaks into our hearts, another way of knowing Christ.

Matt spoke from Colossians 1:24 "Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's affliction, for the sake of his body, which is the church." Through the sermon Matt broke down what is looked like to walk in sufferings and rejoicing in them. Of course we don't always think "THANK YOU GOD FOR MAKING ME GO THROUGH THIS ILLNESS, DISEASE, BREAK-UP, BEATING, ABANDONMENT" and parade in circle but we know of His promise, and that Christ took this upon Him in flesh when He put himself on the cross. We also know of the promise of when He comes what heaven will be like, when all is swept away. In this present time though we must be ready for things, being prepared. Holding and grasping onto Christ and discovering Him more, so that we can rejoice like Paul did, like John the Baptist, all the apostles that would endure sufferings and continue to praise the One.

When I read my devo this morning it was titled Readiness and I thought: I don't think this will do anything for me today. Just another topic I don't get.

'Whenever any duty presents itself, we hear God's voice as our Lord heard His Father's voice, and we are ready for it with the total readiness of our love for Him.' (4/18)

Then I went to church and God spoke through Matt of the Readiness we must have as believers.

"Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice." -Psalm 105:3