Questions About The Scriptures to Ponder

I want all of you to write down questions if you have any about what you read in the scriptures. Maybe we will be able to help you find the answers to those questions.

1) What happened to Joseph. The scriptures say that when Jesus was on the cross, he looked down at Mary and saw her crying. He then looked over at his diciple, and told him to take care of Mary because he could not anymore. So why did the diciple have to take care of her, and not Joseph. Is Joseph dead? And didn't mary and Joseph have any other kids? Where were all of them when Christ was being Crusified?

2) I already know this answer but, In the story of Moses and the fiery serphants, why was a snake placed on the rod for people to look at if they got bitten. The snake is supposed to resemble Jesus, and we think of the snake as Satan now. Just some food for thought.

3) When Jesus is depicted he is a white, longish hair, bearded, and tall man. But in the scriptures when Jesus is with the Jews, I don't remember who, but this guy comes up and kisses Jesus in recognition that he is there. But when they did this that means that Jesus looked like them right. They would not have kissed someone that was not a jew or the same ethnicity as them. The Jews look like short people, short, curley hair, and mexicanish skin. So why do we depict him the way we do now.

Tori's Amazing Game

Well the other day I had the privilege to go to Tori's soccer game. It was the first one that I have been to since she started the season. So Tori and I travel all the way to her game, and I sit on the side line waiting for the game to start. Let me tell you, it was really hot outside!! The game finally started about 10 minutes late. So the first quarter is in session and her team is trying to score in the goal facing the sun. Then her team kept the ball on that side of the field the whole 1st quarter and 2nd quarter. I was looking into the sun the whole time and I was beginning to get a huge headache. So by the time half time came, there had been no scores made by either team. The girls looked like they were all tired and ready to go sit in a cool air conditioned house. But their coach must have bribed them or something because when they came out within 5 minutes Tori's team had scored a goal. They were so excited!!! They were all jumping up and down, cheering, and they all of a sudden had a HUGE boost of energy. This time they were shooting at the goal that was away from the sun. Thank goodness. So after the first goal, within minutes, Tori's team scored again. Again they were so excited. Then another few more minutes they scored another goal. 3 shots were made in the 3rd quarter and they other team did not even have a chance to get the ball down to the other side of the field. After a short break, the winning strike did not end. The other team did a better job at defence, but Tori's team scored 2 more goals within the last quarter. Their last goal was about 2 minutes from the end of the game. It was a well played game. It was the first game that they have won. They did not just win though. They worked on a lot of passing the ball during their practice and they put it to work on the field during the game. That is what helped them win the game. They had amazing team work and were constantly calling each others names so that they could pass to their team members effectively. They were amazing and I was so proud of how Tori did in the game. She was stopping the other team from getting the ball past her, and was always trying to get the ball into the goal. She did not give up through the whole game. She is amazing!!!! Good Job Tori.

Let me put some perspective on the Six Flags trip and why it was a great adventure for us. I will need to tell you that I am very cheap these days, I wanted to have some fun with the kids and when I was given these tickets for full entrance to the park for free "thanks Justin" I could not pass them up. My idea was, now that we have four licensed drivers in the Ralph family we could leave Saturday morning at say 2:am and drive all night and get to Six Flags before they open. We would then spend all day getting our brains all jumbled up in our heads and then jump back into the car and drive home and be in our beds around 3:am Sunday. This was crazy and we will not do that again but we did do it. This trip taught me a very good message that I am never going to forget. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

I found out that I am not a sixteen year old boy anymore. I can not go on ride after ride and not have a very strong desire to loose my lunch. I am not afraid to ride any ride, but I now know their is consequences for my actions and most of them are undesirable.

I have learned that I can not deal without at least six hours of sleep a night. It is crazy how your mind sees things when you are without sleep, and how it takes twice as much sleep to catch up on the sleep that you missed.

I also learned that no matter how crazy the idea was or even that you spent all day in the very humid air, or that the rental car was not very safe, or that body odor is not very pleasant on the way home from being out in the heat all day, that time spent with your family is AWSOME! and I cant wait to have another adventure with them again.

Tessa did a great job!

This is Tessa. She is a cutie. I love this picture of her. It is like a gaurdian angel she is. I love her soo much.

Tessa did a great job on this blog. I congradulate her on it. I am going to have sooooooooooooooooooooo much fun with it. I could change the text color, font , and even add picttures to it. it will be so much fun. In fact I will send a picture of her right now. It is on the top of the page.

SIX FLAG TRIP

Tessa and Amanda in the car on the way to Six Flags in style!!

Jaden and Tori in the car on the way to six flags. Do you like Jaden's girly sun glasses?

The family waiting anxiousley for the gates to open so we could ride on the thrilling rides. Mom was taking the picture.

U2 is the first ride that we went on at the park. Mom was so scared when she went on it that she closed her eyes the whole way through. It was my favorite ride.

This is a picture of a ride. I can not remember the name of it though. We had to stand up on the ride instead of sit down. It was awesome.

We were all really tired towards the end of the day. Our heads were all spining, our stomachs were sick and we were ready to go and take a nap.

Wow Tessa did a great job setting this blog up. I wish I was as talented as she is. Kenlynne and I are really blessed to have such a great kid. She is AWESOME!

All About Us

Glynn- Glynn is the president of the Elders quorum for church right now. He is very dedicated to the calling. He is also a mechanic at Chapman Chevrolet. Glynn loves to build furniture out in the "shop," also know as the garage. He has built many many things ranging from entertainment centers, and beds, to mirrors, music stands, and cutting boards. He is a GREAT dad and husband and loves his family very much.

Kenlynne- Kenlynne is a hard working person. She has gone through about 6 years of college and graduated with a bachelors of science in excercise and wellness. She now works at the Banner Heart Hospital as an Exercise Physiologist. She takes all the patients that have been in the hospital because they have had surgery on their heart and walks them. Then she teaches them about their heart condition and what they should eat and what they should do when they are outside of the hospital. She also works in the gym helping the patients work out on the machines. After working all day at the hospital she returns home and keeps busy there. She makes sure all of the kids homework is done, dinner is made, and the house is cleaned up. Then if she has extra time she wors outside with my dad building furniture, or right now works inside reupholstering couches. She is a loving dedicated mother and wife and works hard on anything that she has to get done.

Amanda- Amanda is 19 years old and attends Eastern Arizona College in thatcher. She will be graduating there with her associates degree at the end of the year. Then she will be coming back to Gilbert to further her education. She is majoring in speech therapy. While she is in thatcher she is busy with musical classes as well as her core classes. She plays as the accompanist in the men's choir class, takes private lessons for piano, plays flute in marching band, plays the flute in a band class there, and accompanies solo singers for their concerts. As you can tell she is a very busy girl with just the music classes. She also takes anatomy, marriage and family relations, and world of music. All her classes total up to 19 credits for this one semester. Crazy girl.

Tessa- Tessa is 17 and is a senior in high schools. She is an officer in the Best Buddies program. She is also a member of the Symphony Orchestra playing violin. Outside of school she is busy worrying about applying for scholarships, and colleges. Adding to that, she works at Salerno's Pizzeria. She loves it there. The Pizzeria is a family run restaurant and they are very good to her. They are good at giving her the days she needs off for orchestra and best buddies.

Jaden- Jaden is a 15 year old sophomore at Highland High School. He is in honors classes and is busy keeping his grades up. He is also in the marching band as well as symphonic band playing the trumpet. He has recently passed up Tessa in height and still growing. He is working on getting his Eagle award before he turns 16.

Tori- Tori is the youngest. She is 12, turning 13 in December and she is really excited about that. She just entered Jr. High. She enjoys her classes and the new atmosphere of her classes. She is playing the cello and enjoys it so much. She also plays the piano. She is always practicing her cello. She practices her cello more than the piano most days. She also enjoys drawing, and painting in her free time. She is becoming such a good artist. She loves animals. She bought herself a hamster because she wanted one so much, and takes care of her very well.

Buck- Buck is an old man. He is getting fat because all he does all day is sleep on the couch. But he is a great dog and we all love him.