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By Alan on Feb 29 in Blog, Daily Inspiration tagged Alan Osmond, daily bread, TheFamily.com, try a FREE Sample | Comments Off
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The Winners Of The Baby Sitting Competition
By Alan on Feb 28 in Blog tagged baby sitting contest, The Family, the winners | Comments Off
The Winners Of The Baby Sitting Competition
“Babysitters that pray together, stay together.”
Gerald Mcphie
For The Family
Musical Family – The Mazzone Brothers
By Alan on Feb 28 in Daily Inspiration tagged Bluegrass, music, musical family, Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, The Family, the Mazzone Brothers | Comments Off
Sleepy Man Banjo Boys play Bluegrass
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The Lord has said, “My soul delighteth in the song of the heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me, and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads” (D&C 25: 12)
Glen Holt
For The Family
Family History Moments – Osmond Family’s Focus… ARE WE RELATED?
By Alan on Feb 27 in Blog tagged a to z, alan, Alan Osmond, are we related, Clayton and Ethel Brough, cousins, Donny, Donny Osmond, Family History, focus, genealogy, George and Olive Osmond, George Osmond Sr., Hi Cousin!, http://osmond.com, Jay, jimmy, Jimmy Osmond, LDS Tabernacle Choir, Marie, Merrill, moments, Mormons, Osmond Family, Osmond family history representatives, Osmond Research and Extraction OProject, surname, temple work, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Family, The Osmond Family, Tom, Virl, Wayne | Comments Off
Family history moments: Family’s focus
For decades the Osmonds have sung and performed for people around the world. In July 2008, all nine siblings of the famous Osmond family — Virl, Tom, Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Donny, Marie and Jimmy — performed together with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir during two evenings of Pioneer Day celebrations in the LDS Conference Center. However, even when performing in different parts of the world, this large family has always taken time to focus on families, including trying to locate distant cousins and performing temple work for their deceased ancestors and relatives.
The Osmonds’ love of family history and temple work was instilled in them when they were young. Their parents, George and Olive Osmond, contributed countless hours toward genealogy and temple work, and involved their children in this “eternal work” as much as possible. As the mother of the world-famous singing family, Olive Osmond was constantly on the go. Yet, wherever she went she was continually answering and sending family history letters, compiling and directing genealogical research work, devising and suggesting new ways to enter family data into computer programs, and constantly encouraging relatives and her worldwide audience to become more involved in genealogy and family history.
As Alan Osmond has said, “My mother taught her children how to do family research, and we published our family history in several magazines and on various websites.” In 2008 the Osmonds traveled around the world on their 50th Anniversary World Tour, and according to Alan, “We would greet the audiences from the stage as, ‘Hi, Cousin! How Are We Related?’”
We have since linked to our Osmond Family History site at http://osmond.com and have some SURNAMES that you might recognize and be related to us!
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If you think we are related or might be, send me an email with your contact information HERE: alan@thefamily.com
My brother Donny Osmond has likewise stated, “I inherited the love of genealogy from my mother and have fond memories of doing research with her and sharing our ‘finds’ together. I know that my mother has now been united with those ancestors she became familiar with while doing her genealogy work.”
Today, Donny supports a worldwide Osmond Research and Extraction Project, while Alan oversees Osmond-related temple work and maintains a family history website at www.osmond.com.
And recently, Jimmy Osmond — while performing in England — took the time to dedicate the grave of his great-great-grandfather, George Osmond Sr.
Indeed, it can be said that the dedication of the Osmond siblings to family history and temple work started when they were very young, for they were taught by their parents the importance and blessings that come from being involved in such “eternal work.”
— Clayton and Ethel Brough, Osmond family history representatives, West Jordan, Utah.
….http://www.broughfamily.org/grc.html
….(Also related to the Osmonds!)
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What Your Children Are Learning In School
By Alan on Feb 27 in Blog tagged America, America's children, brainwashing, children, college students, curriculum, funded by Muslims, keeping the United States Strong, learningin school, our schools, propaganda, textbooks, universities | Comments Off
What Your Children Are Learning In School
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If you have children and/or grandchildren, are an American, do not fail to view this video.
Every American needs to see and consider this.
This video will absolutely capture your attention and scare you to death.
This woman regularly appears on Fox News Channel.
This is how we are losing the essence of our country.
Parents and grandparents – please be proactive in your childrens’ schools and ASK QUESTIONS about course curriculum and textbooks.
I had no clue this type of propaganda was being funded by Muslims.
Preventing the brainwashing of America’s children and college students should be the first line of defense in keeping the United States strong.
Please forward, for all our sakes.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH: http://bcove.me/07uefz8c
WE ARE NOTHING BUT AMERICANS!
Marlon Snow
Strengthening The Family
Personal Unrighteousness – The Trend Towards The Welfare State – Towards More Socialism.
By Alan on Feb 27 in Blog tagged causes the trend towards, come to the aid of his brother, democratic process, did not earn what they received, forced, have nots, haves, lose these freedoms, lost, person unrighteousness, responsibly, righteously, something for nothing, the welfare state, towards more Socialism, use their freedoms | Comments Off
What is the real cause of this trend toward the welfare state, toward
more socialism?
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In the last analysis, in my judgment, it is personal unrighteousness.
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When people do not use their freedoms responsibly and righteously, they will gradually lose these freedoms.
If man will not recognize the inequalities around him and voluntarily, through the gospel plan, come to the aid of his brother, he will find that through “a democratic process” he will be forced to come to the aid of his brother.
The government will take from the “haves” and give to the “have nots.” Both have lost their freedom.
Those who “have,” lost their freedom to give voluntarily of their own free will and in the way they desire.
Those who “have not,” lost their freedom because they did not earn what they received. They got “something for nothing,” and they will neither appreciate the gift nor the giver of the gift.
Under this climate, people gradually become blind to what has happened and to the vital freedoms which they have lost.
Howard W. Hunter
Brian Mecham
For The Family
Open Your Eyes and Heart – It’s A Good Day
By Alan on Feb 27 in Blog tagged it's a good day, open your eyes, open your heart, time | Comments Off
Open Your Eyes and Heart – It’s A Good Day
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“It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing
praises unto thy name, O most High.” Ps. 92: 1
My Sister
For The Family
The Great Blessing Of Children – Neil L. Anderson
By Alan on Feb 26 in Blog tagged a calling, Adam and Eve, adoption, biblical perspective on motherhood, child of God, decisions should be made, delaying our family, economic instability, enormous faith, families are eternal, financial uncertainty, first commandment, God's Eternal plan, happiness they bring, husband and wife, in the eternities, it's no picnic, learn to sacrifice, multiiply and replenish the earth, Neil L. Anderson, not a hobby, pre-mortal life, remain in the workplace, sincere prayer, the eyes of a child, the family is ordained of God, the great blessing of children, turn to the scriptures, we believe in families, where is your faith | Comments Off
I testify of the great blessing of children and of the happiness they will bring us in this life and in the eternities.
As we look into the eyes of a child, we see a fellow son or daughter of God who stood with us in the pre-mortal life.
It is a crowning privilege of a husband and wife who are able to bear children to provide mortal bodies for these spirit children of God. We believe in families, and we believe in children.
When a child is born to a husband and wife, they are fulfilling part of our Heavenly Father’s plan to bring children to earth. The Lord said, “This is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.”1 Before immortality, there must be mortality.
The family is ordained of God. Families are central to our Heavenly Father’s plan here on earth and through the eternities. After Adam and Eve were joined in marriage, the scripture reads, “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.”2 In our day prophets and apostles have declared, “The first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God’s commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force.”3
This commandment has not been forgotten or set aside in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.4 We express deep gratitude for the enormous faith shown by husbands and wives (especially our wives) in their willingness to have children. When to have a child and how many children to have are private decisions to be made between a husband and wife and the Lord. These are sacred decisions—decisions that should be made with sincere prayer and acted on with great faith.
Years ago, Elder James O. Mason of the Seventy shared this story with me: “The birth of our sixth child was an unforgettable experience. As I gazed on this beautiful, new daughter in the nursery just moments after her birth, I distinctly heard a voice declare, ‘There will yet be another, and it will be a boy.’ Unwisely, I rushed back to the bedside of my absolutely exhausted wife and told her the good news. It was very bad timing on my part.”5 Year after year the Masons anticipated the arrival of their seventh child. Three, four, five, six, seven years passed. Finally, after eight years, their seventh child was born—a little boy.
Last April, President Thomas S. Monson declared:
“Where once the standards of the Church and the standards of society were mostly compatible, now there is a wide chasm between us, and it’s growing ever wider. …
“The Savior of mankind described Himself as being in the world but not of the world. We also can be in the world but not of the world as we reject false concepts and false teachings and remain true to that which God has commanded.”6
Many voices in the world today marginalize the importance of having children or suggest delaying or limiting children in a family. My daughters recently referred me to a blog written by a Christian mother (not of our faith) with five children. She commented: “[Growing] up in this culture, it is very hard to get a biblical perspective on motherhood. … Children rank way below college. Below world travel for sure. Below the ability to go out at night at your leisure. Below honing your body at the gym. Below any job you may have or hope to get.” She then adds: 
“Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. You do not collect children because you find them cuter than stamps. It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for.”7
Having young children is not easy. Many days are just difficult. A young mother got on a bus with seven children. The bus driver asked, “Are these all yours, lady? Or is it a picnic?”
“They’re all mine,” she replied. “And it’s no picnic!”8
As the world increasingly asks, “Are these all yours?” we thank you for creating within the Church a sanctuary for families, where we honor and help mothers with children.
To a righteous father, there are no words sufficient to express the gratitude and love he feels for his wife’s incalculable gift of bearing and caring for their children.
Elder Mason had another experience just weeks after his marriage that helped him prioritize his family responsibilities. He said:
“Marie and I had rationalized that to get me through medical school it would be necessary for her to remain in the workplace. Although this was not what we [wanted] to do, children would have to come later. 
“I explained that I wanted to become a doctor. There was no alternative but to postpone having our family. Elder Kimball listened patiently and then responded in a soft voice, ‘Brother Mason, would the Lord want you to break one of his important commandments in order for you to become a doctor? With the help of the Lord, you can have your family and still become a doctor. Where is your faith?’”
Elder Mason continued: “Our first child was born less than a year later. Marie and I worked hard, and the Lord opened the windows of heaven.” The Masons were blessed with two more children before he graduated from medical school four years later.9
Across the world, this is a time of economic instability and financial uncertainty. In April general conference, President Thomas S. Monson said: “If you are concerned about providing financially for a wife and family, may I assure you that there is no shame in a couple having to scrimp and save. It is generally during these challenging times that you will grow closer together as you learn to sacrifice and to make difficult decisions.”10
Elder Kimball’s piercing question, “Where is your faith?” turns us to the holy scriptures.
It was not in the Garden of Eden that Adam and Eve bore their first child. Leaving the garden, “Adam [and Eve] began to till the earth. … Adam knew his wife, and she [bore] … sons and daughters, and [acting in faith] they began to multiply and to replenish the earth.”11
It was not in their Jerusalem home, with gold, silver, and precious things, that Lehi and Sariah, acting in faith, bore their sons Jacob and Joseph. It was in the wilderness. Lehi spoke of his son Jacob as “my first-born in the days of my tribulation in the wilderness.”12 Lehi said of Joseph, “Thou wast born in the wilderness of [our] afflictions; yea, in the days of [our] greatest sorrow did thy mother bear thee.”13
In the book of Exodus, a man and woman married and, acting in faith, had a baby boy. There was no welcoming sign on the front door to announce his birth. They hid him because Pharaoh had instructed that every newborn male Israelite should be “cast into the river.”14 You know the rest of the story: the baby lovingly laid in a little ark made of bulrushes, placed in the river, watched over by his sister, found by Pharaoh’s daughter, and cared for by his own mother as his nurse. The boy was returned to Pharaoh’s daughter, who took him as her son and called him Moses.
In the most beloved story of a baby’s birth, there was no decorated nursery or designer crib—only a manger for the Savior of the world.
In “the best of times [and] … the worst of times,”15 the true Saints of God, acting in faith, have never forgotten, dismissed, or neglected “God’s commandment … to multiply and replenish the earth.”16 We go forward in faith—realizing the decision of how many children to have and when to have them is between a husband and wife and the Lord. We should not judge one another on this matter.
The bearing of children is a sensitive subject that can be very painful for righteous women who do not have the opportunity to marry and have a family. To you noble women, our Heavenly Father knows your prayers and desires. How grateful we are for your remarkable influence, including reaching out with loving arms to children who need your faith and strength.
The bearing of children can also be a heartbreaking subject for righteous couples who marry and find that they are unable to have the children
they so anxiously anticipated or for a husband and wife who plan on having a large family but are blessed with a smaller family.
We cannot always explain the difficulties of our mortality. Sometimes life seems very unfair—especially when our greatest desire is to do exactly what the Lord has commanded. As the Lord’s servant, I assure you that this promise is certain: “Faithful members whose circumstances do not allow them to receive the blessings of eternal marriage and parenthood in this life will receive all promised blessings in the eternities, [as] they keep the covenants they have made with God.”17
Scott Dorius told me their story. He said:
“Becky and I were married for 25 years without being able to have [or adopt] children. We moved several times. Introducing ourselves in each new setting was awkward and sometimes painful. Church members wondered why we [didn’t have] children. They weren’t the only ones wondering.
“When I was called as a bishop, ward members [expressed] concern that I did not have any experience with children and teenagers. I thanked them for their sustaining vote and asked them to allow me to practice my child-raising skills on their children. They lovingly obliged.
“We waited, gained perspective, and learned patience. After 25 years of marriage, a miracle baby came into our lives. We adopted two-year-old Nicole and then newborn Nikolai. Strangers now compliment us on our beautiful grandchildren. We laugh and say, ‘They are our children. We have lived our lives backwards.’”18
Brothers and sisters, we should not be judgmental with one another in this sacred and private responsibility.
“And [Jesus] took a child … in his arms [and] said …
“Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth … him that sent me.”19
What a wonderful blessing we have to receive sons and daughters of God into our home.
Let us humbly and prayerfully seek to understand and accept God’s commandments, reverently listening for the voice of His Holy Spirit.
Families are central to God’s eternal plan. I testify of the great blessing of children and of the happiness they will bring us in this life and in the eternities.
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Prov. 22: 6
Becky Onnen
School of Family Life – Intern
For The Family
How To Fix Congress
By Alan on Feb 26 in Blog tagged congressional Reform Act of 2012, how to fix congress, warren Buffett | Comments Off
How To Fix Congress
In 2011 a woman with a blog stopped Bank of America from charging a debit card fee. That same woman just stopped Verizon from charging a fee to pay your cell phone bill on line. It took her 3 days to generate enough support to make Verizon back down. How is it that we have very little power to make changes to the very government that is “for the people, by the people”?
Warren Buffett and a lot of very wealthy people in this great country are ready and willing to share their mass wealth to give what is left of the Middle Class America a chance to survive. How can we help this to happen? For the sake of our children and grandchildren. May all citizens of this great country enjoy a prosperous New Year.
How can we make this happen? Let’s make it happen !!!
Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling:
“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes,” he told CNBC. “You just
pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more
than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible
for re-election.
The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds)
took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple!
The people demanded it. That was in 1971 – before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc.
Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took one (1) year or less to become the law of the land – all because of public pressure.
Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to
a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask
each of those to do likewise.
In three days, most people in The United States of America will
have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed
around.
Congressional Reform Act of 2012
1. No Tenure / No Pension.
A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no
pay when they’re out of office.
2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social
Security.
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the
Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into
the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the
American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.
3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all
Americans do.
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.
Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
5. Congress loses their current health care system and
participates in the same health care system as the American people.
6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the
American people.
7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void effective ASAP. The American people did not make this
contract with Congressmen/women.
Congress made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in
Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers
envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their
term(s), then go home and back to work.
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!
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Steve Carlson
For The Family
Auntie Obama IS Here Illegally! Or Does She Know Someone?
By Alan on Feb 25 in Blog tagged Antie Obama, free, help the poor, illegally here, Jesus Christ, Obama, that's America | Comments Off
Auntie Obama is here illegally!
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AuntieObama
