A VERY Special Day!!!!!

On July 1st, a VERY Special event occurred in our family. To celebrate what would have been their 59th wedding anniversary, Grandpa, Grandma, Dad and Bonnie were sealed for Time and All Eternity in the Los Angeles Temple.



Before the Sealing, we did Grandma's Temple Work. Amber did her Initiatory and was her Proxy while Dad and Bonnie were Sealed to Gandma and Grandpa. I was able to do her Endowment. Bonnie was Grandma's Proxy while she was Sealed to Grandpa. It was an AMAZING expierience to be a Proxy to someone who you knew and loved.




There were many people who came to help us celebrate this special occasion: Aunt Bonnie (of course) Uncle Mike and Chad came from Utah; Aunt Elaine (Grandma's sister) came from Chula Vista (near San Diego); and there were MANY friends from the Yorba Linda 5 Ward.




After the Sealing, we all went out for lunch at a restraunt called "Juniors".

It was a WONDERFUL day.

HAPPY 81ST BIRTHDAY GRANDPA!!!!!!!!!

It was 81 years a go today when a 3rd child, and 1st son, joined the Thornton Family in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The boy is tiny when he is born because he wasn't due until September (3 months early). But then the boy grew, married and had a family and became the Stanley Levi Thornton we all know and love!!!! HAPPY 81ST BIRTHDAY GRANDPA!!!!! We hope you have a FUNTASTIC day!!!!!! Thank-you for ALL that you have done for us!!!!! Thank-you for all the love and laughter you gave for all these years!!!! You are THE BEST GRANDPA (and dad) IN HISTORY!!!!! WE LOVE YOU and are SO GLAD you are in our lives!!!!!!!

A Historic California YSA Conference

On August 8th and 9th, 10,000 YSA's from all over the state of California will gather at each of the 7 temples for a historic state wide conference. They are expecting 1,800 YSA to be at the Newport Beach Temple. Last night we had a Conference kick-off fireside to explain what will happen in the next 12 weeks leading up to the conference and the actual conference. In two weeks, we all will be divided into companionships and be set apart for a 10 week mini mission. We will spend the next 10 weeks focusing on finding, activating and inviting the less-active to this conference. We also be focusing on missionary work. All the YSA state wide are encouraged to do temple ordinances at least 3 times before August 8th.

We have State goals, Ward goals and Personal goals that we will be focusing on also. These goals are designed to improve us physically as well as spiritually. The State goals include: To have 80% of all YSA's attend the Conference. Have 30% of all YSA's bring a friend or a less active to the Conference. Have 10,000 Ordinances performed by August 8th. The Ward Goals include: Identify and visit every less active YSA in the ward. Challenge every less active to attend the Conference. Be Temple Worthy and perform at least 3 ordinances by August 8th.

On Saturday August 8th, we will all gather at the nearest temple (for us it is the Newport Beach Temple) at 5 in the morning to do sessions, sealings, inititories, baptisms and confirmations. After spending several hours in the temple, we will have several workshops to attend. In the afternoon, we will have a service project where we will be making 1,000 quilts (yes even the guys will be doing it too) state wide in 2 1/2 hours. The quilts will be donated to families in need. In the evening, we will have a dance.

On Sunday August 9th, we will gather for a special fireside where we will take the sacrament and have Elder L. Tom Perry as a special speaker. Robin and I are SO EXCITED for this conference. It will be an AMAZING experience!!!!