Beautiful Vermont

 We had a lovely week in Vermont.  Though the leaf color peak was probably just a day or two after we left Vermont, we saw some beautiful color as well as other beautiful scenery.  Following are some pictures of the beauties.

We stayed in a very nice resort called Smugglers' Notch.

I love this beautiful picture that Ken took.

This was the view off our back balcony at the resort.  Though it was a bit chilly, Ken spent a lot of time out there.

We thought this cabin was funny with the bears climbing on it.

These apples were growing at the Von Trapp Family Lodge.  Ken enquired about them, and the manager let us take a couple.  They were absolutely delicious.  Ken researched and found they were called empire apples.  If you ever see them, give them a try.  They are a deep red- almost purple.

The hillsides were alive with color, but the pictures just didn't capture it very well.

Roots of a tree growing out of rock.

Sunset over the pool at our resort.

A beautiful waterfall.

The fog one morning was beautiful on the mountains.

I love that they put pumpkins everywhere among their landscaping.

Vermont's beauties filled our souls with joy and gratitude!

Spend More Time in the Temple

 

    I have been asked by our Relief Society presidency to prepare a short article for each month's Relief Society newsletter on spiritual preparedness.   I thought I might just as well publish those articles here as well. They publish on the first day of the month.  This is November's article.

Our prophet has directed us to go the temple to strengthen and prepare ourselves spiritually:

 “Positive spiritual momentum increases as we worship in the temple and grow in our understanding of the magnificent breadth and depth of the blessings we receive there.  I plead with you to counter worldly ways by focusing on the eternal blessings of the temple.  Your time there brings blessings for eternity.” In October conference, he again pleaded with us to increase our time in the temple.  "I promise that increased time in the temple will bless your life in ways nothing else can."

 There is great power in the temple. We will be blessed if we follow the prophet and go to the temple often.