Sabath Day

Sunday is always a day that rejuvenates me and gives me a bit of a boost. (At least I hope it does). I have really been trying to take my scriptures to church now that all my kids are either in primary or nursery. I have said this before, but I love attending Doug's youth Sunday school class. He has a way of teaching that I love. Today we talked about Amos and todays prophets. We discussed how we should listen to the teachings of the living prophets and apostles which includes reading their message each month in the Ensign. I would have really never thought about that, but we as members have messages each month that are sent to us at our finger tips! We really should take advantage of that. I guess I need to get out the Ensign and start reading.

In Relief Society we had a family history lesson. Usually, I am not a person to "tune in" to these types of lessons. However, the sister that gave the lesson today told some very cool stories. She talked about her ancestors. Her mother had passed a "chain bag" down to her which was passed on from other members in her family. There are pieces or objects in the bag the represents a part of their life. She told the story of her mother that had put in a turquoise broach. What a fun idea to pass on a bag of objects that represents you as a person. At any rate it made me think more about family history and how I really should try and do some research of my own.

This week is sisterhood week in our stake. They have planned an activity each day this week so that we could unite as a stake. One of the ideas they suggested was to give some one a "heart attack" Well, of course not literally, but I thought that this was a great idea. So, after church Taylor and I spent about 30 minutes cutting out paper hearts. I won't devulge that person or persons just in case they are a secret blogger. It's always fun to do things like that for others along with sending out great mail. Speaking of which, my week was so crazy last week I forgot to disclose some more good mail. Tasha sent these cute cards to me last week. I am always in need of these since I don't have a nitch for making them. Thanks Tasha for such a sweet jesture. They will be put to good use! She seriously has the best quotes to. My card read..."If you're going through hell, keep going...."



Tonight for FHE we read our "acts of love" out of the vase. It was nice to hear all of the thoughtful things we all did for one another. For our lesson we played one of our new games out of the packet I made last week. It was called Mormon Cranium. Some of it was a bit too hard for our kids, but they had fun. You also kind of need a few more people......




I also had some nasty bananas that needed to be put to good use. So, I made some yummy banana bread which was a big hit as always. Plus another bonus is it makes your house smell good. This treat reminds me of my childhood. I used to love when she made it and there was NEVER any leftovers. Hope everyone had a good Sunday. I know my husband did, he is currently watching "web episodes" on his laptop and putting all of his favorite shows on his planner. Has anyone watched one of these previews? I found him hiding in the corner of our room with his computer in hand--kind of funny.