2008 Favorite Pics

Christmas Silly Pic

November 2008: by BJORN

We just finished having a fun giggle party while having graham crackers and milk before going to bed. We actually made it through without any milk spurting from mouths or noses. Becky was reading all the best quotes from the funny book – things the kids have said growing up that are pretty hilarious or at least cute. The kids laugh their heads off every time we read all the funny things each of them has said. That book is definitely a family treasure. I’m glad Becky had the wisdom to start it with Auriana and the commitment to continue it on as each of the kids have come into the family and added their share of memorable moments.

We had a great testimony meeting today. I’m sure glad church is weekly. If I didn’t have that recharge each week life would sure be a lot tougher. The kids are getting ready for the Primary program next week. Becky has her hands full with the Sunbeam class and two boys in particular that are very high energy. Since Auriana is no longer in Primary, she’ll get to sit in the audience with me and watch for the first time. In the last month I’ve really become much more grateful for the Young Women program as I see the added maturity and understanding and commitment in Auriana just in the few short weeks since she turned 12.

We have one more birthday this week and then we’ll be done with our every-two-weeks birthday marathon that started with Auriana and ends with Ellie (on the 5th). She is very excited for her birthday. We had a celebration yesterday with my family and she was so excited that it was finally her turn to blow out the candles. She can’t wait until her party. She even invited the neighbor’s dog to her party.

I can’t believe the election is in two days. That was a long process. I’ve never been as into the whole process as I was this time. A member in our ward reminded us today that no matter what the outcome is we can be sure that the Lord is in charge of what really matters and will guide events to the outcome that is best for us and is in keeping with his plan. Its really just up to us to do our best, stand up for what we know is right, follow the prophet, and maintain an eternal perspective.

Well, the only other thing I can think of is that we remodeled our upstairs bathroom – got a new cabinet piece on a trade for some work I did for a cabinet builder in our ward. And of course that led to new floor, new paint job, new fixtures, and now we’re poor but have a really cool looking bathroom that doesn’t match the rest of our house.