Sunday Primary Program

The girls had their Primary Program today & I'm happy to say that I'm glad 'IT'S OVER!!'  Hahahaha. . . . . .And I honestly say that for all of us parents that had participating children in it.  LOL!!  It's been a stressful week.  But in the end, it always pays off.  :D  The girls memorized their parts, but for some reason. . . .when Polu Marie got up to say hers, she went blank & just froze.  Thank goodness for the helpers up @ the podium that were able to help her.  They were rewarded with a bag of treats for each individual child afterwards.  Here are some pictures of the girls 'ALL DRESSED IN WHITE'

My brother took us out to dinner tonight.  We love to try new places so we went to this Brazillian Steakhouse in Jordan Landing!!  And I'm happy to say that it was definitely a SUCCESS!!  :D  The food was great & the COMPANY was even BETTER!!  :D  You know what they say, "You can't go wrong with GOOD food & GREAT company!!"  It was a blast!!  Life gets so busy & I swear time flies that it's nice to slow things down a bit & just catch up with the ones you LOVE!!  I'm very very VERY grateful for loving PARENTS that made the most IMPORTANT & most CRITICAL decision in their lives when deciding to be baptized into the church.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder Day Saints.  It has provided blessings for generations to come & most importantly. . . .it's given us a chance to be bonded together as an ETERNAL family.  The most CRUCIAL part of being here on earth.  

The girls will be participating in their primary program tomorrow.  It's definitely been a busy weekend & I'll be throwing down in the kitchen, BETTY CROCKER STYLE, to whip something up for them for all their hard work.  I love them so much!!  And yes yes, I finally bought myself a camera!!  LOL!!  So the pictures will be coming by the dozens!!  Those of you who know me, know that I love to take pictures!!  LOL!!  

Another Fun Dinner Out With My Siblings. . . . .

FIRST TIME TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH. . . .

So we finally made our way to the pumpkin patch for the first time.  :D  I t was definitely exciting. . . . .The kids picked out their pumpkins & are feeling ECSTATIC to be carving them for family home evening on Monday.  Here's some pics from there.  You can tell they had a BLAST!!  

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"Sometimes the greatest love is not found in the DRAMATIC SCENES that poets and writers immortalize. Often, the greatest manifestations of love are the SIMPLE ACTS OF KINDNESS & CARING we extend to those we meet along the path of life. TRUE LOVE LASTS FOREVER. It is eternally patient and forgiving. It BELIEVES, HOPES, and ENDURES all things. That is the love our HEAVENLY FATHER bears for us."

I live by these daily gems that I subscribe to daily. They're such great reminders to not get caught up in a WORLD so full of loneliness & sorrow. 'BE IN THE WORLD, NOT OF IT' is one of my favorite scriptures. What a WORLD of meaning in such a short sentence.

MY 'DAILY GEM' FOR TODAY

"People need to know something of our faith as committed Christians with strong traditional values. Along with the Articles of Faith, we need to emphasize that:"We believe in the eternity of the soul, that God is the Father of our spirits, and that we can return to Him after death."We believe that Jesus Christ is our personal Savior, and we try to model our lives after Him and His teachings. We commemorate Christ's atoning sacrifice in our Sunday worship services, similar to taking communion in other churches. We accept as fellow Christians all who believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God and the Savior of all mankind. . . . Joseph Smith taught that Jesus Christ is the core of our belief, and everything else is an appendage to it. The name of the Church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints."We believe the original church that Jesus established was lost and has been restored again in our day. The priesthood, the authority given to man to act in the name of God, with apostles and a prophet to lead us, has been restored as have all necessary ordinances of salvation."We believe in and we use the Holy Bible, both the Old and New Testaments."And we believe in the Book of Mormon and other books of scripture which support and authenticate the Bible and testify of the ministry and divinity of Christ and of God's ongoing revelation to man. Indeed, the Book of Mormon is 'Another Testament of Jesus Christ.' "

-Elder Russell M. Ballard