This name came to be from the Primary president who used to be in Nursery with me back in my previous ward. I got it because I spent the majority of my married life in various Nurseries (3.75 years in Nursery out of the then 4.17 years married). When I was released as a Nursery leader I was sad, but I knew it was coming at some point. I came to terms with it and was ready to see what calling the Lord had in store for me next.
Fast forward several months, my husband, dog, goldfish, and I moved to a new state and, thus, a new ward. I was really excited to find out what calling I would get. After being in the ward for a few months, my husband and I were asked if we would like accept a calling as Nursery workers. When I heard that I was surprised. I thought that I was done with Nursery and would move on to something else. When we were asked about what we thought of that calling I said "I'm used to it" (Not in a negative way, just as a matter of fact).
After the surprise wore off, I became grateful for the opportunity to serve in Nursery for the third time. There were things I wanted to improve upon as a Nursery leader, so I was grateful to have this opportunity to truly magnify and fulfill my calling.
In Stake Conference last week, testimony meeting in Sacrament yesterday, and in General Conference earlier in the month, it was mentioned how the calling we are in right now is the best calling for us, how the calling we are in right now is the most important one, and how our calling right now is the one for us.
I am truly thankful to be in Nursery again. It really is the best calling ever. Being a Nursery leader is the most important calling; it is where children learn about the Gospel in a more formal setting for the first time. I absolutely LOVE serving in Nursery; it is this calling that helped me decide I wanted to major in Family Studies.
I absolutely love all the children I get the opportunity to teach and know better (both in my current ward and in the previous wards). They know so much about Jesus and His gospel already in the 18 months to 3 years they have lived thus far. It truly blows me away. I'm thankful to all of their parents for doing a great job in raising them. I really think that these children will accomplish great things with their life.
I am grateful to call myself an "Eternal Nursery Leader" (4 years in Nursery out of the 5.17 years married and counting).
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Monday, October 3, 2016
Today's the Day...
...that Rachel Cruze's book Love Your Life, Not Theirs hits the shelves! It's out! I'm so thankful that I got to read an advanced copy of it. It is a must read for all people. It is an easy and quick read. Everyone at some point or another struggles with contentment and comparison living, especially in this day and age with social media and targeted ads. Her book helps teach you how to become an active consumer (thinking before buying).
I think her book really is an inspired book. Something she was meant to write and share with the world. Why? Because the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints just had General Conference September 24, October 1, and October 2. At General Conference there were numerous speakers that spoke about being content with your own life, stopping the comparisons with yourselves and others, and learning to find and have joy no matter the circumstance of your life. Each speaker chooses their own subject to speak about; no one is assigned a certain topic. Another reason why I feel her book is inspired (and a must read) is because other people have come out with things about loving your life and finding peace, happiness, and joy. Some of these other examples include Hilary Weeks' Love Your Life music album, Elder Richard G. Scott's book Finding Peace, Happiness, and Joy, and numerous articles in the Ensign and New Era.
So, please, everyone do me (and Rachel Cruze and yourself) a favor and check out this link: https://www.rachelcruze.com/book?ectid=10.10.6880 Doing so gives me the chance to have lunch with Rachel, which I would very much appreciate. :)
I think her book really is an inspired book. Something she was meant to write and share with the world. Why? Because the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints just had General Conference September 24, October 1, and October 2. At General Conference there were numerous speakers that spoke about being content with your own life, stopping the comparisons with yourselves and others, and learning to find and have joy no matter the circumstance of your life. Each speaker chooses their own subject to speak about; no one is assigned a certain topic. Another reason why I feel her book is inspired (and a must read) is because other people have come out with things about loving your life and finding peace, happiness, and joy. Some of these other examples include Hilary Weeks' Love Your Life music album, Elder Richard G. Scott's book Finding Peace, Happiness, and Joy, and numerous articles in the Ensign and New Era.
So, please, everyone do me (and Rachel Cruze and yourself) a favor and check out this link: https://www.rachelcruze.com/book?ectid=10.10.6880 Doing so gives me the chance to have lunch with Rachel, which I would very much appreciate. :)
Friday, August 26, 2016
Education Week
Last week I had the opportunity of attending Education Week for the first time. I have been wanting to go for a few years and seeing as this may be my last opportunity to go while we live close to campus I decided to do it.
Let me just say that Education Week was so much fun! I'm so glad I went. I didn't do classes all day because Buttercup needed to go out every few hours, but I did do 2-3 classes per day which I think was plenty for me because I was exhausted by the end of the week.
For those who don't know or haven't been to Education Week before, let me give you a brief description. It's like school, except it's all the really cool and fun classes that aren't usually taught at school and there is no homework. There were classes on anything you can think of: religion, media, political-ish, gardening, organization, family, stress relief, cooking, you name it! For all you Upward Bound-ers out there, it's like UB but only a week long instead of all summer.
The classes I took were on time management, home organization, media, a cooking demonstration with Chef Brad, family history, personal finance, safeguarding homes from pornography, and square foot gardening.
I hope to implement the things I learned from these classes to help me become a better version of me. I also hope to come back again sometime and learn even more about neat things.
Let me just say that Education Week was so much fun! I'm so glad I went. I didn't do classes all day because Buttercup needed to go out every few hours, but I did do 2-3 classes per day which I think was plenty for me because I was exhausted by the end of the week.
For those who don't know or haven't been to Education Week before, let me give you a brief description. It's like school, except it's all the really cool and fun classes that aren't usually taught at school and there is no homework. There were classes on anything you can think of: religion, media, political-ish, gardening, organization, family, stress relief, cooking, you name it! For all you Upward Bound-ers out there, it's like UB but only a week long instead of all summer.
The classes I took were on time management, home organization, media, a cooking demonstration with Chef Brad, family history, personal finance, safeguarding homes from pornography, and square foot gardening.
I hope to implement the things I learned from these classes to help me become a better version of me. I also hope to come back again sometime and learn even more about neat things.
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| A Chef Brad creation! |
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| Devotional with Elder Holland |
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| Look at how full it is! |
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| Second time for him and first for me! |
Sunday, April 17, 2016
#LDSconf Weekend
Let me just say I LOVE GENERAL CONFERENCE! I look forward to it every six months. It is some of the greatest times of the year because it is like a spiritual boost that puts you on a spiritual high and leaves me wanting to do and be better.
I particularly enjoyed it this year because I did not have to worry about getting homework done in between the sessions (leaving me with ~6 hours to do homework). Conference weekend is SO much better when no homework is involved. I really feel like I was able to enjoy and get a lot more out of conference than the past few years because my mind was able to fully focus on what was being said by the speakers and what I felt from the Spirit.
Here is just a bit of what I loved from conference:
I feel like I gained so much this year. Everyone said things that stuck out to me. I really appreciate the talks that were geared toward the topic of family, such as Elder M. Russell Ballard's about family councils. Who knew there were so many different types of family councils? I didn't. About a month and a half ago my husband and I started holding regular council meetings of our own and it really helps us know what is going on in the upcoming week. I suppose we technically did family council meetings for about 2 years, but it was us checking how the other was doing throughout the week. Elder Ballard's talk gave me ideas of how I would like the various family council types to be implemented for when we have kids.
This time around I actually watched the Priesthood session, unlike past conferences in which it was playing in the background while I did homework. I got so much from it, even though it wasn't directed at me. I was able to feel God's love for President Russell M. Nelson. I know that he is doing the Lord's work. I particularly loved President Dieter F. Uchtdorf's talk. Maybe it's because he spoke about families and I graduated with a degree in Family Life, but it was great. I took almost a page worth of notes. Two things I liked most from President Uchtdorf's talk are what he said about choosing love rather than being right (this is something I learned in my family life classes and it has always stuck with me; I try my best to apply it when a disagreement arises) and what he had to say about relationship pebbles. If I were any good at making uplifting quote memes I would do them on these two things.
From Sunday's Session I liked President Monson's talk about choices. I liked how he repeated his quote from a past conference that decisions determine our destiny. I also liked his new quote about choosing to do the harder right than doing the easier wrong. Choosing the right, even when it's hard to do so will provide us with blessings. I also enjoyed the humor Elder Holland had in his talk; that was a great way to end conference weekend.
These are just some of the things that stood out to me from conference. I hope you all had a great conference. If you didn't get a chance to watch or listen to all the talks, they can all be found at lds.org.
I particularly enjoyed it this year because I did not have to worry about getting homework done in between the sessions (leaving me with ~6 hours to do homework). Conference weekend is SO much better when no homework is involved. I really feel like I was able to enjoy and get a lot more out of conference than the past few years because my mind was able to fully focus on what was being said by the speakers and what I felt from the Spirit.
Here is just a bit of what I loved from conference:
I feel like I gained so much this year. Everyone said things that stuck out to me. I really appreciate the talks that were geared toward the topic of family, such as Elder M. Russell Ballard's about family councils. Who knew there were so many different types of family councils? I didn't. About a month and a half ago my husband and I started holding regular council meetings of our own and it really helps us know what is going on in the upcoming week. I suppose we technically did family council meetings for about 2 years, but it was us checking how the other was doing throughout the week. Elder Ballard's talk gave me ideas of how I would like the various family council types to be implemented for when we have kids.
- General Family Council
- All family members
- no electronic devices
- predesignated time
- more formal
- discuss things like family problems, finances, plan making, support & strengthen each other, and pray for one another & the family unit
- Executive Family Council
- Parents only
- no electronic devices
- review each child's various needs and progress
- talk about personal relationship with each other
- Limited Family Council
- Parents with one child at a time
- no electronic devices
- decisions about what a child does/does not want to do with their future
- listen to concerns & challenges that this child has
- can be more informal
- One-on-One
- One parent and one child at a time
- no electronic devices
- think Daddy-Daughter/Mommy-Son dates
- more informal
- special spiritual & emotional bonding time
This time around I actually watched the Priesthood session, unlike past conferences in which it was playing in the background while I did homework. I got so much from it, even though it wasn't directed at me. I was able to feel God's love for President Russell M. Nelson. I know that he is doing the Lord's work. I particularly loved President Dieter F. Uchtdorf's talk. Maybe it's because he spoke about families and I graduated with a degree in Family Life, but it was great. I took almost a page worth of notes. Two things I liked most from President Uchtdorf's talk are what he said about choosing love rather than being right (this is something I learned in my family life classes and it has always stuck with me; I try my best to apply it when a disagreement arises) and what he had to say about relationship pebbles. If I were any good at making uplifting quote memes I would do them on these two things.
“No matter how flat your relationship may be at present, if you keep adding pebbles of kindness, compassion, listening, sacrifice, understanding and selflessness, eventually a mighty pyramid will begin to grow.”
From Sunday's Session I liked President Monson's talk about choices. I liked how he repeated his quote from a past conference that decisions determine our destiny. I also liked his new quote about choosing to do the harder right than doing the easier wrong. Choosing the right, even when it's hard to do so will provide us with blessings. I also enjoyed the humor Elder Holland had in his talk; that was a great way to end conference weekend.
These are just some of the things that stood out to me from conference. I hope you all had a great conference. If you didn't get a chance to watch or listen to all the talks, they can all be found at lds.org.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Life as a College Graduate
It has been a little over a month since I graduated. I got my diploma a week and a day ago, so it's official that I'm done. Just have commencement and convocation in April then it will all be complete. On the whole it is great being done with school. I love not having any homework and tests. I miss the daily learning.
Since graduating school I am left with tons of free time. For me it has been a struggle to figure out what to do with it all this extra time now that school isn't "deciding" for me. I realized I spend way too much time on social media (*cough Facebook cough*) and too much time watching the Amazing Race (which apparently BYUtv is coming out with a show that is a combination of the Amazing Race and genealogy--2 of my favorite things) and not as much time with my dog as I would like.
To help me be a better steward of my time I base it off of a few things. First, the scripture John 6:28. I ponderized this a few weeks ago and I really like it. It's a good scripture to remember. I try to let what I do each day be a work of God.
"Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?" -John 6:28 (KJV)
This scripture also reminds me of Elder Lawrence's talk "What Lack I Yet," which is the second thing. I really liked this talk. I know there are lots of things I can improve of myself and when I do I think it will help me in all aspects of life.
The third thing I try and do to be a better steward of my time is live by a schedule. For the most part it works fine. I just have to really try harder at getting ready for bed and waking up when I have planned. I like having a schedule because I purposely don't schedule time for social media to help me not go on it.
Since I know that not scheduling time for social media hasn't worked on its own I decided on Saturday or Sunday that I would only go on social media every other day. If I go on it during an off day then I go 2 days without. Sunday is an exception to the every other day rule. I don't go on social media at all on Sundays.
I really do appreciate all of this free time. It is a much needed break. I also enjoy being able to help out at the local animal shelter (among other hobbies that school didn't leave time for me to do) more now that I'm out of school. All this time has provided me with an opportunity to really think about what I want to do in life, e.g. for work, which is really great.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Overcoming Discouragement
I love my husband so much. He knows how to help cheer me up. This past week I have been feeling mega-overwhelmed. I have so many assignments/projects/papers to write/do before the end of the semester that I have no idea how it's all going to get done (it'll get done somehow...). Last night he gave a FHE lesson about overcoming discouragement. He used this article from the Ensign as the basis for his lesson. It was so great. Afterward, we played Just Dance to help relieve the stress (it's both physical activity and a change of pace--we hardly ever use our Wii for playing games during the semester). Surprisingly, it worked! I felt a lot less stressed after playing on the Wii with my husband. I'm still not feeling too stressed today (setting priorities also helps, although this wasn't one of them for today...).
Another thing I decided to do is get rid of all social media and games from my phone. I waste so much time scrolling through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. Some time (not as much as previous semesters) is wasted through playing games (mainly Sims Freeplay). I still allow myself to go on Facebook a few (no more than three) times a day (mainly because one of my other classes uses Facebook, otherwise I would be refraining from it too). I plan to put Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram back on my phone once the semester is completely over. I don't know about Twitter, since I mainly use it to look at news and not for the original purpose of me getting Twitter--to share uplifting/inspirational/gospel related quotes/scriptures.
I really feel like these things are helping me to be less stressed during this mega-stressful time of the semester.
Another thing I decided to do is get rid of all social media and games from my phone. I waste so much time scrolling through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. Some time (not as much as previous semesters) is wasted through playing games (mainly Sims Freeplay). I still allow myself to go on Facebook a few (no more than three) times a day (mainly because one of my other classes uses Facebook, otherwise I would be refraining from it too). I plan to put Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram back on my phone once the semester is completely over. I don't know about Twitter, since I mainly use it to look at news and not for the original purpose of me getting Twitter--to share uplifting/inspirational/gospel related quotes/scriptures.
I really feel like these things are helping me to be less stressed during this mega-stressful time of the semester.
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Easter/General Conference Weekend
I had a really great Easter/General Conference Weekend. It's always one of my favorite times of the year. This weekend my mom came out to visit, so my husband and I took her to all the neat places (the temple, IKEA, Provo City Center temple site, campus, etc.). I loved all the talks, especially the ones that talked about marriage and family. It's been great having her around for a few days. I didn't get much homework done, though. Oh well. Hopefully it'll work out in the end (I'm mostly nervous for a test I have to take tomorrow that closes tomorrow and I haven't had a chance to study for it yet...) :/ Anyway, I love conference. I love Easter. I love my family.
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Gospel Library
I love the Gospel Library app. I love that hundreds of General Conference talks, the scriptures, hymns, and other books are all just right there in my phone. I love listening to the hymns and General Conference talks. It's super awesome. I also love the Mormon Channel app. I guess I love the apps that the Church puts out. So much goodness all in one spot. :)
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Indexing
Indexing is a lot of fun! I had an assignment to index 50 records for my family history class. Most of the records I did were obituaries. Obituaries are a really neat way to get to learn more about a person. For example, one obituary was from a 102 year old and another one was Col. Sanders' nephew (co-founder of KFC). How neat!
If you haven't tried indexing, you should. :)
If you haven't tried indexing, you should. :)
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Family History: Census Records
I love family history. It takes a lot of time and patience, but it is worth it. I spent almost 7 hours working on it yesterday, just trying to find all the censuses from one of my ancestors' life. I found all but two. No idea where his 1830 and 1840 census is...I looked everywhere it seems (FindMyPast, FamilySearch, Ancestry, USGenWeb...).
I didn't mean to spend that much time on it, especially since I had other homework/reading that needed to be done for other classes, but time just got away from me (plus, I had no idea it would take me that long to find seven censuses). At least, it's mostly done now. Hopefully, I will get it finished tomorrow that way I can focus on my other assignments.
If you haven't taken REL C 261, you should. I am learning so much about how to be better at family history and it is so great being able to get to know my ancestors more. It really helps me know that they are real people and not just names to take to the temple.
I do look forward to taking this family that I've been working on all semester to the temple at the end. I feel excited just thinking about it.
I didn't mean to spend that much time on it, especially since I had other homework/reading that needed to be done for other classes, but time just got away from me (plus, I had no idea it would take me that long to find seven censuses). At least, it's mostly done now. Hopefully, I will get it finished tomorrow that way I can focus on my other assignments.
If you haven't taken REL C 261, you should. I am learning so much about how to be better at family history and it is so great being able to get to know my ancestors more. It really helps me know that they are real people and not just names to take to the temple.
I do look forward to taking this family that I've been working on all semester to the temple at the end. I feel excited just thinking about it.
Saturday, January 24, 2015
General Conference/Cleaning/Infant Media
Listening to General Conference talks and cleaning make a great pair. It helps the time go by quickly and brings peace into the home. It also provides me with company. A goldfish can only do so much to provide me with company.:) A message for me can almost always be had.
This week we talked about infant media in class. Something that I was thinking about this morning is the effect that listening to/watching General Conference has on infants/toddlers. I don't think listening to/watching General Conference will have a negative impact. It'll probably have no effect, but it just might have a positive effect. Maybe in behavior? I think it would be an interesting study. If the child is watching/listening with a parent it would have joint attention, maybe synchrony? Not much else besides those things, unless the parent takes the talk and breaks into smaller, more simple words/explanation and uses motherese and repetition.
Maybe someday when I have my own children I can turn this idea into a study.
This week we talked about infant media in class. Something that I was thinking about this morning is the effect that listening to/watching General Conference has on infants/toddlers. I don't think listening to/watching General Conference will have a negative impact. It'll probably have no effect, but it just might have a positive effect. Maybe in behavior? I think it would be an interesting study. If the child is watching/listening with a parent it would have joint attention, maybe synchrony? Not much else besides those things, unless the parent takes the talk and breaks into smaller, more simple words/explanation and uses motherese and repetition.
Maybe someday when I have my own children I can turn this idea into a study.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Devotional
Devotional was really good. I felt like Brother Parker talked about things I needed to hear. I will definitely try my best to apply the things he spoke about. It is always an awesome feeling/experience when the speaker talks about something that you needed to hear. It just shows me that Heavenly Father does know us personally, loves us, and is always there for us.
One of my favorite parts of his talk, though, is all the many examples of things that are an example of Christ. I was mind blown. I'll need to find that talk sometime that way I can read all his examples (hopefully they'll include them).
Another great thing about devotional was that my reading for Family History was also kind of related to what Brother Parker talked about. The reading was also another thing I needed. Heavenly Father sure is great. :)
If you didn't get a chance to see/listen/watch devotional here is a brief summary:
One of my favorite parts of his talk, though, is all the many examples of things that are an example of Christ. I was mind blown. I'll need to find that talk sometime that way I can read all his examples (hopefully they'll include them).
Another great thing about devotional was that my reading for Family History was also kind of related to what Brother Parker talked about. The reading was also another thing I needed. Heavenly Father sure is great. :)
If you didn't get a chance to see/listen/watch devotional here is a brief summary:
- Draw upon the word of God daily
- Let the scriptures and the Holy Ghost tell you what you should do
- Use the scriptures to chase darkness from your life
- During scripture study, look for types of Christ
Finally, he left us with this challenge:
Never resist a prompting from the Holy Ghost.
Monday, January 12, 2015
Family History and the Media
A lot of my posts (more realistically, all because I don't have much time to write about anything else) this semester are going to revolve around the media. Why? Because I'm taking a class about media, family, and human development and we have to do two blog posts every week about something media related that we participated in. So, here goes...
This semester I'm taking a family history class and that's media, right? Media is defined as a sender (FamilySearch) trying to give the receiver (me) a message (various information about my ancestors) through a medium (internet). Therefore, by this definition family history is media.
It's really good media at that because it connects you to the people who helped you be who you are today. Genetically and otherwise. Besides, like President Eyring said, "In your reunion, you will see in their eyes either gratitude or terrible disappointment. Their hearts are bound to you. Their hope is in your hands." So, don't live the eternities with your ancestors being mad at you.
We have our first assignment due on Wednesday. I spent like six hours yesterday putting together my family tree in preparation for the assignment. FamilySearch had everything that I needed to get me to where I needed to go; the time consuming part was taking that information and typing it into my own tree using Roots Magic. I got tired of manually typing and syncing all of my ancestors to FamilySearch, so I decided to import my FamilySearch tree to my tree on Roots Magic. BAD IDEA. There were so many names. A lot of the names weren't even right, e.g. Baby Boy Brandenburg. So, mid-import I decided I wanted to just put the information in and add as I go, instead of correcting everything later, that way I know the information is accurate because I put it in.
What did this all mean then? It meant that I had a long list of names, which actually made it overwhelming instead of helpful and that I had to delete that tree and start all over again. Basically, half of the time was spent building it to where I wanted then deciding that it's not how I want it.
Oh well. I learned a valuable lesson from this: when the professor says you will prefer a clean copy, she means it.
This semester I'm taking a family history class and that's media, right? Media is defined as a sender (FamilySearch) trying to give the receiver (me) a message (various information about my ancestors) through a medium (internet). Therefore, by this definition family history is media.
It's really good media at that because it connects you to the people who helped you be who you are today. Genetically and otherwise. Besides, like President Eyring said, "In your reunion, you will see in their eyes either gratitude or terrible disappointment. Their hearts are bound to you. Their hope is in your hands." So, don't live the eternities with your ancestors being mad at you.
We have our first assignment due on Wednesday. I spent like six hours yesterday putting together my family tree in preparation for the assignment. FamilySearch had everything that I needed to get me to where I needed to go; the time consuming part was taking that information and typing it into my own tree using Roots Magic. I got tired of manually typing and syncing all of my ancestors to FamilySearch, so I decided to import my FamilySearch tree to my tree on Roots Magic. BAD IDEA. There were so many names. A lot of the names weren't even right, e.g. Baby Boy Brandenburg. So, mid-import I decided I wanted to just put the information in and add as I go, instead of correcting everything later, that way I know the information is accurate because I put it in.
What did this all mean then? It meant that I had a long list of names, which actually made it overwhelming instead of helpful and that I had to delete that tree and start all over again. Basically, half of the time was spent building it to where I wanted then deciding that it's not how I want it.
Oh well. I learned a valuable lesson from this: when the professor says you will prefer a clean copy, she means it.
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Final Christmas Break Post
This will be my last post ever during Christmas break. Mainly because this is my last Christmas break. This time next year I will be done with college. Yahoo! I couldn't end my break by not giving an update on how the rest of it went, especially since it was most of it.
Dallen and I went to ND to visit my family. It was pretty fun. Thankfully ND wasn't giving us its worst while we were out there. Although, Monday and early Tuesday morning were pretty cold. Without windchill it was -14 to -8 degrees. Brr... The 15 degrees coming back to Utah was warm (for a couple minutes) compared to just a few hours earlier that same morning. The 15 degrees stopped feeling so nice when we needed to wait over a half hour for the train.
While we were in ND we went Christmas caroling on Christmas Eve to the elderly with my family's branch. I hadn't been caroling for a really long time, so I was a bit nervous, but it turned out to be a lot of fun seeing the smiles on their faces as we sang "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and gave them a plate of cookies. Obviously, we opened presents on Christmas. That same day the power went out for about an hour town-wide.
Friday Dallen and I went to a museum in Bismarck. It was pretty cool. We also walked around the malls, but that is not as cool as the museum. BTW, the museum was free.
Saturday Dallen, Mom, and I went to the temple. That was also really cool. We went to the very last session of the day, which also happened to be a history making one. It was history making because it was mostly a group of refugees from Myanmar/Burma and Thailand who don't understand English very well, if at all, so the temple needed to get permission from Church headquarters (presumably somebody in the first presidency?) to translate it into Karen (pronounced Kuh-rin). That is unique because nothing in the Church has ever been translated into Karen; not even the Book of Mormon or any other temple sessions. Supposedly, it is supposed to be in the Deseret News, so keep in eye out for it (probably the Church News section). Also, I learned that my parents' stake president's daughter was in one of my classes last semester. That is pretty neat too.
Sunday we went to church and had a potluck afterwards. It was a pretty chill day. I taught Mom how to do indexing and use Family Search, so we spent most of the day afterward doing that.
Monday Dallen and Dad went hunting, but didn't catch/shoot anything. That's okay. Since we had to be to the airport by 3 AM Tuesday we decided not to sleep. Bad idea. We were super exhausted all day.
That basically was our trip in a not so small nutshell. Most of the rest of our break was spent relaxing at home. Tomorrow school starts (unfortunately), but it is my last winter semester (fortunately). I'm looking forward to being free from exams, finals, homework, and (most) assigned readings.
I hope everyone has a great semester/year (depending on when I post again)!
Dallen and I went to ND to visit my family. It was pretty fun. Thankfully ND wasn't giving us its worst while we were out there. Although, Monday and early Tuesday morning were pretty cold. Without windchill it was -14 to -8 degrees. Brr... The 15 degrees coming back to Utah was warm (for a couple minutes) compared to just a few hours earlier that same morning. The 15 degrees stopped feeling so nice when we needed to wait over a half hour for the train.
While we were in ND we went Christmas caroling on Christmas Eve to the elderly with my family's branch. I hadn't been caroling for a really long time, so I was a bit nervous, but it turned out to be a lot of fun seeing the smiles on their faces as we sang "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and gave them a plate of cookies. Obviously, we opened presents on Christmas. That same day the power went out for about an hour town-wide.
Friday Dallen and I went to a museum in Bismarck. It was pretty cool. We also walked around the malls, but that is not as cool as the museum. BTW, the museum was free.
Saturday Dallen, Mom, and I went to the temple. That was also really cool. We went to the very last session of the day, which also happened to be a history making one. It was history making because it was mostly a group of refugees from Myanmar/Burma and Thailand who don't understand English very well, if at all, so the temple needed to get permission from Church headquarters (presumably somebody in the first presidency?) to translate it into Karen (pronounced Kuh-rin). That is unique because nothing in the Church has ever been translated into Karen; not even the Book of Mormon or any other temple sessions. Supposedly, it is supposed to be in the Deseret News, so keep in eye out for it (probably the Church News section). Also, I learned that my parents' stake president's daughter was in one of my classes last semester. That is pretty neat too.
Sunday we went to church and had a potluck afterwards. It was a pretty chill day. I taught Mom how to do indexing and use Family Search, so we spent most of the day afterward doing that.
Monday Dallen and Dad went hunting, but didn't catch/shoot anything. That's okay. Since we had to be to the airport by 3 AM Tuesday we decided not to sleep. Bad idea. We were super exhausted all day.
That basically was our trip in a not so small nutshell. Most of the rest of our break was spent relaxing at home. Tomorrow school starts (unfortunately), but it is my last winter semester (fortunately). I'm looking forward to being free from exams, finals, homework, and (most) assigned readings.
I hope everyone has a great semester/year (depending on when I post again)!
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