Press Forward

The bishop asked me to give a talk. I worked hard, I thought, I researched, I prayed, I prepared. I printed it last night tucked it in my church bag and went to bed with a mild impression that this insane snow was going to end up causing church to be canceled.

It did. Next week there are no scheduled speakers because it is "fast and testimony Sunday". Fast, as in going without food and water, not fast as in quick. That means that anyone who feels the desire to share their testimony gets to get up and speak.

I mentioned that I was speaking, and then that I wasn't speaking on Facebook. I contemplated just copy and pasting my talk for you here. It was suggested that I record it and then post the video. I am incredibly intimidated by the idea. However, it really seemed like the right thing to do

OK *deep breath*, I am stepping out of my comfort zone. Here goes-

I hope that it was worth your time. 

Here is a link to the article President Uchtdorf wrote so you can read the rest of it.

Totally surrounded

This evening as we cleaned up dinner my husband mentioned that sometimes it seems like we live in a house full of minions. This comment makes extra sense when you consider that we spent the evening feeling very cultured with all the random foreign language phrases we know.

Omeletta au fromage! (Cheese omlett in French)

Kuru! (come in Japanese)

La Petite 

Bon Appetite.

Kanguro (Kangaroo in Spanish)

Terebi (TV in Japanese)

And the best was when Naomi was reminded she was supposed to be loading the dishwasher and announced "No comprendo!" 

Right Naomi, right. 

So let me share something that is impressively reminiscent of living with the set of children that we do.

Yup, that is pretty much it.