:)

such a grand day. i woke to blue skies and the possibility of snow and that delicious feeling when you realize you DON'T HAVE TO GO TO WORK TOMORROW.

yes. a great feeling. and then church today was especially wonderful. a young family in my ward that i just adore were all speaking during sacrament. such earnest and heartfelt testimonies about the importance of serving others and in being good examples as we all are missionaries. i felt the Spirit all through their talks. their two little boys, 8 and 5, also gave talks and then sang. YES, they sang a song by themselves, "We are as the army of Helamen..." it was moving and beautiful coming from such pure little people. i was deeply affected.

so affected that i kind of embarrassed myself after the prayer. which i gave. and that was wonderful, but then i turned around and reached down to hug the mom while they were still sitting there (a long hug) while the entire ward was waiting for the Sunday school guy to walk up and give his announcements. so everyone probably got a great view of my butt over the pulpit. awesome.

anyway. that was some good times.

my lesson with the little ctr 4-7 year olds had another moment. little abby, who was visiting and is 5, and just adorable with her brightness and dimples, made me laugh. i asked, "what should you do if your mom asked you to make your bed but you're friends were standing at the door, tapping their feet, and waiting for you to come play?" she responded something along the lines of 'that would never happen, i would have already made my bed, and i directly quote "my mom is a clean freak." once i registerd what she said, i got her to repeat it, and of course i couldn't laugh, so i just smiled. and under her breath she said, "yeah, it's annoying." from a 5 year old too. hilarious kid.

anyway....i'm really grateful to get this age group. they are recharging my tolerance batteries. i just love love the littler ones. they also drew pictures today to show themselves in situations where they were doing things Jesus would want them to do. arturo drew himself digging up a worm for a bird "so that he wouldn't be hungry when he hatched." radness.

and there it is. another beautiful day. tomorrow, i get to board as long as i want....hopefully we will get some new snow too!

a fun day

so i had probably one of the FUNNEST days last saturday.....i think the thing that will stick in my memory the longest is meeting a 10 year old on a ski lift. he decided to follow me to my chair, i honestly didn't notice since my back was to him. i was slightly annoyed, since i was sure he'd start talking and i'd have to turn my headphones off. aren't i horrible? so we talked, he was quite self-confident and i found myself grinning in amusement at that. while also chastising self for not being more open. i love kids, but i'm tired of them. teaching for 8 hours in a day is really sucking that level of love down to almost inline with the grinch, i swear! i've got to work on that, totally uncool.

anyway. he was adorable. cherubic face, so bright and totally unconscious of self. the last is my favorite thing about kids. they just do what they do. and he did. told me about the different runs on the mountain, clearly he'd been there much. when questioned, sure 'nuff and this jewel, his reply was, "yeah, i've been skiing since i was less than a year old."

oh really???

lol.

so funny. couldn't call him on it, besides, it was more fun to just listen. then he told me all about climbing the fourteeners around here. apparently, his mom runs the lodge on the mountain we were on too. at one point, he mused about having a remote control to control life. he wondered if i thought that would be cool. of course at this point, i did call him on it, by pointing out "yeah, like in the movie 'click it?" maybe slightly not nice, but i was also looking to see if he'd seen it....

another jewel of a moment, was when, on our second lift ride together, on these heinously slow chairs, he said, "if i had a remote, right now i would use it to fast forward this chair." he wasn't saying it to be funny. kids are great. he reminded me to not lose my sense of humor.....thanks, conner!