:)

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!