Christmas Music

I have been listening to Christmas music ever since the day after Halloween. I love how it relaxes me and brings happy thoughts and feelings to me and my kids. I have been getting a lot of flack from others though as they hear me singing along or as they hear it playing on my work computer. I am surprised by each of their reasons for being bothered by such fun music. All in all though, I can't believe that they are unable or unwilling to let their hearts be filled with the Christmas spirit. Many of them, I am sure, are only willing to let it happen on Christmas day. I would hope that more people would keep the feelings of Christ's birthday in their hearts through out the year. (You can lump me in with those who need a little more spirit).

I have to tell you that when Laura and I were delivering the paper the other morning together that we were singing to the radio all of the carols at the top of our lungs in the car. We had a blast! I wonder what we sounded like when we had to stop for porches and we were singing out the window. The time certainly went by fast for us. I felt like we had been floating around the neighborhood while we were delivering...almost like a sleigh on a cloud of snow...

Merry Christmas Y'all!!!! Get in the mood!!!!

Detoxing

I am starting a new diet today...detoxing for the next two weeks. No sugar and nothing that tastes good...can't wait for the jitters and the shakes! MMMMMMmmmmmm...shakes!

Hunter's Testimony

We have been learning in FHE about the beginnings and the organization of the LDS church. We have been watching videos and having fun discussions about Joseph Smith's role in the history of the church. I knew Hunter was listening, but I didn't know how much he was absorbing. So last sunday when Hunter was excited to bear his own personal testimony about his beliefs at church, I was interested in hearing if he had picked up much from our lessons. Many of the other little children were easily reciting the normal, "I know that Joseph Smith was a true prophet", and I figured that Hunter would include that statement also in his testimony. Early into his testimony I could tell that he was thoughtfully trying to say something about how Joseph Smith restored the gospel to the earth, since that was what we had been focusing on in our FHE lessons. He truly surprised us all though when he thoughtfully and with great confidence testified, "I know that Joseph Smith destroyed the church!" Man, was he proud of himself when he sat down. Many of us were stiffling our laughter so hard that tears were streaming down our faces. He was so sincere... He later told me that he was trying to say, "Restored the church". He knew that he had said it wrong, but he was still happy with the effort. If we could all have such faith in ourselves, we would never worry about openning our mouths to share the gospel. What a great example Hunter was to all of us on Sunday!