March 10, 2013

• We we got our new dining room table this week... I love it!  And we got our deep freezer and gave away our old one to a friend who needed one.  I think I've finally picked out the colors I'm going to paint the bathrooms, but that will have to wait until after Spring Break.  I had my Symphony dress rehearsal and concerts last week.  On Thursday, we had our children's concerts in the morning and adult concert in the evening so I just stayed in that city all day.  It was fun to shop without kids, but I only found a couple of shirts, not the jeans I really needed.  It was fun to hang out with my friend Danielle now that we carpool together.  The concerts went well and the music was great.  The only scary part was the two bats that made their entrance in our concert hall... it must be the season for bats because they always seem to come out this time of year.  Oh, and I conducted the National Anthem to open our adult concert which was really neat.  Even though it was only one piece, I received a lot of compliments about my conducting and everyone was asking where I studied... um, how do you say church... lol.  I did have one conducting class in college, but I would like to have more to get even better.

  On Friday, Logan and Errolyn had their Field Days and Emma and I went for a little bit to cheer them on in their events.  Cameron had another Tennis Match in the evening and won one, and tied the other since they called it because of time.  After going undefeated all season, Errolyn's volleyball team lost their last volleyball game of the season.  But, she still played well.  Mike and I worked on cleaning and organizing the garage on Saturday and then we all went to a friend's house for dinner.  The kids had a fun time playing and it was nice to take a break from the renovations and organizing we've been doing.  I've been struggling with a cold all week, but it didn't slow me down much until today... I think I was finally able to relax and so I noticed my symptoms a bit more.  I'm on the tail end of it, so hopefully I should be good to go for our Spring Break plans.

  In church today, the Relief Society teacher asked how do you come to a point that you have such a strong testimony of the gospel that you are willing to lay down your life for what you believe. She was referring to a lot of prophets of old, but I thought the question was interesting. One newer lady shared her take on the question that I thought was really neat.  She is in the military and not just the military but some special operations teams that have some pretty hefty missions and responsibilities.  She said that after you go into battle with another person you form a close bond with everyone you're with, so much so that you would take a bullet for any one of them because you care about them so much.  She said life is a battle and that she's been through a lot of tribulation and struggles and only the Lord was there for her at times.  She says that because she feels like she's constantly going through battles with the Lord on her side that she has developed a special bond with him and would gladly lay down her life for Him.  Anyway, it was a different way to look at it, but I thought it played really into the quote from the lesson that the Holy Ghost should be our friend.

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