December 2011

My kids are just a crack up tonight....first of all, Brandon and I were in the laundry room trying to fix the washer. And I could hear the kids talking at the table. Weylon says to his sister, "when I grow up, I want to be Jesus." Brandon and I look at each other and smile. Then in the same breath he says, "or maybe a home depot worker." And our smile faded. HAHA What a hoot. And well I guess Jesus was a carpenter, so they do have something in common right?

Then we were getting the kids to bed, and Brandon had his little notebook on and was reading facebook. He says to me, "it amazes me how many people out there just can't grow up..." And well, he was referring to someone who is in mid 30's and acting like he was 16 still. But to Weylon, that meant a whole different ball park. He says, "so like a midgit dad? Cause midgits aren't very tall. They don't grow up to be too big." And once again, daddy and I busted a gut laughing.

Then I was telling Brandon about an email I got about onions. And how if you put an unpeeled onion in each room in your house, you could avoid getting the flu and other viruses. Savanna was listening to us. She pipes in, "a virus? I thought only computers could get a virus." Then I had to use a phrase I didn't think I was old enough to have to use until I was at least in my 50's....I said, "well Savanna back in my day, when I was a kid, we actually had viruses that had nothing to do with a computer." So then she had to get smart on me and say, "I know mom. You didn't even have computers when you were a kid. You didn't even have tv's either. Well you didn't have colored tv's anyways." Darn kids. HAHA. I still had to laugh.

Savanna was in charge of family home evening tonight. She picked something wonderful to do, and did it all herself. She had a big tree and hung it on a bedroom door. Then she made several Christmas tree ornaments out of paper. She then read us a story out of the children's friend about a family that wanted to remember Christ at Christmas time. So they made ornaments for a paper tree and wrote something on them that they knew about Jesus. And every day they would write something about Jesus and hang it on the tree. So that is what we did. She did a great job. I am so proud of her. On Sunday, I was sitting there during sacrament, and I look up to see her walk up to the front of the chapel and bear her testimony. It made me cry. It was short and sweet. But SO to the point. She has such a pure love of Christ. I love her innocence and purity. I am so proud of her. What a great thing to see your child bear her testimony to others for her first time!