I taught seminary and here's the scoop.

So, there seems to be a bit of confusion on our last very cryptic blog.  The story goes like this.  I, the Mom, taught seminary.  The lesson was Moses 7:1-35.  When I saw it was on being a Zion people, I had an idea to incorporate the homeless guy into my lesson.  I "focused" on the word LOOK in my lesson.  Just as the Lord commanded Enoch to LOOK and he saw many great things in vision, we too can see many great things in our lifes if we just LOOK, really LOOK at what we are seeing (or reading, etc).  We played a brief game of hug-a-bugga to emphasize looking with purpose.  We discussed in length what it means to be a ZION people (one mind and one heart, dwell in righteousness and no poor among them).  Of course, the homeless guy came up and we talked about him.  But also focused on the spiritually poor among us.

Before each class I would sit outside the seminary door as a homeless person.  The weather was perfect.  It was our first really chilly day with lots of fog and intermittent rain.  Just before class was due to start I'd make sure no one was coming and I'd slip off my homeless clothes and go in and teach the lesson.  With about 7 minutes left in class and a small assignment given to the class (write 3 ways you can focus on becoming more pure in heart) I made a reason to leave (get something from Sis Allen) and I'd go out and slip into my homeless outfit.  I'd then enter the classroom (much to the horror of the students) and then reveal who I was.  I'd conclude with the challenge to really LOOK around them and to love one another and why. (verses 28-32)  And to LOOK to treat all as children of God, look to be less contenious, look to honor parents, look to sustain leaders, look to etc, etc.  LOOK to become more like our Savior, Jesus Christ.  It was a great and powerful lesson.  No one recognized me even though had they looked they would have noticed the pearls I had on, etc.  I did have a couple of kids invite me in and one gave me a granola bar with a bite out of it.  Today at Church the kids were still shocked it was me and said it is a lesson they will never forget.  The spirit was strong and that is what they will never forget, and I was thankful to be a part of it all.

And now you know...the rest of the story!

I taught seminary and...

This "man" was part of the lesson.

"He" was camped out in front of the seminary building and came in at the end of class to remind us, he too, is part of Zion.

Do you recognize him?

You should, it's ME!

It's UP!

Last week Grandpa and Grandma and I worked hard and finally finished our fence.  It's a magnificent structure!

This is where the fence used to be with two bushes on the outside...remember?

I moved the bushes, dirt and rock to the outside and extended the fence.  Looks pretty good, huh?

The fence goes into our "kid forest" we now have in the backyard.  It's gonna be a magical spot!

Only one thing ya gotta watch while building a fence.  It might fight back.  But have no fear, it might have clobbered me from behind but I eventually won!!!

I am my daughter's mother!

This made me think of Charina.  As I was putting away the mayo, it slipped out of my hand.  The lid wasn't on correctly and so upon impact the lid flew off and a glob of mayo flew straight up into the air and "quick as a Charina" I snatched it out of the air and not a drop was spilt! TADA!

Brooke's Visit

This cute kid came for a great visit.

When she was a baby, she never cried.

It's still true.  She is one happy little sprite.

 I LOVE these three faces.  They have the hurry up MeeMaw look.

Which turned to beaming smiles when I said "let's GO" Okay so maybe not Sydney.

I'm not sure if the grandkids love the bigness of our bathtub or the fact they get it all to themselves.

We were terrible at taking pictures while Brooke was here but we did happen to catch this funny incident.  The wind had blown the screen shut and Brooke couldn't open it so I told her to use two hands.  She did, it opened and out she swung!  This is a reinactment, which she loved to do.

Just for fun Grandbill and Brooke reenacted a famous scene from family lore!

Thanks for visiting Brooke!  We loved to have you here!

Summer to BYU

With a last good bye to ever faithful and beloved Doug, Summer left for BYU.

We filled the car in Monroe (not that we were empty leaving COS)

But by the time we left Monroe we were FULL!  Thanks Carters for storing all the stuff.

Summer checked in and now has her very own key to her very own apartment!

And the unloading began...

And we left Summer with her cute roommates to learn, serve and have fun!  We miss ya Summer!