The Snowpocalypse of 2014
Snow is pretty rare here in Georgia. Some years we’re lucky if we even see a couple of flakes. Because of this, we don’t have many city snowplows or sand/salt trucks available. Even a “minor” winter storm can cause the roads to get pretty sketchy, even for a native Utahn. Out here, snow usually comes […]
Jonathan’s talks and persuasive writing
Jonathan writes his own talks and tries to convince us to spoil him. :)
Cassia’s Sunday Musings: The Atonement as the Foundation for Life
This is actually less a “musing” and more a talk. Well, OK, it was a talk. And I have been terrified for the past week and a half about giving this talk, especially since I just couldn’t get it to really work out. Finally it started to come together last night, some around 8pm but […]
Disciplining his child
Overheard as Jonathan and Emma were playing pretend with their baby dolls:
“Dad?” Jonathan says in a high-pitched baby voice.
He responds in his normal voice: “What is it? What is it, Jesus?”
“Can I have this strawberry?”
“No, this strawberry’s for Moses.”
“But Dad–”
“No buts!” he replies sternly. “You can have bread.”
I almost fell out of my chair.
Just practicing
So, Jonathan and Emma got the leftover hamburger buns and tore two or three up into little pieces. I figured this wasn’t cool, but not horrible either. Suddenly I hear, “Oh, God.”
Shocked, I asked Jonathan, “What did you say?”
“Just the sacrament.”
Well, at least he wasn’t swearing. :)
Sunday musings 10-05-08 (i.e. Cassia’s Conference highlights)
Some of my thoughts (and many favorite topics) from General Conference
Sunday musings 09-07-08
The first sentence in the new nursery manual, “Behold Your Little Ones,” completely and utterly smashes all misguided conceptions about how we should be working with the youngest and most precious of God’s children.
