Snowy Sunday 2/3/08

We have had a white January, and this morning we woke up to more snow, about 5 inches more.
Glen and I enjoyed shoveling it. It is fun when you don't have to do it very often, and this was the first time this year we really needed to shovel. Okay, maybe Glen did most of the hard work, I just brushed the snow off the cars and did the edges. If you look closely at the pictures you can see that it is still snowing a little.

Earlier in the morning I had noticed that the last three bananas were getting too ripe, so by the time we finished shoveling the driveway, we had some nice hot banana bread to take out of the oven. (There are some advantages to having church start at 1PM!)

I had kind of an emotional week this week with the passing of Pres. Hinckley. Did you get a chance to watch the funeral on TV, or listen to it? It was really nice. Two of his daughters spoke. I was glad that at the grave site, after the dedication of the grave, they had everyone leave, including the media, to give the family some privacy.

In Relief Society today, the bishop came in and said we were not loving each other enough. He has had women complain in his office that no one talks to them and they don't know anyone. We had a good discussion that took up most of the time. I think we really are trying, but it was good to hear the discussion and realize how many of us are a little shy, and lacking in confidence, even when we really do want to reach out to one another.

We also talked about how some people have complained that our Sacrament meeting is noisy. Well, we have over 50 children who are less than three years old in the ward, and 21 women are pregnant! So what do you expect! The mom's in our ward are very good about taking children out who are crying, but even so, with so many babies and toddlers there is a "quiet roar." Several women spoke up, including me, to reassure the young mothers that we were very understanding about the challenges of keeping small children quiet, and told them not to feel embarrassed. That we were sympathetic and just glad it was them and not us! That got a laugh!

I babysat for a young couple yesterday. They wanted to go to Lava Hot Springs for a few hours to celebrate their 4th anniversary. They have no family near and the mom was not comfortable leaving her baby with a teenager, so she called me. So I watched their three year-old girl and 8 month old girl. They were very good and not a problem at all. The parents actually came back kind of early so I only had the kids for two hours. The mom told me this morning that the little girl said she wanted to come back to my house to play. So I guess she had fun.

Hope you had a good weekend. I love you all so much and think of you a lot.