A Sunday in the Life of a Nursery Child.

So every 7 long sleeps (days), my mommy and daddy say to me it's time to go to church and learn about Jesus, this makes me so happy because I sometimes miss my friend Jesus, and sometimes I feel like I have completely forgotten who he is. So to be able to go to church and learn about him helps me to remember.

So after we sit in a meeting that at times is boring for a long time, but luckily they give us a snack but it's not much, just a small piece of bread and a tiny cup of water, Mommy and daddy tell me it's called the Sacrament and that it is to remind me of Jesus, so I just take this little snack and remember my Friend. Sometimes I have books to look at or a toy that is quiet to help me be still during this long long meeting.

My favorite part is after the closing prayer mommy or daddy take me to Nursery where I have lots of friends. sometimes I don't want mommy to go because even though I'm with my Friends I only see them on Sunday and I sometimes forget that we are friends so i get scared and need mommy to help me. There are also other big people there that seem to be friends with mommy and daddy. They kind of take mommy and daddy's place while they go to their class, which is boring, there was one Sunday when I just didn't feel safe going with my friends and mommy took me to her class, I hope that never happens again because that was BORING!

So we all meet together in the nursery room until most of our friends are there, then we head over to the big room that has riding toys, babies in a stroller and balls to play with. Brother and Sister Liskey they are two of the big people bring them in for us every Sunday. we play in here for a while , this play time reminds me of when I would play with my Friend Jesus, I could play in here forever but they say we have to do other things. When they start to sing the clean up song we all have to help bring all the riding toys together. Then we all go over to the nursery room again, and this time like something magical the table is all set up and ready for us to have our snack, which Sister Walker, a big person, usually provides, she likes to challenge us to try new things so besides having raisins,and graham crackers she sometimes brings us Beans, Cheese, apples and pumpkin bread there have been other things but I forget what they are. I try anything she bring because My friends are trying them sometimes it is good and sometimes they just don't taste very good, when this happens I just leave it sitting on my napkin and don't eat it. I always try to be polite since that is what Mommy and Daddy would want me to do. We do have a prayer before we eat, that Sister Liskey helps us to say.

While we are eating Sister Walker also tries to teach us a lesson, about our friend Jesus. Sometimes I think she must be forgetful because she will teach us the same lesson over and over again, but that's ok because sometimes my little brain doesn't remember everything the first time. After we finish eating we take our napkins and put them in the trash and push the table back where it's suppose to be. then we get out the toys from the big cabinet. Sometimes when we open the cabinet the toys are a mess and this makes the big people upset, but I don't care it just toys and we are going to make a big mess with the any way. we play with the toys for a while then again we start hearing the clean up song, you know what that means. Yep every one start putting the toys back in the cabinet, the big people try and put them away like mommy puts away the food after shopping, but I just like to throw them all in and close the door cause when the door is closed you can't tell that they are not in their right container.

So after this playtime we have singing time we have chair set up and most of the time are waiting for our singing person. I'm a little shy and don't always like to sing but our singing time big person is Sister Hurd and she has really fun things for us to sing with and a lot of them make noise. Let's see she has shaker eggs, bells on a ring, we have these wands that have ribbon on them that look like water, she also has this glove that she sticks ducks or monkeys on when we sing.there is also frogs on a stick, but my favorite is the wheels on the bus song.. She is so fun we all get to help and have fun, I've even learned some new songs, I don't know all the words but the ones that I do know I will sing them out really loud. When sister Hurd gets tired of singing, or maybe its cause its almost time to go home we take up the chairs and then the bubbles come out that is the best part. While we wait for our Mommy's and Daddy's to pick us up we get to chase bubbles around the room, I think it's so we don't think that mommy and daddy have forgotten us.

Two of the other Big people that help us are Sister Anna Liskey, she is like a really big kid, she likes to play ball with us and crawl around on the floor. There is also Sister Barker, I think she is shy because she doesn't do much but she always has her phone out and is taking pictures, although the last couple of weeks she is getting used to us. She is also working on our Bulletin Board, right now it has a tree on it with pumpkins growing on the tree, I think she might be a little slow because even I know that pumpkins grow on the ground. But she says that it is a work in progress so we will wait and see.

I really like nursery and I hope that my Mommy and Daddy will take me there every Sunday so that I can have fun with my friend and learn more about Jesus. I hope you have enjoyed spending time learning about what fun we have. I might send you another story if anything new happens, But until then. May Heavenly Father and Jesus bless you.

A Nursery Child

Importance of Living on our Firm Foundations

The Last 2 Sundays I've heard several talks, lessons, and testimonies on Building your Faith on a Firm Foundation. This has me thinking, I've seen many people that I know had a firm foundation, and still fell away. So I started thinking about actual foundations, like the ones that a building is built on. upon thinking of this I realized something. I thought about all the old houses that I pass driving around the ones that are old but lived in are doing fine, but the ones that no one lives in they are crumbling and falling down, and I bet if you went up to look the fountains are falling apart also. So this leads me to believe that building on a firm foundation is important, yes, but "Living" on that foundation is the Important part.

So back to my 1st thoughts on the lessons from Church, about Building on a firm foundation. Yes a Foundation is important but Living on the foundation, by going to church, reading your scriptures, etc. are what we need to continue to do. If we don't then the "building" weakens and eventually it falls. Just as in a real house if it's weakened the cold comes in. The same thing a happens to our Testimony if we don't continue to live in our "Building" the Cold (Satan) comes in and little by little he can turn our hearts and destroy our  Foundation.

I have decided that I'm not letting the cold in, I'm going to do all in my power to make sure the Satan can not get me or my daughters.

1st drive

Today May 1, 2013, Elisabeth is 15years and 6 month old which means she can get her Learner's permit for driving, it will be this weekend or later before she does though. But it got me thinking about the day that I got my learner's, my Dad took me, I don't remember the date or day that I got it but I do remember the experience after. As we are walking out of the DMV he hands me the Keys, now I've only driven a riding lawnmower and a 4 wheeler before, never a car. so I look at him with a funny face and say "What?"
He answers back "Don't you want to learn to drive"
"well of course I do but..."
"No but's you can drive home"

Ok wow! I thought this is not bad, my dad is cool. Little did I know that he was going to take the LOOOOOOONG way home. It started off ok going in the direction that I was familiar with, but then as we came to a intersection I was told by him to get in the left lane and turn left.
I said "Home is to the right"
he said "I thought you wanted to learn to drive?"
"I do."
"Then turn to the left"
So I did, As I was making the turn I remembered that going this way only lead to I95, "Oh Shit!" I thought, cause I would never say that in front of my dad.

So as I was driving along sure enough he tells me to follow the on ramp to the interstate. Now this was afternoon rush hour traffic, in the D.C. area, we lived in a little bedroom community/Town called Dale City, it is now famous because the Potomac Mills Mall is there. but then it was just getting started. About a mile from the exit that I had gotten on I95 from is a Truck Weigh Station, so I am now only about 15 mins (if that) into my first driving lesson and I'm in rush hour traffic that is moving and doesn't want a Slow poke messing things up. and I have all these Truckers trying to get in my lane the right slow one because they have to stop at the weigh station. and then to add the cherry on top of it all... it starts to rain and not a little sprinkle but a full down pour. I had no clue as to how to even take my hands off the wheel to turn on the wippers if I had even known where the switch was, because I had a death grip on the steering wheel. My dad had to reach over and turn them on for me because I was afraid I was going to mess my pants if it did anything other than drive.

I'm happy to say that 27 +/-yrs later I can pretty much drive in the DC area with out having a death grip on the wheel, and big trucks don't scare me anymore. I now drive a Big School bus and can even parallel park it if I have to, not a fun thing but I've done it.

Been there, done that, and starting a new adventure with my Daughter.