* Ben went to a church dance
* Ben had Cale over, Nathan had Damian over and the girls had Emmie over
* Lots of snow!! It snowed for like 3 straight days!
* Dad worked in Gillette and then got stuck in Sheridan, WY on his way home (due to the snow)
* Scouts and Activity Days
* Mom and Dad took August out for dinner in Billings and found some new work clothes for him
* Lexi worked all week on making a "Mini Christmas" for our family. She crafted something "miniature" for each person in the family, along with a mini Christmas tree, a mini Fireplace (complete with it's own Elf on the Shelf) and made a breakfast of Mini Pancakes!
In Our Homeschool This Week...
* Enrichments: scriptures, singing, Queen Esther, Honesty, Feeling the Holy Ghost, Joseph Smith translating the plates
* Math: games, multiplication, word problems, addition, subtraction, fractions, place value, War, deciphering code, Sudoku
* English/Reading: independent reading, Super Speed 100, scripture reading, handwriting, Novel writing (Ben) and signed him up with a Writers Workshop
* History: continuing with Ancient Egypt! Cleopatra, Egyptian Mythology, Mesopotamia, and even dancing together to "Walk Like An Egyptian" by the Bangels!, Chinese Lunar New Year
* Science: Friction, the age of a tree/deciphering tree rings, Bill Nye,
* Art: hours of crafting!!! coloring, learned about Boiling Sugar Paintings
* PE: snow shoveling!
Seth Spotlight...
* Another Baptism
* Attended a Wedding
* The Ward Pianist feeds them lunch everyday. She also has been giving Seth Piano lessons and he says that he can play a few hymns!
* Elder Alfaro got to come back for the baptism - so Seth enjoyed seeing him again
Spiritually Speaking...
Today is Fast Sunday and with that came Testimonies during Sacrament meeting. There were 2 testimonies that really touched me that I wanted to remember:
1. Sister Storey (from our ward) passed away 3 weeks ago. Her husband got up to bear his testimony and one thing he said was that well meaning friends had been telling him "We're so sorry for your loss" and he said that he realized he hadn't "lost" her at all! They had been sealed in the Temple and would be husband and wife for the eternities (although the physical separation right now is difficult) he was grateful that she wasn't "lost" to him at all!
2. Another testimony was about submitting our will to God - for really that is ALL that we have to give to Him! She asked us to imagine ourselves hanging onto a rope and when we look down, all we can see is a white mist - we can't see through it and we have no clue how far down the ground is. Then imagine the Lord has asked you to have FAITH and let go of the rope! He has promised that he'll catch you - but trusting in the Lord enough to actually let go is hard! In our heart, we know that he is there and that he will catch us.. but to our minds it doesn't make sense to let go! She also compared it to driving on snowy/icy roads. When you are sliding through an intersection, your mind tells you to stomp on the brakes with all your might! However, we KNOW that we're supposed to take our foot OFF of the brake and then tap the brake. It doesn't make sense to take our foot off of the brake if we want to stop - but when we do it, we're kept safe. I just really liked how she related it to these 2 scenarios! This is probably something I need to be more mindful and aware of and really try to do all that God wants me to do!
Also, last night when we were out to dinner with August, he said that he wanted to take the next step and take out his own Endowment at the Temple! He'll be meeting with the Bishop soon to get things lined up :)
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