It's the first Sunday of the year. The first Sunday as the first ward using the building. The first Sunday at 9:00 in quite some time. This makes for some interesting confusion at the beginning of the second hour.
Specifically, somebody suddenly realized that we can't have Gospel Doctrine class in the chapel because the next ward will need to get in there before the end of the class. Oops. So...we move it to the second overflow. But that's right by the nursery (in the 3rd overflow) and that would interrupt the class. The Gospel Doctrine teacher made a unilateral decision to kick the nursery out and put them in the too-small normally-used nursery room. The newly-assigned nursery assistant (the nursery leader and her other assistant (husband and wife) were out sick) did a fabulous job of dealing with the whole thing and within 10 minutes we had them moved to another spot where they had more room. Oh...did I mention the primary president was out sick? Suz took care of nursery and by the end of the first hour, we had a plan in place for next week and the rest of the year. Yay! Flexibility is the key!
The sunbeam classroom was filled with chairs from the Relief Society room. What? ARGH! Richard (the new sunbeam teacher!) and I moved them all out in the hallway and got his room ready for the new sunbeams. He escorted them from nursery and we made a big deal of welcoming them into primary. They had a GREAT day! They went home with crowns that they had decorated and huge smiles on their faces. (They're teacher did too.)
While the presidency was running around like chickens putting out the nursery and sunbeam fires, the rest of the primary was sitting in their chairs, listening to piano music and talking quietly and reverently. I was so proud of them! Fast Sunday at 10:00 am - they were tired and hungry? ;-)
Even though we got off to a rough start, I think we ended on the positive side. All the kids got a lesson and felt our love. In the end, isn't that what primary is all about?
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
1-1-11
Happy New Year!
Today's the day we watch the Rose Parade, take down Christmas, make some resolutions and eat black-eyed peas for luck. Maybe that's why 2010 was such a hard year - we didn't have our black-eyed peas last year.
We celebrated the entrance of 2011 with a jigsaw puzzle, 80's music and some Martinelli's. Chris was at a church youth dance and then the after-breakfast at another house. Richard slept until 9:00. PM. Seriously. We didn't have enough people to play our new board games because Richard was asleep and Chris was gone, so we worked on the puzzle. It was a lazy New Year's Eve, but I think it was enjoyed.
Now to the new year. January 1st doesn't really seem like a new year to me. When both parents are teachers and all the children are in school, the new year is really in the fall. That's when everything "feels" new. But we did roll over from 2010 to 2011, so I guess I'll jump on the bandwagon.
I hate resolutions. As I said before, I always make the same ones and I always break them by about February. But I'm going to try. I have three personal goals for this year:
1) Lose the weight I lost and regained last year. I know how and I know I can - and I think I'm motivated again.
2) Read my scriptures daily. It doesn't have to be in the morning. It can be after school when I to my email and read them online. I think I have this idea of curling up by the fire for 30 minutes and reading in absolute silence and reverence. That's not really my life right now so why not read how I can?
3) Get back on track with our debt-reduction plan. With all the surgeries and holidays, it kinda fell apart. We didn't go into any more debt (whew!), but we weren't doing very well at reducing it either. Well, technically I guess we did go into more debt with the medical bills that are arriving daily. :-( But what can you do?
Family goals: more focus on the Spirit in our home. With the trials of late, I've realized that the spirit has been missing more often than not. We need to do spiritual FHE's, and we need to TALK. Better dinners. More together time.
So those are my goals for the new year. Wonder if I'll make it to February....
Today's the day we watch the Rose Parade, take down Christmas, make some resolutions and eat black-eyed peas for luck. Maybe that's why 2010 was such a hard year - we didn't have our black-eyed peas last year.
We celebrated the entrance of 2011 with a jigsaw puzzle, 80's music and some Martinelli's. Chris was at a church youth dance and then the after-breakfast at another house. Richard slept until 9:00. PM. Seriously. We didn't have enough people to play our new board games because Richard was asleep and Chris was gone, so we worked on the puzzle. It was a lazy New Year's Eve, but I think it was enjoyed.
Now to the new year. January 1st doesn't really seem like a new year to me. When both parents are teachers and all the children are in school, the new year is really in the fall. That's when everything "feels" new. But we did roll over from 2010 to 2011, so I guess I'll jump on the bandwagon.
I hate resolutions. As I said before, I always make the same ones and I always break them by about February. But I'm going to try. I have three personal goals for this year:
1) Lose the weight I lost and regained last year. I know how and I know I can - and I think I'm motivated again.
2) Read my scriptures daily. It doesn't have to be in the morning. It can be after school when I to my email and read them online. I think I have this idea of curling up by the fire for 30 minutes and reading in absolute silence and reverence. That's not really my life right now so why not read how I can?
3) Get back on track with our debt-reduction plan. With all the surgeries and holidays, it kinda fell apart. We didn't go into any more debt (whew!), but we weren't doing very well at reducing it either. Well, technically I guess we did go into more debt with the medical bills that are arriving daily. :-( But what can you do?
Family goals: more focus on the Spirit in our home. With the trials of late, I've realized that the spirit has been missing more often than not. We need to do spiritual FHE's, and we need to TALK. Better dinners. More together time.
So those are my goals for the new year. Wonder if I'll make it to February....
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