I found this picture on the camera. I guess Taz was in the bathroom sink when Nikolay went in, so he took a picture of him.
This is what our "temporary" town home looks like. I can't wait to buy our "real" house.
railroad tracks that I pass over everyday.
This is a harvested cornfield that I drive by everyday.
Don't know why this one hasn't been harvested yet.
There are a lot of beautiful churches in the countryside.
There are also a lot of beautiful old stone houses around.
Tonight I am thankful for Stake Conference, even with little kids, it is uplifting and inspiring. We set some family goals tonight and have hope that we can make some progress. The biggest one for me is having a better daily family scripture study. For the first few years I just felt like we were accomplishing a lot just doing it every day, but now that the kids are getting older and understanding more and reading, I feel that we need to step it up a little. It has gotten to the point that whoever is reading has to practically shout to be heard, and when I try to ask follow up questions, it feels like no one even heard the verse and everyone is in a rush to get to bed, or more interested in tickling each other. Inspired by my scripture of the day Doctrine & Covenants 88:118-119 we are going to try to "seek learning even by study and also by faith." (faith that if we put forth an effort, God will bless up with better understanding and more quality scripture study) and this will help us have a "house of prayer, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God." Some of the changes that we are making are that: we are going to sit around the table instead of on our bed, which is so much a catalyst for tickling, jabbing, and other distractions; have everyone try to ask discussion questions, not just me; and make sure everyone gets a turn reading at least one verse. Sometimes we get out the children's illustrated Book of Mormon, as a review or preview of what we are reading to help the kids visualize the story. Ariel and Adriana both memorized a "favorite verse" about two years ago, and I think we need to memorize some new ones, they have such a sense of accomplishment about having a verse memorized, we should do more. I bet Annika is old enough to do it too.
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I stayed home from church today; I have a cold.
But if my trip to church looked like yours I probably would have gone anyway.
Oh! This is great. We don't do a very good scripture study. We usually only read a few verses, chosen at random and talk about what they mean. We have had some neat experiences with randomly (sorry for using that word! twice!) choosing one that had significance for us at that particular time, but far too often it's just routine.
Great pictures. And those are really good goals for your scripture study. I'm sure your diligence will pay off in the end!
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