Don’t forget that tonight is 31 cent scoop night from 5-10 p.m. at Baskin Robbins. They’re having their sale in honor of The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and will donate 100,000.00 to this foundation. Click here to find a store near you.
Entries from April 2008
April 28, 2008
Tribute to President Gordon B. Hinckley
I saw this video this morning and the tears really fell. Oh how I love this man who was truly a prophet of God. I know that President Thomas S. Monson is a prophet as well who will lead us in the paths that the Lord would have us go, but my heart still grieves [...]
April 25, 2008
Missionaries for dinner
No, we didn’t EAT the missionaries, we had the missionaries over to eat dinner with us tonight. We LOVE having them over for dinner because they bring such a great spirit into our home. I also like to think if I am feeding the missionaries here, that someone else is hopefully feeding [...]
April 25, 2008
Shopping on the Great Wall of China
This week Micheline was the VIP in her kindergarten class, and I went up this morning to videotape her while she shared her presentation with the rest of the class. One of her photos was this one of our family on the Great Wall last year when we were in China to adopt her brother [...]
April 24, 2008
Prom “gift bags”
In this month’s articles from Boris Gindis’ Post Adoption Learning Center, I was shocked to read that in Bisbee, Arizona, prom “gift bags” will include condoms. Yes folks, that is plural. Not one, but two condoms in each gift bag, accompanying more typical gifts such as picture frames and mints. For the full article by [...]
April 24, 2008
Sibling Rivalry
I read a book once where the author stated that her children fought over who would sit at what place setting at the table. How did the kids resolve the problem? They spit on the plate where they wanted to sit. Thankfully, my children have not resorted to that, but Micheline and Caleb do have [...]
April 23, 2008
Angel Cottage at Humble Hearts School
I have posted here before about the child we sponsor through Angel Covers who lives in Kenya. She is a beautiful child, but unfortunately, due to a lack of understanding about disabilities, some people in Kenya view deafness as a curse. Her mother has a boyfriend who does not want her around, so rather [...]
April 21, 2008
Service
I love this photo. (Click on it to enlarge it.) It is a photo of my son, Taylor, who is serving as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Fort Worth, Texas. As part of their missionary work they are to do four hours of service each week. This [...]
