delights of the week
- hearing the words "well done" at the perfect moment
- being entertained by the 'couple' in my cake decorating class--i guess its one way you can develop talents together
- seeing temple square from a new view and wandering city creek with my dad
- loving my ward and singing to some of my favorite older people
- breaking out all the winter gear--from the thermals, gloves, and wool socks to the scarves, canada boots and pea coats
- setting up my christmas decorations
- coming home to a clean and bright room
- the last class of institute for the semester. i'm so grateful i've made it a priority this semester.
- a trip to the salt lake temple and a wander around temple square (pansies, christmas lights and all), as well as a stroll through the church history museum
- reading lots and lots of out of the book of mormon everyday to meet my year end challenge
- getting christmas cards in the mail
- talking on the phone to an old roommate and good friend
- leaving work at a descent time
- laminator
- taking time snuggle with my sissy, loving that she finally used the word "instead" correctly (now if we could only get down 'without' and 'except'), laughing every time she uses the word "amazing" when looking at christmas lights
- christin maintaining her 80-90% success rate in guessing the gender of people's babies
- using fondant, something i don't plan on doing again--at least for the time being
- seeing the family christmas card in print--beautiful!
- eating the best philly cheese steak of my life and loving that it is two blocks from where i work
- love love loved a million tiny but fantastic things my kiddos did this week--they're so awesome!
- getting all my christmas shopping/crafting/etc for my family all done! (except the buttons and buttonhole--pics to come)
- being inspired during fast and testimony meeting
- having the best research group ever
- getting a new electric blanket after the old one died
- my ipad, i love what it allows me to provide for my kiddos
- eating ice cream and looking at christmas lights
- listening to the best mormon tabernacle christmas concert ever--sing choirs of angels...love brian stokes mitchell--over and over and over again
- making delicious soup for my family for dinner
its been a pretty delightful week. i love christmas. maybe i love it even a little bit more this year, if that is possible? one of the things i am most grateful for this time of year is the opportunity i had to spend two christmases away as a missionary. it makes christmas mean something a bit more. i wouldn't trade those years and those experiences for anything--ever, but it does make me ever so grateful to spend the holidays with family. the song is right...there is no place like home for the holidays.
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lessons of the week
hearing "well done" at the end of a long day, it should be the goal everyday
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