Two of the primary presidency came to me after sharing time to relay the primary excitement for the day. The subject had been honesty---not lying. The sister conducting the sharing time asked, "Do you ever get away with lying?" Hyrum raised his hand, "Some moms have super powers and they can tell when you are lying, so you can't look them in the eye." The voice of experience I would say.
Picked our first pumpkins this week. Aunt Brenda was the first to support the kids' missionary fund this year.
Made applesauce with Taneil and Grandma and Grandpa Specht on Wednesday. So grateful for their help. As it was I didn't get done cleaning everything up until almost 10pm. Now we have 14 quarts of applesauce. Not sure it's efficient or economical, but it's nice to be making efforts in self-reliance.
I decided to put the "feast" into "Feast on Friday" with the boys. We've tried to improve our family scripture study by having the kids come prepared to share something from their own study on Friday mornings. It's been great sometimes, but like James said, often it is more like "Famine of Friday." I had read 2 Nephi 5 this week when Nephi talks about all the things his people did when they "lived after the manner of happiness." I challenged Talmage and Bryant to read it ahead of time and if they came prepared to feast, I'd make them a breakfast feast. I sacrificed my own normal personal study time and had blueberry pancakes for them at 5:30 on Friday morning. We had marking pencils and took turns sharing what we had learned. It was fantastic. So rewarding in fact that I think we probably started a new tradition.
