Haven’t posted in awhile – and I have no pictures – so I’ll warn you up front. Still, I’m feeling the need to say something. We’ve enjoyed a quiet Sunday afternoon. Tom substituted in Primary for the 7 year olds. All boys (5 of them). I was there for sharing time but left him to fend for himself while I went off to Relief Society. All I can say is that those boys sure were squirrelly in sharing time!! I taught the “Teachings for our Times” lesson today – Elder Hale’s most recent talk on Provident Living. It turned out to be a good hour – lots of interesting and inspiring comments and it was a talk that lent itself to turning to the scriptures, so we did quite a bit of that too. I probably read and listened to this talk six or seven times over the last three...
So, we’ve been home a week and what a week it has been. Last Saturday we gathered together to see Andy get baptized. I’m not sure what, if anything, he got out of the event – but we are hopeful!! The younger kids are still punishing Tom & I for being gone a week. They are all over the place with their emotions and we’re fighting old battles over what’s o.k. and what’s not. Such is the life of kids with insecure attachment as babies & toddlers. We talked about how their baby cousins are learning to trust their parents by playing “peek-a-boo”, having their parents leave the room for a short while, spending time with a babysitter, etc. Then we talked about how they are having to learn these things as older kids, but that they can learn in their hearts that we will always come...