Words are the soul's ambassadors, who go abroad upon her errands to and fro. --James Howell--
November 27, 2013
Worn out, out of steam, dog tired, etc.
I had Sally's boys for 3 days last week and they wore me out. But Tuesday, Nov 26th (7:00-10:30) I watched them again and it looks like I wore them out. Here they are fast asleep listening to Christmas music and watching the fire!
Before falling asleep we played with toys, made handprint bats and turkeys, had hot chocolate and toast, and watched the Toy Story video. What a great evening!
November 10, 2013
Pheasants and Ducks
November 9, 2013
Today I
acted WAY outside my comfort zone. When
I went to bed I felt content, really happy and thankful to Father in Heaven for
allowing me to spend time with two of his wonderful children, Christina
Blanchard and Luke Shumway. Christina has a beautiful smile and peaceful
manner. Luke is full of energy, so very talented, excited to learn and do
things.
I helped
Christina with one of her Young Women’s values-Knowledge. She came over and I taught her how to make a
baby quilt with duck fabric and stripes on the ends. You should have seen her
joy with the finished product! The
biggest smile ever as she showed it to Rick.
After
quilting we went over to see Sally and children and take them out for ice
cream. But I didn’t go for ice cream and
neither did Luke. Luke is helping a man
raise pheasants. One of the pheasants
was injured so Luke was asked to wring its neck so it wouldn’t suffer. He brought it home. Therefore, he had a bird
he wanted to learn how to clean and cook. Sally, Andy and Rick were not willing to teach
Luke. I had never done it before but knowing the basics I volunteered to do it
with him. We had such an experience! The smell was bad as we cut him
open to gut and clean. Luke was squeamish it first but finally got into it with
both hands. He loved saving the feet
(spurs were cool to him) wings and tail.
We both thought he head was soooooooooooo beautiful! We learned that you don’t have to pluck a
pheasant. The feathers come off with the skin when you pull it. After cleaning
I taught him how to cut and cook it. He
made fries too. We served everyone
dinner and you have never seen such a proud 13 year old boy in your life.
I am
grateful for being able to share these experiences and happy that I went out of
my comfort zone to do things I have never done before. I am grateful for the
little knowledge I have about many things. I am thankful for the talents
Heavenly Father sent me to earth with. I feel content.
P.S. To top
the day off Luke played the tuba and we all sang with him. The song was: All Creatures of Our Lord and King. Another
wonderful moment in time that felt much longer than a single moment!
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