First Talk!

Giving a talk in sacrament meeting is a nerve wracking thing. It sends me in a state of nauseousness just thinking about. Today is a big day, it's the day that our 12 year old, Harris, is giving his very first talk in Sacrament Meeting. YIKES! I'm sure he'll do great, he practiced it in front of me several times last night.


I'm very antsy for him. Since we have a couple of sick kids I stayed home with them while Ron took the other five to church. I'm nervously watching the clock gauging the time that Harris will be done passing the sacrament and will take his seat up on the stand. I can visualize it all perfectly. He'll walk up there so handsome and tall, sit down, then the Bishopric member will announce the rest of the program. The representative from the Young Women organization will speak first and then it will be Harris' turn. At the podium he'll slouch a bit, not standing to his full 5'10" height and probably will not make any eye contact whatsoever with the congregation. Due to the length of his talk the adult speakers will be thrilled to have Harris speak before them. He was asked to speak for 4-5 minutes but I think it's closer to 8 or 9, depending how fast his nerves have him speaking.


Of course with this being January the topic they assigned Harris was goal setting. We used a portion of a great article from the September 1979 Ensign titled, "How to Eat an Elephant—Or Plan Your Life (As the Case May Be)" by Kent S. Larsen. Great article! We only used about the first third of it (YES, I still help my kids with their talks!) I'm sure the butterflies are storming his stomach right now but as soon as he returns to his seat he'll feel a flood of relief to know HE DID IT and it'll probably be another year before he's asked to do it again. Speaking in church is just inevitable!

I Need to Get Started Again!

I was so excited about starting the blog thing. Started it, got a few blogs in and then just faded away. I do have to say that in the seven months absence I have written MANY posts! They just weren't posts you were able to read.

It seems that when I'm experiencing an event or have a special moment I write a blog post in my mind. I even proof read it and visually picture the photos to be added and then...that's it, it never makes it to my computer screen. I will try to do better at capturing those mental posts where others can enjoy them.

We've been BUSY! But with seven kids what else is expected! We're all basically healthy although at this moment Camille has a bad head cold, Hannah has a fever and I have some intestinal something going on. Many birthdays have come and gone, Hannah is now ONE, and several more are coming up.

Capturing our adventures and just life is why I wanted to do this blog, something my kids can enjoy and friends and family from afar can peek in and see what's up with US. Since we're still in the resolution month of January I think I'll add "writing more blog posts" to my endeavors for this year.