Truer Words Were Never Spoken

Yesterday when I was changing Lily, she stuck her foot in my face and said, "Is that my foot, Mommy?" I assured her that it was her foot and she replied, "Oh yeah. I got my foot for my birthday." I was about to correct her and then realized she was right. "Yep, you got your foot for your birthday." Kate and I laughed and laughed.

Scripture Mastery Songs

A while back I found some free scripture mastery songs on the internet. At the time the girls and I had just finished memorizing the articles of faith and we had really used the songs. Especially for the little girls, the songs made them easy to memorize. So when we started doing scripture mastery I really wanted some music to help us out. At first I looked at Deseret Book and the like, but the things I found cost like $15 a CD and there was a different cd for each set (4 in all). Anyway, I wasn't really ready to commit a lot of money to songs I wasn't even sure the girls would like.

Eventually, one day while searching the internet, I fount a set of songs at about.com (http://lds.about.com/od/seminary/a/scripture_songs.htm). They are awesome. My girls love them and they really make me laugh. They're so good that I can bribe the girls with them. I can say, "If you're all good at grandma's house then we can listen to scripture mastery on the way home." (I have them on my ipod.) They're really that good. Basically these guys took the different scriptures and set them to tunes that are already well known. Once my older girls figured this out, they made a game out of trying to guess where the tune originally came from. Anyway I would highly recommend them. They even include a song listing the first presidency and apostles in order. They're awesome!! Even if you're not trying to memorize the scriptures, they are fun to listen to. And frankly I'd rather have my girls walking around singing scriptures to the tune of "Under the Sea" than Hannah Montana any day.

A Little Piece of Zion

I had a really good, testimony building experience recently so I thought I'd share. A while back John and I agreed to let the priests use our van for their high adventure camp last week. It mostly worked out because the kids were staying at my parents house while things got finished on the house. Our only problem was how to get to church on Sunday.

I decided to ask my friend Amber if we could borrow her van because I knew she didn't really use it on Sunday (She's very organized and makes her family walk to church). She's also a very helpful person and always there when you need her. She agreed and so I went and picked up the van Sunday morning and got the kids and brought them back to the house. My mom had already gotten them ready for church so we had a little time to kill and were able to walk to church as well.

On our way home from church we were walking with the Egberts and the Weinheimers, also friends of ours in our ward. Ben came up and asked if we wanted to borrow their minivan for the week, since the scouts had our van. I was a little flabbergasted. They said they didn't really drive it during the week and would be happy to lend it to us. Emily agreed and said she had been looking for a way to get Ben to walk to work anyway. I accepted and it was literally a godsend. I was able to take some of the kids with me every day when I went to pick up Emma at her Chinese camp and give my dad a little break from them, and the kids a little break from the house. I was so grateful for their generosity and it really struck me that that is how Zion is supposed to work. When everyone shares what they have, and jumps in to fill needs that they see, everyone is happy and the Lord is able to bless everyone. It made me want to be more generous and giving in my life and I was and am grateful for the experience.