Sunday and our "Sunbeams"

I didn't go to church today. I had been ill yesterday and things compounded over the night. By this morning I knew I didn't want to "share" this with our ward. I worry that I have already shared it with Rich as he is also having difficulty - although he went to church.

Desi called this evening to report on her new little "sunbeam" and her first day in class. Evidently Emmy did wonderfully. Desi is the chorister in Primary and so has been singing the songs at home - and so Em already knew most of what was to be sung. And Joanie Linford is her teacher and Em has known her for her entire life. Put all that together and it becomes obvious that Emily was thrilled to go to class. Desi had asked her on their way home what she learned in class and Em had responded that she learned that they "should always choose the right." When Desi asked her if she knew what that meant Emily responded with "you don't choose the left!" Oh that girl! :) While Desi was telling her Dad about this Emily did something that put her in trouble with her mom. Desi told her that she was to go to the stairs and have a time out. Emily told Desi that she would but that she was only going to stay there for three minutes because she wasn't eight yet! It's going to be fun in that house for a while!

I called all the kids to check up on their Sabbath and how the kids had done with the transition of the new year - and especially on our "Sunbeams."

Joey said that all had done well, even Levi. Levi's teacher had come to visit them earlier in the week at home and I am sure that helped him make the transition easier - although I am not sure he would need that - he's pretty self confident from what I can see ;)

Robert reported that all of their little ones did well and that they are now sitting in two side rows in the chapel - rather than one long bench - as it gives them better access for those difficulties that arise. Ruth has two male teachers - I bet she loved that!

Dan reported that Abby did very well too. I wouldn't doubt that either, expecially since Cherstin is the pianist and so it would make the process much easier. Emmett did well in nursery without Abby - their little playgroup probably helps with that too.

Phil said that things went well for them as well - although Orion is now one of the oldest in the nursery - his birthday isn't until the end of this month and so he'll really be ready for sunbeams next year. Phil's class went well too but their meeting times are pretty early this year!

Talked to Flee for a moment - classes start tomorrow and I hope that this is a great semester for her. I asked her to pick up a new text/manual that I heard about on BYUTV to help pianists transition to organists. I hope she can find it. I would really like to try it out.

Tomorow is a new day - duh! But I am really glad that it is coming. The Christmas decorations have been taken down and put away (thankyou Phil, Hannah, Felicia, and Orion) and now I need to clean house. Somehow the first Monday in the new year seems like the appropriate day to do that - just hoping that I feel better. I am thinking that I will take one box a day and put it and its contents away - maybe that way I will get things done. It would be quite possible to have it all done in a months' time if I did.

I am having some degree of difficulty in thinking that this has been a permenant move - that this is my home and I can put things away where and how I want and if I want to change it I can...I know that seems stupid - I have always been able to do that - but maybe it is because this has been such an odd move that I don't feel "in charge." However, I think if I start getting things out of the boxes I will quickly feel more at home and less in limbo. I'll have to try, anyway. I also think I will try to spend an hour a day in the scriptures and also a couple of hours exercising and sewing. Some worthy goals - now we'll see.