Bowling Cheerleaders

While Scott was in Alabama all week training and I was still not feeling 100% and needed my sleep so I went to stay with Kinikini's. I just don't sleep well all by myself when Scot is away. I know Aunt Sue is always here but her hearing is very poor so a freight train could barrel by and she would sleep on peacefully. Marlene doesn't think it is possible for me to still be contagious so I was pleased to go up there after Stake Temple night for a sleepover. Kelsie was excited to go to Apple Village and bowl wii with the elderly. She was on T.V. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=2551599 You can see it here. I love the way she looks right at the camera. All three of Marlene's kids are adorable I just love to be with them. Kaden told me "Missy I could never tell you no." I told him I should have married him, he replied "If only you didn't grow on each of those birthdays Missy, that's when it happened". He loves Jodee next door because "She always says yes". He just makes you laugh. Kelsie is just so sweet and getting so grown up- I can't believe she will be 8 soon. Kenna has an ever increasing vocabulary. How nice it is to be in a place with so much love. It is like I have these little cheerleaders encouraging me. Marlene and I had great M&M time, we laughed one night while watching a show that turned out being scarier than we thought it would be. They have the basement finished and it is a nice addition to the house.
At Stake Temple night I sat with my friend Sonya- she is a wonderful calm force in my life. I always feel so happy around her and at peace. I have been thinking about how it would be awesome to increase the time I spend each day in reading the scriptures. There is a power in them that can add to every part of your life. I know it can strengthen weakness, erase doubts, increase knowledge, curb appetites and soften hearts. It is weird because I don't totally understand how it works. It is subtle. Yet you start to notice that your temper doesn't flare like it used to, that you smile more, and have this sense of purpose and contentment. Not tot he point you don't want to improve and learn more just a hard to describe happiness. So few in the world have a sense of purpose only 2 - 5 % of the whole population know there purpose in life. I am working on a talk right now for the 12 - 18 year olds I serve at church. I want them to really know how much god loves them individually. To know who they are- royal children of God. To know and really feel the worth they have and the missions they are fulfilling that no one else can do but them. I want them to know the power of the thoughts they speak and the words they use. I really believe that the kids born now days are extra special they have this great capacity to understand deep topics and a thirst for knowledge. It is interesting how much they can comprehend.