I promised myself I would keep up with this every week, so here I am...
Emma is home today because the elementary school has the day off for parent teacher conferences! It's pretty fun having her around. She does the funniest things and is so creative I can't believe it. She's already created three different games to play today, practiced with her hula hoop, made the cutest card to give her teacher when we go for her conference, and is now video taping herself giving messages for her dad! She definitely inspires me to be more productive. There's just something magical about spring and the accompanying urge to do something new!
I am loving the blossoms that have popped out on so many trees this past weekend! All of those white and pink fluffy flowers are so sweet. My mom and I got to go to the temple on Friday in D.C. and it was wonderful, of course. Unbelievably peaceful... When you are driving west on the Beltway, you come around a curve and suddenly straight ahead is this breathtaking sight of the temple towering over the freeway. This time it was gleaming white in the sunshine and was amazing. Just seeing it gave me the overpowering feeling of awe and wonder at the blessing of being able to enter Heaven on Earth. As we walked to the entrance we were overcome with the scent from hundreds of tulips around us. It was a wonderful day!
Last Monday night we had a really unique experience. Our family home evening group of five families meets once a month and this time we were privileged to have it hosted by our awesome neighbors who were raised Jewish and both converted to Mormonism later in life. They married each other after their children were raised and after both had lost their spouses. They are the best! They explained all about the Passover and how the Jewish people celebrate it. We got to watch and take part in it! It was really fascinating! They both speak Jewish (we found out that is different from Hebrew) and they gave us a very personal look into what makes them who they are and their deep feelings of reverence toward the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and how it relates to their Jewish blood. It made me reflect back a few weeks to the musical that Elizabeth was able to participate in, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" and the truly miraculous story. If you've seen the Donny Osmond version, you may not have loved the costuming of the Broadway production. The high school did such a great job with everything- of course our daughter was in it, so that really helped...! Being able to see it several times really made it a part of our family and gave us many opportunities to ponder the scriptural account and appreciate the meaning of it! (Thank you, Emma who is reading this over my shoulder and giving me words to say!) Beautiful Elizabeth glowed on that stage and radiated the inner beauty of a happy young woman who loves music and doing what's right.
Here are some pictures!
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