Ward Christmas Party

We had a work Christmas Party.  Both of ours was scheduled on the same day, but we went to mine because it was inside.  However, we did not take any pictures.  So you'll just have to believe we did.
Fortunately we did take pictures of our Ward Christmas Party.  Well, only of the first part, the program that the youth and primary children put on.  It was fun to see the primary children that we teach up there.

Some of them were angels and some of them were shepherds.

 My camera is not that great and I was zoomed in all the way. So not that great of photos.

So Christmas Begins

 To start off we head to Aunt Martha's house to make gram cracker house.  It was a lot of fun.  I particularly liked it because I grew up decorating ginger bread house during the Christmas season. So a lot of good memories.  My mom pretty much spoiled us.  And I loved it.  I remember Mom making all the houses by herself (I'm not sure if I just didn't help or if I was not allowed to help).  And she would stress out that they were all going to fall, but I don't remember any of them ever doing so. Hopefully I can make as good as houses as her someday.  Going to have to practice.

 Anyways, We got some pictures of the houses, but not of the architects so there.

Rachel's village.

Laura's and Jane's front

Jane's and Laura's back view

Allison's front view

Allison's back view

Caroline's

Charity's side view

Charity's front view

Charity's top view

My new Laptop

 So my old laptop gave up the ghost. So I got a new one.
It's has a shiny black out side.  Which is good because I grew up with IBM laptops which are always black.

 However it does not have a DOT!?!?!? What's up with that? Now this is not good because I grew up with an IBM laptop which always have a dot.  I don't know how to use a pad!!  I have to move my hand off home row. And I have to pick up my finger to drag the cursor across the screen.  And then I have to move my pointer finger to the right click button.  Granted these things aren't hard and can be learned, but I feel like I'm going back a step in efficiency.
 I may have to move to one of these.

Which continues the annoying have to move my hand off home row and it adds more wires to my mess.
Yep there's my rant for the day.

Old Pictures

I found these in my drafts.  He has no hair back then.

Making the "Nu" face almost

and the almost smile.

Personal Progress--Faith

So I completed Faith Value Experience 5 and I wanted to share my testimony on the atonement.  Now I'm not as eloquent as some people.

I'm extremely grateful, impressed, and full of love for my Savior. Heavenly Father and Christ knew what they wanted in the end, they knew what path to use to get there, and they created a plan to make it possible. They thought of everything. They knew that we had to be able to choose and planed for the fall. They knew that because of the fall nobody would make it, so they planed for the Atonement. They know so much.
I know there was transgression from the Law and we fell because of it and are cut off from God. The Lord was merciful and didn't want us to live forever in our sins, so he made it possible for us to die. Therefore, we needed resurrection and atonement: to be saved from death and sin. And the Savior did that.
The Savior suffered our pain. We can be saved if we repent, are baptized, and have faith in Christ.
I am so grateful for the atonement that I am able to repent of my sins and not spiritually perish if I follow the Lord. I am grateful that Christ went through with the plan even though it caused Him great suffering. He went through it for us that he may know how to help us in our time of need if we will let him. When I remember that he took upon Him our pains (pains we feel because of life and because of our sins/transgressions) and he suffered for us, it make me want to be better, to try my hardest not to sin.