Today was the day – the beloved Primary Program. It was my first time going to church after having Eliza. She slept through the entire meeting.
A new ward was created which we will be a part of. We’ll miss so many in JW 4th Ward. The kids were so sad about leaving all their primary leaders. Abe came home just crying because most of his class and his teachers, the Konopka’s, will stay in the old ward. Hannah came home and said, “phew… it was an emotional day.” She keeps commenting that she is sad that the Sorensens won’t be in our ward. She was good friends with Zack and loves Sister Sorensen, our primary president. She brought the kids a little mirror with ‘I am a Child of God’ etched on it with a personal note on the back. So cute! Hannah and Abe put them on little easels in their rooms. Sigh… such good people that we will miss seeing every week.
This is a great photo to describe today. Just after church. Abe with tears in his eyes… trying to be brave and pose for a photo. Tru looks rather guilty after just hitting Max – who is obviously in tears. D’liza sleeping through it all with Hannah smiling. This is our life.
Anyhoo… the kids were really excited about the program. They dressed in their best. Unfortunately, we had a few squabbles, elbows, and tears during the first part of sacrament meeting. Hannah, Abe, and Max were anxious to get up on the stand I guess. A few notes about the program.
~ How is it that I could hear Hannah singing over 100+ kids? She was singing with all her heart!
~ Abe was the tallest on the back row. He was looking sharp and sang with gusto. He kept brightly smiling at us. He read 2 Nephi 32:3, “Feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do” for his part.
~ Max. Max. He’s our sunbeam. He was turned around backwards during the “I am a Child of God” sunbeam song. And we had even practiced this week! Shucks. Then he started crying loudly because someone’s scriptures hurt his ear. Huh?! At the end he was plugging/unplugging his ears really fast probably because “We’ll bring the world His Truth” sounded cooler that way. But – he was cute when he was waving, smiling, and being good. He even sang Scripture Power and held up his Book of Mormon.
~ Tru. Didn’t participate but he sure was a handful. He sure is a busy boy, I’ll tell ya. Luckily, Jimmy wrestled him (and gave him a purple sucker!) while I snuggled Eliza.
Overall impression… love the 2011 primary theme of “I Know the Scriptures are True”. As the kids said their parts, I thought about how true it is that studying the scriptures helps bring the Spirit of God into our life. There are such encouraging messages in the scriptures. Every good thing cometh from God – indeed. Hopefully we can end the year strong by focusing on scripture stories and heroes with the kids in our devotionals and family home evenings.
I’m excited about the 2012 theme… Choose the Right. I love having a focus for the primary tots.
