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The PineWood Derby

We had a great time today at H.'s Cub Scout Troop's Pinewood Derby. He came in first 4 times in a row in his heat. Then, from the other heat's winners, he came in second (the other car should've been disqualified since its wheel distance was too small to fit on the track, but they don't really disqualify people in this troop.)....

FIRST HEAT-first place:


THIRD HEAT-first place:


I. was super cute with her train-car and her graphite smudge on her nose!



H. got a 2nd place trophy. Pretty exciting.

The pinewood derby painting session

Thursday evening we were painting our pinewood derby cars and other wood items. A. started painting herself. When H. told me and I looked at her in a little bit of shock, she turned to H. and she said, "Shhh!" We all laughed. It was so funny. She'd been ratted out.

Our Snowy yard!!!

No, don't get your hopes up, it didn't snow here. Our neighbors went to Colorado and where snowed on heavily. By the time they got home, they had probably 2 large garbage bags worth of snow in the back of their truck. They gave it to the kids who had a lot of fun with it!!

A.'s new bathroom successes

A. has been working on doing whatever her brother or sister does. Last week she even pooped in her potty and today she woke up happy (thanks to the other two staying quiet enough in the morning so that she could sleep in a bit) and then when I asked her if she needed to pee, she said yes, happily sat on her potty and pee'd in it. :-) So cute!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

The Sabbath

My friend Tara posted how hard it is to follow the command to Keep the Sabbath Holy. I responded at her blog, but the response was so long that I thought I'd post it here. :-)

We were home all day yesterday. We've been sick all week, as you may have known, and so I was trying to get some things accomplished that hadn't gotten done during the week claiming that I would better be able to serve God if our house was cleaned up, which is definitely a true statement.

Last night at scriptures, we read about a prophet that was on assignment from God so to speak. He was to tell the wicked King and his wicked priests to repent and was to retell them of the ten commandments.

We don't get through many verses each night as a family with three little kids, but, needless to say, I'm sure, we read about keeping the Sabbath holy. "v.16 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
v.17 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;
v.18 But the seventh day, the sabbath of the Lord thy God, thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;
v.19 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is; wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."

And, I sat there reading my portion grimacing a little thinking about my washing machine, my dishwasher, my children who helped me, etc.

Enough of my transgressions.

You asked why it is so difficult? I always think about when Saul was commanded to destroy the Amalekites. Saul was told by Samuel the prophet, speaking on behalf of the Lord: "v.3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass." Saul didn't do that. He did what he thought better and sacrificed the best of all that to God, a seemingly good thing to do, right? Well, he was reprimanded and told by Samuel: v.16 "Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams."

So, we may have no idea why God asks us to do something, but we can know that to obey is better than even sacrificing.