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Friday, March 09, 2012

Just don't say anything...


So, Mel was tired of my sunset picture. How 'bout a sunrise, then? ;-)
I have so many fun pictures from our Christmas together in AZ, I'm really struggling to choose just a few. Loading the photos on my camera since then showed me I am really neglecting the pictorial side of life. I'll figure out what to do while I verbally update...
The fact is, life has changed since my last post: I'm now the Early Morning Seminary Teacher for the Bismarck youth; and while I always appreciated those teachers and what they did, I didn't think too much about it because all I ever did was drop in to speak, or substitute (a little more eye-opening, but still not enough to show me how different it is from Institute). But now that the role is mine, I realize how consuming it can be. I am not a super-efficiency expert like Cindy Harding or Madeline Free/Habib (past teachers of our kids), and I'm not a quick-prepare pro like Nate or Glenn (who've also taught E.M. Seminary recently). So I spend A LOT of time at it. And I kept my Primary calling by choice (chorister - so much fun, but also a lot of work), so the only reason I finally made it to the blog zone at all is a four-day weekend with nowhere to go - realistically, that is. And now that I finished the first season of my new, cursed addiction, the series on HuluPlus called "Lost" (blame Alisa, but talk to me personally for an explanation of why I'm so hooked), I have no more excuses and only guilt. So here goes...
















Some of the boys...














Some of the girls...











Some groupy shots...






And some that are just too sweet to pass up.







































And as for the time since Christmas...




...Peculiarities abound.
(Okay, this group needs SOME explanation: in spite of this mild winter we're having, a little hoarfrost brings out the hidden "wonders" that might have stayed invisible until the next round of spiders had to be wiped away. Suzie was breaking in some fancy dance shoes. Don't ask any more questions - you'll get THE LOOK too. I've never seen a two-yolk egg. Now I have, and so have you. And, Suzie finds interesting ways to keep her feet warm when she didn't bother to wear socks on the trampoline.)
Sorry the post is so elongated - as in, one pic at a time. That's not how I laid it out, but tech is not my forte... Anyway, hope it was worth your time! See you later. I make no promises about how MUCH later... I still have to prepare Seminary until May, y'know...

1 comment:

AJ said...

I love seeing all the pictures, but can you PLEASE take that one off. WORST PICTURE EVER! Such a bad angle. I am going to need to get copies of some of those from you.