Harvest Dinner
A couple of nights ago our good neighbor, Jason, showed up on our doorstep with an invitation to the ward Harvest dinner. Our road boasts a Mayberry feel and being a community unto itself. And since it's such a long road with so many homes, it is also its own ward, which I think helps that mega sense of community we have here. So, of course,a ward dinner would be a great time to get to know our neighbors better.When we moved in, so many people dropped by to introduce themselves and leave us with cookies of rice crispy treat. Bu, most of them never came back for a second visit, and now they've all blurred together. I suppose they all see each other on Sundays at

Bless this meal?
I have to speak on the topic of Thanksgiving at the Tabernacle gathering this Sunday night, and being that it's an interfaith shebang, I've been looking all around for Baha'i writings concerning Thanksgiving. When you think Thanksgiving, what's the big thing that comes to mind? For me it's blessing the meal. That seems to be the most spiritual part of the day, the last remaining moment of reverence that has not been lost to a fuss over gravy recipes and uncle Carl's new girl friend. But what about Baha'i Thanksgivings?I am always hearing that Baha'is don't bless meals. I can recall my first meal in a Baha'i home when the host said, "Baha'is don't

Happy BirdDay, Gramma Sara!
Here's our birthday tribute to my Gamma Sara! The signs are hard to read to see the captions below for help!A birthday play for Gramma SaraOnce Upon a time a bird sat on an egg.When will my egg hatch?Hooray!!! Happy birthday little bird!Now fly off and build a nest resort and earn lots of worms!Happy birthday, Gramma Sara!We love you!For those of you who don't know my Gramma, and don't understand the video, she is a strong, bold, deaf woman who opened a resort and became a successful business woman. This is the play the kids came up with in her honor. We love you Gramma Sara!!!! Happy birthday!

The Planet 10
Hannah Jane does a daily sheet of simple arithmetic facts, but today Saxon switched it up on her and had her fill in the box with the missing number in a problem that went: SINGLE DIGIT NUMBER + EMPTY BOX = TEN So she had to find what number to add to make ten. She had a little trouble with this, so we decided to make it fun by doing this ridiculous activity that I came up with while trying to enjoy my shower while she complained about the difficulty of her math sheet from the other side of the curtain.We are reading Lowis Lowry's the Giver in our free time, and in the book people are not allowed to choose their own spouses. Spouses are assigned. So

Lowe's Project Day!
We are so excited about the Lowe's project days for kids! We happened upon it one day while we were shopping for lumber and it is the most exciting thing! WE sign a waiver (of course) and the kids each get an apron and a pair of goggles to keep, and a little kit for everything you need to make the wooden toy for the day. Th