Bare/Bear

Michael had finnished his bath when Elizabeth took him into her room and gave him "Big Bear."  Michael immediatly started wrestling with the bear.  We had a bare bum with a bear bum.  (But I couldn't take a picture of his bare bum so we put the diaper on him and let him at it again.)

Samantha and her cousin at our belated Christmas gift exchange

Last night Samantha was complaining about all her ailments.  I thought there were a few that I had to mention.  She called from upstairs, "Mom, I'm nochous, notches, noshous." After assuring her that she was fine and just needed to sleep I sat next to her and she told me that her ears hurt, her chest hurt, where she got a bruise 3 days ago hurt, that her nose was puffy, and that if she thinks to hard her brain explodes.  I was grateful that she hadn't thought too hard to have already had her brain explode.  After being tucked in and going to her happy place that was made of toast today she went to sleep.

Book of Mormon, Introduction

"We invite all men everywhere to read the Book of Mormon, to ponder in their hearts the message it contains, and then to ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ if the book is true. Those who pursue this course and ask in faith will gain a testimony of its truth and divinity by the power of the Holy Ghost. (See Moroni 10:3–5.)

Those who gain this divine witness from the Holy Spirit will also come to know by the same power that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world, that Joseph Smith is His revelator and prophet in these last days, and that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Lord’s kingdom once again established on the earth, preparatory to the Second Coming of the Messiah."

As I read more about the atonement and the key of the atonement in our lives I realize more and more how much it is the basis of our religion. Even the Book of Mormon is based around the atonement of Jesus Christ. If you take the atonement away we have no religion.