Here and there

Well, like the rest of you, we have been lacking for anything of note to happen around here. I'm not complaining, though.

I would have included a picture of the Wood kids and our ragamuffins in the tub, but Owen wasn't modest at all.

We all look funny, but this is the best picture we got.

 We went to the temple on Saturday. We did the initiatory for the families names that we have, so it worked out great. Russell and Meghan did fairly well coming along and then just having to wait around for Ben and I. We went to Ikea after we were done.


I got bit by the spring cleaning bug and organized our food cupboards. I also combined duplicate spice containers, one of which was this container of cloves. I think it was from my last trip to the original Amish store.

One day I made some play food for the kiddos to play with. It worked really well for the first two days, but since then has just been a big mess maker. 

We will be back to just the three of us at home everyday. It'll be nice to have my old life back, but sad to see the extra money go.

Primary Teacher In-service

When my primary presidency was called, the president felt very strongly that we also had stewardship over the teachers. She wanted to do something for them each month to let them know that we were thinking of them and their calling to teach but also to make sure they knew we appreciate them.

For April, the president felt strongly that we needed to do something about asking questions (something the Bishop had been teaching about in Ward Council), and I had been thinking about it, too. I came up with the following idea after reading this article from the Ensign and pondering over this section of Teaching, No Greater Call in preparation for our teacher in-service.

I have had this idea floating around in my head for several months. I told the president I would make April's handout.

I also have a little page describing each type of question and how they contribute to understanding. I'm going to put them on a little bookmark for each teacher.