These rockers rock

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missing talk

I gave a talk today in sacrament meeting about family home evening. Page 1 went well, page 2 went well, page 3... was page 4. Page 3 wasn't there. Slade wanted to read the talk before church and somewhere between me giving it to him and me needing it on the stand, it went missing. I think I did okay at remembering what I wanted to share, and when we got home I found it in the middle of the living room floor. Let this be a lesson to us all- 10 year-old boys do not make good secretaries!
I was hoping to be the youth speaker (because it was my birthday yesterday) but alas, I spoke last. Losing a page of thoughts was good for me though, since I finished right on time!

Check out this link for awesome info on Home Evening from the LDS website

Go there tomorrow and click the facebook/twitter button to change your status to 'we're having Family Home Evening'!

The end of my early thirties

Turned 33 today, which means next year I will be in my mid-thirties. In order to get myself in the mood (not that mood) I made myself a playlist to pump myself up for the coming year, and to celebrate the past.

a frog croaks

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our tree frog 'Frog'. It died sometime in January, but was found dead and shriveled under his favorite hidey-hole this past week. Dano faithfully bought home crickets for Frog (some of whom outlasted the very stomach they were destined for) but alas amphibians need water on a regular basis, and the desert that is the top of Slade's dresser proved too much for a tropical tree frog.

Condolences are welcome as comments to this blog, but we ask that flowers and/or donations be saved for your own current and future hapless pets.

14 DaYs oF LOOOOVVVEE!

So I don't know what it is like around your house this time of year. We have had weeks of one Kiddie or another getting sick and being a little house bound is making us a little o.k. a lot grumpy.  So I came up with the brain wave of ....14 DAYS OF LOVE..... All the kids are in (some a little more willing than others). But I think it will be fun.  I have challenged them to pray to ask to have more LOVE for their siblings. We have also come up with a key word for each person, so that we can say it to remind them of the challenge without nagging. Now I just need to see if Dano will be up for the challenge. If only we could get Libby and Finn in on this. Oh how they love to fight. I will keep you posted on how it works out.....For reals this time.

A BLOGMASTER by any other name...

I (Dano) have now created a second account and made both Jody and I administrators of this blog. While the previous posts say that they were posted by Jody, It should be obvious to even the least experienced blog reader that they are of BLOGMASTER quality. Now that I know how to do this, I just might steal the thunder from David in setting up a Gurney family blog; If I get to it first, I get to choose the name! And I might be stingy and not grant anyone else admin privileges..

Role of an Apostle

Elder Bednar is very clear on what an apostle is and does, and his responses to the questions on screen tell a lot about the church of Jesus Christ.  It's only 11 minutes long, take the time!