Our Trip to the Bean

The Petersen's (Christine's family) had some amazing friends growing up, one family being the Kelly's. Summer and Bryn are in the picture above. Whenever I'm around them I always learn something new. For example Sister Kelly (the mother of our friends) reminded me today that teaching requires the teacher to teach by inspiration and not by just doing everything the lesson manual says to do. It is important to know what the members of your class needs and how do we know that? from a loving Heavenly Father who knows us all individually. So a teacher must pray for guidance. Sister Kelly informed me that a person who is over the MTC said the missionaries are having a hard time learning not to be rote in their lessons They can't get away from reading exactly what's on the page and instead finding the topic to discuss and speak from the heart. Why do you think it would be hard for someone to do something new.... because they haven't properly been taught. I believe we must teach our children and those we serve to really study and learn the principles of the gospel so they can be well versed when the Spirit gives us guidance. We must do our part in the studying, the Spirit will not do everything for us. Sister Kelly is a great teacher!

A few other people I was inspired by today were Summer and Allen. They have a great bed time routine for their children. This is how it goes. They make sure they eat dinner around 5pm after that they get their kids bathed, read book, read scriptures and get them to bed before 7:30pm. Amazing! Than the parents can have some time in the evening. My sister and I thought that was such a great idea we are going to try it with our families. I'm so excite to start tomorrow.

Anyway, today was a great day. We saw the Kelly's, went to the Bean Museum on BYU campus and had great pizza at some pizza joint. How wonderful.

The pictures below are our interpretations of dead animals:)



In this picture Abigail was trying to copy her Aunt Leann:)


Our mother hen and her chicks eating together