Merry Christmas!

I can't believe it is Christmas this week! That's so crazy! It feels like this whole year just FLEW by! I am really excited for the holidays though, to be able to spend time with family and friends and celebrate the birth of Christ and all he did for us. I think I get so wrapped up in all of the things I have to do to get ready for Christmas, without really stopping to remember what the holiday is supposed to be about. I am just realizing that now, and with every year that goes by it seems to get harder to remember Christ because of all that "busy work". It is so good to go to church each Sunday and remember why I am here. I am so blessed to have all that I have and to be able to be around sweet little children every day for my job! Some days it is discouraging, but I absolutely love being around kids and hope that I can influence them for the good. Even though I can't really teach them about the gospel at school, I can show it by example and I hope I do. . .

Well, this past week I ended up not having to do Jury Duty, which I was SO HAPPY about! It just made life a whole lot easier! We continued to work on our service project for Primary Children's by painting the blocks they brought in. I attempted to have them put the alphabet, numbers and shapes on the blocks, but most of them did not turn out too well (as you would expect with 9-10 year olds!). So, I assembled a little "committee" to touch them up and make them look as nice as they can, and they are doing a pretty good job of it. I wish I took a picture of what they looked liked after the first day of painting. . . They looked REALLY SCARY to say the least! :) Oh well, it is about the experience anyway!

I also got a new student on Thursday. I was a little worried about getting a new one, but this little boy is actually really sweet and well-behaved. All of rest of the class loves to help him with things and he seems to be "on top" of everything we are learning so far, so I guess we will see how it goes!

Anyway, I hope you all have a great Christmas!