I'm Back

So it's been awhile since I've written huh. Bad Jodi. Oh well, let's work on an update. Since President Eyring (kinda weird calling his president) talked about writing in a journal and saying things you're thankful for I've been writing somewhere else. But now you all get to hear what's up.

Denise Austin and I have become good friends. I think there has only been one other time I've excercised so faithfully. Unfortually I'm also good friends with Hershey's so things are not as effective as they could be. There is a resolution I can work on. Sam's been in the middle of it too. Slade was excercising with us for awhile but he decided to join Scott on the couch watching. Whatever. They can't play the computer if they don't excercise so our computer isn't used as much as it was before the excercise thing started.

Slade had his first Primary program this year. He did good up there. They say he sings the loudest of anyone but he didn't that day. He may have had a little stage fright. This week the Primary is singing Christmas songs and one of the Primary presidency talked to me in the hall. She wanted Slade to be there because he sings the loudest and is on the front row. I don't know that loudest means in tune or anything like that. But I hope he sings good again.

Slade got potty trained a few whiles ago- maybe in the summer. Scott is potty trained now. Slade has totally regressed. The pooping in his pants, peeing on the floor, it's crazy again. And I didn't realize until I wrote this down that perhaps Scott catching up could be part of the problem. Maybe he feels like he doesn't have an advantage any more. I wonder.

Mom, Dad, Becki, and Cardon came out for Thanksgiving. We had a great time. Scott adores Becki and Slade loves Cardon. Poor Cardon couldn't get away from the boys for the first while. And now if you ask him who loves him best he says "Cardon." Dad hung out with boys as Slade took to his favorite pastime of picking up rocks. I was planning on going out for Thanksgiving dinner but we made it instead and it was wonderful. It was just a good week.

Our ward has a program this year where we can have a copy of the DVD "Joy to the World" if we will give it to a friend or neighbor with some treats or something like a holiday gift. We've been talking about this for a few weeks, supposed to be praying, etc. about it. I had someone in my mind, a lady across the street. About 2 weeks ago she came over having an allergic reaction to a medication that she had taken that morning. It was making her feel intense nervousness and she couldn't be inside. So I was outside with her for awhile. I told her Sam could give her a blessing and it would help. That is a scary thing to testify of when you don't have the missionary badge on. But she let Sam give her the blessing and she calmed down and she was really impressed. I think the intensity of it all has left but she remembers the feeling of the Spirit, the "good" and "calm" feelings. Slade, Scott, and I are going over there as soon as I finish writing. I hope things go good. I think we will be off.