Day 102

     Scott got home from the snow camp yesterday, and as predicted he didn't get much (if any) sleep.  Nathan said he slept great in his snow cave!  I guess that's the difference between a 15 year old and a 45 year old - oh the difference 30 years can make!  =)
     Katie is doing good.  She had a rough night last night (and consequently so did we).  She seems fine and happy this morning.  She seems to get tired more easily than before, but she is still going strong.  She is our little energizer bunny!
     As for Conner, the "yucky" polish didn't work, wrapping his hand in gauze didn't work, putting a band aide on his thumb didn't work.  However, he seems to understand he needs to stop, so he told me he didn't need anything on his thumb, that he would stop on his own.  I can tell he is sincerely trying - but sometimes he forgets, and out of pure habit the thumb goes in.  I hope he (we) will be able to break this on his own.  It is a process - we will see how it goes!  By the way, since we are on the subject of Conner, it bares worth mentioning that Scott FINALLY found the missing part to the new vacuum!!  (We have been using our old vacuum, just in case anyone was wondering).  We were certain the part (the canister) had gone out in the trash, as we have made numerous searches throughout the house, with no luck.  We had finally given it up for not, and were in the process of contacting the company for a replacement part.  However, Scott turned over an antique chair (that has a skirt) in the corner of our bedroom and to our astonishment, there was the missing part!  So we can finally use our new vacuum!  Silly boy Conner...today Scott couldn't find the lid to the milk - so of course we asked Conner if he knew where it was - he said yes he did.  He had put the lid inside one the cereal boxes!
     President Harold B. Lee said, "The purpose of our being here is clearly spelled out in the Lord's revelation to Moses.  he said, 'This is my work and my glory - to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.' (Moses 1:39)  'Eternal life of man' means a return back to the presence of God the Father and His son to live eternally with Them.  Now, He didn't say it was His purpose that all His children should live here upon the earth in the lap of luxury, with wealth and ease and they should have no pain and no sorrow.  He didn't say that.  For sometimes, as Isaiah put it, from out of the briar bush my come forth a beautiful myrtle tree (see Isaiah 55:13)..... What may seem for the moment to be a tragedy may, as we see the whole picture from the beginning to the end, in the wisdom of our Father, be for one of the great  blessings instead of a tragic ending as we have supposed (Teachings of the Presidents of the Church, 210).
     I have a new depth of understanding about many of the things I have been taught my whole life.  It is one thing to believe in something - and quite another to be tested in it.  Today I am glad for all I have been taught and have learned.