Winding down at 1:49 a.m.

Wow! What a day! Pretty much non stop action ranging from running around from bank to bank and store to store trying to get settled in our new surroundings. The highlight had to be getting the boys registered for school. They were worried about being the new kids and not having any friends...and I was worried about them not fitting in right away. We were told to come back after lunch by which time they would have the boys' classes all figured out....and as we left I had a good feeling that things would work out and that I had made the right decision.

As I mentioned before in my other blog - I had very little time between returning from up north until I was to leave for Korea to get the boys. So most of my house shopping was done the week prior to coming down here....and I looked at a lot of properties. One of the first was clean, affordable and in a nice area....I felt good about it just by looking at it....and couldn't wait to see it for myself. Once I got to see it I knew this was the place for us....and so far it's been great.-

After lunch we went back to the office and Jaiden's classmates were all outside of the door waiting for him...that made me feel so good....and it made Jaiden feel so special. Jordan went to his class and it was so cute seeing a new friend show him around (OK so I'm a big mother hen....so sue me)....they loved their first day.....Yippee!

Unfortunately due to my week(+2) in Korea I missed Conference this year and have been trying to listen/read parts of it now and then. Tonight, before writing this I went through and picked a talk to read that I thought sounded the most important for me and mine. It's by Elder Richard J. Maynes and it's called: Establishing a Christ-Centered Home. I chose it because I was feeling a bit discouraged about how I felt our Family Home Evening went tonight....it wasn't terrible...but boys will be boys.

One part of the talk was a poem that really emphasizes how important our roles are as parents:

 

’Twas a sheep not a lamb

That strayed away in the parable Jesus told,

A grown-up sheep that strayed away

From the ninety and nine in the fold.

And why for the sheep should we seek

And earnestly hope and pray?

Because there is danger when sheep go wrong:

They lead the lambs astray.

Lambs will follow the sheep, you know,

Wherever the sheep may stray.

When sheep go wrong,

It won’t take long till the lambs are as wrong as they.

And so with the sheep we earnestly plead

For the sake of the lambs today,

For when the sheep are lost

What a terrible cost

The lambs will have to pay.

 

The first time I read that I thought....OK so I'm a sheep and I need to stay on the path so I won't lead my lambs astray. Then I thought about all of the sheep we are responsible for as Home/Visiting teachers...and their lambs- .....and now it's 2:23 and although I could go on I have to go finish doing the laundry and hope that my body adjusts to the time change really soon.

 

And here is a link for that talk.

http://lds.org/general-conference/2011/04/establishing-a-christ-centered-home?lang=eng