COOKIE CRUMBS: Shopping with Grandma

We should not underestimate or overlook the power of the Lord’s tender mercies. The simpleness, the sweetness, and the constancy of the tender mercies of the Lord will do much to fortify and protect us in the troubled times in which we do now and will yet live. When words cannot provide the solace we need or express the joy we feel, when it is simply futile to attempt to explain that which is unexplainable, when logic and reason cannot yield adequate understanding about the injustices and inequities of life, when mortal experience and evaluation are insufficient to produce a desired outcome, and when it seems that perhaps we are so totally alone, truly we are blessed by the tender mercies of the Lord and made mighty even unto the power of deliverance (see 1 Ne. 1:20).
-Elder David A. BednarOf the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Shopping with Grandma

Starting with the 4th birthday and every year after until they turn 12 Grandma takes each grand kid shopping and they get to pick out what ever they want. It is always fun to see what they end up getting. This is what Lizzy ended up with, a new swimming suit and jammies. What 5 year old when told they can get whatever they want gets clothes? I wonder if this is a bad sign for her teen age years or if I will just always know to get her, clothes. I am fine with that as long as she isn't too picky or doesn't think she needs designer clothes.