COOKIE CRUMBS: December 2009

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

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Snow Faces

Playing in the snow. Look at these happy faces.

After playing for awhile, I went outside and asked Gideon if he was cold? He told me, "no, the snow is cold, I happy!" What a cutie.

That face! I just can't resist that face!

If you look really close you may notice that Gideon has on pink and white boots and pink gloves. That is what happens when you have two older sisters. He couldn't have cared less.

Making snow flakes takes a lot of concentration. Just look at these faces.

Gideon didn't actually make any snow flakes. He just kept cutting the paper into little tinny pieces but he was happy as could be just to be included.

Enjoy The Snow!

Saturday, December 5, 2009

disapointing news again

Well we went to the doctors yesterday to check on the pregnancy and once again there is no heart beat. So we are going through the process of another miscarriage. I'm not as far along this time so the process should be a little easier and a little less eventful if my body will let go of the miscarriage. My body holds pretty tight to these pregnancies and doesn't let go easily, even when it should.