Day light Savings and Ditching Church

The girls were up at 7:30 a.m. this morning. Oh just kidding, according to the auto-changing clocks on our cell phones it was in fact 6:30 a.m. and the end of Day Light Savings. So be it. I crawled in bed with McKenna and let her play with me for awhile while I kept my eyes shut. But soon Quinn could hear the excitement and up she was. Tim is really good at convincing the girls that it is still sleeping time and getting them to go back to sleep. But I have gone soft with this pregnancy, and part of me really misses them when they sleep and is excited that they are up. This always, however, bites me in the but a few hours later when everyone is tired and crabby ... including me.

Usually Kenna is a problem at church and needs to be brought home early for a nap. But today in her little body it was nap time before church even started. So, here I am sitting at home, reading the ward newsletter and blogging ... kitchen all clean, dinner all cooked, and ditching church while Kenna sleeps. Tim and I are switching in a few minutes, and I'll get to head to church for the second 2 hours to sit with my primary class while the practice for the Primary program, which is next week. Sounds fun to me. I can't take naps because they bring on morning sickness so I'd rather stay busy.

We are having Lizza and Jared over for Turkey Dinner tonight. Since Tim and I never get to cook actual Thanksgiving Dinner, we usually make turkey dinner about 10 times during the winter months. It is a favorite, and the leftovers feed us for a week. We're excited to have Lizza and Jared and their kids here to be in on the fun.

I am already a little scared at how sick I will feel in about 7 hours after I completely stuff my face. Yikes. I better be careful.

President David O. McKay, in his October 1955 conference address said, “Thankfulness is measured by the number of words; gratitude is measured by the nature of our actions.” I like that. I hope I can teach such an idea to my children.