Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Religion

Yesterday was Stake Conference, and I must admit I wasn’t excited.  I have been complaining about not having more personal contact with those that teach in a conference like this one, there were 156 Stakes viewing, but that is something I need to work on.  There were a few things that really touched my mind in that personal way that I was hoping for, so I know Father in Heaven was listening to me complain and threw me a bone.

President Packer shared the story of a time when he was in a meeting with other seminary teachers.  They were asking questions, I can’t quite remember of who, but he asked a question about a certain student in one of his classes.  This student was apparently a little out of control, President Packer said that this students best contribution to class was not coming.  President Packer was sure that when this child was in first grade he would have introduced himself as “Johny Stop.”  So the question President Packer asked, was how long do I have to put up with this student?  How long until we can kick him out of class, and regain control?  Or something like that.  The answer was “What if he were your son?”

This is something that Jessica and I really need to work on.  We can change it just enough to make it very personal, “What if Sam were your son.”  We can technically change it to daughter, and anyone else’s name, but this hits right at home now for us.  We have to learn how to help Sam survive when he has graduated, and help him get to that point, without us killing him.  Patience is one of those virtues we are racking up some experience points with currently.  We will do our best, but if anyone has suggestions, please let us know.  I don’t know about anyone else out there, but being a first time parent, and skipping all of the years up to teenager-hood is a totally new experience for us, and getting used to it will take some time.

Family

We also had my father and grandparents come visit us on Saturday!  That was a lot of fun.  My Dad has been working on helping us find a freezer that we could use, and succeeded in his quest last month.  So on Saturday they brought it up with meat, and other frozen goodies.  He also brought us a shelve system he built so we have a good place for our food storage.  We are already putting stuff in our new freezer, before there wasn’t really room inside to stock up on frozen foods.  We also went to Cafe Rio.  I tell you what, I have never seen Nacho’s like they made them there, but my Grandma got them expecting just a small appetizer sized dish, and instead got a whole meal’s worth.  She left the leftovers with us, so we will get to see what they are like.