Arianne and her family went home yesterday and my kids are already missing their cousins. There was a lot of chaos while they were here, but it was so sweet to see them together.
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Since I'm Mormon and church stuff comes up frequently, I thought I would provide a little glossary for terms you may not know:
First of all church is three hours long on Sunday. Whew! It's divided into three meetings:
Sacrament Meeting-the main church meeting, like Mass. The speakers are almost always members of the congregation. Anyone over the age of 12 can be asked to speak.
Sunday School-divided up by age (adults all go together) about 45 min long.
Relief Society-women's meeting, about 45 min.(the kids go to Primary, Men go to Priesthood meeting, teenage girls go to Young Womens). I'm the President of this group of women.
Celestial Kingdom-Heaven
Bishop-the leader of the congregation
Visiting teachers-all Mormon women are given a partner and assigned 2-4 women that they visit, call, give baked goods to every month.
Ward-the local congregation. It's all arranged geographically, so where you live determines where (and when) you go to church.
Mr. Hildie (a.k.a. Mister) (age 40something)-Funny, thoughtful, passionate, maddening husband.
India (girl, age 17)-Smart and always does the right thing.
York (boy, age 16)-Nerdy and proud of it.
Finn (boy, age 14)-Quiet unless he's talking about watches.
Arabella (girl, age 11)-Thoughtful and gentle.
Adelaide "Ada" (girl, age 8)-Saucy and unafraid.
Jasper (boy, age 6)-Sweet as sugar.
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Such cute pictures!
I love cousins
They are adorable! I love cousin time too.
You’ve guys got some gorgeous kids!
Glad you all got to spend some time together!
Just saw your comment on Segullah and had to come and say hi to a fellow Texan. Even better to see you’re a fellow Austinite! We have kids of similar ages–maybe we’ll run into each other somewhere!
How nice to have your kids such similar ages. It looks like they get along well. I love that Ada is holding Daphne’s hand to her cheek. that is really cute.
I can’t believe how little they look alike. It’s hard to believe they are related at all.