My Sunday Six for Dec. 14, 2008

It is an hour an a half early for my Sunday six since it is now 10:30 p.m. Sat. night. However, knowing my blogging luck it will be midnight by the time I get all of the pictures loaded and it will be officially Sunday. I have a very busy day tomorrow and thought if I did not get a head start on my Sunday Six that I might not do it at all. So.... here I go

1. I just love the spirit of Christmas love.
Five people wished me Merry Christmas while I was in the store yesterday. It was after I had wished them Merry Christmas first but it made me smile just the same.
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I know some say that Christmas is too commercial etc. etc. but I love it. We are on a lower budget now that we are retired but it is still so much fun thinking of little gifts that will please my family and friends. I get so excited wrapping them up and waiting to give them away. Some may see something else, like crowds and traffic, but I see love all around me.... everywhere I go.... Christmas love makes me smile.
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2. Being around good people makes me smile.

This is President Bringhurst and his dear wife. They are the President and Matron of the Redland's temple. They have left their home and given up 3 years of their life to work night and day in the temple. Hour after hour, day after day ,well into the night they work serving others and the Lord. This past week Sister Bringhurst held an openhouse at their home every day for the temple workers. We have about 65 volunteers a day that work in our little temple. In between the morning and the afternoon shifts we went to the Bringhursts and had a lovely buffet of food which she had prepared for us. She did this every day so all the different workers could attend.
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When I was teaching high school I use to be surrounded by teens who used profanity and took the Lord's name in vain. I am so glad that I don't have to be around that kind of language any more. Now my days are spent with good people who love the Lord and serve him. That makes me smile.
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3. Christmas programs make me smile.

These are the Madrigal singers from a local high school. They put on a lovely Christmas concert this week at the Women's Improvement Club I belong to.

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Tonight we went to a wonderful Christmas program put on by Mindy and Ernie's stake. It was two hours of beautiful Christmas music. All of the missionaries from the San Bernardino mission formed one of the choirs that sang. Seeing all of those young men and women as well as the older, senior missionaries singing praises to God was very touching.

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My heart was also touched as I listened to my Mindy play 3 songs in a flute duet. I feel that heaven is not very far away when I can watch and listen to my precious Mindy play her flute. To me she looks and sounds like an angel. Ernie played his trumpet beautifully as part of the stake orchestra that accompanied the stake choir. John and I got to sit with their 3 little ones while their mom and dad preformed. It was a wonderful evening in every way that left my spirit soaring. Christmas programs make me smile.
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4. Making Marie's Christmas cookies make me smile.

In her last weeks Sunday Six, Marie told me that she thought Austin would enjoy making reindeer cookies. From the picture can you tell that she was right??

We made them for family night last Monday. We had so much fun. We were all smiling.

Sharing them with Austin made me smile even more.

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5. I am thankful that John is such a good grandfather.

John is so cute with our grandkids. Here he is helping a very serious Austin with the important job of putting the eyes on the reindeer cookies. Watching them made me smile.
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6. I am so thankful that our Erin has her Patrick.

Erin and Patrick have been married two and a half years now. This will be their third Christmas since they married. They are the cutest and sweetest couple ever. Erin had been home from her sign language mission, serving the deaf, for 10 years before she found and married Patrick. All those years that she was waiting and yearning to find a righteous man to love her, my heart ached for her. Now I rejoice ,along with them, that they have each other.

Once again they are having to wait to have a righteous desire of their hearts fulfilled. Their lovely nursery and their arms are ready and longing for a child to fill them. We are still sad that their adoption fell through but we pray that soon there will be a child for them. If you know of a pregnant mom who might be considering adoption as a loving option for her child, please have her go to Erin and Patrick's blog and get in touch with them. No mom could choose a better couple to be the parents of her child. We surely will be smiling when that time comes!!!
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It is midnight now....just as I suspected it would be.... so this is officially my Sunday Six. Thank you for sharing it with me.

I hope that you have had lots to smile about this past week too. I hope that you will leave me a comment and tell me about it.

Enjoy every minute of your busy week ahead getting ready for Christmas.

Enjoy the season because before we know it, it will only be another memory. Make it a good one.

I am trying to make a Christmas card post. I have written a poem that I want to share with you. I am trying to get together pictures to go with it. I will try to get it posted in a few days.

Love to all, GrammyLura