'Til We Meet Again

I can't explain why I feel the tears so close to the surface today, but I suspect it has something to do with imagining the joyful reunion President Hinckley is having with his beloved Marjorie. What a great man.

An Essay in Existentialism (from my 2nd grader)

I've been meaning to post this since Thanksgiving but haven't until now. I hope you love it as much as I did--spelling and all.





The Death of Tom Turkey
by S--

Tom Turkey was getting quite fat. He new that Thanksgiving was comeing and that was the day they where planning to kill him. They also wanted his five red fethers and his ten orange fethers and his fifteen green fethers too. They wanted all his pretty fethers. He had a plan also. His plan was to peer throu the window right that day and see when the day before he would get killd so he could clime up on the tree and jump over the fence. So he went over to the window and all the sudden out of nowere a mashene gun shot him and paintball gun shot him dead and that was the end of Tom Terkey.

These Are a Few of My Favorite Names...

When my brother and his wife and kids read about this experience, and since their family missed out on the fun, they decided to join in the game. On Christmas Eve, they gave me the following note:


We heard about your naming dilemma, and we were feeling a little left out. So we thought of a few names that we are sure you will like equally well. We even alphabetized them for easy reference.

Aphrodite

Brunhilde

Clarabelle

Dorcas, Drusilla

Ernestine

Fredrica

Grizelda

Hepzibah

Imelda

Jezebel

Karma

Ladybird, Lulu

Magnolia, Miep (see Anne Frank)

Nessie

Odette

Permalua

Queenie

Rumisarah

Sheba

Tallulah

Ursula

Velma

Wilhelmina

Xena

Yolanda

Zarathustra



Love, K--, S--, B--, E--, A--, D--



Thanks, guys. I'm still laughing.

Any ideas?

Phil and I have a work party to go to in a week. We have to bring 2 gifts, $25 each, of the "nice" White Elephant type. I'm not very good at coming up with ideas, so I'm appealing to you, dear readers, for help.




What's your best idea for a funny yet useful White Elephant gift?