Celebrations

Today I got to have lunch with Lucy for the January Birthday table.  She requested a pepperoni and sausage Papa John's pizza.  She loves the garlic butter dipping sauce for the crust.  Lucy is always so decked out.  She had her homemade choker necklace on as well as several bracelets and headband.  She wanted her hair in a bun today but I'm not too good with bobby pins and so it had fallen out when I met her for lunch.  Lucy loves denim and her jean jacket and wears jeans almost every day, even though she has a ton of colored pants.  It was fun to have lunch with her and see her interact with others in her class.  Since we're doing the no sweets January, she turned down a delicious looking cupcake at lunch.

I've been wearing a fitbit for a couple weeks now and I've learned just how inactive I really was.  I've been trying to get 10,000 steps every day and I've done well but I don't hit that mark until bedtime.  I usually have to walk around the block once or twice to get all my steps in before bed.  Today I got up early and was able to exercise before school drop off but I did ran out of time and only got in 6500 steps, 1500 less than my normal morning so I knew I had my work cut out for me.  I decided to go to the temple and do an endowment session for my ancestor Natalia Braun.  As I walked through the doors to the ordinance room my fitbit started buzzing and I looked down there was a trophy and confetti on the screen because I had gotten my steps.  What?  It was only 3pm.  How did that happen?  I can't help but think it was a tender mercy from the Lord letting me know that my ancestors were celebrating that they are able to keep progressing.  It was a special day.

Tonight in Eliza's personal prayers she prayed that Papa could come back to earth so she could see him again because she misses him.  I agree.  I'm so glad she still remembers him.  We've got to keep his memory alive.