Merry Christmas!

It's Christmas time, I love this time of year, most people are kind and thinking of others. I wish all year it could be like this. My Christmas Shopping, meager as it is, is completed. I'm very happy about it. My kids are all getting a couple of things they asked for and a couple of things they need. I'm grateful that the Lord has blessed us so much. Keith is working part-time at the post office and thanks to my mom for taking vacation days he's been working 2 days a week. We are grateful for the income. He is still Bishop; Jan 2nd will be 7 years, he still enjoys it, we feel like this might come to an end soon, but if not we are content to keep serving in this capacity. We are afraid that he will be released and put on the High counsel since that is what our Stake Presidency has a tendency to do to newly released Bishops. I don't mind not sitting with him in sacrament meeting, because we can still see each other, and discuss the things we got out of the meeting later, but if he doesn't even go to church with us, that is a another matter entirely, and I'm not sure I could get excited about that. Anyway, life goes on, we serve where we need to right?
I am still serving as the Gospel Doctrine teacher, I still enjoy learning all I can, and I do learn quite a bit every week. I can feel my heart changing and softening as I change my attitudes and thoughts to be in line with them. I have had many prayers answered through them and felt the spirit very strongly through my study and prayer. They give me hope that I can get through my struggles. I feel like I am a kinder person to my spouse and children, even if they would say otherwise. Through them I also had the strength and faith to get through my first semester of college. I only took 2 classes but one of those was very time consuming and had a lot of information. I ended up with 2 A's! Yeah!! I need to get A's from here on out to bring my GPA up enough to apply to the nursing program. I still don't have enough to apply in January but 2 more semesters and I should be able to apply next year. Anyway, we are getting through.
The kids are all great and busy too, I will write again next time to fill you in on them, I just realized what time it is and that I need to get going on my day. The Church is true, the Lord loves and helps us daily, life is good. Merry Christmas!!!