What a relief!!

We had the always amazing experience of speaking in church today. The wonderful opportunity of moving into a new ward, right? But we had two differences this time. 1) Jayden spoke, too! He is 12 now so they asked him to speak. He did an amazing job. He told of an experience of when he had a prayer answered. He touched a lot of people and most of the members were commenting on his talk more than either Scott's or mine! A lot of my friends had tears in their eyes just telling me how much they appreciated his talk. And 2) There was a general authority there! I can't remember his name because I was sooooo nervous but he is in the sixth quorum of the seventy. It was a surprise visit and he wasn't on official church business but he sat on the stand and spoke at the end of the meeting. It is always awesome to hear a servant of the Lord speak!! He was really good and commented on each of our talks. He made me cry when he said that I must be a great influence on my children. I guess I'm a pretty good pretender! No, it's always nice to get a compliment like that!! Anyway, I procrastinated until the very last minute (I was still writing at 11:00 last night) but it seemed to go well and we got a lot of very nice comments. I am just extremely glad that it's over. I get so dang nervous in front of people. Dumb, I know, but that's me! I am so grateful for the ward we are in. It is such a friendly and accepting ward and I feel like we've been here for a lot longer than 2 months!! It is so nice to know that where ever we go in this world there is a community of LDS people ready to welcome us! Scott and I also got callings today. He is the Teacher's Quorum advisor and assitant Scout Master, and I am going to be playing piano in Primary (my favorite calling!!!). So we are keeping busy and loving life!

I am so excited for Thanksgiving this week! It is one of my favorite holidays. We get to remember all the things we are grateful for and reconnect with family. Oh, and the food is pretty good too! Anyway, here's to a great week!!!