President Gordon B. Hinckley receives his honourable release

Well Sunday evening we found out that our beloved Prophet, President Gordon B. Hinckley had passed away at about 7 pm. Although we will really miss him I can't really be sad. After having done so much for so many people, at the age of 97 it was his turn to rest from care and sorrow. I have no doubt that he was anxious to see his beloved wife again. It will still be strange for me not to see his familiar, happy, loving face at the next General Conference. He was, after all the prophet durring my YW days. I will never forget being present for the broadcest when he gave his wonderful "Be" talk:

1. Be grateful.
2. Be smart.
3. Be clean.
4. Be true.
5. Be humble.
6. Be prayerful.

Although we will miss President Hinckley, I know our next prophet will be just as true and just as inspired. The head of the Church, our Saviour Jesus Christ, would not have it any other way.

Girl Guide Cookies

Yesturday Kevin bought a box of girl guide cookies from a school friend that is a Girl Guide leader of some sort. We were terribly dissappointed to find that these mint things were the only kind she had! Boo!

Why oh why did they ever add these? They aren't "real" girl guide cookies! When I was a wee brownie the sandwich kind were the only ones we sold, and everyone loved them and were happy. Now THESE are Girl Guide Cookies:
That's the end of my cookie rant for today. Hopefully we'll be able to get the sandwich kind next time.

Weighing Cats

We have had two cats for about a year and a half now. Today I decided that they should probably be weighed. Have you ever tried to weigh a cat on a typical digital bathroom scale? They'll sit on it for long periods of time quite happily as long as it's not turned on, but the second it's on... good luck!

In the end I decided to just weigh myself and then hold each cat while I weighed myself again, then subtract the difference. Luckily even Kita will allow me (and only me) to pick her up. Just about anyone could have used this method with Tobi who's rather indescriminant with her affections. Amazingly they are both 6.6 lbs, which is surprising since Tobi's such a pig I was almost sure she was eating 75% of their food plus any people food she can get her fuzzy little paws on (Chocolate, granola bars, potato chips, icheban, PINEAPPLE bits of all things! What kind of cat enjoys granola bars and pineapple?) Anyway, here they are. Kita's the black one and Tobi's the spotted one. They're so cute that it's hard to stay mad at them even when they do eat my favourite granola bars.

Christmas and New Years

Well a brand new year has begun. I'm looking forward to all the possibilities it holds for us. It can really only improve on last year anyway. I won't bore you with the details but 2007 wasn't exactly an easy year for our family. I suppose that's how we learn the most though.

We had a good Christmas this year. We stayed in town and were completely spoiled by both Kevin's parents and mine but I was still sad I didn't get to go down to Cardston, Glenwood and Magrath and see all the family down there. Luckily we still got 2 turkey dinners with family. Yum! I don't think I'll ever get tired of turkey dinners, it's my favourite meal. I wish we had the leftovers...

We were in the Nativity pageant at Heritage park again this year. It was a wonderful experience and I would recommend it to anyone who has the chance to do it. We even got our picture on the front page of the Calgary Sun Christmas Eve! We feel so famous! I'll try to post it later if I can find it.

New years wasn't too exciting this year. We watched a movie with my parents, worked on a puzzle and drank sparkling apple juice at midnight. I even had to have a nap so I could make it to midnight. How sad is that! The most exciting thing was dinner at Swiss Chalet with Matt complaining the whole time because he was missing the hockey game. Poor guy was forced to be in our company and miss the first two periods.

Here is that picture I promised to post: