Day 10

This morning we remembered to choose a picture before Little Bear had to leave for school. The past couple of mornings we haven't had time to get everything done before the bus gets here. So this morning it was nice to sit for a few minutes with our scriptures, in the Book of Revelations. Today's Name of Christ is - Bright and Morning Star. Some of the Names of Christ take a little more explaining, and talking about symbolism. Some of them seem to be a little over Little Bears level of understanding at this point, but I am sure next year she will catch on to more of them.

We have neglected to add what we are grateful for to our last couple of posts. Today, we are grateful for our warm house again, we have enjoyed nearly 2 weeks of warm temperatures and sunny days, this morning we woke up to cold temperatures, heavy frost, fog and snow. So we are very grateful for a warm home. We are grateful that there is only 1 more week of school for both Papa Bear & Little Bear and then it will be a nice long Christmas Break. We are so grateful for each other, and for all the fun we are going to have during Christmas.

We hope you are enjoying your Christmas as much as we are!

Day 2

We had another wonderful discussion this morning, it was extra special because Papa Bear was able to be with us. Normally when he is home he has to leave by 6:30am to make it to school on time. He was home with us last night to attend our Ward's live Nativity & Creche display. We had a wonderful time admiring all of the different Nativity scenes that were displayed, I wish I would have taken my camera and taken a few pictures, there were some really amazing ones there. Anyway, back to our advent. Little Bear pulled out 2 pictures today, one of which didn't have a scripture on it (I had extras). The other had todays Name of Christ which is - Mediator. The scripture for this morning is found in 1Timothy 2:5. We now have 3 lovely pictures on our tree, when we get a few more I will post a picture.

I had a bit of a tough time trying to explain what a "mediator" was in terms an 8 year old could understand, but I think we eventually got there. I looked up some synonyms for the word and I found a few that really helped make it clearer. Interceder. Peacemaker. Referee. One that didn't quite fit in my opinion was, rent-a-judge, made me laugh!

Today we are grateful for warm Chinook winds that have helped clear the roads so that Papa Bear could be at home with us. We are grateful for Jesus Christ, and for the wonderful program our Ward put on last night.

We hope your feeling the spirit of Christmas.