MIRACLE

Upon arriving home from Disneyland and realizing I had lost our camera, I immediately called Disneyland. A week later, I got a phone call saying that my camera had been turned in and they would be mailing it to me!!! I was jumping up and down and so giddy the whole day! I guess miracles do happen!

We were lucky enough to see and get pictures with 17 characters. Olivia had fun getting their autographs and teasing with them.

I know this picture isn't that great (it is a photo of a photo posted on a screen) but how could I not keep it? Look at the sheer joy on Olivia's face. This was by far her favorite ride. We rode this ride 20 times in one day. There were no lines so we would just get off and run back in line. Many times the workers would just let us stay on. Several times we were in the log to ourselves.

I was the chosen adult to ride Mulholland Madness 10 times in a row. Don't tell anybody but I loved every minute of it!! My 2 neices now agree with all the other cousins that I am THE BEST AUNT EVER!!!!

Olivia with her cousins. This is the ride where my camera was lost---and found!!!

Praying for the Children

Last Sunday I was asked to substitute in primary---and boy am I glad I did. Our humble Bishop gave an excellent sharing time on prayer. He taught the children the important things a prayer should include and helped them to learn these "ingredients." At the end of the sharing time he told all of the children that he wanted to have a prayer with them. Pretty soon, gathered around our Bishop, were all the sweet children in junior primary. They all knelt and got ready for the prayer. Our Bishop looked at those beautiful faces and began to cry. He told the children about how Jesus gathered the children around Him and then He wept. Our Bishop said "now I know how Jesus felt." Following Jesus' example our Bishop wept and then he gave a beautiful prayer in which he blessed these young children. Among many things, the Bishop asked Heavenly Father to protect them from the adversary and to help them walk uprightly. When the prayer was over, many of the children lingered closely to him and hugged him. I am sure they could feel of his spirit and knew of his love for them. What a neat experience for these children and what an insightful Bishop.

CRYING

If I were not ADD and therefore unable to keep track of my extra fast, extra busy toddler and my camera at that same time I would not be crying right now. If I would have let Robert be in charge of the camera, like he had been doing for the past 3 days, I would not be crying right now. If I would have given into my worry wart inclinations and just double checked before getting on the tram, I would not be crying right now. But alas, I am crying because we just spent 3 glorious days at Disneyland and I lost my camera the last hour of the last day we were there. We did not realize it was lost until we got home---and now I have a big knot in the middle of my stomach.

This was our first ever trip to Disneyland and I had great pictures of the girls with princesses, Disney characters, laughing while on rides, etc. I walked around pouting about it most of yesterday. Last night Olivia put her arms around me and said "Mom it is ok because we can just go back again and take new pictures!" We had such a great time that we bought season passes, so she is right.

So now I am in need of a new camera----any suggestions on a camera that is reasonably priced (can't afford to lose another one), easy to use (after all I am ADD) and takes great pictures(I need one that can make up for my lack of photography skills) would be greatly appreciated.

With much sorrow,
Sheri


P.S. So now I have seasons passes and NEED to take new pictures---if anybody ever wants to caravan or carpool to Disneyland--give me a call! I promise I won't be in charge of your camera!