New Motto for '09

Last year, the Stewart Family motto was taken from a trusted source, Guitar Hero.

The motto for 2008 was: "Less Talk, More Rock." It directed our year as we tried to do less talking about how we were going to live, and more doing. To me, it's the 21st century's "Just Do It."

This year, I have struggled to finally come up with a Family motto. Until Sunday. On Sunday, I was in Primary, listening to the scripture of the month. I've heard it many times before, but it hit me with a lot of force last week. Later that day, Lizzie mentioned that she wanted to highlight that scripture and asked for help to find it. We ended up talking about it.

The scripture is this:

"Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house,
even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house
of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God."

I've always read that scripture thinking, "Wow, wouldn't that be nice, to have a home like that? I wonder how you do that."

But it finally hit me - the prescription is right in there!! "Prepare Every Needful Thing!" I've mostly lived my life shooting from the hip. But this year, the Stewart Family motto will be: Prepare Every Needful Thing.

Now if we can just set that to some catchy rock music, we'll be all set.

Primary Program

Once a year in our Sacrament meeting, the children of our church congregation take over. They sing lots of songs and each recite a line to teach us. It is a highlight every year, not only because of the sweet purity of the children, but also because of the entertainment value. It can be highly entertaining.

For example, today, there was a group of about 5 children that were singing a special part, so they gathered around a microphone. One girl, about 4 years old, positioned the mic about a half inch away from her mouth. The adult leader gently moved it down, and the 4 year old shot her a look that could kill as she moved it right back to where it was before. Then the adult leader had a great idea - move the mic up as high as possible. The 4 year old looked exasperated as she reached on her tip-toes and again pulled the microphone down in front of her mouth. At this point, the song was beginning, and the congregation was in complete stitches, and the adult leader gave up. The 4 year old was finally placated.

In other news, I was called today as the new Primary chorister, which means I get to sing with the 3-12 year old kids every Sunday! I couldn't be happier. I'm thrilled! :)