"I'm not giving you these experiences for yourself. Write them down."

Before I would write, I would ponder this question: "Have I seen the hand of God reaching out to touch us or our children or our family today?" As I kept at it, something began to happen. As I would cast my mind over the day, I would see evidence of what God had done for one of us that I had not recognized in the busy moments of the day. As that happened, and it happened often, I realized that trying to remember had allowed God to show me what He had done. Elder Henry B. Eyring

May 4, 2009

Dear Toothfairy: Welcome to our family!

Emmalee has had some pretty loose teeth and has been playing with them constantly, one in particular. I told her that some people tie a string to the tooth and the other end of the string to a doorknob, slam the door and the tooth comes out. She actually wanted to try it! I really didn't think she would so I set it all up thinking that she would want to stop. She stood up, covered her eyes, and said she was ready. Well, I just couldn't do it! I told Blake to do it but he didn't understand slamming the door. So I shut the door, but not hard enough. I thought she would be done but she was still standing there waiting. So I shut it again, a little bit harder, and it popped out! She didn't even cry!! We went to the bathroom, cleaned up the blood, and looked at her prize. She loves sticking her tongue through the hole. Our first tooth out with several more to go!