A Sweet Facebook Status Greets Me On This Beautiful Monday Morning!!

From My Sweet Sister:

Sibyl Adams lilacs are blooming now- I'm suddenly arrested by the fragrance yesterday and today, it wafts over me knocking me out with my grandma Hammond memories:i see her sweet freckled face and her nose, MY nose; i hear the clink of a spoon in the coffee cup, and see her gray chair; i hear her jolly laugh (she talked from her diaphragm!!); her love for the family, & a fire and passion for life that she passed on to all of us

More Powerful Than Google?!

April's theme for Primary is "Jesus Christ Restored the Fulness of the Gospel through Joseph Smith". Since the children have all heard the account of Joseph's first vision, even recently in their classes, I wasn't planning to go over it all, I planned a review worksheet that we could discuss the highlights, while focusing on the Power of God, and His omnipotence in the restoration, and the translation of the plates.
Today, we had a visitor who, of course, didn't know the history, so I ended up skipping some of my other prepared material to go over the account a little more in detail, and then got back to the translation of the plates. We had a coded message that we worked together to decode (Power of God) and read D & C 1:29
"And after having received the record of the Nephites, yea, even my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., might have power to translate through the mercy of God, by the power of God, the Book of Mormon."
I posed the question, "If the plates were written in a language that he couldn't read, how did Joseph Smith translate them into the Book of Mormon."
Without skipping a beat, and in all seriousness, Allie suggested, "He used the internet?!"

Yes, lots of laughter, including myself...

I asked if they remembered the picture or the story of him translating the plates, and she said, yes, it looked like he had a computer thing to look at. *sigh*

Referring them back to the scripture, we finally came up with the correct answer...the Power of God (which was amazingly the same message that we translated on the board...imagine that! lol )

Can you tell we Google a lot at our house?

LOL @ All the Twilight References in Pop Culture

American Idol LIVE review BEATLES week

So, I am getting grumpy about the judges reviews, so here's what I'm thinking...first impressions!

First of all, totally loving the chat from fellow contestants this week...it's a fun spotlight.

Aaron...Long and Winding Road: Not bad. Not his best, but a solid performance. The judges pretty much slammed him (especially Ellen...harsh!) and I totally disagree. He could have switched the arrangement up a little, but this girl gave him lots of well-deserved votes.

Katie...Let It Be: I thought this was a little too high. And...I like the original enough that I didn't love her performance, but again, not bad. The judges swooning over her was a little much. She still needs to "young" up her performances.

Andrew...Can't Buy Me Love: boring. I used to love him, but I'm really tired of him.

Big Mike...judges loved him, I didn't. It was fine, a little R&B-ish. But it was boring. The judges "loving it" was really annoying. Simon...spot on again!

Crystal...Come Together: As always, Crystal is awesome! It started sort of "common night club" to me, but she stepped it up and changed the song in a great way! (and loved the didgeridoo)

Tim...All My Lovin': I admit, I'm one of the only ones who still loves Tim. He's adorable. And the judges are always far too harsh on him. So, I would much rather have Andrew and Michael leave this week and next week. I can totally enjoy Tim for another couple weeks. His vocals this week, are fun. And he has the look and sound that has plenty of fans. I could honestly hear this one on the radio, because plenty of people are listening to this kind of song. Last week, Simon said no matter what he said, people would vote for Tim, and I agree. He's fun! (Randy...rude "a Tim category...lame) Simon...spot on! Again. Tim does take their criticism well and I love that he smiles while they give his reviews. No reason not to smile, and if that's his way of handling it, awesome. (In this house, his smile reminds us of my brother-in-law's smile...so BONUS!)

Casey...Jealous Guy: Fingering on the guitar...nice. Vocals...SWEET! Nice arrangement; I don't know how different it is from the original, because I am not familiar with the song, and I haven't looked it up, yet (I just realized that as I type, I'm not voting! arg!) The judges liked it too, but tonight, it sounds like Ellen is just parroting Randy's comments instead of using her own discretion. I'm totally going to miss Simon next season, because he is really the only judge that is consistently SPOT ON!

Siobhan...Across the Universe: I liked her in the beginning, but if she does the stupid scream tonight, I'm going to be doing my own screaming. I don't know why the judges (except Simon *yay*) like it, but sometimes she doesn't even hit the right note! Tonight's performance, kind of boring. She's not screaming, hooray. A little pitchy at times, it honestly reminded me of Dorothy singing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", but not in any inspiring kind of way. Randy: "sleepy, but tender" yep. Ellen: "honor who you are" whatever Ellen. Kara: "still a fan" blah. Simon: lol @ the expressions "unpredictable" "much better than last week" yep. But still not my fav.

Lee...Hey Jude: I always LOVE Lee. Love the arrangement! Totally modern. I actually cringed when I heard the song he chose, but he changed my mind. He could record that today! lol...what's with the bagpiper?! lol Okay...LOVED it!!! Even simon is smiling!!! Randy: "I almost wore a kilt tonight, but I was like, naw, not tonight" "please believe!" awesome! Ellen: "you were smiling more" "you didn't even get rattled by that guy showing up" lol Kara: " that tone...I can hear you on the radio".

Beatles night is always awesome! Yay! Vote for someone besides Andrew and Mike. :)
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