Sundays are always difficult to write about because I seem to experience so much I don’t know where to start. Such was the case today.

Today was fast and testimony meeting in our ward because last week was Stake Conference. This morning I felt I really wanted to bear my testimony as I haven’t done so yet in this ward – even though I bore my testimony last week in our old ward. I felt the Spirit’s prompting and so I did.

Nursery went smoothly today. Nolan’s teacher, Brother Ferguson took him from me gently and there was not an issue with me having to coax him away from me and sneak out. I was very thankful for that.

Unfortunately Gehrig was not so easy to deal with. I had to sit in Primary with him, but in that time we were able to convince him to go to his primary class by himself. Again, I was grateful for that so I could attend priesthood.

In elders quorum the person assigned for the lesson didn’t show up. There was a stake missionary there that was assigned to the church employment center. So he was invited up to say a few words. After that we discussed related topics. It turned out to be a great meeting in my opinion.

After church Rachel and I had interviews to renew our temple recommends which expire this month. I don’t know if it is "normal" or not, but I tend to get a bit nervous every time I have this interviews scheduled as I examine my life closely. Then as I am in the interview I try to follow the Spirit as I answer the questions. So it generally turns out great and afterwards I feel so grateful for the experience. The last question of the interview asks something like, "Do you consider yourself worthy in every way to enter the house of the Lord?" I remember President Tindall (my former stake president) asking me one time after that question, "How do you know how to answer that?" I said something to the effect of, "I try to feel the Spirit and get the answer from Him." He said that was the correct answer and so I feel confident as I leave the interview with recommend in hand.

This afternoon we had a birthday party for Sam. The whole family was there. It was a fun time and great food as usual. Gehrig ate a bit too much and threw up on the living room floor. I think that was the biggest downside of the day.

I was reading a conference talk tonight be Elder Robert D. Hales. In the talk he said, ‘I have learned that the three most loving words are “I love you,” and the four most caring words for those we love are “We can’t afford it.”’

I’ve heard it been said by a few self-proclaimed gurus that "we can’t afford it" is one of the worst things you can say because it puts some kind of negative emotion in you or something. I don’t want to rehash the argument because on this matter I will go with the teaching of a prophet seer and revelator. Rachel and I had a good discussion about it.