Happy Easter!

I hope that everyone had a lovely day.

Prized Posession

As most of you know, Dereck and I teach the 3-4 year olds at church. They keep us not only on our toes, but laughing with all the crazy stuff they say. Since they've been with us since January, we've really gotten to know them by now. They are so sweet. Sometimes we get pictures that they draw in church or hugs which we love, but last week we received this letter from Eve.


Is that not the sweetest thing you've ever seen? We've been smiling for days! (On the back is a picture of Fantasia the snake from the museum) Awesome.

Translation:
Dear Brother and Sister Cole, I love you and I want to draw Fantasia the snake. Soon I will draw another picture of Fantasia that's different. Thank you for walking me to my class at church. I love you Brother and Sister Cole. Eve

You will be missed

Our beloved prophet passed away on Monday. He was an amazing man. Many others said kinds words about him here here, and here. I had the opportunity to be in the same room as him when I was about 15. I don't think I have ever felt a stronger spirit. He is the kind of person you wanted to just stand next to. You felt compelled to serve and to be a better person under his tutelage. He will be greatly missed on this earth.

Primary Kids

As you may know, Dereck and I teach the Sunbeams at church. A few weeks ago, we had our Primary presentation in front of the whole congregation. They sing songs, give talks, and usually everyone ends up in tears.
(Our kids are four cuties on the front row!)

We teach Tate, who is the second from the left on the bottom row, and he not only sang a solo with his girlfriend (Hannah, first on left on bottom) but gave a talk as well. He "wrote" out his talk using his own drawings and just read from the pictures that he drew. So fascinating. Part of his talk was this.

"I love Primary. Brother and Sister Cole are my teachers and they are nice. They teach us how to care for shark pets..."

Um, what!...Way to make us look bad! hahah.

For the record we do teach the children about gospel stories not only about shark pets...right...

Who has a shark pet anyway? It was sooo funny!