On my mind Monday 4

I don't have any one topic in mind. Just a rambling of thoughts.

First, I LOVE ward conference. It, to me, is right up there with Stake conference and general conference. I love to hear council from our Stake and General leaders. I especially love our Stake president. He is a wise man, and when he talks to you, you know he really cares about your well being, and he has an genuine love for each of us. I am in awe of the love our Stake youth leaders have for the youth in our wards. I would advise, if you are in any auxiliary, get to know the President on the Stake level personally. They are there to lead and direct. I feel like Sonja is a dear friend, and have had to go to her many times. Sometimes when I feel I am not getting the support i need on the ward level, I feel better just knowing that we are on the top of her list.

Second, my DH told me that "they" wanted to emphasise reverence in our sacrament meetings. This terrifies me. Let me explain why. We have a YW/Ym group of about 20 active kids. We have a primary of 75, maybe. That isn't counting the 18 kids that are under 18 months. 11 of which are under 7 months. we have 3 that will be born (that i know of) in the next 6 months. We are having a baby boom. I know that there are quite a few people in our ward that would like us to keep our kids quiet. I sit by myself in sacrament meeting with a 3 month old, a 3 yr old that i can barely keep in the bench, a 5 yr old that doesn't have a quiet bone in his body, a very wiggly 6 and 7 yr old. It is just not possible right now. I know there are a few others that have similar situations. I had a good friend that didn't come for a few years because it was too hard to keep her kids quiet. I hope that people understand that we are trying. I don't let them run amok, and we talk about being reverent before church every Sunday. But as my DH says, we don't want to make church an unpleasant experience. Otherwise the first opportunity they have to choose for them selves whether they want to come or not, they my not.

I could go on, but i think this is looking long. So, that's it for this weeks on my mind Monday.