Well said

Laura told me to watch this tribute to President Hinckley by Glenn Beck. I thought it was great, so I posted it so all of you could watch it too. Thanks Lars!

Goodbye

Today was Stake Conference here in Savannah. But instead of just our stake, it was our entire region including all of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. The conference was broadcast live from Salt Lake City where we were fortunate enough to hear from Elder Glenn Pace, Sister Mary N. Cook, Elder Dallin H. Oaks and President Thomas S. Monson. It was a fantastic meeting. The funny thing was that I talked to several people after the meeting who commented on how different President Monson was this time and I agreed. We couldn't put our finger on it, but something was different. As Mark and I drove home, we talked about this and he mentioned to me that he saw for the first time that President Monson looked like the prophet today. So you can imagine my surprise when my parents called us this evening to say that President Hinckley had passed away.

As much as I was saddened to hear of President Hinckleys death, I couldn't help but smile as I thought of the reunion he must be having with his much missed wife! I was thinking of how excited he must be to finally see her again. Thinking of that made me realize how grateful I am to know that there is a life after this and we can all be reunited with our loved ones again.

I loved President Hinckley. I so looked forward to hearing him speak each General Conference. I enjoyed his sense of humor but also his ability to tell us all what the Lord needed us to be doing, but in such a loving manner. What an amazing, long life he lead. He was a great example to me. I will miss him!

Finally....

Well I have finally stepped into this century and created a blog. I can not guarantee that this first post will make any sense. It's late and I am tired. Unfortunately, everyone in our house is sick with what Mark calls the Georgia Rot. I, myself have been suffering from it for about 2 weeks, Mark for almost 3 weeks, and the kids just keep passing it to each other. My poor little Joseph has an ear infection in both ears and has been running a temp tonight of over 104 and McKenna has coughed for 2 nights straight. So what I am trying to say is that there is not much sleep happening in the Lowther household as of late. It's so rare, I had to take a picture of it. But I don't write to complain, but to merely state facts. We have been truly blessed and this is really the first major round of sickness we have had in quite some time. That's actually quite miraculous when you stop to think about it-- between pre-school, elementary, primary and nursery. I know this time of year has found many of you sick as well. Let's pray we all feel better soon!

Now that I have been a downer with all that depressing junk, we can move onto another topic. "Why Mario on your page" you say? Well this family is on the hunt for a Nintendo Wii. Impossible, you say? You're probably right. I found myself with supreme luck when standing in Best Buy 5 days before Christmas and some came in stock. So....I bought one! One was the limit so that was it. One! As I brought it home, I realized keeping it probably wouldn't be the smartest thing as I had already WAY over spent my Christmas budget on Mark's laptop. So I sold it to a friend who was dying to find one. Now that tax returns are around the corner, I am on a Wii hunt again. Tuesday, I missed some in Best Buy by about 8 hours, and tonight I missed some in Gamestop by 2 hours. Hey, at least I'm getting closer! So now I am channeling all things Nintendo to see if that helps! Wish me luck!