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I'm so thankful for callings in the church.  I have had a lot of different ones over the years of being an adult, and each one comes with its own set of challenges and joys.  For the record, Primary Singing Time Leader, and Seminary teacher go down as my favorites, and seeing as I don't touch a piano any other time of the week, I'm always thankful to be an organist or pianist. At the moment, my "learning opportunity" is Gospel Doctrine teacher.  Supposedly, I shouldn't have this calling, seeing as seminary teachers aren't supposed to hold any other callings due to the intense nature of seminary, but the bishopric took pity on me.  I was feeling rather an oddball, not having much to do on Sunday, and so they let me do this. It is undoubtedly one of the hardest callings I've ever held.  This sounds crazy to me, especially thinking that I've served as both a Primary president (4 years) and a Young Women's president (one year).  However, it req...

Our house situation.  I really don't want to write about it anymore until we actually sell our house, and then I can talk about the results of having faith and being strong, and.... However, John and I are coming to the realization that we may not be able to sell our house before we need to move, and we will handle that as it comes.  With each day that we get closer to physically moving to Michigan, I feel like I should feel happier, but there's always the dark cloud of not having sold our home hanging over us, and darkening the mood. For our new house though, I feel like I need to let it go.  Our new house feels like a new member of the family, and I want to give it all the excitement and joy it deserves. I did believe that when we moved to Michigan, we would build a house.  There wasn't really a discussion about any other option.  My mold allergies are a priority, and I didn't want to move anywhere that's had moisture issues.  However, as the time d...

This week brought a chapter in my life to a close.  More importantly, it closed a chapter in the book of Mark also. This past semester of college has been Mark's last as a college musician.  In some ways, this is a relief to Mark in that he won't feel the daily pressure to practice anymore, nor will he have mandatory attendance at various performances and dress rehearsals at all times of the day or night. However, there is an expected amount of sadness at knowing this is the end.  Yes, he can participate in community music events, and he might even teach someday, but it takes a lot of courage to admit that he won't be a professional musician. He has been practicing daily since he was ten years old.  He has dragged his horn on every vacation we've taken.  He's won competitions and attended Interlochen for years.  People have asked for his autograph because they figure it will be valuable someday.  He has brought people to tears with his music...

There are frequent posts that are thrown up on Facebook that I wish I could save.  In fact, I wish my sweet family would just post them to this blog too, but we'll have to work on that :-) Today, I was looking through FB for a picture of Chief, and I came across these two surveys, one filled out by Hannie, and one by Glo.  Their answers are spot-on...and not to mention priceless.  They seriously make me smile every time I read them! Johannah Kennedy December 6, 2016  ·  Provo, UT  ·  ADULT Daughters: how well do you know your MOM? Copy, paste, and fill-in the blanks Then tag them to grade you: Larisa Kennedy 1. She is sitting in front of the TV, what is she watching? Survivor (7, definitely 7) 2. Usually, what dressing does she eat on her salad? Ranch 3. Name something she hates. Green beans-the smell, the look... 4. You go out to eat, what does she order to drink? Diet whatever 5. Favorite music to listen to? Classical-Bach ...