Lil' Dean Fam

The boys had their primary program this Sunday.  They both did a fantastic job on their parts.  This year's theme was "I love to read the Scriptures".  As a family this is something we're getting a little bit better at.  It is fun to see the boys' testimonies grow as they do.  Thank you to my parents for coming to see the boys! Evan gave a part about Nephi.  He said, "My favorite scripture story is about Nephi.  He was brave and went to get the plates when his brothers were afraid". Ryan gave a short talk about Joseph Smith. Imagine a glass full of clear, pure water. If we bump the glass, some water might spill out and the glass wouldn’t be full anymore. When Jesus Christ was on the earth, He established His Church. He taught the fulness of the gospel: faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism by immersion, the gift of the Holy Ghost, and obedience to the commandments. Jesus showed all people how we should live. He became the Savior of us all...

 Your ward truly becomes your family when you live so far way from them.  We had the best time at our Ward Christmas party.  The cultural hall was decorated so nicely.  I didn't get a photo of it though.  We had a delicious soup dinner and then a talent show.  The primary put on a Nativity but I wasn't able to get any decent pictures of it.  Afterward Santa came. Ryan and Evan were both quite happy to meet him!   Stringham family: Elf-olution of dance Local kid: Oh Holy Night Activity Day Girls: Christmas Dance Truman Harris: piano solo Dunham family: Must be Santa Beehives & Mia Maids Primary performing a song on the bells  Garner Family Priests: Nutcracker Ballet Evan meets Santa Ryan meets Santa

The boys had their primary program today.  Actually, so did I! Since I'm kind of in charge of the primary, I think I was probably way more nervous than they were.  This morning we left our house super early at 8:00 am.  We cruised down to the Stake Center to be a part of Summer's blessing.  The "other" Dean family leaves Singapore in a week and man, we are sure going to miss that bunch!   After Summer's blessing we headed over to our building to set up and get ready for our program.  While walking around, Evan slipped and got his shorts ALL dirty!  BOYS!  :)  While I was setting up for our program, we received word that there was a really bad accident on the freeway.  Half of our ward was affected by the traffic jam as a result.  The drive that usually takes about 30 minutes took some families well over an hour!  We delayed sacrament meeting for as long as we could and the counselor conducting did his be...