Gifts

"If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?"   3 Nephi 13:11

   I think the first time I really thought about that scripture, Kennedy was a baby.   I thought it was beautiful and very profound.  Now that my kids are older, I am starting to gain a better understanding of it all.  Kennedy swore up and down that all she wanted from Santa was a Rubix cube (a cube puzzle, as she called it).  I know Kennedy and I know how frustrating a Rubix cube is.  "Santa" brought her a Rubix cube and a Marshmellow Maker.  She was thrilled and I have to say I've only seen her with the Rubix cube once!  I know that our Heavenly Father does indeed know which gifts are best for us.  Unfortunately, they are NOT always the gifts that we think would be best for us.   I have also learned that the trials He gives us can become a great gift if we will let them.  Here are three of my favorite gifts:

Hryum..........with his pig from Santa.

Mattie..........with his Backugon (I have no clue how to spell that) and behind him the ROBOT Santa brought him.

Kennedy....I think she had a good day.  

I can't even begin to name all of the wonderful gifts that God has given me but my kiddos and my husband are definitely at the tip top. 

Hyrum also got a guitar.  He first tried using it as a sword.  He was swinging it around saying, "ha yuh, ha yah"!  Too funny.

This is my attempt to get a photo of the kids in front of the tree (this was actually the Sunday before Christmas).  Hyrum was having nothing of that!!  I think I have a better one, but my HP photo program is being weird and I can't rotate it.  I'll try again later.