Sherry's Scoop

I should be doing my homework at this exact moment in time but you know, after 40 pages of Public Administration, a break is necessary. I would like to announce that....... we have seen the sun and 40 degrees! Hallelujah! I am sick of the snow and so ready for spring. At this time of year it feels like winter is going to last forever and I just don't have the extra time to shovel any more snow. I am well in to my third semester of this whole going back to school thing and have three more to go. Sometimes I wonder if it is all going to be worth it. All the time it takes and all the $$$$$$$$$! I suppose that first long summer vacation I have will make it all worth it. Well, that's the me update: studying, working and shoveling snow. We do have two birthdays this week - my nephew Caleb and my sister Naomi. Why is it that you feel older the bigger the little kids get? So, here's a picture of my Bub who will be the big five tomorrow and my LITTLE sister will by 29 next we...

Today, I went to the Conference Center for President Hinckley's viewing. What a wonderful blessing to live close enough to be able to pay my respects to our Prophet. We didn't have to wait outside very long as they had us winding through the Conference Center. It was quite emotional. After we passed the casket, there were several flower arrangements from his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. It was extremely sweet. So many tender things....... It was a beautiful day. Cold but, no wind and no snow. I was able to take a photo of the reflection pool in front of the temple with still water. On Sunday night, my sister called to tell me that he had died. I was reading and didn't have the tv on. I immediately started to cry. I have images of him so fresh in my mind as I went to his ward several weeks ago. I was there with my sister, her family and my Uncle Peter from Canada. It is the only time I have seen him that close. We were sitting a few rows and t...