Evelyn's sayings

So Sam and Ada had saved and used their money to buy books at the book fair.  Evelyn felt left out and asked if she could borrow $10 for a book.  I told her that she already owed me money from the last year when she bought a book and didn't do chores to pay me back.  She told me, "I don't mind owing you money."  I just had to roll my eyes.  I've made her do two money chores since then because I do mind that she owes money from that long ago.

Evelyn is turning 8 this year and our ward has 14 kids getting baptized this year.  It's a little weird, we had no kids in the neighborhood and now we've had so many new families in that our Primary and Youth groups are large.  They're not as big as Saratoga Springs where they have multiple primaries, but we definitely have kids around us.  I told Evelyn that we were going to the 8 is great program at the church to plan and get ready for her baptism.  She looked at me and said, "Planning is so boring!"  When we actually got there and she saw all the kids around her she ran in, hugged Mia and yelled, "Yay!  You're here too!"  Then she spent the next hour bouncing up and down with her hand in the air.  She wanted to answer every question and Jer and I were pleasantly surprised by how much she was not only able to remember but to process to make it personal for her.