This is the song Adam sings whenever he has to get a shot for his diabetes. I felt like singing this song all week. It was a bad week, and sometimes you just have those. But like with many bad things there are always silver linings. So here are some of mine for the week.

We celebrated the BCS Championship bowl game by going over to Phil's and watching it on the big screen. Can you guess who is rooting for Oregon, who is rooting for Auburn, who couldn't decide and wore all four colors, and who totally forgot to dress up?

For her Young Women values my daughter asked what traits I felt a mother needed. Here's Nathan's answer, "You need to be able to yell and get people in trouble." Me:"You mean discipline." N--he then proceeds to sing a song about self-discipline than at the end yells, "Jazz Hands. The 5th graders taught me that." So here's his picture of jazz hands.

I got strep. I sat down to dinner Wednesday night and said, "Dave I have a really bad sore throat." Two hours later I was in bed and trying to figure out how I could sleep without swallowing ever again!! In all of my 33 years I have never had strep. My sweet mom upon hearing about my plight called me, "Do you need anything from costco?" Me: "Yes toilet paper and oreos." (I know priorities) Well she stopped by later that afternoon and brought the most wonderful smoothie from sonic. It felt so good on my throat. I'm so grateful my mom lives so close to us!!

On Friday I slept all day, but was able to go to a reception for one of our friends' son who was getting married. The doctor gave me strict instructions to not shake anyone's hands. I waved from afar. Much to my pleasure they had hot chocolate, another blessing for the sore throat. I'm always amazed at the good things that happen in a rough week. Another amazing miracle was I had a blessing the night before I went to the doctor. When I went in and said I wanted to be tested for strep they looked at me like I was a little bit crazy. Afterwards I heard they were taking bets out in the hallway. No one thought I had strep, because I was too alert and "bright-eyed" as the doctor put it. While telling some of my friends this story they made the comment,"Well they should have seen you before the blessing." Which is true, I was a mess. So thankful for the priesthood and faith as well. We'll see what tune plays at our house next week.