Right now I'm feeling a bit roller coasterey because of Daniel. I mentioned last time how we were in the nursery. Well, Daniel was one of the boys in our class and I was instantly drawn to him. Mostly because he was the most reverent but he also had similar mannerisms to Adam. I'm not even close to not admitting that I'm not biased about playing favorites. He was by far my favorite. Every Sunday he'd come in with his little red argyle sweater and nice black Sunday pants, sit there quietly never talking very much. I started a few weeks ago teasing him while helping him color that he was hiding crayons in his ears or on his knees or elbows. He thought this was hilarious and it became our weekly game of where Sister Gleed would hide the crayon. It was always stuck in my ear with my hair covering it. Such a small silly game but sometimes that was honestly the best part of nursery. Today he was practically attached to me the entire two hours and I LOVED it! He would sit in my lap, and look up at me and smile with a smile that just seemed to say, "Hello I'm Daniel and I'm 3 and perfect" I can't even explain how great this kid is. When his mom picked him up today we said how excited we were to see him next week (since it will be our last week in the ward) and his mom said that today was his last day since they were moving. I instantly teared up. I love him and am super sad that he's not old enough to have a facebook. Now what am I supposed to do? So Daniel left today, Elder Leavett is a missionary here in our ward that has been here the whole time that Cameron and I have and he is going home tomorrow to Vegas, and the Kellers left today. I've had a lot of goodbyes today. I didn't expect to get attached to people here but the closer it gets to Cameron and I heading back to Utah the more I realize that I'm a lot more sad than I expected to be. I'm always underestimating my emotions. I didn't expect to love it here as much as I do hence the reason I didn't think it would be as hard to leave.
My testimony has definitely been strengthened in the three months that we've been here on how much our Heavenly Father is truly aware of our needs. He knows I need people so he places wonderful people in my life that I end up getting attached to! I have blessings galore of being able to get to know wonderful people!
So, when the Kellers were here we had quite the many laughs (as expected) and adventures. We went to two different lighthouses, hiking, hair dying, movie watching, cards, downtown Seattle, the bus, and more laughing. Yes, I dyed my hair. The color is called pomegranate creme. It's brown with red. I like it a lot better than last time. I'm still getting used to it but it is fun to have a change. Yes--I will post pictures as soon as the Kellers get them to me.
