Back to school, chicken escape

I am adding a new idea to my blog which is to record awesome things I read so I can share them all with you.
Right now, M is sitting on my lap as I write, and a minute ago when our home page, http://www.lds.org/, came up, he saw the picture of Jesus and said, "Jesus"! When M first woke up, he was trying to get jackets off of a kitchen chair: which is his normal routine so that he can go get some candy, or thinks he can go get some candy. Because it is 6 in the morning, I told him he did not need a chair, but he surprised me when he said, "It is to help you make Daddy's lunch." That was so sweet!
Yesterday was D's first day back to school since Easter vacation, and things seemed to go pretty well. It has been raining for two days, so I felt bad for the teachers having to have rainy day recess the day after vacation. When D got home, the first thing he wanted to do was to check the chicken egg situation, so he went outside with the egg box that he designated as the collection box. A few minutes later, he came running in and said the chickens were out but that he had closed the gate and not let them out. I almost laughed, thinking to myself, "Hmmm...the chickens have been here for two days without an escape, and now they are suddenly out." I went outside and managed to herd two of the chickens back in, but the black one who I think will prove to be the ring leader, took off somewhere. I figured she would return later so D and I could get her in. When I came back in the house, I asked D what really happened with the chickens, and this time he told me that "maybe I forgot to close the gate." So we got to have a good discussion about always telling the truth: even when one thinks they will get in trouble. I praised him for coming to get me to let me know that the chickens had escaped. This story reminds me to thank JW for letting Don and I borrow Bringing Up Boys by James Dobson. And I just learned on the radio this morning that today is the release date of Bringing Up Girls.
So here are the amazing quotes from yesterday, which I really needed, since I was feeling broken. The song I kept thinking of yesterday was written by a Young Woman in our ward, TF, the name of the song is "Beautifully Broken". Anyway, from the Continuous Atonement "We have to let faith be an anchor for our souls (see Ether 12:4)...Just as Joseph Smith defined a true faith in God, I testify that a true faith in Christ is more than just knowing about Him or even believing He is divine. It is knowing that His Atonement is real, that its purpose is to transform us, and that it will be available as long as that perfecting process takes. We have a Savior who covers us, a Redeemer who changes us, and a Good Shepherd who is willing to go in search of us again and again - continuously." Then from a magazine article, " People show up out of nowhere and a whole life gets built up around them and through them, the pieces of time and adventures you share fitting in a kind of mosaic that evolves into some near-perfect shape that stays with you, outside of words, after they're gone." (Randall Osborne)

Have a day full of faith because what faith can do is amazing, K