Got to see and touch a lobster, horseshoe crab, sea cucumbers, hermit crab, all kinds of shells, and sands from different places…so fun.  Got to see but NOT touch a sea anemone.

Yesterday I had two long talks with mom.  I wanted to know about repentance.  My mom  had mentioned the word on Sunday and I didn’t really know what it meant. We talked for a long time about it.  I really repented for the first time yesterday.  And we talked about forgiveness.
Then later in the day my mom was getting laundry out of the dryer.  Ry and I were with her.  And I closed the door to the bathroom/laundry room.  Mom asked me why I closed the door.  I told her that I didn’t think she would want to know.  I didn’t want to scary mommy.  But mommy reassured me that I could tell her anything.  I told her it was because I was scared that a coyote would come in and try to eat us.  My mom held up her thumb and said “What is this?”  I told her.  Then she held up her long fingers and asked if coyotes had long fingers.  I told her no, but they had sharp claws.  She told me “Sharp claws cannot open doors.  A coyote could not open the doors to our house to get in.  And she told me that most animals are just as scared of humans as we are of them and that they usually don’t come around humans that much.  I told her that I feel scared a lot.  We talked about how Heavenly Father is strong and if we ask for his help he will help us.  That nothing and no one is stronger than Heavenly Father.  And that when I am scared I can ask for help from mommy, daddy, and Heavenly Father any time at all.  And I don’t have to be worried that I will scare them.