You know you should go to church when...

• the fire alarm goes off at 3:45 AM for fifteen minutes, waking the family up, well most of the family, good thing it wasn't a real fire alarm.
• The fire alarm goes off again at 4:55 am just as you finally lay back down again.
• You wake up feeling like you really just want to stay home.
• Your kids won't put their church clothes on.
• They spill cereal all over the floor just before you walk out, having the urge to vacuum but can't be late.
• Your daughter has been asked to give the scripture in primary.
• Your children have been up since the first ear pieciing high pitched alarm went off.
• You get to church, everyone goes to class and your first lesson is well enjoyed.
• You spend Sunday School in the halls with a crying baby.
• Someone sees you hushing a baby and asks if you are ok, when you are already asking yourself, "why am I even here?"
• You sit down in sacrament meeting and lay a finally sleeping baby on the pew and think to yourself this isn't going to be so bad.
• Your three year old pushes your sleeping baby almost on to the floor waking him making him cry.
• Your seven year old eats all the snacks, causing the others to cry.
• Your three year old, spills the sacrament water cups, and throws one accross the aisle.
• Your seven year old, won't sit still, laying down on the pew, kicking his sisters.
• Your five year old starts screaming and crying because she wants to get out to go get some water.
• Your baby starts crying again because you won't let him crawl over the pew.
• Your husband looks at you like what are you doing here.
• You leave for the second time with a child to the foyer.
• You leave again with another child, and are followed by other children out.
• Everyone is sitting down coloring and then one calls another one a dummy head out loud because who knows what.
• Your three year old starts spitting on her dad, telling him "no." for who knows what reason.
• Your five year old wants a snack, and you don't have one, and she throws a huge fit.
• You take out a three year old because she was spitting on her dad.
• You leave a one year old on the pew with rest of family who starts screaming because "mom left the building."
• You come back to get the baby to be followed out by two others.
• You sit in the hall, and the older sisters at church give you the look and smiles and say "oh what a sweet family you have. I remember those days. Don't know how I survived it."

But you know we went, not sure we learned, but do know that we were suppose to be there. I feel sorry for those around us who wanted to attend church and not the circus.