Well it was official today... I knew for months now that this day was coming. It took so much longer than we all thought it would, but they finally booted us out of YW's! I had been serving in the presidency as the 1st counselor for 2 years and I have loved every single girl... every single leader... and every single moment of those 2 years!
My heart has always been and will always be in YW's. There is no other calling that I have loved as much as serving the girls. I loved to plan with them and lead them and most importantly learn from them. Each one of them has touched me so deeply.
I grew close to so many that I truly feel like they are my daughters. I have watched Hannah and Hayley and Stephanie, Kylie and Taylor grow from little beehives to the laurels that they are... I have been in with my beloved Natalie and have cherished that more than words can express. I am sad that I didn't get to know some of the girls that just came into my class like I would have liked, but I will miss my little class... Megan, Korie, Allie, Ali... they have been a great presidency! Melissa, Ashlyn, Maddie, Paula Chelsie, Camille HOW I WILL MISS YOU ALL SO MUCH! I absolutely loved teaching you and learning from you and playing with you I will miss our weekly texting and all our talkes! You made me laugh and cry and just feel so great about the future of this world and this Gospel!
I am crying as I type this, because I feel a hole is in my heart !!! I know that the future will be bright and that the leaders you will have now will love you like I do... you will laugh and cry with them and have great memories! Cherish them!
I can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for me now... I know that He loves me and is mindful of my sadness and will be with me in my new adventure!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
I can CAN... Who Knew
Okay so this is delayed, but since all my photos were deleted... I have been waiting for one of my sisters to post the pics of our special adventure so I could copy them!!!
So Laurie came into town a few weeks ago to attend Nicole's wedding. She was so nice to change her plans and come early to be here for it... so she had some time to kill! I decided it would be fun to can and I know that she is awesome at it so I enlisted her to help!
My grandma had all these "old" jars that she was giving us. Granted they had spiders and stuff in them, but they were free and jars are no where to be found not to mention not cheap!!! So we took them by the box full and sanitized and sanitized them! We were all so excited to have all these jars!
We canned Brigham PEACHES that Laurie was so nice to buy for us! Thanks Lar! And then we thought we were so neat that we would do SALSA! Laurie got the recipe from her in-laws and that was an experience... but the end result was delicious! I love the salsa. We had a lot of peaches so we decided to make PEACH RASPBERRY JAM Oh my gosh... I love the Jam. It's so good. There is nothing better than homemade jam especially on some yummy homemade bread!
We had a few mishaps with some jars breaking... but other than that... I think we are all PRO!
I had so much fun canning with my cute little sisters. They are both such good moms and wives and great examples to me. I am amazed at Laurie and how well she did with all her kids for a whole week without her husband and her home and her schedule! She was so upbeat and fun and helpful it was so fun to hang out with her and have her teach me her "mad skills"!
Katie and I were talking about how we like to be in the kitchen because we always feel some sense of accomplishment and the Spirit is always so strong that we feel close to our Savior... like he is proud of us for taking care of our families! It felt nice to be listening to the prophet and taking care of my family and spending some great time with my sisters whom I adore!!!
The fruits of our labors:
So Laurie came into town a few weeks ago to attend Nicole's wedding. She was so nice to change her plans and come early to be here for it... so she had some time to kill! I decided it would be fun to can and I know that she is awesome at it so I enlisted her to help!
My grandma had all these "old" jars that she was giving us. Granted they had spiders and stuff in them, but they were free and jars are no where to be found not to mention not cheap!!! So we took them by the box full and sanitized and sanitized them! We were all so excited to have all these jars!
We canned Brigham PEACHES that Laurie was so nice to buy for us! Thanks Lar! And then we thought we were so neat that we would do SALSA! Laurie got the recipe from her in-laws and that was an experience... but the end result was delicious! I love the salsa. We had a lot of peaches so we decided to make PEACH RASPBERRY JAM Oh my gosh... I love the Jam. It's so good. There is nothing better than homemade jam especially on some yummy homemade bread!
We had a few mishaps with some jars breaking... but other than that... I think we are all PRO!
I had so much fun canning with my cute little sisters. They are both such good moms and wives and great examples to me. I am amazed at Laurie and how well she did with all her kids for a whole week without her husband and her home and her schedule! She was so upbeat and fun and helpful it was so fun to hang out with her and have her teach me her "mad skills"!
Katie and I were talking about how we like to be in the kitchen because we always feel some sense of accomplishment and the Spirit is always so strong that we feel close to our Savior... like he is proud of us for taking care of our families! It felt nice to be listening to the prophet and taking care of my family and spending some great time with my sisters whom I adore!!!
The fruits of our labors:
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Scary... Scary Kids!
We had a fun Halloween. Sami thought that they night before the school parade that she would no longer be Sharpay... we had this costume all bought and ready to go for a couple of weeks... but she decided she wanted to be a witch! My kids hate the face paint so it was a challenge to try to get her to look like one... I tried!
So she was a witch for the school parade. It's so fun to watch all the kids parade by the parents in their costumes. I love to see how creative everyone is!
Both kids had parties in their classrooms. I helped out in Sami's and it was a ton of fun. Then Sami had her little friends come over after and play... by then she had showered and washed off all her green paint and no longer wanted to be a witch... so back to the costume box.
We found one of Natalie's old pirate costumes so that was what she was to trick or treat in! I have to say... I think we got all the costumes covered! I am thinking that we got tricked into buying Sharpay's costume for dress up not Halloween... Oh did I mention that we had actually bought Gabriella but we took it back and exchanged it for Sharpay because Gabriella doesn't have blond hair and I wouldn't let Sami dye hers brown. She insisits on dying it when shes a mom she tells me! Funny girl!
So we had a good night.. dinner of Spagetti and eyeballs and witches broom stick breadsticks. The kids trick or treated and then Ryan and Chelsea stopped by...
Natalie went trick or treating with her friends. She took the car and we said she had to be home by 11:30 ... the garage door went up at 11:29! Way to be on time Nat!!!
So she was a witch for the school parade. It's so fun to watch all the kids parade by the parents in their costumes. I love to see how creative everyone is!
Both kids had parties in their classrooms. I helped out in Sami's and it was a ton of fun. Then Sami had her little friends come over after and play... by then she had showered and washed off all her green paint and no longer wanted to be a witch... so back to the costume box.
We found one of Natalie's old pirate costumes so that was what she was to trick or treat in! I have to say... I think we got all the costumes covered! I am thinking that we got tricked into buying Sharpay's costume for dress up not Halloween... Oh did I mention that we had actually bought Gabriella but we took it back and exchanged it for Sharpay because Gabriella doesn't have blond hair and I wouldn't let Sami dye hers brown. She insisits on dying it when shes a mom she tells me! Funny girl!
So we had a good night.. dinner of Spagetti and eyeballs and witches broom stick breadsticks. The kids trick or treated and then Ryan and Chelsea stopped by...
Natalie went trick or treating with her friends. She took the car and we said she had to be home by 11:30 ... the garage door went up at 11:29! Way to be on time Nat!!!
The Wedding Day
Okay so I finally got the wedding Pictures and here are some of the highlights... Enjoy!
It was a beautiful day... Nicole and Steve looked great and it was a happy day!
It was a beautiful day... Nicole and Steve looked great and it was a happy day!
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