General Conference Weekend

Conference was amazing,

and as usual,

we were all looking forward to it!

Big family breakfasts...

pj's all the live long day...

snugging on the couch...

But most importantly,

listening to living prophets and apostles!

It's a miracle,

and I'm blessed to share this with my family.

Check out the highlights here!

You won't regret it!



January Madness

Boy,

what happened to

easing into the new year? 

Our January calandar filled up in no time...

proving, once again,

that the old adage is true:

No rest for the weary...

and the righteous don't need none!

By the way,

we're definitialy the former-not the latter!

January did give us the opportunity

to watch Samuel coach-for two minutes-

the young men in Basketball. 

Then they needed a ref-

something he's not to keen on,

but did great!

The young men weren't

so fond of him thereafter,

but I,

to the great embarrassment of Owen,

screamed my head off for our side...

and the awesome ref!

He kept saying,

"Mom, why are you yelling?!?

Stop!"

No way, boy!

And get used to it!

Team 803

Samuel has the greatest privelege of

working with the young men of our ward

as Assistant Varsity Coach.

He loves it,

unfortunately,

being enrolled in an aggresive MBA program,

working fulltime for the city,

being a father of five rascalians,

and husband to ME,

stretches him extemely thin and

makes it impossible to attend all

the activities like he'd like to.

Thank goodness for school breaks,

when we ALL benefit from seeing him  little bit more!

Go Team 803!

Activity Day Recognition Night

I am so, so fortunate to work with Activity Days in Primary!

This year,

our recognition night

was a father and daughter affair

featuring pizza,

a quilting service project,

and cake decorating!

The girls had a BLAST! 

And it was wonderful to see them

spending some one-on-one time

with their dads. 

The sugar-buzzed evening ended

with a raging game of something or other in the gym!

All I know is,

they kept running back and forth

screaming!

Congrats girls!

You have accomplished so much!



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Our Ward Halloween Party

I loved the down-home feel of our

Ward Halloween Party!

It was very casual

with classic games

and timeless chili and dogs!

Superman!

 Iris,

the wicked witch playing,

"Whack the Deacon"!

Little Red Riding Hood!

Ava,

true to her pajama-zombie self

followed by a knife-wielding Robin Hood!

Let the sugar rush begin!

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