BATH TIME FUN!

What do you get when you mix two rambunctious cousins, water & bubbles together in a bath tub?? A whole lot of bath time fun! :)

ENRICHMENT NIGHT

Last night at Enrichment Night, we put together hygiene packages for the humanitarian aid. Before we started on our project, one of the sister's read a story of a woman who was from Sierra Leone. As many of you know, Sierra Leone is a war stricken country where murders and rapes are an everyday occurance. The story told of how she managed to hide from the rebels several times before actually getting caught. While standing in line to be mutulated she prayed to Heavenly Father that he would do his will. Right before it was her turn, an army showed up to scare away the rebels essentially saving her life. When she was rescued she was given a hygiene package with toothpaste, a toothbrush, soap, etc. and a blanket which she regarded as her prize possessions taking it everywhere with her. After this she started attending an LDS ward and began her conversion. Years later and more almost fatal run ins with the rebels she decided to leave behind the friends she had to serve a mission for the church. She was called to the Salt Lake City mission and once she was there she had an assignment to help with the humanitarian aid project. Once she got to the distribution center, she recognized the blanket that she had carried with her in Sierra Leon as well as the hygiene package which helped her survive when she was hiding out from danger. She broke down crying and thanked Heavenly Father for all he had done for her.

The whole time she was reading this story, I was trying not to be cry because I find myself constantly reading these horrible stories of the terrible situations these people are put through everyday. Unfortuanately, many of these stories do not have happy endings like this woman's. I always try to think of something I can personally do to help out, but without being able to donate money or travel to volunteer I have been at a loss so this was such a blessing to know that what we were doing last night was directly benefiting those in need. I couldn't imagine regarding a little blanket and a bag of toiletries as my most sacred possession let alone seeing my family murdered and fighting for my survival. It makes me so grateful for all that I have and mine and my family's security, but most of all grateful for my membership to the church and all the opportunities it gives us to serve others.

HAPPY ST. PATTY'S

Everyone better be wearing green today!! :)

BACK AT IT AGAIN!

For those of you who don't know it, one of my favorite hobbies is to decorate cakes. I helped my sister out with her wedding cake for her reception a few years back and fell in love with the whole process. I mostly just do cakes for friends and family, but I haven't done one in forever so I was so stoked to be able to do a friend's baby shower cake this weekend. I wasnt a huge fan of all the pink and I am my own worst critic so there is definitely TONS of room for improvement, but my friend liked it! Practice makes perfect!!

All the pieces on top are made of fondant (a chewy kind of frosting). You can't see it very well in this picture, but the circles were made to look like buttons.

YIKES!!

So Billy and I finally got suckered into speaking in sacrament meeting this Sunday. We have always gotten out of the ward before we've had to talk which means this will be my first time ever so needless to say I'm super duper nervous!! Unless I'm playing softball, I HATE attention on myself so standing up there with all those eyes on me just makes me want to throw up. I keep praying that I will find the right words to say and do it gracefully followed by another prayer hoping that miraculously at least half of our ward will be out of town. UUGGHH... I'll let you know how it goes.

TWILIGHT!!

I know, I know... old news right. Well I actually just discovered the madness. At first I really felt sorry for all those people who were obessed, but was anxious to see the movie. I love high school romance stories (mostly because they are usually so sweet and innocent) and I love vampires!! I had told Billy about wanting to go see the movie so he got me the book to read first. I started the addiction on Tuesday night and couldn't put it down and had it finished by Thursday afternoon. I am pretty ashamed to say that I was actually reading it under my desk at work, always checking over my shoulders so no one would bust me as well as at stop lights! (Billy was pretty upset about the last one) As much as I LOVED it, I was soo happy to have it finished just so I could get back to my normal daily activities. I made the mistake of telling our receptionist how much I enjoyed it so she thought she was doing me a favor by bringing me the other 3 to read. WHAT THE HECK!! On Friday, Logan wasn't feeling good in the morning so we stayed home. Bummer for him, but lucky for me!! Needless to say I read the whole friggin day and finished the 2nd book up by 10pm. I purposely left the last two at work so I could get some things done this weekend, but I have a feeling that this addiction will kick back in full gear first thing on Monday morning when I get to work.

P.S. I wish there were more authors like this one who makes the most out of a touch or a single kiss and doesn't feel the need to get any further R rated than that. I can't even tell you how nice and easy it was to read knowing that there was no uncomfortable or unnecessary obsene situations the further along I got. TWO THUMBS UP FOR ME!!!

MOVE OVER SPIDERMAN...

Cause here comes Cinderella!! :) Billy and I found out we are having a little girl! Although we totally wanted another boy (mostly for the fact that we wouldn't have to buy any new stuff), we are both super excited for a little princess! I am totally starting to stress about matching tights, with bows, with skirts, with whatever else girls need, but I guess I will have the whole week to coordinate since the only time she will probably be all dolled will be for church on Sunday. The rest of the week will be jeans and tshirts!! Next task is to think of a cute name. :)