General Young Women Meeting

On Saturday, March 27, our Ward Young Women had the privilege and honor of receiving tickets to go the the Young Women General Meeting at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City.  I was truly overwhelmed with the feeling of being so blessed to live so close to have this opportunity.  I just thought of all the Young Women throughout the world that would be watching or listening to this meeting and to think the WE were able to actual GO the the Conference Center and be in the same building as our prophet, President Monson, and the Young Women General Presidency and the many other general church leaders.  I just wanted to soak up and enjoy every moment of this opportunity.  I drove up and took Lacey and some others from our Ward: Lara, Madison, and Heather.  We got there early to enjoy Temple Square for a little while before we had to be in our seats.  I enjoyed being in our seats early and just watching everyone, especially Sister Dalton and her counselors walking within the crowd and talking to the Young Women and their mothers.  We are so blessed!  Lacey's cousin, Annemarie, sang in the choir.  It was fun to see her there particpating.  The meeting, with the wonderful speakers, was an evening to remember. We were encouraged to "Be of a Good Courage," "Never, Never, Never Give Up!" and "Remember Who You Are!"  President Uchtdorf's talk "Your Happily Ever After" was a righteous fairytale to remember and he encouraged all the Young Women to create their own "Happily Ever After."  Once again I want to express my gratitude for this special evening with Lacey at this meeting.

Madison, Heather, & Lacey

Young Women Value Flags

*Faith*Divine Nature*Individual Worth*Knowledge*

*Choice & Accountability*

*Good Works*Integrity*Virtue*

Salt Lake Temple

Lara & Madison

Lacey & mom

"If The Savior Stood Beside Me"

The beautiful Spring flowers on Temple Square.

After the meeting we went with some other Ward members, Julie and Lauren, to a little (and I mean real little) waffle house for some delicious dessert waffles.  This gave time for the bulk of the traffic to clear out so we had no traffic problems coming or going.

Judy & Julie at Bruges

1960

My sister, Debbie, recently emailed me this picture of our family at Christmastime in 1960.  I had never seen it before.  I love it!  The only bummer thing about this picture is that I'm not in it.  What's a family picture without everyone in it?  I must have been sleeping in my crib at the time.  Oh well, I still love it though. 

Front row: Sam, Joe, & Barbara
Back row: Ernie, Dad, Debbie, & Mom

55 and still alive!

Russell's birthday is a few days after mine, on March 26.

For his birthday cake we had strawberry shortcake.  Yummy!

Birthday guest - Hyrum, Courtney, & Zoey.

More birthday guest - Kyle & Haley.

Aren't they darling!  Aspen & Lacey.

The birthday boy!

The Big 50

I turned 50 this year!  It didn't bother me a bit...there's nothing I could do about it if it did bother me, so why worry!

Lindsey & I.

With three birthday in our family within nine days, we didn't need another birthday cake, so I ordered sugar cookies from Smart Cookies for my cake.  They were so good!

No, I didn't ordered 50 cookies, just enough for our little family.

                                                                       March 21

Birthday time

My camera wasn't working right on Lacey's birthday (sorry Lacey).  Lots of the pictures were either blurry or yellow.  Here's the best ones for that day.

March 18th

Lacey's birthday dinner request was French Dip Sandwiches (our families current favorite dinner).

Happy 17th Birthday Lacey!  We love you.

Lacey got a flannel shirt for her birthday (actually two).  Aspen put one on and then Lacey wanted a picture of the flannel-wearing-shirt people for that evening.  So, here is Trent, Aspen, Lacey, and Russell with their flannel/plaid apparel.

Surprise

One of Lacey's friends, Hanna (a Wardie), decorated our front door for Lacey's 17th birthday.  How nice is that?!  Thanks Hanna!

Lacey got asked to Prom!

Lacey was quite excited when the doorbell rang one afternoon and it was a truckload of guys going around together to ask their potential dates to prom.

One of the guys, in disguise, was standing at the door with this shirt in hand, while several of the other boys were in the back of a truck watching and making noise.

After looking at the shirt, Lacey promptly washed it, as instructed.

To her pleasure this is the name that was left on after the washing.  Chase Williamson had just asked her to prom!

Birthday Month

March is birthday month in our home.  We have lots of immediate family members who have their birthdays in March.
Solee 12th
Lacey 18th
Judy 21st
Russell 26th
Juanita 27th
There are also plenty of aunts, uncles, and cousins who celebrate their birthday's in March.  It's a great month the have a birthday.   Oh, and there are few wedding anniversaries to celebrate in this month too.

Clipboard & more

We needed a container to put pens in for Young Women's and I wasn't finding what I wanted (more so price wise) so I decided to make one.  I just covered a can with scrapbook paper and then used Mod Podge to adhere it. I also decided to cover the plain-jane looking clipboard with the same method.

So twalah!...from this (above) to this (below)!

Second Miler Award

I got an unexpected phone call one evening.  The person on the other end of the phone said that I had been nominated for a scout award.  I was confused and surprised.  She went on to explain that the award was from the Squaw Peak District and it was called the Second Miler Award and someone had nominated me for it.  I told her that I didn't serve in the scouting program anymore (it had been seven months since I served as the Scout Committee Advancement Chairman).  She said that I had been nominated when I was serving, but the awards ceremony is only once a year.  She also said that I was invited to come to the upcoming dinner and awards ceremony.  At the ceremony, it made me think of how much more I could have done in that calling.  It inspired me to ALWAYS do my calling to the best of my ability.  We are here to serve others and to learn and grow ourselves.

P.S.  Russell was sick the evening of the awards ceremony and so I went by myself.

Bag Lady

Just call me a bag lady.  I decided to make me a bag to put all my girls camp books in.  Well, this project got a little out-of-control.  I had so much fun making mine that I decided to make another one.  The fabric that I was using were scraps from some quilts that Lindsey and I made a few years ago.  So, I decided to make Lindsey one, since some of the fabric was her leftovers too.  Well, when I was done with her's, there was still scrap fabric left so I decided to make a bag for my friend, Sheila (Stake Camp Nurse) and also my friend Bodi (our Ward Camp Director).  For me this was quite the accomplishment.  I could have kept making more because I was having to much fun, but I decided that I had better move on and do something else with my time.

Temple Hoppin'

On Friday, March 5, there wasn't any school, so Sister Herman and I took a group of our Laurels to go do temple baptisms.  We went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple and we were in and out of there so fast (much faster then what we planned) so we all decided to go to the Jordan River Temple just down the street (well, sort of) and do baptisms there too.  Well, that was a whole different experience.  We waited FOREVER to do baptisms.  First the girls did confirmations (no big deal, it didn't take too much time).  Then the girls waited to do the baptisms (we were there for several hours).  The girls were next in line and for some reason there was a delay in the process.  The girls and along with us leaders were more then ready to go home at this point.  We let the girls decide whether they wanted to stay and wait or go home.  They unanimously decided to leave.  We all decided to hit Wendy's on our way home.  We made a memory. 

Rachel, Heather, Heidi, Brandy, Chalise, and Lacey.

Oquirrh Mountain Temple.

Sister Herman & Sister Gray

Jordan River Temple

Rachel...happy to have some food after many long hours.

Silly Lacey

Sister missionaries

The youth in our ward had a missionary activity.  These four girls were companions.  They went and taught the Colton family one of the lessons from Preach My Gospel.

Kami, Lacey, Hanna, & Taylor

What a cutie!

Zoey is just so stinkin' cute!  We love her BIG eyes!

Sweetheart Dinner

We had a Sweetheart Dinner at Russell's mom's home with his siblings and mom.  We had a really nice dinner, with prime rib cooked by Bert.  We played a few games too.  It was a very enjoyable evening with loved ones.  We missed Kathleen, Chris, Karen, Lance, & Grandpa.

Johnny & Mary

Bill & Jen

John & Carol

Bert & Becky

Gordon & Grandma

Russell & Judy