Sunday, May 22, 2011

Mothers day!

This is what I woke up to on Mothers day! What a great day and a great surprise. The little wrapped package was a cute watch. My greatest happiness and my greatest joy come from being a wife and mother. I have the best husband and five amazing daughters, a great son-in-law and the cutest grandson, that are all so different and wonderful. I am blessed!

Me with the three daughters that were in town to share the day!

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

EFY 2011

All my blog stalkers are totally going to be in shock. Yes, it's me, I'm finally back. I have had a crazy couple of months. I was super busy with planning our stakes youth conference which was held at the end of April. I was also pretty sick with the flu on and off for about a month. I thought it would be fun to share a few picture from EFY. The theme for this year was "Reach Higher". The conference is held at a wonderful youth camp just outside of Sonora CA.
Here is a shot with a few of the adults that attended. This cracked me up when I saw it with all the kids jumping in behind.
Here is Lauren with some of her friends. They are doing a great job of showing off the cute t-shirts. The youth were divided into seven companies, that had their individual colors. The colors make it fun to bond with their group and they make great pictures.
Cute Lauren playing games with her company "Trustworthy Teal"
Teal group having a devotional.

Me getting involved in one of the games. Yes! I am holding a gold plunger. There is a lot of craziness when you work with the youth.
There was a sports theme for the dance. As adult leaders, we decided to dress as referees. Here I am with my amazing presidency. Karen, Becky and Paula.
Lauren and I
Lauren and her friends came up with a fun take on sports. They were on the chess team. These girls made nerdy look pretty cute.
This is the young mens president and I with the three youth leaders of our stake. We spent many hours planning and serving with these amazing kids. They did such a great job leading this years EFY. I love these guys with all my heart. The young men's president and I both said we wanted to adopt them. They are great kids.