I am Wonderful! Or so they say . . . .

In the past couple of weeks I have gotten two letters from three different people out of the blue telling me how wonderful I am at my calling in the church. Talk about cloud 9!!!
I mean, okay, I know that I am always saying that I am so wonderful, and hot, and totally awesome, and I am . . . but it is so great to hear it from others that you love as well.

This one is from two of the girls that I help teach in church. They are so sweet and I love them so much. I never knew that they felt this way about me. Wow, and they look up to me as well. I feel even more now that I need to watch what I say and do to be a good example to them. The Lord has blessed me with such wonderful girls.

This one is from a mother of one of the girls in Young Women's with me. It makes me feel so thankful that the mothers of the girls see the work that we put into our callings so that these girls can truly have a personal relationship with their Heavenly Father.

I LOVE my calling in the church! I am so grateful that the Lord has blessed me in so many ways that I can not even count. I love the young women, I love their sweet spirits, I love the bonds that we create together, I love the lessons, the games, the laughs, the tears, the hugs, the growth, the fun, the skits, the treats, the parties, the silliness, and the love.

I am forever in debt to my Heavenly Father for the time that I get spend with these girls.

We Got a New Bird

Yes, I know! We have too many animals as it is. This is what happens when you don't have any animals when you are a kid. When you grow up and can make your own rules about how many animals can come into your home, you go hog wild. (Oh, maybe we should get a hog next?)

Anyway, this is Isis. She is an Amazon Parrot.

She is our new little pet. So far she says "hi", "hello", she burps, and she laughs. How fun.

Birthday at Camp

K, so, I know that is has been awhile and I'm sorry. Don't you just hate it when life gets in the way of your life? Anyway, . . . . .

This July I had the great joy of going up to camp with my church. We take the girls in our ward ages 12-18 and go up to a place by Pine, AZ. It is always fun, and truth be told, I look forward to it more than my own personal vacations. It is that much fun.
Each year we have a new "theme" and this years theme was : We can do it, He can help! It came from the old "Rosie the Riveter" posters. We added the "He can help" for the spiritual message that we wanted to girls to learn. It was really good, and even if the girls didn't get anything from the message, it was what I needed to hear this year.
Girls camp this year was even more fun for me because not only did I get to go up on my Birthday again, but this was the first and maybe only year that both my sisters and I were all up at camp together. If only our mom would have come, then all the girls would have been there. (jk mom, I love you)

Jordan, Kaylee, and Me

Ya, We know we are hot!

My mom made sure that I got a birthday cake, even up at camp. (it's cupcakes in the shape of a watermelon. So cute!)

This is my group of "3rd Year" girls. On their 3rd year of camp they go on the hardest hike!!!!! Ever!!!! We made it: This is our proof, "WE CAN DO IT, HE CAN HELP!"