Happy Halloween

This year for Halloween I was the Queen of Hearts. "Off with their heads!"

These are some Halloween coasters I made, they turned out pretty cute!

28 years have come and gone....

For my Birthday my Mom took me to a lovely dinner at Benihana's and her and my Dad got me a ticket to the George Strait and Martina McBride concert in January.  Henry sent a "flower" cake to my work and got me the real cake below. And my coworkers decided to decorate my office in Bieber Fever! They think they are so funny. My Sister Breanne gave me a gift card to Bath and Body Works and my Sister Alyssa gave me an infinity scarf. Thank you everyone for making my birthday special!

Happy 7th Birthday Brody & Cali

Dog Show here we come!

Agility

In the Ring

Cart Pull

Happy 4th Anniversary to Us!

So for our 4th Anniversary I decided to surprise Hen with an adventure. As you can see from the picture below he was blindfolded all the way to our destination. He was a really good sport I must say and I let him take the blind fold off when we pulled into the Homestead resort in Midway late Saturday night. As we were driving around the resort looking for the place to check in we saw a lady outside with a St. Bernard. So you know we couldn't resist, so we stopped and said we have Saints too! She responded with, yeah, everyone has them... We were confused so she explained that it was the National St. Bernard Specialty Show going on at the Homestead for the next week. I thought I had died and gone to heaven, and well Hen thought I had planned it! Well needless to say we had a blast that weekend. Dog shows of agility, weight pulling, and best of breed. Not to mention we had a cozy cottage with a porch, fireplace, and jacuzzi tub. Here are some pictures from that weekend. 

What have we been up to?

What have we been up to you ask???

Well Hen finished school this summer. He graduated with an Associate of Applied Sciences in Aviation Maintenance with a 3.7 GPA. He also successfully completed all 9 (extremely difficult) FAA certification exams to be a licensed A&P technician. We are so proud of him!!!!

Hen is now working two jobs:

Full-Time: G2 is a subcontractor for American Airlines and you will find Hen working in the Terminal at the Baggage Service counter, or on the Ramp loading bags.

Part-Time: Corporate Air is a subcontractor for Fedex and you will find Hen at nights assisting the Airplane Mechanics as they work on the Fedex planes.

It has been a busy summer for him between turning 31....finishing school....and getting his mechanics licenses.

Me? This summer has gone by in a flash! My summer has been filled with lots of Young Women activities and of course Girls Camp. I also taught myself crochet and made my first baby blanket. I also made a few pairs of slippers, a bunch of head bands for the girls, and jewelry bags. My older sister was also able to visit with her boys while they were transitioning from Japan to Washington D.C. It was such a blast to watch my niece and nephews interact. They are at such fun ages with Bryce at 1 1/2, Coco at 2, and Chase at 4.

I am still working at Wasatch Advisors and it has been a busy summer at work. We are building new offices up by the University of Utah so we are working on cleaning out old files etc. We will be moving into the new office next summer. I stayed super late last night cleaning out my office and I just wish I had done it sooner! I can't wait to go back on Monday and enjoy my clean office :)

Looking forward to fall!! Hen and I both love fall and are enjoying the dropping temperatures.  And you know we can hardly wait for Halloween! And yes I already have my costume picked out!
Next week Hen and I will celebrate our 4 year anniversary. Can't believe it has been 4 years!

Young Women Lessons

 As part of my Young Womens Beehive Advisor Calling for the LDS church, I teach lessons every other week. Here are some handouts/displays from some of my lessons this year.

This first group is from my first combined lesson teaching all of the Young Women. I chose the topic of being prepared for the Second Coming by talking about the parable of the ten virgins. I gave each girl a little oil lamp as displayed below that I ordered from Israel. They came in a pretty beat up box wrapped individually in newspaper. It is amazing I received them with only one broken! 

This was a lesson on temptation

This was a lesson on Prayer

This was a lesson on Jesus Christ

This was a lesson on self esteem.

This was a lesson on Priesthood Responsibilities

This was a lesson on Service

I printed the story in the link below and turned it into a booklet.

100 Dollars, 100 Act of Service

This was my challenge to them.

This lesson was on prayer and Hen and I made Chocolate covered pretzels to go with the below.

Girls Camp Pillow Treat

Girls Camp Soda Cozy

This is what the Bishop gave the girls camp. Super cute I think! I have a feeling his wife helped :)

Camp Song Book

The below is a group of quotes/scriptures etc. I have displayed for my lessons.