Sunday Dress

Stella looked so cute all dressed up for church last week

I tried to get a picture

but getting this girl to hold still and smile for the camera

is next to impossible

especially when she is playing with a

"princess wand"

she's not lacking personality

that's for sure

I Hope They Call Me on a Mission

Andrew's parents got their mission call!!

They have been called to serve for 18 months

in the Bolivia, La Paz Mission

Dale, Andrew's dad, actually served his mission

in Peru/Bolivia

AND

Andrew served his mission in Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Andrew's parents came and picked him up from his mission

and they toured all over Bolivia and Peru.

Now Dale and Linda get to go back there.

There mission is in the mountains

Andrew's was in the jungle.

We are so excited for them!!!

They leave in October

and will be back in April 2013...

just before Stella's 2nd birthday.

Stella's Blessing Day

Stella was blessed on July 3rd by her daddy.

Time for an Update

Andrew says it’s been WAY TOO long since I updated the blog. I agree. But as I told him, nothing has really been going on around here. Despite my pessimism I guess I can find something to blog about so that everyone knows we are still alive.

These are the upcoming blogs that I'm working on....stay tuned.  Oh, I promise some pictures too.  This blog has gotten very boring lately.

Visiting Teaching

March Madness

Positive Pregnancy Tests

Couponing/Food Storage

cRaZY Pregnancy Dreams

New Callings...gotta wait a week and make sure there is no one opposed :)

School Update

Nuskin Storage

Cute Baby Clothes

And, the Baby's Room...if we ever get it set up.

Did I just promise 10 posts before the baby comes???

Wow, better get started right away.

Visiting Teaching

For a long time, I was a very bad visiting teacher. I have lots of excuses (I’ll spare you them) but the truth is, I just didn’t try very hard to do it. Last year, after reading lots of talks about the importance of visiting teaching, I decided that I really should try to be a better visiting teacher. So it kinda became my resolution last year that I’ve continued into this year. I’m proud to report that I’ve been getting better and better at doing my visiting teaching almost perfectly (meaning I go every month—not that I prepare the best lessons or do the best things for the ladies I visit teach). But I contact the girls, make it to their house almost every month, take them little gifts, and do seriously have concern for them.

Some things I’ve learned from visiting teaching:

1. It’s really not that hard or time consuming to do it.

2. Your excuses are really just that….excuses.

3. Having a great partner helps a lot (mine is my sister—lucky me!)

4. It doesn’t matter who you visit teach, you really can become friends with anyone and enjoy visiting with them each month

5. We all need a little bit more church in our lives so the mid-week little thoughts are great reminders of what we should be doing.

6. And most importantly, it makes life a little bit less about me and more about others.

Now, go do your visiting teaching.

what'd we do last weekend?

Last weekend, Kelsie and Ethan came up from Texas.
We finally got to meet their baby girl, Abigail.

Kelsie's trying to give birth to all her kids in different states.

So far Brooklyn was born in Idaho, Abby in Texas,

and I'm pretty sure she's not preggers already...
so I bet they'll move again before baby #3 arrives. :)

The four of us stayed up WAY TOO late talking on Friday night.
The stories just kept getting funnier
and werider the later it got.

It was so fun to be with our friends.

On Sunday, we went to Grantsville for our other friends.

Goss and Kadee were blessing their baby boy Brigsen.

We don't see them as much as we'd like either.

Because Tooele county is far!!!

(Well far enough that it's hard to just stop by)

The blessing & luncheon were great.

This weekend I'm going to a baby shower and

Brian and Mindy are blessing their little boy Zander.

Wow, there must have been something in the water this time last year......