This past week was Young Women in Excellence for our ward’s young women. This is a very special night for the Young Women as they are recognized for their talents and accomplishments in their Personal Progress for the year. Lily was able to show off her talents and abilities in swimming, and track and field…
Lily got herself into a scary situation by wandering away from her Young Women group. I have been more traumatized than I thought I would be, but I still don’t think she understands how scary it could have been. I asked for thoughts, ideas, and suggestions on a Facebook page on how to keep her…
Lily has been busy with school, church, & Special Olympics. 8th grade is in full swing now. Lily is loving it and thinking she is pretty important. We got her locker wallpapered which was the most important thing to her. We also got her school pictures back. She is growing up! At church they made…
Lily and some of the YW she went to camp with did the Mormon Boy Rap for our stake talent show last night. Lily had about five minutes to practice but that didn’t matter. She loves being part of the YW!!! Mormon Boy Rap We like Mormon boys and we cannot lie you other girls…
Lily and I went to girl’s camp. Lily loved it! She met new friends, conquered fears, and had fun! Within the first few hours of arriving she was harnessed up and ready to go on ride down the zipline! She didn’t have to climb the ladder, instead they had her get on the line where…
This past year we have been much more active when it comes to feeding the missionaries of our church. We enjoy them coming to our home and visiting with us. A few weeks ago I had signed up to feed them and I completely forgot. When I got the reminder call the night before I…
Thursday Lily and I had the pleasure of attending a wonderful musical program put on the the South Davis Special Needs Mutual. Over 150 individuals with disabilities sang and danced as they shared an important message with the audience. Anyone can live a fairytale life. You just have to open your eyes, see your potential,…
Since it is spring break I took Lily to my meeting at the Church Office Building today. We decided to go to lunch in the cafeteria there before the meeting started. Lily walked into the cafeteria and saw the cookie bar, the dessert bar, the ice cream bar, the french fries, the rolls and with…
Tonight we had the missionaries over for dinner. It is always so much fun to get to know them better. Tonight we had Elder Terry who has only been out for a week! He is from Dallas, but has no accent. He said it was because he was from the suburb and not the country….
We had the honor of feeding the missionaries, from our church, Wednesday night. We had Elder Lindquist from Sweden and Elder Vogt from California, sitting with us, at our table. They were a delight to talk with. They were so excited for Christmas Eve as they were the ones chosen to deliver all the gifts from…
