We took the kids to our annual Ward Fall Carnival. They young women and young put it on and they have tons of games and prizes for the kids. Brynn even got into it a little more this year than she ever has before. The boys have started wrestling and practice held them up a bit, we were in a mad dash to throw their costumes on once they arrived. Also Josh was able to come this year!
Our ward scored tickets to the General RS Conference this year. With my new calling, I was lucky enough to be put in charge of that! We has 24 tickets and used every one of them. We ended up taking Frontrunner downtown and then trax over to the Conference Center. It was a long process, but really we only had a little bit of time to kill before it stated. It was a neat experience and I'm so glad so many sisters were able to come. We walked down to the Gateway afterward where Ronda and Suzanne entertained us by running through the fountains. I provided the navigating and lead all 15 of us down and back without out incident! Success!
I had to miss TJ's football game which killed me. They even painted Charlie in honor of our home game...poor dog.
Two day after Gage lost his front tooth...the other one fell out! I know I said last post it dosen't get much cuter, but this proves it does!
Now that the kids are back in school...my pantry door gets decorated with their art once again. Few things give me as much joy being a mother than seeing and displaying my kids masterpieces.
Gage and Brynn fruit ninja tournaments.
Our quarterly RS dinner meeting this month was "favorite things". We had dinner of favorite fall soups and after we went into the RS room, sat in a big circle and took turns sharing one of our favorite things. It was alot of fun and the turnout was excellent. Turns out this would be my last meeting as RS Meeting Coordinator. I got called as the 2nd Counselor in the RS Presidency shortly afterward. Its been a big change and I'm freaking out about having to teach in November! Ahhh!
When I was making my list of things to do this summer, I added the Martin Harris Pageant in Clarkston to our list. I made reservation about 3 months in advance. I remember going with our mutual group when I was in young women's and though it would be a fun family activity. We also bought tickets to the roast beef town dinner at the Stake Center and went early to eat before the play. Here are the kids in front of the church.
The setting is gorgeous and the weather was perfect. We brought blankets and jackets as it said it could get a little chilly. We waited quite a while for the play to start. Shane and Rachael and family joined us too!
It was fun. TJ is the perfect age for that kinda stuff and was enthralled the whole time. Gage did good too. Brynn wiggle back and forth between Josh and I and finally fell asleep towards the end. We booked it to the car afterward and raced out of there as to not get caught in the traffic jam afterward. I brought the kids pj's and we stopped at Artic Circle in Logan at about 11:30 for hamburgers. The kids thought that part was so much fun!
Our RS Meeting for June is all done with, Whew! We had a TV Theme night with mini classes and dinner. Josh and I taught a class on dating ideas. It was alot of fun to research and put together some of our visuals. I got alot of positive feedback, so that is always so nice to hear! I can now breathe a little bit till we get going again for September.
We are still pluggin' away on our art projects this summer. I got this fabulous spin art kit and Brynn and Gage tried it out. It was SO much fun and created some really beautiful paintings!
My nephew Matt was baptized the end of July. I took his adorable baptism pictures and Rachael and I created his cute announcement. I love how it turned out. I told her TJ's better turn out this cute. :)
They had a luncheon afterwards for everyone who came.
Me and my cute sister-in-laws.
Earlier that morning we attended the dedication ceremony for the Temple. We watched it via satellite at our Stake Center. Elder Packer was there to conduct.
