Dear Stew –
Happy
Cinco di Mayo and “May the 4th be with you” days. Charlie continues to amass large
quantities of Star Wars legos that I’m not sure what to do with. They have taken over the front
room. He is anxiously awaiting the
Star Wars movie that opens Christmas time 2015. In addition to the Star Wars constant craze at our house –
he had Sydney have resurrected the Harry Potter craze. Sydney just started the 7th
book and simultaneously she is reading the 3rd book to Charlie (they
have finished 1 and 2 already).
She makes me watch the movies with her when she’s done – because they’re
kind of scary! It’s really sweet
to watch them be such good friends.
Sorry
I didn’t get a letter off to you last week. Sydney did, so I hope you saw that. The YM/YW were in charge of a ward Fun
Fiesta night for their fundraiser.
They had a taco bar, bake sale, silent auction (all the youth donated a
service, i.e. lawn mowing, babysitting), and the YM contributed the “fun”. At first Captain Bob wanted to get a
hot hair balloon, tether it to the ground, and then take turns with rides. They finally settled on renting a big
bouncy slide with attached obstacle course. It hadn’t been set up 5 minutes when Jack Williams broke his
arm (sound familiar). With
the exception of that mishap – the evening was a success. We had a good turn out from the
neighborhood – member and non-members, we invited EVERYONE – the weather was
super nice (we did this outside) – and everyone had a great time listening to
latin music, eating tacos, and watching their kids play. AND, we earned some money for Youth
Conference and Girls Camp.
I’ve
had a very busy time with my YW calling as of late – it’s felt like a part-time
job. I think one of the reasons
the church keeps us so busy is to keep us out of trouble, idleness, and other
bad habits. It’s all good, I love
my calling and wouldn’t have it any other way. I love projects and planning – and with the exception of
building testimonies and faith in Christ – YW’s IS projects – who else has an
activity every week.
I
had my final institute class this past week. I’m going to miss that 90 minutes of deep, faithful thinking
that I got each week. It’s a
little harder to do that with the demands of day to day living – you really
need to carve out the time to make it happen – at 11:00 at night when you’re
tired is not ideal. I really
strengthened my testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith by studying his
words. Our text was The Teachings
of the Prophet Joseph Smith by Joseph Field Smith; particularly the King
Follett discourse. I’m very
grateful this modern day prophet and agree with John Taylor – that “Joseph
Smith has done more, save the Savior himself, for the salvation of man.”
May
continues much the same as all the Mays in the past – lots of soccer games (and
this year we added baseball), school programs, dance concerts, piano concerts,
etc, etc, etc. The busy life of
parents (& their children).
I’m grateful for all of it.
Just
a little ward news. The Flynn’s
(yes, Jacob Flynn’s family) bought the Shupe’s home (the Shupes are building a
house down the street) – I told you Dylan’s family bought Perkin’s home (or
their old home). I talked to
Dylan’s mom this week – he’s doing good, but wandering a little bit. He hasn’t made up his mind 100% yet
about a mission and he’s a bit lonely since all his friends are gone. I’m sure a letter to him would be
nice. Also a family with 6 kids
bought the Dehlin’s home – I can’t believe we’ll be getting 3 new BIG families
in our ward very soon. Meg Miller
is about give birth to her 3rd child and Natalie Moss’s little boy
is growing and SO darling. He is
mauled by his 4 older sisters.
I
think Dad told you about Connor’s mission call. We went to dinner with his parent’s over the weekend. I’m sure a letter to him would be good
too. It’s going to be so great to
talk to you on Mother’s Day. I can
hardly wait – the best Mother’s Day present I’ll get. Have a great day.
Love you tons!
Mom
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