Never a Dull Moment

There is never a dull moment when in the Young Women presidency. Remember the "U" problem we had with no stamp to match the other letters?

Well I was able to make a stencil from a letter I enlarged on the computer and by dabbing a tissue on the stamp pad and then dabbing on the stencil, I was able to make a passable "U" to complete our "Come Unto Christ" banners.

It was a lot of work, but when we saw pictures of the banners hanging in the girls' bedrooms, it made it all worth the effort.

After the Young Men and Young Women worked so hard last month to put together a talent show for each other, we took our show on the road--to the Waikoloa assisted living care center. The residents seemed to enjoy all the acts.

Here are the Mia Maids putting on their midget act. We enlisted the help of one of the Beehives (in the blue shirt) to help us out when one of our Mia Maids couldn't make it that night.

Look! It's that same little Beehive who decided to photo bomb me, Sarah and Rebecca when we took the YW to see the production of  "Aida" at the high school. Cute Carly Cluff.

The rest of the Beehives wanted in on the photo bombing--Tanaya George, Carly, Marissa Brewster and Kelsey Mills.

I thought I didn't have any of my Mia Maids going, so I invited my daughters to go to the play with me. Then one of my Mia Maids decided to go, but she went with her friend and so I was left alone just as I suspected and I was glad I had company.

This is a picture of everything I was hauling up to the church for our combined Young Men/Young Women activity this week. We planned to do cake decorating. I made 6 boxes of cake mixes totalling 12 cakes. Another woman brought 4 cakes for a grand total of 16 cakes.

More about the actual activity coming up...

January and February Birthdays

Another birthday dinner party at Mom and Dad's--this time celebrating all the January and February birthdays. Amanda made this adorable cake.

Roast beef dinner was delicious.

 Mike and Glen did the dishes.

Cinderella Nani enjoyed taking a break from the dishes.

Grandma Kathy holding granddaughter Samantha.

This is the time the little children were waiting for--the lighting of the candles.

Eli is trying to figure out how the lighter works.

Very looooong birthday list Mom is announcing.

Ready, set, light the January candles.

Sarah and Wes get in on the blowing out action. I guess Glen is still singing...or is he also trying to blow out the candles...?

Wes lighting February candles.

 Singing...wait for it...wait for it...

And out they blow.

Eli had been eyeing the heart toppings on the birthday cake all evening. Finally--he takes a bite!

I don't think it was as good as he hoped it would be. Carson is happily munching on a sugar cookie.

The phone on the table is from when Mark called. He didn't want to miss out on the February birthday action and decided to join in via a phone call. Happy birthday Mark!! And happy birthday to all the other January and February birthday people!!! Another fun party, Mom and Dad!!

"Y" Couldn't It Have Been This Kind?

Glen came home from work the other day telling me how frustrated he was that he had broken his car key.

Bet he wishes it had been the house key so we could replace it with a key just like the one Dallas got for Rebecca.

Quotes of the Week

"People are attracted to you by what they see in you; they remain attracted to you by what you see in yourself."
-- Mark Amend

"The fact that you are even here, alive, on this planet is a mathematical miracle, and you should not spend the time that you have being busy being miserable."
-- Philip DeFranco

"It doesn't matter what you did or where you were... it matters where you are and what you're doing. Get out there! Sing the song in your heart and never let anyone shut you up!"
-- Steve Maraboli