Gotta Love It

Activities Meeting

I love serving in church callings! I was called to the Activities Chair about two years ago at the same time as our amazing bishopric was put in. We were all learning together and the leadership of the ward got pretty close and it hooked me to organizing events and being front and center and in charge of situations. I love it!

London

When I came back from Europe I was never given a calling because it was awkward timing. Because I was used to running everything (Activities was a HUGE job in our ward), I didn't like sitting around, so I gave myself self-proclaimed callings. I was the un-official substitute chorister and I discovered Indexing! I love Indexing!

Now I am called to the Ward Bulletin and as of today I am now officially a Ward Indexer. I seriously have the best callings! I feel like I have become the "filler calling" person. Today in Ward Counsel I was asked to be the Ward Photographer until someone else was called. Last week I was told to get a list from the Executive Secretaries of all the callings that have been made so I could keep track of them for the bishopric. Isn't that what the Executive Secretaries are for? But, whatever!

Preparing food for a Ward Activity

Over the semesters I haven't really lost my callings 100% they more just decrease in priority, but are still there. For example, they just got new Activities Chair people, so I helped out a lot with the Ward Game Night we had. And when the Activities went up to Green Canyon early to set up, Brother Kerbs put me in charge of making sure everyone had a ride up. It's not my calling anymore, but I still love doing it.

I counted the "callings" that I have done this week and I came up with:

- Ward Bulletin
- Indexing
- Chorister

- Calling person

- Photographer
- Activities

Just today I fulfilled the first 4 listed. And what do I get from this? Today I got chicken, pasta salad, cookies and good company during Relief Society.

Gotta love it  :)

Kid History

My apartment is all about this:

This is what I do with myself now....

A while ago I posted this picture on Facebook and my friend, Will, commented that he was "glad not to see baby faces in the middle of the flowers...." Well, since I have a lot of free time, I decided to take on the challenge and do him one better by putting his face in the middle. This is what I came up with:

I like to think I'm pretty clever  :)

Roommate Randomness

I have been so blessed to get into Kensington #105 this semester. I love all the girls and I know it is where I need to be. We are always doing things and I love it! Here are a few things from this week: 

Last semester 105 cleaned so well for white glove that they were rewarded with a gift certificate to Sammy's. Even though I wasn't in their apartment at the time, I still got to reap the benefits :) 

While we were waiting for our order to be ready, they kept calling out for Josh's order, but Josh never came for his milkshake. They asked us if we were Josh. Do six girls look like we would be Josh? Anyway, about every 3 to 5 minutes they would call for Josh and and it became quite comical to us, as well as to everyone else at Sammy's. Finally, the guys sitting next to us convinced the girl to give them the milkshake because it was just going to melt and be wasted otherwise. Because we had been watching the whole ordeal, we were kind of laughing about it to ourselves. The guys who got the milkshake noticed and asked us if we wanted some. After all, it was just as much our milkshake as it was theirs. So, we ended up passing the milkshake around the bar and everyone took turns eating it. (mono just waiting to happen) Don't worry, I only had one bite and it was at the beginning of the passing, so I think I'm pretty safe. I think sharing that milkshake and talking with those guys is one of my favorite memories of the semester so far! Thank you Josh! We told them that we would meet them back there at Sammy's again next Wednesday to see if Josh orders another shake for us. Maybe this time we'll get the guys names :)  

Friday was my roommate, Krista, birthday. She told us we couldn't celebrate it, so we celebrated on Thursday instead. (We are so clever) This is Jessica, Cherise and me making her cake.

We invited #9 over for a small little party. Good times.

Friday we played Settlers of Catan. I didn't want to play that much because last time I played I had no clue what was going on the entire time and I just let my partner do everything. They wouldn't let me have a partner so I had no expectations. My goal was not to lose. As I started understanding the game I actually got really into it though, and I am proud to say that I came in at a strong 4th place! (yes, there were only 5 players, but I'm still proud) I even had the longest road! Poor Emily didn't stand a chance against me. 

Porter made us fish! It was actually really good, except that we smelled like fish for the rest of the night. We Febrezed ourselves to get it off. It kind of worked.

Fishin' in the Dark

Porter and Dan took us fishing in the dark!

This is what we came in.....

This is what we went in.......

They even got us foot warmers because my feet were numb before we even got out of the car!

Then we got stuck in the snow.

Once we finally got out to fish we had a blast! I caught one, but it was too little to keep so we had to send it back. I also had two other bites, but they got away. 

Jessica got the only fish we kept. We named him Henry.

The Boys

The Girls

The victorious group. The best part is, we never even got cold! Yay for foot warmers and looking ridiculous!

New Year

This is what I've been thinking a lot about lately....

I have been so blessed with amazing friends and experiences in this past year. It is hard to think that anything can ever top what I had. But, with this new year I am goin to stop looking back, and start looking forward. I can still have amazing friends and experiences. It might even be better! I just need to have faith and not look back.

I like to bear my testimony, I know this church is true.....

I went to church at my home ward today and I think half the Primary bore their testimony. Every one of them began with "I like to bear my testimony, I know this church is true...." As more and more children went up the repetition was kind of humorous, but there was also an honesty to their testimonies that I don't think you can get anywhere else. This was all of their basic testimonies:

"I like to bear my testimony, I know this church is true. I know that the Book of Mormon is true and that Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon. I know that President Monson is a true prophet. I know that the spirit guides me. I know that my family loves me and Heavenly Father and Jesus love me."

 The truth to their words is so powerful to me! When it comes down to it, that is what really matters in the Gospel and I am so grateful for it. That is what a testimony should be. Thank you to the children who keep the right perspective and remind me by their quiet example to remember what really matters in life.