Tien's Wedding

A good friend of Emma Rose and mine was married on Wednesday Jan. 31. We met Tien this past summer when she moved into our ward. She is a non-member but is getting baptized soon. We are so happy for Tien and David. They deserve each other and all the best wishes in the world!

Uncle Wayne and Aunt Dianne's Homecoming

On January 21, Uncle Wayne and Aunt Dianne had their Mission homecoming. They served the past 23 months in Brazil as temple workers. It was fun to see them and catch up on some family time. We also celebrated Jacob's birthday. Happy Birthday Jacob!

Community Outreach Day

I had the opportunity of serving in Community Outreach Day. It was such a blast. My friend Heidi came with me. This is the little blurb from Y-Serve's Page: Taking place on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Community Outreach Day unites both the BYU and local communities in a celebration of giving. The event consists of a free breakfast, a cultural celebration, and the completion of various service projects throughout the area.

This school year, Community Outreach Day will take place on January 15, 2018.

As a one-day event, Community Outreach Day seeks to celebrate King’s legacy of selfless service and provide opportunities to serve God’s children within our community and throughout the world.

On our way up to campus we saw a hot air balloon. Someday I would like to ride one. After the speaker and the amazing Gospel Choir, we went to the Refugee station and tied quilts. I am so glad that we were given this opportunity to help share goodness and give back to the community.

YSA Devotional Jan. 2018

On Jan. 14, the Young Single Adults (YSA) had an amazing opportunity to go to Temple Square and the Conference Center To Hear Pres. Deiter F. Uchtdorf speak to us at a devotional. This was the first time in my knowledge that a YSA Devotional was held at the conference center. It was a success. There were over 20,000 YSAs there. You ask how I know? Well that conference center holds 20,000 and I overheard a staff member saying we filled the conference center and all the overflows in the conference center theater, the tabernacle, and the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. That is a lot of people. Thank you Pres. and Sister Uchtdorf for the wonderful messages you shared!

Pres. Dieter F. Uchtdorf's message from Facebook (Summing up the Devotional):

Harriet and I were thrilled to be with you at tonight’s Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults. I want you to know that you are in our thoughts continually. We pray for you. We love and admire you.

In this age of instant answers—where seemingly absolute and unassailable knowledge is merely a Google search away—we sometimes get frustrated when answers to our most personal, important, and urgent questions are delayed. We lift up our hearts to heaven, and all we seem to get is a frustrating, spinning “wait cursor.”

Heavenly answers—eternal answers—are priceless. Receiving these answers often requires sacrifice, work, and patience. These answers are worth the wait.

It is by doing the five things we talked about tonight that you will be guided to your answers:

Understanding that God’s answers could come by many ways and in His time, and that they are worth the wait.

Have a little faith. You are important to God. Trust Him. Keep His commandments.

Be a disciple of Christ by doing the small things consistently and perfectly.

Listen to the trusted voices of family, friends, and Church leaders. Don’t worry about the discouraging voices of the world.

Make the best decisions by using heart and mind, listening to the Spirit, and giving honest effort.

I would love to hear from you. I invite you to share with me what you will do to find answers to those questions. I am eager to read through your comments.

New Year's Eve 2017

How did we come to the end of the year and into 2018? Time flies when you're having fun. New Year's Eve was quite busy. The day before my family decided we would drive down to Green River. This was where we would be having our New Year's Eve party. The other reason for going was we had to be in Moab by 9 am. Sunday morning. My cousin Ethan had his mission farewell. He will be flying to the Mexico MTC on Jan. 2 and then to serve his mission in Mexico. It doesn't feel like he is old enough to be going on a mission. I know he will do great!

Believe it or not, of everywhere I have been this break, Moab had the most snow. Crazy right! They even had enough to snow ball fights and other fun snow activities. After church we went to Kate and Laird's house for a fiesta. We had street tacos, rice, salsa, guacamole, chips, fruits and vegetables. It was all delicious! Then had put some of the tables for people to sit and eat in the garage. So after loading up our plates Meg and I headed into the garage with our cousin Asher. Later Some of Laird's relatives joined us, including his sister Kim and her to girls Riley and Josslyn (we met them a few years ago when we all went to California for Spring Break). What a fun conversation we had. Josslyn does a lot of theater. Meg and I had a good time swapping stories with her about our time in the theater and her time now in the theater.

After the fiesta we headed back to Green River to prepare for party number 2. Avan had made a homemade tomato soup and had purchased things to have a grilled cheese bar for dinner. I thought that was such a fun idea. Aunt Mary, Uncle Boyd and Laura, Paul, Bel, Millie, and Evie, Kate, Laird, Ethan, Duncan, Liam, and Anna, Sydney and Kameron, McKay, Easton, and Nathan all came over. Meg had to leave early because she had work the next day. So there was just Mom, Mandy, Mary, and I and of course our host and hostess' Uncle Lee, Aunt Ann, Avan, and Anna were there. We played several games. Kate brought two games with her Cranium Dark and a trivia type game (not sure what it was called). We also played Times Up (the people version). Then we turned on the TV to watch the ball drop and rang in the new year.

Happy New Year everyone! May 2018 be one of the best years yet!

The Fiesta 

 Moab's Snow

The Weary Travelers

 Mary woke up as I was taking the picture. Then she kept pretending to be asleep so I could take another photo.

 Cranium Dark

Talking to the Wall

Drawing With Your Eyes Closed

Drawing Upside Down

Time's Up

Distracting Katy

Trivia Game

Ringing in the New Year. Welcome 2018!